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Seaweed Cleansing Soap

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Botanical Kinetics Purifying Creme Cleanser

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Seaweed Cleansing Soap

Botanical Kinetics Purifying Creme Cleanser

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

Seaweed Cleansing Soap

Botanical Kinetics Purifying Creme Cleanser

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

Full ingredient list

Seaweed Cleansing Soap

Botanical Kinetics Purifying Creme Cleanser

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Aqua (water, eau), stearic acid, propylene glycol, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glycerin, peg-8 stearate, glyceryl isostearate, ascophyllum nodosum powder, triethanolamine, parfum (fragrance), sodium laureth sulfate, ppg-2 hydroxyethyl cocamide, cetyl alcohol, fucus vesiculosus (bladderwrack) extract, glyceryl acrylate/acrylic acid copolymer, sodium chloride, methylparaben, propylparaben, diazolidinyl urea, benzyl benzoate, limonene, linalool, hexyl cinnamaldehyde, benzyl salicylate, ci 19140 (yellow 5), ci 42090 (blue 1) 8	Water/aqua/eau, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glycerin, coco-caprylate/caprate, stearic acid, sodium cocoyl isethionate, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, glyceryl stearate, hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, cetyl alcohol, quillaja saponaria (soap bark) bark extract, sorbitan olivate, caprylyl glycol, tocopherol, hydrogenated lecithin, tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, cocamidopropyl pg-dimonium chloride phosphate, stearyl alcohol, xanthan gum, fragrance (parfum), geraniol, linalool, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, phenoxyethanol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 26

Total Number of ingredients = 25

Aqua (water, eau), stearic acid, propylene glycol, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glycerin, peg-8 stearate, glyceryl isostearate, ascophyllum nodosum powder, triethanolamine, parfum (fragrance), sodium laureth sulfate, ppg-2 hydroxyethyl cocamide, cetyl alcohol, fucus vesiculosus (bladderwrack) extract, glyceryl acrylate/acrylic acid copolymer, sodium chloride, methylparaben, propylparaben, diazolidinyl urea, benzyl benzoate, limonene, linalool, hexyl cinnamaldehyde, benzyl salicylate, ci 19140 (yellow 5), ci 42090 (blue 1)

Water/aqua/eau, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glycerin, coco-caprylate/caprate, stearic acid, sodium cocoyl isethionate, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, glyceryl stearate, hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, cetyl alcohol, quillaja saponaria (soap bark) bark extract, sorbitan olivate, caprylyl glycol, tocopherol, hydrogenated lecithin, tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, cocamidopropyl pg-dimonium chloride phosphate, stearyl alcohol, xanthan gum, fragrance (parfum), geraniol, linalool, hydroxycitronellal, limonene, phenoxyethanol

Notable ingredients

Seaweed Cleansing Soap

Botanical Kinetics Purifying Creme Cleanser

Soothing: Fucus vesiculosus (bladderwrack) extract

Solvent: Aqua (water, eau), Benzyl benzoate, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Glycerin, Limonene, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Benzyl benzoate

Antioxidant: Tocopherol, Tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Glycerin, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Seaweed Cleansing Soap

Botanical Kinetics Purifying Creme Cleanser

Aqua (water, 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.

Stearic acid

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing, Emulsion stabilizing

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

Propylene glycol

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

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