What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningDecyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingTrehalose
Humectant
Saponaria Officinalis Leaf/Root Extract
Skin ConditioningHippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil
Skin Protecting
Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract
Masking
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Glycine Soja Oil
Emollient
Citrus Aurantifolia Peel Oil
Masking
Citrus Sinensis Peel Oil Expressed
Perfuming
Lecithin
Emollient
Sclerotium Gum
Emulsion StabilisingPullulan
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Sodium Chloride
MaskingPotassium Sorbate
Preservative
Caprylhydroxamic Acid
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientLactic Acid
Buffering
Limonene
Perfuming
Water, Decyl Glucoside, Glycerin, Xanthan Gum, Trehalose, Saponaria Officinalis Leaf/Root Extract, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Tocopherol, Glycine Soja Oil, Citrus Aurantifolia Peel Oil, Citrus Sinensis Peel Oil Expressed, Lecithin, Sclerotium Gum, Pullulan, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Sorbate, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Glyceryl Caprylate, Lactic Acid, Limonene
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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