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Cicalfate Hand Restorative Hand Cream

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Vaseline
Vaseline® Intensive Care™ Healthy Hands Stronger Nails Lotion

Product category and function

Cicalfate Hand Restorative Hand Cream

Vaseline® Intensive Care™ Healthy Hands Stronger Nails Lotion

Hand Creams	Hand Creams
Moisturizers to hydrate and repair dry hands.	Moisturizers to hydrate and repair dry hands.
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Ingredient highlights

Cicalfate Hand Restorative Hand Cream

Vaseline® Intensive Care™ Healthy Hands Stronger Nails Lotion

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

Full ingredient list

Cicalfate Hand Restorative Hand Cream

Vaseline® Intensive Care™ Healthy Hands Stronger Nails Lotion

No. of common ingredients = 0
Avene thermal spring water, mineral oil, myreth-3 myristate, peg-45/dodecyl glycol copolymer, dimethicone, aluminum sucrose octasulfate, octyldodecanol, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, glycerin, beeswax, cetyl alcohol, copper sulfate, dimethiconol, disteardimonium hectorite, glyceryl stearate, magnesium sulfate, phenoxyethanol, sodium benzoate, xanthan gum, zinc sulfate 6	Water, mineral oil, dimethicone, stearic acid, glycerin, glycol stearate, triethanolamine, glyceryl stearate, phenoxyethanol, petrolatum, cetyl alcohol, magnesium aluminum silicate, methylparaben, carbomer, fragrance, disodium edta, stearamide amp, hydrolyzed keratin

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 21

Total Number of ingredients = 18

Avene thermal spring water, mineral oil, myreth-3 myristate, peg-45/dodecyl glycol copolymer, dimethicone, aluminum sucrose octasulfate, octyldodecanol, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, glycerin, beeswax, cetyl alcohol, copper sulfate, dimethiconol, disteardimonium hectorite, glyceryl stearate, magnesium sulfate, phenoxyethanol, sodium benzoate, xanthan gum, zinc sulfate

Water, mineral oil, dimethicone, stearic acid, glycerin, glycol stearate, triethanolamine, glyceryl stearate, phenoxyethanol, petrolatum, cetyl alcohol, magnesium aluminum silicate, methylparaben, carbomer, fragrance, disodium edta, stearamide amp, hydrolyzed keratin

Notable ingredients

Cicalfate Hand Restorative Hand Cream

Vaseline® Intensive Care™ Healthy Hands Stronger Nails Lotion

Soothing: Avene thermal spring water

Solvent: Glycerin, Mineral oil, Octyldodecanol

Absorbent: Aluminum starch octenylsuccinate

Solvent: Water, Glycerin, Mineral oil

Absorbent: Magnesium aluminum silicate

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Cicalfate Hand Restorative Hand Cream

Vaseline® Intensive Care™ Healthy Hands Stronger Nails Lotion

Avene thermal spring water

Function: Soothing

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

Mineral oil

Also-called: Mineral oil | Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Occlusive/Moisturizer, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Solvent

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

Myreth-3 myristate

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning

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

Water

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.

Mineral oil

Also-called: Mineral oil | Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Occlusive/Moisturizer, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Solvent