This gel cleanser uses mild cleansing ingredients, but contains alcohol that may feel drying for some.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Water
Antioxidant
Glycerin
Humectant
Palmitic Acid
Emollient
Lauric Acid
Cleansing
Potassium Hydroxide
BufferingStearic Acid
Cleansing
Myristic Acid
Cleansing
Sodium Methyltaurate
Skin ConditioningSorbitol
Humectant
Lauramidopropyl Betaine
CleansingBiosaccharide Gum-4
Skin Conditioning
Lauryl Hydroxysultaine
CleansingBis-Ethoxydiglycol Cyclohexane 1,4-Dicarboxylate
EmollientAscorbyl Tetraisopalmitate
Antioxidant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Citrus Junos Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningInositol
Humectant
Phytic Acid
Glycosphingolipids
EmollientCoix Lacryma-Jobi Ma-Yuen Seed Extract
Skin ConditioningAloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
Emollient
Artemisia Vulgaris Extract
Skin Conditioning
Soluble Collagen
Humectant
Isostearic Acid
Cleansing
Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Glycerylamidoethyl Methacrylate/Stearyl Methacrylate Copolymer
HumectantAcrylates/Stearyl Methacrylate Copolymer
Emulsion StabilisingPolyquaternium-7
Tea-Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Sodium Bicarbonate
Abrasive
Pentasodium Aminotrimethylene Phosphonate
Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Water, Glycerin, Palmitic Acid, Lauric Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Stearic Acid, Myristic Acid, Sodium Methyltaurate, Sorbitol, Lauramidopropyl Betaine, Biosaccharide Gum-4, Lauryl Hydroxysultaine, Bis-Ethoxydiglycol Cyclohexane 1,4-Dicarboxylate, Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate, Tocopherol, Citrus Junos Fruit Extract, Inositol, Phytic Acid, Glycosphingolipids, Coix Lacryma-Jobi Ma-Yuen Seed Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Artemisia Vulgaris Extract, Soluble Collagen, Isostearic Acid, Pentylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Glycerylamidoethyl Methacrylate/Stearyl Methacrylate Copolymer, Acrylates/Stearyl Methacrylate Copolymer, Polyquaternium-7, Tea-Cocoyl Glutamate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Pentasodium Aminotrimethylene Phosphonate
Water
Skin ConditioningMicrocrystalline Cellulose
AbsorbentPropanediol
Solvent
Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Acrylates Copolymer
Sodium Caproyl Methyltaurate
CleansingCoco-Betaine
Cleansing
Parfum
Masking
Camellia Sinensis Leaf
Perfuming
Oryza Sativa Powder
Chondrus Crispus Extract
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Betaphycus Gelatinum Extract
BleachingLauryl Glucoside
CleansingPotassium Hydroxide
BufferingPolyquaternium-39
Disodium EDTA
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningSodium Benzoate
Masking
Sodium Carbonate
BufferingAlcohol
Antimicrobial
Water, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Propanediol, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Glycerin, Acrylates Copolymer, Sodium Caproyl Methyltaurate, Coco-Betaine, Parfum, Camellia Sinensis Leaf, Oryza Sativa Powder, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Betaphycus Gelatinum Extract, Lauryl Glucoside, Potassium Hydroxide, Polyquaternium-39, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Carbonate, Alcohol
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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.
Learn more about GlycerinPotassium Hydroxide (also known as potash) is a strong alkaline ingredient that does one job: it nudges a product's pH up so the whole formula lands in a skin-friendly range.
It's also the base that turns oils into liquid soap during the soap making process.
An expert safety panel reviewed it and found it safe when formulations are made to be non-irritating.
As a pH adjuster, it's typically used well under 1% though regulatory caps go much higher: 5% in nail cuticle removers and 2-4.5% in hair straighteners.
Though there is some concern for irritation from raw or high pH material, a well-balanced formula will be a non-issue for the vast majority of people.
Learn more about Potassium Hydroxide
