What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Ceteareth-6 Olivate
EmulsifyingTrimethylsiloxyphenyl Dimethicone
Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Humulus Lupulus Extract
AntimicrobialBisabolol
Antioxidant
Glycerin
Humectant
Squalane
Emollient
Cetearyl Olivate
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Sorbitan Olivate
Emulsifying
Lecithin
Emollient
Sodium Acrylates Copolymer
Propanediol
Solvent
Citric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningHydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate
Antioxidant
Sodium Hydroxide
Buffering2-Methyl 5-Cyclohexylpentanol
Skin ConditioningWater, Panthenol, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Ceteareth-6 Olivate, Trimethylsiloxyphenyl Dimethicone, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Humulus Lupulus Extract, Bisabolol, Glycerin, Squalane, Cetearyl Olivate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sorbitan Olivate, Lecithin, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Propanediol, Citric Acid, Sodium Gluconate, Hydroxyacetophenone, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Sodium Hydroxide, 2-Methyl 5-Cyclohexylpentanol
Lactococcus/Hyaluronic Acid Ferment Filtrate
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningButylene Glycol
Humectant
Glycerin
Humectant
PPG-10 Methyl Glucose Ether
Skin ConditioningDisodium Succinate
MaskingHydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingSuccinic Acid
BufferingPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantDiglycerin
Humectant
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Disodium EDTA
Lactococcus/Hyaluronic Acid Ferment Filtrate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, PPG-10 Methyl Glucose Ether, Disodium Succinate, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Succinic Acid, Pentylene Glycol, Dipropylene Glycol, Diglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Disodium EDTA
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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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