What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate
Cleansing
Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate
Corn Starch Modified
AbsorbentGlycolic Acid
Buffering
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Sodium Taurine Laurate
CleansingSalix Alba Bark Extract
Astringent
Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningScutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract
Astringent
Houttuynia Cordata Extract
Skin Conditioning
Lactococcus Ferment Lysate
Skin Conditioning
Salicylic Acid
Masking
Glycine Soja Protein
EmulsifyingMaltooligosyl Glucoside
Skin ConditioningHydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
HumectantPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Caprylhydroxamic Acid
Glyceryl Caprylate
EmollientWater, Glycerin, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Corn Starch Modified, Glycolic Acid, Lactic Acid, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Taurine Laurate, Salix Alba Bark Extract, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract, Houttuynia Cordata Extract, Lactococcus Ferment Lysate, Salicylic Acid, Glycine Soja Protein, Maltooligosyl Glucoside, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Pentylene Glycol, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Glyceryl Caprylate
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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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