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What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningKaolin
Abrasive
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Cetearyl Glucoside
Emulsifying
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Salix Nigra Bark Extract
Skin ProtectingZinc Gluconate
Skin Conditioning
Bisabolol
Antioxidant
Oryzanol
Skin ConditioningSalvia Officinalis Oil
Masking
Lavandula Angustifolia Oil
Masking
Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract
Masking
Leptospermum Scoparium Branch/Leaf Oil
Tonic
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Dehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil
Masking
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCrataegus Oxyacantha Stem Extract
AntimicrobialCocos Nucifera Fruit Extract
Emollient
Glucose
Humectant
Lactobacillus
Skin ConditioningSodium Chloride
MaskingLactoperoxidase
StabilisingGlucose Oxidase
StabilisingLactic Acid
Buffering
Linalool
Perfuming
Water, Kaolin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil, Glycerin, Cetearyl Glucoside, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Salix Nigra Bark Extract, Zinc Gluconate, Bisabolol, Oryzanol, Salvia Officinalis Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Leptospermum Scoparium Branch/Leaf Oil, Tocopherol, Benzyl Alcohol, Dehydroacetic Acid, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil, Xanthan Gum, Crataegus Oxyacantha Stem Extract, Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract, Glucose, Lactobacillus, Sodium Chloride, Lactoperoxidase, Glucose Oxidase, Lactic Acid, Linalool
Water
Skin ConditioningPotassium Myristate
EmulsifyingGlycerin
Humectant
Potassium Behenate
CleansingSodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
Cleansing
Potassium Palmitate
EmulsifyingPotassium Laurate
EmulsifyingPotassium Stearate
CleansingPEG-3 Distearate
Emulsifying
Cholesteryl Hydroxystearate
EmollientButylene Glycol
Humectant
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Trisodium EDTA
Disodium EDTA
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
CI 60730
Cosmetic ColorantCI 14700
Cosmetic Colorant
Reviews
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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