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The Ordinary Glucoside Foaming Cleanser Versus Vanicream Gentle Facial Cleanser

Face Cleanser
Face Cleanser
Canadian Brand Canada
American Brand United States

Updated on June 13, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both vegan, cruelty-free, and fungal acne (malassezia) safe face cleansers. They have a total of 2 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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Ingredient Info

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About this product

About this product

At a glance

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

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Benefits

Concerns

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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Cleansing, Foaming

Coco-Glucoside is a surfactant, or a cleansing ingredient. It is made from glucose and coconut oil.

Surfactants help gather dirt, oil, and other pollutants from your skin to be rinsed away.

This ingredient is considered gentle and non-comedogenic. However, it may still be irritating for some.

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When to use

633 Routines
44% use in am
55% use in pm
97% use every day
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59% use in pm
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Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

The Ordinary Glucoside Foaming Cleanser 8 ingredients

4.0 /5
from 10 ratings
Works Well (4) Great Value (3) No Scent (2)
ZarephLae's avatar

ZarephLae

1 year ago
Review

It's a gentle gel-cleanser that is suitable to any skin-type but better on oily skin due to it's texture. It's very basic in this regard and that's not a bad thing. It doesn't target any skin concern specifically so if that's what you're after, I wouldn't recommend this product but I'd use it as a "shower cleanser" or something you would use on the morning or in the middle of the day. Especially Show more

#great value
#light
#light scent
#works well
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flora

7 months ago
Review

Basic cleanser! Doesn’t do much for fighting acne but is a nice simple cleanser that doesn’t leave skin dry or make acne worse. Good place to start when battling fungal acne

Vanicream Gentle Facial Cleanser 12 ingredients

3.4 /5
from 67 ratings
Great Value (26) Works Well (23) Drying (21)
kyniwi's avatar

kyniwi

1 year ago
Review

Good for fungal acne but it’s pretty drying. I have dry skin so it’s not the best for me. I’ll be finishing the bottle I have then switching out for something less drying. It’s been good on my fungal acne journey, plus it’s not irritating on my sensitive skin. It’s got simple ingredients but yeah.. drying.

#great value
#drying
#no scent
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MonVal

1 year ago
Review

I bought this product thinking it was going to become a staple on my routine, it had so many good qualities, it was fungal acne safe and non comedogenic. The first time I tried it it burned my skin and eyes, but I decided to give it another try and I was really pleased as it got rid of almost most of my fungal acne HOWEVER its very drying! I think it broke my skin barrier, won't repurchase for Show more

#great value
#drying
#irritating
#no scent