Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask Versus Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask

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Here's our complete breakdown comparing the ingredients, attributes, and more of Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask versus Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask .

Published on April 24, 2023

Overview

What they are

These products are both vegan and reef safe sheet masks. They have a total of 13 ingredients in common

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for dry skin, brightening skin, sensitive skin, scar healing and dark spots

Free From

They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, fragrances, oils, parabens, silicones or sulfates

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Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask

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Sheet Mask

Sheet masks are one-time use masks that go over the face. They are usually used after cleansing (depending on the product’s instructions).

Sheet Mask

Sheet masks are one-time use masks that go over the face. They are usually used after cleansing (depending on the product’s instructions).

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Ingredient Info

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Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask 26 ingredients

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask 21 ingredients

alcohol-free

silicon-free

fragrance-free

sulfate-free

paraben-free

oil-free

fungal-acne safe

reef-safe

eu-allergen-free

vegan

cruelty-free

alcohol-free

silicon-free

fragrance-free

sulfate-free

paraben-free

oil-free

fungal-acne safe

reef-safe

eu-allergen-free

vegan

cruelty-free

At a glance

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Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask 26 ingredients

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask 21 ingredients

Benefits

Hydrating (4)

Redness Reducing (5)

Reduces Irritation (4)

Anti-Aging (3)

Dark Spots

Scar Healing (2)

Brightening

Concerns

May Worsen Oily Skin

Acne Trigger

Benefits

Hydrating (2)

Redness Reducing (4)

Reduces Irritation (4)

Dark Spots

Scar Healing

Brightening

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Ingredients Compared

Ingredients that are highlighted in purple are present in both products.

Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask 26 ingredients

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask 21 ingredients

Water • Glycerin • Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride • Glycine Max Seed Extract • Althaea Rosea Flower Extract • Glyceryl Stearate • Hydroxyacetophenone • Butylene Glycol • Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer • Ceramide NP • Allantoin • Tromethamine • Ceramide Ns • Caprylyl Glycol • Ethylhexylglycerin • Adenosine • Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate • Hydrogenated Lecithin • Dipropylene Glycol • Sphingolipids • Sucrose Distearate • Cholesterol • Cetearyl Alcohol • Caffeine • Xanthan Gum • Disodium EDTA

Water • Glycerin • Methylpropanediol • Artemisia Vulgaris Extract • Althaea Rosea Flower Extract • Dipropylene Glycol • Hydroxyacetophenone • Allantoin • Butylene Glycol • Madecassoside • Tromethamine • 1,2-Hexanediol • Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate • Polyglyceryl-10 Myristate • Betaine • Caprylyl Glycol • Ethylhexylglycerin • Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate • Caffeine • Carbomer • Disodium EDTA

Ingredients Side-by-side

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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.

Water

What it does: Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Community Rating: Loved

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. Talk about multi-purpose! If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask contains this as ingredient number 1.

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask contains this as ingredient number 1.

Glycerin

What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Solvent

Community Rating: Loved

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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Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask contains this as ingredient number 2.

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask contains this as ingredient number 2.

Althaea Rosea Flower Extract

What it does: Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Liked

We don't have a description for Althaea Rosea Flower Extract.

Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask contains this as ingredient number 5.

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask contains this as ingredient number 5.

Hydroxyacetophenone

What it does: Antioxidant

Community Rating: Liked

Hydroxyacetophenone is antioxidant and helps with skin conditioning.

Antioxidants help fight off free-radical molecules. These unstable molecules may damage your skin cells. By helping stabilize free-radicals, antioxidants may help in anti-aging.

Hydroxyacetophenone boosts the efficiency of other preservatives.

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Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask contains this as ingredient number 7.

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask contains this as ingredient number 7.

Butylene Glycol

What it does: Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Community Rating: Mixed

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

It is a solvent, meaning that it helps to dissolve other ingredients. This also enhances the absorption of the product into one's skin.
It is a humectant, which means that it helps attract moisture into the skin.
It helps improve product application.

Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient. It is unlikely to irritate skin, and works well with pretty much all other ingredients.

Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask contains this as ingredient number 8.

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask contains this as ingredient number 9.

Allantoin

What it does: Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Soothing

Community Rating: Loved

Allantoin plays a role in soothing and moisturizing the skin. Because of this, it is often added to products with strong active ingredients.

Some studies have shown this ingredient can promote wound healing with higher concentrations.

Allantoin is derived from the comfrey plant but produced synthetically for cosmetic products to ensure purity.

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Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask contains this as ingredient number 11.

