Tarte Amazonian Clay BB Tinted Moisturizer Versus La Roche-Posay Effaclar Medicated Gel Cleanser

Tarte Amazonian Clay BB Tinted Moisturizer Versus La Roche-Posay Effaclar Medicated Gel Cleanser Detailed comparison of Tarte Amazonian Clay BB Tinted Moisturizer Medium Tan versus La Roche-Posay Effaclar Medicated Gel Cleanser. Water Cyclopentasiloxane Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate Glycerin PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone Dimethicone Aluminum Hydroxide Stearic Acid Triethoxycaprylylsilane Saccharum Officinarum Extract Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract Citrus Limon Fruit Extract Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract Panax Ginseng Root Extract Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract Kaolin Phytantriol Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate Retinyl Palmitate Tocopheryl Acetate Tocopherol Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate Butylene Glycol Methicone Octyldodecanol Boron Nitride Palmitic Acid Dextrin Palmitate Sodium Hyaluronate Sodium Chloride Sodium Dehydroacetate Hexylene Glycol Caprylyl Glycol Phenoxyethanol Mica Iron Oxides Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate, Glycerin, PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone, Dimethicone, Aluminum Hydroxide, Stearic Acid, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Saccharum Officinarum Extract, Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract, Citrus Limon Fruit Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Fruit Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Kaolin, Phytantriol, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Retinyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tocopherol, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Butylene Glycol, Methicone, Octyldodecanol, Boron Nitride, Palmitic Acid, Dextrin Palmitate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Hexylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Mica, Iron Oxides Sodium Laureth Sulfate Decyl Glucoside Coco-Betaine PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate Sodium Hydroxide PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides Zinc Gluconate Tetrasodium EDTA Polyquaternium-47 Menthol Capryloyl Salicylic Acid Citric Acid Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Decyl Glucoside, Glycerin, Sodium Chloride, Coco-Betaine, PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate, Hexylene Glycol, Sodium Hydroxide, PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides, Zinc Gluconate, Tetrasodium EDTA, Polyquaternium-47, Menthol, Capryloyl Salicylic Acid, Citric Acid Be the first to review 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. 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. 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. 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