What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningAloe Barbadensis Leaf
Masking
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Cetearyl Glucoside
Emulsifying
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
Emollient
Squalane
Emollient
Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil
Emollient
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Glycerin
Humectant
Ceramide AP
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
CleansingP-Anisic Acid
Masking
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientHyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil
Masking
Citrus Nobilis Peel Oil
Masking
Humulus Lupulus Extract
AntimicrobialWater, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Cetearyl Glucoside, Cetearyl Alcohol, Niacinamide, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Squalane, Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Tocopherol, Glycerin, Ceramide AP, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, P-Anisic Acid, Glyceryl Caprylate, Hyaluronic Acid, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil, Citrus Nobilis Peel Oil, Humulus Lupulus 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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