What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin Conditioning3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Hydrolyzed Opuntia Ficus-Indica Flower Extract
Abrasive
Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Sodium Citrate
BufferingArbutin
Antioxidant
C13-15 Alkane
SolventPolyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
Emulsion StabilisingHydrolyzed Verbascum Thapsus Flower
Antioxidant
Parfum
Masking
Sodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningCitric Acid
Buffering
Linalool
Perfuming
Limonene
Perfuming
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Eugenol
Perfuming
Water, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Glycerin, Hydrolyzed Opuntia Ficus-Indica Flower Extract, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Citrate, Arbutin, C13-15 Alkane, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Hydrolyzed Verbascum Thapsus Flower, Parfum, Sodium Gluconate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Citric Acid, Linalool, Limonene, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Eugenol
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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.
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