This mild cream cleanser is made to cleanse without leaving your skin tight or dry.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
No key ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Squalane
Emollient
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Phenyl Trimethicone
Skin Conditioning
Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer
Sucrose Stearate
EmollientPersea Gratissima Oil
Skin Conditioning
Acetyl Glucosamine
Skin Conditioning
Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil
Emollient
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract
Astringent
Phyllostachys Edulis Leaf Extract
EmollientMagnolia Officinalis Bark Extract
Antimicrobial
Cladosiphon Okamuranus Extract
Skin Conditioning
Caffeine
Skin Conditioning
Salicylic Acid
Masking
PPG-20 Methyl Glucose Ether
Skin ConditioningSodium Coco Pg-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate
CleansingArginine
Masking
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
Dextrin
AbsorbentDisodium EDTA
ChelatingWater, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Squalane, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Phenyl Trimethicone, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer, Sucrose Stearate, Persea Gratissima Oil, Acetyl Glucosamine, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Sodium Hyaluronate, Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract, Phyllostachys Edulis Leaf Extract, Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract, Cladosiphon Okamuranus Extract, Caffeine, Salicylic Acid, PPG-20 Methyl Glucose Ether, Sodium Coco Pg-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate, Arginine, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Dextrin, Disodium EDTA
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!
Learn more about Water
