What's inside
What's inside
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Petrolatum
Emollient
Carbon
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Glycol Stearate
Emollient
Triethanolamine
BufferingDimethicone
Emollient
Ethyl Isopropyl-Bicycloheptene-2-Carboxylate
Perfuming
Tapioca Starch
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
Absorbent
Methylparaben
Preservative
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Propylparaben
Preservative
Disodium EDTA
Titanium Dioxide
Cosmetic Colorant
Water, Glycerin, Petrolatum, Carbon, Stearic Acid, Glycol Stearate, Triethanolamine, Dimethicone, Ethyl Isopropyl-Bicycloheptene-2-Carboxylate, Tapioca Starch, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Methylparaben, Phenoxyethanol, Propylparaben, Disodium EDTA, Titanium Dioxide
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Cetearyl Glucoside
Emulsifying
Aspergillus/Rice Ferment Extract
HumectantPersea Gratissima Oil
Skin Conditioning
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Caprylhydroxamic Acid
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningGlyceryl Caprylate
EmollientPolyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Phytate
Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
CleansingMaltodextrin
Absorbent
Water, Glycerin, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Cetearyl Glucoside, Aspergillus/Rice Ferment Extract, Persea Gratissima Oil, Stearic Acid, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glyceryl Caprylate, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Sodium Phytate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Maltodextrin
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 GlycerinStearic Acid is a fatty acid that is already found in your skin. It's one of the free fatty acids that works alongside ceramides and cholesterols to maintain your barrier.
In cosmetics, it is a multitasker:
Safety-wise, the CIR Expert Panel has concluded it to be safe in cosmetics when formulated to be non-irritating and non-sensitizing.
Free stearic acid is a C18 fatty acid that the Malassezia yeast can substrate, so this ingredient may not be fungal acne safe.
Learn more about Stearic AcidWater. 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
