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Biossance Squalane + Amino Aloe Gentle Cleanser Versus Vanicream Gentle Facial Cleanser
Biossance Squalane + Amino Aloe Gentle Cleanser Versus Vanicream Gentle Facial Cleanser This mild gel cleanser is made to cleanse without leaving your skin tight or dry. This mild gel cleanser is mild enough to cleanse without leaving skin feeling tight or str
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Biossance Squalane + Amino Aloe Gentle Cleanser Versus Vanicream Gentle Facial Cleanser
This mild gel cleanser is made to cleanse without leaving your skin tight or dry.
This mild gel cleanser is mild enough to cleanse without leaving skin feeling tight or stripped.
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
Glycerin
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Disodium Coco-Glucoside Citrate
Squalane
Cocoyl Proline
Moringa Oleifera Leaf Extract
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil
Cymbopogon Schoenanthus Oil
Pelargonium Graveolens Oil
Salvia Sclarea Oil
Hydrolyzed Pea Protein
Medicago Sativa Extract
Sodium Levulinate
Caramel
Magnesium Chloride
Potassium Sorbate
Sodium Gluconate
Citric Acid
Citral
Citronellol
Linalool
Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Glycerin, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Disodium Coco-Glucoside Citrate, Squalane, Cocoyl Proline, Moringa Oleifera Leaf Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil, Cymbopogon Schoenanthus Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens Oil, Salvia Sclarea Oil, Hydrolyzed Pea Protein, Medicago Sativa Extract, Sodium Levulinate, Caramel, Magnesium Chloride, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Gluconate, Citric Acid, Citral, Citronellol, Linalool
Coco-Glucoside
Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate
Acrylates Copolymer
Caprylyl Glycol
Mica
Sodium Chloride
1,2-Hexanediol
Titanium Dioxide
Sodium Hydroxide
Disodium EDTA
Water, Glycerin, Coco-Glucoside, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Acrylates Copolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Mica, Sodium Chloride, 1,2-Hexanediol, Titanium Dioxide, Sodium Hydroxide, Disodium EDTA
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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.
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.
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. Remember to stay hydrated!