What's inside
What's inside
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSimmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Behenyl Alcohol
Emollient
Tapioca Starch
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Squalane
Emollient
Betaine
Humectant
Sorbitan Stearate
Emulsifying
Microcrystalline Cellulose
AbsorbentBorago Officinalis Seed Oil
Emollient
Trehalose
Humectant
Lactic Acid
Buffering
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingGlyceryl Caprylate
EmollientSucrose Cocoate
Emulsifying
Water
Skin ConditioningC12-15 Alkyl Benzoate
AntimicrobialPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Dimethicone
Emollient
Potassium Cetyl Phosphate
EmulsifyingHydrogenated Coco-Glycerides
Emollient
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glyceryl Myristate
EmollientCetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Stearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Stearyl Heptanoate
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil
Emollient
Cetearyl Glucoside
Emulsifying
Parfum
Masking
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil
Emollient
Tetrasodium EDTA
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Dehydroacetic Acid
Preservative
Lecithin
Emollient
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Tapioca Starch
Limonene
Perfuming
Butyrospermum Parkii Butter Unsaponifiables
Skin Conditioning
Palmitoyl Myristyl Serinate
Skin ConditioningCaramel
Cosmetic ColorantMorus Alba Root Extract
BleachingCitronellol
Perfuming
Linalool
Perfuming
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Citral
Perfuming
Eugenol
Perfuming
Benzyl Benzoate
Antimicrobial
Water, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Pentylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Myristate, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Stearyl Heptanoate, Glycerin, Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil, Cetearyl Glucoside, Parfum, Allantoin, Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil, Tetrasodium EDTA, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Dehydroacetic Acid, Lecithin, Sodium PCA, Tapioca Starch, Limonene, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter Unsaponifiables, Palmitoyl Myristyl Serinate, Caramel, Morus Alba Root Extract, Citronellol, Linalool, Tocopherol, Citral, Eugenol, Benzyl Benzoate
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 GlycerinPentylene Glycol (1,2-pentanediol) is a multitasking little diol with three main roles in a formula:
Research on alkanediols (the family pentylene glycol belongs to) show they work by disrupting microbial cell membranes. This disruption helps the primary preservative system in a product work more effectively at lower doses.
On the safety side, the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel has concluded this ingredient to be safe as used in current cosmetic practices + concentrations.
Typical use levels in a formula run about 1-5%.
Learn more about Pentylene GlycolTapioca starch is a thickening agent and is made from the cassava root, also known as yucca.
According to a manufacturer, it is an excellent talc replacement.
It is gluten-free.
Learn more about Tapioca StarchWater. 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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