What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Glycereth-26
Humectant
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Camellia Sinensis Seed Oil
Humectant
Methylpropanediol
SolventPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Chlorella Vulgaris Extract
Skin ConditioningGlucose
Humectant
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingFructooligosaccharides
Humectant
Fructose
Humectant
Hydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate
Emulsion StabilisingYeast Ferment Extract
Skin ConditioningTromethamine
BufferingDipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningSodium Phytate
Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment
AntimicrobialTocopherol
Antioxidant
Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Glycereth-26, 1,2-Hexanediol, Niacinamide, Camellia Sinensis Seed Oil, Methylpropanediol, Panthenol, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Glucose, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Fructooligosaccharides, Fructose, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Yeast Ferment Extract, Tromethamine, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Phytate, Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment, Tocopherol
Water
Skin ConditioningIsododecane
EmollientPolymethylsilsesquioxane
Dimethicone
Emollient
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
Emollient
Polyglyceryl-4 Diisostearate/Polyhydroxystearate/Sebacate
Emulsifying
Neopentyl Glycol Diethylhexanoate
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Diisostearoyl Polyglyceryl-3 Dimer Dilinoleate
Emollient
C20-24 Alkyl Dimethicone
Skin Conditioning
Disteardimonium Hectorite
StabilisingButyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Magnesium Sulfate
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Polysilicone-11
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Sodium Phytate
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Dehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite
Tin Oxide
Abrasive
CI 77163
Cosmetic Colorant
CI 77491
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantWater, Isododecane, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Dimethicone, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Polyglyceryl-4 Diisostearate/Polyhydroxystearate/Sebacate, Neopentyl Glycol Diethylhexanoate, Glycerin, Diisostearoyl Polyglyceryl-3 Dimer Dilinoleate, C20-24 Alkyl Dimethicone, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Magnesium Sulfate, Benzyl Alcohol, Polysilicone-11, Phenoxyethanol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Sodium Phytate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Dehydroacetic Acid, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Tin Oxide, CI 77163, CI 77491, CI 77891
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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 GlycerinSodium Phytate is the synthetic salt form of phytic acid. Phytic acid is an antioxidant and can be found in plant seeds.
Sodium Phytate is a chelating agent. Chelating agents help prevent metals from binding to water. This helps stabilize the ingredients and the product.
Water. 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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