What's inside
What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningPropanediol
Solvent
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Glycolic Acid
Buffering
Hamamelis Virginiana Water
Astringent
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingCentella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningSaccharum Officinarum Extract
MoisturisingCitrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract
MaskingCitrus Limon Fruit Extract
Masking
Acer Saccharum Extract
Skin ConditioningSalicylic Acid
Masking
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingGlycerin
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Polydextrose
HumectantDextrin
AbsorbentAmylopectin
Benzoic Acid
Masking
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Water, Propanediol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glycolic Acid, Hamamelis Virginiana Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Centella Asiatica Extract, Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract, Saccharum Officinarum Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon Fruit Extract, Acer Saccharum Extract, Salicylic Acid, Allantoin, Xanthan Gum, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Polydextrose, Dextrin, Amylopectin, Benzoic Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Gluconolactone
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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.
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