What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningPersea Gratissima Oil
Skin Conditioning
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
C10-18 Triglycerides
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Polyglyceryl-3 Distearate
Emulsifying
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingLevulinic Acid
Perfuming
Glyceryl Stearate Citrate
Emollient
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
CleansingGellan Gum
Sodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningTocopherol
Antioxidant
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Propanediol
Solvent
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder
Skin Conditioning
Persea Gratissima Fruit Extract
EmollientWater, Persea Gratissima Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, C10-18 Triglycerides, Glycerin, Cetyl Alcohol, Polyglyceryl-3 Distearate, Xanthan Gum, Levulinic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Gellan Gum, Sodium Levulinate, Tocopherol, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Propanediol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder, Persea Gratissima Fruit 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.
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