What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin ConditioningRosa Damascena Flower Water
MaskingPantothenic Acid
Skin ConditioningNiacinamide
SmoothingGlycerin
HumectantCannabis Sativa Seed Oil
EmollientHyaluronic Acid
HumectantAllantoin
Skin ConditioningTerminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract
AntioxidantPunica Granatum Extract
AstringentRosa Canina Fruit Extract
AstringentCitrullus Lanatus Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningCamellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialPhenoxyethanol
PreservativeSodium Dehydroacetate
PreservativeAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Pantothenic Acid, Niacinamide, Glycerin, Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil, Hyaluronic Acid, Allantoin, Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract, Punica Granatum Extract, Rosa Canina Fruit Extract, Citrullus Lanatus Fruit Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Dehydroacetate
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 GlycerinPhenoxyethanol is a preservative that has germicide, antimicrobial, and aromatic properties. Studies show that phenoxyethanol can prevent microbial growth. By itself, it has a scent that is similar to that of a rose.
It's often used in formulations along with Caprylyl Glycol to preserve the shelf life of products.