What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningSodium Chloride
MaskingSodium Laureth Sulfate
Cleansing
Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate
Cleansing
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Ceteareth-60 Myristyl Glycol
EmulsifyingCoco-Glucoside
Cleansing
Glyceryl Oleate
Emollient
Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
Cleansing
Copper Gluconate
Skin Conditioning
Zinc Gluconate
Skin Conditioning
Isopropyl Alcohol
Solvent
Manganese Gluconate
Skin ConditioningCitric Acid
Buffering
Phytosphingosine
Skin Conditioning
Asiaticoside
Antioxidant
Water, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Decyl Glucoside, Butylene Glycol, Ceteareth-60 Myristyl Glycol, Coco-Glucoside, Glyceryl Oleate, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Copper Gluconate, Zinc Gluconate, Isopropyl Alcohol, Manganese Gluconate, Citric Acid, Phytosphingosine, Asiaticoside
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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.
Decyl Glucoside is a plant-derived surfactant and emulsion stabilizer. It is created by reacting glucose with the fatty acids from plants.
Like all surfactants, it works by lowering the surface tension between water and oil. This makes it so that dirt, sebum, and makeup can be lifted off your skin and rinsed away. It also produces a dense and creamy foam.
Because it has a neutral charge, it is compatible with a wide range of ingredients and stays stable across a broad pH range/water hardiness conditions.
Patch testing has shown it to have the lowest irritation potential among common cleansing surfactants (like SLS).
Typical use levels range from 5-20% in rinse-off cleansers.
One thing worth knowing: The American Contact Dermatitis Society named the parent family, alkyl glucosides, "Allergen of the Year" in 2017. The prevalence of allergy is pretty low but be sure to patch test if you've reacted to "gentle" or sulfate-free cleansers before.
This ingredient is fungal acne safe because the fatty alcohol portion of this ingredient is below the C11-24 chain length that Malassezia can metabolize.
Learn more about Decyl GlucosideWater. 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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