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Cleansing Foam

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Merle Norman
Skin Refining Cleanser

Product category and function

Cleansing Foam

Skin Refining 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

Cleansing Foam

Skin Refining 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

Cleansing Foam

Skin Refining Cleanser

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, myristic acid, glycerin, stearic acid, potassium hydroxide, lauramide dea, glycol distearate, ceteth-25, pentylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, paeonia albiflora root extract, houttuynia cordata extract, citrus unshiu peel extract, olea europaea (olive) leaf extract, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, stearyl glycyrrhetinate, allantoin, tetrasodium etidronate, tocopherol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil 6	Water/aqua/eau, stearic acid, glycerin, myristic acid, potassium hydroxide, butylene glycol, lauric acid, phytelephas aequatorialis seed powder, poloxamer 188, sodium caseinate, peg-40 castor oil, phenoxyethanol, sodium laureth sulfate, diazolidinyl urea, tetrasodium edta, disodium edta, zinc sulfate

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 20

Total Number of ingredients = 17

Water/aqua/eau, myristic acid, glycerin, stearic acid, potassium hydroxide, lauramide dea, glycol distearate, ceteth-25, pentylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, paeonia albiflora root extract, houttuynia cordata extract, citrus unshiu peel extract, olea europaea (olive) leaf extract, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, stearyl glycyrrhetinate, allantoin, tetrasodium etidronate, tocopherol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil

Water/aqua/eau, stearic acid, glycerin, myristic acid, potassium hydroxide, butylene glycol, lauric acid, phytelephas aequatorialis seed powder, poloxamer 188, sodium caseinate, peg-40 castor oil, phenoxyethanol, sodium laureth sulfate, diazolidinyl urea, tetrasodium edta, disodium edta, zinc sulfate

Notable ingredients

Cleansing Foam

Skin Refining Cleanser

Soothing: Allantoin, Stearyl glycyrrhetinate

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Glycerin, Pentylene glycol

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

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol, Zinc sulfate

Astringent: Zinc sulfate

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Ingredients with their functions

Cleansing Foam

Skin Refining 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.

Myristic acid

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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

Glycerin

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