What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Caprylyl Glucoside
CleansingGluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Citric Acid
Buffering
Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Parfum
Masking
Ascorbyl Glucoside
Antioxidant
Zinc PCA
Humectant
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Water
MaskingGlyceryl Caprylate
EmollientSodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
PCA Ethyl Cocoyl Arginate
Moisturising
Phytic Acid
Carica Papaya Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningWater, Glycerin, Coco-Glucoside, Decyl Glucoside, Caprylyl Glucoside, Gluconolactone, Citric Acid, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Parfum, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Zinc PCA, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Water, Glyceryl Caprylate, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, PCA Ethyl Cocoyl Arginate, Phytic Acid, Carica Papaya Fruit Extract
Water
Skin ConditioningCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Acrylates Copolymer
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Chloride
MaskingCoptis Japonica Root Extract
Skin ConditioningHippophae Rhamnoides Extract
MaskingSalicylic Acid
Masking
Ascorbic Acid
Antioxidant
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingTromethamine
BufferingChlorhexidine Digluconate
Antimicrobial
Citrus Paradisi Peel Oil
Masking
Limonene
Perfuming
Water, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycerin, Acrylates Copolymer, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sodium Chloride, Coptis Japonica Root Extract, Hippophae Rhamnoides Extract, Salicylic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Tromethamine, Chlorhexidine Digluconate, Citrus Paradisi Peel Oil, Limonene
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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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