What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Cleansing
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingDecyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Salicylic Acid
Masking
Hydrated Silica
Abrasive
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate
Emulsifying
Parfum
Masking
Imidazolidinyl Urea
Preservative
Benzophenone-4
UV Absorber
Menthol
Masking
Oryza Sativa Extract
Absorbent
Punica Granatum Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Undecylenoyl Glycine
CleansingLeuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
Antimicrobial
Horseradish Peroxidase
Skin ConditioningSuperoxide Dismutase
Antioxidant
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantCI 42090
Cosmetic ColorantCI 17200
Cosmetic ColorantWater, Glycerin, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Decyl Glucoside, Salicylic Acid, Hydrated Silica, Sodium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Parfum, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Benzophenone-4, Menthol, Oryza Sativa Extract, Punica Granatum Fruit Extract, Undecylenoyl Glycine, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Horseradish Peroxidase, Superoxide Dismutase, CI 77891, CI 42090, CI 17200
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingPropanediol
Solvent
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Maltooligosyl Glucoside
Skin ConditioningHydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
HumectantNiacinamide
Smoothing
Inulin
Skin Conditioning
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Trehalose
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Bifida Ferment Lysate
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningAllantoin
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract
Citric Acid
Buffering
Water, Glycerin, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Propanediol, Sodium PCA, Maltooligosyl Glucoside, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Niacinamide, Inulin, Gluconolactone, Sodium Benzoate, Trehalose, Panthenol, Bifida Ferment Lysate, Sodium Gluconate, Allantoin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract, Citric Acid
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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!
Learn more about Water
