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Checks and Balances Frothy Face Wash

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Merle Norman
Skin Refining Cleanser

Product category and function

Checks and Balances Frothy Face Wash

Skin Refining 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

Checks and Balances Frothy Face Wash

Skin Refining 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

Checks and Balances Frothy Face Wash

Skin Refining Cleanser

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua/eau), myristic acid, glycerin, behenic acid, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, palmitic acid, potassium hydroxide, lauric acid, stearic acid, anthemis nobilis flower oil, mentha viridis (spearmint) leaf oil, pelargonium graveolens flower oil, lavandula hybrida oil, citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) fruit oil, styrax benzoin gum, linalool, limonene, tourmaline, laminaria saccharina extract, hydrolyzed wheat protein, ethylhexylglycerin, tocopherol, cetearyl alcohol, polyquaternium-7, butylene glycol, disodium edta, peg-3 distearate, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol 9	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

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 29

Total Number of ingredients = 17

Water (aqua/eau), myristic acid, glycerin, behenic acid, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, palmitic acid, potassium hydroxide, lauric acid, stearic acid, anthemis nobilis flower oil, mentha viridis (spearmint) leaf oil, pelargonium graveolens flower oil, lavandula hybrida oil, citrus aurantium bergamia (bergamot) fruit oil, styrax benzoin gum, linalool, limonene, tourmaline, laminaria saccharina extract, hydrolyzed wheat protein, ethylhexylglycerin, tocopherol, cetearyl alcohol, polyquaternium-7, butylene glycol, disodium edta, peg-3 distearate, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol

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

Notable ingredients

Checks and Balances Frothy Face Wash

Skin Refining Cleanser

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

Solvent: Water (aqua/eau), Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol, Zinc sulfate

Astringent: Zinc sulfate

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Ingredients with their functions

Checks and Balances Frothy Face Wash

Skin Refining 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.

Myristic acid

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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