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Rose All Day Moisturizer

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Skin Recovery Light Moisturizer

Product category and function

Rose All Day Moisturizer

Skin Recovery Light Moisturizer

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

Rose All Day Moisturizer

Skin Recovery Light Moisturizer

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

Rose All Day Moisturizer

Skin Recovery Light Moisturizer

No. of common ingredients = 0
Homosalate (5%), avobenzone (3%), octinoxate (7.5%), octocrylene (3.6%), water/eau, rosa damascena flower water, skin protecting, skin conditioning, masking, diethylhexyl 2, 6-naphthalate, caprylic/capric triglyceride, dimethicone, stearyl alcohol, tribehenin, glycerin, steareth-2, steareth-20, hydrogenated coco-glycerides, octyldodecanol, pullulan, phenoxyethanol, dimethiconol, fragrance/parfum, polysorbate 20, xanthan gum, caprylyl glycol, terminalia ferdinandiana fruit extract, ethylhexylglycerin, hexylene glycol, tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, tocopheryl acetate, lycium barbarum fruit extract, potassium sorbate, citric acid, sodium benzoate, leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate, bht, mica, red 40 (ci 16035), titanium dioxide (ci 77891) (1811-1) 11	Water, glycerin, isododecane, propanediol, polymethylsilsesquioxane, squalane, caprylic/capric triglyceride, panthenol, cocos nucifera (coconut) fruit extract, cetyl alcohol, dimethicone, polysorbate 20, sucrose stearate, phenoxyethanol, sea water, taurine, xanthan gum, behenyl behenate, arginine, tribehenin, caprylyl glycol, chlorphenesin, tocopherol, tocopheryl acetate, sodium sulfite, disodium edta, citric acid, sodium hydroxide, sodium hyaluronate, glycine

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 41

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Homosalate (5%), avobenzone (3%), octinoxate (7.5%), octocrylene (3.6%), water/eau, rosa damascena flower water, skin protecting, skin conditioning, masking, diethylhexyl 2, 6-naphthalate, caprylic/capric triglyceride, dimethicone, stearyl alcohol, tribehenin, glycerin, steareth-2, steareth-20, hydrogenated coco-glycerides, octyldodecanol, pullulan, phenoxyethanol, dimethiconol, fragrance/parfum, polysorbate 20, xanthan gum, caprylyl glycol, terminalia ferdinandiana fruit extract, ethylhexylglycerin, hexylene glycol, tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, tocopheryl acetate, lycium barbarum fruit extract, potassium sorbate, citric acid, sodium benzoate, leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate, bht, mica, red 40 (ci 16035), titanium dioxide (ci 77891) (1811-1)

Water, glycerin, isododecane, propanediol, polymethylsilsesquioxane, squalane, caprylic/capric triglyceride, panthenol, cocos nucifera (coconut) fruit extract, cetyl alcohol, dimethicone, polysorbate 20, sucrose stearate, phenoxyethanol, sea water, taurine, xanthan gum, behenyl behenate, arginine, tribehenin, caprylyl glycol, chlorphenesin, tocopherol, tocopheryl acetate, sodium sulfite, disodium edta, citric acid, sodium hydroxide, sodium hyaluronate, glycine

Notable ingredients

Rose All Day Moisturizer

Skin Recovery Light Moisturizer

Sunscreen/UV filter: Avobenzone (3%), Octinoxate (7.5%), Homosalate (5%), Titanium dioxide (ci 77891) (1811-1), Octocrylene (3.6%)

Antioxidant: Bht, Tocopheryl acetate, Terminalia ferdinandiana fruit extract, Tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate

Solvent: Water/eau, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Glycerin, Hexylene glycol, Octyldodecanol

Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Tocopherol, Tocopheryl acetate, Sodium sulfite

Solvent: Water, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Glycerin, Propanediol, Sea water, Isododecane

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Ingredients with their functions

Rose All Day Moisturizer

Skin Recovery Light Moisturizer

Homosalate (5%)

Function: Sunscreen/UV filter

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

Avobenzone (3%)

Also-called: Avobenzone | Function: Sunscreen/UV filter

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

Octinoxate (7.5%)

Also-called: Octinoxate, Octyl Methoxycinnamate | Function: Sunscreen/UV filter

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.

Glycerin

Also-called: Glycerol | Function: Skin-identical ingredient, Viscosity controlling, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent