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Burt's Bees
Clear & Balanced Skin Balancing Gel Cream

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Elta MD
Skin Recovery Light Moisturizer

Burt's Bees Clear and Balanced Skin Balancing Gel Cream.

Product category and function

Clear & Balanced Skin Balancing Gel Cream

Skin Recovery Light Moisturizer

Regular Moisturizers	Regular Moisturizers
Creams and lotions for daily hydration, some of which include ingredients to address specific...	Creams and lotions for daily hydration, some of which include ingredients to address specific...
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Ingredient highlights

Clear & Balanced Skin Balancing Gel Cream

Skin Recovery Light Moisturizer

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

Clear & Balanced Skin Balancing Gel Cream

Skin Recovery Light Moisturizer

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glycerin, garcinia indica seed butter, inulin, squalane, polyglyceryl-6 distearate, fructooligosaccharides, propanediol, sclerotium gum, beta vulgaris (beet) root extract, jojoba esters, silica, sodium pca, polyglyceryl-3 beeswax, ethyl lauroyl arginate hcl, cetyl alcohol, potassium lactate, potassium sorbate, lactic acid, sodium phytate, xanthan gum, tocopherol, citric acid, lecithin, glycine soja (soybean) oil, pullulan, alcohol, phenoxyethanol 10	Water, glycerin, isododecane, propanediol, polymethylsilsesquioxane, squalane, caprylic/capric triglyceride, panthenol, cocos nucifera (coconut) fruit extract, cetyl alcohol, dimethicone, polysorbate 20, sucrose stearate, phenoxyethanol, sea water, taurine, xanthan gum, behenyl behenate, arginine, tribehenin, caprylyl glycol, chlorphenesin, tocopherol, tocopheryl acetate, sodium sulfite, disodium edta, citric acid, sodium hydroxide, sodium hyaluronate, glycine

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 29

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Water, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glycerin, garcinia indica seed butter, inulin, squalane, polyglyceryl-6 distearate, fructooligosaccharides, propanediol, sclerotium gum, beta vulgaris (beet) root extract, jojoba esters, silica, sodium pca, polyglyceryl-3 beeswax, ethyl lauroyl arginate hcl, cetyl alcohol, potassium lactate, potassium sorbate, lactic acid, sodium phytate, xanthan gum, tocopherol, citric acid, lecithin, glycine soja (soybean) oil, pullulan, alcohol, phenoxyethanol

Water, glycerin, isododecane, propanediol, polymethylsilsesquioxane, squalane, caprylic/capric triglyceride, panthenol, cocos nucifera (coconut) fruit extract, cetyl alcohol, dimethicone, polysorbate 20, sucrose stearate, phenoxyethanol, sea water, taurine, xanthan gum, behenyl behenate, arginine, tribehenin, caprylyl glycol, chlorphenesin, tocopherol, tocopheryl acetate, sodium sulfite, disodium edta, citric acid, sodium hydroxide, sodium hyaluronate, glycine

Notable ingredients

Clear & Balanced Skin Balancing Gel Cream

Skin Recovery Light Moisturizer

Soothing: Jojoba esters

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

Exfoliant: Lactic acid

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Tocopherol, Tocopheryl acetate, Sodium sulfite

Solvent: Water, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Glycerin, Propanediol, Sea water, Isododecane

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Ingredients with their functions

Clear & Balanced Skin Balancing Gel Cream

Skin Recovery Light Moisturizer

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.

Caprylic/capric triglyceride

Also-called: Caprylic Capric Triglyceride | Function: Occlusive/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning, Solvent

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