BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash Versus BULLDOG Original Face Wash

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Here's our complete breakdown comparing the ingredients, attributes, and more of BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash versus BULLDOG Original Face Wash .

Published on July 07, 2023

Overview

What they are

These products are both cruelty-free, fungal acne (malassezia) safe, and reef safe face cleansers. They have a total of 11 ingredients in common

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for dry skin and brightening skin

Free From

They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, oils, parabens, silicones or sulfates

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BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash

BULLDOG Original Face Wash

Face Cleanser British Brand United Kingdom

Face Cleanser

Face cleansers are used to remove makeup, dead skin cells, pollutants, oil, dirt, and/or clean out pores on the skin. Face cleansers may specialize in having one function (exa. just removing makeup) or may have multiple functions (exa. Removing makeup and cleaning pores).

Face Cleanser

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Ingredient Info

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BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash 13 ingredients

BULLDOG Original Face Wash 15 ingredients

alcohol-free

silicon-free

fragrance-free

sulfate-free

paraben-free

oil-free

fungal-acne safe

reef-safe

eu-allergen-free

vegan

cruelty-free

alcohol-free

silicon-free

fragrance-free

sulfate-free

paraben-free

oil-free

fungal-acne safe

reef-safe

eu-allergen-free

vegan

cruelty-free

At a glance

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BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash 13 ingredients

BULLDOG Original Face Wash 15 ingredients

Benefits

Hydrating

Brightening

Concerns

Drying

Acne Trigger

Rosacea

Eczema (2)

Benefits

Hydrating

Redness Reducing

Reduces Irritation

Brightening

Concerns

Drying

Acne Trigger

Rosacea (2)

Eczema (3)

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Ingredients Compared

Ingredients that are highlighted in purple are present in both products.

BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash 13 ingredients

BULLDOG Original Face Wash 15 ingredients

Water • Cocamidopropyl Betaine • Coco-Glucoside • Glycerin • Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate • Phenoxyethanol • Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer • Sodium Chloride • Sodium Hydroxide • Benzoic Acid • Dehydroacetic Acid • Epilobium Angustifolium Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract • Sodium Metabisulfite

Water • Cocamidopropyl Betaine • Coco-Glucoside • Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice • Glycerin • Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate • Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer • Phenoxyethanol • Sodium Chloride • Sodium Hydroxide • Benzoic Acid • Parfum • Dehydroacetic Acid • Limonene • Citric Acid

Ingredients Side-by-side

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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.

Water

What it does: Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Community Rating: Loved

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. Talk about multi-purpose! If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 1.

BULLDOG Original Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 1.

Cocamidopropyl Betaine

What it does: Cleansing

Community Rating: Disliked

Cocamidopropyl Betaine is a fatty acid created by mixing similar compounds in coconut oil and dimethylaminopropylamine. Dimethylaminopropylamine is a diamine, an amine with two amino groups.

Cocamidopropyl Betaine 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.

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BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 2.

BULLDOG Original Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 2.

Coco-Glucoside

What it does: Cleansing, Foaming

Community Rating: Disliked

Coco-Glucoside is a surfactant, or a cleansing ingredient. It is made from glucose and coconut oil.

Surfactants help gather dirt, oil, and other pollutants from your skin to be rinsed away. Coco-Glucoside is considered gentle and non-comedogenic.

This ingredient is a known skin-irritant.

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BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 3.

BULLDOG Original Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 3.

Glycerin

What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Solvent

Community Rating: Loved

Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.

As a humectant, it helps the skin stay hydrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.

Hydrated skin improves your skin barrier; Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.

Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.

In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.

This ingredient is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

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BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 4.

BULLDOG Original Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 5.

Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate

What it does: Cleansing, Emulsifying, Foaming, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Disliked

Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate is a cleansing agent and emulsifier. It is a surfactant derived from sarcosine, and a common source is coconut oil. As a surfactant, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate helps lift dirts, oil, and other molecules to be washed away. In leave-on products, this ingredient is used as an emulsifier. Emulsifier help prevent ingredients such as oils and waters from separating.

Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate is also commonly found as a foaming agent in shampoo, toothpaste, and shaving foam. It is amphiphilic, meaning it loves both water and fats.

BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 5.

BULLDOG Original Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 6.

Phenoxyethanol

What it does: Preservative

Community Rating: Very Disliked

Phenoxyethanol is a preservative that has germicide, antimicrobial, and aromatic properties. Studies show that phenoxyethanol can prevent germ and microbial growth. By itself, it has a scent that is similar to that of a rose.

It's often used in formulations along with Caprylyl Glycol to preserve the shelf life of products.

BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 6.

BULLDOG Original Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 8.

Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer

What it does: Emulsion Stabilising

Community Rating: Very Disliked

Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer is a synthetic polymer. It is used to thicken and improve the texture of products.

Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer is also an emulsifier. Due to its properties, it can prevent water and oil ingredients from separating.

BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 7.

BULLDOG Original Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 7.

Sodium Chloride

What it does: Masking

Community Rating: Very Disliked

Chances are, you eat sodium chloride every day. Sodium Chloride is also known as table salt.

This ingredient has many purposes in skincare: thickener, emulsifier, and exfoliator.

You'll most likely find this ingredient in cleansers where it is used to create a gel-like texture. As an emulsifier, it also prevents ingredients from separating.

There is much debate on whether this ingredient is comedogenic. The short answer - comedogenic ratings don't tell the whole story. Learn more about comegodenic ratings here.

The concensus about this ingredient causing acne seems to be divided. Research is needed to understand if this ingredient does cause acne.

Scrubs may use salt as the primary exfoliating ingredient.

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BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 8.

BULLDOG Original Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 9.

Sodium Hydroxide

What it does: Buffering

Community Rating: Mixed

Sodium 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.

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BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 9.

BULLDOG Original Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 10.

Benzoic Acid

What it does: Masking, Preservative

Community Rating: Disliked

Benzoic Acid is used to preserve and adjust the pH of products.

The antimicrobial property of Benzoic Acid helps elongate a product's shelf life. Its main role is to reduce fungi growth and is not found to be effective at fighting bacteria. Therefore Benzoic Acid is always added along with other preservatives.

In its pure form, Benzoic Acid looks like a white crystalline solid. It has slight solubility in water.

The name of Benzoic Acid comes from gum benzoin, which used to be the sole source of deriving this ingredient. Benzoic Acid is the most simple aromatic carboxylic acid.

Benzoic Acid is naturally occuring in strawberries, mustard, cinnamon, and cloves. It has a slight scent but is not considered to be a fragrance.

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BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 10.

BULLDOG Original Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 11.

Dehydroacetic Acid

What it does: Preservative

Community Rating: Loved

Dehydroacetic Acid is fungicide and bactericide. It is used as a preservative in cosmetics. Preservatives help elongate the shelf life of a product.

Dehydroacetic Acid is not soluble in water.

BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 11.

BULLDOG Original Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 13.

Here's what our community thinks of the ingredients in these two products.

BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash 13 ingredients

BULLDOG Original Face Wash 15 ingredients

23% are loved or liked

15% have mixed ratings

54% are disliked or very disliked

8% have no rating yet

27% are loved or liked

7% have mixed ratings

67% are disliked or very disliked

0% have no rating yet

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BULLDOG Sensitive Face Wash 13 ingredients

4.0 /5

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Great Value (1) Light (1) Works Well (1)

Zora

19 days ago · Combination Skin

Review

Very gentle and nice formula. Do recommend! The only downside is the container, which easily lets out too much product. To fix that I use a...

Very gentle and nice formula. Do recommend! The only downside is the container, which easily lets out too much product. To fix that I use a separate container. Otherwise zero complaints.