What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
Emollient
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleansing
Water
Skin ConditioningPolyglyceryl-4 Laurate
Emulsifying
Glycerin
Humectant
Cellulose Acetate
Lavandula Hybrida Oil
Emollient
Squalane
Emollient
Linalool
Perfuming
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantSodium Chloride
MaskingJojoba Esters
Emollient
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Urea
Buffering
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Kaolin
Abrasive
Limonene
Perfuming
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Geraniol
Perfuming
Talc
Abrasive
Retinol
Skin Conditioning
BHT
Antioxidant
Citronellol
Perfuming
CI 77007
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77742
Cosmetic ColorantCI 73360
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77510
Cosmetic ColorantHydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Water, Polyglyceryl-4 Laurate, Glycerin, Cellulose Acetate, Lavandula Hybrida Oil, Squalane, Linalool, CI 77891, Sodium Chloride, Jojoba Esters, Niacinamide, Urea, Lactic Acid, Kaolin, Limonene, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Geraniol, Talc, Retinol, BHT, Citronellol, CI 77007, CI 77742, CI 73360, CI 77510
Sodium Palmate
CleansingSodium Palm Kernelate
CleansingMagnesium Oxide
AbsorbentWater
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Alumina
Abrasive
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Jojoba Esters
Emollient
Spirulina Maxima Extract
SmoothingMaltodextrin
Absorbent
Sodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningSodium Chloride
MaskingCI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77007
Cosmetic ColorantCI 42053
Cosmetic ColorantCI 17200
Cosmetic ColorantIngredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
This pigment is called Ultramarine blue lazurite. It gives a saturated blue color, but can be used to create other colors as well.
According to the manufacturer, it is usually made from kaolin, sodium sulfate, sodium carbonate, sulfur, and charcoal.
Ci 77891 is a white pigment from Titanium dioxide. It is naturally found in minerals such as rutile and ilmenite.
It's main function is to add a white color to cosmetics. It can also be mixed with other colors to create different shades.
Ci 77891 is commonly found in sunscreens due to its ability to block UV rays.
Learn more about CI 77891Glycerin (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 GlycerinJojoba Esters is a wax created from Jojoba oil. It is an emollient and film-forming ingredient. In bead form, it is an exfoliator.
This ingredient has high oxidative stability, meaning it doesn't break down when exposed to oxygen.
Its similarity to our skin's natural oils makes it a great emollient. Emollients help soften and soothe our skin by creating a barrier on top. This barrier helps trap moisture in, keeping skin hydrated.
It is created using either the hydrogenation or transesterification processes on jojoba oil.
Learn more about Jojoba EstersChances are, you eat sodium chloride every day. Sodium Chloride is also known as table salt. This ingredient has many purposes in skincare: thickener, emulsifier, and exfoliator.
You'll most likely find this ingredient in cleansers where it is used to create a gel-like texture. As an emulsifier, it also prevents ingredients from separating.
You might see people debate whether Sodium Chloride is comedogenic, but there actually haven't been any comedogenic tests done on it. Either way, the overall formulation of a product matters a lot more than any single ingredient.
You might see this ingredient used in scrubs as a primary exfoliating ingredient.
Learn more about Sodium ChlorideWater. 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
