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Lx Me Brightening Gel

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Restoring Ceramide Skin Balm

Product category and function

Lx Me Brightening Gel

Restoring Ceramide Skin Balm

Regular Moisturizers	Ointments
Creams and lotions for daily hydration, some of which include ingredients to address specific...	Thick, occlusive formulations for intense skin repair.
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Ingredient highlights

Lx Me Brightening Gel

Restoring Ceramide Skin Balm

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free vegan cruelty-free

Full ingredient list

Lx Me Brightening Gel

Restoring Ceramide Skin Balm

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, glycerin, triethylhexanoin, diglycerin, pentylene glycol, tranexamic acid, bis-ethoxydiglycol cyclohexane 1,4-dicarboxylate, carbomer, sodium acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, sorbitan stearate, peg-240/hdi copolymer bis-decyltetradeceth-20 ether, isohexadecane, alpha-glucan oligosaccharide, ethylhexylglycerin, phytosteryl isostearyl dimer dilinoleate, tripropylene glycol, polysorbate 80, fragrance/parfum, sodium metaphosphate, sucrose cocoate, niacinamide, pca, sodium hydroxide, sodium metabisulfite, glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, sodium hyaluronate, phenoxyethanol 7	Petrolatum, ethylhexyl palmitate, microcrystalline wax, aqua, butylene glycol, glycerin, sorbitan stearate, tocopheryl acetate, sodium lauroyl lactylate, ceramide np, phenoxyethanol, ceramide ap, phytosphingosine, cholesterol, xanthan gum, carbomer, ethylhexylglycerin, ceramide eop

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 28

Total Number of ingredients = 18

Water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, glycerin, triethylhexanoin, diglycerin, pentylene glycol, tranexamic acid, bis-ethoxydiglycol cyclohexane 1,4-dicarboxylate, carbomer, sodium acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, sorbitan stearate, peg-240/hdi copolymer bis-decyltetradeceth-20 ether, isohexadecane, alpha-glucan oligosaccharide, ethylhexylglycerin, phytosteryl isostearyl dimer dilinoleate, tripropylene glycol, polysorbate 80, fragrance/parfum, sodium metaphosphate, sucrose cocoate, niacinamide, pca, sodium hydroxide, sodium metabisulfite, glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, sodium hyaluronate, phenoxyethanol

Petrolatum, ethylhexyl palmitate, microcrystalline wax, aqua, butylene glycol, glycerin, sorbitan stearate, tocopheryl acetate, sodium lauroyl lactylate, ceramide np, phenoxyethanol, ceramide ap, phytosphingosine, cholesterol, xanthan gum, carbomer, ethylhexylglycerin, ceramide eop

Notable ingredients

Lx Me Brightening Gel

Restoring Ceramide Skin Balm

Anti-acne: Niacinamide

Soothing: Niacinamide, Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract

Skin brightening: Niacinamide, Tranexamic acid

Antioxidant: Tocopheryl acetate

Solvent: Aqua, Butylene glycol, Glycerin

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Lx Me Brightening Gel

Restoring Ceramide Skin Balm

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.

Butylene glycol

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

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