What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningOctyldodecanol
Emollient
Hexyl Laurate
Emollient
C9-12 Alkane
SolventPolyglyceryl-6 Polyricinoleate
Emulsifying
Propanediol
Solvent
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantPolyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate
Emulsifying
Disteardimonium Hectorite
StabilisingNiacinamide
Smoothing
Magnesium Sulfate
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Magnesium Stearate
Cosmetic ColorantSodium Dehydroacetate
Preservative
Glycerin
Humectant
Coco-Caprylate/Caprate
Emollient
Parfum
Masking
Aluminum Hydroxide
EmollientSodium Lauroyl Glutamate
SurfactantCollagen Amino Acids
Moisturising
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Lysine
Skin ConditioningLeuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
Antimicrobial
Magnesium Chloride
Polyglutamic Acid
Skin Conditioning
Algin
Masking
Glyceryl Polyacrylate
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Pullulan
Haberlea Rhodopensis Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningAphanothece Sacrum Polysaccharide
AbsorbentLimonene
Perfuming
Benzyl Salicylate
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Citronellol
Perfuming
Citral
Perfuming
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantIron Oxides
CI 77491
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77947
CI 77499
Cosmetic ColorantWater, Octyldodecanol, Hexyl Laurate, C9-12 Alkane, Polyglyceryl-6 Polyricinoleate, Propanediol, Mica, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Niacinamide, Magnesium Sulfate, Caprylyl Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Magnesium Stearate, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Glycerin, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Parfum, Aluminum Hydroxide, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Collagen Amino Acids, Pentylene Glycol, Lysine, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Magnesium Chloride, Polyglutamic Acid, Algin, Glyceryl Polyacrylate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Pullulan, Haberlea Rhodopensis Leaf Extract, Aphanothece Sacrum Polysaccharide, Limonene, Benzyl Salicylate, Linalool, Citronellol, Citral, CI 77891, Iron Oxides, CI 77491, CI 77947, CI 77499
Water
Skin ConditioningCyclopentasiloxane
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Talc
Abrasive
Sodium Chloride
MaskingPEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone
Emulsifying
Arachidyl Behenate
EmollientSodium Dehydroacetate
Preservative
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Ethylene Brassylate
MaskingTrihydroxystearin
Skin Conditioning
Trisodium EDTA
Silica
Abrasive
Dimethicone
Emollient
Synthetic Wax
Abrasive
Propylparaben
Preservative
CI 77120
Cosmetic ColorantMethicone
Emollient
Aluminum Hydroxide
EmollientLaureth-7
EmulsifyingTitanium Dioxide
Cosmetic Colorant
Iron Oxides
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantWater, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Talc, Sodium Chloride, PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone, Arachidyl Behenate, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Phenoxyethanol, Stearic Acid, Ethylene Brassylate, Trihydroxystearin, Trisodium EDTA, Silica, Dimethicone, Synthetic Wax, Propylparaben, CI 77120, Methicone, Aluminum Hydroxide, Laureth-7, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Mica
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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.
Aluminum Hydroxide is a form of aluminum. It can be naturally found in nature as the mineral gibbsite. In cosmetics, Aluminum Hydroxide is used as a colorant, pH adjuster, and absorbent.
As a colorant, Aluminum Hydroxide may add opacity, or reduce the transparency. Aluminum hydroxide is contains both basic and acidic properties.
According to manufacturers, this ingredient is an emollient and humectant. This means it helps hydrate the skin.
In medicine, this ingredient is used to help relieve heartburn and help heal ulcers.
There is currently no credible scientific evidence linking aluminum hydroxide in cosmetics to increased cancer risk.
Major health organizations allow the use of aluminum hydroxide in personal care products and have not flagged it as a carcinogenic risk at typical usage levels.
Learn more about Aluminum HydroxideGlycerin (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 GlycerinMica is a naturally occurring mineral used to add shimmer and color in cosmetics. It can also help improve the texture of a product or give it an opaque, white/silver color.
Serecite is the name for very fine but ragged grains of mica.
This ingredient is often coated with metal oxides like titanium dioxide. Trace amounts of heavy metals may be found in mica, but these metals are not harmful in our personal products.
Mica has been used since prehistoric times throughout the world. Ancient Egyptian, Indian, Greek, Roman, Aztec, and Chinese civilizations have used mica.
Learn more about MicaSodium Dehydroacetate is a synthetic preservative and sodium salt form of dehydroacetic acid. It stops bacteria, mold, and yeast from growing in your products at low concentrations.
Clinical testing found it to be non-irritating, non-sensitizing, and non-photosensitizing. It's also not significantly absorbed through skin.
There are a very small number of reported cases of contact dermatitis in cases linked to wound-care creams used over compromised skin (rather than skincare).
Overall, this is a well-studied and low-risk preservative just doing its job.
Typical concentrations run up to 0.6%, which is also the maximum amount permitted under both EU CosIng regulations and US FDA guidelines.
Learn more about Sodium DehydroacetateWater. 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 WaterThis ingredient is a combination of red, black, and yellow iron oxide pigments. This combination of colors is usually found in foundation, because it results in a "skin" color.
The EU typically uses CI numbers for colorants when applicable, such as CI 77489. In the US, iron oxides are regulated as color additives and "iron oxides" is the most commonly used name in US cosmetic practice.
A 2021 paper looked at skincare formulations containing iron oxides and found that they reduced transmission of blue light when measured optically. In simple terms, the pigment particles helped block or scatter part of the visible light spectrum in lab testing and the authors suggest this could translate into better protection against blue-light-related skin effects.
There is also clinical and experimental research showing that tinted products containing iron oxides can reduce visible light-induced pigmentation:
Please note, whether a product reduces visible or blue light depends on things like:
In the EU's CosIng database, iron oxides are only listed as a colorant. CosIng groups ingredients by their main cosmetic role, such as colorant, preservative, or UV filter.
Though studies say iron oxides can "attenuate blue light", they're describing an optical property and not an officially recognized cosmetic function.
So CosIng isn’t contradicting the research. It’s just classifying iron oxides by what they officially are: pigments that add color.
Learn more about Iron Oxides
