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COSRX Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser Versus Garnier Skinactive Micellar Cleansing Water All-In-1 Mattifying - USA

Face Cleanser
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Updated on January 30, 2025

Overview

What they are

These products are both cruelty-free and reef safe . They have a total of 2 ingredients in common

Suited For

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

Free From

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

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Ingredient Info

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What's inside (and what isn't)

What's inside (and what isn't)

At a glance

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products
Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

Skin Conditioning, Solvent

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. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Disodium EDTA plays a role in making products more stable by aiding other preservatives.

It is a chelating agent, meaning it neutralizes metal ions that may be found in a product.

Disodium EDTA is a salt of edetic acid and is found to be safe in cosmetic ingredients.

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When to use

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45% use in pm
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Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

COSRX Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser 25 ingredients

2.9 /5
from 99 ratings
Drying (33) Light Scent (21) Great Value (20)
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Roseblushbliss

1 year ago
Review

You will find better things out there.

This wasn’t completely destructive to my skin back in my late teens (dehydrated oily-combo skin with hormonal acne I assume) but there’s a reason why I only aimed to finish my tube of this. Doesn’t cleanse very deeply so I felt I needed to use more product (I was oily, sweaty, and in a very place with very polluted air), and tends to leave me more dry Show more

#drying
#broke me out
#irritating
#strong scent
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katrina1

1 year ago
Review

works great on my oily skin, cleanses while not being stripping, so it doesn’t leave my skin feeling tight. 10/10 :)

#great value
#strong scent

Garnier Skinactive Micellar Cleansing Water All-In-1 Mattifying 8 ingredients

2.7 /5
from 3 ratings
Drying (1) Irritating (1)
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conniecrime

1 year ago
Review

Cleans skin deeply without harshly stripping my barrier.

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Alex Alvarez

11 months ago
Review

My mom picked this up for me at CVS. I didn't specify which kind to get since I've never had an issue with any micellar water. This one was irritating my skin and I realized it contains denatured alcohol.

#drying
#irritating