What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningTerminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Propanediol
Solvent
Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate
Antioxidant
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Squalane
Emollient
Triethylhexanoin
MaskingArachidyl Alcohol
Emollient
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Vinyldimethicone
Titanium Dioxide
Cosmetic Colorant
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite
Behenyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
PEG-100 Stearate
Glycerin
Humectant
Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingPolyacrylate-13
Arachidyl Glucoside
EmulsifyingPolyisobutene
Sorbitan Isostearate
Emulsifying
Citric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Citrate
BufferingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingPolysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Polysorbate 60
Emulsifying
Disodium EDTA
Tin Oxide
Abrasive
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningHydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate
Humectant
Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Potassium Hyaluronate
Skin ConditioningSodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
Humectant
Water, Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract, Propanediol, Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Niacinamide, Squalane, Triethylhexanoin, Arachidyl Alcohol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Vinyldimethicone, Titanium Dioxide, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Behenyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Glycerin, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Polyacrylate-13, Arachidyl Glucoside, Polyisobutene, Sorbitan Isostearate, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Xanthan Gum, Polysorbate 20, Sodium Hyaluronate, Polysorbate 60, Disodium EDTA, Tin Oxide, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Hyaluronic Acid, Potassium Hyaluronate, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
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 GlycerinHydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid is hyaluronic acid (HA) that is broken down into lower molecular weight fragments.
It's a humectant that pulls and holds water in the skin to help with hydration, plumpness, and reduce transepidermal water loss.
Because hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid is smaller in size, it can slip past your outermost layer of skin more easily than full-sized HA.
Most formulations will combine all sizes to get the best of both worlds.
Typical usage levels range from 0.01-1%. Any percentage higher than 2% might become goopy and tacky.
Learn more about Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
