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Skin Refining Cleanser

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Calm + Restore Gentle Nourishing Oat Face Cleanser

Product category and function

Skin Refining Cleanser

Calm + Restore Gentle Nourishing Oat Face 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

Skin Refining Cleanser

Calm + Restore Gentle Nourishing Oat Face Cleanser

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

Skin Refining Cleanser

Calm + Restore Gentle Nourishing Oat Face Cleanser

No. of common ingredients = 0
Total Number of ingredients = 17	Total Number of ingredients = 16
Water/aqua/eau, stearic acid, glycerin, myristic acid, potassium hydroxide, butylene glycol, lauric acid, phytelephas aequatorialis seed powder, poloxamer 188, sodium caseinate, peg-40 castor oil, phenoxyethanol, sodium laureth sulfate, diazolidinyl urea, tetrasodium edta, disodium edta, zinc sulfate 6	Water, glycerin, butylene glycol, avena sativa (oat) kernel flour, polysorbate 20, poloxamer 188, zea mays (corn) starch, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, phenoxyethanol, disodium edta, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium polyacrylate, sodium hydroxide, chrysanthemum parthenium (feverfew) flower/leaf/stem juice, sodium hyaluronate

Notable ingredients

Skin Refining Cleanser

Calm + Restore Gentle Nourishing Oat Face Cleanser

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Butylene glycol, Glycerin

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol, Zinc sulfate

Astringent: Zinc sulfate

Antioxidant: Chrysanthemum parthenium (feverfew) flower/leaf/stem juice

Solvent: Water, Butylene glycol, Glycerin

Abrasive: Avena sativa (oat) kernel flour, Zea mays (corn) starch

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Ingredients with their functions

Skin Refining Cleanser

Calm + Restore Gentle Nourishing Oat Face Cleanser

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.

Stearic acid

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing, Emulsion stabilizing

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

Glycerin

Also-called: Glycerol | Function: Skin-identical ingredient, Viscosity controlling, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent