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Extra Strength Daily Skin Clearing Treatment With 5% Benzoyl Peroxide

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Product category and function

Extra Strength Daily Skin Clearing Treatment With 5% Benzoyl Peroxide

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Targeted Treatments	Targeted Treatments
Powerful products for targeted use, such as spot treatments.	Powerful products for targeted use, such as spot treatments.
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Ingredient highlights

Extra Strength Daily Skin Clearing Treatment With 5% Benzoyl Peroxide

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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

Extra Strength Daily Skin Clearing Treatment With 5% Benzoyl Peroxide

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No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, benzoyl peroxide, propylene glycol, bisabolol, allantoin, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, hydroxyethylcellulose, sodium citrate, laureth-4, caprylyl glycol, sodium hydroxide, disodium edta, hexylene glycol, phenoxyethanol 6	Benzoyl peroxide (10%), acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, benzalkonium chloride, bisabolol, butylene glycol, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, ethylhexylglycerin, glycerin, methyl methacrylate/glycol dimethacrylate crosspolymer, methylpropanediol, phenoxyethanol, sea whip extract, sodium benzoate, sodium hydroxide, tetrasodium edta, water, zingiber officinale (ginger) root extract.

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 14

Total Number of ingredients = 17

Water, benzoyl peroxide, propylene glycol, bisabolol, allantoin, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, hydroxyethylcellulose, sodium citrate, laureth-4, caprylyl glycol, sodium hydroxide, disodium edta, hexylene glycol, phenoxyethanol

Benzoyl peroxide (10%), acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, benzalkonium chloride, bisabolol, butylene glycol, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, ethylhexylglycerin, glycerin, methyl methacrylate/glycol dimethacrylate crosspolymer, methylpropanediol, phenoxyethanol, sea whip extract, sodium benzoate, sodium hydroxide, tetrasodium edta, water, zingiber officinale (ginger) root extract.

Notable ingredients

Extra Strength Daily Skin Clearing Treatment With 5% Benzoyl Peroxide

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Anti-acne: Benzoyl peroxide

Soothing: Allantoin, Bisabolol

Solvent: Water, Hexylene glycol, Propylene glycol

Anti-acne: Benzoyl peroxide (10%)

Soothing: Bisabolol, Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract

Antioxidant: Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract

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Ingredients with their functions

Extra Strength Daily Skin Clearing Treatment With 5% Benzoyl Peroxide

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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.

Benzoyl peroxide

Function: Anti-acne

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.