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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSapindus Mukorossi Peel Extract
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate
CleansingSodium Chloride
MaskingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantGlyceryl Caprylate
EmollientAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Citric Acid
Buffering
Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract
Emollient
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil Expressed
Perfuming
Water, Sapindus Mukorossi Peel Extract, Glycerin, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate, Sodium Chloride, Caprylyl Glycol, Dipropylene Glycol, Glyceryl Caprylate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Citric Acid, Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil Expressed
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
Cleansing
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleansing
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingGlyceryl Glucoside
Humectant
Citrus Paradisi Peel Oil
Masking
Undaria Pinnatifida Extract
Skin ConditioningSimmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Cupressus Sempervirens Branch/Leaf Oil
Masking
Citrus Latifolia Peel Oil
Masking
Saccharide Isomerate
Humectant
Persea Gratissima Oil
Skin Conditioning
Cocamide Mipa
Emulsifying
O-Cymen-5-Ol
Antimicrobial
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Citric Acid
Buffering
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningParfum
Masking
Water, Glycerin, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Xanthan Gum, Glyceryl Glucoside, Citrus Paradisi Peel Oil, Undaria Pinnatifida Extract, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Cupressus Sempervirens Branch/Leaf Oil, Citrus Latifolia Peel Oil, Saccharide Isomerate, Persea Gratissima Oil, Cocamide Mipa, O-Cymen-5-Ol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Tocopherol, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Parfum
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 JuiceCitric Acid is an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) naturally found in citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, and limes.
Like other AHAs, citric acid can exfoliate skin by breaking down the bonds that hold dead skin cells together. This helps reveal smoother and brighter skin underneath.
However, this exfoliating effect only happens at high concentrations (20%) which can be hard to find in cosmetic products.
Due to this, citric acid is usually included in small amounts as a pH adjuster. This helps keep products slightly more acidic and compatible with skin's natural pH.
In skincare formulas, citric acid can:
While it can provide some skin benefits, research shows lactic acid and glycolic acid are generally more effective and less irritating exfoliants.
Most citric acid used in skincare today is made by fermenting sugars (usually from molasses). This synthetic version is identical to the natural citrus form but easier to stabilize and use in formulations.
Read more about some other popular AHA's here:
Learn more about Citric AcidCocamidopropyl Betaine is a fatty acid created by mixing similar compounds in coconut oil and dimethylaminopropylamine, a compound with two amino groups.
This ingredient is a surfactant and cleanser. It helps gather the dirt, pollutants, and other impurities in your skin to be washed away. It also helps thicken a product and make the texture more creamy.
Being created from coconut oil means Cocamidopropyl Betaine is hydrating for the skin.
While Cocamidopropyl Betaine was believed to be an allergen, a study from 2012 disproved this. It found two compounds in unpure Cocamidopropyl Betaine to be the irritants: aminoamide and 3-dimethylaminopropylamine. High-grade and pure Cocamidopropyl Betaine did not induce allergic reactions during this study.
Learn more about Cocamidopropyl BetaineGlycerin (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 GlycerinWater. 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!
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