The Body Shop Tea Tree Skin Clearing Foaming Mousse Versus Tree to Tub Gentle Foaming Soapberry Face Wash
This salicylic acid foaming cleanser is formulated around Salicylic Acid to clear breakouts and unclog pores.
This mild foaming cleanser is made to cleanse without leaving your skin tight or dry.
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
No key ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Glycerin
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Cleansing
Coconut Acid
Cleansing
Coco-Betaine
Cleansing
Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
CleansingSodium Chloride
MaskingMelaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil
Antioxidant
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil
Antimicrobial
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Xanthan Gum
EmulsifyingSodium Isethionate
CleansingSalicylic Acid
Masking
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingLimonene
Perfuming
Leptospermum Petersonii Oil
Masking
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
CI 19140
Cosmetic ColorantCI 42090
Cosmetic ColorantGlycerin, Water, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Coconut Acid, Coco-Betaine, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside, Sodium Chloride, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil, Caprylyl Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Isethionate, Salicylic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Limonene, Leptospermum Petersonii Oil, Tocopherol, CI 19140, CI 42090
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Glycerin (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.
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