What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningAureobasidium Pullulans Ferment
Skin ConditioningDipropylene Glycol
HumectantButylene Glycol
Humectant
Alcohol
Antimicrobial
Dipentaerythrityl Hexahydroxystearate/Hexastearate/Hexarosinate
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Squalane
Emollient
Hydrogenated Castor Oil Stearate
Skin Conditioning
Behenyl Alcohol
Emollient
Cetyl Ethylhexanoate
EmollientDimethicone
Emollient
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Hydrogenated Rapeseed Glycerides
EmulsifyingHydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Alpinia Speciosa Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningCoix Lacryma-Jobi Ma-Yuen Seed Extract
Skin ConditioningHydrolyzed Rice Leaf Extract
Antioxidant
Malva Sylvestris Extract
AstringentMorinda Citrifolia Fruit Juice
Skin ConditioningPaeonia Albiflora Flower Extract
TonicPrunus Mume Fruit Extract
Humectant
Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract
Astringent
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingBeheneth-30
CleansingCellulose
Absorbent
Diglycerin
Humectant
Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer
Skin Conditioning
Disodium EDTA
Ethyl Oleate
Emollient
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningIsohexadecane
EmollientPolysorbate 80
Emulsifying
Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Hydroxide
BufferingSodium Methyl Stearoyl Taurate
CleansingSorbitan Oleate
Emulsifying
Sorbitan Palmitate
Emulsifying
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Parfum
Masking
Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone
Perfuming
Benzyl Benzoate
Antimicrobial
Citronellol
Perfuming
Geraniol
Perfuming
Hexyl Cinnamal
Perfuming
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Water, Aureobasidium Pullulans Ferment, Dipropylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Alcohol, Dipentaerythrityl Hexahydroxystearate/Hexastearate/Hexarosinate, Glycerin, Squalane, Hydrogenated Castor Oil Stearate, Behenyl Alcohol, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Dimethicone, Cetearyl Alcohol, Hydrogenated Rapeseed Glycerides, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Alpinia Speciosa Leaf Extract, Coix Lacryma-Jobi Ma-Yuen Seed Extract, Hydrolyzed Rice Leaf Extract, Malva Sylvestris Extract, Morinda Citrifolia Fruit Juice, Paeonia Albiflora Flower Extract, Prunus Mume Fruit Extract, Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract, Tocopherol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Beheneth-30, Cellulose, Diglycerin, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Disodium EDTA, Ethyl Oleate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Isohexadecane, Polysorbate 80, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Methyl Stearoyl Taurate, Sorbitan Oleate, Sorbitan Palmitate, Xanthan Gum, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Benzyl Benzoate, Citronellol, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool
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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!
Learn more about Water
