What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningDipropylene Glycol
HumectantPropanediol
Solvent
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Glycereth-26
Humectant
Methyl Gluceth-20
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Glycerin
Humectant
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingArginine
Masking
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingButylene Glycol
Humectant
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningAdenosine
Skin Conditioning
Coptis Japonica Extract
AntimicrobialHydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
Humectant
Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
Emulsion StabilisingGlyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer
HumectantBenzyl Glycol
SolventCyanocobalamin
Skin ConditioningSodium Phytate
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Dna
Skin Conditioning
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Collagen Extract
Skin Conditioning
Copper Tripeptide-1
Skin Conditioning
Water, Dipropylene Glycol, Propanediol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycereth-26, Methyl Gluceth-20, Niacinamide, Glycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Arginine, Xanthan Gum, Butylene Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Adenosine, Coptis Japonica Extract, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Benzyl Glycol, Cyanocobalamin, Sodium Phytate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate, Sodium Dna, Tocopherol, Pentylene Glycol, Collagen Extract, Copper Tripeptide-1
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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.
Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:
Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.
Though this ingredient works well with most skin types, some people with sensitive skin may experience a reaction such as allergic rashes, closed comedones, or itchiness.
Learn more about Butylene GlycolGlycerin (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 GlycerinHydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid is hyaluronic acid (HA) that is broken down into lower molecular weight fragments.
It's a humectant that pulls and holds water in the skin to help with hydration, plumpness, and reduce transepidermal water loss.
Because hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid is smaller in size, it can slip past your outermost layer of skin more easily than full-sized HA.
Most formulations will combine all sizes to get the best of both worlds.
Typical usage levels range from 0.01-1%. Any percentage higher than 2% might become goopy and tacky.
Learn more about Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic AcidWater. 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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