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Avene
Cleanance Cleansing Gel

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La Roche-Posay
Effaclar Gel Facial Wash For Oily Skin

Product category and function

Cleanance Cleansing Gel

Effaclar Gel Facial Wash For Oily Skin

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

Cleanance Cleansing Gel

Effaclar Gel Facial Wash For Oily Skin

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

Cleanance Cleansing Gel

Effaclar Gel Facial Wash For Oily Skin

No. of common ingredients = 0
Avene thermal spring water (avene aqua), water (aqua), zinc coceth sulfate, lauryl betaine, decyl glucoside, ceteareth-60 myristyl glycol, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, polysorbate 20, citric acid, fragrance (parfum), green 5 (ci 61570), isopropyl alcohol, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, peg-6, ppg-26-buteth-26, silybum marianum fruit extract, sodium benzoate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, yellow 5 (ci 19140), zinc gluconate 6	Water, sodium laureth sulfate, peg-8, coco-betaine, hexylene glycol, sodium chloride, peg-120 methyl glucose dioleate, zinc pca, sodium hydroxide, citric acid, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, parfum/fragrance

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 22

Total Number of ingredients = 14

Avene thermal spring water (avene aqua), water (aqua), zinc coceth sulfate, lauryl betaine, decyl glucoside, ceteareth-60 myristyl glycol, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, polysorbate 20, citric acid, fragrance (parfum), green 5 (ci 61570), isopropyl alcohol, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, peg-6, ppg-26-buteth-26, silybum marianum fruit extract, sodium benzoate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, yellow 5 (ci 19140), zinc gluconate

Water, sodium laureth sulfate, peg-8, coco-betaine, hexylene glycol, sodium chloride, peg-120 methyl glucose dioleate, zinc pca, sodium hydroxide, citric acid, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, parfum/fragrance

Notable ingredients

Cleanance Cleansing Gel

Effaclar Gel Facial Wash For Oily Skin

Soothing: Avene thermal spring water (avene aqua)

Solvent: Water (aqua), Peg-6, Isopropyl alcohol

Anti-microbial: Zinc gluconate

Solvent: Water, Hexylene glycol, Peg-8

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Citric acid, Sodium hydroxide

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Ingredients with their functions

Cleanance Cleansing Gel

Effaclar Gel Facial Wash For Oily Skin

Avene thermal spring water (avene aqua)

Function: Soothing

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

Water (aqua)

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.

Zinc coceth sulfate

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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