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Gentle Polish

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Honey Black Sugar Scrub

Product category and function

Gentle Polish

Honey Black Sugar Scrub

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

Gentle Polish

Honey Black Sugar 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

Gentle Polish

Honey Black Sugar Scrub

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, cyclopentasiloxane, hydrogenated jojoba oil, butyrospermum parkii (shea butter), glycerin, cetyl alcohol, paraffin, glyceryl stearate, mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum), peg-100 stearate, talc, peg-8 stearate, honey extract (mel), prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, stearic acid, sodium laureth sulfate, polysorbate 60, hydroxyethylcellulose, disodium edta, carbomer, butylene glycol, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, methylparaben, propylparaben, methicone, fragrance (parfum) 8	Glycerin, sucrose(20.097%), sodium chloride, isopropyl myristate, glycereth-26, trihydroxystearin, peg-32, peg-6, synthetic beeswax, honey(1000 ppm), black strap powder(30 ppm), polysorbate 60, polyglyceryl-10 behenate/eicosadioate, lecithin, dextrin, caramel, carbomer, purified water, butylene glycol, carica papaya (papaya) fruit extract, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, fragrance, benzyl alcohol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 27

Total Number of ingredients = 24

Water/aqua/eau, cyclopentasiloxane, hydrogenated jojoba oil, butyrospermum parkii (shea butter), glycerin, cetyl alcohol, paraffin, glyceryl stearate, mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum), peg-100 stearate, talc, peg-8 stearate, honey extract (mel), prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, stearic acid, sodium laureth sulfate, polysorbate 60, hydroxyethylcellulose, disodium edta, carbomer, butylene glycol, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, methylparaben, propylparaben, methicone, fragrance (parfum)

Glycerin, sucrose(20.097%), sodium chloride, isopropyl myristate, glycereth-26, trihydroxystearin, peg-32, peg-6, synthetic beeswax, honey(1000 ppm), black strap powder(30 ppm), polysorbate 60, polyglyceryl-10 behenate/eicosadioate, lecithin, dextrin, caramel, carbomer, purified water, butylene glycol, carica papaya (papaya) fruit extract, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, fragrance, benzyl alcohol

Notable ingredients

Gentle Polish

Honey Black Sugar Scrub

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Butylene glycol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum)

Abrasive: Hydrogenated jojoba oil, Talc

Absorbent: Talc

Soothing: Honey(1000 ppm), Sucrose(20.097%)

Solvent: Purified water, Benzyl alcohol, Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Peg-6, Peg-32

Absorbent: Dextrin

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Ingredients with their functions

Gentle Polish

Honey Black Sugar Scrub

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.

Cyclopentasiloxane

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning, Solvent

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

Hydrogenated jojoba oil

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning, Abrasive

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