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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
Cleansing
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
Cleansing
Sea Salt
Abrasive
Jasminum Officinale Oil
Masking
Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Oil
Skin Conditioning
Hoya Lacunosa Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningEriophorum Spissum Flower/Stem Extract
Skin ConditioningGardenia Taitensis Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningHibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Pseudoalteromonas Exopolysaccharides
Skin ConditioningAloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Mandelic Acid
Antimicrobial
Salicylic Acid
Masking
Glycolic Acid
Buffering
Vinegar
Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil
Emollient
Caprylhydroxamic Acid
Glycerin
Humectant
Aspartic Acid
Masking
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Lactobionic Acid
Buffering
Water, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Sea Salt, Jasminum Officinale Oil, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Oil, Hoya Lacunosa Flower Extract, Eriophorum Spissum Flower/Stem Extract, Gardenia Taitensis Flower Extract, Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Pseudoalteromonas Exopolysaccharides, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Mandelic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Glycolic Acid, Vinegar, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Glycerin, Aspartic Acid, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Caprylyl Glycol, Gluconolactone, Lactobionic Acid
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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.
Caprylyl Glycol is a humectant, skin conditioner, emollient, and preservative booster derived from either caprylic acid or synthetically created.
Typical use levels vary from 0.3-1% as a preservative booster and go up to 2% to condition skin.
Because it is not a free-fatty acid, this ingredient is fungal acne safe (there's nothing for Malassezia to feed on).
Learn more about Caprylyl GlycolGlycerin (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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