What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
Cleansing
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Lauryl Hydroxysultaine
CleansingDecyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingPolyacrylate Crosspolymer-6
Emulsion StabilisingBetaine
Humectant
Bromelain
Skin ConditioningAcacia Senegal Gum
MaskingPapain
Skin ConditioningLactic Acid
Buffering
Disodium EDTA
Charcoal
Abrasive
Diazolidinyl Urea
Preservative
Propanediol
Solvent
Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate
Preservative
Water, Glycerin, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Lauryl Hydroxysultaine, Decyl Glucoside, Coco-Glucoside, Glyceryl Oleate, Xanthan Gum, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Betaine, Bromelain, Acacia Senegal Gum, Papain, Lactic Acid, Disodium EDTA, Charcoal, Diazolidinyl Urea, Propanediol, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate
Water
Skin ConditioningCetearyl Alcohol
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Oryza Sativa Bran Oil
Emollient
Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate
CleansingSodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleansing
Zea Mays Starch
Absorbent
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingNelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningMadecassoside
Antioxidant
Beta-Glucan
Skin Conditioning
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Lecithin
Emollient
Sclerotium Gum
Emulsion StabilisingPullulan
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emollient
Piroctone Olamine
Preservative
Caramel
Cosmetic ColorantSodium Chloride
MaskingSorbitan Caprylate
EmulsifyingTitanium Dioxide
Cosmetic Colorant
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Citric Acid
Buffering
Silica
Abrasive
Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Oryza Sativa Bran Oil, Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Zea Mays Starch, Xanthan Gum, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract, Madecassoside, Beta-Glucan, Sodium PCA, Panthenol, Lecithin, Sclerotium Gum, Pullulan, Dipropylene Glycol, Coco-Glucoside, Glyceryl Oleate, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Piroctone Olamine, Caramel, Sodium Chloride, Sorbitan Caprylate, Titanium Dioxide, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid, Silica
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Cocamidopropyl Betaine is a fatty acid created by mixing similar compounds in coconut oil and dimethylaminopropylamine, a compound with two amino groups.
This ingredient 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.
Learn more about Cocamidopropyl BetaineCoco-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-GlucosideWe don't have a description for Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate yet.
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 GlycerinGlyceryl Oleate is the ester of glycerin and oleic acid. This ingredient is mainly an emollient and emulsifier.
Emollients soften and hydrate the skin by creating a thin film on top to trap in moisture. As an emulsifier, glyceryl oleate helps stabilize formulations by preventing ingredients such as oil and water from separating. According to a manufacturer, this ingredient helps helps thicken water-in-oil formulations, shower gels, and hair shampoos.
In some products, this ingredient may be used as a fragrance / perfuming ingredient. The scent of this ingredient is described to be "waxy".
Glyceryl oleate is created from oils rich in oleic acid, such as peanut oil and olive oil.
This ingredient may not be malassezia folliculitis safe.
Learn more about Glyceryl OleateWater. 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
