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Brightening Cleansing Gel

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Gentle Cleanse

Product category and function

Brightening Cleansing Gel

Gentle Cleanse

Face Cleansers	Face Cleansers
Water-based foaming and gel cleansers for the face.	Water-based foaming and gel cleansers for the face.
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Ingredient highlights

Brightening Cleansing Gel

Gentle Cleanse

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free vegan cruelty-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free vegan cruelty-free

Full ingredient list

Brightening Cleansing Gel

Gentle Cleanse

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (eau), cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium lauroyl methyl isethionate, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, glycerin, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, sodium pca, lauryl glucoside, decyl glucoside, disodium cocoamphodiacetate, punica granatum extract, rubus fruticosus (blackberry) fruit extract, euterpe oleracea fruit extract, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, rosa canina fruit extract, calendula officinalis flower extract, aspalathus linearis leaf extract, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel oil, zingiber officinale (ginger) root oil, sodium levulinate, potassium sorbate, citric acid 6	Water, cocamidopropyl betaine, glycerin, disodium cocoamphodiacetate, sodium cocoamphoacetate, coco-glucoside, decyl glucoside, yucca vera leaf/root extract, benzyl alcohol, citric acid, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf oil, phenoxyethanol, dehydroacetic acid, sodium benzoate, ethylhexylglycerin

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 23

Total Number of ingredients = 15

Water (eau), cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium lauroyl methyl isethionate, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, glycerin, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, sodium pca, lauryl glucoside, decyl glucoside, disodium cocoamphodiacetate, punica granatum extract, rubus fruticosus (blackberry) fruit extract, euterpe oleracea fruit extract, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, rosa canina fruit extract, calendula officinalis flower extract, aspalathus linearis leaf extract, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel oil, zingiber officinale (ginger) root oil, sodium levulinate, potassium sorbate, citric acid

Water, cocamidopropyl betaine, glycerin, disodium cocoamphodiacetate, sodium cocoamphoacetate, coco-glucoside, decyl glucoside, yucca vera leaf/root extract, benzyl alcohol, citric acid, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf oil, phenoxyethanol, dehydroacetic acid, sodium benzoate, ethylhexylglycerin

Notable ingredients

Brightening Cleansing Gel

Gentle Cleanse

Soothing: Calendula officinalis flower extract, Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract

Antioxidant: Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract

Solvent: Water (eau), Glycerin

Solvent: Water, Benzyl alcohol, Glycerin

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Citric acid

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Ingredients with their functions

Brightening Cleansing Gel

Gentle Cleanse

Water (eau)

Also-called: Aqua, Aqua/Water, Water/Aqua/Eau, Aqua/Water/Eau | Function: Skin conditioning, Solvent

Water serves as a fundamental component in skincare products, often listed as the first ingredient, which means it's the most abundant. It acts as a solvent, helping to dissolve other ingredients and facilitate the application and absorption of products.

Cocamidopropyl betaine

Function: Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Sodium lauroyl methyl isethionate

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.