What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Glycerin
Humectant
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Parfum
Masking
Cyclomethicone
Emollient
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
C15-19 Alkane
SolventBertholletia Excelsa Seed Oil
Emollient
Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate
EmulsifyingCocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Oil
Skin Conditioning
Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter
Emollient
Paullinia Cupana Seed Extract
Skin ConditioningTheobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter
Skin Conditioning
Glycine Soja Oil
Emollient
Daucus Carota Sativa Root Extract
Skin Conditioning
Zea Mays Oil
Emulsifying
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Phenyl Trimethicone
Skin Conditioning
Ceteareth-20
CleansingZea Mays Starch
Absorbent
Caramel
Cosmetic ColorantAcrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingHydrogenated Polyisobutene
EmollientPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningSodium Phytate
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingWater, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetyl Alcohol, Parfum, Cyclomethicone, Cetearyl Alcohol, C15-19 Alkane, Bertholletia Excelsa Seed Oil, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Oil, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter, Paullinia Cupana Seed Extract, Theobroma Grandiflorum Seed Butter, Glycine Soja Oil, Daucus Carota Sativa Root Extract, Zea Mays Oil, Tocopherol, Phenyl Trimethicone, Ceteareth-20, Zea Mays Starch, Caramel, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Phytate, Sodium Hydroxide
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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.
Cetyl Alcohol is a fatty alcohol. Fatty Alcohols are most often used as an emollient or to thicken a product.
Its main roles are:
Though it has "alcohol" in the name, it is not related to denatured alcohol or ethyl alcohol.
The FDA allows products labeled "alcohol-free" to have fatty alcohols.
Learn more about Cetyl AlcoholGlycerin (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
