D'Alba Peptide No Sebum Mild Gel Cleanser Versus Nature Republic Green Derma Mild Foam Cleanser

D'Alba Peptide No Sebum Mild Gel Cleanser Versus Nature Republic Green Derma Mild Foam Cleanser

This betaine salicylate gel cleanser is formulated around Betaine Salicylate to clear breakouts and unclog pores.

This foaming cleanser uses mild cleansing ingredients, but contains alcohol that may feel drying for some.

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Water

Glycerin

Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate

Coco-Glucoside

Lauryl Glucoside

Sodium Chloride

Tea-Cocoyl Glutamate

Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer

Hexylene Glycol

Citric Acid

Chlorphenesin

Lavandula Angustifolia Oil

Ethylhexylglycerin

Butylene Glycol

Xanthan Gum

Betaine Salicylate

Saccharide Isomerate

1,2-Hexanediol

Caprylyl Glycol

Salvia Officinalis Leaf Extract

Salix Alba Bark Extract

Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract

Mentha Piperita Leaf Extract

Lavandula Angustifolia Flower Extract

Carica Papaya Fruit Extract

Acetyl Hexapeptide-8

Tuber Magnatum Extract

Sodium Citrate

Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract

Ocimum Basilicum Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract

Melissa Officinalis Leaf Extract

Monarda Didyma Leaf Extract

Mentha Suaveolens Leaf Extract

Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Extract

Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract

Mentha Rotundifolia Leaf Extract

Linalool

Water, Glycerin, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Coco-Glucoside, Lauryl Glucoside, Sodium Chloride, Tea-Cocoyl Glutamate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Hexylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Chlorphenesin, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Ethylhexylglycerin, Butylene Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Betaine Salicylate, Saccharide Isomerate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Salvia Officinalis Leaf Extract, Salix Alba Bark Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Mentha Piperita Leaf Extract, Lavandula Angustifolia Flower Extract, Carica Papaya Fruit Extract, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Tuber Magnatum Extract, Sodium Citrate, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Ocimum Basilicum Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Melissa Officinalis Leaf Extract, Monarda Didyma Leaf Extract, Mentha Suaveolens Leaf Extract, Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Extract, Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract, Mentha Rotundifolia Leaf Extract, Linalool

Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate

Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate

Lauric Acid

Lauryl Betaine

Asiatic Acid

Asiaticoside

Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract

Centella Asiatica Extract

Ceramide NP

Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract

Disodium EDTA

Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract

Hydrogenated Lecithin

Madecassic Acid

Madecassoside

Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil

Parfum

Pentylene Glycol

Phytosphingosine

Pinus Sylvestris Leaf Extract

Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract

Potassium Chloride

Potassium Cocoate

Propanediol

Propolis Extract

Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract

Benzyl Alcohol

Hexyl Cinnamal

Limonene

Water, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoyl Glycinate, Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate, Lauric Acid, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Lauryl Betaine, Sodium Chloride, 1,2-Hexanediol, Asiatic Acid, Asiaticoside, Butylene Glycol, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Ceramide NP, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Citric Acid, Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract, Disodium EDTA, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Hexylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Madecassic Acid, Madecassoside, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Parfum, Pentylene Glycol, Phytosphingosine, Pinus Sylvestris Leaf Extract, Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract, Potassium Chloride, Potassium Cocoate, Propanediol, Propolis Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract, Sodium Citrate, Benzyl Alcohol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool

Alternatives

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

1,2-Hexanediol is a synthetic liquid and another multi-functional powerhouse.

It is a:

Humectant, drawing moisture into the skin

Emollient, helping to soften skin

Solvent, dispersing and stabilizing formulas

Preservative booster, enhancing the antimicrobial activity of other preservatives

Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:

Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient that works well with other ingredients.

Though this ingredient works well with most skin types, some people with sensitive skin may experience a reaction such as allergic rashes, closed comedones, or itchiness.

Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract comes from the Chamomile flower.

Chamomile is rich in antioxidants and has anti-inflammatory properties. Several compounds found in chamomile help with soothing, such as bisbolol.

Antioxidant components in chamomile make it an effective ingredient to help slow the signs of aging. Antioxidants help fight free-radical molecules, or molecules that may damage your skin.

Essential oils from chamomile have been found to improve wound healing due to its antimicrobial properties.

Ancient Greeks and Egyptians used Chamomile to treat skin redness and dryness. Chamomile has also been used to help treat stomach issues.

