What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
PEG-40 Glyceryl Cocoate
Emulsifying
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Ceteareth-60 Myristyl Glycol
EmulsifyingPEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate
Emulsifying
Sodium Coceth Sulfate
Cleansing
Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
Cleansing
Parfum
Masking
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Disodium EDTA
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Arctium Lappa Root Extract
Skin Conditioning
Nasturtium Officinale Leaf Extract
Masking
Salvia Officinalis Leaf Extract
CleansingCitric Acid
Buffering
Linalool
Perfuming
Water, Glycerin, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, PEG-40 Glyceryl Cocoate, Decyl Glucoside, Ceteareth-60 Myristyl Glycol, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Sodium Coceth Sulfate, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Parfum, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Caprylyl Glycol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Disodium EDTA, Propylene Glycol, Arctium Lappa Root Extract, Nasturtium Officinale Leaf Extract, Salvia Officinalis Leaf Extract, Citric Acid, Linalool
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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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