What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Sodium Cocoate
Cleansing
Sodium Safflowerate
CleansingCyamopsis Tetragonoloba Gum
Emulsion StabilisingCamellia Sinensis Seed Oil
Humectant
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Oryza Sativa Bran Oil
Emollient
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Salvia Officinalis Extract
Antimicrobial
Quillaja Saponaria Wood Extract
Skin ConditioningCarica Papaya Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningAnanas Sativus Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningBambusa Arundinacea Stem Powder
Abrasive
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Antimicrobial
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glycerin, Sodium Cocoate, Sodium Safflowerate, Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba Gum, Camellia Sinensis Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Oryza Sativa Bran Oil, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Salvia Officinalis Extract, Quillaja Saponaria Wood Extract, Carica Papaya Fruit Extract, Ananas Sativus Fruit Extract, Bambusa Arundinacea Stem Powder, Tocopherol, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Gluconolactone, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate
Alternatives
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.
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