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Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3% Versus Curel Sebum Trouble Care Moisture Facial Gel

Face Cleanser
General Moisturizer
American Brand United States
Japanese Brand Japan

Updated on March 06, 2025

Overview

Suited For

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

Free From

They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, oils or sulfates

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About this product

About this product

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Key Ingredients

Benefits

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Ingredients Side-by-side

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Ingredients Explained

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Skin Conditioning, Solvent

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. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

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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When to use

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54% use in pm
95% use every day
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40% use in pm
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Reviews

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Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3% 15 ingredients

5.0 /5
from 2 ratings
Works Well (2) Drying (1) Great Value (1)
ichigoluvah's avatar

ichigoluvah

5 months ago
Review

I love this gelee! Feels cool, silky, and moisturizing on the skin, and skin feels clean afterward. Might be a bit drying for dry skin, but my normal sensitive skin loves it!

#great value
#works well
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Liz Mena

22 days ago
Review

On my second bottle of this cleanser. I like how it brightens my face. I used to use Cetaphil oily to combination fragrance free cleanser and it felt like it wasn’t cleansing my face well but this one is perfect.

#drying
#no scent
#works well

Curel Sebum Trouble Care Moisture Facial Gel 15 ingredients

4.3 /5
from 3 ratings
Absorbs Well (1) Hydrating (1) Light (1)
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Lelo .

6 months ago
Review

I started using this product because I needed a moisturizer that was alcohol and oil free. It’s not too bad, it can be sticky for a bit after application but it doesn’t stay for long and it absorbs nicely. It also gives me a little bit of stinging sometimes with application (but I’m on Epiduo forte topical gel) and I still have that dry feeling sometimes after application. UPDATE: I am now using Show more

#hydrating
#light
#absorbs well
#sticky