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Merle Norman
Skin Refining Cleanser

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Estee Lauder
Perfectly Clean Multi Action Foam Cleanser/Purifying Mask

Product category and function

Skin Refining Cleanser

Perfectly Clean Multi Action Foam Cleanser/Purifying Mask

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

Perfectly Clean Multi Action Foam Cleanser/Purifying Mask

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

Perfectly Clean Multi Action Foam Cleanser/Purifying Mask

No. of common ingredients = 0
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 7	Water/aqua/eau, myristic acid, glycerin, behenic acid, potassium hydroxide, palmitic acid, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, lauric acid, stearic acid, sucrose, montmorillonite, silybum marianum (lady's thistle) extract, gentiana lutea (gentian) root extract, algae extract, sodium hyaluronate, sorbitol, caffeine, zinc pca, peg-3 distearate, kaolin, fragrance (parfum), disodium edta, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone.

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 17

Total Number of ingredients = 24

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

Water/aqua/eau, myristic acid, glycerin, behenic acid, potassium hydroxide, palmitic acid, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, lauric acid, stearic acid, sucrose, montmorillonite, silybum marianum (lady's thistle) extract, gentiana lutea (gentian) root extract, algae extract, sodium hyaluronate, sorbitol, caffeine, zinc pca, peg-3 distearate, kaolin, fragrance (parfum), disodium edta, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone.

Notable ingredients

Skin Refining Cleanser

Perfectly Clean Multi Action Foam Cleanser/Purifying Mask

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

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol, Zinc sulfate

Astringent: Zinc sulfate

Soothing: Silybum marianum (lady's thistle) extract, Sucrose

Antioxidant: Caffeine, Silybum marianum (lady's thistle) extract

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Glycerin

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Ingredients with their functions

Skin Refining Cleanser

Perfectly Clean Multi Action Foam Cleanser/Purifying Mask

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