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Darphin
Purifying Foam Gel

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Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

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Product category and function

Purifying Foam Gel

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

Purifying Foam Gel

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

Purifying Foam Gel

Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, sodium laureth sulfate, lauryl glucoside, lauramidopropyl betaine, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, phellodendron amurense bark extract, laminaria saccharina extract, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, butylene glycol, copper pca, peg-120 methyl glucose dioleate, sodium chloride, citric acid, bht, fragrance (parfum), linalool, butylphenyl methylpropional, limonene, benzyl salicylate, disodium edta, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, phenoxyethanol 7	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 = 23

Total Number of ingredients = 18

Water/aqua/eau, sodium laureth sulfate, lauryl glucoside, lauramidopropyl betaine, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, phellodendron amurense bark extract, laminaria saccharina extract, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, butylene glycol, copper pca, peg-120 methyl glucose dioleate, sodium chloride, citric acid, bht, fragrance (parfum), linalool, butylphenyl methylpropional, limonene, benzyl salicylate, disodium edta, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, phenoxyethanol

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

Purifying Foam Gel

Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

Antioxidant: Bht

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Butylene glycol, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid (0.5%)

Soothing: Panthenol

Exfoliant: Salicylic acid (0.5%)

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Ingredients with their functions

Purifying Foam Gel

Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

Water/aqua/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.

Lauryl glucoside

Also-called: Lauryl polyglucose | Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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