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La Roche-Posay Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Cleansing Oil Versus Beauty of Joseon Ginseng Cleansing Oil

La Roche-Posay Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Cleansing Oil Versus Beauty of Joseon Ginseng Cleansing Oil This oil-based cleanser is made to cleanse without leaving your skin tight or dry. What's inside Key Ingredients Benefits Concerns Ingredients Side-by-side Wa

La Roche-Posay Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Cleansing Oil Versus Beauty of Joseon Ginseng Cleansing Oil

This oil-based cleanser is made to cleanse without leaving your skin tight or dry.

What's inside

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

Water

Glycerin

Sucrose

Sodium Laureth Sulfate

Coco-Betaine

Sodium Chloride

Niacinamide

PEG-75 Shea Butter Glycerides

Sodium Hydroxide

Vitreoscilla Ferment

Citric Acid

Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate

Pentylene Glycol

Polysorbate 20

Sodium Benzoate

Water, Glycerin, Sucrose, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Coco-Betaine, Sodium Chloride, Niacinamide, PEG-75 Shea Butter Glycerides, Sodium Hydroxide, Vitreoscilla Ferment, Citric Acid, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Pentylene Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Sodium Benzoate

Glycine Soja Oil

Cetyl Ethylhexanoate

Sorbeth-30 Tetraoleate

Isododecane

Olea Europaea Fruit Oil

Camellia Japonica Seed Oil

Hydrogenated Coconut Oil

Octyldodecanol

Polybutene

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride

Tocopherol

Salvia Officinalis Oil

Panax Ginseng Seed Oil

Artemisia Vulgaris Oil

Ocimum Basilicum Oil

Corylus Avellana Seed Oil

Nigella Sativa Seed Oil

Butylene Glycol

Panax Ginseng Berry Extract

1,2-Hexanediol

Methylpropanediol

Panax Ginseng Root Extract

Ethyl Hexanediol

Panax Ginseng Extract

Panax Ginseng Leaf/Stem Extract

Ethylhexylglycerin

Glycine Soja Oil, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Sorbeth-30 Tetraoleate, Isododecane, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Camellia Japonica Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Octyldodecanol, Polybutene, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Water, Tocopherol, Salvia Officinalis Oil, Panax Ginseng Seed Oil, Artemisia Vulgaris Oil, Ocimum Basilicum Oil, Corylus Avellana Seed Oil, Nigella Sativa Seed Oil, Butylene Glycol, Panax Ginseng Berry Extract, Glycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Methylpropanediol, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Ethyl Hexanediol, Panax Ginseng Extract, Panax Ginseng Leaf/Stem Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin

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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 & structured notes

Ingredient index

Ingredients Side-by-side

  1. 01Water
  2. 02Oryza Sativa Bran Water
  3. 03Glycerin
  4. 04Panax Ginseng Root Water
  5. 05Hydrogenated Polydecene
  6. 061,2-Hexanediol
  7. 07Niacinamide
  8. 08Squalane
  9. 09Butylene Glycol
  10. 10Propanediol
  11. 11Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate
  12. 12Cetearyl Olivate
  13. 13Sorbitan Olivate
  14. 14Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer
  15. 15Xanthan Gum
  16. 16Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
  17. 17Tromethamine
  18. 18Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil
  19. 19Hydrogenated Coconut Oil
  20. 20Glyceryl Acrylate/Acrylic Acid Copolymer
Source · skinsort.com
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