What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Isopropyl Palmitate
Emollient
Glyceryl Stearate Se
Emulsifying
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Wasabia Japonica Root Extract
Skin ConditioningRetinol
Skin Conditioning
Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil
Emollient
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingSorbitan Stearate
Emulsifying
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningCarbomer
Emulsion StabilisingWater, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Isopropyl Palmitate, Glyceryl Stearate Se, Stearic Acid, Cetyl Alcohol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Wasabia Japonica Root Extract, Retinol, Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Sorbitan Stearate, Polysorbate 20, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Carbomer
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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.
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