What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Glycerin
Humectant
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleansing
Water
Skin ConditioningCoconut Acid
Cleansing
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Coco-Betaine
Cleansing
Myristic Acid
Cleansing
Sodium Isethionate
CleansingStearic Acid
Cleansing
Fragaria Ananassa Fruit Powder
Skin ConditioningVanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Saccharide Hydrolysate
HumectantCeramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Chloride
MaskingPalmitic Acid
Emollient
Polyquaternium-67
Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningDextrin
AbsorbentSodium Acetate
BufferingHydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil
Masking
Citrus Limon Peel Oil
Masking
Citrus Aurantifolia Oil
Cleansing
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil
Masking
Parfum
Masking
Limonene
Perfuming
Benzyl Benzoate
Antimicrobial
Linalool
Perfuming
Citral
Perfuming
Glycerin, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Water, Coconut Acid, Niacinamide, Cetearyl Alcohol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Coco-Betaine, Myristic Acid, Sodium Isethionate, Stearic Acid, Fragaria Ananassa Fruit Powder, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Saccharide Hydrolysate, Ceramide NP, Sodium Chloride, Palmitic Acid, Polyquaternium-67, Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract, Dextrin, Sodium Acetate, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil, Citrus Limon Peel Oil, Citrus Aurantifolia Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil, Parfum, Limonene, Benzyl Benzoate, Linalool, Citral
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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.
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
