What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium Polyacrylate
Absorbent
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Lactate
Buffering
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Wheat Amino Acids
Skin ConditioningTriticum Vulgare Germ Extract
Skin ConditioningSodium Benzoate
Masking
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Symphytum Officinale Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningSaccharomyces Lysate Extract
Humectant
Hydroxyproline
Skin ConditioningFructose
Humectant
Glycine
Buffering
Inositol
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Urea
Buffering
Water, Glycerin, Sodium Polyacrylate, Sodium PCA, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Sodium Lactate, Gluconolactone, Sodium Hyaluronate, Wheat Amino Acids, Triticum Vulgare Germ Extract, Sodium Benzoate, Panthenol, Symphytum Officinale Leaf Extract, Saccharomyces Lysate Extract, Hydroxyproline, Fructose, Glycine, Inositol, Niacinamide, Urea
Water
Skin ConditioningAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Butter
Skin Conditioning
Acetyl Dipeptide-1 Cetyl Ester
Skin Conditioning
Isononyl Isononanoate
EmollientSorbitan Laurate
Emulsifying
Hydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingButylene Glycol
Humectant
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Sodium Acrylates Copolymer
Lecithin
Emollient
Linum Usitatissimum Seed Extract
Perfuming
Glycerin
Humectant
Cyathea Cumingii Leaf Extract
Hydrolyzed Silk
Humectant
Trifluoroacetyl Tripeptide-2
Skin Conditioning
Pvm/Ma Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingDextran
Glyceryl Polyacrylate
Polymethyl Methacrylate
Avena Sativa Straw Extract
Skin ConditioningAllantoin
Skin Conditioning
Camellia Sinensis Extract
Antioxidant
Caviar Extract
Skin ConditioningChamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Copper Gluconate
Skin Conditioning
Magnesium Aspartate
Skin ConditioningSymphytum Officinale Callus Culture Extract
Skin ConditioningTetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Zinc Gluconate
Skin Conditioning
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningParfum
Masking
Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Butter, Acetyl Dipeptide-1 Cetyl Ester, Isononyl Isononanoate, Sorbitan Laurate, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Butylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Lecithin, Linum Usitatissimum Seed Extract, Glycerin, Cyathea Cumingii Leaf Extract, Hydrolyzed Silk, Trifluoroacetyl Tripeptide-2, Pvm/Ma Copolymer, Dextran, Glyceryl Polyacrylate, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Avena Sativa Straw Extract, Allantoin, Camellia Sinensis Extract, Caviar Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Copper Gluconate, Magnesium Aspartate, Symphytum Officinale Callus Culture Extract, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Tocopherol, Zinc Gluconate, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Parfum
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice comes from leaves of the aloe plant. Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is best known for helping to soothe sunburns. It is also anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, antiseptic, and can help heal wounds.
Aloe is packed with good stuff including Vitamins A, C, and E. These vitamins are antioxidants, which help fight free-radicals and the damage they may cause. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells, such as pollution.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice also contains sugars. These sugars come in the form of monosaccharides and polysaccharides, folic acid, and choline. These sugars are able to help bind moisture to skin.
It also contains minerals such as calcium, 12 anthraquinones, fatty acids, amino acids, and Vitamin B12.
Learn more about Aloe Barbadensis Leaf JuiceGlycerin (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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