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Philosophy
Vanilla Birthday Cake Hydrating Shower Gel

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Sensitive Calm Body Wash

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Product category and function

Vanilla Birthday Cake Hydrating Shower Gel

Sensitive Calm Body Wash

Shower Gel & Body Wash	Shower Gel & Body Wash
Liquid cleansers to refresh and cleanse the skin.	Liquid cleansers to refresh and cleanse the skin.
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Ingredient highlights

Vanilla Birthday Cake Hydrating Shower Gel

Sensitive Calm Body Wash

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free cruelty-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free

Full ingredient list

Vanilla Birthday Cake Hydrating Shower Gel

Sensitive Calm Body Wash

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua/eau), sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate, glycerin, lauryl betaine, propanediol, acrylates copolymer, ppg-2 hydroxyethyl cocamide, disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, coco-glucoside, fragrance (parfum), glycol distearate, butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, hydroxyacetophenone, sodium chloride, sodium benzoate, citric acid, polyquaternium-7, sodium hydroxide, saccharide isomerate, niacinamide, pentylene glycol, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, benzoic acid, sodium citrate, yellow 5 (ci 19140), red 4 (ci 14700). 8	Water, cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium myreth sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, coco-glucoside, sodium chloride, cannabis sativa seed oil, tocopherol, glycerin, glycol distearate, hydrogenated castor oil, citric acid, benzoic acid, sodium benzoate

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 26

Total Number of ingredients = 14

Water (aqua/eau), sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate, glycerin, lauryl betaine, propanediol, acrylates copolymer, ppg-2 hydroxyethyl cocamide, disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, coco-glucoside, fragrance (parfum), glycol distearate, butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, hydroxyacetophenone, sodium chloride, sodium benzoate, citric acid, polyquaternium-7, sodium hydroxide, saccharide isomerate, niacinamide, pentylene glycol, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, benzoic acid, sodium citrate, yellow 5 (ci 19140), red 4 (ci 14700).

Water, cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium myreth sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, coco-glucoside, sodium chloride, cannabis sativa seed oil, tocopherol, glycerin, glycol distearate, hydrogenated castor oil, citric acid, benzoic acid, sodium benzoate

Notable ingredients

Vanilla Birthday Cake Hydrating Shower Gel

Sensitive Calm Body Wash

Anti-acne: Niacinamide

Sunscreen/UV filter: Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane

Soothing: Niacinamide

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

Solvent: Water, Glycerin

Buffering: Citric acid

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Ingredients with their functions

Vanilla Birthday Cake Hydrating Shower Gel

Sensitive Calm Body Wash

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.

Sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate

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