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Resist Perfectly Balanced Foaming Cleanser

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Botanical Kinetics All Sensitive Cleanser

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Resist Perfectly Balanced Foaming Cleanser

Botanical Kinetics All Sensitive 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

Resist Perfectly Balanced Foaming Cleanser

Botanical Kinetics All Sensitive 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 cruelty-free

Full ingredient list

Resist Perfectly Balanced Foaming Cleanser

Botanical Kinetics All Sensitive Cleanser

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, sodium lauroamphoacetate, sodium cocoyl isethionate, stearic acid, glycerin, glycol distearate, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, acrylates copolymer, cetearyl alcohol, sodium hyaluronate, ceramide np, ceramide ap, ceramide eop, phytosphingosine, phospholipids, sphingolipids, lecithin, arginine, cholesterol, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, disodium edta, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, sodium lauroyl lactylate, xanthan gum, carbomer, hexylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol 8	Water/aqua/eau, cetearyl alcohol, adansonia digitata (baobob) seed oil, cetearyl olivate, coco-caprylate/caprate, glycerin, sorbitan olivate, algae extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) extract, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, tocopherol, arginine, salicylic acid, cetyl alcohol, hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, sodium hyaluronate, caprylyl glycol, sodium phytate, phenoxyethanol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 29

Total Number of ingredients = 19

Water, sodium lauroamphoacetate, sodium cocoyl isethionate, stearic acid, glycerin, glycol distearate, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, acrylates copolymer, cetearyl alcohol, sodium hyaluronate, ceramide np, ceramide ap, ceramide eop, phytosphingosine, phospholipids, sphingolipids, lecithin, arginine, cholesterol, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, disodium edta, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, sodium lauroyl lactylate, xanthan gum, carbomer, hexylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol

Water/aqua/eau, cetearyl alcohol, adansonia digitata (baobob) seed oil, cetearyl olivate, coco-caprylate/caprate, glycerin, sorbitan olivate, algae extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) extract, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, tocopherol, arginine, salicylic acid, cetyl alcohol, hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, sodium hyaluronate, caprylyl glycol, sodium phytate, phenoxyethanol

Notable ingredients

Resist Perfectly Balanced Foaming Cleanser

Botanical Kinetics All Sensitive Cleanser

Solvent: Water, Glycerin, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, Hexylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Sodium hydroxide

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

Exfoliant: Salicylic acid

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Ingredients with their functions

Resist Perfectly Balanced Foaming Cleanser

Botanical Kinetics All Sensitive Cleanser

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 lauroamphoacetate

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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

Sodium cocoyl isethionate

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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