Forest Essentials Delicate Facial Cleanser Kashmiri Saffron & Neem Versus CeraVe SA Smoothing Cleanser
This mild gel cleanser is made to cleanse without leaving your skin tight or dry.
This salicylic acid gel cleanser is formulated around Salicylic Acid to clear breakouts and unclog pores.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Michelia Alba Flower Extract 2%
Skin ConditioningMaranta Arundinacea Root Extract 1.5%
SmoothingNuphar Luteum Leaf Extract 1.5%
Skin ProtectingNelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract 1%
Skin ConditioningPinus Pinaster Leaf Extract 1%
Skin ConditioningRose Extract 1%
Skin ConditioningJasminum Officinale Flower Oil 1%
Perfuming
Honey 1%
Humectant
Lava Extract 1%
Skin ConditioningAzadirachta Indica Leaf Extract 0.5%
Skin ConditioningCrocus Sativus Flower Extract 0.5%
MaskingGlycerin
Humectant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Dehydroxanthan Gum
Emulsion StabilisingDecyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Sodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningPhytic Acid
Michelia Alba Flower Extract 2%, Maranta Arundinacea Root Extract 1.5%, Nuphar Luteum Leaf Extract 1.5%, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract 1%, Pinus Pinaster Leaf Extract 1%, Rose Extract 1%, Jasminum Officinale Flower Oil 1%, Honey 1%, Lava Extract 1%, Azadirachta Indica Leaf Extract 0.5%, Crocus Sativus Flower Extract 0.5%, Glycerin, Tocopherol, Dehydroxanthan Gum, Decyl Glucoside, Coco-Glucoside, Sodium Levulinate, Phytic Acid
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate
CleansingCocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
Cleansing
PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate
Emulsifying
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide AP
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide EOP
Skin Conditioning
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingCalcium Gluconate
HumectantSalicylic Acid
Masking
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate
EmulsifyingCholesterol
Emollient
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Disodium EDTA
Tetrasodium EDTA
Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Phytosphingosine
Skin Conditioning
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningWater, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Gluconolactone, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Carbomer, Calcium Gluconate, Salicylic Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Cholesterol, Phenoxyethanol, Disodium EDTA, Tetrasodium EDTA, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Phytosphingosine, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin
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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.
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