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Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Avena Sativa Kernel Extract
Abrasive
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Sodium Lauroyl Oat Amino Acids
CleansingCetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Stearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Methyl Gluceth-20
Humectant
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Bisabolol
Antioxidant
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningTrisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
Water, Glycerin, Avena Sativa Kernel Extract, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Lauroyl Oat Amino Acids, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Methyl Gluceth-20, Coco-Glucoside, Phenoxyethanol, Glyceryl Oleate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Panthenol, Bisabolol, Pentylene Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
Water
Skin ConditioningNiacinamide
Smoothing
Ethoxydiglycol
HumectantPropanediol
Solvent
Glycerin
Humectant
Alpha-Arbutin
Antioxidant
Ammonium Alum
AstringentZinc PCA
Humectant
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer
Vp/Va Copolymer
Centella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Vitis Vinifera Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningDMDM Hydantoin
Preservative
Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate
Preservative
Sodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningParfum
Masking
Water, Niacinamide, Ethoxydiglycol, Propanediol, Glycerin, Alpha-Arbutin, Ammonium Alum, Zinc PCA, Allantoin, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer, Vp/Va Copolymer, Centella Asiatica Extract, Vitis Vinifera Fruit Extract, DMDM Hydantoin, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, Sodium Gluconate, Parfum
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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 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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