First Aid Beauty KP Bump Eraser Body Scrub With 10% AHA Versus Naturium KP Body Scrub & Mask

First Aid Beauty KP Bump Eraser Body Scrub With 10% AHA Versus Naturium KP Body Scrub & Mask Detailed comparison of First Aid Beauty KP Bump Eraser Body Scrub With 10% AHA Fresh Strawberry versus Naturium KP Body Scrub & Mask. This smoothing exfoliator is formulated around Glycolic Acid and Gluconolactone to refine skin texture and brighten dull-looking skin. Pumice Water Glycolic Acid Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate Lactic Acid Dimethicone Stearic Acid Cetearyl Alcohol Sodium Hydroxide Palmitic Acid Glycerin C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate Sorbitol Fragaria Chiloensis Fruit Extract Colloidal Oatmeal Tocopheryl Acetate Bisabolol Chrysanthemum Parthenium Extract Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract Salix Nigra Bark Extract Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract Phenoxyethanol Isopropyl Myristate Coconut Acid Xanthan Gum Steareth-20 Steareth-21 Sodium Isethionate Butylene Glycol Ethyl 2-Methylbutyrate Ambroxide Potassium Sorbate Sodium Benzoate Cis-3-Hexenyl Formate Methyl Methylbutyrate Tetrasodium EDTA Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate Pumice, Water, Glycolic Acid, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Lactic Acid, Dimethicone, Stearic Acid, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sodium Hydroxide, Palmitic Acid, Glycerin, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Sorbitol, Fragaria Chiloensis Fruit Extract, Colloidal Oatmeal, Tocopheryl Acetate, Bisabolol, Chrysanthemum Parthenium Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Salix Nigra Bark Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Isopropyl Myristate, Coconut Acid, Xanthan Gum, Steareth-20, Steareth-21, Sodium Isethionate, Butylene Glycol, Ethyl 2-Methylbutyrate, Ambroxide, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Cis-3-Hexenyl Formate, Methyl Methylbutyrate, Tetrasodium EDTA, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate CI 77891 Jojoba Esters Gluconolactone Salicylic Acid Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil Squalane Sodium Hyaluronate Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit/Seed Oil Niacinamide Rosa Canina Fruit Oil Glycine Soja Oil Ethylhexylglycerin Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate Tocopherol Water, Pumice, Glycolic Acid, Stearic Acid, Cetearyl Alcohol, CI 77891, Sodium Hydroxide, Jojoba Esters, Gluconolactone, Glycerin, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Dimethicone, Salicylic Acid, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Squalane, Sodium Hyaluronate, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Bisabolol, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit/Seed Oil, Niacinamide, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Glycine Soja Oil, Steareth-20, Xanthan Gum, Steareth-21, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Tocopherol These ingredients are found in both products. Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount. Bisabolol is a gentle skin conditioner, antioxidant, and soothing ingredient. It's primary claim to fame is soothing and research shows topically applied bisabolol can quiet the chemical messengers that cause your skin to become inflamed, helping to sooth any irritation. A clinical study found that applying 0.5% bisabolol daily for 8 weeks produced an average 9% decrease in skin pigmentation. Researchers found it can also suppress the process that leads to excess melanin production in skin. In vitro studies found that bisabolol combined with propylene glycol significantly increased skin permeability by increasing lipid fluidity in the stratum corneum. You'll likely see use concentrations quite low, usually 0.1-0.2%. Overall, this is a well-tolerated ingredient that works well in formulas designed for sensitive, reactive, or post-procedure skin. C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate is a lightweight emollient made by combinig benzoic acid with fatty alcohols that are 12-15 carbons long. In cosmetics, it plays several roles: The Cosmetic Review Expert Panel has concluded the alkyl benzoate group to be safe as used in cosmetics; it wasn't found to be a skin irritant and unlikely to be absorbed due to its low water solubility. This report recorded almost 1000 reported uses with concentrations up to 59% in leave-on products but your cosmetics will typically use 0.5-15% depending on the product. It's often called a "SPF booster": this is because it keeps UV filters properly dissolved and evenly distributed to support a sunscreen's performance. It doesn't actually raise SPF on its own. Overall, this ingredient is well tolerated. This ingredient is fungal acne safe because it is an ester of benzoic acid. Think of this ingredient as two parts stuck together: an oily part and an acid part. Malassezia only gets a meal when it can snip off a fatty acid to eat. With C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, the acid part is benzoic acid, which isn't a fatty acid and which the yeast can't use as food. Benzoic acid is actually used as a preservative to stop yeast from growing. The oily part is a blend of C12-15 fatty alcohols but fatty alcohols in this size range can support only a little Malassezia growth (mostly for one species of Malassezia as well). In the ingredient, those alcohols stay locked inside the molecule. The yeast can only reach them by snipping the benzoate bond, and that type of bond is harder for it to cut than a normal fatty bond. So not much gets released. And whatever does get snipped comes packaged with benzoic acid, which discourages yeast growth. Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract (tea extract) is one of the most well-researched plant extracts in skincare with an impressive resume. Black tea, green tea, and oolong tea are all harvested from the Camellia Sinensis plant. Studies show green tea extract and its catechins (like epigallocatechin gallat