What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
No concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Maltodextrin
Absorbent
PPG-15 Stearyl Ether
EmollientDimethicone
Emollient
Dimethiconol
Emollient
Petrolatum
Emollient
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Ceteareth-20
CleansingPropylene Glycol
Humectant
Hydrogenated Polydecene
EmollientGlyceryl Stearate
Emollient
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Hydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Cholesterol
Emollient
Ceramide AP
Skin Conditioning
Phytosphingosine
Skin Conditioning
Tetraacetylphytosphingosine
Skin ConditioningCeramide EOP
Skin Conditioning
Glycosphingolipids
EmollientXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Disodium EDTA
Water, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Maltodextrin, PPG-15 Stearyl Ether, Dimethicone, Dimethiconol, Petrolatum, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ceteareth-20, Propylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Glyceryl Stearate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Stearic Acid, Niacinamide, Panthenol, Ceramide NP, Cholesterol, Ceramide AP, Phytosphingosine, Tetraacetylphytosphingosine, Ceramide EOP, Glycosphingolipids, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Disodium EDTA
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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