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Advanced Relief Cream

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Hydrance Rich Hydrating Cream

Product category and function

Advanced Relief Cream

Hydrance Rich Hydrating Cream

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

Advanced Relief Cream

Hydrance Rich Hydrating 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

Advanced Relief Cream

Hydrance Rich Hydrating Cream

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, ethylhexyl palmitate, glycerin, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, cetearyl alcohol, dimethicone, carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, benzyl alcohol, microcrystalline cellulose, citric acid, tocopherol (vitamin e), sodium polyacrylate starch, sodium phytate, cellulose gum, ethylhexylglycerin, xanthan gum 8	Avene thermal spring water, mineral oil, glycerin, isohexadecane, dimethicone, cetearyl alcohol, carthamus tinctorius seed oil, isocetyl stearoyl stearate, peg-100 stearate, 1,2-hexanediol, butyrospermum parkii butter, cetearyl glucoside, benzoic acid, beta-sitosterol, bht, disodium edta, fragrance, polyacrylate-13, polyisobutene, polysorbate 20, sodium hydroxide, sorbitan isostearate, water, xanthan gum

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 18

Total Number of ingredients = 24

Water, ethylhexyl palmitate, glycerin, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, cetearyl alcohol, dimethicone, carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, benzyl alcohol, microcrystalline cellulose, citric acid, tocopherol (vitamin e), sodium polyacrylate starch, sodium phytate, cellulose gum, ethylhexylglycerin, xanthan gum

Avene thermal spring water, mineral oil, glycerin, isohexadecane, dimethicone, cetearyl alcohol, carthamus tinctorius seed oil, isocetyl stearoyl stearate, peg-100 stearate, 1,2-hexanediol, butyrospermum parkii butter, cetearyl glucoside, benzoic acid, beta-sitosterol, bht, disodium edta, fragrance, polyacrylate-13, polyisobutene, polysorbate 20, sodium hydroxide, sorbitan isostearate, water, xanthan gum

Notable ingredients

Advanced Relief Cream

Hydrance Rich Hydrating Cream

Antioxidant: Carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil, Tocopherol (vitamin e)

Solvent: Water, Benzyl alcohol, Glycerin

Abrasive: Microcrystalline cellulose

Soothing: Avene thermal spring water

Antioxidant: Bht, Carthamus tinctorius seed oil

Solvent: Water, 1,2-hexanediol, Glycerin, Mineral oil, Isohexadecane

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Ingredients with their functions

Advanced Relief Cream

Hydrance Rich Hydrating 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.

Ethylhexyl palmitate

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, 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