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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Brassica Alcohol
Emollient
Hydrated Silica
Abrasive
Brassicyl Valinate Esylate
EmollientHydrogenated Rapeseed Glycerides
EmulsifyingCalcium Gluconate
HumectantSimmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Charcoal Powder
Abrasive
Triethyl Citrate
Masking
Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil
Emollient
Propanediol
Solvent
Volcanic Ash
Abrasive
Citric Acid
Buffering
Mangifera Indica Seed Butter
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
Schisandra Chinensis Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin
MaskingSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38
Skin Conditioning
Water, Glycerin, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Niacinamide, Brassica Alcohol, Hydrated Silica, Brassicyl Valinate Esylate, Hydrogenated Rapeseed Glycerides, Calcium Gluconate, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Charcoal Powder, Triethyl Citrate, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Propanediol, Volcanic Ash, Citric Acid, Mangifera Indica Seed Butter, Sodium Benzoate, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Schisandra Chinensis Fruit Extract, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopherol, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38
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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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