Gentle cleansing
Gentle yet thorough: The principle of gentle cleansing is to remove dirt and impurities from skin thoroughly and painstakingly while being soft and kind to skin. Aggressive cleansers could irritate skin and cause allergies and hypersensitivity reactions. They damage skin, trigger itching and redness and leave an uncomfortable burning. To be thorough and gentle at the same time facial cleansing requires special products. Consumers are aware of the facts. They are increasingly critical when buying cosmetics and demand kind-to-skin products.
Gentle cleansing: The formula is essential
To combine perfect make-up removing power and velvety skin feeling the surfactant formula ideally contains a high proportion of oils. Large quantities of hydrophobic ingredients, however, usually cause problems in stability and foaming characteristics. But the consumers take the foaming capacity for the main sign of the cleansing power of a product. The addition of oil in micellar formulas leads to considerable instabilities, which become noticeable by phase separation and loss of viscosity. Such problems do not arise for the new gentle cleansing products. The structured surfactant systems combine smooth and aesthetic textures with excellent foaming characteristics. Such products for gentle cleansing have very creamy and highly viscous formulas. The contained oil droplets are coated; therefore they do not impair the foam production demanded by the consumers. It is thanks to the very low SLES content that the formula is extremely mild and ideal for gentle cleansing. Tests proved that the facial skin was effectively cleansed, without any residues. Gentle cleansing left skin with a smooth and soft feeling. Users said that the face did not feel greasy. Gentle cleansing products can easily be enriched with a peeling additive.
In recent times, micellar water for gentle cleansing of the face has become increasingly popular. Micellar water is said to be perfect for gentle cleansing. The claim is that it attracts impurities and make-up residues ”like a magnet” and removes them quickly. In principle, that is true. However, products for gentle facial cleansing require extremely elaborate formulas. A special test method allows an absolutely objective measurement of the cleansing efficiency. Currently, two-phase micellar cleansing waters are available on the market. They are able to remove even waterproof eye make-up. New formulas achieve a maximum cleansing efficiency to remove “long-lasting make-up” while feeling lightweight on skin and leaving no greasy residues.
A quite new trend includes special facial cleansing oils. Some types are called “micellar oils”. Intelligent formulas can produce optimum results, namely, an excellent cleansing performance without any uncomfortable oily film on the skin. Because of an oil-soluble surfactant, during application, by emulsifying with water on the facial skin, a white emulsion develops that is easy to rinse.
Gentle cleansing for the face thanks to innovative formulas
Cosmacon develops for you gentle and effective products for skin-friendly facial cleansing.
Components like diethylhexyl carbonate (for effective wettability of pigments), capryl/capramidopropyl betaine (very mild surfactant), diethylhexyl sodium sulfosuccinate (oil-soluble surfactant), and hydrated silica (peeling additive) ensure gentle yet absolutely thorough cleansing and a comfortable skin feeling. Thus, the gentle cleansing of facial skin can become a matter of course: no skin irritations or redness, no burning, no annoying oily film. We are pleased to advise you. We assist you at any time with our know-how and our experience in a most competent and committed way.