What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Benefits
Concerns
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningPropylene Glycol
Humectant
Glycerin
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Ethoxydiglycol
HumectantPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Salicylic Acid
Masking
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantPropanediol
Solvent
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingSodium Citrate
BufferingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
PPG-6-Decyltetradeceth-30
EmulsifyingHamamelis Virginiana Extract
Antiseborrhoeic
Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
Emulsion StabilisingTrisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
Citric Acid
Buffering
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder
Skin Conditioning
Acacia Senegal Gum
MaskingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingMelaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil
Antioxidant
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract
Skin Conditioning
Water, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Ethoxydiglycol, Panthenol, Salicylic Acid, Dipropylene Glycol, Propanediol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Citrate, Caprylyl Glycol, PPG-6-Decyltetradeceth-30, Hamamelis Virginiana Extract, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Citric Acid, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder, Acacia Senegal Gum, Xanthan Gum, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract
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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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