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Strawberry Face Scrub

Product category and function

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Strawberry Face Scrub

Physical Exfoliants/Scrubs	Physical Exfoliants/Scrubs
Scrubs or abrasives to remove dead skin mechanically.	Scrubs or abrasives to remove dead skin mechanically.
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Ingredient highlights

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Strawberry Face Scrub

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

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Strawberry Face Scrub

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua), alumina, polyethylene, propylene glycol, caprylic/capric triglyceride, ethylhexyl palmitate, cetearyl alcohol, stearic acid, papain, carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil, daucus carota sativa (carrot) seed extract, triticum vulgare (wheat) germ oil, panthenol, sodium cetearyl sulfate, cetyl alcohol, triethanolamine, xanthan gum, tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), lecithin, titanium dioxide/ci 77891, retinyl palmitate (vitamin a), peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, peg-25 hydrogenated castor oil, hexylene glycol, carbomer, fragrance (parfum), phenoxyethanol, methylparaben, ethylparaben, propylparaben, butylparaben 11	Water (aqua, eau), stearic acid, caprylic/capric triglyceride, fragaria vesca (strawberry) seed, propylene glycol, peg-8 stearate, zea mays (corn) kernel meal, cetyl alcohol, glyceryl isostearate, ppg-2 hydroxyethyl cocamide, chondrus crispus extract, triethanolamine, cetearyl alcohol, ceteareth-20, sodium chloride, fragrance (parfum), methylparaben, propylparaben, diazolidinyl urea, quaternium-15, citric acid, phenoxyethanol, chlorphenesin, sodium dehydroacetate, ci 15985 (yellow 6)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 31

Total Number of ingredients = 25

Water (aqua), alumina, polyethylene, propylene glycol, caprylic/capric triglyceride, ethylhexyl palmitate, cetearyl alcohol, stearic acid, papain, carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil, daucus carota sativa (carrot) seed extract, triticum vulgare (wheat) germ oil, panthenol, sodium cetearyl sulfate, cetyl alcohol, triethanolamine, xanthan gum, tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), lecithin, titanium dioxide/ci 77891, retinyl palmitate (vitamin a), peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, peg-25 hydrogenated castor oil, hexylene glycol, carbomer, fragrance (parfum), phenoxyethanol, methylparaben, ethylparaben, propylparaben, butylparaben

Water (aqua, eau), stearic acid, caprylic/capric triglyceride, fragaria vesca (strawberry) seed, propylene glycol, peg-8 stearate, zea mays (corn) kernel meal, cetyl alcohol, glyceryl isostearate, ppg-2 hydroxyethyl cocamide, chondrus crispus extract, triethanolamine, cetearyl alcohol, ceteareth-20, sodium chloride, fragrance (parfum), methylparaben, propylparaben, diazolidinyl urea, quaternium-15, citric acid, phenoxyethanol, chlorphenesin, sodium dehydroacetate, ci 15985 (yellow 6)

Notable ingredients

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Strawberry Face Scrub

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil, Tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e)

Cell-signaling ingredient: Retinyl palmitate (vitamin a)

Solvent: Water (aqua, eau), Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Propylene glycol

Abrasive: Zea mays (corn) kernel meal

Anti-microbial: Chlorphenesin, Phenoxyethanol, Quaternium-15

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Ingredients with their functions

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Strawberry Face Scrub

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.

Alumina

Function: Viscosity controlling, Abrasive, Absorbent

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

Polyethylene

Function: Film forming, Viscosity controlling, Abrasive

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