A foaming gel cleanser that is specially developed for the most sensitive skin.Formulated with minimum of ingredients, all selected for their gentleness to cleanse and remove make-up without aggressing the skin. Paraben, soap, fragrance and coloring agents free. For all skin types.
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Ingredients overview
Avene Thermal Spring Water, Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Lauryl Betaine, Glycerin, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Sodium Chloride, Citric Acid, Cocamide MIPA, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol
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Highlights
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Alcohol Free
Fragrance and Essential Oil Free
Key Ingredients
Skin-identical ingredient: Glycerin
Other Ingredients
Buffering: Citric Acid
Chelating: Disodium EDTA
Emulsifying: Sodium Laureth Sulfate, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Cocamide MIPA
Moisturizer/humectant: Glycerin
Preservative: Phenoxyethanol
Solvent: Water
Surfactant/cleansing: Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Lauryl Betaine, Lauryl Betaine, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Cocamide MIPA
Viscosity controlling: Sodium Chloride, Cocamide MIPA
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| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avene Thermal Spring Water | |||
| Water | solvent | ||
| Sodium Laureth Sulfate | surfactant/cleansing, emulsifying | ||
| Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate | surfactant/cleansing | ||
| Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate | surfactant/cleansing | ||
| Lauryl Betaine | surfactant/cleansing, surfactant/cleansing | ||
| Glycerin | skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | 0, 0 | superstar |
| PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate | emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing | ||
| Sodium Chloride | viscosity controlling | ||
| Citric Acid | buffering | ||
| Cocamide MIPA | surfactant/cleansing, viscosity controlling, emulsifying | ||
| Disodium EDTA | chelating | ||
| Phenoxyethanol | preservative |
Avene Mild Cleansing Gel
Ingredients explainedAvene Thermal Spring Water
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Water
Also-called: Aqua | What-it-does: solvent
Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product.
It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water.
Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying.
One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time.
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Also-called: SLES | What-it-does: surfactant/cleansing, emulsifying
It’s probably the most common cleansing ingredient of all. It’s usually the Chief Bubble Officer responsible for bigbubbles in cleansing products through the foam it creates is a bit airy and loose and not as dense and luxurious as the foam created by infamous SLS.
As for mildness, it goes somewhere in the middle. It’s often confused with sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), but they are absolutely not the same. The SLES molecule has a bigger water-soluble head part that makes it milder and much less irritating. It is considered absolutely ok in the amount used in cosmetic products, though if you are looking for a mild facial cleanser, you have better chances with a formula withoutSLES. For an average shower gel? SLES works just fine.
Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate
What-it-does: surfactant/cleansing
A cleansing agent that's described by multiple manufacturers as a very mild, non-irritating surfactant but with great foam properties. It's recommended for gentle cleansers suitable for sensitive or baby skin.
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
What-it-does: surfactant/cleansing
A soft,mild cleansing agent withamphoteric structure meaning that its head contains both a positively and a negatively charged part (surfactants are most commonly anionic meaning their head has a negative charge). It also has great foaming abilities and is recommended for baby products and other non-irritating cleansers.
Lauryl Betaine
What-it-does: surfactant/cleansing, surfactant/cleansing
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Glycerin - superstar
Also-called: Glycerol | What-it-does: skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
- A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin
- A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years
- Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier
- Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40%
- High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin
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PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate
What-it-does: emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing
A clear, light yellow water-lovingoil that comes from coconut/palm kernel oil and glycerin. It's a mild cleansing agent popular in baby washes and sensitive skin formulas.
It's also a so-calledsolubilizer that helps to dissolve oils and oil-soluble ingredients (e.g.essential oils or salicylic acid) in water-based formulas.
Sodium Chloride
Also-called: Salt | What-it-does: viscosity controlling
Sodium chloride is the fancy name of salt. Normal, everyday table salt.
If (similar to us) you are in the weird habit of reading the label on your shower gel while taking a shower, you might have noticed that sodium chloride is almost always on the ingredient list. The reason for this is that salt acts as a fantastic thickener in cleansing formulas created with ionic cleansing agents(aka surfactants) such as Sodium Laureth Sulfate. A couple of percents (typically 1-3%) turns a runny surfactant solution into a nice gel texture.
If you are into chemistry (if not, we understand, just skip this paragraph), the reason is that electrolytes (you know, the Na+ and Cl- ions) screen the electrostatic repulsion between the head groups of ionic surfactants and thus support the formation of long shaped micelles (instead of spherical ones) that entangle like spaghetti, and viola, a gel is formed. However, too much of it causes the phenomenon called "salting out", and the surfactant solution goes runny again.
Other than that, salt also works as an emulsion stabilizer inwater-in-oil emulsions, that is when water droplets are dispersed in the outer oil (or silicone) phase. And last but not least, when salt is right at the first spot of the ingredient list (and is not dissolved), the product is usually a body scrub where salt is thephysical exfoliating agent.
Citric Acid
What-it-does: buffering
Citric acid comes from citrus fruits and is an AHA. If these magic three letters don’t tell you anything, click here and read our detailed description on glycolic acid, the most famous AHA.
So citric acid is an exfoliant, that can - just like other AHAs - gently lift off the dead skin cells of your skin and make it more smooth and fresh.
There is also some research showing that citric acid with regular use (think three monthsand 20% concentration) can help sun-damaged skin, increase skin thickness and some nice hydrating things called glycosaminoglycans in the skin.
But according to a comparative study done in 1995, citric acid has less skin improving magic properties than glycolic or lactic acid. Probably that’s why citric acid is usually not used as an exfoliant but more as a helper ingredient in small amounts to adjust the pH of a formulation.
Cocamide MIPA
What-it-does: surfactant/cleansing, viscosity controlling, emulsion stabilising, emulsifying
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
Disodium EDTA
What-it-does: chelating
Super common little helper ingredient thathelps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes.
It is typically used in tiny amounts, around 0.1% or less.
Phenoxyethanol
What-it-does: preservative
It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben.
It’s not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic.
Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too. It can be used in many types of formulations as it has great thermal stability (can be heated up to 85°C) and works on a wide range of pH levels (ph 3-10).
It’s often used together with ethylhexylglycerin as it nicely improves the preservative activity of phenoxyethanol.
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