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Here's our complete breakdown comparing the ingredients, attributes, and more of Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash versus HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash .

Published on September 15, 2021

Overview

What they are

These products are both vegan, cruelty-free, and reef safe face cleansers. They have a total of 17 ingredients in common

Free From

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

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Face Cleanser American Brand United States
Face Cleanser American Brand United States

Face Cleanser

Face cleansers are used to remove makeup, dead skin cells, pollutants, oil, dirt, and/or clean out pores on the skin. Face cleansers may specialize in having one function (exa. just removing makeup) or may have multiple functions (exa. Removing makeup and cleaning pores).

Face Cleanser

Face cleansers are used to remove makeup, dead skin cells, pollutants, oil, dirt, and/or clean out pores on the skin. Face cleansers may specialize in having one function (exa. just removing makeup) or may have multiple functions (exa. Removing makeup and cleaning pores).

Price

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Buy Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash

Starts at $90.00
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Starts at $35.00

Ingredient Info

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alcohol-free
silicon-free
fragrance-free
sulfate-free
paraben-free
oil-free
fungal-acne safe
reef-safe
eu-allergen-free
vegan
cruelty-free
alcohol-free
silicon-free
fragrance-free
sulfate-free
paraben-free
oil-free
fungal-acne safe
reef-safe
eu-allergen-free
vegan
cruelty-free

At a glance

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Concerns

Rosacea
Eczema

Notable Ingredients

Vitamin E

Benefits

Hydrating (3)
Redness Reducing
Reduces Irritation (2)
Anti-Aging
Scar Healing
Brightening (2)

Concerns

Drying
May Worsen Oily Skin (3)
Acne Trigger (2)
Irritating
Rosacea
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Ingredients Compared

Ingredients that are highlighted in purple are present in both products.

Water • Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate • Cannabis Sativa Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract • Sodium Astrocaryum Murumuruate • Aspartic Acid • Glycine • Arginine • Alanine • Serine • Valine • Proline • Threonine • Isoleucine • Histidine • Phenylalanine • Sodium Gluconate • Sodium Lactate • Xanthan Gum • Sodium PCA • Phenoxyethanol • Ethylhexylglycerin • Polysorbate 20 • Citric Acid • Parfum

Ingredients Side-by-side

Ingredients that are highlighted in purple are present in both products.

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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.

1
What it does: Skin Conditioning, Solvent
Community Rating: Loved

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. Talk about multi-purpose! If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 1.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 1.

2
What it does: Masking, Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Liked

Aspartic Acid is an amino acid that our bodies produce naturally. It is an antioxidant.

Our body uses Aspartic Acid to help build collagen and elastin. It also plays a role in hydrating skin.

Antioxidants help mitigate damage from free-radical molecules. These are molecules that originate from external sources such as pollution, cigarette smoke, or the sun.

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Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 5.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 32.

3
What it does: Buffering, Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Liked

Glycine is an amino acid that helps build proteins. It is already present in our skin as our bodies produce them naturally.

Glycine helps keep skin hydrated and reduce signs of aging. Amino acids help transport moisture throughout our skin; glycine already plays a role in helping keep our skin moisturized.

As collagen is made up of glycine and other amino acids, it is believed Glycine may help our skin produce more collagen. Collagen helps keep skin plump and firm.

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Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 6.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 14.

4
What it does: Masking, Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Mixed

Arginine is an amino acid that is important for human development. Your body uses is it to produce hair keratin and skin collagen.

As a cosmetic ingredient, Arginine has antioxidant properties and can also help repair damaged skin. This ingredient is derived either synthetically or from animals.

Arginine isn't fungal acne safe when used in the presence of other lipids (fats, fatty acids, oils, esters, etc). Oils and fats occur naturally within the skin, so take caution when using Arginine if you're prone to fungal acne.

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Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 7.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 12.

5
What it does: Masking, Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Loved

Alanine is an amino acid and is already found in the human body.

Alanine has antioxidant properties and can help with anti-aging.

Alanine is used by fibrous proteins such as collagen, elastin, and keratin. These three help make a strong skin barrier. Having a healthy skin barrier leads to more plump and youthful skin.

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Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 8.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 18.

6
What it does: Masking, Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Loved

Serine is an amino acid naturally found in our body. Our bodies use amino acids to create protein.

Amino-acids help give keep our skin hydrated. They play an important role in the skin barrier, which keeps the skin plump and firm.

Serine is a non-essential amino acid, meaning we don't need to obtain it from eating foods.

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Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 9.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 13.

7
What it does: Masking, Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Loved

We don't have a description for Valine.

Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 10.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 15.

8
What it does: Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Loved

Proline is an amino-acid. It helps moisturize the skin and plays an important role in creating proteins.

