Myhavtorn Liquid Soap Versus Soeder Body Wash
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningDecyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate
EmulsifyingSodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate
CleansingCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Sclerotium Gum
Emulsion StabilisingLactic Acid
Buffering
Hippophae Rhamnoides Oil
Emollient
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Masking
Sodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningSodium Anisate
AntimicrobialSqualane
Emollient
Eucalyptus Globulus Oil
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil
Masking
Mentha Piperita Oil
Masking
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf
Skin ConditioningWater, Decyl Glucoside, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Coco-Glucoside, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Sclerotium Gum, Lactic Acid, Hippophae Rhamnoides Oil, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Sodium Levulinate, Sodium Anisate, Squalane, Eucalyptus Globulus Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil, Mentha Piperita Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf
Water
Skin ConditioningCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Citric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Glutamate
MaskingSodium Chloride
MaskingSodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Sodium Levulinate
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoate
Cleansing
Sodium Anisate
AntimicrobialLimonene
Perfuming
Cupressus Sempervirens Oil
Masking
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil
Masking
Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil
Masking
Larix Decidua Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningCitrus Aurantium Peel Extract
Perfuming
Pinene
Masking
Boswellia Carterii Oil
Masking
Camphor
Masking
Artemisia Absinthium Herb Oil
Perfuming
Water, Coco-Glucoside, Glycerin, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Decyl Glucoside, Citric Acid, Sodium Glutamate, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Sodium Levulinate, Sodium Cocoate, Sodium Anisate, Limonene, Cupressus Sempervirens Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil, Larix Decidua Flower Extract, Citrus Aurantium Peel Extract, Pinene, Boswellia Carterii Oil, Camphor, Artemisia Absinthium Herb Oil
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
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.
This ingredient is considered gentle and non-comedogenic. However, it may still be irritating for some.
Learn more about Coco-GlucosideDecyl Glucoside is a plant-derived surfactant and emulsion stabilizer. It is created by reacting glucose with the fatty acids from plants.
Like all surfactants, it works by lowering the surface tension between water and oil. This makes it so that dirt, sebum, and makeup can be lifted off your skin and rinsed away. It also produces a dense and creamy foam.
Because it has a neutral charge, it is compatible with a wide range of ingredients and stays stable across a broad pH range/water hardiness conditions.
Patch testing has shown it to have the lowest irritation potential among common cleansing surfactants (like SLS).
Typical use levels range from 5-20% in rinse-off cleansers.
One thing worth knowing: The American Contact Dermatitis Society named the parent family, alkyl glucosides, "Allergen of the Year" in 2017. The prevalence of allergy is pretty low but be sure to patch test if you've reacted to "gentle" or sulfate-free cleansers before.
This ingredient is fungal acne safe because the fatty alcohol portion of this ingredient is not within the C11-24 chain length that Malassezia can metabolize.
Learn more about Decyl GlucosideGlycerin (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.
Learn more about GlycerinRosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil is an essential oil also known as rosemary essential oil. In skincare, it is a skin conditioning agent and also acts as a natural fragrance that gives products a fresh/herby smell.
The oil is a mix of over 100 volatile compounds with 1,8-cineole, α-pinene, camphor, and verbenone usually leading the pack.
Lab studies credit this oil with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial activity. Some research even show rosemary compounds calming acne-related inflammation.
The Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) has concluded rosemary-derived ingredients to be safe when formulated to be nonsensitizing.
Since this is a fragrant essential oil, the main concern is for fragrance-sensitive folks.
Learn more about Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf OilSodium Anisate comes from fennel. It is used as a preservative and to add flavoring.
Sodium Anisate has antimicrobial properties.
Sodium levulinate is the a sodium salt of Levulinic Acid. Oncedissolved in an aqueous solution, the two ingredients become identical. It is usually derived from renewable plant sources like corn starch or sugarcane.
In skincare, it mostly acts as a skin conditioning agent that keeps skin soft and hydrated. It also acts as a preservative booster by inhibiting the growth of mold, yeast, and bacteria.
It's often paired with Sodium Anisate as the two create a broad-spectrum preservative system that is popular in "natural" formulations.
This ingredient is water-soluble.
The CIR Expert Panel for Cosmetic Ingredient Safety has concluded this ingredient to be non-irritated and there are no restrictions for use in EU cosmetics. The FDA also allows this ingredient to be used as a food-grade flavoring agent.
Learn more about Sodium LevulinateWater. 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!
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