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Shea Butter Hand Repair Cream

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Essentially Enriched Hand Cream

Product category and function

Shea Butter Hand Repair Cream

Essentially Enriched Hand Cream

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

Shea Butter Hand Repair Cream

Essentially Enriched Hand Cream

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

Shea Butter Hand Repair Cream

Essentially Enriched Hand Cream

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Water, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, stearic acid, beeswax, glycerin, sesamum indicum (sesame) seed oil, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, macadamia ternifolia seed oil, theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter, rosa canina seed extract, borago officinalis seed oil, alchemilla vulgaris extract, calendula officinalis flower oil, plantago major leaf extract, salix nigra (willow) bark extract, lonicera japonica (honeysuckle) flower extract, lonicera caprifolium (honeysuckle) flower extract, tocopherol, glycine soja (soybean) oil, canola oil, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, beta-carotene, sucrose stearate, lecithin, ascorbyl palmitate, glyceryl oleate, glyceryl stearate, sodium phytate, polyglyceryl-3 oleate, xanthan gum, citric acid, alcohol, fragrance, phenoxyethanol, limonene, linalool, citral 9	Water, glycerin, glyceryl stearate, stearyl alcohol, dimethicone, caprylic/capric triglyceride, distarch phosphate, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, glyceryl stearate se, hydrogenated coco-glycerides, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, sodium cetearyl sulfate, xanthan gum, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, linalool, limonene, geraniol, benzyl alcohol, citronellol, alpha-isomethyl ionone, fragrance

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 37

Total Number of ingredients = 22

Water, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, stearic acid, beeswax, glycerin, sesamum indicum (sesame) seed oil, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, macadamia ternifolia seed oil, theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter, rosa canina seed extract, borago officinalis seed oil, alchemilla vulgaris extract, calendula officinalis flower oil, plantago major leaf extract, salix nigra (willow) bark extract, lonicera japonica (honeysuckle) flower extract, lonicera caprifolium (honeysuckle) flower extract, tocopherol, glycine soja (soybean) oil, canola oil, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, beta-carotene, sucrose stearate, lecithin, ascorbyl palmitate, glyceryl oleate, glyceryl stearate, sodium phytate, polyglyceryl-3 oleate, xanthan gum, citric acid, alcohol, fragrance, phenoxyethanol, limonene, linalool, citral

Water, glycerin, glyceryl stearate, stearyl alcohol, dimethicone, caprylic/capric triglyceride, distarch phosphate, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, glyceryl stearate se, hydrogenated coco-glycerides, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, sodium cetearyl sulfate, xanthan gum, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, linalool, limonene, geraniol, benzyl alcohol, citronellol, alpha-isomethyl ionone, fragrance

Notable ingredients

Shea Butter Hand Repair Cream

Essentially Enriched Hand Cream

Soothing: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, Lonicera caprifolium (honeysuckle) flower extract

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl palmitate, Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, Tocopherol

Solvent: Water, Alcohol, Glycerin, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, Limonene

Solvent: Water, Benzyl alcohol, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Glycerin, Limonene

Absorbent: Distarch phosphate

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Shea Butter Hand Repair Cream

Essentially Enriched Hand Cream

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.

Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil

Also-called: Sunflower Oil, Sunflower Seed Oil | Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Occlusive/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning, Solvent