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask contains this as ingredient number 8.

Tromethamine

What it does: Buffering, Masking

Community Rating: Liked

Tromethamine is an aliphatic compound. An aliphatic compound is an organic compound with open-chained carbon atoms. It is synthetically created. Tromethamine is used to balance pH and improve texture.

As an emulsifier, Tromethamine prevents oil and water ingredients from separating. This helps stabilize the product and elongate a product's shelf life. Tromethamine also makes a product thicker.

Tromethamine helps balance the pH level of a product. Normal pH level of skin is slightly acidic (~4.75-5.5). The acidity of our skin is maintained by our glands and skin biome. Being slightly acidic allows our skin to create an "acid mantle". This acid mantle is a thin barrier that protects our skin from bacteria and contaminants.

Oral Tromethanmine is an anti-inflammatory drug but plays the role of masking, adding fragrance, and/or balancing pH in skincare.

1,3-Propanediol, 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-

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Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask contains this as ingredient number 12.

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask contains this as ingredient number 11.

Caprylyl Glycol

What it does: Emollient, Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Liked

Caprylyl Glycol is a humectant and emollient, meaning it attracts and preserves moisture.

It is a common ingredient in many products, especially those designed to hydrate skin. The primary benefits are retaining moisture, skin softening, and promoting a healthy skin barrier.

Though Caprylyl Glycol is an alcohol derived from fatty acids, it is not the kind that can dry out skin.

This ingredient is also used as a preservative to extend the life of products. It has slight antimicrobial properties.

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Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask contains this as ingredient number 14.

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask contains this as ingredient number 16.

Ethylhexylglycerin

What it does: Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Mixed

Ethylhexylglycerin (we can't pronounce this either) is commonly used as a preservative and skin softener. It is derived from glyceryl.

You might see Ethylhexylglycerin often paired with other preservatives such as phenoxyethanol. Ethylhexylglycerin has been found to increase the effectiveness of these other preservatives.

Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask contains this as ingredient number 15.

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask contains this as ingredient number 17.

Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate

What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Liked

Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate comes from licorice root.

Extracts of licorice have demonstrated to have antibacterial, anti‐inflammatory, antiviral, antioxidant properties.

One component, glabridin, has extra potent antioxidant and soothing properties. It has also been found to block pigmentation from UVB rays in guinea pigs.

Licorice Root also contains a flavonoid. Flavonoids are a natural substance from in plants. Flavonoids also have antioxidant properties.

Another component, glycyrrhizin, has been found to have anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial benefits. This may make licorice root extract effective at treating acne. However, more research is needed to support this.

Liquiritin is one of the flavone compounds found in licorice. It has been found to help lighten skin by preventing tyrosinase from reacting with tyrosine. When the two react, protein is converted to melanin. Melanin is the substance in your body that gives your features pigmentation.

Licorice root is native to Southern Europe and Asia. It has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to help with respiratory issues.

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Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask contains this as ingredient number 17.

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask contains this as ingredient number 18.

Dipropylene Glycol

What it does: Masking, Solvent

Community Rating: Disliked

Dipropylene Glycol is a synthetically created stabilizer and solvent. It is a part of the glycol class in the alcohol family.

Dipropylene Glycol helps dissolve and evenly distribute ingredients. It also helps decrease viscosity and thin out texture.

As a masking agent, Dipropylene Glycol can be used to cover the smell of other ingredients. However, it does not have a scent.

Studies show Dipropylene Glycol is considered safe to use in skincare.

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Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask contains this as ingredient number 19.

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask contains this as ingredient number 6.

Caffeine

What it does: Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

Caffeine is most associated with coffee, tea, and cacao. In skincare, it helps with calming inflammation and anti-aging.

Caffeine is an antioxidants, which help with the signs of aging. This is because antioxidants help fight skin-damaging free radical molecules.

While caffeine is used to treat cellulite and and dark circles, further studies are needed to prove this. It has been believed to help with these skin conditions due to its ability to dilate blood vessels and increase blood flow.

Some studies are looking into caffeine's ability to protect against UV rays.

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Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask contains this as ingredient number 24.

Round Lab Mugwort Calming Sheet Mask contains this as ingredient number 19.

Disodium EDTA

What it does:

Community Rating: Disliked

Disodium EDTA plays a role in making products more stable by aiding other preservatives.

It is a chelating agent, meaning it neutralizes metal ions that may be found in a product.

Disodium EDTA is a salt of edetic acid and is found to be safe in cosmetic ingredients.

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Round Lab Soybean Nourishing Mask contains this as ingredient number 26.