What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate
Cleansing
Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
Cleansing
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Citric Acid
Buffering
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Sodium Chloride
MaskingSalicylic Acid
Masking
Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate
Skin Conditioning
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil
Masking
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Trehalose
Humectant
Bifida Ferment Lysate
Skin Conditioning
Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Extract
Perfuming
Houttuynia Cordata Extract
Skin Conditioning
Artemisia Princeps Extract
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoyl Apple Amino Acids
Skin Conditioning
Hexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingTaraxacum Officinale Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningGlucose
Humectant
Lactobacillus Ferment Filtrate
Skin ConditioningEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningTetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
Bifida Ferment Filtrate
Skin Conditioning
Water, Glycerin, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Citric Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, Sodium Chloride, Salicylic Acid, Lactobacillus Ferment Lysate, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil, Allantoin, Trehalose, Bifida Ferment Lysate, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Extract, Houttuynia Cordata Extract, Artemisia Princeps Extract, Sodium Cocoyl Apple Amino Acids, Hexylene Glycol, Taraxacum Officinale Leaf Extract, Glucose, Lactobacillus Ferment Filtrate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Bifida Ferment Filtrate
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Water
Skin ConditioningSucrose Laurate
Emollient
Avena Sativa Kernel Oil
Skin Conditioning
Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil
Emollient
Sucrose Stearate
EmollientTocopherol
Antioxidant
Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil
Masking
Sucrose Palmitate
EmollientAnthemis Nobilis Flower Oil
Masking
Avena Sativa Kernel Extract
Abrasive
Lactobacillus Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Glycerin, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Water, Sucrose Laurate, Avena Sativa Kernel Oil, Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil, Sucrose Stearate, Tocopherol, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Sucrose Palmitate, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil, Avena Sativa Kernel Extract, Lactobacillus Ferment
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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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