What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningButylene Glycol
Humectant
Glycerin
Humectant
PEG-32
HumectantPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Dimethicone
Emollient
Ethylhexyl Palmitate
Emollient
Glycosyl Trehalose
Emulsion StabilisingHydrolyzed Corn Starch
HumectantPolyquaternium-51
Skin Conditioning
Umbilical Extract
Skin ConditioningSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Citrus Grandis Seed Extract
Astringent
Squalane
Emollient
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingHydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingPotassium Hydroxide
BufferingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, PEG-32, Pentylene Glycol, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Dimethicone, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Glycosyl Trehalose, Hydrolyzed Corn Starch, Polyquaternium-51, Umbilical Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Citrus Grandis Seed Extract, Squalane, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Potassium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol
Water
Skin ConditioningCyclopentasiloxane
Emollient
Cyclohexasiloxane
Emollient
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Hamamelis Virginiana Water
Astringent
Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate
Absorbent
Glycerin
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
AntimicrobialCeteareth-20
CleansingPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Avena Sativa Kernel Extract
Abrasive
Methylparaben
Preservative
Propylparaben
Preservative
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCitric Acid
Buffering
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!
Learn more about Water
