What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Benefits
Concerns
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide
Emulsion Stabilising
Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate
Skin Conditioning
Lactococcus Ferment
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Propanediol
Solvent
Isopropyl Myristate
Emollient
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Beta-Sitosterol
Emulsion Stabilising
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Caffeine
Skin Conditioning
Sucrose
Humectant
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingCarbomer
Emulsion StabilisingPolysorbate 60
Emulsifying
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin Conditioning1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Tremella Fuciformis Polysaccharide, Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate, Lactococcus Ferment, Glycerin, Propanediol, Isopropyl Myristate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Niacinamide, Beta-Sitosterol, Tocopherol, Caffeine, Sucrose, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Carbomer, Polysorbate 60, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol
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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.
1,2-Hexanediol is a synthetic liquid and another multi-functional powerhouse.
It is a:
- Humectant, drawing moisture into the skin
- Emollient, helping to soften skin
- Solvent, dispersing and stabilizing formulas
- Preservative booster, enhancing the antimicrobial activity of other preservatives
Carbomer is a high-molecular weight polymer of acrylic acid. It is used to form gels and thicken formulas.
Due to its large molecular size, carbomer has minimal skin penetration and is considered an inert ingredient.
A high amount of carbomer can cause pilling or balling up of products. Don't worry, most products contain 1% or less of carbomer.
Learn more about CarbomerGlycerin (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 Glycerin
