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Men Active Face Wash

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Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

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Product category and function

Men Active Face Wash

Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

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

Men Active Face Wash

Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

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

Men Active Face Wash

Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua/water/eau, sodium laureth sulfate, cetearyl alcohol, glycol distearate, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium cocoamphoacetate, parfum(fragrance), dimethicone, cetearyl glucoside, sodium chloride, phenoxyisopropanol, butylene glycol, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, propylene glycol, panthenol, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, cocamide mipa, chlorphenesin, citric acid, sodium laurate, glycerin, disodium edta, gaultheria procumbens (wintergreen) leaf extract, sodium cetearyl sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, hierochloe odorata extract, alpinia officinarum root extract, phenoxyethanol, grindelia robusta extract, portulaca oleracea extract, potassium sorbate, ci 42090(blue 1), ci 17200(red 33) 10	Salicylic acid (0.5%), water, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, acrylates/steareth-20 methacrylate copolymer, glycerin, peg-200 hydrogenated glyceryl palmate, sodium laureth sulfate, arginine, butylene glycol, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, panthenol, disodium edta, citric acid, peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, sodium citrate, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, chlorphenesin

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 34

Total Number of ingredients = 18

Aqua/water/eau, sodium laureth sulfate, cetearyl alcohol, glycol distearate, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium cocoamphoacetate, parfum(fragrance), dimethicone, cetearyl glucoside, sodium chloride, phenoxyisopropanol, butylene glycol, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, propylene glycol, panthenol, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, cocamide mipa, chlorphenesin, citric acid, sodium laurate, glycerin, disodium edta, gaultheria procumbens (wintergreen) leaf extract, sodium cetearyl sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, hierochloe odorata extract, alpinia officinarum root extract, phenoxyethanol, grindelia robusta extract, portulaca oleracea extract, potassium sorbate, ci 42090(blue 1), ci 17200(red 33)

Salicylic acid (0.5%), water, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, acrylates/steareth-20 methacrylate copolymer, glycerin, peg-200 hydrogenated glyceryl palmate, sodium laureth sulfate, arginine, butylene glycol, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, panthenol, disodium edta, citric acid, peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, sodium citrate, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, chlorphenesin

Notable ingredients

Men Active Face Wash

Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Phenoxyisopropanol, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Chlorphenesin, Phenoxyethanol

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid (0.5%)

Soothing: Panthenol

Exfoliant: Salicylic acid (0.5%)

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Ingredients with their functions

Men Active Face Wash

Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

Aqua/water/eau

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.

Sodium laureth sulfate

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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

Cetearyl alcohol

Also-called: Cetostearyl alcohol, cetylstearyl alcohol | Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning, Emulsion stabilizing