Neutrogena Ultra Gentle Daily Cleanser With Cica Barriercare Technology Versus Tree to Tub Gentle Foaming Soapberry Face Wash
What's inside
What's inside
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Lauryl Glucoside
CleansingPotassium Acrylates Copolymer
Centella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningPEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate
Emulsifying
Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate
CleansingSodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate
CleansingPotassium Sorbate
Preservative
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingCitric Acid
Buffering
Water, Glycerin, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Lauryl Glucoside, Potassium Acrylates Copolymer, Centella Asiatica Extract, Butylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Hydroxide, Citric Acid
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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.
Glycerin (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.
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