What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Snail Secretion Filtrate
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Betaine
Humectant
Alcohol
Antimicrobial
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
PPG-26-Buteth-26
Skin ConditioningPEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emulsifying
Arginine
Masking
Squalane
Emollient
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Hydrolyzed Collagen
Emollient
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
Sodium Citrate
BufferingGlyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer
HumectantPropylene Glycol
Humectant
Pvm/Ma Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingCarbomer
Emulsion StabilisingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingSolanum Lycopersicum Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Paeonia Lactiflora Bark/Sap Extract
Skin ConditioningLonicera Japonica Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningMyrciaria Dubia Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningEuterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract
Ardisia Crispa Extract
Skin ConditioningRubus Coreanus Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningPhellinus Linteus Extract
Skin ConditioningAloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
Emollient
Nelumbo Nucifera Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningCitric Acid
Buffering
Adenosine
Skin Conditioning
Disodium EDTA
Panax Ginseng Callus Culture Extract
Skin ConditioningPhaseolus Radiatus Meristem Cell Culture Extract
Skin ConditioningEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningTheobroma Cacao Extract
Skin ConditioningParfum
Masking
Water, Sodium Hyaluronate, Snail Secretion Filtrate, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Betaine, Alcohol, 1,2-Hexanediol, PPG-26-Buteth-26, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Arginine, Squalane, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Sodium Citrate, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Propylene Glycol, Pvm/Ma Copolymer, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum, Solanum Lycopersicum Fruit Extract, Paeonia Lactiflora Bark/Sap Extract, Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract, Myrciaria Dubia Fruit Extract, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract, Ardisia Crispa Extract, Rubus Coreanus Fruit Extract, Phellinus Linteus Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Leaf Extract, Citric Acid, Adenosine, Disodium EDTA, Panax Ginseng Callus Culture Extract, Phaseolus Radiatus Meristem Cell Culture Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Theobroma Cacao Extract, 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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