What is amino acid facial cleanser? After reading this, you will also be able to distinguish genuine amino acid facial cleansers from fake ones.

Have you ever heard of amino acid facial cleanser? It is said to be the most gentle facial cleanser and the least irritating to the skin. In fact, this is true. It’s just that some businesses use this as a gimmick and use products that cannot be called amino acid facial cleansers for promotion, so everyone should keep their eyes open.

What is amino acid facial cleanser

Amino acid facial cleanser is the most skin-friendly and gentle facial cleanser of all facial cleansers. In order to improve their cleaning and oil-removing abilities, traditional facial cleansers contain highly alkaline surfactants, foaming agents, soap bases and other ingredients. However, human skin is weakly acidic, and long-term use will irritate the skin. Amino acid facial cleanser uses weakly acidic amino acid surfactants with a pH value close to that of human skin. In addition, amino acids are the basic substances that make up proteins, so it is gentle and skin-friendly. It is not only suitable for girls with acne-prone skin, but also one of the few cleansing products that can be used safely on sensitive skin.

It is not a facial cleanser containing amino acids, it is called amino acid facial cleanser

Not all facial cleansers that have amino acids added to them can be called amino acid facial cleansers. Only those that have amino acid surfactants (which can foam) added to them can be called amino acid facial cleansers. For most people, it is still impossible to distinguish them from the ingredients. Some businesses use word games to falsely claim on the packaging that their facial cleansers are amino acid facial cleansers. However, although this kind of propaganda is logically correct, in fact, it is completely deceiving consumers.

Secondly, not all facial cleansers that add amino acid surfactants are called amino acid facial cleansers in the industry. Amino acid facial cleansers are also graded according to different formula technologies. For example, an ordinary facial cleanser with a little bit of amino acid surfactant cannot be called an amino acid facial cleanser.

The deceptive tricks of fake amino acid facial cleansers

The most deceptive thing is the facial cleanser that does not contain any amino acids at all. Or mislabel the ingredients on the ingredient list. In fact, the structure of this product is similar to that of ordinary emulsified facial cleansers. It uses the most traditional combination of mineral oil, monoglyceride and carbomer, and the cleansing effect is foam-free or low-foaming. However, some amino acid ingredients are added to this product, such as collagen amino acids, arginine, valine, and various types of x-amino acids. Then they promote their product as an amino acid facial cleanser. We couldn't even refute this for the moment! Because it is indeed a facial cleanser, and it contains amino acids! Do you think it’s wrong to call it amino acid facial cleanser?
However, from an industry perspective, this product is indeed not an amino acid facial cleanser.
First of all, judging from the definition of traditional amino acid facial cleansers, at least a facial cleanser that has been added with amino acid surfactants, that is, amino acid foaming agents, can be called an amino acid facial cleanser at the minimum. Why is it called the minimum? Because in the cosmetic technology circle, amino acid facial cleansers have a stricter definition. The most strict definition is a crystalline amino acid facial cleanser. If the requirements are slightly relaxed, it must be a thickened amino acid facial cleanser. However, no matter how thickened it is, it is a facial cleanser with amino acid surfactant as the main foaming agent, and it cannot be called an amino acid facial cleanser by simply adding a little amino acid foaming agent as an embellishment. Just like soap base + amino acid facial cleanser, it’s really embarrassing to call it amino acid facial cleanser.