What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate
EmulsifyingPropanediol
Solvent
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Betaine
Humectant
Glycosaminoglycans
EmollientChondrus Crispus Extract
Skin Conditioning
Malachite Extract
Antioxidant
Xylitylglucoside
Humectant
Anhydroxylitol
Humectant
Xylitol
Humectant
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Lactate
Buffering
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Glucose
Humectant
Urea
Buffering
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Starch Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Emulsion StabilisingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningBenzoic Acid
Masking
Sodium Chloride
MaskingWater, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Glycerin, Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate, Propanediol, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Betaine, Glycosaminoglycans, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Malachite Extract, Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol, Xylitol, Allantoin, Sodium Lactate, Lactic Acid, Glucose, Urea, Butylene Glycol, Starch Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Benzoic Acid, Sodium Chloride
Glycerin
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Betaine
Humectant
Avena Sativa Kernel Extract
Abrasive
Triethyl Citrate
Masking
Lactobacillus/Punica Granatum Fruit Ferment Extract
Antioxidant
Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
Antimicrobial
Citrus Sinensis Peel Oil Expressed
Perfuming
Citrus Limon Peel Oil
Masking
Parfum
Masking
Limonene
Perfuming
Sodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningCitric Acid
Buffering
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Glycerin, Water, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Betaine, Avena Sativa Kernel Extract, Triethyl Citrate, Lactobacillus/Punica Granatum Fruit Ferment Extract, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Citrus Sinensis Peel Oil Expressed, Citrus Limon Peel Oil, Parfum, Limonene, Sodium Gluconate, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Betaine is a humectant. Like hyaluronic acid, it helps attract and retain moisture in the skin. It’s known for being gentle and for helping the skin maintain balanced hydration.
Betaine is mainly used to improve hydration and support calmer skin. It helps skin cells regulate water balance because it functions as an osmolyte.
Some studies suggest betaine may support making skin tone more even.
Fun fact: Betaine naturally exists in the skin and the body. In cosmetic products, it can be either plant-derived (most commonly from sugar beets) or synthetically produced for consistency and stability.
Betaine is also known as trimethylglycine.
Learn more about BetaineCocamidopropyl Betaine is a fatty acid created by mixing similar compounds in coconut oil and dimethylaminopropylamine, a compound with two amino groups.
This ingredient is a surfactant and cleanser. It helps gather the dirt, pollutants, and other impurities in your skin to be washed away. It also helps thicken a product and make the texture more creamy.
Being created from coconut oil means Cocamidopropyl Betaine is hydrating for the skin.
While Cocamidopropyl Betaine was believed to be an allergen, a study from 2012 disproved this. It found two compounds in unpure Cocamidopropyl Betaine to be the irritants: aminoamide and 3-dimethylaminopropylamine. High-grade and pure Cocamidopropyl Betaine did not induce allergic reactions during this study.
Learn more about Cocamidopropyl BetaineGlycerin (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!
Learn more about Water
