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Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Avena Sativa Seed Water 77%
Solvent
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Glycerin
Humectant
2,3-Butanediol
Humectant1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Water
Skin ConditioningAmmonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer
Squalane
Emollient
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingDipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Tromethamine
BufferingEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningInulin Lauryl Carbamate
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Surfactin
CleansingBeta-Glucan
Skin Conditioning
Avena Sativa Seed Water 77%, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, 2,3-Butanediol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Water, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer, Squalane, Hydroxyacetophenone, Carbomer, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Panthenol, Tromethamine, Ethylhexylglycerin, Inulin Lauryl Carbamate, Sodium Surfactin, Beta-Glucan
Water
Skin ConditioningIsoamyl Laurate
Emollient
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Isosorbide Dicaprylate
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide
Cleansing
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Polyglyceryl-3 Rice Branate
EmulsifyingOryza Sativa Starch
AbsorbentZinc PCA
Humectant
Sphingomonas Ferment Extract
Skin Conditioning
Glucosylrutin
Antioxidant
Glyceryl Glucoside
Humectant
Caprylic Acid
CleansingXylitol
Humectant
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Oryza Sativa Bran Wax
Skin Conditioning
Potassium Cetyl Phosphate
EmulsifyingPropanediol
Solvent
Microcrystalline Cellulose
AbsorbentSodium Citrate
BufferingCellulose Gum
Emulsion StabilisingCitric Acid
Buffering
Water, Isoamyl Laurate, Pentylene Glycol, Isosorbide Dicaprylate, Glycerin, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Polyglyceryl-3 Rice Branate, Oryza Sativa Starch, Zinc PCA, Sphingomonas Ferment Extract, Glucosylrutin, Glyceryl Glucoside, Caprylic Acid, Xylitol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Oryza Sativa Bran Wax, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Propanediol, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Sodium Citrate, Cellulose Gum, Citric Acid
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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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