What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningIsopropyl Alcohol
Solvent
Sodium Citrate
BufferingBehenyl Alcohol
Emollient
Citric Acid
Buffering
Glycerin
Humectant
Cetearyl Olivate
Dimethicone
Emollient
Hydrogenated Olive Oil
Skin Conditioning
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
PEG-100 Stearate
Surfactant
Sorbitan Olivate
Emulsifying
Ethylhexyl Olivate
Skin Conditioning
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Hydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingOlea Europaea Oil Unsaponifiables
Skin Conditioning
Benzalkonium Chloride
Antimicrobial
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Water, Isopropyl Alcohol, Sodium Citrate, Behenyl Alcohol, Citric Acid, Glycerin, Cetearyl Olivate, Dimethicone, Hydrogenated Olive Oil, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Sorbitan Olivate, Ethylhexyl Olivate, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Olea Europaea Oil Unsaponifiables, Benzalkonium Chloride, Stearic 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 GlycerinIsopropyl Alcohol is more commonly known as rubbing alcohol. It is most commonly used as a solvent, meaning it helps other ingredients dissolve.
This ingredient is an astringent alcohol. Astringent alcohols may also irritate skin as they high amounts may strip away your skin's natural oils.
Other types of astringent alcohols include:
According to the National Rosacea Society based in the US, you should be mindful of products with these alcohols in the top half of ingredients.
Any type of sanitizing product will have high amounts of alcohol to help kill bacteria and viruses.
Learn more about Isopropyl AlcoholWater. 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
