Aveeno Calm + Restore Nourishing Oat Cleanser For Sensitive Skin Versus Neutrogena Transparent Facial Bar for Acne-Prone Skin
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
No concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Avena Sativa Kernel Flour
Abrasive
Polysorbate 20
Emulsifying
Poloxamer 188
EmulsifyingZea Mays Starch
Absorbent
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion StabilisingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Disodium EDTA
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningSodium Polyacrylate
Absorbent
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingChrysanthemum Parthenium Flower/Leaf/Stem Juice
Antioxidant
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Avena Sativa Kernel Flour, Polysorbate 20, Poloxamer 188, Zea Mays Starch, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Disodium EDTA, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Polyacrylate, Sodium Hydroxide, Chrysanthemum Parthenium Flower/Leaf/Stem Juice, Sodium Hyaluronate
Triethanolamine
BufferingTea-Stearate
CleansingSodium Tallowate
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Tea-Lauryl Sulfate
Cleansing
Sodium Cocoate
Cleansing
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Ricinoleate
CleansingSodium Oleate
CleansingCetyl Acetate
Emollient
Cocamide Mea
Emulsifying
Parfum
Masking
Sodium Stearate
CleansingAcetylated Lanolin Alcohol
Emollient
BHT
Antioxidant
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Tetrasodium Etidronate
Emulsion StabilisingTrisodium Hedta
Sodium Metabisulfite
Antioxidant
Triethanolamine, Tea-Stearate, Sodium Tallowate, Glycerin, Tea-Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Cocoate, Water, Sodium Ricinoleate, Sodium Oleate, Cetyl Acetate, Cocamide Mea, Parfum, Sodium Stearate, Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol, BHT, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Trisodium Hedta, Sodium Metabisulfite
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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!
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