What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSnail Secretion Filtrate
Skin Conditioning
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Glycerin
Humectant
Ectoin
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
Emollient
Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Rosa Canina Seed Oil
Emollient
Mel Extract
MoisturisingGlycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
Bleaching
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
Humectant
Inulin
Skin Conditioning
Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract
Masking
Propanediol
Solvent
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingSodium PCA
Humectant
Inulin Lauryl Carbamate
Emulsion StabilisingHydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans
HumectantFructose
Humectant
Sorbitol
Humectant
Phenethyl Alcohol
MaskingPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Water, Snail Secretion Filtrate, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Ectoin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Rosa Canina Seed Oil, Mel Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Panthenol, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Inulin, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Propanediol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Sodium PCA, Inulin Lauryl Carbamate, Hydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans, Fructose, Sorbitol, Phenethyl Alcohol, Pentylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol
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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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