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Pore Purifying Foaming Cleanser

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Special Cleansing Gel

Benefit Cosmetics Pore purifying foaming cleanser.

Product category and function

Pore Purifying Foaming Cleanser

Special Cleansing Gel

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

Pore Purifying Foaming Cleanser

Special Cleansing Gel

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

Full ingredient list

Pore Purifying Foaming Cleanser

Special Cleansing Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua (water), coco-betaine, glycerin, butylene glycol, peg-120 methyl glucose dioleate, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, maltitol, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, sodium cocoyl isethionate, polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, sodium benzoate, caprylyl glycol, citric acid, hydroxyacetophenone, parfum (fragrance), polyquaternium-22, bisabolol, sodium citrate, pentylene glycol, citrus limon (lemon) fruit extract, sphingolipids, sphingomonas ferment extract, citrus junos fruit extract, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, tocopherol 8	Water/aqua/eau, sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, butylene glycol, hydroxyethylcellulose, lavandula angustifolia (lavender) oil, quillaja saponaria bark extract, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, melissa officinalis leaf extract, citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) fruit oil, cymbopogon nardus (citronella) oil, glycerin, cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium cocoamphoacetate, hydroxyacetophenone, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, 1,2-hexanediol, caprylyl glycol, propanediol, citric acid, o-cymen-5-ol, disodium edta, ppg-5-ceteth-20, sodium hydroxide, sodium benzoate

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 25

Aqua (water), coco-betaine, glycerin, butylene glycol, peg-120 methyl glucose dioleate, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, maltitol, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, sodium cocoyl isethionate, polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, sodium benzoate, caprylyl glycol, citric acid, hydroxyacetophenone, parfum (fragrance), polyquaternium-22, bisabolol, sodium citrate, pentylene glycol, citrus limon (lemon) fruit extract, sphingolipids, sphingomonas ferment extract, citrus junos fruit extract, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, tocopherol

Water/aqua/eau, sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, butylene glycol, hydroxyethylcellulose, lavandula angustifolia (lavender) oil, quillaja saponaria bark extract, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, melissa officinalis leaf extract, citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) fruit oil, cymbopogon nardus (citronella) oil, glycerin, cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium cocoamphoacetate, hydroxyacetophenone, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, 1,2-hexanediol, caprylyl glycol, propanediol, citric acid, o-cymen-5-ol, disodium edta, ppg-5-ceteth-20, sodium hydroxide, sodium benzoate

Notable ingredients

Pore Purifying Foaming Cleanser

Special Cleansing Gel

Soothing: Bisabolol

Antioxidant: Hydroxyacetophenone, Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tocopherol

Solvent: Aqua (water), Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Pentylene glycol

Antioxidant: Hydroxyacetophenone

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, 1,2-hexanediol, Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Propanediol

Anti-microbial: O-cymen-5-ol

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Ingredients with their functions

Pore Purifying Foaming Cleanser

Special Cleansing Gel

Aqua (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.

Coco-betaine

Function: Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning

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

Glycerin

Also-called: Glycerol | Function: Skin-identical ingredient, Viscosity controlling, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent