What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningTrehalose
Humectant
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Persea Gratissima Oil
Skin Conditioning
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Hydrogenated Farnesene
EmollientBrassica Campestris Seed Oil
Skin Conditioning
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
Humectant
Tabebuia Impetiginosa Bark Extract
Skin ConditioningHyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Hydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans
HumectantSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
Humectant
Propanediol
Solvent
Citric Acid
Buffering
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningBenzyl Glycol
SolventPolyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate
Emulsifying
Dehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Raspberry Ketone
Masking
Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Water, Trehalose, Cetyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Persea Gratissima Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Farnesene, Brassica Campestris Seed Oil, Stearic Acid, Tocopheryl Acetate, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Tabebuia Impetiginosa Bark Extract, Hyaluronic Acid, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Hydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Propanediol, Citric Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Benzyl Glycol, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate, Dehydroacetic Acid, Raspberry Ketone, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Sodium Benzoate, Benzyl Alcohol
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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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