What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningLauryl Hydroxysultaine
CleansingAcrylates Copolymer
Sodium Chloride
MaskingSodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
Cleansing
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingPotassium Cocoyl Glycinate
Potassium Cocoate
Emulsifying
Dipropylene Glycol
HumectantHydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil
Masking
Houttuynia Cordata Powder
Skin ConditioningHexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningDisodium EDTA
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Water, Lauryl Hydroxysultaine, Acrylates Copolymer, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate, Potassium Cocoate, Dipropylene Glycol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Caprylyl Glycol, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil, Houttuynia Cordata Powder, Hexylene Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium EDTA, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Tocopherol
Centella Asiatica Extract 41%
Cleansing
Water
Skin ConditioningLauryl Hydroxysultaine
CleansingGlycerin
Humectant
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingPotassium Cocoyl Glycinate
Sodium Chloride
MaskingPotassium Cocoate
Emulsifying
Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate
Vitis Vinifera Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningPyrus Malus Fruit Extract
Skin Conditioning
Carica Papaya Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningPrunus Mume Fruit Extract
Humectant
Madecassoside
Antioxidant
1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Xylitylglucoside
Humectant
Anhydroxylitol
Humectant
Xylitol
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Emulsion Stabilising3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid
Skin Conditioning
Trehalose
Humectant
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Agave Tequilana Leaf Extract
AstringentGlucose
Humectant
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Hexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingPentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Citric Acid
Buffering
Potassium Benzoate
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningDisodium EDTA
Centella Asiatica Extract 41%, Water, Lauryl Hydroxysultaine, Glycerin, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Cocoate, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Vitis Vinifera Fruit Extract, Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract, Carica Papaya Fruit Extract, Prunus Mume Fruit Extract, Madecassoside, 1,2-Hexanediol, Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol, Xylitol, Niacinamide, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Trehalose, Butylene Glycol, Panthenol, Agave Tequilana Leaf Extract, Glucose, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Hexylene Glycol, Pentylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Potassium Benzoate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium EDTA
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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.
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate is a surfactant and helps cleanse skin. It is created from the fatty acids of coconut oil.
Surfactants help rinse oil, dirt, and other pollutants easily from skin. It has a faint fruit-like scent.
Disodium EDTA is a chelating agent. It grabs onto and deactivates metal ions that sneak into your products from water, packaging, or air.
This ingredient mainly works behind the scenes and helps with:
On top of that, this ingredient can counteract the effects of hard water by binding to the minerals in it.
One thing worth knowing is that Disodium EDTA has been shown to be a mild penetration enhancer. It can help other ingredients absorb into skin more effectively which can be a double-edged sword (great for actives, but can also make the active too strong if you have sensitive skin).
Clinical patch testing showed no significant skin irritation at typical use concentrations and minimal dermal absorption.
You'll most likely see this ingredient near the end of an ingredient list. It's typically found in concentrations less than 1%.
Learn more about Disodium EDTAEthylhexylglycerin is created from glycerin. It is a multitasker ingredient that:
The CIR Expert Panel found minimal skin absorption or sensitization of any kind in a safety assessment. Though this ingredient is considered well-tolerated, a small number of cases of allergic dermatitis have been published since 2002. Just be sure to patch test if you are unsure.
Industry-reported use ranges from 8% in rinse-off products and 2% in leave-on formulations.
Learn more about EthylhexylglycerinHexylene Glycol is a multitasker ingredient that works as a solvent, humectant, emulsifier, viscosity reducer, and preservative booster.
It is able to dissolve both water and oil-soluble ingredients to stabilize tricky actives and make products spread more easily.
As a humectant, it pulls water into the skin. But it's a pretty minor moisturizing ingredient compared to other humectants, like glycerin.
Interestingly, it can act as a mild penetration enhancer. One in vitro study on human skin found a 12% concentration upped the absorption of mometasone furoate (a medicinal ingredient used to treat inflammatory skin conditions) up to 7%.
This ingredient is typically used at levels of 0.1-10% depending on the role it's playing.
A patch test study on eczema patients didn't find a significant increase in irritation versus the control group, but the potential for irritation rises at higher concentrations.
Learn more about Hexylene GlycolLauryl Hydroxysultaine is a mild surfactant or cleansing ingredient that helps lift away dirt/oil, boost foam, and thicken the formula. It plays nicely with other surfactants and stays stable across a wide pH range.
This ingredient is the potassium salt of coconut acid. Coconut acid is created by mixing fatty acids from coconut oil.
It is an emulsifier, surfactant, and cleanser. According to a manufacturer, it contains glycerin.
Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate is an amino acid-based surfactant and cleaning agent. This ingredient can be derived from animals or plants. It may also be synthetically created from fatty acids of the coconut and glycine.
Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate is a gentle surfactant. Surfactants help gather the dirt, oil, and other pollutants from your skin to be rinsed away. It is a mild cleanser and naturally produces foam.
Chances 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
