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Here's our complete breakdown comparing the ingredients, attributes, and more of innisfree Hydrating Cleansing Foam with Green Tea versus The Face Shop Amino Clear Foaming Cleanser for Acne-Prone Skin .

Last updated on August 31, 2023. Published on November 16, 2022

Overview

What they are

These products are both reef safe face cleansers. They have a total of 7 ingredients in common

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for fighting acne, dry skin, brightening skin, sensitive skin, reducing pores and scar healing

Free From

They both do not contain any parabens, silicones or sulfates

What's Inside

They both contain fragrances

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Face Cleanser

Face cleansers are used to remove makeup, dead skin cells, pollutants, oil, dirt, and/or clean out pores on the skin. Face cleansers may specialize in having one function (exa. just removing makeup) or may have multiple functions (exa. Removing makeup and cleaning pores).

Face Cleanser

Face cleansers are used to remove makeup, dead skin cells, pollutants, oil, dirt, and/or clean out pores on the skin. Face cleansers may specialize in having one function (exa. just removing makeup) or may have multiple functions (exa. Removing makeup and cleaning pores).

Price

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Buy Hydrating Cleansing Foam with Green Tea

Starts at $5.07
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Starts at $16.90

Ingredient Info

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alcohol-free
silicon-free
fragrance-free
sulfate-free
paraben-free
oil-free
fungal-acne safe
reef-safe
eu-allergen-free
vegan
cruelty-free
alcohol-free
silicon-free
fragrance-free
sulfate-free
paraben-free
oil-free
fungal-acne safe
reef-safe
eu-allergen-free
vegan
cruelty-free

At a glance

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Notable Ingredients

AHA

Benefits

Hydrating
Redness Reducing
Reduces Irritation
Skin Texture
Reduces Large Pores (2)
Anti-Aging (2)
Dark Spots
Scar Healing
Acne Fighting
Brightening (2)

Concerns

May Worsen Oily Skin (3)
Acne Trigger (2)
Irritating
Rosacea (3)
Eczema (3)

Notable Ingredients

BHA

Benefits

Hydrating
Good For Oily Skin (3)
Reduces Irritation
Reduces Large Pores
Scar Healing
Acne Fighting
Brightening (2)

Concerns

Drying
May Worsen Oily Skin (4)
Acne Trigger (3)
Irritating
Rosacea
Eczema (3)
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Ingredients Explained

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Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

1
What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Solvent
Community Rating: Loved

Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.

As a humectant, it helps the skin stay hydrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.

Hydrated skin improves your skin barrier; Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.

Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.

In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.

This ingredient is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

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innisfree Hydrating Cleansing Foam with Green Tea contains this as ingredient number 2.

The Face Shop Amino Clear Foaming Cleanser for Acne-Prone Skin contains this as ingredient number 3.

2
What it does: Cleansing, Emulsifying
Community Rating: Very Disliked

Myristic Acid is a saturated fatty acid. It is naturally found in milk fat. Other sources include palm oil, coconut oil, and butter fat.

Myristic Acid is an emulsifer and cleanser. As an emulsifer, it stabilizes a product by preventing ingredients from separating. Myristic Acid helps clean your skin by acting as a surfactant. It tends to gather oil and dirt on your skin to be easily rinsed away.

One study from 2021 found Myristic Acid to have anti-inflammatory properties.

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innisfree Hydrating Cleansing Foam with Green Tea contains this as ingredient number 3.

The Face Shop Amino Clear Foaming Cleanser for Acne-Prone Skin contains this as ingredient number 2.

3
What it does: Cleansing, Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising, Masking
Community Rating: Very Disliked

Stearic Acid is a fatty acid. It is an emollient, emulsifier, and texture enhancer.

As an emollient, stearic acid helps soften skin. It aids the skin's protective barrier by preventing water loss. It also provides a gentle cleansing effect without stripping away natural oils.

