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Facial Cleanser

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Skin Balancing Gel Cleanser For Combination Skin

Product category and function

Facial Cleanser

Skin Balancing Gel Cleanser For Combination Skin

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

Facial Cleanser

Skin Balancing Gel Cleanser For Combination Skin

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

Facial Cleanser

Skin Balancing Gel Cleanser For Combination Skin

No. of common ingredients = 0
Total Number of ingredients = 17	Total Number of ingredients = 12
Water/aqua/eau, disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, sodium lauryl sulfoacetate, peg-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate, camellia oleifera leaf extract, glycerin, panthenol, butylene glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, peg-6 caprylic/capric glycerides, disodium edta, phenoxyethanol, potassium sorbate, fragrance (parfum), blue 1 (ci 42090), yellow 10 (ci 47005) 5	Water, sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, sorbitol, gluconolactone, sodium benzoate, sodium hydroxide, potassium acrylates copolymer, disodium edta, fragrance, glycerin, aloe barbadensis leaf extract

Notable ingredients

Facial Cleanser

Skin Balancing Gel Cleanser For Combination Skin

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Butylene glycol, Glycerin

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Exfoliant: Gluconolactone

Solvent: Water, Glycerin

Buffering: Sodium hydroxide

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Ingredients with their functions

Facial Cleanser

Skin Balancing Gel Cleanser For Combination Skin

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.

Disodium laureth sulfosuccinate

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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

Cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine

Function: Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning

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