What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Glycolic Acid
Buffering
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Dimethicone
Emollient
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Glycerin
Humectant
Cyclopentasiloxane
Emollient
Octyldodecanol
Emollient
Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate
Emulsion StabilisingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Hydrogenated Polydecene
EmollientTriethanolamine
BufferingRibes Nigrum Seed Oil
Emollient
Disodium EDTA
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil Unsaponifiables
Emollient
Trideceth-10
CleansingCardiospermum Halicacabum Flower/Leaf/Vine Extract
Skin ConditioningHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialGlycolic Acid, Stearic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, Dimethicone, Cetyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Cyclopentasiloxane, Octyldodecanol, Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Phenoxyethanol, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Triethanolamine, Ribes Nigrum Seed Oil, Disodium EDTA, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil Unsaponifiables, Trideceth-10, Cardiospermum Halicacabum Flower/Leaf/Vine Extract, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Tocopherol, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract
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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