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Kiehl's
Ultra Facial Cleanser

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Purifying Foaming Facial Cleanser for Normal to Oily Skin

Product category and function

Ultra Facial Cleanser

Purifying Foaming Facial Cleanser for Normal to Oily Skin

Face Cleansers	Face Cleansers
Water-based foaming and gel cleansers for the face.	Water-based foaming and gel cleansers for the face.
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Ingredient highlights

Ultra Facial Cleanser

Purifying Foaming Facial Cleanser for Normal to Oily Skin

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

Ultra Facial Cleanser

Purifying Foaming Facial Cleanser for Normal to Oily Skin

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua/water, sodium laureth sulfate, decyl glucoside, glycerin, cocamidopropyl betaine, disodium cocoamphodiacetate, acrylates copolymer, lauryl glucoside, peg-200 hydrogenated glyceryl palmate, triethanolamine, sodium chloride, pentylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, sodium hydroxide, citric acid, hexylene glycol, behenyl alcohol, distearyl ether, sodium benzoate, laureth-2, squalane, prunus amygdalus dulcis oil (sweet almond oil), prunus armeniaca kernel oil (apricot kernel oil), tocopherol, ascorbyl glucoside, persea gratissima oil (avocado oil) 8	Water, glycerin, coco-betaine, sodium lauroyl methyl isethionate, propanediol, peg-120 methyl glucose dioleate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, citric acid, ceramide np, niacinamide, disodium edta, capryloyl glycine, caprylyl glycol, acrylates copolymer, chlorphenesin, phenoxyethanol, peg-150 distearate, sodium benzoate

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 27

Total Number of ingredients = 19

Aqua/water, sodium laureth sulfate, decyl glucoside, glycerin, cocamidopropyl betaine, disodium cocoamphodiacetate, acrylates copolymer, lauryl glucoside, peg-200 hydrogenated glyceryl palmate, triethanolamine, sodium chloride, pentylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, sodium hydroxide, citric acid, hexylene glycol, behenyl alcohol, distearyl ether, sodium benzoate, laureth-2, squalane, prunus amygdalus dulcis oil (sweet almond oil), prunus armeniaca kernel oil (apricot kernel oil), tocopherol, ascorbyl glucoside, persea gratissima oil (avocado oil)

Water, glycerin, coco-betaine, sodium lauroyl methyl isethionate, propanediol, peg-120 methyl glucose dioleate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, citric acid, ceramide np, niacinamide, disodium edta, capryloyl glycine, caprylyl glycol, acrylates copolymer, chlorphenesin, phenoxyethanol, peg-150 distearate, sodium benzoate

Notable ingredients

Ultra Facial Cleanser

Purifying Foaming Facial Cleanser for Normal to Oily Skin

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl glucoside, Tocopherol

Solvent: Aqua/water, Glycerin, Hexylene glycol, Pentylene glycol, Peg-200 hydrogenated glyceryl palmate

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Anti-acne: Niacinamide

Soothing: Niacinamide

Skin brightening: Niacinamide

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Ingredients with their functions

Ultra Facial Cleanser

Purifying Foaming Facial Cleanser for Normal to Oily Skin

Aqua/water

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.

Sodium laureth sulfate

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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

Decyl glucoside

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing, Emulsion stabilizing

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