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Beauty of Joseon Low pH Rice Face and Body Cleansing Bar Versus Dove Sensitive Skin Beauty Bar
Beauty of Joseon Low pH Rice Face and Body Cleansing Bar Versus Dove Sensitive Skin Beauty Bar What's inside Key Ingredients No key ingredients Benefits Concerns Ingredients Side-by-side Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate Zea Mays Starch Water Glycerin Decyl Glucoside
Beauty of Joseon Low pH Rice Face and Body Cleansing Bar Versus Dove Sensitive Skin Beauty Bar
What's inside
Key Ingredients
No key ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
Zea Mays Starch
Water
Glycerin
Decyl Glucoside
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Cocos Nucifera Oil
Xanthan Gum
Citric Acid
Sesamum Indicum Seed Powder
Oryza Sativa Bran Extract
Butylene Glycol
1,2-Hexanediol
Caprylyl Glycol
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Zea Mays Starch, Water, Glycerin, Decyl Glucoside, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Sesamum Indicum Seed Powder, Oryza Sativa Bran Extract, Butylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol
Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate
Stearic Acid
Lauric Acid
Sodium Oleate
Sodium Isethionate
Sodium Stearate
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Sodium Laurate
Tetrasodium Etidronate
Tetrasodium EDTA
Sodium Chloride
Kaolin
Titanium Dioxide
Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate, Stearic Acid, Lauric Acid, Sodium Oleate, Water, Sodium Isethionate, Sodium Stearate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycerin, Sodium Laurate, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Tetrasodium EDTA, Sodium Chloride, Kaolin, Titanium Dioxide
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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!