Skincyclopedia 5% Hydrating Complex Hydrating Cleansing Gel Versus Acnemy Zitcalm Anti-Redness Calming Cleanser
This mild gel cleanser is made to cleanse while respecting your skin barrier.
This mild gel cleanser is made to cleanse while calming and soothing your skin.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningCocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Hydroxyethylcellulose
Emulsion StabilisingSodium Hyaluronate
Humectant
Ceramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide AP
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide EOP
Skin Conditioning
Phytosphingosine
Skin Conditioning
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate
EmulsifyingEthylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningCholesterol
Emollient
Carbomer
Emulsion StabilisingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingSodium Chloride
MaskingWater
Skin ConditioningPropanediol
Solvent
Glycerin
Humectant
PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides
EmulsifyingAvena Sativa Kernel Flour
Abrasive
Sphingomonas Ferment Extract
Skin Conditioning
Morinda Citrifolia Callus Culture Lysate
Skin ConditioningLactobacillus Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate
CleansingSodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate
CleansingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Lauryl Glucoside
CleansingCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Maltodextrin
Absorbent
Caprylhydroxamic Acid
ChelatingTetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate
ChelatingCitric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
Water, Propanediol, Glycerin, PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides, Avena Sativa Kernel Flour, Sphingomonas Ferment Extract, Morinda Citrifolia Callus Culture Lysate, Lactobacillus Ferment, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate, Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate, Caprylyl Glycol, Lauryl Glucoside, Coco-Glucoside, Maltodextrin, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate
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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.
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 GlycerinWater. 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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