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Skin Recovery Replenishing Moisturizer

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Butter Drench™ Restorative Rich Cream

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Skin Recovery Replenishing Moisturizer

Butter Drench™ Restorative Rich Cream

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

Skin Recovery Replenishing Moisturizer

Butter Drench™ Restorative Rich Cream

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Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free

Full ingredient list

Skin Recovery Replenishing Moisturizer

Butter Drench™ Restorative Rich Cream

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, cetearyl ethylhexanoate, butylene glycol, glycereth-26, oenothera biennis oil, cetyl alcohol, neopentyl glycol diheptanoate, cyclopentasiloxane, stearic acid, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, glycerin, cyclohexasiloxane, dimethicone, panthenol, palmitoyl tripeptide-1, palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7, sodium hyaluronate, tocopheryl acetate, (alpha-) tocopherol, magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, ascorbyl palmitate, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, sodium pca, anthemis nobilis flower extract, aloe barbadensis leaf juice powder, sodium ascorbyl phosphate, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, saccharide isomerate, hydroxypropyl guar, allantoin, rosa moschata seed oil , polysorbate 20, cetyl hydroxyethylcellulose, carbomer, sodium citrate, trisodium edta, batyl alcohol, sodium hydroxide, phenoxyethanol, chlorphenesin, benzoic acid, sorbic acid 16	Shea butter, water (aqua/eau), glycerin, butylene glycol, dimethicone, pentaerythrityl tetraethylhexanoate, propanediol, tricaprylin, glyceryl stearate se, cetyl alcohol, silica, myristyl myristate, peg-100 stearate, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax (cera carnauba/cire de carnauba), hydrogenated polyisobutene, hydrogenated polydecene, behenyl alcohol, dimethylacrylamide/sodium acryloyldimethyltaurate crosspolymer, isostearic acid, stearyl alcohol, urea, glucosamine hcl, algae extract, saccharomyces cerevisiae extract, sodium pca, allantoin, ethylhexylglycerin, lauryl betaine, sodium citrate, disodium edta, sorbitan tristearate, phytosteryl/octyldodecyl lauroyl glutamate, alcohol, citric acid, carbomer, polysorbate 20, sodium hyaluronate, hypericum erectum extract, palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7, palmitoyl tripeptide-1, ceramide np, tocopherol, fragrance (parfum), geraniol, limonene, linalool, citral, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 45

Total Number of ingredients = 50

Water, cetearyl ethylhexanoate, butylene glycol, glycereth-26, oenothera biennis oil, cetyl alcohol, neopentyl glycol diheptanoate, cyclopentasiloxane, stearic acid, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, glycerin, cyclohexasiloxane, dimethicone, panthenol, palmitoyl tripeptide-1, palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7, sodium hyaluronate, tocopheryl acetate, (alpha-) tocopherol, magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, ascorbyl palmitate, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, sodium pca, anthemis nobilis flower extract, aloe barbadensis leaf juice powder, sodium ascorbyl phosphate, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, saccharide isomerate, hydroxypropyl guar, allantoin, rosa moschata seed oil , polysorbate 20, cetyl hydroxyethylcellulose, carbomer, sodium citrate, trisodium edta, batyl alcohol, sodium hydroxide, phenoxyethanol, chlorphenesin, benzoic acid, sorbic acid

Shea butter, water (aqua/eau), glycerin, butylene glycol, dimethicone, pentaerythrityl tetraethylhexanoate, propanediol, tricaprylin, glyceryl stearate se, cetyl alcohol, silica, myristyl myristate, peg-100 stearate, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax (cera carnauba/cire de carnauba), hydrogenated polyisobutene, hydrogenated polydecene, behenyl alcohol, dimethylacrylamide/sodium acryloyldimethyltaurate crosspolymer, isostearic acid, stearyl alcohol, urea, glucosamine hcl, algae extract, saccharomyces cerevisiae extract, sodium pca, allantoin, ethylhexylglycerin, lauryl betaine, sodium citrate, disodium edta, sorbitan tristearate, phytosteryl/octyldodecyl lauroyl glutamate, alcohol, citric acid, carbomer, polysorbate 20, sodium hyaluronate, hypericum erectum extract, palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7, palmitoyl tripeptide-1, ceramide np, tocopherol, fragrance (parfum), geraniol, limonene, linalool, citral, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol

Notable ingredients

Skin Recovery Replenishing Moisturizer

Butter Drench™ Restorative Rich Cream

Soothing: Allantoin, Panthenol

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl palmitate, Magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Sodium ascorbyl phosphate, (alpha-) tocopherol, Tocopheryl acetate

Cell-signaling ingredient: Palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7

Soothing: Allantoin

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

Cell-signaling ingredient: Palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7

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Ingredients with their functions

Skin Recovery Replenishing Moisturizer

Butter Drench™ Restorative Rich Cream

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.

Cetearyl ethylhexanoate

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning

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

Butylene glycol

Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent

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