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Hydra-Restore Day Cream

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C-Tetra Day Cream

Product category and function

Hydra-Restore Day Cream

C-Tetra Day Cream

Regular Moisturizers	Regular Moisturizers
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

Hydra-Restore Day Cream

C-Tetra Day Cream

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

Full ingredient list

Hydra-Restore Day Cream

C-Tetra Day Cream

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, vitis vinifera (grape) seed oil, cetyl alcohol, camellia kissi seed oil, ceteareth-20, dicaprylyl carbonate, cetearyl olivate, glycerin, sorbitan olivate, aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, rosa canina fruit oil, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, levulinic acid, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel extract, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate, sodium levulinate, tocopherol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, sodium gluconate, potassium sorbate, pelargonium graveolens flower oil, citrus nobilis (mandarin orange) peel oil, myristyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, glycine soja (soybean) oil, myrocarpus fastigiatus oil, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower oil, potassium hydroxide, annatto (ci 75120), geraniol, limonene, citronellol, linalool, citral 10	Aqua (water), heptyl undecylenate, caprylic/capric triglyceride, tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, methylpropanediol, cetearyl olivate, cetearyl isononanoate, distarch phosphate, tocopheryl acetate, sodium polyacrylate, sorbitan olivate, sodium hyaluronate, caprylyl glycol, glycerin, disodium edta, phenylpropanol, citrus grandis (grapefruit) peel oil, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) fruit oil, pelargonium graveolens (geranium) flower oil, sodium hydroxide, limonene, citronellol, linalool, geraniol, citral.

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 35

Total Number of ingredients = 26

Water/aqua/eau, vitis vinifera (grape) seed oil, cetyl alcohol, camellia kissi seed oil, ceteareth-20, dicaprylyl carbonate, cetearyl olivate, glycerin, sorbitan olivate, aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, rosa canina fruit oil, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, levulinic acid, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel extract, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate, sodium levulinate, tocopherol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, sodium gluconate, potassium sorbate, pelargonium graveolens flower oil, citrus nobilis (mandarin orange) peel oil, myristyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, glycine soja (soybean) oil, myrocarpus fastigiatus oil, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower oil, potassium hydroxide, annatto (ci 75120), geraniol, limonene, citronellol, linalool, citral

Aqua (water), heptyl undecylenate, caprylic/capric triglyceride, tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, methylpropanediol, cetearyl olivate, cetearyl isononanoate, distarch phosphate, tocopheryl acetate, sodium polyacrylate, sorbitan olivate, sodium hyaluronate, caprylyl glycol, glycerin, disodium edta, phenylpropanol, citrus grandis (grapefruit) peel oil, citrus limon (lemon) peel oil, citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) fruit oil, pelargonium graveolens (geranium) flower oil, sodium hydroxide, limonene, citronellol, linalool, geraniol, citral.

Notable ingredients

Hydra-Restore Day Cream

C-Tetra Day Cream

Soothing: Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower oil

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Glycerin, Limonene

Antioxidant: Tocopheryl acetate, Tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate

Solvent: Aqua (water), Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Glycerin, Limonene, Phenylpropanol, Methylpropanediol

Absorbent: Distarch phosphate, Sodium polyacrylate

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Ingredients with their functions

Hydra-Restore Day Cream

C-Tetra Day Cream

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.

Cetyl alcohol

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning, Emulsion stabilizing