What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Glycerin
Humectant
Ricinus Communis Seed Oil
Masking
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Mangifera Indica Seed Butter
Skin Conditioning
Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides
Emollient
C10-18 Triglycerides
Emollient
Water
Skin ConditioningMacadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil
Skin Conditioning
Glyceryl Behenate
Emollient
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Ceramide Ng
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emollient
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Menthoxypropanediol
Masking
Glycerin, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Mangifera Indica Seed Butter, Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides, C10-18 Triglycerides, Water, Macadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil, Glyceryl Behenate, Glyceryl Stearate, Ceramide Ng, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Tocopherol, Menthoxypropanediol
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides
Emollient
C10-18 Triglycerides
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Glyceryl Behenate
Emollient
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emollient
Jojoba Esters
Emollient
Octyldodecanol
Emollient
Helianthus Annuus Seed Wax
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Mentha Piperita Oil
Masking
Caramel
Cosmetic ColorantAcacia Decurrens Flower Wax
Emollient
Polyglycerin-3
Humectant
Limonene
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides, C10-18 Triglycerides, Glycerin, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Glyceryl Behenate, Glyceryl Stearate, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Jojoba Esters, Octyldodecanol, Helianthus Annuus Seed Wax, Ceramide NP, Mentha Piperita Oil, Caramel, Acacia Decurrens Flower Wax, Polyglycerin-3, Limonene, Linalool
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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.
C10-18 Triglycerides is a skin conditioning and texture-enhancer.
It is created from glycerin and a mixture of C10-18 fatty acids.
This ingredient improves spreadability and helps thicken a product.
According to manufacturers, it usually comes from vegetable-based saturated fatty acids. Common bases for this ingredient are coconut oil, palm kernel oil, or both.
Due to the melting point being close to skin temperature, it is usually used in lip products.
Triglycerides are a main component of fat in the human body.
Learn more about C10-18 TriglyceridesCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride (aka MCT Oil) is a lightweight emollient, solvent, and texture enhancer. It is considered a skin-softener by helping to prevent moisture loss.
Though it behaves like an oil, it is not technically one due to its chemical composition. One perk of this ingredient is that it is very stable, resistant to oxidation, and unlikely to go rancid.
In practice, that translates to a long shelf life and a consistently elegant skin feel.
While there is an assumption Caprylic Triglyceride can clog pores due to it being derived from coconut oil, there is no research supporting this. Just patch test if you have concerns.
Fractionated coconut oil and MCT Oil are both listed as Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride according to INCI. This is because INCI names are based on the ingredient’s final chemical composition and not its marketing name or source.
This ingredient is treated as the gold standard fungal acne safe oil. Even though it is coconut derived, the problematic lauric acid is stripped out.
This leaves just caprylic (C8) and capric (C10) acid. These chain lengths actually trend antifungal; a 2020 study found caprylic acid was enough to disrupt Malassezia furfur cell membrane, with a caprylic acid derivative damaging membrane structures at concentrations as low as 0.2%.
Learn more about Caprylic/Capric TriglycerideGlycerin (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 GlycerinGlyceryl Behenate is an emollient and emulsifier.
It has a lipophilic-hydrophilic structure that lets it sit at the oil-water interface to keep emulsions stable while leaving skin feeling soft and smooth.
In pressed powder cosmetics, it double as a compacting agent.
This ingredient can be synthetically created or plant-derived. Safety-wise, it has a solid track record.
One thing to flag for fungal acne: since this ingredient is the monoester of behenic acid (C22), it falls within the C11-24 range that Malassezia can metabolize.
Learn more about Glyceryl BehenateGlyceryl Stearate is made by reacting glycerin with stearic acid (typically sourced from plant oils like palm or coconut). It's an emulsifier, emollient, and mild occlusive.
Emulsifiers help ingredients like oil and water stay mixed so your formula stays nicely blended and uniform in texture.
This ingredient is typically used in concentrations between 1-10%. Studies have found it to be non-sensitizing, non-phototoxic, and non-photoallergenic.
A close cousin of this ingredient is Glyceryl Stearate SE ("self-emulsifying"). This just has a small amount of sodium or potassium stearate added so it can emulsify without a co-emulsifier.
Since this ingredient is an ester of a C18 fatty acid, it may not be fungal acne safe. The Malassezia yeast can potentially metabolize within the C11-C24 range.
Fun fact: The human body also creates Glyceryl Stearate naturally.
Learn more about Glyceryl StearateHydrogenated Castor Oil (aka "castor wax") is what you get when castor oil is turned into a wax.
Its dominant fatty acid is ricinoleic acid, giving it both emollient and mild humectant properties.
According to EU CosIng, this ingredient helps soften skin, keep oil and water stay mixed, and thickens products.
Hydrogenated castor oil at 30% did not trigger a positive patch-test reaction and is well-tolerated.
Since this ingredient is based on an 18-carbon fatty acid, it falls into the chain-length range that Malassezia can feed on and may not be fungal acne safe.
Learn more about Hydrogenated Castor OilOleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides isn't fungal acne safe.