Stearic acid may also be used to enhance the texture of products. It can add volume and stabilize ingredients such as water and oil. This can help water and oil ingredients from separating.

Sources of stearic acid include animal or vegetable fats/oils such as coconut or shea. It can be naturally found in butter, cocoa butter, shea butter, vegetable fats, and animal tallow.

This ingredient may not be Malassezia folliculitis, or fungal-acne safe.

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innisfree Hydrating Cleansing Foam with Green Tea contains this as ingredient number 4.

The Face Shop Amino Clear Foaming Cleanser for Acne-Prone Skin contains this as ingredient number 5.

4
What it does: Buffering
Community Rating: Very Disliked

Potassium 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.

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innisfree Hydrating Cleansing Foam with Green Tea contains this as ingredient number 6.

The Face Shop Amino Clear Foaming Cleanser for Acne-Prone Skin contains this as ingredient number 4.

5
What it does: Cleansing, Emulsifying
Community Rating: Very Disliked

Lauric Acid is a fatty acid or lipid. About half of fatty acids in coconut oil is lauric acid.

This ingredient helps hydrate and sooth skin. As a humectant, it helps trap moisture. It also aids in cleaning and enhancing the texture of products.

Emerging studies show Lauric Acid to have antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. The antimicrobial property helps strengthen the skin barrier by fighting off bad bacteria.

Lauric acid may not be Malassezia folliculitis, or fungal acne, safe.

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innisfree Hydrating Cleansing Foam with Green Tea contains this as ingredient number 8.

The Face Shop Amino Clear Foaming Cleanser for Acne-Prone Skin contains this as ingredient number 7.

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What it does: Emollient, Emulsifying
Community Rating: Disliked

Glyceryl Stearate is a mix of glycerin and stearic acid.

Glyceryl Stearate is used to stabilize the mixing of water and oil ingredients. By preventing these ingredients from separating, it can help elongate shelf life. It can also help thicken the product's texture.

As an emollient, it helps soften skin and supports barrier-replenishing ingredients.

In cosmetics, Glyceryl Stearate is often made from vegetable oils or synthetically produced. The human body also creates Glyceryl Stearate naturally.

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innisfree Hydrating Cleansing Foam with Green Tea contains this as ingredient number 11.

The Face Shop Amino Clear Foaming Cleanser for Acne-Prone Skin contains this as ingredient number 12.

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What it does:
Community Rating: Very Disliked

Peg-100 Stearate is an emollient and emulsifier. PEGS are a hydrophilic polyether compound . There are 100 ethylene oxide monomers in Peg-100 Stearate. Peg-100 Stearate is polyethylene glycol ester of stearic acid.

Peg-100 Stearate helps keep skin soft by trapping moisture in. It helps prevent oil and water from separating in a product. By binding oil and water, it helps remove dirt and oil to be rinsed away.

innisfree Hydrating Cleansing Foam with Green Tea contains this as ingredient number 12.

The Face Shop Amino Clear Foaming Cleanser for Acne-Prone Skin contains this as ingredient number 13.

Here's what our community thinks of the ingredients in these two products.

28% are loved or liked
16% have mixed ratings
48% are disliked or very disliked
8% have no rating yet
18% are loved or liked
4% have mixed ratings
71% are disliked or very disliked
7% have no rating yet

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Reviews

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innisfree Hydrating Cleansing Foam with Green Tea 25 ingredients

5.0 /5
from 1 rating
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LezCookie

2 years ago · Combination Skin
Review

It stripped my hand before my face. Not hydrating at all
It has a good cream-like consistency and you need to use just a pea size dose, but it was...

It stripped my hand before my face. Not hydrating at all
It has a good cream-like consistency and you need to use just a pea size dose, but it was definetly stripping and it left a pulling sensation on my hands and face

The Face Shop Amino Clear Foaming Cleanser for Acne-Prone Skin 28 ingredients

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