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Sence Beauty Face Wash ingredients: is it worth it?
Harsh, irritating cleanser that strips the barrier with SLES as primary surfactant—avoid for daily use.
Harsh, irritating cleanser that strips the barrier with SLES as primary surfactant—avoid for daily use.
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Efficacy score of 3.1 reflects Sodium Laureth Sulfate (position 2, aggressive primary cleanser) paired with irritants like Cocamide DEA, Parfum, Diazolidinyl Urea, and Limonene; lacks amino-acid surfactants or contact actives, falling into the 1.5–2.5 harsh range despite minor soothing from Allantoin and Glycerin.
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DemythSkin rates Sence Beauty Face Wash 3.1/5 for efficacy and 3.0/5 for safety.
CONTAINS COMMON SENSITISERS⌄
Fragrance components and essential oils that more often cause reactions in sensitive skin: Parfum, Limonene. Most people tolerate them; patch test if your skin reacts easily.
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS BY TIER
Gold Standards
High clinical proof | Skin-transformativeReliable
Proven resultsPotent
Developing evidenceOverhyped | Marketing
Hype | Limited dataDocumented Irritants
Evidence-backed flagFORMULATION BASE (5)⌄
FULL INGREDIENT LIST⌄
Aqua, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycerin, Cocamide DEA, Polyquaternium-7, Acrylates Copolymer, Parfum, Diazolidinyl Urea, Methylparaben, Disodium EDTA, Allantoin, Citric Acid, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Limonene
WHAT EACH INGREDIENT DOES (15)⌄
- Aqua
- solvent
- Sodium Laureth Sulfate
- surfactant/cleansing
- Cocamidopropyl Betaine
- surfactant/cleansing
- Glycerin
- humectant/moisturizer
- Cocamide DEA
- surfactant/emulsifying
- Polyquaternium-7
- viscosity controlling
- Acrylates Copolymer
- viscosity controlling
- Parfum
- perfuming
- Diazolidinyl Urea
- preservative
- Methylparaben
- preservative
- Disodium EDTA
- chelating
- Allantoin
- soothing
- Citric Acid
- buffering
- Cocos Nucifera Oil
- emollient/perfuming
- Limonene
- perfuming/solvent
DISCLAIMER: THIS ANALYSIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NOT MEDICAL ADVICE. AI-GENERATED DATA BASED ON PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INGREDIENT LISTS. VERIFY WITH A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.
Sence Beauty Face Wash: common questions
Is Sence Beauty Face Wash worth it?
Sence Beauty Face Wash scores 3.1 out of 5.0 for efficacy (Mid) and 3.0 out of 5.0 for safety (Some Risk) on DemythSkin's independent ingredient analysis. Harsh, irritating cleanser that strips the barrier with SLES as primary surfactant—avoid for daily use.
What are the key active ingredients in Sence Beauty Face Wash?
Sence Beauty Face Wash contains no gold-standard actives. Its formula is built on supporting and base ingredients rather than clinically transformative actives.
Does Sence Beauty Face Wash contain fragrance or known irritants?
DemythSkin flags these ingredients in Sence Beauty Face Wash as documented irritants: Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Parfum, Diazolidinyl Urea, Methylparaben, Cocos Nucifera Oil, Limonene. This product does contain fragrance.
How is Sence Beauty Face Wash scored?
DemythSkin grades every product on two independent scores: efficacy (whether the ingredients have clinical evidence of working) and safety (irritation and sensitisation risk). Ingredients are graded S through D against a database of over 3,000 compounds. Brand and price are not part of the score, and no brand pays for one.
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