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Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

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Pitera™ Facial Treatment Cleanser

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Product category and function

Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

Pitera™ Facial Treatment 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

Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

Pitera™ Facial Treatment 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

Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

Pitera™ Facial Treatment Cleanser

No. of common ingredients = 0
Total Number of ingredients = 18	Total Number of ingredients = 16
Salicylic acid (0.5%), water, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, acrylates/steareth-20 methacrylate copolymer, glycerin, peg-200 hydrogenated glyceryl palmate, sodium laureth sulfate, arginine, butylene glycol, peg-7 glyceryl cocoate, panthenol, disodium edta, citric acid, peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, sodium citrate, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, chlorphenesin 7	Water, galactomyces ferment filtrate (pitera), butylene glycol, polysorbate 20, glycerin, sodium hyaluronate, peg-150, cellulose gum, disodium edta, citric acid, salicylic acid, lactic acid, malic acid, sodium citrate, sodium benzoate, methylparaben

Notable ingredients

Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

Pitera™ Facial Treatment Cleanser

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid (0.5%)

Soothing: Panthenol

Exfoliant: Salicylic acid (0.5%)

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid

Exfoliant: Malic acid, Salicylic acid, Lactic acid

Solvent: Water, Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Peg-150

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Ingredients with their functions

Clear Pore Normalizing Cleanser

Pitera™ Facial Treatment Cleanser

Salicylic acid (0.5%)

Function: Anti-acne, Skin conditioning, Preservative, Keratolytic, Exfoliant

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

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.

Sodium lauroyl sarcosinate

Function: Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning

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