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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningOlea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Glycerin
Humectant
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Olus Oil
Emollient
Elaeis Guineensis Oil
Emollient
Hydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Squalane
Emollient
Betaine
Humectant
Palmitamide Mea
Sarcosine
Skin Conditioning
Acetamide Mea
HumectantHydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingCarbomer
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingWater
Skin ConditioningButylene Glycol
Humectant
Hydroxyethyl Urea
Humectant
Hydrogenated Polyisobutene
EmollientSilica
Abrasive
Ammonium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate
Emulsion StabilisingN-Vinyl Pyrrolidone
Glycerin
Humectant
Saccharide Isomerate
Humectant
Citric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Citrate
BufferingCocos Nucifera Water
Masking
Cetearyl Olivate
Sorbitan Olivate
Emulsifying
Glyceryl Glucoside
Humectant
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Avena Strigosa Seed Extract
Skin ConditioningLecithin
Emollient
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Aphanothece Sacrum Polysaccharide
AbsorbentSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Disodium EDTA
Sodium Acrylates Copolymer
Parfum
Masking
CI 42053
Cosmetic ColorantCI 19140
Cosmetic ColorantCI 42090
Cosmetic ColorantWater, Butylene Glycol, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Silica, Ammonium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, N-Vinyl Pyrrolidone, Glycerin, Saccharide Isomerate, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Cocos Nucifera Water, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Glyceryl Glucoside, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Phenoxyethanol, Avena Strigosa Seed Extract, Lecithin, Potassium Sorbate, Aphanothece Sacrum Polysaccharide, Sodium Hyaluronate, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Parfum, CI 42053, CI 19140, CI 42090
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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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