What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Behentrimonium Chloride
Preservative
Stearalkonium Chloride
Preservative
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Glyceryl Stearate Se
Emulsifying
Isoamyl Laurate
Emollient
Hydrolyzed Oat Protein
Skin ConditioningCalendula Officinalis Flower Extract
Masking
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Nasturtium Officinale Flower/Leaf Extract
AntiseborrhoeicSpiraea Ulmaria Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Glycerin
Humectant
Arginine Hcl
Skin ConditioningGlyceryl Caprylate
EmollientSorbitan Oleate
Emulsifying
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Skin ConditioningHydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingCaprylhydroxamic Acid
Parfum
Masking
Alcohol
Antimicrobial
Isopropyl Alcohol
Solvent
Citric Acid
Buffering
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingWater, Cetearyl Alcohol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Behentrimonium Chloride, Stearalkonium Chloride, Gluconolactone, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Glyceryl Stearate Se, Isoamyl Laurate, Hydrolyzed Oat Protein, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Nasturtium Officinale Flower/Leaf Extract, Spiraea Ulmaria Flower Extract, Panthenol, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Glycerin, Arginine Hcl, Glyceryl Caprylate, Sorbitan Oleate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Parfum, Alcohol, Isopropyl Alcohol, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide
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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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