What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningAcrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingGlycerin
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingGlyceryl Stearate
Emollient
PEG-100 Stearate
Surfactant
Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate
Antioxidant
Persea Gratissima Oil Unsaponifiables
Skin Conditioning
C18-24 Isoalkane
SolventHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Decylene Glycol
Skin ConditioningWater, Sodium Gluconate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Glycerin, Panthenol, Sodium Hydroxide, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Persea Gratissima Oil Unsaponifiables, C18-24 Isoalkane, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Decylene Glycol
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Water
Skin ConditioningAscorbyl Palmitate
Antioxidant
BHT
Antioxidant
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter Unsaponifiables
Skin Conditioning
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Ceramide Ng
Skin Conditioning
Citric Acid
Buffering
Disodium EDTA
Glycerin
Humectant
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Lactobacillus Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Lecithin
Emollient
Maltodextrin
Absorbent
Niacinamide
Smoothing
PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emulsifying
PEG-8
HumectantSaccharide Isomerate
Humectant
Sodium Citrate
BufferingSodium Polyacrylate
Absorbent
Glycine Soja Oil
Emollient
Squalane
Emollient
1,2-Hexanediol, Water, Ascorbyl Palmitate, BHT, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter Unsaponifiables, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Ceramide Ng, Citric Acid, Disodium EDTA, Glycerin, Hydroxyacetophenone, Lactobacillus Ferment, Lecithin, Maltodextrin, Niacinamide, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, PEG-8, Saccharide Isomerate, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Polyacrylate, Glycine Soja Oil, Squalane
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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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