What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Benefits
Concerns
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Glycerin
Humectant
Sodium Cocoyl Apple Amino Acids
Skin Conditioning
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Dimethicone
Emollient
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Cetearyl Olivate
Sorbitan Olivate
Emulsifying
Stearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingTriethanolamine
BufferingOlive Oil PEG-7 Esters
Emollient
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingEDTA
Citric Acid
Buffering
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
BHT
Antioxidant
Parfum
Masking
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin, Sodium Cocoyl Apple Amino Acids, Propylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Decyl Glucoside, Dimethicone, Cetyl Alcohol, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Panthenol, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Stearyl Alcohol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Triethanolamine, Olive Oil PEG-7 Esters, Xanthan Gum, EDTA, Citric Acid, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, BHT, Parfum, Water
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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.
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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