What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCetearyl Isononanoate
Emollient
Polymethyl Methacrylate
Propylheptyl Caprylate
EmollientSqualane
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Diglycerin
Humectant
Steareth-2
EmulsifyingSteareth-21
CleansingButylene Glycol
Humectant
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Dimethicone
Emollient
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Brassica Campestris Sterols
EmollientGlyceryl Stearate
Emollient
PEG-100 Stearate
Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingAcrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingChlorphenesin
Antimicrobial
Parfum
Masking
Isohexadecane
EmollientPhytosphingosine
Skin Conditioning
O-Cymen-5-Ol
Antimicrobial
Polysorbate 80
Emulsifying
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Tromethamine
BufferingAsiaticoside
Antioxidant
Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract
Skin Conditioning
Raspberry Seed Oil/Palm Oil Aminopropanediol Esters
Skin Conditioning
Biosaccharide Gum-1
Humectant
Sorbitan Oleate
Emulsifying
Disodium Phosphate
BufferingWater, Cetearyl Isononanoate, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Propylheptyl Caprylate, Squalane, Glycerin, Diglycerin, Steareth-2, Steareth-21, Butylene Glycol, Cetyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Brassica Campestris Sterols, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Chlorphenesin, Parfum, Isohexadecane, Phytosphingosine, O-Cymen-5-Ol, Polysorbate 80, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tromethamine, Asiaticoside, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Stem Extract, Raspberry Seed Oil/Palm Oil Aminopropanediol Esters, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Sorbitan Oleate, Disodium Phosphate
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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