What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningButylene Glycol
Humectant
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Capryl/Capramidopropyl Betaine
CleansingPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Chloride
MaskingDisodium EDTA
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Cetrimonium Bromide
Antimicrobial
Glycerin
Humectant
Cucumis Sativus Juice
EmollientCucumis Sativus Fruit Extract
Emollient
Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract
Astringent
Prunus Persica Fruit Extract
Abrasive
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder
Skin Conditioning
Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract
Astringent
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingBenzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Phosphoric Acid
BufferingSodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Sodium Sulfite
Preservative
Citric Acid
Buffering
Ascorbic Acid
Antioxidant
Water, Butylene Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Capryl/Capramidopropyl Betaine, Pentylene Glycol, Sodium Chloride, Disodium EDTA, Propylene Glycol, Cetrimonium Bromide, Glycerin, Cucumis Sativus Juice, Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract, Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract, Prunus Persica Fruit Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice Powder, Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract, Sodium Hydroxide, Benzyl Alcohol, Phosphoric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Sulfite, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid
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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!
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