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St. Ives
Acne Control Tea Tree Daily Cleanser

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Mario Badescu
Seaweed Cleansing Soap

Product category and function

Acne Control Tea Tree Daily Cleanser

Seaweed Cleansing Soap

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

Acne Control Tea Tree Daily Cleanser

Seaweed Cleansing Soap

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

Acne Control Tea Tree Daily Cleanser

Seaweed Cleansing Soap

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua), sodium laureth sulfate, glycerin, cocamidopropyl betaine, propylene glycol, disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, fragrance (parfum), phenoxyethanol, ammonium chloride, peg-150 distearate, menthyl lactate, disodium edta, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) flower/leaf/stem extract, alpha-isomethyl ionone, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, limonene, linalool, yellow 5 (ci 19140), blue 1 (ci 42090), red 33 (ci 17200) 9	Aqua (water, eau), stearic acid, propylene glycol, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glycerin, peg-8 stearate, glyceryl isostearate, ascophyllum nodosum powder, triethanolamine, parfum (fragrance), sodium laureth sulfate, ppg-2 hydroxyethyl cocamide, cetyl alcohol, fucus vesiculosus (bladderwrack) extract, glyceryl acrylate/acrylic acid copolymer, sodium chloride, methylparaben, propylparaben, diazolidinyl urea, benzyl benzoate, limonene, linalool, hexyl cinnamaldehyde, benzyl salicylate, ci 19140 (yellow 5), ci 42090 (blue 1)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 22

Total Number of ingredients = 26

Water (aqua), sodium laureth sulfate, glycerin, cocamidopropyl betaine, propylene glycol, disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, fragrance (parfum), phenoxyethanol, ammonium chloride, peg-150 distearate, menthyl lactate, disodium edta, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) flower/leaf/stem extract, alpha-isomethyl ionone, geraniol, hexyl cinnamal, limonene, linalool, yellow 5 (ci 19140), blue 1 (ci 42090), red 33 (ci 17200)

Aqua (water, eau), stearic acid, propylene glycol, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glycerin, peg-8 stearate, glyceryl isostearate, ascophyllum nodosum powder, triethanolamine, parfum (fragrance), sodium laureth sulfate, ppg-2 hydroxyethyl cocamide, cetyl alcohol, fucus vesiculosus (bladderwrack) extract, glyceryl acrylate/acrylic acid copolymer, sodium chloride, methylparaben, propylparaben, diazolidinyl urea, benzyl benzoate, limonene, linalool, hexyl cinnamaldehyde, benzyl salicylate, ci 19140 (yellow 5), ci 42090 (blue 1)

Notable ingredients

Acne Control Tea Tree Daily Cleanser

Seaweed Cleansing Soap

Solvent: Water (aqua), Glycerin, Limonene, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Ammonium chloride

Soothing: Fucus vesiculosus (bladderwrack) extract

Solvent: Aqua (water, eau), Benzyl benzoate, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Glycerin, Limonene, Propylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Benzyl benzoate

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Ingredients with their functions

Acne Control Tea Tree Daily Cleanser

Seaweed Cleansing Soap

Water (aqua)

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 laureth sulfate

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