What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningDecyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Cocoate
Cleansing
Sodium Palm Kernelate
CleansingGlycerin
Humectant
Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter
Emollient
Mentha Piperita Oil
Masking
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Lavandula Angustifolia Oil
Masking
Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil
Antioxidant
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialArgania Spinosa Kernel Oil
Emollient
Nigella Sativa Seed Oil
Emollient
Curcuma Longa Root Extract
Masking
Charcoal Powder
Abrasive
Water, Decyl Glucoside, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Sodium Cocoate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Glycerin, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter, Mentha Piperita Oil, Panthenol, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Nigella Sativa Seed Oil, Curcuma Longa Root Extract, Charcoal Powder
Water
Skin ConditioningCetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Isododecane
EmollientC13-15 Alkane
SolventStearamidopropyl Dimethylamine
EmulsifyingDimethiconol
Emollient
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Parfum
Masking
Honey
Humectant
Glutamic Acid
Humectant
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Skin ConditioningCaprylyl Methicone
Skin Conditioning
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientPolysorbate 60
Emulsifying
Caprylhydroxamic Acid
Disodium EDTA
BHT
Antioxidant
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Coumarin
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Benzyl Salicylate
Perfuming
Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Isododecane, C13-15 Alkane, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Dimethiconol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Parfum, Honey, Glutamic Acid, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Caprylyl Methicone, Glyceryl Caprylate, Polysorbate 60, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Disodium EDTA, BHT, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Benzyl Alcohol, Coumarin, Linalool, Benzyl Salicylate
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!
Learn more about Water
