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Healing Skin Therapy Lotion

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Essentially Enriched Body Cream

Product category and function

Healing Skin Therapy Lotion

Essentially Enriched Body Cream

Body Lotions & Creams	Body Lotions & Creams
Daily moisturizers for soft and smooth skin.	Daily moisturizers for soft and smooth skin.
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Ingredient highlights

Healing Skin Therapy Lotion

Essentially Enriched Body 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

Healing Skin Therapy Lotion

Essentially Enriched Body Cream

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, glycerin, dimethicone, petrolatum, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol, steareth-2, jojoba esters, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, distearyldimonium chloride, steareth-21, propylene glycol, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, methyl gluceth-20, tocopheryl acetate, magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, hydrolyzed collagen, hydrolyzed elastin, retinyl palmitate, hydrolyzed jojoba esters, glyceryl stearate, disodium edta, fragrance, sodium hydroxide, diazolidinyl urea, methylparaben, propylparaben, bht, yellow 5 8	Water, mineral oil, glycerin, cetearyl alcohol, glyceryl stearate, glyceryl stearate se, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, hydrogenated coco-glycerides, dimethicone, sodium cetearyl sulfate, glyceryl glucoside, fragrance, carbomer, sodium hydroxide, phenoxyethanol, methylparaben

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Total Number of ingredients = 17

Water, glycerin, dimethicone, petrolatum, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol, steareth-2, jojoba esters, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, distearyldimonium chloride, steareth-21, propylene glycol, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, methyl gluceth-20, tocopheryl acetate, magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, hydrolyzed collagen, hydrolyzed elastin, retinyl palmitate, hydrolyzed jojoba esters, glyceryl stearate, disodium edta, fragrance, sodium hydroxide, diazolidinyl urea, methylparaben, propylparaben, bht, yellow 5

Water, mineral oil, glycerin, cetearyl alcohol, glyceryl stearate, glyceryl stearate se, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, hydrogenated coco-glycerides, dimethicone, sodium cetearyl sulfate, glyceryl glucoside, fragrance, carbomer, sodium hydroxide, phenoxyethanol, methylparaben

Notable ingredients

Healing Skin Therapy Lotion

Essentially Enriched Body Cream

Soothing: Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, Jojoba esters

Antioxidant: Bht, Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, Magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, Tocopheryl acetate

Cell-signaling ingredient: Retinyl palmitate

Solvent: Water, Glycerin, Mineral oil

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Sodium hydroxide

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Ingredients with their functions

Healing Skin Therapy Lotion

Essentially Enriched Body 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.

Glycerin

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