Simple Skincare Active Skin Barrier Care Replenishing Cream Cleanser Versus Cosiq BHA-2% Face Cleanser
This mild cream cleanser is made to cleanse while respecting your skin barrier.
This gel cleanser uses mild cleansing ingredients, but contains alcohol that may feel drying for some.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Sodium Methyl Lauroyl Taurate
CleansingGlycol Distearate
Emollient
Sclerotium Gum
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Benzoate
Masking
Cocamide Mea
Emulsifying
Citric Acid
Buffering
Lauric Acid
Cleansing
Sodium Methyltaurate
Skin ConditioningGuar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Skin ConditioningSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Stearic Acid
Cleansing
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium Cocoyl Alaninate
Surfactant
Cetrimonium Chloride
Antimicrobial
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingWater, Glycerin, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Methyl Lauroyl Taurate, Glycol Distearate, Sclerotium Gum, Sodium Benzoate, Cocamide Mea, Citric Acid, Lauric Acid, Sodium Methyltaurate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Sodium Hyaluronate, Stearic Acid, Panthenol, Sodium Cocoyl Alaninate, Cetrimonium Chloride, Sodium Hydroxide
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropylsulfonate
CleansingCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract
Emollient
Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate
CleansingGlycerin
Humectant
Ricinus Communis Seed Oil
Masking
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Sodium Gluconate
ChelatingHyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil
Skin Conditioning
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningTocopherol
Antioxidant
Betaine
Humectant
Saccharide Isomerate
Humectant
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingSodium PCA
Humectant
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Skin ConditioningPolyquaternium-10
Xylitylglucoside
Humectant
Anhydroxylitol
Humectant
Xylitol
Humectant
Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate
Antioxidant
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Water, Sodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropylsulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate, Glycerin, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Sodium Gluconate, Hyaluronic Acid, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Benzyl Alcohol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tocopherol, Betaine, Saccharide Isomerate, Xanthan Gum, Sodium PCA, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Polyquaternium-10, Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol, Xylitol, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Phenoxyethanol
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Cocamidopropyl Betaine is a fatty acid created by mixing similar compounds in coconut oil and dimethylaminopropylamine, a compound with two amino groups.
This ingredient is a surfactant and cleanser. It helps gather the dirt, pollutants, and other impurities in your skin to be washed away. It also helps thicken a product and make the texture more creamy.
Being created from coconut oil means Cocamidopropyl Betaine is hydrating for the skin.
While Cocamidopropyl Betaine was believed to be an allergen, a study from 2012 disproved this. It found two compounds in unpure Cocamidopropyl Betaine to be the irritants: aminoamide and 3-dimethylaminopropylamine. High-grade and pure Cocamidopropyl Betaine did not induce allergic reactions during this study.
Learn more about Cocamidopropyl BetaineGlycerin (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 GlycerinThis ingredient is derived from guar gum. It is a skin conditioning agent that creates a thin, breathable film to reduce water loss during cleansing.
This leaves the skin feeling soft rather than stripped and also contributes to a creamier lather.
Due to the large molecule size, this ingredient is unlikely to penetrate skin.
Learn more about Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium ChlorideWater. 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
