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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningDecyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide
EmollientCapryloyl/Caproyl Methyl Glucamide
EmulsifyingGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate
CleansingCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
Squalane
Emollient
Propanediol
Solvent
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingXylitol
Humectant
Lauryl Glucoside
CleansingSodium Astrocaryum Murumuruate
EmollientNiacinamide
Smoothing
Gluconolactone
Skin Conditioning
Xylityl Phosphate
Sclerotium Gum
Emulsion StabilisingPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Ethyl Linoleate
Emollient
Ethyl Oleate
Emollient
Citric Acid
Buffering
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Bisabolol
Antioxidant
Crambe Abyssinica Seed Oil
Skin Conditioning
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Persea Gratissima Oil
Skin Conditioning
Moringa Oleifera Seed Extract
Skin Conditioning
Maltodextrin
Absorbent
Calcium Gluconate
HumectantBarosma Betulina Leaf Extract
Perfuming
Sorbic Acid
Preservative
Sodium Citrate
BufferingHydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate
Emollient
Methyldihydrojasmonate
MaskingAmyl Salicylate
Perfuming
3-Hexenol
Masking
Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate
Antioxidant
Sodium Gluconate
Skin ConditioningTocopherol
Antioxidant
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingWater, Decyl Glucoside, Lauroyl/Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide, Capryloyl/Caproyl Methyl Glucamide, Glycerin, Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate, Coco-Glucoside, Glyceryl Oleate, Squalane, Propanediol, Xanthan Gum, Xylitol, Lauryl Glucoside, Sodium Astrocaryum Murumuruate, Niacinamide, Gluconolactone, Xylityl Phosphate, Sclerotium Gum, Panthenol, Sodium Benzoate, Ethyl Linoleate, Ethyl Oleate, Citric Acid, Butylene Glycol, Bisabolol, Crambe Abyssinica Seed Oil, Potassium Sorbate, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Persea Gratissima Oil, Moringa Oleifera Seed Extract, Maltodextrin, Calcium Gluconate, Barosma Betulina Leaf Extract, Sorbic Acid, Sodium Citrate, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate, Methyldihydrojasmonate, Amyl Salicylate, 3-Hexenol, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Sodium Gluconate, Tocopherol, Sodium Hydroxide
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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.
Coco-Glucoside is a surfactant, or a cleansing ingredient. It is made from glucose and coconut oil.
Surfactants help gather dirt, oil, and other pollutants from your skin to be rinsed away.
This ingredient is considered gentle and non-comedogenic. However, it may still be irritating for some.
Learn more about Coco-GlucosideDecyl Glucoside is a plant-derived surfactant and emulsion stabilizer. It is created by reacting glucose with the fatty acids from plants.
Like all surfactants, it works by lowering the surface tension between water and oil. This makes it so that dirt, sebum, and makeup can be lifted off your skin and rinsed away. It also produces a dense and creamy foam.
Because it has a neutral charge, it is compatible with a wide range of ingredients and stays stable across a broad pH range/water hardiness conditions.
Patch testing has shown it to have the lowest irritation potential among common cleansing surfactants (like SLS).
Typical use levels range from 5-20% in rinse-off cleansers.
One thing worth knowing: The American Contact Dermatitis Society named the parent family, alkyl glucosides, "Allergen of the Year" in 2017. The prevalence of allergy is pretty low but be sure to patch test if you've reacted to "gentle" or sulfate-free cleansers before.
This ingredient is fungal acne safe because the fatty alcohol portion of this ingredient is not within the C11-24 chain length that Malassezia can metabolize.
Learn more about Decyl GlucosideGlycerin (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 GlycerinGlyceryl Oleate is the monoester of glycerin and oleic acid. It is a skin-conditioning emollient that also helps form emulsions.
What makes glyceryl oleate special is its "re-fatting" effect.
When you wash your hair and skin with a surfactant-based cleanser, the surfactants grab onto everything. This includes your skin's natural lipids, or the fats that live in your skin barrier and sebum. Once you rinse these surfactants away, it leaves your skin feeling tight, dry, and clean (in a not-good way).
Re-fatting is essentially putting some of these lipids back. Glyceryl oleate deposits a thin layer of emollient lipids back on the skin or hair surface reduce some of the barrier damage.
Also, glyceryl oleate isn't a foreign molecule to your skin. It's chemically identical to something your skin already produces and manages naturally. This is why it tends to be well-tolerated with low risk of irritation.
Typical use levels range from 0.5-5%.
Glyceryl Oleate has a function of "perfuming" in the CosIng database. This just means that the ingredient has some scent character that can contribute to the product's overall smell.
The scent of this ingredient is described as "waxy".
As an ester of oleic acid, this ingredient may not be fungal acne safe. This is because oleic acid falls into the carbon-chain length that Malassezia can use as a substrate.
Learn more about Glyceryl OleateThis 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.
Learn more about Sodium GluconateWater. 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. Remember to stay hydrated!
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