What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Peat
Skin ConditioningGlycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract
Bleaching
PEG-200 Hydrogenated Glyceryl Palmate
Cleansing
PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate
Emulsifying
Disodium EDTA
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil
Skin Conditioning
Dehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Water, Coco-Glucoside, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Peat, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, PEG-200 Hydrogenated Glyceryl Palmate, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Disodium EDTA, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Dehydroacetic Acid, Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract, Potassium Sorbate
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Capryloyl/Caproyl Methyl Glucamide
EmulsifyingSclerotium Gum
Emulsion StabilisingLactobacillus Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide
EmollientXylityl Sesquicaprylate
Antimicrobial
Oryza Sativa Extract
Absorbent
Mentha Piperita Oil
Masking
Citric Acid
Buffering
Saccharide Isomerate
Humectant
Lactobacillus
Skin ConditioningCitrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil
Masking
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Anhydroxylitol
Humectant
Bursera Graveolens Wood Oil
Masking
Curcuma Longa Root Extract
Masking
Morinda Citrifolia Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningPotassium Sorbate
Preservative
Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract
Emollient
Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil
Masking
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil
Masking
Leuconostoc Ferment Filtrate
AntimicrobialOcimum Basilicum Oil
Masking
Rosa Centifolia Flower Oil
Masking
Sodium Citrate
BufferingTocopherol
Antioxidant
Soybean Peroxidase
Antioxidant
Superoxide Dismutase
Antioxidant
Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate
Emollient
Limonene
Perfuming
Citronellol
Perfuming
Geraniol
Perfuming
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Water, Glycerin, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Coco-Glucoside, Decyl Glucoside, Capryloyl/Caproyl Methyl Glucamide, Sclerotium Gum, Lactobacillus Ferment, Glyceryl Oleate, Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide, Xylityl Sesquicaprylate, Oryza Sativa Extract, Mentha Piperita Oil, Citric Acid, Saccharide Isomerate, Lactobacillus, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Anhydroxylitol, Bursera Graveolens Wood Oil, Curcuma Longa Root Extract, Morinda Citrifolia Fruit Extract, Potassium Sorbate, Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil, Leuconostoc Ferment Filtrate, Ocimum Basilicum Oil, Rosa Centifolia Flower Oil, Sodium Citrate, Tocopherol, Soybean Peroxidase, Superoxide Dismutase, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate, Limonene, Citronellol, Geraniol
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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.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice comes from leaves of the aloe plant. Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is best known for helping to soothe sunburns. It is also anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, antiseptic, and can help heal wounds.
Aloe is packed with good stuff including Vitamins A, C, and E. These vitamins are antioxidants, which help fight free-radicals and the damage they may cause. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells, such as pollution.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice also contains sugars. These sugars come in the form of monosaccharides and polysaccharides, folic acid, and choline. These sugars are able to help bind moisture to skin.
It also contains minerals such as calcium, 12 anthraquinones, fatty acids, amino acids, and Vitamin B12.
Learn more about Aloe Barbadensis Leaf JuiceCoco-Glucoside is a surfactant, or a cleansing ingredient. It is made from glucose and coconut oil.
Surfactants help gather dirt, oil, and other pollutants from your skin to be rinsed away.
This ingredient is considered gentle and non-comedogenic. However, it may still be irritating for some.
Learn more about Coco-GlucosideGlycerin (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 GlycerinHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil is a plant oil derived from the seeds of a sunflower.
It is rich in fatty acids, primarily linoleic acid and oleic acid. This gives it emollient and skin conditioning properties.
The reason this ingredient is so effective is because it forms a thin film on the skin that reduces transepidermal water loss (TEWL) while supplying linoleic acid to the stratum corneum to improve barrier strength.
The high linoleic acid content is particularly noteworthy for acne-prone skin.
Research suggests that acne-prone skin tends to be deficient in linoleic acid in sebum. Topical application may help replenish this to support a healthier follicular environment and less comedone-promoting sebum.
One randomized study found sunflower seed oil preserved skin barrier integrity in adult volunteers with and without atopic dermatitis (outperforming olive oil).
This ingredient is well-studied, gentle, and an effective emollient suitable for most skin types.
On fungal acne: This ingredient may not be Fungal acne (Malassezia folliculitis) safe. This is because it contains fatty acids with carbon chain lengths in the C11-C24 range.
Learn more about Helianthus Annuus Seed OilPotassium Sorbate is a preservative used to prevent yeast and mold in products. It is commonly found in both cosmetic and food products.
This ingredient comes from potassium salt derived from sorbic acid. Sorbic acid is a natural antibiotic and effective against fungus.
Both potassium sorbate and sorbic acid can be found in baked goods, cheeses, dried meats, dried fruit, ice cream, pickles, wine, yogurt, and more.
You'll often find this ingredient used with other preservatives.
Learn more about Potassium SorbateWater. 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
