PRODUCT REVIEW
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What can the product work for?
Works for
Cleansing
What does the product description say?
Essence Noir Cleanser
cetearyl alcohol
1.7% -
2%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: Medium
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
A non-drying alcohol. Works as an emollient. Helps water and oil mix together and creates a nice product texture
coco-glucoside
2.5% -
3%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Used as a cleansing agent (surfactant) in cleansers. Helps water and oil mix together in lotions. Can be irritating
peg-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate
0.3% -
0.6%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Helps oil and water mix together
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Honesty check
How honest is this product?
| Promise | Can it deliver? |
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| Cleansing |
Total Promises Fulfilled score:
100/100.
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Can it cause trouble?
- Overall product irritation risk
- Acne & comedogenic risk ingredients: 1
Potential irritants
coco-glucoside
2.5% -
3%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Cleansing
Used as a cleansing agent (surfactant) in cleansers. Helps water and oil mix together in lotions. Can be irritating
parfum
0.25% -
0.45%
Irritation risk:
An aromatic blend of unspecified and possibly irritating ingredients
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Comodogenic ingredients
cetearyl alcohol
1.7% -
2%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: Medium
Works for:
Cleansing,
Moisturizing
A non-drying alcohol. Works as an emollient. Helps water and oil mix together and creates a nice product texture
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Ingredients & concentrations
All ingredients
Key Actives
avena sativa kernel extract
0.55% -
0.8%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Anti-inflammatory,
Reduces irritation,
Reduces redness,
Anti-oxidation
An effective moisturizing and skin barrier repair ingredient. Helps calm down inflammation and has some anti-oxidant properties
panthenol
0.6% -
0.9%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Reduces redness,
Reduces irritation
Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and can help improve skin barrier function
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Potential irritants
coco-glucoside
2.5% -
3%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Cleansing
Used as a cleansing agent (surfactant) in cleansers. Helps water and oil mix together in lotions. Can be irritating
parfum
0.25% -
0.45%
Irritation risk:
An aromatic blend of unspecified and possibly irritating ingredients
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Comodogenic ingredients
cetearyl alcohol
1.7% -
2%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: Medium
Works for:
Cleansing,
Moisturizing
A non-drying alcohol. Works as an emollient. Helps water and oil mix together and creates a nice product texture
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sodium cocoyl isethionate
10% -
13%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Cleansing
Helps water and oil mix together. Can be used as a cleansing agent
acrylates copolymer
5% -
6.1%
Irritation risk:
Used to stabilize product formulation, help create an even product layer over skin (for example, in sunscreen) and create a thicker product consistency
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Ingredient list view
Water, Sodium cocoyl isethionate, Acrylates copolymer, Kaolin, Coco-glucoside, Stearic acid, Cetearyl alcohol, Propanediol, Xylitylglucoside, Hematite extract, Stearyl alcohol, Panthenol, Terminalia ferdinandiana fruit extract, Avena sativa kernel extract, Rubus occidentalis seed oil, Ribes nigrum seed oil, Nigella sativa seed extract, Hydrolyzed pearl, Cycnoches cooperi extract, Charcoal powder, Saccharomyces/xylinum/black tea ferment, Citric acid, 1,2-hexanediol, Peg-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate, Xylitol, Glycerin, Parfum, Sodium hydroxide, Disodium edta, Xanthan gum, Anhydroxylitol, Limnanthes alba seed oil, Caprylhydroxamic acid, Mentha piperita oil, Glucose, Potassium sorbate, Sodium benzoate, Sorbic acid
Sources
- Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
- Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Acrylates Copolymer and 33 Related Cosmetic Ingredients
- Amended Safety Assessment of Acrylates Copolymers as Used in Cosmetics
- In Vitro Assessment of Skin Irritation Potential of Surfactant-based Formulations by Using a 3-D Skin Reconstructed Tissue Model and Cytokine Response
- Allergen of the Year—Alkyl Glucoside
- Skin moisturizing effects of panthenol-based formulations
- Safety Assessment of Panthenol, Pantothenic Acid, and Derivatives as Used in Cosmetics
- The chemotherapeutic potential of Terminalia ferdinandiana: Phytochemistry and bioactivity
- The influence of alkane chain length on the skin irritation potential of 1,2-alkanediols
- Glycerol and the skin: holistic approach to its origin and functions