This mild gel cleanser is made to cleanse while calming and soothing your skin.
This mild cream cleanser is made to cleanse without leaving your skin tight or dry.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Acrylates Copolymer
Sodium Cocoamphoacetate
CleansingGlycerin
Humectant
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate
Emulsifying
Olive Oil PEG-7 Esters
Emollient
Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
PEG-14m
Emulsion StabilisingTriethanolamine
BufferingPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Chlorphenesin
Antimicrobial
Quaternium-80
Propanediol
Solvent
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
Emollient
Andrographis Paniculata Extract
AstringentAnemarrhena Asphodeloides Root Extract
Skin Conditioning
Arctium Lappa Seed Extract
Skin ConditioningCentella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Forsythia Suspensa Fruit Extract
Antioxidant
Glycyrrhiza Uralensis Root Extract
Skin Conditioning
Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningNelumbo Nucifera Seed Extract
Antimicrobial
Propolis Extract
Skin Conditioning
Astragalus Membranaceus Root Extract
Emollient
Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract
Masking
Saposhnikovia Divaricata Root Extract
AntimicrobialAlbizia Julibrissin Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningGastrodia Elata Root Extract
Skin ConditioningParfum
Masking
Water, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Acrylates Copolymer, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Glycerin, Decyl Glucoside, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Olive Oil PEG-7 Esters, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Phenoxyethanol, PEG-14m, Triethanolamine, Panthenol, Butylene Glycol, Chlorphenesin, Quaternium-80, Propanediol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Andrographis Paniculata Extract, Anemarrhena Asphodeloides Root Extract, Arctium Lappa Seed Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Forsythia Suspensa Fruit Extract, Glycyrrhiza Uralensis Root Extract, Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Seed Extract, Propolis Extract, Astragalus Membranaceus Root Extract, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Saposhnikovia Divaricata Root Extract, Albizia Julibrissin Flower Extract, Gastrodia Elata Root Extract, Parfum
Water
Skin ConditioningDecyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
PEG-90 Glyceryl Isostearate
Cleansing
Laureth-2
CleansingImperata Cylindrica Root Extract
Skin ConditioningCocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
PEG-8 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides
EmulsifyingOctyldodeceth-25
CleansingSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Triethylene Glycol
Masking
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Prunus Yedoensis Leaf Extract
Skin ConditioningWater, Decyl Glucoside, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Coco-Glucoside, Glyceryl Oleate, PEG-90 Glyceryl Isostearate, Laureth-2, Imperata Cylindrica Root Extract, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, PEG-8 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides, Octyldodeceth-25, Sodium Hyaluronate, Phenoxyethanol, Triethylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Prunus Yedoensis Leaf Extract
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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.
Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:
Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.
Though this ingredient works well with most skin types, some people with sensitive skin may experience a reaction such as allergic rashes, closed comedones, or itchiness.
Learn more about Butylene GlycolCocamidopropyl Betaine is a fatty acid created by mixing similar compounds in coconut oil and dimethylaminopropylamine, a compound with two amino groups.
This ingredient is a surfactant and cleanser. It helps gather the dirt, pollutants, and other impurities in your skin to be washed away. It also helps thicken a product and make the texture more creamy.
Being created from coconut oil means Cocamidopropyl Betaine is hydrating for the skin.
While Cocamidopropyl Betaine was believed to be an allergen, a study from 2012 disproved this. It found two compounds in unpure Cocamidopropyl Betaine to be the irritants: aminoamide and 3-dimethylaminopropylamine. High-grade and pure Cocamidopropyl Betaine did not induce allergic reactions during this study.
Learn more about Cocamidopropyl BetaineDecyl Glucoside is a plant-derived surfactant and emulsion stabilizer. It is created by reacting glucose with the fatty acids from plants.
Like all surfactants, it works by lowering the surface tension between water and oil. This makes it so that dirt, sebum, and makeup can be lifted off your skin and rinsed away. It also produces a dense and creamy foam.
Because it has a neutral charge, it is compatible with a wide range of ingredients and stays stable across a broad pH range/water hardiness conditions.
Patch testing has shown it to have the lowest irritation potential among common cleansing surfactants (like SLS).
Typical use levels range from 5-20% in rinse-off cleansers.
One thing worth knowing: The American Contact Dermatitis Society named the parent family, alkyl glucosides, "Allergen of the Year" in 2017. The prevalence of allergy is pretty low but be sure to patch test if you've reacted to "gentle" or sulfate-free cleansers before.
This ingredient is fungal acne safe because the fatty alcohol portion of this ingredient is not within the C11-24 chain length that Malassezia can metabolize.
Learn more about Decyl GlucosidePhenoxyethanol is one of the most widely used preservatives in skincare (and for good reason!).
It has a large spectrum of antimicrobial activity and especially effective bacteria, yeast, and mold while only having a weak effect on your skin's natural microbiome.
On a cellular level, it disrupts the cell membranes of microbes by poking holes that make the cell leak. This shuts down the chemical reactions the microbe needs to make energy so it can no longer survive.
Another perk of this ingredient is that it stays functional across a wide pH range (3-10).
You'll often see it paired with boosters like Ethylhexylglycerin; one study showed that a 1:9 ratio of Ethylhexylglycerin to Phenoxyethanol damages bacterial membranes as effectively as doubling the Phenoxyethanol concentration on its own.
Typical use concentrations range from 0.3-1% depending on the formula, and this ingredient is capped at 1% int the EU.
Safety-wise, the fear mongering does not hold up to the evidence. The EU's Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety and FDA consider it safe as a preservative at up to 1%, including for children of all ages.
Adverse systemic effects only showed up in animal studies at exposures roughly 200x higher than what people get from cosmetics. And despite its very widespread use, this ingredient is a rare sensitizer and allergic reactions are uncommon.
Learn more about PhenoxyethanolWater. 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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