If you want learn how to pick a mild facial cleanser, read this Beauty Brains article on Today.com . We talk about formulations containing Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate (the same ingredient used in the mildest body washes ) and we give the example of Murad Renewing Cleanser that uses milder ingredients than other leading products.
Disclaimer: If you purchase Murad using this link you’ll be supporting the Beauty Brains blog.
WATER (AQUA), SODIUM COCOYL ISETHIONATE, STEARIC ACID, GLYCERYL STEARATE SE, CETYL ALCOHOL, PRUNUS ARMENIACA (APRICOT) KERNEL OIL, MENHADEN OIL, BORAGO OFFICINALIS SEED OIL, OENOTHERA BIENNIS (EVENING PRIMROSE) OIL, SERENOA SERRULATA FRUIT EXTRACT, PANTHENOL, ALGAE EXTRACT, CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA (MATRICARIA) EXTRACT, SODIUM HYALURONATE, IMPERATA CYLINDRICA ROOT EXTRACT, SORBITOL, CARICA PAPAYA (PAPAYA) FRUIT EXTRACT, CITRUS MEDICA LIMONUM (LEMON) FRUIT EXTRACT, GLYCERIN, BENZOPHENONE-4, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, PEG-8, CARBOMER, XANTHAN GUM, PHENOXYETHANOL, METHYLPARABEN, PROPYLPARABEN, CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (ORANGE) OIL, CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA (LIME) OIL, CITRUS TANGERINA (TANGERINE) PEEL OIL, ANIBA ROSAEODORA (ROSEWOOD) WOOD OIL, PRUNUS AMYGDALUS AMARA (BITTER ALMOND) KERNEL OIL, BAROSMA BETULINA LEAF OIL, GLYCINE SOJA (SOYBEAN) OIL
Here are the complete ingredient lists for the clean face products discussed in the Today.com article that don’t use the same mild ingredient.
Water (Aqua), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Sodium Chloride, Laureth-2, Panthenol (Vitamin B5), Glycol Distearate, Fragrance (Parfum), Saccharide Isomerate, Allantoin, Niacinamide (Vitamin B3), Pyridoxine HCI (Vitamin B6), Glycine, Magnesium Aspartate, Alanine, Lysine, Leucine, Biotin (Vitamin H), Glycerin, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Sodium Citrate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sorbitan Laurate, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Yellow 10 (CI 47005), Blue 1 (CI 42090)
Purified water, sodium laureth sulfate, lauramidopropyl betaine, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, sodium chloride, sodium cocoyl sarcosinate, tea cocyl glutamate, butylene glycol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, serenoa serrulata (saw palmetto fruit extract), PEG-120 methyl glucose dioleate, sucrose, menthol, hexylene glycol, polyquaternium-7, laureth 2, caprylyl glycol, sodium sulfate, EDTA, disodium EDTA, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol
References (JSCC) :
Why is sodium cocoyl isethionate (SCI) mild to the skin barrier?An in vitro investigation based on …2007, Vol 58
Review of properties of surfactants that determine their interactions with stratum corneum 1997, Vol 48
The use of fluorescein as a probe to monitor anionic surfactant rinsability from skin 1998, Vol 49
If you want learn how to pick a mild facial cleanser, read this Beauty Brains article on Today.com . We talk about formulations containing Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate (the same ingredient used in the mildest body washes ) and we give the example of Murad Renewing Cleanser that uses milder ingredients than other leading products.
Disclaimer: If you purchase Murad using this link you’ll be supporting the Beauty Brains blog.
WATER (AQUA), SODIUM COCOYL ISETHIONATE, STEARIC ACID, GLYCERYL STEARATE SE, CETYL ALCOHOL, PRUNUS ARMENIACA (APRICOT) KERNEL OIL, MENHADEN OIL, BORAGO OFFICINALIS SEED OIL, OENOTHERA BIENNIS (EVENING PRIMROSE) OIL, SERENOA SERRULATA FRUIT EXTRACT, PANTHENOL, ALGAE EXTRACT, CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA (MATRICARIA) EXTRACT, SODIUM HYALURONATE, IMPERATA CYLINDRICA ROOT EXTRACT, SORBITOL, CARICA PAPAYA (PAPAYA) FRUIT EXTRACT, CITRUS MEDICA LIMONUM (LEMON) FRUIT EXTRACT, GLYCERIN, BENZOPHENONE-4, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, PEG-8, CARBOMER, XANTHAN GUM, PHENOXYETHANOL, METHYLPARABEN, PROPYLPARABEN, CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (ORANGE) OIL, CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA (LIME) OIL, CITRUS TANGERINA (TANGERINE) PEEL OIL, ANIBA ROSAEODORA (ROSEWOOD) WOOD OIL, PRUNUS AMYGDALUS AMARA (BITTER ALMOND) KERNEL OIL, BAROSMA BETULINA LEAF OIL, GLYCINE SOJA (SOYBEAN) OIL
Here are the complete ingredient lists for the clean face products discussed in the Today.com article that don’t use the same mild ingredient.
Water (Aqua), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Sodium Chloride, Laureth-2, Panthenol (Vitamin B5), Glycol Distearate, Fragrance (Parfum), Saccharide Isomerate, Allantoin, Niacinamide (Vitamin B3), Pyridoxine HCI (Vitamin B6), Glycine, Magnesium Aspartate, Alanine, Lysine, Leucine, Biotin (Vitamin H), Glycerin, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Sodium Citrate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sorbitan Laurate, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Yellow 10 (CI 47005), Blue 1 (CI 42090)
Purified water, sodium laureth sulfate, lauramidopropyl betaine, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, sodium chloride, sodium cocoyl sarcosinate, tea cocyl glutamate, butylene glycol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, serenoa serrulata (saw palmetto fruit extract), PEG-120 methyl glucose dioleate, sucrose, menthol, hexylene glycol, polyquaternium-7, laureth 2, caprylyl glycol, sodium sulfate, EDTA, disodium EDTA, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol
References (JSCC) :
Why is sodium cocoyl isethionate (SCI) mild to the skin barrier?An in vitro investigation based on …2007, Vol 58
Review of properties of surfactants that determine their interactions with stratum corneum 1997, Vol 48
The use of fluorescein as a probe to monitor anionic surfactant rinsability from skin 1998, Vol 49