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Pond's Vitamin Micellar Water Brightening Rose Versus Garnier Micellar Water Salicylic BHA

Makeup Remover
Makeup Remover
American Brand United States
French Brand France

Updated on April 16, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both reef safe makeup removers. They have a total of 3 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain Vitamin C

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for fighting acne, dry skin, brightening skin, oily skin, reducing pores and better texture

Free From

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

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Ingredient Info

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

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Key Ingredients

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Ingredients Side-by-side

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Vitamin Micellar Water Brightening Rose

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

Skin Conditioning, Solvent

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. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Emulsifying, Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Hexylene Glycol is a surfactant. Glycols are a class of alcohols. Hexylene Glycol is a surfactant and emulsifier.

As a surfactant, Hexylene Glycol helps gather dirt and oil on your skin to be washed away.

As an emulsifier, Hexylene Glycol helps keep water and oil together. This prevents them from separating in a product. Hexylene Glycol also thins out the texture of a product by lessening viscosity.

Hexylene Glycol has a small molecular weight.

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Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.

As a humectant, it helps the skin stay hydrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.

Hydrated skin improves your skin barrier; Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.

Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.

In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.

This ingredient is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

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When to use

1 Routine
0% use in am
100% use in pm
100% use every day
173 Routines
19% use in am
81% use in pm
94% use every day
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Reviews

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Pond's Vitamin Micellar Water Brightening Rose 30 ingredients

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Garnier Micellar Water Salicylic BHA 11 ingredients

1.8 /5
from 4 ratings
Light (2) Broke Me Out (2) Drying (2)
tomie1's avatar

Tomie

8 months ago
Review

despite this being fungal acne safe, it still caused me to break out. it felt drying after using it though it did made my skin much brighter

#drying
#broke me out
#irritating
lindivina's avatar

lin divina

6 months ago
Review

-removes makeup and impurity
-doesnt clean the pores or act as anti acne
-gives me acne
-non alcohol free
-drying

#great value
#drying
#broke me out
#light