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Drunk Elephant Pekee Cleansing Bar Versus Beauty of Joseon Low pH Rice Face and Body Cleansing Bar

Drunk Elephant Pekee Cleansing Bar Versus Beauty of Joseon Low pH Rice Face and Body Cleansing Bar What's inside Key Ingredients No key ingredients Benefits Concerns Ingredients Side-by-side Sodium Coco-Sulfate Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate Triticum Vulgare S

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Drunk Elephant Pekee Cleansing Bar Versus Beauty of Joseon Low pH Rice Face and Body Cleansing Bar

What's inside

Key Ingredients

No key ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

Sodium Coco-Sulfate

Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate

Triticum Vulgare Starch

Cetearyl Alcohol

Paraffin

Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil

Water

CI 77891

Mel

Glycerin

Vaccinium Angustifolium Fruit Extract

Sodium Coco-Sulfate, Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate, Triticum Vulgare Starch, Cetearyl Alcohol, Paraffin, Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil, Water, CI 77891, Mel, Glycerin, Vaccinium Angustifolium Fruit Extract

Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate

Zea Mays Starch

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

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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!

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Ingredients Explained

  1. 01These ingredients are found in both products.
  2. 02Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
  3. 031,2-Hexanediol is a synthetic liquid and another multi-functional powerhouse.
  4. 04It is a:
  5. 05Humectant, drawing moisture into the skin
  6. 06Emollient, helping to soften skin
  7. 07Solvent, dispersing and stabilizing formulas
  8. 08Preservative booster, enhancing the antimicrobial activity of other preservatives
  9. 09Adenosine is a purine nucleoside that your body already makes in every cell. In skincare, it acts mainly as a skin conditioning and anti-aging agent.
  10. 10The way it works is fairly well mapped out:
  11. 11Your skin has cells called fibroblasts that build collagen (the stuff that keeps skin firm and smooth). Adenosine basically flips a switch on these cells that tells them to get to work making more collagen and other proteins. These cells slow down o…
  12. 12The clinical backing is pretty solid too.
  13. 13A blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 126 women aged 45-65 tested a 0.1% cream twice daily and found real improvements in crow's feet and frown lines using a precise 3D skin-mapping technique; these changes showed up by week 3 and held at…
  14. 14A later study using Adenosine-loaded dissolving microneedle patches reported gains in wrinkle depth, dermal density, elasticity, and hydration.
  15. 15On concentrations, South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has set 0.04% as the approved functional anti-wrinkle level. You'll typically see this ingredient used somewhere in the 0.04-0.1% range since it works at low doses.
  16. 16This ingredient has been found safe for cosmetics with the data showing no irritation or sensitization.
  17. 17Overall, this is a great ingredient for any anti-aging routine and has no photosensitizing effect, so it suits both AM and PM use.
  18. 18Behenyl Alcohol is a type of fatty alcohol (these are different from the drying, solvent alcohols).
  19. 19Fatty Alcohols have hydrating properties and are most often used as an emollient or to thicken a product. They are usually derived from natural fats and oils; behenyl alcohol is derived from the fats of vegetable oils.
  20. 20Emollients help keep your skin soft and hydrated by creating a film that traps moisture in.
Source · skinsort.com ⟶
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