Citric Acid is an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) naturally found in citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, and limes.

Like other AHAs, citric acid can exfoliate skin by breaking down the bonds that hold dead skin cells together. This helps reveal smoother and brighter skin underneath.

However, this exfoliating effect only happens at high concentrations (20%) which can be hard to find in cosmetic products.

Due to this, citric acid is usually included in small amounts as a pH adjuster. This helps keep products slightly more acidic and compatible with skin's natural pH.

In skincare formulas, citric acid can:

While it can provide some skin benefits, research shows lactic acid and glycolic acid are generally more effective and less irritating exfoliants.

Most citric acid used in skincare today is made by fermenting sugars (usually from molasses). This synthetic version is identical to the natural citrus form but easier to stabilize and use in formulations.

Rosacea skin has a lower threshold for acids generally, with 62.5% of rosacea subjects in one study reacting to lactic acid in a sting test. This is why we mark citric acid as a potential rosacea trigger.

However, this ingredient shows up as a pH adjuster or chelator at roughly 0.1-1% in many products. These low levels are unlikely to be an issue for rosacea skin and becomes a potential trigger at exfoliating concentrations (20%). Because everybody's skin is unique, we recommend a patch test if you are unsure.

Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate is a surfactant and helps cleanse skin. It is created from the fatty acids of coconut oil.

Surfactants help rinse oil, dirt, and other pollutants easily from skin. It has a faint fruit-like scent.

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.

Hexylene Glycol is a multitasker ingredient that works as a solvent, humectant, emulsifier, viscosity reducer, and preservative booster.

It is able to dissolve both water and oil-soluble ingredients to stabilize tricky actives and make products spread more easily.

As a humectant, it pulls water into the skin. But it's a pretty minor moisturizing ingredient compared to other humectants, like glycerin.

Interestingly, it can act as a mild penetration enhancer. One in vitro study on human skin found a 12% concentration upped the absorption of mometasone furoate (a medicinal ingredient used to treat inflammatory skin conditions) up to 7%.

This ingredient is typically used at levels of 0.1-10% depending on the role it's playing.

A patch test study on eczema patients didn't find a significant increase in irritation versus the control group, but the potential for irritation rises at higher concentrations.

Linalool is a fragrance and helps add scent to products. It's derived from common plants such as cinnamon, mint, citrus, and lavender.

Like Limonene, this ingredient oxidizes when exposed to air. Oxidized linalool can cause allergies and skin sensitivity.

This ingredient has a scent that is floral, spicy tropical, and citrus-like.

This is a botanical extract from the rosemary plant (the same one you cook with). In skincare, it mostly works as a skin conditioning agent.

Its activity comes from a handful of polyphenols, carnosic acid, carnosol, and rosmarinic acid. Almost 90% of the antioxidant activity of this ingredient can be attributed to canosol and carnosic acid.

These compounds protect your skin two ways:

1) They fight off free radicals, or the unstable molecules from things like sun and pollution that age and damage skin. 2) They help calm inflammation by switching off the chemical signals that tell skin to get red and irritated.

Lab studies also suggest that rosmarinic acid may help protect collagen and slow sugar-related damage to it.

The Cosmetic Ingredient Review has concluded rosemary-derived ingredients to be safe when formulated to be non-sensitizing.

Rosemary can occasionally cause allergic contact dermatitis (due to carnosol), so be sure to patch test if you have reactive or fragrance-sensitive skin.

Chances are, you eat sodium chloride every day. Sodium Chloride is also known as table salt. This ingredient has many purposes in skincare: thickener, emulsifier, and exfoliator.

You'll most likely find this ingredient in cleansers where it is used to create a gel-like texture. As an emulsifier, it also prevents ingredients from separating.

You might see people debate whether Sodium Chloride is comedogenic, but there actually haven't been any comedogenic tests done on it. Either way, the overall formulation of a product matters a lot more than any single ingredient.

You might see this ingredient used in scrubs as a primary exfoliating ingredient.

Sodium Citrate is the sodium salts of citric acid. In skincare, it is used to alter pH levels and acts as a preservative.

Its main functions are to maintain the pH of a product and neutralize metal ions.

The acidity of our skin is maintained by our glands and skin biome; normal pH level of skin is slightly acidic (~4.75-5.5).

Being slightly acidic allows our skin to create an "acid mantle". This acid mantle is a thin barrier that protects our skin from bacteria and contaminants.

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!

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