This hydrating serum is formulated around Sodium Hyaluronate to hydrate skin and strengthen the skin barrier.
This brightening day moisturizer is formulated around Niacinamide and Salicylic Acid to brighten dull-looking skin.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Octocrylene
UV Absorber
Ethylhexyl Salicylate
UV Absorber
Cyclopentasiloxane
Emollient
Dimethicone
Emollient
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantButyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane
UV Absorber
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Polymethylsilsesquioxane
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid
UV Absorber
Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer
Arachidyl Alcohol
Emollient
Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer
Arginine
Masking
Cyclohexasiloxane
Emollient
Behenyl Alcohol
Emollient
C30-45 Alkyl Cetearyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer
Emollient
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantHydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Arachidyl Glucoside
EmulsifyingCI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantDisodium EDTA
PEG-8 Laurate
Emulsifying
Salicylic Acid
Masking
Mannitol
Humectant
Xylitol
Humectant
Hexyldecanol
Emollient
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingRhamnose
HumectantPolysorbate 60
Emulsifying
Sorbitan Isostearate
Emulsifying
Pyrus Malus Seed Extract
Skin ConditioningBrassica Campestris Sterols
EmollientCI 17200
Cosmetic ColorantTocopherol
Antioxidant
Parfum
Masking
Water, Glycerin, Octocrylene, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Dipropylene Glycol, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Cetyl Alcohol, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Niacinamide, Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Arachidyl Alcohol, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Arginine, Cyclohexasiloxane, Behenyl Alcohol, C30-45 Alkyl Cetearyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Mica, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Pentylene Glycol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Arachidyl Glucoside, CI 77891, Disodium EDTA, PEG-8 Laurate, Salicylic Acid, Mannitol, Xylitol, Hexyldecanol, Sodium Hydroxide, Rhamnose, Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Isostearate, Pyrus Malus Seed Extract, Brassica Campestris Sterols, CI 17200, Tocopherol, Parfum
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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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