Amino acid facial cleanser There are 7 types of mild cleansing products

The most important feature of amino acid cleansing products is their mildness, followed by their suitability for Asian skin texture. From the perspective of formula design, facial cleansing products containing amino acid surfactants can be divided into the following 7 types.

Soap + amino acid surfactant

Soap-based facial cleansers are actually the mainstream product in the domestic market, and amino acid products are made by following the trend of adding amino acid surfactants to soap-based facial cleansers, which can then be transformed and advertised as amino acid facial cleansers. The amino acid surfactants used in soap bases generally include sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, sodium myristoyl glutamate, etc.
Features: This type of amino acid product has a very beautiful appearance, and adding amino acid surfactants to soap-based cleansers is very beneficial in reducing irritation. And because it is a soap-based system, the foam can be made very dense and have a piled feel. But overall, because of its soap-based nature, it cannot truly be called an amino acid facial cleanser. It can only be said that it has a little bit of amino acid in it.
Representative product: Amorepacific Pure Cleansing Foam

Amino Acid Facial Cleanser Cream - Crystalline

Cream cleansing products are the mainstream product form in the market. The paste-like amino acid is beneficial to the specific area in the phase diagram formed between water, polyols, and poorly soluble amino acid surfactants to achieve the purpose of thickening. To put it simply, it can be understood that the amino acid surfactant cannot dissolve at that point and can only be evenly dispersed, and form a crystal and paste structure below a certain temperature. This type of crystalline amino acid surfactant requires a considerable amount and a large amount of polyol composition, so the raw material cost is high, the formula development is complicated, and the production process is cumbersome, so the price is generally higher. But this is a type of amino acid facial cleanser recommended by Zhenmei Blog. The most commonly used amino acid surfactant is sodium cocoyl glycinate.
Features: Mild, and usually compounded with some other mild surfactants. Although it looks like a paste, it usually does not have as strong a shiny feeling as a soap base.
Representative product: Estee Lauder Double Nourishing Platinum Firming Cleanser Cream

Amino Acid Cream Cleanser - Thickening Type

This type of amino acid surfactant is designed using amino acid surfactants with good water solubility and compounded with other surfactants. Then some water-soluble thickener and some pearlescent agent are added to achieve a paste-like appearance. It should be noted that if the amino acid surfactant is not the main surfactant, that is, it is not the largest surfactant, I personally think that it cannot be called a true amino acid cleansing product. Just imagine, if a product adds less than 1% of amino acid surfactants, although it can be labeled with amino acid surfactants on the ingredient list and claim to be an amino acid facial cleanser, this is definitely an act of misleading consumers.
Features: There are many forms of detergent combinations, which can be mild or not, all depending on the formula design.
Representative product: Silk amino acid cleanser

Amino Acid Cleansing Gel

This type of amino acid cleansing product is similar to a thickened amino acid cleanser, but its biggest feature is that it is clear and transparent in appearance - only transparent can be called a gel (GEL). The analysis is the same as above, and the characteristics and points to note are also similar. It also uses some amino acid surfactants with good water solubility, such as potassium cocoyl glycinate.
Representative product: FreePlus Smoothing Cleansing Gel