QV Gentle Wash Versus SebaMed PRO! Intensive Serum
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCoco-Caprylate
Emollient
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Lactococcus Ferment Lysate
Skin Conditioning
Dicaprylyl Carbonate
EmollientGlycerin
Humectant
Polyglyceryl-6 Stearate
Emollient
Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Alpinia Galanga Extract
Skin ConditioningAlbatrellus Ovinus Extract
Skin ConditioningTocopherol
Antioxidant
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate
Emulsion Stabilising
Propanediol
Solvent
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingSodium Stearoyl Glutamate
CleansingHydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate
C18-22 Hydroxyalkyl Hydroxypropyl Guar
Skin ConditioningCitric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Chloride
MaskingParfum
Masking
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Water, Coco-Caprylate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Lactococcus Ferment Lysate, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Glycerin, Polyglyceryl-6 Stearate, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Alpinia Galanga Extract, Albatrellus Ovinus Extract, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Lactic Acid, Butylene Glycol, Pentylene Glycol, Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate, Propanediol, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate, C18-22 Hydroxyalkyl Hydroxypropyl Guar, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Parfum, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate
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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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