What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningAlcohol Denat.
Antimicrobial
Glycerin
Humectant
Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil
Masking
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Dimethicone
Emollient
Hydroxypropyl Tetrahydropyrantriol
Skin ConditioningPropanediol
Solvent
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Isononyl Isononanoate
EmollientZea Mays Starch
Absorbent
Silica Silylate
Emollient
Poloxamer 338
EmulsifyingHydroxyethylpiperazine Ethane Sulfonic Acid
BufferingOctyldodecanol
Emollient
Dimethiconol
Emollient
Caffeine
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Acrylates Crosspolymer-2
AbsorbentSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Silica
Abrasive
Perlite
Absorbent
Adenosine
Skin Conditioning
Ammonium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate
Emulsion StabilisingAmmonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Steareth-25 Methacrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Capryloyl Salicylic Acid
Exfoliating
Laureth-7
EmulsifyingCitric Acid
Buffering
Cassia Angustifolia Seed Polysaccharide
Skin ConditioningTrisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
Menthoxypropanediol
Masking
Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate
Antioxidant
Polyacrylamide
C13-14 Isoparaffin
Emollient
Parfum
Masking
Water, Alcohol Denat., Glycerin, Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil, Niacinamide, Dimethicone, Hydroxypropyl Tetrahydropyrantriol, Propanediol, Propylene Glycol, Isononyl Isononanoate, Zea Mays Starch, Silica Silylate, Poloxamer 338, Hydroxyethylpiperazine Ethane Sulfonic Acid, Octyldodecanol, Dimethiconol, Caffeine, Sodium Acrylates Crosspolymer-2, Sodium Hyaluronate, Silica, Perlite, Adenosine, Ammonium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Steareth-25 Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Capryloyl Salicylic Acid, Laureth-7, Citric Acid, Cassia Angustifolia Seed Polysaccharide, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Menthoxypropanediol, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Polyacrylamide, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Parfum
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!
Learn more about Water
