What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningSqualane
Emollient
Hexyldecyl Isostearate
Skin ConditioningButylene Glycol
Humectant
Petrolatum
Emollient
PEG-90
HumectantGlycerin
Humectant
Behenyl Alcohol
Emollient
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Cholesteryl Hydroxystearate
EmollientBetaine
Humectant
Serine
Masking
Glycine
Buffering
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Glyceryl Glucoside
Humectant
Polyquaternium-51
Skin Conditioning
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Hydroxide
BufferingCarbomer
Emulsion StabilisingPolysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Hinokitiol
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Water, Squalane, Hexyldecyl Isostearate, Butylene Glycol, Petrolatum, PEG-90, Glycerin, Behenyl Alcohol, Ceramide NP, Cholesteryl Hydroxystearate, Betaine, Serine, Glycine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Glyceryl Glucoside, Polyquaternium-51, Stearic Acid, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Sodium Hydroxide, Carbomer, Polysorbate 20, Hinokitiol, Phenoxyethanol
Reviews
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:
Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.
Though this ingredient works well with most skin types, some people with sensitive skin may experience a reaction such as allergic rashes, closed comedones, or itchiness.
Learn more about Butylene GlycolGlycerin (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
