What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin Conditioning1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Astragalus Membranaceus Root Extract
Emollient
Bis-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane
EmollientGlycerin
Humectant
Hydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingAllantoin
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Phosphate
BufferingDisodium Phosphate
BufferingPolysorbate 60
Emulsifying
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Lecithin
Emollient
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Salix Alba Bark Extract
Astringent
Houttuynia Cordata Extract
Skin Conditioning
Centella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Water, 1,2-Hexanediol, Butylene Glycol, Astragalus Membranaceus Root Extract, Bis-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane, Glycerin, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Allantoin, Sodium Phosphate, Disodium Phosphate, Polysorbate 60, Sodium Hyaluronate, Lecithin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Salix Alba Bark Extract, Houttuynia Cordata Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Ceramide NP
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
PPG-15 Stearyl Ether
EmollientC12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
AntimicrobialColloidal Oatmeal
Absorbent
Tremella Fuciformis Extract
Humectant
Polysorbate 60
Emulsifying
Trehalose
Humectant
Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate
Skin Conditioning
Polyglyceryl-3 Oleate
Emulsifying
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Hydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingSodium PCA
Humectant
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Jojoba Wax PEG-120 Esters
Surfactant
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, PPG-15 Stearyl Ether, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Colloidal Oatmeal, Tremella Fuciformis Extract, Polysorbate 60, Trehalose, Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate, Polyglyceryl-3 Oleate, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Sodium PCA, Hydroxyacetophenone, Jojoba Wax PEG-120 Esters, Xanthan Gum, Caprylyl Glycol
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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.
Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:
Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.
Though this ingredient works well with most skin types, some people with sensitive skin may experience a reaction such as allergic rashes, closed comedones, or itchiness.
Learn more about Butylene GlycolGlycerin (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 GlycerinHydroxyethylcellulose is used to improve the texture of products. It is created from a chemical reaction involving ethylene oxide and alkali-cellulose. Cellulose is a sugar found in plant cell walls and help give plants structure.
This ingredient helps stabilize products by preventing ingredients from separating. It can also help thicken the texture of a product.
This ingredient can also be found in pill medicines to help our bodies digest other ingredients.
Learn more about HydroxyethylcellulosePolysorbate 60 is used to help stabilize products. It is a surfactant and emulsifier. These properties help keep ingredients together in a product. Surfactants help reduce surface tension between ingredients with different states, such as liquids and solids. Emulsifiers help prevent oils and waters from separating.
Polysorbate 60 is sorbitol-based and created from the ethoxylation of sorbitan. Ethoxylation is a chemical reaction used to add ethylene oxide. Sorbitan is a the dehydrated version of sorbitol, a sugar found in fruits.
In this case, the 60 comes from reacting 60 units of ethylene oxide with sorbitan.
Polysorbates are commonly used in medicine and foods.
Learn more about Polysorbate 60Water. 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
