What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningPEG-8
HumectantMyristic Acid
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Potassium Hydroxide
BufferingSodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
Cleansing
Palmitic Acid
Emollient
Lauric Acid
Cleansing
PEG-32
HumectantGlyceryl Stearate
Emollient
PEG-100 Stearate
Surfactant
Sorbitan Olivate
Emulsifying
Limonene
Perfuming
Arachidic Acid
Cleansing
Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil
Antioxidant
Disodium EDTA
Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningPolyquaternium-7
Oleic Acid
Emollient
Centella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningCitrus Paradisi Peel Oil
Masking
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Houttuynia Cordata Extract
Skin Conditioning
Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Extract
Perfuming
Salvia Officinalis Leaf Extract
CleansingCitrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil
Masking
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil
Masking
Linalool
Perfuming
C12-13 Pareth-9
EmulsifyingPiroctone Olamine
Preservative
Water, PEG-8, Myristic Acid, Glycerin, Stearic Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Palmitic Acid, Lauric Acid, PEG-32, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Sorbitan Olivate, Limonene, Arachidic Acid, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil, Disodium EDTA, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Polyquaternium-7, Oleic Acid, Centella Asiatica Extract, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Citrus Paradisi Peel Oil, 1,2-Hexanediol, Houttuynia Cordata Extract, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Extract, Salvia Officinalis Leaf Extract, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil, Sodium Benzoate, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil, Linalool, C12-13 Pareth-9, Piroctone Olamine
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!
Learn more about Water
