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Image MD Restoring Brightening Crème

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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

Image MD Restoring Brightening Crème

CLINICAL Ultra Rich Moisturizer

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

Full ingredient list

Image MD Restoring Brightening Crème

CLINICAL Ultra Rich Moisturizer

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua), caprylic/capric triglyceride, bellis perennis (daisy) flower extract, butylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, glycerin, cetyl alcohol, tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, cetearyl alcohol, dimethicone, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, elaeis (palm) fruit oil, gossypium herbaceum (cotton) seed oil, bidens pilosa extract, hydrogenated phosphatidylcholine, lecithin, phenoxyethanol, curcuma longa (turmeric) root extract, hippophae rhamnoides oil, palmitic acid, stearic acid, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, linum usitatissimum (linseed) seed oil, silybin, squalane, ceteth-10 phosphate, dicetyl phosphate, caprylyl glycol, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, ceramide 3, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel oil, glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, xanthan gum, pentylene glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, hexylene glycol, 3-o-ethyl ascorbic acid, disodium edta, ppg-12/smdi copolymer, aminomethyl propanol, polysorbate 60, tocopherol, glycine soja (soybean) oil, sorbitan isostearate, methyl undecylenoyl dipeptide-16, lepidium sativum sprout extract, ergothioneine 15	Water, butyrospermum parkii (shea butter) unsaponifiables, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glyceryl stearate se, olea europaea fruit oil, dimethicone, stearic acid, glyceryl stearate, mangifera indica (mango) seed butter, cetyl alcohol, cocos nucifera (coconut) fruit extract, ceramide np, ceramide ap, ceramide eop, sphingolipids, phospholipids, phytosphingosine, squalene, cholesterol, tocopherol, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, glycine soja oil, oryza sativa (rice) bran extract, avena sativa (oat) kernel extract, glycerin, panthenol, ascorbyl palmitate, beta-sitosterol, hydrogenated vegetable glycerides citrate, propylene glycol, sodium lauroyl lactylate, xanthan gum, carbomer, disodium edta, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 47

Total Number of ingredients = 37

Water (aqua), caprylic/capric triglyceride, bellis perennis (daisy) flower extract, butylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, glycerin, cetyl alcohol, tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, cetearyl alcohol, dimethicone, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, elaeis (palm) fruit oil, gossypium herbaceum (cotton) seed oil, bidens pilosa extract, hydrogenated phosphatidylcholine, lecithin, phenoxyethanol, curcuma longa (turmeric) root extract, hippophae rhamnoides oil, palmitic acid, stearic acid, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, linum usitatissimum (linseed) seed oil, silybin, squalane, ceteth-10 phosphate, dicetyl phosphate, caprylyl glycol, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, ceramide 3, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel oil, glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, xanthan gum, pentylene glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, hexylene glycol, 3-o-ethyl ascorbic acid, disodium edta, ppg-12/smdi copolymer, aminomethyl propanol, polysorbate 60, tocopherol, glycine soja (soybean) oil, sorbitan isostearate, methyl undecylenoyl dipeptide-16, lepidium sativum sprout extract, ergothioneine

Water, butyrospermum parkii (shea butter) unsaponifiables, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glyceryl stearate se, olea europaea fruit oil, dimethicone, stearic acid, glyceryl stearate, mangifera indica (mango) seed butter, cetyl alcohol, cocos nucifera (coconut) fruit extract, ceramide np, ceramide ap, ceramide eop, sphingolipids, phospholipids, phytosphingosine, squalene, cholesterol, tocopherol, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, persea gratissima (avocado) oil, glycine soja oil, oryza sativa (rice) bran extract, avena sativa (oat) kernel extract, glycerin, panthenol, ascorbyl palmitate, beta-sitosterol, hydrogenated vegetable glycerides citrate, propylene glycol, sodium lauroyl lactylate, xanthan gum, carbomer, disodium edta, ethylhexylglycerin, phenoxyethanol

Notable ingredients

Image MD Restoring Brightening Crème

CLINICAL Ultra Rich Moisturizer

Soothing: Curcuma longa (turmeric) root extract, Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract

Skin brightening: 3-o-ethyl ascorbic acid, Curcuma longa (turmeric) root extract

Antioxidant: 3-o-ethyl ascorbic acid, Curcuma longa (turmeric) root extract, Ergothioneine, Hippophae rhamnoides oil, Tocopherol, Tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl palmitate, Avena sativa (oat) kernel extract, Tocopherol

Solvent: Water, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Glycerin, Propylene glycol, Squalene

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Ingredients with their functions

Image MD Restoring Brightening Crème

CLINICAL Ultra Rich Moisturizer

Water (aqua)

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.

Caprylic/capric triglyceride

Also-called: Caprylic Capric Triglyceride | Function: Occlusive/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning, Solvent

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

Bellis perennis (daisy) flower extract

Function: Skin conditioning

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