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Clinical Kinetin+ Hydrating Cream

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Merle Norman
Moisture Emulsion

Product category and function

Clinical Kinetin+ Hydrating Cream

Moisture Emulsion

Regular Moisturizers	Regular Moisturizers
Creams and lotions for daily hydration, some of which include ingredients to address specific...	Creams and lotions for daily hydration, some of which include ingredients to address specific...
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Ingredient highlights

Clinical Kinetin+ Hydrating Cream

Moisture Emulsion

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

Clinical Kinetin+ Hydrating Cream

Moisture Emulsion

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, glyceryl stearate, propylene glycol, octyldodecyl myristate, stearic acid, cetyl alcohol, peg-12 glyceryl dimyristate, stearyl alcohol, lactobacillus ferment, glycine soja (soybean) sterols, phenoxyethanol, laureth-23, dimethicone, carbomer, tocopheryl acetate, ethoxydiglycol, sodium hydroxide, ethylhexylglycerin, kinetin, zeatin, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, disodium edta, panthenol, citric acid, ascorbic acid, hydrolyzed elastin, soluble collagen, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, hydrochloric acid 8	Aqua/water/eau, mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum), propylene glycol, acetylated lanolin, cetyl alcohol, myristyl lactate, myristyl alcohol, laneth-16, ceteth-16, oleth-16, steareth-16, lanolin alcohol, glyceryl stearate, carbomer, peg-75, stearic acid, sodium hydroxide, phenoxyethanol, diazolidinyl urea, fragrance (parfum)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 29

Total Number of ingredients = 20

Water, glyceryl stearate, propylene glycol, octyldodecyl myristate, stearic acid, cetyl alcohol, peg-12 glyceryl dimyristate, stearyl alcohol, lactobacillus ferment, glycine soja (soybean) sterols, phenoxyethanol, laureth-23, dimethicone, carbomer, tocopheryl acetate, ethoxydiglycol, sodium hydroxide, ethylhexylglycerin, kinetin, zeatin, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, disodium edta, panthenol, citric acid, ascorbic acid, hydrolyzed elastin, soluble collagen, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, hydrochloric acid

Aqua/water/eau, mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum), propylene glycol, acetylated lanolin, cetyl alcohol, myristyl lactate, myristyl alcohol, laneth-16, ceteth-16, oleth-16, steareth-16, lanolin alcohol, glyceryl stearate, carbomer, peg-75, stearic acid, sodium hydroxide, phenoxyethanol, diazolidinyl urea, fragrance (parfum)

Notable ingredients

Clinical Kinetin+ Hydrating Cream

Moisture Emulsion

Soothing: Panthenol, Lactobacillus ferment

Antioxidant: Ascorbic acid, Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tocopheryl acetate

Solvent: Water, Ethoxydiglycol, Propylene glycol

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum), Peg-75, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Sodium hydroxide

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Ingredients with their functions

Clinical Kinetin+ Hydrating Cream

Moisture Emulsion

Water

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.

Glyceryl stearate

Also-called: Glycerol monostearate, GMS | Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning

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.