What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningPolysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Ascorbyl Glucoside
Antioxidant
Glycerin
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningFerulic Acid
Antimicrobial
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingTocopherol
Antioxidant
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Saccharum Officinarum Extract
MoisturisingChamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningCitrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract
MaskingCitrus Limon Fruit Extract
Masking
Nigella Sativa Seed Extract
Perfuming
Dehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Acer Saccharum Extract
Skin ConditioningCitric Acid
Buffering
Water, Polysorbate 20, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Glycerin, Panthenol, Phenoxyethanol, Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract, Ferulic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Tocopherol, Benzyl Alcohol, Saccharum Officinarum Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon Fruit Extract, Nigella Sativa Seed Extract, Dehydroacetic Acid, Acer Saccharum Extract, Citric Acid
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Coconut Alcohol
Emollient
Populus Tremuloides Bark Extract
AntiseborrhoeicAscorbic Acid
Antioxidant
Rosa Canina Seed Extract
EmollientButyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Leontopodium Alpinum Meristem Cell Culture
Skin ConditioningHydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientSclerotium Gum
Emulsion StabilisingRosa Damascena Flower Oil
Masking
Citrus Sinensis Peel Oil Expressed
Perfuming
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialBisabolol
Antioxidant
Sodium Anisate
AntimicrobialLactic Acid
Buffering
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Glycerin, Coco-Glucoside, Coconut Alcohol, Populus Tremuloides Bark Extract, Ascorbic Acid, Rosa Canina Seed Extract, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Leontopodium Alpinum Meristem Cell Culture, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Glyceryl Caprylate, Sclerotium Gum, Rosa Damascena Flower Oil, Citrus Sinensis Peel Oil Expressed, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Bisabolol, Sodium Anisate, Lactic Acid, Xanthan Gum
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.
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