This mild cream cleanser is made to cleanse while calming and soothing your skin.
This smoothing exfoliator is formulated around Avena Sativa Kernel Flour to refine skin texture.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningHelianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Gluconolactone
Chelating
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
PEG-100 Stearate
Surfactant
Sorbitol
Humectant
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingSodium Acrylates Copolymer
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emulsifying
Avena Sativa Kernel Oil
Skin Conditioning
Lecithin
Emollient
Sodium Citrate
BufferingP-Anisic Acid
MaskingAllantoin
Skin Conditioning
Chlorphenesin
Antimicrobial
Water, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Glycerin, Gluconolactone, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Sorbitol, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Carbomer, Caprylyl Glycol, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Avena Sativa Kernel Oil, Lecithin, Sodium Citrate, P-Anisic Acid, Allantoin, Chlorphenesin
Water
Skin ConditioningCarthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil
Masking
Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil
Emollient
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Cetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Oryza Sativa Powder
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Avena Sativa Kernel Flour
Abrasive
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingCaprylhydroxamic Acid
ChelatingGlycerin
Humectant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
CleansingGlycine Soja Oil
Emollient
Beta-Glucan
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer
Humectant
Citric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingWater, Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil, Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Stearic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, Oryza Sativa Powder, Caprylyl Glycol, Panthenol, Avena Sativa Kernel Flour, Xanthan Gum, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Glycerin, Tocopherol, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Glycine Soja Oil, Beta-Glucan, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Caprylyl Glycol is a humectant, skin conditioner, emollient, and preservative booster derived from either caprylic acid or synthetically created.
Typical use levels vary from 0.3-1% as a preservative booster and go up to 2% to condition skin.
Because it is not a free-fatty acid, this ingredient is fungal acne safe (there's nothing for Malassezia to feed on).
Learn more about Caprylyl GlycolGlycerin (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 GlycerinGlyceryl Stearate is made by reacting glycerin with stearic acid (typically sourced from plant oils like palm or coconut). It's an emulsifier, emollient, and mild occlusive.
Emulsifiers help ingredients like oil and water stay mixed so your formula stays nicely blended and uniform in texture.
This ingredient is typically used in concentrations between 1-10%. Studies have found it to be non-sensitizing, non-phototoxic, and non-photoallergenic.
A close cousin of this ingredient is Glyceryl Stearate SE ("self-emulsifying"). This just has a small amount of sodium or potassium stearate added so it can emulsify without a co-emulsifier.
Since this ingredient is an ester of a C18 fatty acid, it may not be fungal acne safe. The Malassezia yeast can potentially metabolize within the C11-C24 range.
Fun fact: The human body also creates Glyceryl Stearate naturally.
Learn more about Glyceryl StearateSodium Hydroxide is also known as lye or caustic soda. It is used to adjust the pH of products; many ingredients require a specific pH to be effective.
In small amounts, sodium hydroxide is considered safe to use. However, large amounts may cause chemical burns due to its high alkaline.
Your skin has a natural pH and acid mantle. This acid mantle helps prevent harmful bacteria from breaking through. The acid mantle also helps keep your skin hydrated.
"Alkaline" refers to a high pH level. A low pH level would be considered acidic.
Learn more about Sodium HydroxideWater. 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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