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Acne Spot Therapy

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Extra Strength Daily Skin Clearing Treatment With 5% Benzoyl Peroxide

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Acne Spot Therapy

Extra Strength Daily Skin Clearing Treatment With 5% Benzoyl Peroxide

Targeted Treatments	Targeted Treatments
Powerful products for targeted use, such as spot treatments.	Powerful products for targeted use, such as spot treatments.
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Ingredient highlights

Acne Spot Therapy

Extra Strength Daily Skin Clearing Treatment With 5% Benzoyl Peroxide

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

Acne Spot Therapy

Extra Strength Daily Skin Clearing Treatment With 5% Benzoyl Peroxide

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, butylene glycol, isononyl isononanoate, cetearyl alcohol, sorbitan stearate, ceteareth-20, phenoxyethanol, sucrose cocoate, xanthan gum, sodium citrate, citric acid, allantoin, disodium edta, magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, tocopherol, sodium hydroxide, brassica campestris (rapeseed) seed oil, glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, camellia sinensis leaf extract, royal jelly extract, scutellaria baicalensis root extract, houttuynia cordata extract, perilla ocymoides leaf extract, aloe barbadensis leaf extract 6	Water, benzoyl peroxide, propylene glycol, bisabolol, allantoin, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, hydroxyethylcellulose, sodium citrate, laureth-4, caprylyl glycol, sodium hydroxide, disodium edta, hexylene glycol, phenoxyethanol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 24

Total Number of ingredients = 14

Water, butylene glycol, isononyl isononanoate, cetearyl alcohol, sorbitan stearate, ceteareth-20, phenoxyethanol, sucrose cocoate, xanthan gum, sodium citrate, citric acid, allantoin, disodium edta, magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, tocopherol, sodium hydroxide, brassica campestris (rapeseed) seed oil, glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, camellia sinensis leaf extract, royal jelly extract, scutellaria baicalensis root extract, houttuynia cordata extract, perilla ocymoides leaf extract, aloe barbadensis leaf extract

Water, benzoyl peroxide, propylene glycol, bisabolol, allantoin, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, hydroxyethylcellulose, sodium citrate, laureth-4, caprylyl glycol, sodium hydroxide, disodium edta, hexylene glycol, phenoxyethanol

Notable ingredients

Acne Spot Therapy

Extra Strength Daily Skin Clearing Treatment With 5% Benzoyl Peroxide

Soothing: Allantoin, Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, Scutellaria baicalensis root extract

Antioxidant: Camellia sinensis leaf extract, Magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, Tocopherol

Solvent: Water, Butylene glycol

Anti-acne: Benzoyl peroxide

Soothing: Allantoin, Bisabolol

Solvent: Water, Hexylene glycol, Propylene glycol

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Ingredients with their functions

Acne Spot Therapy

Extra Strength Daily Skin Clearing Treatment With 5% Benzoyl Peroxide

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.

Butylene glycol

Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent

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

Isononyl isononanoate

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning

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