What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCentella Asiatica Leaf Water
Skin Conditioning
Lauryl Glucoside
CleansingCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleansing
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate
CleansingGlycerin
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
Humectant
Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate
Skin Conditioning
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract
Skin Conditioning
Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningPersea Gratissima Oil
Skin Conditioning
Persea Gratissima Fruit Extract
EmollientAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract
Masking
Krameria Triandra Root Extract
Skin ConditioningCrithmum Maritimum Extract
Skin ConditioningHydrolyzed Algin
Hydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans
HumectantSalicornia Herbacea Extract
Skin ConditioningSilica
Abrasive
Panax Ginseng Seed Oil
Emollient
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Tetrasodium EDTA
PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emulsifying
Madecassoside
Antioxidant
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningWater, Centella Asiatica Leaf Water, Lauryl Glucoside, Coco-Glucoside, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Allantoin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Panthenol, Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Persea Gratissima Oil, Persea Gratissima Fruit Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Krameria Triandra Root Extract, Crithmum Maritimum Extract, Hydrolyzed Algin, Hydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans, Salicornia Herbacea Extract, Silica, Panax Ginseng Seed Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Tetrasodium EDTA, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Madecassoside, Polysorbate 20, Ethylhexylglycerin
Water
Skin ConditioningDisodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingDecyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate
Emulsifying
Glycerin
Humectant
Parfum
Masking
Sodium Chloride
MaskingAcacia Seyal Gum Extract
HumectantCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
Emollient
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone
Perfuming
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Phragmites Karka Extract
Skin ConditioningPotassium Sorbate
Preservative
Poria Cocos Extract
Skin ConditioningGeraniol
Perfuming
Hydroxycitronellal
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Water, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Decyl Glucoside, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Polysorbate 20, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Glycerin, Parfum, Sodium Chloride, Acacia Seyal Gum Extract, Caprylyl Glycol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Sodium Benzoate, Phragmites Karka Extract, Potassium Sorbate, Poria Cocos Extract, Geraniol, Hydroxycitronellal, Linalool
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Cocamidopropyl Betaine is a fatty acid created by mixing similar compounds in coconut oil and dimethylaminopropylamine, a compound with two amino groups.
This ingredient is a surfactant and cleanser. It helps gather the dirt, pollutants, and other impurities in your skin to be washed away. It also helps thicken a product and make the texture more creamy.
Being created from coconut oil means Cocamidopropyl Betaine is hydrating for the skin.
While Cocamidopropyl Betaine was believed to be an allergen, a study from 2012 disproved this. It found two compounds in unpure Cocamidopropyl Betaine to be the irritants: aminoamide and 3-dimethylaminopropylamine. High-grade and pure Cocamidopropyl Betaine did not induce allergic reactions during this study.
Learn more about Cocamidopropyl BetaineDisodium Cocoamphodiacetate is a surfactant and helps cleanse skin. It is created from the fatty acids of coconut oil.
Surfactants help rinse oil, dirt, and other pollutants easily from skin. It has a faint fruit-like scent.
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 GlycerinPolysorbate 20 is a gentle, water-soluble emulsifier and mild surfactant. It stops oil and water from separating to keep your formulas blended and stable.
It also acts as a mild penetration enhancer by helping active ingredients absorb slightly better.
The common safety discussion around this ingredient involves a manufacturing byproduct called 1,4-dioxane.
Trace amounts can form during production but the EU's Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety has concluded that levels at/below 10 ppm in finished products are safe (commercial products consistently fall within acceptable margins).
True allergic reactions are uncommon and the CIR Expert Panel has confirmed this ingredient to be safe as used in cosmetics.
Because it is derived from lauric acid, it may not be fungal acne safe.
Learn more about Polysorbate 20Sodium Hyaluronate is the salt form of hyaluronic acid. It is a long sugar chain that is naturally found in your skin, joints, and connective tissue that maintains hydration and elasticity.
In skincare, it works as a humectant. It pulls water from the environment and deeper layers of skin and binds it to the surface.
Interestingly, the size of the molecule affects its behavior:
Some clinical evidence links low molecular weight versions to improved wrinkle depth, elasticity, anti-inflammatory effects, and barrier repair.
Many serums use a blend of both weights so you can get surface hydration plus longer-lasting and deeper effects.
You'll typically see concentrations between 0.1-2% for this ingredient.
Learn more about Sodium HyaluronateWater. 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
