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Key Ingredients
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Myristic Acid
Cleansing
Potassium Hydroxide
BufferingStearic Acid
Cleansing
Glycol Distearate
Emollient
Lauric Acid
Cleansing
Glyceryl Stearate Se
Emulsifying
Palmitic Acid
Emollient
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Parfum
Masking
Cocamide Mipa
Emulsifying
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
PEG-100 Stearate
Surfactant
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingSorbitan Olivate
Emulsifying
Sodium Chloride
MaskingCI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantDisodium EDTA
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingHexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingButylene Glycol
Humectant
Dextrin
Absorbent1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Carthamus Tinctorius Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningSaccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate
Skin Conditioning
Theobroma Cacao Seed Extract
Antioxidant
Oryza Sativa Extract
Absorbent
Saponaria Officinalis Leaf Extract
AntimicrobialWater, Glycerin, Myristic Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Stearic Acid, Glycol Distearate, Lauric Acid, Glyceryl Stearate Se, Palmitic Acid, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Parfum, Cocamide Mipa, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Sorbitan Olivate, Sodium Chloride, CI 77891, Disodium EDTA, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Hexylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol, Dextrin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Carthamus Tinctorius Flower Extract, Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate, Theobroma Cacao Seed Extract, Oryza Sativa Extract, Saponaria Officinalis Leaf Extract
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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.
Hexylene Glycol is a multitasker ingredient that works as a solvent, humectant, emulsifier, viscosity reducer, and preservative booster.
It is able to dissolve both water and oil-soluble ingredients to stabilize tricky actives and make products spread more easily.
As a humectant, it pulls water into the skin. But it's a pretty minor moisturizing ingredient compared to other humectants, like glycerin.
Interestingly, it can act as a mild penetration enhancer. One in vitro study on human skin found a 12% concentration upped the absorption of mometasone furoate (a medicinal ingredient used to treat inflammatory skin conditions) up to 7%.
This ingredient is typically used at levels of 0.1-10% depending on the role it's playing.
A patch test study on eczema patients didn't find a significant increase in irritation versus the control group, but the potential for irritation rises at higher concentrations.
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