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Hatomugi Face Wash

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Skin Refining Cleanser

Product category and function

Hatomugi Face Wash

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

Hatomugi Face Wash

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

Hatomugi Face Wash

Skin Refining Cleanser

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, stearic acid, glycerin, myristic acid, potassium hydroxide, palmitic acid, peg-75, peg-6, glyceryl stearate, phenoxyethanol, peg-100 stearate, polyquaternium-7, stearyl glycyrrhetinate, butylene glycol, tetrasodium etidronate, sodium benzoate, paeonia albiflora (peony) root extract, paeonia suffruticosa (peony) root extract, prunus persica (peach) kernel extract, coix lacryma-jobi ma-yuen (job’s tears/hatomugi) seed extract 7	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, stearic acid, glycerin, myristic acid, potassium hydroxide, palmitic acid, peg-75, peg-6, glyceryl stearate, phenoxyethanol, peg-100 stearate, polyquaternium-7, stearyl glycyrrhetinate, butylene glycol, tetrasodium etidronate, sodium benzoate, paeonia albiflora (peony) root extract, paeonia suffruticosa (peony) root extract, prunus persica (peach) kernel extract, coix lacryma-jobi ma-yuen (job’s tears/hatomugi) seed extract

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

Hatomugi Face Wash

Skin Refining Cleanser

Soothing: Stearyl glycyrrhetinate

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Peg-75, Peg-6

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol, Zinc sulfate

Astringent: Zinc sulfate

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Ingredients with their functions

Hatomugi Face Wash

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.

Stearic acid

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing, Emulsion stabilizing

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