What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Titanium Dioxide 3.4%
Cosmetic Colorant
Zinc Oxide 15.7%
Cosmetic Colorant
Water
Skin ConditioningButyloctyl Salicylate
Skin Conditioning
Dicaprylyl Carbonate
EmollientIsononyl Isononanoate
EmollientPropanediol
Solvent
Isocetyl Stearoyl Stearate
Emollient
Methyl Dihydroabietate
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Musa Sapientum Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningBisabolol
Antioxidant
Bentonite
Absorbent
Cellulose Gum
Emulsion StabilisingC18-21 Alkane
SolventCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Citric Acid
Buffering
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Microcrystalline Cellulose
AbsorbentPolyhydroxystearic Acid
Emulsifying
Sodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningSodium Stearoyl Glutamate
CleansingTocopherol
Antioxidant
Polyester-8
Skin Conditioning
Silica
Abrasive
Alumina
Abrasive
Caprylhydroxamic Acid
Titanium Dioxide 3.4%, Zinc Oxide 15.7%, Water, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Isononyl Isononanoate, Propanediol, Isocetyl Stearoyl Stearate, Methyl Dihydroabietate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Musa Sapientum Fruit Extract, Bisabolol, Bentonite, Cellulose Gum, C18-21 Alkane, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Coco-Glucoside, Glycerin, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Sodium Gluconate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Tocopherol, Polyester-8, Silica, Alumina, Caprylhydroxamic 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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