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Cracked Skin Repair Balm

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Soothing Moisturizer

Product category and function

Cracked Skin Repair Balm

Soothing 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

Cracked Skin Repair Balm

Soothing 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

Cracked Skin Repair Balm

Soothing Moisturizer

No. of common ingredients = 0
Total Number of ingredients = 13	Total Number of ingredients = 17
Dimethicone (1%), behenyl alcohol, butyrospermum parkii (shea) oil, caprylyl glycol, cetearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, citric acid, ethylhexylglycerin, glycerin, sodium cetearyl sulfate, sodium polyacrylate, water, yeast beta-glucan 6	Water, glycerin, hydrogenated polyisobutene, ceteareth-20, cetearyl alcohol, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), dimethicone, panthenol (vitamin b5), citric acid, sodium levulinate, caprylyl glycol, benzyl alcohol, stearoxytrimethylsilane, stearyl alcohol, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, sodium anisate

Notable ingredients

Cracked Skin Repair Balm

Soothing Moisturizer

Solvent: Water, Glycerin

Absorbent: Sodium polyacrylate

Buffering: Citric acid

Soothing: Panthenol (vitamin b5)

Antioxidant: Tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e)

Solvent: Water, Benzyl alcohol, Glycerin

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Ingredients with their functions

Cracked Skin Repair Balm

Soothing Moisturizer

Dimethicone (1%)

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning

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

Behenyl alcohol

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning, Emulsion stabilizing

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

Butyrospermum parkii (shea) oil

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning

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

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.

Glycerin

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