What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSimmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Behenyl Alcohol
Emollient
Dicaprylyl Carbonate
EmollientIsoamyl Laurate
Emollient
Rosa Damascena Flower Water
Masking
Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Sodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningAroma
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Lecithin
Emollient
Cellulose
Absorbent
Sodium Anisate
AntimicrobialPalmitic Acid
Emollient
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Glycine Soja Sterols
Emollient
Linum Usitatissimum Seed Extract
Perfuming
Urtica Dioica Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingPaeonia Lactiflora Root Extract
Skin ConditioningSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Sodium Phytate
Ascorbyl Palmitate
Antioxidant
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
CI 77491
Cosmetic ColorantCitronellol
Perfuming
Geraniol
Perfuming
Benzyl Salicylate
Perfuming
Eugenol
Perfuming
Water, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glyceryl Stearate, Behenyl Alcohol, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Isoamyl Laurate, Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract, Sodium PCA, Sodium Levulinate, Aroma, Cetearyl Alcohol, Lecithin, Cellulose, Sodium Anisate, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Lactic Acid, Glycine Soja Sterols, Linum Usitatissimum Seed Extract, Urtica Dioica Leaf Extract, Xanthan Gum, Paeonia Lactiflora Root Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Phytate, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Tocopherol, CI 77491, Citronellol, Geraniol, Benzyl Salicylate, Eugenol
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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 GlycerinSodium Hyaluronate is the salt form of hyaluronic acid. It is a long sugar chain that is naturally found in your skin, joints, and connective tissue that maintains hydration and elasticity.
In skincare, it works as a humectant. It pulls water from the environment and deeper layers of skin and binds it to the surface.
Interestingly, the size of the molecule affects its behavior:
Some clinical evidence links low molecular weight versions to improved wrinkle depth, elasticity, anti-inflammatory effects, and barrier repair.
Many serums use a blend of both weights so you can get surface hydration plus longer-lasting and deeper effects.
You'll typically see concentrations between 0.1-2% for this ingredient.
Learn more about Sodium HyaluronateWater. 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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