What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleansing
Lauric Acid
Cleansing
Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Sodium Chloride
MaskingSulfur
Antiseborrhoeic
Salicylic Acid
Masking
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Palmitic Acid
Emollient
Glycol Distearate
Emollient
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Potassium Hydroxide
BufferingCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate
Preservative
DMDM Hydantoin
Preservative
Cocamide DEA
Emulsifying
Water
Skin ConditioningCI 17200
Cosmetic ColorantStyrene/Acrylates Copolymer
Parfum
Masking
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Lauric Acid, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Sodium Chloride, Sulfur, Salicylic Acid, Stearic Acid, Glycerin, Palmitic Acid, Glycol Distearate, Niacinamide, Potassium Hydroxide, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, DMDM Hydantoin, Cocamide DEA, Water, CI 17200, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Parfum
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Palmitoyl Glycine
CleansingSodium Cocoyl Glycinate
Cleansing
Stearoyl Glutamic Acid
CleansingSodium Lauroamphoacetate
CleansingCocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
Cleansing
Olive Oil PEG-7 Esters
Emollient
PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate
Emulsifying
Sodium Phosphate
BufferingGlyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Potassium Hydroxide
Buffering1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Lactobacillus Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Inulin
Skin Conditioning
Lactobacillus/Rice Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Phyllacantha Fibrosa Extract
Skin ConditioningLactococcus Ferment
Skin ConditioningBacillus Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Zea Mays Kernel Extract
Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide
Cleansing
Dimethylsilanol Hyaluronate
Humectant
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Cedrus Atlantica Bark Oil
Masking
Corn Starch Modified
AbsorbentRicinus Communis Seed Oil
Masking
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Betaine
Humectant
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingPolyquaternium-39
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Propylparaben
Preservative
Sodium Chloride
MaskingDisodium EDTA
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Methylparaben
Preservative
Water, Glycerin, Palmitoyl Glycine, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Stearoyl Glutamic Acid, Sodium Lauroamphoacetate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Olive Oil PEG-7 Esters, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Sodium Phosphate, Glyceryl Stearate, Potassium Hydroxide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Lactobacillus Ferment, Inulin, Lactobacillus/Rice Ferment, Phyllacantha Fibrosa Extract, Lactococcus Ferment, Bacillus Ferment, Zea Mays Kernel Extract, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Dimethylsilanol Hyaluronate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Cedrus Atlantica Bark Oil, Corn Starch Modified, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Pentylene Glycol, Betaine, Xanthan Gum, Polyquaternium-39, Tocopherol, Propylparaben, Sodium Chloride, Disodium EDTA, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben
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 GlycerinPotassium hydroxide is commonly known as caustic potash. It is used to fix the pH of a product or as a cleaning agent in soap. In cleansers, it is used for the saponification of oils.
Sapnification is the process of creating fatty acid metal salts from triglycerides and a strong base. During this process, Potassium Hydroxide is used up and is not present in the final product.
Using high concentrations of Potassium Hydroxide have shown to irritate the skin.
Learn more about Potassium HydroxideChances are, you eat sodium chloride every day. Sodium Chloride is also known as table salt. This ingredient has many purposes in skincare: thickener, emulsifier, and exfoliator.
You'll most likely find this ingredient in cleansers where it is used to create a gel-like texture. As an emulsifier, it also prevents ingredients from separating.
You might see people debate whether Sodium Chloride is comedogenic, but there actually haven't been any comedogenic tests done on it. Either way, the overall formulation of a product matters a lot more than any single ingredient.
You might see this ingredient used in scrubs as a primary exfoliating ingredient.
Learn more about Sodium ChlorideWater. 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
