What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningAloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
Emollient
Propanediol
Solvent
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Distearoylethyl Dimonium Chloride
C15-19 Alkane
SolventGlycerin
Humectant
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientButyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Beta-Sitosterol
Emulsion Stabilising
Stearyl Glycyrrhetinate
Skin ConditioningSqualene
Emollient
Xylitol
Humectant
Glyceryl Stearate Se
Emulsifying
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Propanediol, Cetyl Alcohol, Distearoylethyl Dimonium Chloride, C15-19 Alkane, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Caprylate, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Beta-Sitosterol, Stearyl Glycyrrhetinate, Squalene, Xylitol, Glyceryl Stearate Se, Tocopherol
Water
Skin ConditioningVegetable Oil
Skin Conditioning
Squalane
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Jojoba Esters
Emollient
Acetyl Ethylhexyl Polyhydroxystearate
EmollientGlyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2
Emollient
Stearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Ethylhexyl Acetoxystearate
EmollientLactobionic Acid
Buffering
Urea
Buffering
Zinc PCA
Humectant
Calcium PCA
Humectant
Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
CleansingSodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Hydroxide
BufferingTocopherol
Antioxidant
Water, Vegetable Oil, Squalane, Glycerin, Jojoba Esters, Acetyl Ethylhexyl Polyhydroxystearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Stearyl Alcohol, Ethylhexyl Acetoxystearate, Lactobionic Acid, Urea, Zinc PCA, Calcium PCA, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Sodium Hydroxide, Tocopherol
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 GlycerinTocopherol (also known as Vitamin E) is a common antioxidant used to help protect the skin from free-radicals and strengthen the skin barrier. It's also fat soluble - this means our skin is great at absorbing it.
Vitamin E also helps keep your natural skin lipids healthy. Your lipid skin barrier naturally consists of lipids, ceramides, and fatty acids. Vitamin E offers extra protection for your skin’s lipid barrier, keeping your skin healthy and nourished.
Another benefit is a bit of UV protection. Vitamin E helps reduce the damage caused by UVB rays. (It should not replace your sunscreen). Combining it with Vitamin C can decrease sunburned cells and hyperpigmentation after UV exposure.
You might have noticed Vitamin E + C often paired together. This is because it is great at stabilizing Vitamin C. Using the two together helps increase the effectiveness of both ingredients.
There are often claims that Vitamin E can reduce/prevent scarring, but these claims haven't been confirmed by scientific research.
Learn more about TocopherolWater. 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