Proline is one of the building blocks for producing collagen. As we age, our bodies produce less collagen. Collagen helps the skin look plump and firm.

In medicine, proline is used as an osmoprotectant. This means it helps prevent oxidative degradation in other drugs.

Our bodies are able to produce proline naturally, but certain conditions may inhibit this production. In that case, proline can be obtained from eating egg whites, soy protein, dairy products, asparagus, mushrooms, and seaweed.

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Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 11.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 17.

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What it does:
Community Rating: Loved

Threonine is an amino-acid. It helps hydrate the skin and has antioxidant benefits.

Threonine is vital for creating collagen and elastin. Collagen and elastin support youthful and firm skin. Our bodies decrease collagen production naturally with age.

Humans are not able to create threonine and must get it through eating foods such as fish, lentils, poultry, sesame seeds, and more.

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Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 12.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 19.

10
What it does: Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Loved

We don't have a description for Isoleucine.

Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 13.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 16.

11
What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Loved

We don't have a description for Histidine.

Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 14.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 21.

12
What it does: Masking, Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Loved

Phenylalanine is an amino acid. It is a skin soothing and hydrating ingredient. Amino acids play a crucial role in wound healing and skin hydration.

Phenylalanine is also used to help even out skin tone due to its ability to disrupt the melanin production process.

Two structures of phenylalanine exist: L-phenylalanine and D-phenylalanine. L-phenylalanine is essential, this means our bodies cannot produce it naturally and we must get it from foods. Our bodies convert D-phenylalanine to neurotransmitters, and D-phenylalanine is found in our bodies naturally.

Some foods that contain L-phenylalanine include eggs, soybeans, beef, milk.

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Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 15.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 20.

13
What it does: Skin Conditioning

This is the synthetic salt of gluconic acid, a form of PHA and mild exfoliant.

It is mainly used to stabilize oil and butter formulations from going bad. Sodium gluconate is a humectant, pH regulator, and chelating agent.

Chelating agents help neutralize unwanted metals from affecting the formulation.

Sodium gluconate is water-soluble.

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Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 16.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 34.

14
What it does: Buffering, Humectant
Community Rating: Liked

Sodium Lactate is the sodium salt of lactic acid, an AHA. It is a humectant and used to adjust the pH of a product.

Sodium Lactate is part of our skin's NMF, or natural moisturizing factor. Our NMF is essential for the hydration of our top skin layers and plasticity of skin.

It also influences our skin's natural acid mantle and pH, which protects our skin from harmful bacteria.

Our NMF is formed from amino acids, lactic acid, sugars, minerals, peptides, and electrolytes. As we age, our NMF naturally depletes. Other sources of NMF depletion include harsh and drying ingredients such as denatured alcohol. Sodium lactate can help replenish our NMF, leading to more hydrated and plump skin.

High percentages of Sodium Lactate can have an exfoliating effect.

Sodium Lactate is produced from fermented sugar.

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Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 17.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 11.

15
What it does: Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising, Gel Forming, Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Disliked

Xanthan gum is used as a stabilizer and thickener within cosmetic products. It helps give products a sticky, thick feeling - preventing them from being too runny.

On the technical side of things, xanthan gum is a polysaccharide - a combination consisting of multiple sugar molecules bonded together.

Xanthan gum is a pretty common and great ingredient. It is a natural, non-toxic, non-irritating ingredient that is also commonly used in food products.

Learn more about Xanthan Gum

Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 18.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 31.

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What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Loved

Sodium PCA is the sodium salt of pyroglutamic acid and is naturally occurring on human skin.

The PCA stands for pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, a natural amino acid derivative.

Sodium PCA is a has conditioning, anti-inflammatory, and humectant properties. Humectants help hydrate your skin by drawing moisture from the air. This helps keep your skin moisturized.

Learn more about Sodium PCA

Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 19.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 10.

17
What it does: Skin Conditioning
Community Rating: Mixed

Ethylhexylglycerin (we can't pronounce this either) is commonly used as a preservative and skin softener. It is derived from glyceryl.

You might see Ethylhexylglycerin often paired with other preservatives such as phenoxyethanol. Ethylhexylglycerin has been found to increase the effectiveness of these other preservatives.

Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash contains this as ingredient number 21.

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash contains this as ingredient number 33.

Here's what our community thinks of the ingredients in these two products.

54% are loved or liked
13% have mixed ratings
25% are disliked or very disliked
8% have no rating yet
53% are loved or liked
8% have mixed ratings
25% are disliked or very disliked
14% have no rating yet

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Pacifica Cosmic Hemp Balancing Face Wash 24 ingredients

2.0 /5
from 1 rating

HoliFrog Tashmoo Water Lily Nourishing Milky Wash 36 ingredients

5.0 /5
from 1 rating

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