What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSqualane
Emollient
C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
AntimicrobialGlycerin
Humectant
Polyacrylamide
Paeonia Lactiflora Leaf Cell Extract
Antioxidant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extract
Humectant
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Proline
Skin Conditioning
Alanine
Masking
Serine
Masking
C13-14 Isoparaffin
Emollient
Laureth-7
EmulsifyingEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningMethylpropanediol
SolventCaprylhydroxamic Acid
Water, Squalane, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Glycerin, Polyacrylamide, Paeonia Lactiflora Leaf Cell Extract, Niacinamide, Sodium Hyaluronate, Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extract, Sodium PCA, Proline, Alanine, Serine, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Laureth-7, Ethylhexylglycerin, Methylpropanediol, Caprylhydroxamic Acid
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Alcohol
Antimicrobial
Dimethicone
Emollient
Glycosyl Trehalose
Emulsion StabilisingTocopherol
Antioxidant
Tremella Fuciformis Extract
Humectant
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingBehenyl Alcohol
Emollient
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingCetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Disodium EDTA
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
HumectantHydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingIsohexadecane
EmollientParaffinum Liquidum
Emollient
Phytosteryl/Behenyl/Octyldodecyl Lauroyl Glutamate
Skin ConditioningPolysorbate 80
Emulsifying
Propylene Glycol Dicaprate
EmollientSodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Methyl Stearoyl Taurate
CleansingSorbitan Oleate
Emulsifying
Sorbitan Palmitate
Emulsifying
Triethanolamine
BufferingTriethylhexanoin
MaskingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Parfum
Masking
Benzyl Benzoate
Antimicrobial
Butylphenyl Methylpropional
Perfuming
Citronellol
Perfuming
Hexyl Cinnamal
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
CI 42090
Cosmetic ColorantWater, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Alcohol, Dimethicone, Glycosyl Trehalose, Tocopherol, Tremella Fuciformis Extract, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Behenyl Alcohol, Carbomer, Cetearyl Alcohol, Disodium EDTA, Glyceryl Stearate, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Isohexadecane, Paraffinum Liquidum, Phytosteryl/Behenyl/Octyldodecyl Lauroyl Glutamate, Polysorbate 80, Propylene Glycol Dicaprate, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Sodium Methyl Stearoyl Taurate, Sorbitan Oleate, Sorbitan Palmitate, Triethanolamine, Triethylhexanoin, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum, Benzyl Benzoate, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Citronellol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, 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.
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
