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Ingredients Side-by-side
Sulfacetamide Sodium 10%
Zinc Pyrithione 0.5%
Antiseborrhoeic
Salicylic Acid 1%
Masking
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleansing
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
Cleansing
Acrylates Copolymer
Propanediol
Solvent
Xylitylglucoside
Humectant
Coconut Alcohol
Emollient
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Anhydroxylitol
Humectant
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingXylitol
Humectant
PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate
Emulsifying
Stearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Citric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Chloride
MaskingSodium Isethionate
CleansingCaprylhydroxamic Acid
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingGlucose
Humectant
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Avena Sativa Kernel Extract
Abrasive
Sulfacetamide Sodium 10%, Zinc Pyrithione 0.5%, Salicylic Acid 1%, Water, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Acrylates Copolymer, Propanediol, Xylitylglucoside, Coconut Alcohol, Coco-Glucoside, Anhydroxylitol, Stearic Acid, 1,2-Hexanediol, Panthenol, Sodium Hydroxide, Xylitol, PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate, Stearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Isethionate, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Xanthan Gum, Glucose, Potassium Sorbate, Avena Sativa Kernel Extract
Sulfur 3%
Antiseborrhoeic
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleansing
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Acrylates Copolymer
Coconut Acid
Cleansing
Coconut Alcohol
Emollient
Glycereth-18 Ethylhexanoate
Skin ConditioningGlycereth-18
HumectantBehenyl Alcohol
Emollient
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Sodium Isethionate
CleansingSodium Hydroxide
BufferingArachidyl Alcohol
Emollient
Stearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Masking
Sulfur 3%, Water, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Coco-Glucoside, Acrylates Copolymer, Coconut Acid, Coconut Alcohol, Glycereth-18 Ethylhexanoate, Glycereth-18, Behenyl Alcohol, CI 77891, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Isethionate, Sodium Hydroxide, Arachidyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycerin, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Acrylates Copolymer is used as a film-forming agent and texture enhancer.
After applied, Acrylates Copolymer forms a thin film cover that helps skin feel more soft. It can help sunscreens become more water-resistant.
It is also used to make a product more thick.
Learn more about Acrylates CopolymerCoco-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.
This ingredient is considered gentle and non-comedogenic. However, it may still be irritating for some.
Learn more about Coco-GlucosideCoconut alcohol is a mixture of fatty alcohols from the fatty acids in coconut oil.
Though it has the word "alcohol" in its name, it is not a drying solvent alcohol. Coconut alcohol has multiple roles:
Typical use levels range from 1-5%.
The Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel has found minimal irritation in clinical testing and no evidence of sensitization from this ingredient.
Learn more about Coconut AlcoholGlycerin (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 GlycerinSodium cocoyl isethionate is a natural ingredient from coconut oil. It is an ultra gentle cleanser that gives a nice foam without drying the skin or impacting the skin barrier.
The amount of foam created depends on the amount of sodium cocoyl isethionate used in the product.
This ingredient also helps improve the spreadability of a product.
This ingredient hasn’t been shown in studies to feed fungal acne yeast.
Learn more about Sodium Cocoyl IsethionateSodium 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.
Learn more about Sodium HydroxideWe don't have a description for Sodium Isethionate yet.
Stearyl Alcohol is a type of fatty alcohol from stearic acid. It is a white, waxy compound used to emulsify ingredients used as an emollient or to thicken a product.
Emollients help soothe and hydrate the skin by trapping moisture.
Fatty alcohols are usually derived from natural fats and oils and therefore do not have the same drying or irritating effect as solvent (ethanol) alcohols.
The FDA allows products labeled "alcohol-free" to have fatty alcohols.
Learn more about Stearyl AlcoholWater. 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 WaterXanthan gum is used as a stabilizer and thickener within cosmetic products. It helps give products a sticky, thick feeling - preventing them from being too runny.
On the technical side of things, xanthan gum is a polysaccharide - a combination consisting of multiple sugar molecules bonded together.
Xanthan gum is a pretty common and great ingredient. It is a natural, non-toxic, non-irritating ingredient that is also commonly used in food products.
Learn more about Xanthan Gum
