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Ingredients Side-by-side
Triethanolamine
BufferingTea-Stearate
CleansingGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium Tallowate
Cleansing
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoate
Cleansing
Sodium Ricinoleate
CleansingSodium Oleate
CleansingCocamide Mea
Emulsifying
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingSodium Stearate
CleansingBHT
Antioxidant
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Tetrasodium Etidronate
Emulsion StabilisingTrisodium Hedta
Sodium Metabisulfite
Antioxidant
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleansing
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Sodium Tallowate
Cleansing
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Isethionate
CleansingSodium Cocoate
Cleansing
Sodium Stearate
CleansingGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium Chloride
MaskingPEG-20
HumectantParfum
Masking
Petrolatum
Emollient
Sodium Isostearoyl Lactylate
EmulsifyingSucrose Cocoate
Emulsifying
Titanium Dioxide
Cosmetic Colorant
Pentasodium Pentetate
Tetrasodium Etidronate
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Palm Kernelate
CleansingSodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Stearic Acid, Sodium Tallowate, Water, Sodium Isethionate, Sodium Cocoate, Sodium Stearate, Glycerin, Sodium Chloride, PEG-20, Parfum, Petrolatum, Sodium Isostearoyl Lactylate, Sucrose Cocoate, Titanium Dioxide, Pentasodium Pentetate, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Sodium Palm Kernelate
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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 GlycerinSodium cocoate is a salt created by saponifying coconut oil. It has cleansing and emulsifying properties.
As a cleansing agent, this ingredient helps reduce the surface tension of dirt, sebum, and other residue in skin and hair. This makes them easier to be rinsed away with water.
Sodium stearate is the sodium salt of stearic acid.
The structure of sodium stearate makes it both a cleanser and emulsifier. As a cleanser, it helps dissolve dirt, oil, and other pollutants. As an emulsifier, it helps prevent ingredients from separating. This adds stability to the formula.
This ingredient is made from sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) and animal fat. It is not vegan.
We don't have a description for Tetrasodium Etidronate yet.
Water. 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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