This mild gel cleanser is mild enough to cleanse without leaving skin feeling tight or stripped.
This oil-based cleanser is mild enough to cleanse without leaving skin feeling tight or stripped.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
No concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Acrylates Copolymer
Coco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Triethanolamine
BufferingRice Ferment Filtrate
Skin Conditioning
Oryza Sativa Extract
Absorbent
Capryloyl/Caproyl Methyl Glucamide
EmulsifyingLauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide
EmollientPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningOlive Oil PEG-7 Esters
Emollient
Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer
Disodium EDTA
Sodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Parfum
Masking
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Water, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Acrylates Copolymer, Coco-Glucoside, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Triethanolamine, Rice Ferment Filtrate, Oryza Sativa Extract, Capryloyl/Caproyl Methyl Glucamide, Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Olive Oil PEG-7 Esters, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Hyaluronate, Parfum, Panthenol, Butylene Glycol, Tocopheryl Acetate
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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 GlycerinTocopheryl Acetate is a stable, shelf-friendly form of vitamin E.
Formulators love it because plain vitamin E oxidizes quickly once it hits air. This acetate version stays stable and resists going off, helping to extend a product's shelf life.
It's actually inactive on its own and works like a slow-release "storage" form; the enzymes in your skin called esterases gradually convert it into active vitamin E over time.
One in vivo study showed 5% of the acetate in the living layer of the epidermis converted to vitamin E after 5 days of application. This study also found the skin gained protection against UV damage even though the conversion was slow and small.
Once converted, vitamin E acts as a skin's main fat-soluble antioxidant that fights free radicals to protect skin from damage.
Topical vitamin E generally boosts the skin's photoprotection, and it reduced UV-damage in animal models.
This ingredient has some brightening potential but it's more of a prevention ingredient than spot-fader. Cell studies show it can slow down melanin production but it's worth noting that it's not the most powerful brightener out there.
Overall, it has a pretty solid safety profile and has been found to be non-irritating and non-comedogenic. Allergic reactions may happen but stay rare due to how widely the ingredient gets used.
The concentration will vary depending on the formula; industry data shows 0.1% in baby lotions, 3% in lipsticks, and 5% in foot powders. You can also find this ingredient at 100% in a pure vitamin E oil.
Most leave-on skincare keeps it at the lower end, often between 0.5-1%.
Learn more about Tocopheryl Acetate
