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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCocos Nucifera Fruit Extract
Emollient
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Behentrimonium Chloride
Preservative
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Dimethicone
Emollient
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Gardenia Taitensis Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningTocopherol
Antioxidant
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Phenyl Trimethicone
Skin Conditioning
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Oleth-20
CleansingEthyl Lauroyl Arginate Hcl
Skin ConditioningStearalkonium Chloride
Preservative
Stearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Dimethyl Stearamine
EmulsifyingSaccharide Isomerate
Humectant
Linseed Oil Ascorbate Esters
Antioxidant
Polyquaternium-7
Sericin
Skin ConditioningFibroin
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Skin ConditioningSodium Benzoate
Masking
Hydroxypropyl Starch
Caprylic Acid
CleansingXylitol
Humectant
Citric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Citrate
BufferingIsopropyl Alcohol
Solvent
Parfum
Masking
Benzyl Benzoate
Antimicrobial
Coumarin
Perfuming
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Water, Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract, Propylene Glycol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Dimethicone, Cetearyl Alcohol, Gardenia Taitensis Flower Extract, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, Glycerin, Phenyl Trimethicone, Caprylyl Glycol, Oleth-20, Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate Hcl, Stearalkonium Chloride, Stearyl Alcohol, Dimethyl Stearamine, Saccharide Isomerate, Linseed Oil Ascorbate Esters, Polyquaternium-7, Sericin, Fibroin, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Sodium Benzoate, Hydroxypropyl Starch, Caprylic Acid, Xylitol, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Isopropyl Alcohol, Parfum, Benzyl Benzoate, Coumarin, Benzyl Alcohol
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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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