Here's our breakdown of the notable ingredients, benefits, and concerns we determined from the ingredients in this product. Click any item to learn more.

Notable Ingredients

Vitamin E

Benefits

Hydrating

Brightening (2)

Concerns

Drying

Ingredient Info

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alcohol-free

silicon-free

fragrance-free

sulfate-free

paraben-free

oil-free

fungal-acne safe

reef-safe

eu-allergen-free

vegan

cruelty-free

Ingredients Overview

Here's our quick-to-read summary of the ingredients in this product. Keep scrolling if you'd like to learn more about what each ingredient does!

Ingredient

Com. / Irr. Rating

Features

Buffering, Emulsifying, Masking

2 / 0

Cleansing, Emulsifying

3 / 2

Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Solvent

0 / 0

Cleansing, Emulsifying

Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Cleansing, Emulsifying

Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising

Cleansing, Skin Conditioning

Cleansing, Emulsifying

Antioxidant, Masking

Antioxidant, Skin Conditioning

0 / 0

Emulsion Stabilising

Antioxidant, Preservative

Ingredients Explained

This product contains 16 ingredients. Click on any ingredient to learn more about it

Triethanolamine

What it does: Buffering, Emulsifying, Masking

Community Rating: Very Disliked

Triethanolamine is an emulsifier and pH adjuster. It is created using ethylene oxide and ammonia. This gives Triethanolamine a nitrogen core and a similar scent to ammonia.

As an emulsifier, it prevents ingredients from separating and enhances texture by adding volume to a product.

PH adjusters are common in cosmetic products. The pH of a product can affect the effectiveness of other ingredients. A product with a high pH may also irritate the skin.

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Tea-Stearate

What it does: Cleansing, Emulsifying

Community Rating: Very Disliked

Tea-Stearate gets its name from being the (TEA/triethanolamine) salt of stearic acid. It is a brown, waxy solid with emulsifying and cleansing properties.

CHEM: Stearic acid, compound with 2,2',2''-nitrilotriethanol (1:1)

Glycerin

What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Solvent

Community Rating: Loved

Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.

As a humectant, it helps the skin stay hydrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.

Hydrated skin improves your skin barrier; Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.

Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.

In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.

This ingredient is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

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Sodium Tallowate

What it does: Cleansing, Emulsifying

Sodium Tallowate can be bad for dry skin.

Water

What it does: Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Community Rating: Loved

Water. 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. Talk about multi-purpose! If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Sodium Cocoate

What it does: Cleansing, Emulsifying

Community Rating: Very Disliked

We don't have a description for Sodium Cocoate.

Sodium Ricinoleate

What it does: Cleansing, Emulsifying

We don't have a description for Sodium Ricinoleate.

Sodium Oleate

What it does: Cleansing, Emulsifying

We don't have a description for Sodium Oleate.

Cocamide Mea

What it does: Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising

We don't have a description for Cocamide Mea.

Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate

What it does: Cleansing, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Disliked

Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate is a surfactant and helps cleanse skin. It is created from the fatty acids of coconut oil.

Surfactants help rinse oil, dirt, and other pollutants easily from skin. It has a faint fruit-like scent.

Sodium Stearate

What it does: Cleansing, Emulsifying

Sodium stearate is the sodium salt of stearic acid.

The structure of sodium stearate makes it both a cleanser and emulsifier. As a cleanser, it helps dissolve dirt, oil, and other pollutants. As an emulsifier, it helps prevent ingredients from separating. This adds stability to the formula.

BHT

What it does: Antioxidant, Masking

Community Rating: Very Disliked

BHT is a synthetic antioxidant. As an antioxidant, it helps your body fight off free-radicals. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells.

BHT also helps stabilize products and prevent them from degrading. Many products are sensitive to air and light. BHT prevents them from breaking down when exposed.

Tocopheryl Acetate

What it does: Antioxidant, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Liked

Tocopheryl Acetate is AKA Vitamin E. It is an antioxidant and protects your skin from free radicals. Free radicals damage the skin by breaking down collagen.

One study found using Tocopheryl Acetate with Vitamin C decreased the number of sunburned cells.

Tocopheryl Acetate is commonly found in both skincare and dietary supplements.

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Tetrasodium Etidronate

What it does: Emulsion Stabilising

We don't have a description for Tetrasodium Etidronate.

Trisodium Hedta

What it does:

We don't have a description for Trisodium Hedta.

Sodium Metabisulfite

What it does: Antioxidant, Preservative

Community Rating: Mixed