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Dear, Klairs Gentle Black Facial Cleanser Versus Oskia Renaissance Cleansing Gel

Face Cleanser
Face Cleanser
Korean Brand South Korea
British Brand United Kingdom

Updated on June 05, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both vegan, cruelty-free, and reef safe face cleansers. They have a total of 3 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain Vitamin E

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for anti aging, dry skin, brightening skin, sensitive skin and scar healing

Free From

They both do not contain any parabens, silicones or sulfates

What's Inside

They both contain fragrances

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Ingredient Info

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About this product

About this product

At a glance

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products
Gentle Black Facial Cleanser
Renaissance Cleansing Gel

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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Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

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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Antioxidant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

Tocopherol (also known as Vitamin E) is a common antioxidant used to help protect the skin from free-radicals and strengthen the skin barrier. It's also fat soluble - this means our skin is great at absorbing it.

Vitamin E also helps keep your natural skin lipids healthy. Your lipid skin barrier naturally consists of lipids, ceramides, and fatty acids. Vitamin E offers extra protection for your skin’s lipid barrier, keeping your skin healthy and nourished.

Another benefit is a bit of UV protection. Vitamin E helps reduce the damage caused by UVB rays. (It should not replace your sunscreen). Combining it with Vitamin C can decrease sunburned cells and hyperpigmentation after UV exposure.

You might have noticed Vitamin E + C often paired together. This is because it is great at stabilizing Vitamin C. Using the two together helps increase the effectiveness of both ingredients.

There are often claims that Vitamin E can reduce/prevent scarring, but these claims haven't been confirmed by scientific research.

Learn more about Tocopherol

When to use

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56% use in pm
94% use every day
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Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

Dear, Klairs Gentle Black Facial Cleanser 31 ingredients

5.0 /5
from 8 ratings
Works Well (6) Great Value (4) Hydrating (3)
grakky's avatar

grakky

10 months ago
Review

started using this cleanser recently since none of my other cleansers were really good for my skin, and the info and ingredients list for this cleanser drew me in. needless to say, i am impressed! this is the first cleanser i have used that does not dry me out like crazy. it lathers really nicely, and it gets the job done well!

#great value
#works well
whiterabbit's avatar

whiterabbit

4 months ago
Review

Does a great job at making skin feel clean without stripping it, foams up really nicely. Mild & non-irritating on my dry skin

#works well

Oskia Renaissance Cleansing Gel 29 ingredients

2.0 /5
from 1 rating
Doesn't Work (1) Expensive (1) Light Scent (1)
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tsmeu

1 year ago
Review

I've used up a few travel sizes of this over the years (they often come as gifts with purchase) and I've never been too impressed. The tube I just finished reaffirmed that opinion once more. It is a nice formula in terms of consistency and I do enjoy the user experience (rose-y scent, soft pink color, lovely skin feel), but it's just not a very effective cleanser.

This is an oil-based cleansing Show more

#expensive
#light scent
#doesn't work