What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Benefits
Concerns
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Salicylic Acid
Masking
Water
Skin ConditioningCetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Dimethicone
Emollient
Cetearyl Glucoside
Emulsifying
Arachidyl Alcohol
Emollient
Arachidyl Glucoside
EmulsifyingCeteareth-20
CleansingCeramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide AP
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide EOP
Skin Conditioning
Phytosphingosine
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Cholesterol
Emollient
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningLecithin
Emollient
Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate
Emulsifying
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Zinc PCA
Humectant
Potassium Phosphate
BufferingDipotassium Phosphate
BufferingSodium Lauroyl Lactylate
EmulsifyingBehenyl Alcohol
Emollient
Disodium EDTA
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Hexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingCarbomer
Emulsion StabilisingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingSalicylic Acid, Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dimethicone, Cetearyl Glucoside, Arachidyl Alcohol, Arachidyl Glucoside, Ceteareth-20, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Phytosphingosine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Cholesterol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Lecithin, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate, Niacinamide, Zinc PCA, Potassium Phosphate, Dipotassium Phosphate, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Behenyl Alcohol, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum
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.
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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