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SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Tone Brightening Cleansing Gel Foam Versus Isntree Yam Root Vegan Milk Cleanser

Face Cleanser
Face Cleanser
Korean Brand South Korea
Korean Brand South Korea

Updated on February 06, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both vegan, cruelty-free, and reef safe face cleansers. They have a total of 6 ingredients in common

Suited For

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

Free From

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

We independently verify ingredients, and our claims are backed by peer-reviewed research. Spot a product that needs an update? Let us know.

Ingredient Info

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What's inside (and what isn't)

What's inside (and what isn't)

At a glance

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products
Madagascar Centella Tone Brightening Cleansing Gel Foam
Yam Root Vegan Milk Cleanser

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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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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Skin Conditioning, Solvent

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

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 preservativesย 
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.

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Humectant

Glucose is a simple sugar and is the most important source of energy in all organisms.

In skincare, glucose is used to hydrate the skin. It also acts as a prebiotic for our natural biome.

Glucose is hydrating due to its humectant property. As a humectant, glucose draws moisture from the air and from deeper levels in the skin.

Our skin contains many sugars that act as prebiotics and help strengthen our natural microbiome. Having a healthy microbiome helps protect our skin from harmful bacteria and other contaminants.

Studies show glucose may help with fading discoloration and pigmentation. This is because our skin metabolizes glucose into lactic acid. Lactic acid is an AHA that helps exfoliate the top layer of skin.

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Buffering, Masking

Citric Acid is an AHA derived from citrus fruits (think oranges, lemons, and limes!).

As an AHA, Citric Acid removes the top layer of skin cells from the newer layer of skin underneath. This helps skin to remove dark spots and even out skin tone.

If you spot Citric Acid near the end of an ingredient list, it's likely there as a pH adjuster rather than an active ingredient.

Read more about some other popular AHA's here:

Learn more about Citric Acid

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Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Tone Brightening Cleansing Gel Foam 33 ingredients

3.7 /5
from 32 ratings
Works Well (13) No Scent (11) Light (10)
jeanified's avatar

jeanified

1 year ago
Review

Not the best cleanser for my sensitive dehydrated skin and hormonal acne. It dried my eyelids and lips. The madagascar centella toner is good tho but not this one imo

#drying
#irritating
#doesn't work
0310's avatar

deniza laywes

10 months ago
Review

Bought it recently. Already in love. Fungal acne safe๐Ÿ˜.
Brighten up your skin a little bit after using๐Ÿค๐Ÿผ๐Ÿค๐Ÿผ๐Ÿค๐Ÿผ

#light
#no scent
#works well

Isntree Yam Root Vegan Milk Cleanser 27 ingredients

3.9 /5
from 18 ratings
Hydrating (11) Works Well (10) Light (7)
Clover's avatar

Clover

8 months ago
Review

Feels like lotion, but itโ€™s a cleanser!
I LOVE milk cleansers. I personally think they are the best option for those with dry or sensitive skin, and this one from Isntree is wonderful! Milk cleansers are generally intended to be used as a first cleanse (makeup/sunscreen removal), but I personally havenโ€™t had any issues using this by itself on no makeup days or on sensitive skin days. Per Show more

#hydrating
#absorbs well
#works well
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Butter

1 year ago
Review

โ‹†.เณƒเฟ”*:๏ฝฅ ๐ŸคŽ

๐Ÿฅฅ ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž: ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ฒ/๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐š๐œ๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐œ๐ณ๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž.

๐Ÿชด ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ:

หšโ‚Šยท อŸอŸอžอžโžณโฅ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ'๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ˆ'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ง! ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐, ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐. ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ/๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง. ๐ˆ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ˆ'๐ฆ ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐š Show more

#expensive
#hydrating
#light
#no scent