What's inside
What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
AntimicrobialIsononyl Isononanoate
EmollientArachidyl Alcohol
Emollient
Behenyl Alcohol
Emollient
Camelina Sativa Seed Oil
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Sodium Polyacrylate
Absorbent
Arachidyl Glucoside
EmulsifyingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Borago Officinalis Seed Oil
Emollient
Parfum
Masking
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Quillaja Saponaria Wood Extract
Skin ConditioningDehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil
Masking
Linalool
Perfuming
Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
Pelargonium Graveolens Oil
Masking
Geraniol
Perfuming
Citrus Aurantium Amara Leaf/Twig Oil
Masking
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Citric Acid
Buffering
Water, Cocos Nucifera Oil, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Isononyl Isononanoate, Arachidyl Alcohol, Behenyl Alcohol, Camelina Sativa Seed Oil, Glycerin, Benzyl Alcohol, Sodium Polyacrylate, Arachidyl Glucoside, Caprylyl Glycol, Borago Officinalis Seed Oil, Parfum, Tocopherol, Quillaja Saponaria Wood Extract, Dehydroacetic Acid, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil, Linalool, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Pelargonium Graveolens Oil, Geraniol, Citrus Aurantium Amara Leaf/Twig Oil, Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid
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Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Glycerin (or glycerol) is a compound naturally found in your skin. It's a powerhouse humectant that pulls water into the stratum corneum.
Topically, glycerin does several things at once:
Your skin makes glycerin on its own (mostly from sebaceous oil breakdown) and shuttles it to your outermost layer of skin, or your epidermis, via aquaporin-3.
Aquaporin-3 is a transporter that is essential for normal skin hydration, elasticity, and repair. Interestingly, mice lacking in AQP3 have dry and less elastic skin that can be fully corrected with glycerin.
This ingredient is non-irritating, plays well with almost every ingredient, and works across all skin types. Typical use is anywhere between 3-10% but can go up to 79% in some leave-on products.
Just know very high concentrations (>40%) can feel tacky in low humidity.
Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.
Learn more about GlycerinWater. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.
So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.
You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Remember to stay hydrated!
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