What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCitrus Limon Peel
MaskingPimpinella Anisum Fruit Water
Skin ConditioningMica
Cosmetic ColorantGlycerin
Humectant
Ascophyllum Nodosum Extract
Skin ConditioningSclerotium Gum
Emulsion StabilisingHydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans
HumectantSodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingSodium Dehydroacetate
Preservative
Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Sodium Anisate
AntimicrobialLactic Acid
Buffering
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantWater
Skin ConditioningCaprylyl Methicone
Skin Conditioning
Titanium Dioxide
Cosmetic Colorant
Isodecyl Neopentanoate
EmollientMica
Cosmetic ColorantTrimethylsiloxysilicate
Emollient
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Propanediol
Solvent
Caramel
Cosmetic ColorantCeteth-20 Phosphate
CleansingCI 77491
Cosmetic ColorantSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Pseudoalteromonas Exopolysaccharides
Skin ConditioningAllantoin
Skin Conditioning
Glucose
Humectant
Fructose
Humectant
Maltose
MaskingTrehalose
Humectant
Sodium Lactate
Buffering
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Urea
Buffering
Polypodium Vulgare Rhizome Extract
HumectantCetraria Islandica Thallus Extract
HumectantSphagnum Magellanicum Extract
Skin ConditioningPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Carrageenan
Acacia Senegal Gum
MaskingMethyl Methacrylate/PEG/PPG-4/3 Methacrylate Crosspolymer
Dicetyl Phosphate
EmulsifyingSynthetic Fluorphlogopite
Tin Oxide
Abrasive
Sodium Chloride
MaskingSodium Hydroxide
BufferingSodium Salicylate
Preservative
Triethanolamine
BufferingCitric Acid
Buffering
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Chlorphenesin
Antimicrobial
Water, Caprylyl Methicone, Titanium Dioxide, Isodecyl Neopentanoate, Mica, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Propanediol, Caramel, Ceteth-20 Phosphate, CI 77491, Sodium Hyaluronate, Pseudoalteromonas Exopolysaccharides, Allantoin, Glucose, Fructose, Maltose, Trehalose, Sodium Lactate, Sodium PCA, Urea, Polypodium Vulgare Rhizome Extract, Cetraria Islandica Thallus Extract, Sphagnum Magellanicum Extract, Pentylene Glycol, Glycerin, Carrageenan, Acacia Senegal Gum, Methyl Methacrylate/PEG/PPG-4/3 Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Dicetyl Phosphate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Tin Oxide, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Salicylate, Triethanolamine, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin
Alternatives
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 GlycerinMica is a naturally occurring mineral used to add shimmer and color in cosmetics. It can also help improve the texture of a product or give it an opaque, white/silver color.
Serecite is the name for very fine but ragged grains of mica.
This ingredient is often coated with metal oxides like titanium dioxide. Trace amounts of heavy metals may be found in mica, but these metals are not harmful in our personal products.
Mica has been used since prehistoric times throughout the world. Ancient Egyptian, Indian, Greek, Roman, Aztec, and Chinese civilizations have used mica.
Learn more about MicaWater. 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
