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Ingredients Side-by-side
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Citrus Limon Bud Extract
HumectantOlea Europaea Leaf Extract
Perfuming
Silybum Marianum Extract
Skin Conditioning
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate
Antioxidant
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil
Masking
Citrus Nobilis Peel Oil
Masking
Citrus Paradisi Peel Oil
Masking
Rosa Damascena Flower Oil
Masking
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil
Masking
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCarrageenan
Dehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glycerin, Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon Bud Extract, Olea Europaea Leaf Extract, Silybum Marianum Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil, Citrus Nobilis Peel Oil, Citrus Paradisi Peel Oil, Rosa Damascena Flower Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Benzyl Alcohol, Xanthan Gum, Carrageenan, Dehydroacetic Acid
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 GlycerinXanthan gum is used as a stabilizer and thickener within cosmetic products. It helps give products a sticky, thick feeling - preventing them from being too runny.
On the technical side of things, xanthan gum is a polysaccharide - a combination consisting of multiple sugar molecules bonded together.
Xanthan gum is a pretty common and great ingredient. It is a natural, non-toxic, non-irritating ingredient that is also commonly used in food products.
Learn more about Xanthan Gum
