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African Black Soap Bar Soap

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Acne Solutions Cleansing Bar For Face And Body

Product category and function

African Black Soap Bar Soap

Acne Solutions Cleansing Bar For Face And Body

Bar Soaps	Bar Soaps
Solid cleansers.	Solid cleansers.
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Ingredient highlights

African Black Soap Bar Soap

Acne Solutions Cleansing Bar For Face And Body

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

African Black Soap Bar Soap

Acne Solutions Cleansing Bar For Face And Body

No. of common ingredients = 0
Sodium palmate, sodium cocoate, sodium palm kernelate, water (african black soap base), glycerin, fragrance (essential oil blend), butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, sodium chloride, avena sativa (oat) kernel meal, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, plantago major leaf extract, tocopheryl acetate, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, tetrasodium etidronate, charcoal, pentasodium pentetate, iron oxides 6	Sodium palmate, sodium cocoate, water/aqua/eau, palmitic acid, salicylic acid, cocamidopropyl dimethylamine, glyceryl stearate, zea mays (corn) starch, hydrolyzed corn starch, glycerin, caffeine, zinc pca, ppg-26/dimer dilinoleate copolymer, polyquaternium-67, hydrolyzed corn starch octenylsuccinate, sodium chloride, tetrasodium edta, tetrasodium etidronate, chlorphenesin, titanium dioxide

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 17

Total Number of ingredients = 20

Sodium palmate, sodium cocoate, sodium palm kernelate, water (african black soap base), glycerin, fragrance (essential oil blend), butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, sodium chloride, avena sativa (oat) kernel meal, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, plantago major leaf extract, tocopheryl acetate, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, tetrasodium etidronate, charcoal, pentasodium pentetate, iron oxides

Sodium palmate, sodium cocoate, water/aqua/eau, palmitic acid, salicylic acid, cocamidopropyl dimethylamine, glyceryl stearate, zea mays (corn) starch, hydrolyzed corn starch, glycerin, caffeine, zinc pca, ppg-26/dimer dilinoleate copolymer, polyquaternium-67, hydrolyzed corn starch octenylsuccinate, sodium chloride, tetrasodium edta, tetrasodium etidronate, chlorphenesin, titanium dioxide

Notable ingredients

African Black Soap Bar Soap

Acne Solutions Cleansing Bar For Face And Body

Soothing: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract

Antioxidant: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, Tocopheryl acetate

Solvent: Water (african black soap base), Glycerin

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid

Sunscreen/UV filter: Titanium dioxide

Antioxidant: Caffeine

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Ingredients with their functions

African Black Soap Bar Soap

Acne Solutions Cleansing Bar For Face And Body

Sodium palmate

Function: Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing

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

Sodium cocoate

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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

Sodium palm kernelate

Function: Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing

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

Sodium palmate

Function: Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing

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

Sodium cocoate

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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

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.