What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropylsulfonate
CleansingCellulose
Absorbent
Sodium Chloride
MaskingDiglycerin
Humectant
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
Cleansing
Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate
Cleansing
Sodium Lauroamphoacetate
CleansingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingMicrocitrus Australasica Fruit Extract
Biosaccharide Gum-4
Skin Conditioning
Panthenyl Triacetate
Parfum
Masking
Hydroxypropylcellulose
EmulsifyingAcrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingDecyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Sorbeth-230 Tetraoleate
Emulsifying
Sorbitan Laurate
Emulsifying
Gellan Gum
Lauric Acid
Cleansing
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Citric Acid
Buffering
Water, Glycerin, Sodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropylsulfonate, Cellulose, Sodium Chloride, Diglycerin, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Sodium Lauroamphoacetate, Xanthan Gum, Microcitrus Australasica Fruit Extract, Biosaccharide Gum-4, Panthenyl Triacetate, Parfum, Hydroxypropylcellulose, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Decyl Glucoside, Sorbeth-230 Tetraoleate, Sorbitan Laurate, Gellan Gum, Lauric Acid, Hydroxyacetophenone, Citric 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 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!
Learn more about Water
