What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Cocos Nucifera Water
Masking
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
Emollient
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Dicaprylyl Ether
Emollient
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
Hamamelis Virginiana Bark/Twig Extract
AstringentSyzygium Luehmannii Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Tasmannia Lanceolata Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningKunzea Pomifera Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningCamellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract
Astringent
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Cocos Nucifera Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Water, Glycerin, Dicaprylyl Ether, Decyl Glucoside, Glyceryl Oleate, Hamamelis Virginiana Bark/Twig Extract, Syzygium Luehmannii Fruit Extract, Tasmannia Lanceolata Fruit Extract, Kunzea Pomifera Fruit Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract, Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract, Sodium Benzoate, Benzyl Alcohol, Lactic Acid
Water
Skin ConditioningDipropylene Glycol
HumectantPolyglyceryl-4 Caprate
EmulsifyingC12-13 Pareth-9
EmulsifyingGlycerin
Humectant
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Citrate
BufferingEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningRosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil
Masking
Citric Acid
Buffering
Squalane
Emollient
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Stellaria Media Extract
Skin ConditioningLactobacillus Ferment
Skin Conditioning
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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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