Wardah Hydra Rose NMF Amino + Pentavitin Barrier Replenish Gel Cleanser Versus Kleveru Sea Buckthorn Cleansing Gel
This mild gel cleanser is made to cleanse while calming and soothing your skin.
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Cleansing
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Propylene Glycol
Humectant
Acrylates Copolymer
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Decyl Glucoside
Cleansing
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate
CleansingSodium Chloride
MaskingCitric Acid
Buffering
Sodium Hydroxide
BufferingChlorphenesin
Antimicrobial
Glyceryl Polyacrylate
Brassica Campestris Seed Oil
Skin Conditioning
Disodium EDTA
Saccharide Isomerate
Humectant
Parfum
Masking
Rose Extract
Skin ConditioningSodium Citrate
BufferingTocopherol
Antioxidant
Water, Glycerin, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Propylene Glycol, Acrylates Copolymer, Sodium PCA, Decyl Glucoside, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Sodium Chloride, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Chlorphenesin, Glyceryl Polyacrylate, Brassica Campestris Seed Oil, Disodium EDTA, Saccharide Isomerate, Parfum, Rose Extract, Sodium Citrate, Tocopherol
Water
Skin ConditioningPotassium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Oat Protein
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Cleansing
Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate
Surfactant
PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate
Emulsifying
Butylene Glycol
Humectant
Hippophae Rhamnoides Extract
MaskingXanthan Gum
EmulsifyingHouttuynia Cordata Extract
Skin Conditioning
Panthenol
Skin Conditioning
Sodium PCA
Humectant
Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate
Humectant
Chlorphenesin
Antimicrobial
Allantoin
Skin Conditioning
Disodium EDTA
Capsicum Annuum Extract
MaskingDaucus Carota Sativa Extract
Perfuming
Water, Potassium Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Oat Protein, Glycerin, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Butylene Glycol, Hippophae Rhamnoides Extract, Xanthan Gum, Houttuynia Cordata Extract, Panthenol, Sodium PCA, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Chlorphenesin, Allantoin, Disodium EDTA, Capsicum Annuum Extract, Daucus Carota Sativa Extract
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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.
Chlorphenesin is a synthetic preservative. It helps protect a product against bacteria in order to extend shelf life. In most cases, Chlorphenesin is paired with other preservatives such as phenoxyethanol and caprylyl glycol.
Chlorphenesin is a biocide. This means it is able to help fight the microorganisms on our skin. It is also able to fight odor-releasing bacteria.
Chlorphenesin is soluble in both water and glycerin.
Studies show Chlorphenesin is easily absorbed by our skin. You should speak with a skincare professional if you have concerns about using Chlorphenesin.
Learn more about ChlorphenesinCocamidopropyl 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.
Learn more about Cocamidopropyl BetaineDisodium 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 GlycerinSodium PCA (the salt of PCA) is one of the most well-established humectants in skincare.
Why is it so special? Your skin already makes it naturally; it's a natural component of your skin's Natural Moisturizing Factor (NMF), or the mix of water-binding compounds inside your skin cells that keeps things soft and hydrated.
As a cosmetic ingredient, it grabs water and holds it in the upper layers of skin to smooth roughness and ease dehydration.
There's some clinical support for the NMF approach with a study showing that a cream built to mimic the skin's NMF significantly boosted hydration.
Safety-wise, this ingredient non-irritating, non-comedogenic, and non-phototoxic in testing, with minimal skin absorption.
It also works really well with other hydrators like glycerin or hyaluronic acid, and typical usage is somewhere between 0.2-4%.
Learn more about Sodium PCAWater. 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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