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Ultra Facial Cream With Squalane

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Swiss Performing Extract Moisturizer

Ultra Facial Cream With Squalane

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Creams and lotions for daily hydration, some of which include ingredients to address specific...	Creams and lotions for daily hydration, some of which include ingredients to address specific...
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Ingredient highlights

Swiss Performing Extract Moisturizer

Ultra Facial Cream With Squalane

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Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free

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Swiss Performing Extract Moisturizer

Ultra Facial Cream With Squalane

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Water/aqua/eau, vitis vinifera (grape) seed oil, butylene glycol, prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil, squalane, propylene glycol dipelargonate, petrolatum, hydrogenated vegetable oil, cetyl esters, glyceryl stearate, isostearic acid, soluble fish (pisces) collagen, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, wheat germ glycerides, tocopheryl acetate, caprylic/capric/myristic/stearic triglyceride, dimethicone, stearyl alcohol, stearic acid, cetyl alcohol, laureth-23, fragrance (parfum), ethylhexylglycerin, aminomethyl propanol, carbomer, limonene, linalool, hexyl cinnamal, geraniol, citronellol, cinnamyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, isoeugenol, eugenol, benzyl salicylate, disodium edta, sodium dehydroacetate, phenoxyethanol. 12	Aqua/water, glycerin, dimethicone, squalane, bis-peg-18 methyl ether dimethyl silane, sucrose stearate, stearyl alcohol, peg-8 stearate, myristyl myristate, prunus armeniaca kernel oil (apricot kernel oil), phenoxyethanol, persea gratissima oil (avocado oil), glyceryl stearate, cetyl alcohol, oryza sativa bran oil (rice bran oil), olea europaea fruit oil (olive fruit oil), chlorphenesin, stearic acid, palmitic acid, carbomer, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, prunus amygdalus dulcis oil (sweet almond oil), xanthan gum, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium hydroxide, tocopherol, glycine soja oil (soybean oil), pseudoalteromonas ferment extract, myristic acid, hydroxypalmitoyl sphinganine, salicylic acid, helianthus annuus seed oil (sunflower seed oil), rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract (rosemary leaf extract), citric acid

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 39

Total Number of ingredients = 35

Water/aqua/eau, vitis vinifera (grape) seed oil, butylene glycol, prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil, squalane, propylene glycol dipelargonate, petrolatum, hydrogenated vegetable oil, cetyl esters, glyceryl stearate, isostearic acid, soluble fish (pisces) collagen, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, wheat germ glycerides, tocopheryl acetate, caprylic/capric/myristic/stearic triglyceride, dimethicone, stearyl alcohol, stearic acid, cetyl alcohol, laureth-23, fragrance (parfum), ethylhexylglycerin, aminomethyl propanol, carbomer, limonene, linalool, hexyl cinnamal, geraniol, citronellol, cinnamyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, isoeugenol, eugenol, benzyl salicylate, disodium edta, sodium dehydroacetate, phenoxyethanol.

Aqua/water, glycerin, dimethicone, squalane, bis-peg-18 methyl ether dimethyl silane, sucrose stearate, stearyl alcohol, peg-8 stearate, myristyl myristate, prunus armeniaca kernel oil (apricot kernel oil), phenoxyethanol, persea gratissima oil (avocado oil), glyceryl stearate, cetyl alcohol, oryza sativa bran oil (rice bran oil), olea europaea fruit oil (olive fruit oil), chlorphenesin, stearic acid, palmitic acid, carbomer, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, prunus amygdalus dulcis oil (sweet almond oil), xanthan gum, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium hydroxide, tocopherol, glycine soja oil (soybean oil), pseudoalteromonas ferment extract, myristic acid, hydroxypalmitoyl sphinganine, salicylic acid, helianthus annuus seed oil (sunflower seed oil), rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract (rosemary leaf extract), citric acid

Notable ingredients

Swiss Performing Extract Moisturizer

Ultra Facial Cream With Squalane

Antioxidant: Tocopheryl acetate

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

Anti-microbial: Benzyl benzoate, Phenoxyethanol

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid

Soothing: Rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract (rosemary leaf extract)

Antioxidant: Rosmarinus officinalis leaf extract (rosemary leaf extract), Tocopherol

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Ingredients with their functions

Swiss Performing Extract Moisturizer

Ultra Facial Cream With Squalane

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.

Vitis vinifera (grape) seed oil

Also-called: Grape Seed Oil | Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning

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

Butylene glycol

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

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