What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Oleyl Erucate
Emollient
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Octyldodecanol
Emollient
Coco-Caprylate
Emollient
Propanediol
Solvent
Cetearyl Isononanoate
Emollient
Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingEthylhexyl Stearate
Emollient
C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
Antimicrobial1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Parfum
Masking
Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer
Citrullus Lanatus Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningBenzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Lens Esculenta Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningDisodium EDTA
Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingPropylheptyl Caprylate
EmollientCaprylhydroxamic Acid
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
O-Cymen-5-Ol
Antimicrobial
Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract
Antimicrobial
Sodium Lactate
Buffering
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Limonene
Perfuming
Water, Glycerin, Oleyl Erucate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Octyldodecanol, Coco-Caprylate, Propanediol, Cetearyl Isononanoate, Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Ethylhexyl Stearate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Parfum, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Citrullus Lanatus Fruit Extract, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Sodium Levulinate, Benzyl Alcohol, Lens Esculenta Fruit Extract, Disodium EDTA, Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract, Sodium Hydroxide, Propylheptyl Caprylate, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Tocopherol, Sodium Hyaluronate, O-Cymen-5-Ol, Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract, Sodium Lactate, Sodium PCA, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Limonene
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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 GlycerinSodium Hyaluronate is the salt form of hyaluronic acid. It is a long sugar chain that is naturally found in your skin, joints, and connective tissue that maintains hydration and elasticity.
In skincare, it works as a humectant. It pulls water from the environment and deeper layers of skin and binds it to the surface.
Interestingly, the size of the molecule affects its behavior:
Some clinical evidence links low molecular weight versions to improved wrinkle depth, elasticity, anti-inflammatory effects, and barrier repair.
Many serums use a blend of both weights so you can get surface hydration plus longer-lasting and deeper effects.
You'll typically see concentrations between 0.1-2% for this ingredient.
Learn more about Sodium HyaluronateWater. 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
