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St. Ives Acne Control Face Scrub Apricot Versus Aveeno Calm + Restore Redness Relief Foaming Cleanser

Exfoliator
Face Cleanser
British Brand United Kingdom
American Brand United States

Overview

What they are

These products are both reef safe . They have a total of 4 ingredients in common

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for dry skin and brightening skin

Free From

They both do not contain any oils, parabens, silicones or sulfates

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Ingredients Explained

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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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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.

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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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When to use

37 Routines
43% use in am
57% use in pm
46% use every day
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44 Routines
39% use in am
61% use in pm
91% use every day
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Reviews

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St. Ives Acne Control Face Scrub Apricot 25 ingredients

2.0 /5
from 4 ratings
Drying (1) Great Value (1) Irritating (1)
SiriMiri's avatar

SiriMiri

1 year ago
Review

Used this in my tweenage age and I thought it was a cleanser instead of a scrub but even so, my nose area was never the same after using this because it's always red and the skin never healed back now

#drying
#irritating
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S B

7 months ago
Review

I've been using this for a few weeks now, maybe a month and a half. I'm not sure if it's making me continue to break out (i've had a lot of closed comedones before I got this, among other larger and difficult to heal breakouts) but I have noticed this leaves my skin incredibly soft. I will say it 100% has not made me worse than before.

Just... scrub very gently. I noticed when I started to get Show more

#great value

Aveeno Calm + Restore Redness Relief Foaming Cleanser 13 ingredients

3.0 /5
from 1 rating
Drying (1) Great Value (1) Irritating (1)
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Jenn

9 months ago
Review

I thought I liked this cleanser but it was too drying for my skin. I couldn’t even find a moisturizer that was able to subdue the dryness of my skin when using this cleanser regularly (1-2 times per day)

#great value
#drying
#irritating