What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
HumectantCoco-Betaine
CleansingDipropylene Glycol
HumectantPotassium Cocoyl Glycinate
Acrylates Copolymer
Potassium Cocoate
EmulsifyingSalicylic Acid
MaskingCaprylyl Glycol
EmollientHydroxyacetophenone
AntioxidantPolyglyceryl-10 Myristate
Skin ConditioningEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningHibiscus Syriacus Flower Extract
AntioxidantDipotassium Glycyrrhizate
HumectantGlycolic Acid
BufferingXylitylglucoside
HumectantAnhydroxylitol
HumectantXylitol
HumectantGlucose
HumectantWater, Glycerin, Coco-Betaine, Dipropylene Glycol, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate, Acrylates Copolymer, Potassium Cocoate, Salicylic Acid, Caprylyl Glycol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Polyglyceryl-10 Myristate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hibiscus Syriacus Flower Extract, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Glycolic Acid, Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol, Xylitol, Glucose
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
HumectantMyristic Acid
CleansingStearic Acid
CleansingLauric Acid
CleansingPotassium Hydroxide
BufferingPalmitic Acid
EmollientPotassium Cocoyl Glycinate
Potassium Cocoate
Emulsifying2,3-Butanediol
HumectantMelia Azadirachta Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningMelia Azadirachta Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningCoccinia Indica Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningAmber Powder
Solanum Melongena Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningCurcuma Longa Root Extract
MaskingOcimum Sanctum Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningCorallina Officinalis Extract
Skin ConditioningMoringa Oleifera Seed Oil
EmollientGlyceryl Stearate
EmollientEthoxydiglycol
HumectantAcrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingDipropylene Glycol
HumectantArachidic Acid
CleansingGlycereth-26
HumectantPropanediol
SolventPolyquaternium-7
Sodium Phytate
Oleic Acid
EmollientBetaine Salicylate
AntimicrobialSodium Benzoate
MaskingWater, Glycerin, Myristic Acid, Stearic Acid, Lauric Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Palmitic Acid, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate, Potassium Cocoate, 2,3-Butanediol, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract, Amber Powder, Solanum Melongena Fruit Extract, Curcuma Longa Root Extract, Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract, Corallina Officinalis Extract, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Glyceryl Stearate, Ethoxydiglycol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Dipropylene Glycol, Arachidic Acid, Glycereth-26, Propanediol, Polyquaternium-7, Sodium Phytate, Oleic Acid, Betaine Salicylate, Sodium Benzoate
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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.
Dipropylene Glycol is a synthetically created humectant, stabilizer, and solvent.
This ingredient helps:
Dipropylene glycol is technically an alcohol, but it belongs to the glycol family (often considered part of the ‘good’ alcohols). This means it is hydrating and gentle on skin unlike drying solvent alcohols like denatured alcohol.
As a masking agent, Dipropylene Glycol can be used to cover the smell of other ingredients. However, it does not have a scent.
Studies show Dipropylene Glycol is considered safe to use in skincare.
Learn more about Dipropylene GlycolGlycerin (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 GlycerinThis ingredient is the potassium salt of coconut acid. Coconut acid is created by mixing fatty acids from coconut oil.
It is an emulsifier, surfactant, and cleanser. According to a manufacturer, it contains glycerin.
Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate is an amino acid-based surfactant and cleaning agent. This ingredient can be derived from animals or plants. It may also be synthetically created from fatty acids of the coconut and glycine.
Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate is a gentle surfactant. Surfactants help gather the dirt, oil, and other pollutants from your skin to be rinsed away. It is a mild cleanser and naturally produces foam.
Water. 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