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Essential C Cleanser

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Skintelligent Cleanser

Product category and function

Essential C Cleanser

Skintelligent 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

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Skintelligent 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

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No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, cocamidopropyl betaine, disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, glycerin, butylene glycol, aminomethyl propanol, polysorbate 20, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, panthenol, phospholipids, tocopheryl acetate, retinyl palmitate, ascorbyl palmitate, ascorbic acid, chitosan, rice amino acids, zinc aspartate, allantoin, sodium pca, lactose, cellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, propyl gallate, disodium edta, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, chlorphenesin, limonene, linalool, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) oil, citrus nobilis (mandarin orange) peel oil, ocimum basilicum (basil) oil, citrus grandis (grapefruit) peel oil, ferula galbaniflua (galbanum) resin oil, fragrance (parfum), iron oxides (ci 77492), vitamin a, vitamin c, vitamin e 13	Aqua/water/eau, decyl glucoside, phytelephas aequatorialis seed powder, methyl gluceth-20, glycerin, disodium cocoamphodiacetate, 1,2-hexanediol, lactose, mannitol, cellulose, ascorbyl palmitate, retinyl palmitate, tocopheryl acetate, triethyl citrate, mica (ci 77019), acrylates/ammonium methacrylate copolymer, hydroxyacetophenone, microcrystalline cellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, xanthan gum, aminomethyl propanol, disodium edta, fragrance (parfum), talc, iron oxides (ci 77489, ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499), titanium dioxide (ci 77891)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 39

Total Number of ingredients = 27

Water/aqua/eau, cocamidopropyl betaine, disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, glycerin, butylene glycol, aminomethyl propanol, polysorbate 20, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, panthenol, phospholipids, tocopheryl acetate, retinyl palmitate, ascorbyl palmitate, ascorbic acid, chitosan, rice amino acids, zinc aspartate, allantoin, sodium pca, lactose, cellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, propyl gallate, disodium edta, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, chlorphenesin, limonene, linalool, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) oil, citrus nobilis (mandarin orange) peel oil, ocimum basilicum (basil) oil, citrus grandis (grapefruit) peel oil, ferula galbaniflua (galbanum) resin oil, fragrance (parfum), iron oxides (ci 77492), vitamin a, vitamin c, vitamin e

Aqua/water/eau, decyl glucoside, phytelephas aequatorialis seed powder, methyl gluceth-20, glycerin, disodium cocoamphodiacetate, 1,2-hexanediol, lactose, mannitol, cellulose, ascorbyl palmitate, retinyl palmitate, tocopheryl acetate, triethyl citrate, mica (ci 77019), acrylates/ammonium methacrylate copolymer, hydroxyacetophenone, microcrystalline cellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, xanthan gum, aminomethyl propanol, disodium edta, fragrance (parfum), talc, iron oxides (ci 77489, ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499), titanium dioxide (ci 77891)

Notable ingredients

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Skintelligent Cleanser

Anti-acne: Vitamin a

Soothing: Allantoin, Panthenol

Skin brightening: Vitamin a

Sunscreen/UV filter: Titanium dioxide (ci 77891)

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl palmitate, Hydroxyacetophenone, Tocopheryl acetate

Cell-signaling ingredient: Retinyl palmitate

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Ingredients with their functions

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Skintelligent 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.

Cocamidopropyl betaine

Function: Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning

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

Disodium laureth sulfosuccinate

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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