Ingredients overview
Water, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Propanediol, Sorbitan Stearate, Polyglyceryl-10 Distearate, Panthenol, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Squalane, Glyceryl Stearate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Centella Asiatica Extract, Alcohol, Phytosterols, Polysorbate 80, N-Palmitoyl Serinol, Citrus Reticulata (Tangerine) Extract, Caprylyl Glycol, Allantoin, Acetyl Glucosamine, Pentylene Glycol, Lecithin, Butylene Glycol, 4-T-Butylcyclohexanol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Myristic Acid, Sialyllactose, Resveratrol, Ceramide NP, Bifida Ferment Lysate, Soy Isoflavones, Hypericum Perforatum Flower Extract
Key Ingredients
| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water | solvent | ||
| Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride | emollient | ||
| Cetearyl Alcohol | emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing | 1, 2 | |
| Glycerin | skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | 0, 0 | superstar |
| Propanediol | solvent, moisturizer/humectant | ||
| Stearic Acid | emollient, viscosity controlling | 0, 2–3 | |
| Polyglyceryl-10 Distearate | emulsifying | ||
| Sorbitan Stearate | emulsifying | 1, 0 | |
| Panthenol | soothing, moisturizer/humectant | 0, 0 | goodie |
| Glyceryl Stearate | emollient, emulsifying | 0, 1 |
Water
Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product.
It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water.
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
A super common emollient that makes your skin feel nice and smooth. It comes from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s light-textured, clear, odorless and non-greasy. It’s a nice ingredient that just feels good on the skin, is super well tolerated by every skin type and easy to formulate with. No wonder it’s popular.
Cetearyl Alcohol
An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%.
It’s a so-called fatty alcohol, a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, other two emollient fatty alcohols. Though chemically speaking, it is alcohol (as in, it has an -OH group in its molecule), its properties are totally different from the properties of low molecular weight or drying alcohols such as denat. alcohol. Fatty alcohols have a long oil-soluble (and thus emollient) tail part that makes them absolutely non-drying and non-irritating and are totally ok for the skin.
