What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Benefits
Concerns
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Chondrus Crispus Powder
Abrasive
Trehalose
Humectant
Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Collagen
Moisturising
Punica Granatum Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Rose Extract
Skin ConditioningBeta-Carotene
Skin ConditioningHoney Extract
Humectant
Lonicera Caprifolium Flower Extract
Perfuming
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantCamellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Arnica Montana Flower Extract
Masking
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil
Humectant
Jasminum Officinale Oil
Masking
Water, Glycerin, Chondrus Crispus Powder, Trehalose, Hyaluronic Acid, Collagen, Punica Granatum Fruit Extract, Rose Extract, Beta-Carotene, Honey Extract, Lonicera Caprifolium Flower Extract, Mica, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil, Jasminum Officinale Oil
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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