Koyal Beauty Gentle Face Wash Versus Medik8 Gentle Cleanse

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Here's our complete breakdown comparing the ingredients, attributes, and more of Koyal Beauty Gentle Face Wash versus Medik8 Gentle Cleanse .

Last updated on December 15, 2023. Published on December 19, 2023

Overview

What they are

These products are both vegan, cruelty-free, fungal acne (malassezia) safe, and reef safe face cleansers. They have a total of 8 ingredients in common

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for dry skin and brightening skin

Free From

They both do not contain any parabens, silicones or sulfates

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Koyal Beauty Gentle Face Wash

Medik8 Gentle Cleanse

Face Cleanser Canadian Brand Canada

Face Cleanser British Brand United Kingdom

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

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Ingredient Info

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Koyal Beauty Gentle Face Wash 12 ingredients

Medik8 Gentle Cleanse 15 ingredients

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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Koyal Beauty Gentle Face Wash 12 ingredients

Medik8 Gentle Cleanse 15 ingredients

Benefits

Hydrating

Reduces Irritation

Brightening

Concerns

Eczema

Benefits

Hydrating

Brightening

Concerns

Drying

May Worsen Oily Skin

Irritating

Rosacea

Eczema (2)

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Ingredients Compared

Ingredients that are highlighted in purple are present in both products.

Koyal Beauty Gentle Face Wash 12 ingredients

Medik8 Gentle Cleanse 15 ingredients

Water • Cocamidopropyl Betaine • Decyl Glucoside • Coco-Glucoside • Panthenol • Glycerin • Sodium Cocoamphoacetate • Musa Paradisiaca Fruit Juice • Ethylhexylglycerin • Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer • Phenoxyethanol • Sodium Hydroxide

Water • Cocamidopropyl Betaine • Glycerin • Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate • Sodium Cocoamphoacetate • Coco-Glucoside • Decyl Glucoside • Yucca Vera Leaf/Root Extract • Benzyl Alcohol • Citric Acid • Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil • Phenoxyethanol • Dehydroacetic Acid • Sodium Benzoate • Ethylhexylglycerin

Ingredients Side-by-side

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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.

Water

What it does: Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Community Rating: Loved

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. Talk about multi-purpose! If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Koyal Beauty Gentle Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 1.

Medik8 Gentle Cleanse contains this as ingredient number 1.

Cocamidopropyl Betaine

What it does: Cleansing

Community Rating: Disliked

Cocamidopropyl Betaine is a fatty acid created by mixing similar compounds in coconut oil and dimethylaminopropylamine. Dimethylaminopropylamine is a diamine, an amine with two amino groups.

Cocamidopropyl Betaine is a surfactant and cleanser. It helps gather the dirt, pollutants, and other impurities in your skin to be washed away. It also helps thicken a product and make the texture more creamy.

Being created from coconut oil means Cocamidopropyl Betaine is hydrating for the skin.

While Cocamidopropyl Betaine was believed to be an allergen, a study from 2012 disproved this. It found two compounds in unpure Cocamidopropyl Betaine to be the irritants: aminoamide and 3-dimethylaminopropylamine. High-grade and pure Cocamidopropyl Betaine did not induce allergic reactions during this study.

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Koyal Beauty Gentle Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 2.

Medik8 Gentle Cleanse contains this as ingredient number 2.

Decyl Glucoside

What it does: Cleansing, Emulsion Stabilising

Community Rating: Mixed

Decyl Glucoside is a glucose-based surfactant. Surfactants help clean the skin by trapping oil, sebum, and dirt to be washed away.

It is created by reacting glucose with the fatty acids from plants.

Decyl Glucoside also helps stabilize the ingredients in a product by preventing them from separating.

This ingredient is biodegradable and non-toxic. This ingredient is commonly found in baby shampoos.

Decyl Glucoside is sometimes used to stabilize the UV filter Tinosorb.

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Koyal Beauty Gentle Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 3.

Medik8 Gentle Cleanse contains this as ingredient number 7.

Coco-Glucoside

What it does: Cleansing, Foaming

Community Rating: Disliked

Coco-Glucoside is a surfactant, or a cleansing ingredient. It is made from glucose and coconut oil.

Surfactants help gather dirt, oil, and other pollutants from your skin to be rinsed away. Coco-Glucoside is considered gentle and non-comedogenic.

This ingredient is a known skin-irritant.

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Koyal Beauty Gentle Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 4.

Medik8 Gentle Cleanse contains this as ingredient number 6.

Glycerin

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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Koyal Beauty Gentle Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 6.

Medik8 Gentle Cleanse contains this as ingredient number 3.

Sodium Cocoamphoacetate

What it does: Cleansing, Foaming

Community Rating: Disliked

We don't have a description for Sodium Cocoamphoacetate.

Koyal Beauty Gentle Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 7.

Medik8 Gentle Cleanse contains this as ingredient number 5.

Ethylhexylglycerin

What it does: Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Mixed

Ethylhexylglycerin (we can't pronounce this either) is commonly used as a preservative and skin softener. It is derived from glyceryl.

You might see Ethylhexylglycerin often paired with other preservatives such as phenoxyethanol. Ethylhexylglycerin has been found to increase the effectiveness of these other preservatives.

Koyal Beauty Gentle Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 9.

Medik8 Gentle Cleanse contains this as ingredient number 15.

Phenoxyethanol

What it does: Preservative

Community Rating: Very Disliked

Phenoxyethanol is a preservative that has germicide, antimicrobial, and aromatic properties. Studies show that phenoxyethanol can prevent germ and microbial growth. By itself, it has a scent that is similar to that of a rose.

It's often used in formulations along with Caprylyl Glycol to preserve the shelf life of products.

Koyal Beauty Gentle Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 11.

Medik8 Gentle Cleanse contains this as ingredient number 12.

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