DHC Olive Soap Versus DHC Cleansing Foam
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
No key ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
No concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningMyristic Acid
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Potassium Hydroxide
BufferingLauramide DEA
SurfactantGlycol Distearate
Emollient
Ceteth-25
CleansingPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Paeonia Albiflora Root Extract
Skin ConditioningHouttuynia Cordata Extract
Skin Conditioning
Citrus Unshiu Peel Extract
Masking
Olea Europaea Leaf Extract
Perfuming
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Skin Conditioning
Stearyl Glycyrrhetinate
Skin ConditioningAllantoin
Skin Conditioning
Tetrasodium Etidronate
Emulsion StabilisingTocopherol
Antioxidant
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Water, Myristic Acid, Glycerin, Stearic Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Lauramide DEA, Glycol Distearate, Ceteth-25, Pentylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Paeonia Albiflora Root Extract, Houttuynia Cordata Extract, Citrus Unshiu Peel Extract, Olea Europaea Leaf Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Stearyl Glycyrrhetinate, Allantoin, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Tocopherol, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
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 GlycerinOlive tree leaves contain more antioxidants than olive fruit.
This is due to its rich flavonoid and polyphenol content. However, the antioxidant content varies depending on plant variety, harvesting method, leaf maturity, and extraction method.
This ingredient also has a natural fragrance. Read more about fragrance in cosmetics here.
Learn more about Olea Europaea Leaf ExtractWe don't have a description for Tetrasodium Etidronate yet.
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. Remember to stay hydrated!
Learn more about Water
