This mild gel cleanser is made to cleanse while respecting your skin barrier.
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Water
Skin ConditioningPotassium Cocoyl Glycinate
Surfactant
Glycerin
Humectant
Potassium Cocoate
Emulsifying
Acrylates/Steareth-20 Methacrylate Crosspolymer
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
HumectantCaprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
CleansingPanthenol
Skin Conditioning
Centella Asiatica Extract
Cleansing
Arginine
Masking
Lauryl Hydroxysultaine
CleansingDisodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingSodium Lauryl Glycol Carboxylate
CleansingCaprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Sodium Chloride
MaskingDisodium EDTA
ChelatingPotassium Hydroxide
BufferingGlycosyl Trehalose
Emulsion StabilisingPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Sodium Sulfite
Preservative
Aroma
Water, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Acrylates/Steareth-20 Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside, Panthenol, Centella Asiatica Extract, Arginine, Lauryl Hydroxysultaine, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Sodium Lauryl Glycol Carboxylate, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium PCA, Sodium Chloride, Disodium EDTA, Potassium Hydroxide, Glycosyl Trehalose, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Sulfite, Aroma
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleansing
Glycerin
Humectant
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
CleansingSodium Chloride
MaskingHydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate
Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate
Surfactant
Citric Acid
Buffering
Cetearyl Olivate
Dipropylene Glycol
Humectant1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Sorbitan Olivate
Emulsifying
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Polyquaternium-67
Polyquaternium-10
Hexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingDisodium EDTA
ChelatingButyrospermum Parkii Butter
Skin Conditioning
Caprylamide Mea
Antioxidant
Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil
Emollient
Myristoyl/Palmitoyl Oxostearamide/Arachamide Mea
Skin ConditioningButylene Glycol
Humectant
Hydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Glycolipids
Skin ConditioningCeramide NP
Skin Conditioning
Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment
AntimicrobialWater, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Glycerin, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Sodium Chloride, Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate, Citric Acid, Cetearyl Olivate, Dipropylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sorbitan Olivate, Hydroxyacetophenone, Panthenol, Polyquaternium-67, Polyquaternium-10, Hexylene Glycol, Disodium EDTA, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Caprylamide Mea, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Myristoyl/Palmitoyl Oxostearamide/Arachamide Mea, Butylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Glycolipids, Ceramide NP, Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment
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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.
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate is a surfactant and helps cleanse skin. It is created from the fatty acids of coconut oil.
Surfactants help rinse oil, dirt, and other pollutants easily from skin. It has a faint fruit-like scent.
Disodium EDTA is a chelating agent. It grabs onto and deactivates metal ions that sneak into your products from water, packaging, or air.
This ingredient mainly works behind the scenes and helps with:
On top of that, this ingredient can counteract the effects of hard water by binding to the minerals in it.
One thing worth knowing is that Disodium EDTA has been shown to be a mild penetration enhancer. It can help other ingredients absorb into skin more effectively which can be a double-edged sword (great for actives, but can also make the active too strong if you have sensitive skin).
Clinical patch testing showed no significant skin irritation at typical use concentrations and minimal dermal absorption.
You'll most likely see this ingredient near the end of an ingredient list. It's typically found in concentrations less than 1%.
Learn more about Disodium EDTAGlycerin (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 GlycerinPanthenol is a common ingredient that helps hydrate and soothe the skin. It is found naturally in our skin and hair.
There are two forms of panthenol: D and L.
D-panthenol is also known as dexpanthenol. Most cosmetics use dexpanthenol or a mixture of D and L-panthenol.
Panthenol is famous due to its ability to go deeper into the skin's layers. Using this ingredient has numerous pros (and no cons):
Like hyaluronic acid, panthenol is a humectant. Humectants are able to bind and hold large amounts of water to keep skin hydrated.
This ingredient works well for wound healing. It works by increasing tissue in the wound and helps close open wounds.
Once oxidized, panthenol converts to pantothenic acid. Panthothenic acid is found in all living cells.
This ingredient is also referred to as pro-vitamin B5.
Learn more about PanthenolPotassium Cocoyl Glycinate is an amino acid-based surfactant and cleaning agent. This ingredient can be derived from animals or plants. It may also be synthetically created from fatty acids of the coconut and glycine.
Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate is a gentle surfactant. Surfactants help gather the dirt, oil, and other pollutants from your skin to be rinsed away. It is a mild cleanser and naturally produces foam.
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 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!
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