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This mild foaming cleanser is mild enough to cleanse without leaving skin feeling tight or stripped.

This mild foaming cleanser is made to cleanse without leaving your skin tight or dry.

Face Cleanser
Face Cleanser
Face Cleanser
Face Cleanser
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What's inside

What's inside

What's inside

What's inside

Mung Bean pH-Balanced Cleansing Foam
Key Ingredients
Recovery Mud Pack To Foam Cleanser
Key Ingredients
Dive-In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Cleansing Foam
Key Ingredients
Pure & Deep Cleansing Foam
Key Ingredients
Mung Bean pH-Balanced Cleansing Foam
Benefits
Recovery Mud Pack To Foam Cleanser
Benefits
Dive-In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Cleansing Foam
Benefits
Pure & Deep Cleansing Foam
Benefits
Mung Bean pH-Balanced Cleansing Foam
Concerns
Recovery Mud Pack To Foam Cleanser
Concerns
Dive-In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Cleansing Foam
Concerns
Pure & Deep Cleansing Foam
Concerns
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Mung Bean pH-Balanced Cleansing Foam
Ingredients Side-by-side
Recovery Mud Pack To Foam Cleanser
Ingredients Side-by-side
Dive-In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Cleansing Foam
Ingredients Side-by-side
Pure & Deep Cleansing Foam
Ingredients Side-by-side

Water

Skin Conditioning

Glycerin

Humectant
0 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin IconGood for Scar Healing IconGood for Barrier Repair Icon

Myristic Acid

Cleansing
3 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin IconBad for Acne Prone Skin IconMay worsen Seborrheic Dermatitis IconMay worsen Keratosis Pilaris IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Stearic Acid

Cleansing
2-3 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin IconMay worsen Seborrheic Dermatitis IconMay worsen Oily Skin IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Lauric Acid

Cleansing
4 / 1 Bad for Acne Prone Skin IconMay worsen Seborrheic Dermatitis IconMay worsen Keratosis Pilaris IconMay worsen Oily Skin IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon
Mung Bean pH-Balanced Cleansing Foam
Reviews
2.96
Overall rating
5
4
3
2
1
What people say
Drying 58% Works Well 34% Broke Me Out 32%
Recovery Mud Pack To Foam Cleanser
Reviews
5.00
Overall rating
5
4
3
2
1
What people say
Great Value 100% Hydrating 100% Light Scent 100%
Dive-In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Cleansing Foam
Reviews
3.33
Overall rating
5
4
3
2
1
What people say
Great Value 47% Drying 35% Works Well 29%
Pure & Deep Cleansing Foam
Reviews
1.67
Overall rating
5
4
3
2
1
What people say
Broke Me Out 80% Irritating 60% Drying 40%

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

1,2-Hexanediol is a synthetic liquid and another multi-functional powerhouse. 

It is a:

  • Humectant, drawing moisture into the skin
  • Emollient, helping to soften skin
  • Solvent, dispersing and stabilizing formulas
  • Preservative booster, enhancing the antimicrobial activity of other preservatives 
Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:

Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.

Though this ingredient works well with most skin types, some people with sensitive skin may experience a reaction such as allergic rashes, closed comedones, or itchiness.

Learn more about Butylene Glycol
Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

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 Glycerin
Masking

Chances are, you eat sodium chloride every day. Sodium Chloride is also known as table salt. This ingredient has many purposes in skincare: thickener, emulsifier, and exfoliator.

You'll most likely find this ingredient in cleansers where it is used to create a gel-like texture. As an emulsifier, it also prevents ingredients from separating.

You might see people debate whether Sodium Chloride is comedogenic, but there actually haven't been any comedogenic tests done on it. Either way, the overall formulation of a product matters a lot more than any single ingredient.

You might see this ingredient used in scrubs as a primary exfoliating ingredient.

Learn more about Sodium Chloride
Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Sodium Hyaluronate is the salt form of hyaluronic acid. It is a long sugar chain that is naturally found in your skin, joints, and connective tissue that maintains hydration and elasticity.

In skincare, it works as a humectant. It pulls water from the environment and deeper layers of skin and binds it to the surface.

Interestingly, the size of the molecule affects its behavior:

Some clinical evidence links low molecular weight versions to improved wrinkle depth, elasticity, anti-inflammatory effects, and barrier repair.

Many serums use a blend of both weights so you can get surface hydration plus longer-lasting and deeper effects.

You'll typically see concentrations between 0.1-2% for this ingredient.

Learn more about Sodium Hyaluronate
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. Remember to stay hydrated!

Learn more about Water

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