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Lancôme Tonique Confort Re-Hydrating Comforting Toner Versus Laneige Cream Skin Refiner

Lancôme Tonique Confort Re-Hydrating Comforting Toner Versus Laneige Cream Skin Refiner This hydrating toner is formulated around Squalane to hydrate skin. This hydrating treatment is formulated around Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil and Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extrac

Lancôme Tonique Confort Re-Hydrating Comforting Toner Versus Laneige Cream Skin Refiner

This hydrating toner is formulated around Squalane to hydrate skin.

This hydrating treatment is formulated around Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil and Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract to hydrate skin.

What's inside

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

Water

Glycerin

Malva Sylvestris Flower

Rosa Centifolia Flower Water

Squalane

Sodium Hyaluronate

Sodium Hydroxide

Hydroxyacetophenone

Caprylyl Glycol

Citric Acid

Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer

Potassium Sorbate

Sodium Benzoate

Chlorphenesin

Parfum

Water, Glycerin, Malva Sylvestris Flower, Rosa Centifolia Flower Water, Squalane, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Hydroxide, Hydroxyacetophenone, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Chlorphenesin, Parfum

Butylene Glycol

Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil

1,2-Hexanediol

Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate

Glyceryl Stearate Citrate

Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate

Inulin Lauryl Carbamate

Glyceryl Caprylate

Ethylhexylglycerin

Propanediol

Disodium EDTA

Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract

Tocopherol

Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil, 1,2-Hexanediol, Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Inulin Lauryl Carbamate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Propanediol, Disodium EDTA, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Tocopherol

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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.

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. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Remember to stay hydrated!

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Ingredients & structured notes

Ingredient index

Ingredients Side-by-side

  1. 01Water
  2. 02Butylene Glycol
  3. 03Glycerin
  4. 04Pentylene Glycol
  5. 05Propanediol
  6. 06Chondrus Crispus Extract
  7. 07Saccharum Officinarum Extract
  8. 08Sea Water
  9. 091,2-Hexanediol
  10. 10Protease
  11. 11Betaine
  12. 12Panthenol
  13. 13Ethylhexylglycerin
  14. 14Allantoin
  15. 15Xanthan Gum
  16. 16Disodium EDTA
  17. 17Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol, Propanediol, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Saccharum Officinarum Extract, Sea Water, 1,2-Hexanediol, Protease, Betaine, Panthenol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Allantoin, Xanthan Gum, Disodium EDTA
  18. 18Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil
  19. 19Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate
  20. 20Glyceryl Stearate Citrate
Source · skinsort.com
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