What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Kaolin
Abrasive
Water
Skin ConditioningBentonite
Absorbent
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Centipeda Cunninghamii Extract
Skin ConditioningGlycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
Bleaching
Retinyl Palmitate
Skin Conditioning
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Undaria Pinnatifida Extract
Skin ConditioningHamamelis Virginiana Bark/Twig Extract
AstringentPunica Granatum Sterols
Skin Conditioning
Garcinia Mangostana Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningRosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Dehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Lactic Acid
Buffering
CI 77491
Cosmetic ColorantParfum
Masking
Glycerin
Humectant
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Limonene
Perfuming
Kaolin, Water, Bentonite, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract, Centipeda Cunninghamii Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Retinyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Undaria Pinnatifida Extract, Hamamelis Virginiana Bark/Twig Extract, Punica Granatum Sterols, Garcinia Mangostana Fruit Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Dehydroacetic Acid, Lactic Acid, CI 77491, Parfum, Glycerin, Benzyl Alcohol, Limonene
Water
Skin ConditioningHydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
HumectantSodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate
CleansingGlycerin
Humectant
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
Cleansing
Lauryl Glucoside
CleansingPolyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
Emulsion StabilisingSalicylic Acid
Masking
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Inulin
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Lactate
Buffering
Saccharide Isomerate
Humectant
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingAlpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide
Cleansing
Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Citric Acid
Buffering
Centipeda Cunninghamii Extract
Skin ConditioningCitrus Australasica Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
Salix Alba Bark Extract
Astringent
Sodium Citrate
BufferingTasmannia Lanceolata Fruit/Leaf Extract
Antioxidant
CI 19140
Cosmetic ColorantCI 42090
Cosmetic ColorantWater, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate, Glycerin, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Lauryl Glucoside, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Salicylic Acid, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Inulin, Sodium Lactate, Saccharide Isomerate, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Hydroxide, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid, Centipeda Cunninghamii Extract, Citrus Australasica Fruit Extract, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Salix Alba Bark Extract, Sodium Citrate, Tasmannia Lanceolata Fruit/Leaf Extract, CI 19140, CI 42090
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice comes from leaves of the aloe plant. Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is best known for helping to soothe sunburns. It is also anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, antiseptic, and can help heal wounds.
Aloe is packed with good stuff including Vitamins A, C, and E. These vitamins are antioxidants, which help fight free-radicals and the damage they may cause. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells, such as pollution.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice also contains sugars. These sugars come in the form of monosaccharides and polysaccharides, folic acid, and choline. These sugars are able to help bind moisture to skin.
It also contains minerals such as calcium, 12 anthraquinones, fatty acids, amino acids, and Vitamin B12.
Learn more about Aloe Barbadensis Leaf JuiceWe don't have a description for Centipeda Cunninghamii Extract yet.
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
