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CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser Versus Biossance Squalane + Tea Tree Cleansing Gel
CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser Versus Biossance Squalane + Tea Tree Cleansing Gel This mild cream 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 strip
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CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser Versus Biossance Squalane + Tea Tree Cleansing Gel
This mild cream 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.
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Water
Glycerin
Cetearyl Alcohol
PEG-40 Stearate
Stearyl Alcohol
Potassium Phosphate
Ceramide NP
Ceramide AP
Ceramide EOP
Carbomer
Glyceryl Stearate
Behentrimonium Methosulfate
Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate
Sodium Hyaluronate
Cholesterol
Phenoxyethanol
Disodium EDTA
Dipotassium Phosphate
Tocopherol
Phytosphingosine
Xanthan Gum
Cetyl Alcohol
Polysorbate 20
Ethylhexylglycerin
Water, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, PEG-40 Stearate, Stearyl Alcohol, Potassium Phosphate, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Carbomer, Glyceryl Stearate, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Cholesterol, Phenoxyethanol, Disodium EDTA, Dipotassium Phosphate, Tocopherol, Phytosphingosine, Xanthan Gum, Cetyl Alcohol, Polysorbate 20, Ethylhexylglycerin
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Disodium Coco-Glucoside Citrate
Squalane
Cocoyl Proline
Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil
Sodium Levulinate
Hydrolyzed Pea Protein
Lavandula Angustifolia Oil
Medicago Sativa Leaf Extract
Magnesium Chloride
Potassium Sorbate
Sodium Gluconate
Caramel
Citric Acid
Linalool
Water, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glycerin, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Disodium Coco-Glucoside Citrate, Squalane, Cocoyl Proline, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil, Sodium Levulinate, Hydrolyzed Pea Protein, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Medicago Sativa Leaf Extract, Magnesium Chloride, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Gluconate, Caramel, Citric Acid, Linalool
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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!