This mild powder cleanser is mild enough to cleanse without leaving skin feeling tight or stripped.
This mild foaming cleanser is made to cleanse while respecting your skin barrier.
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate
SurfactantWater
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoyl Alaninate
Surfactant
Glycerin
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
PEG-100 Stearate
Surfactant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Isopentyldiol
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Hexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingInositol
Humectant
Oat Amino Acids
Skin ConditioningGlycosyl Trehalose
Emulsion StabilisingHydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
HumectantHydrolyzed Sericin
Skin ConditioningAllantoin
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Water, Sodium Cocoyl Alaninate, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Niacinamide, Isopentyldiol, Panthenol, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Hexylene Glycol, Inositol, Oat Amino Acids, Glycosyl Trehalose, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Hydrolyzed Sericin, Allantoin
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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.
Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate is an amino-acid based mild surfactant that is used in formulas as a primary or secondary cleansing agent. This means it helps lift away oil, dirt, and makeup.
You'll see this ingredient in facial cleansers, shampoos, and even toothpaste because it foams reasonably well while being much gentler than harsher surfactants like SLS.
A study comparing surfactant mixtures found that Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate caused visibly less disruption to skin lipid structure and less irritation than SLS when tested on human subjects; this correlated with the data from in vivo results as well.
The Tenside, Surfactants, Detergents cosmetics industry journal has also concluded that amino acid based surfactants are generally milder than their corresponding alkyl sulfate counterparts. They also stated glutamates in particular are considered one of the gentler options in the category.
The Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel has reviewed dermal irritation and sensitization data for this ingredient at the highest reported use concentration and concluded it to be safe in present practices.
Typical use concentrations tend to run low (generally less than 10%) though the CIR's review noted the highest reported use concentration was 40% as a raw material blend (and not a diluted finished cosmetic product).
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