What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil
Emollient
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Ceteareth-20
CleansingRosa Canina Fruit Oil
Emollient
Oenothera Biennis Oil
Emollient
Santalum Acuminatum Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Borago Officinalis Seed Oil
Emollient
Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil
Skin Conditioning
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Lavandula Angustifolia Oil
Masking
Citrus Nobilis Peel Oil
Masking
Citrus Tangerina Peel Oil
Masking
Vanillin
Masking
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Cetyl Alcohol, Ceteareth-20, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Oenothera Biennis Oil, Santalum Acuminatum Fruit Extract, Borago Officinalis Seed Oil, Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Tocopherol, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Citrus Nobilis Peel Oil, Citrus Tangerina Peel Oil, Vanillin, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Limonene, Linalool
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoamphoacetate
CleansingGlycerin
Humectant
Lauryl Glucoside
CleansingSodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate
CleansingCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Glyceryl Laurate
Emollient
Lactobacillus Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Lactobacillus/Portulaca Oleracea Ferment Extract
Antioxidant
Saccharomyces Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Oryza Sativa Extract
Absorbent
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCopper Tripeptide-1
Skin Conditioning
Citric Acid
Buffering
Water, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Glycerin, Lauryl Glucoside, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glyceryl Laurate, Lactobacillus Ferment, Lactobacillus/Portulaca Oleracea Ferment Extract, Saccharomyces Ferment, Pentylene Glycol, Glyceryl Oleate, Coco-Glucoside, Gluconolactone, Sodium Benzoate, Oryza Sativa Extract, Panthenol, Xanthan Gum, Copper Tripeptide-1, Citric 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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