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Essential Comfort Balancing Emulsion

Smoothness Bare Haven® Soft 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

Essential Comfort Balancing Emulsion

Smoothness Bare Haven® Soft 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

Essential Comfort Balancing Emulsion

Smoothness Bare Haven® Soft Moisturizer

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, hydrogenated poly(c6-14 olefin), octyldodecyl myristate, glycerin, polyglyceryl-3 methylglucose distearate, cetyl ethylhexanoate, limnanthes alba (meadowfoam) seed oil, hydrogenated vegetable oil, cetearyl alcohol, 1,2-hexanediol, glyceryl stearate, mangifera indica (mango) seed butter, dimethicone, glyceryl stearate citrate, stearic acid, palmitic acid, ziziphus jujuba fruit extract, propanediol, honey/mel/miel, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, carbomer, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, glyceryl caprylate, tromethamine, ethylhexylglycerin, fragrance/parfum, disodium edta, alcohol, limonene, portulaca oleracea extract, dioscorea japonica root extract, crataegus pinnatifida fruit extract, narcissus tazetta bulb extract, sodium hyaluronate, sorbitan isostearate, polysorbate 60, linalool, beta-glucan, natto gum, pueraria thunbergiana flower/leaf/stem extract, morus alba leaf extract, rehmannia glutinosa root extract, glycyrrhiza uralensis (licorice) root extract, citronellol, paeonia lactiflora root extract, lilium candidum bulb extract, myristic acid, arachidic acid, polygonatum odoratum rhizome extract, citral, geraniol, nelumbo nucifera flower extract, tbhq, tocopherol. 18	Water (aqua/eau ), tricaprylin, butylene glycol, glycerin, caprylic/capric triglyceride, behenyl alcohol, propanediol, hydrogenated polydecene, dimethicone, silica, polysorbate 60, glyceryl stearate, isodecyl neopentanoate, isostearic acid, dimethicone crosspolymer, urea, glucosamine hcl, algae extract, saccharomyces cerevisiae extract, sodium methyl stearoyl taurate, sodium pca, allantoin, ethylhexylglycerin, lauryl betaine, disodium edta, phytosteryl/octyldodecyl lauroyl glutamate, sodium citrate, xanthan gum, alcohol , carbomer, citric acid, polysorbate 20, sodium metabisulfite, sodium hyaluronate, hypericum erectum extract, palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7, tocopherol, palmitoyl tripeptide-1, ceramide np, fragrance (parfum), citral, geraniol, limonene, linalool, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 55

Total Number of ingredients = 46

Water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, hydrogenated poly(c6-14 olefin), octyldodecyl myristate, glycerin, polyglyceryl-3 methylglucose distearate, cetyl ethylhexanoate, limnanthes alba (meadowfoam) seed oil, hydrogenated vegetable oil, cetearyl alcohol, 1,2-hexanediol, glyceryl stearate, mangifera indica (mango) seed butter, dimethicone, glyceryl stearate citrate, stearic acid, palmitic acid, ziziphus jujuba fruit extract, propanediol, honey/mel/miel, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, carbomer, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, glyceryl caprylate, tromethamine, ethylhexylglycerin, fragrance/parfum, disodium edta, alcohol, limonene, portulaca oleracea extract, dioscorea japonica root extract, crataegus pinnatifida fruit extract, narcissus tazetta bulb extract, sodium hyaluronate, sorbitan isostearate, polysorbate 60, linalool, beta-glucan, natto gum, pueraria thunbergiana flower/leaf/stem extract, morus alba leaf extract, rehmannia glutinosa root extract, glycyrrhiza uralensis (licorice) root extract, citronellol, paeonia lactiflora root extract, lilium candidum bulb extract, myristic acid, arachidic acid, polygonatum odoratum rhizome extract, citral, geraniol, nelumbo nucifera flower extract, tbhq, tocopherol.

Water (aqua/eau ), tricaprylin, butylene glycol, glycerin, caprylic/capric triglyceride, behenyl alcohol, propanediol, hydrogenated polydecene, dimethicone, silica, polysorbate 60, glyceryl stearate, isodecyl neopentanoate, isostearic acid, dimethicone crosspolymer, urea, glucosamine hcl, algae extract, saccharomyces cerevisiae extract, sodium methyl stearoyl taurate, sodium pca, allantoin, ethylhexylglycerin, lauryl betaine, disodium edta, phytosteryl/octyldodecyl lauroyl glutamate, sodium citrate, xanthan gum, alcohol , carbomer, citric acid, polysorbate 20, sodium metabisulfite, sodium hyaluronate, hypericum erectum extract, palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7, tocopherol, palmitoyl tripeptide-1, ceramide np, fragrance (parfum), citral, geraniol, limonene, linalool, sodium benzoate, phenoxyethanol

Notable ingredients

Essential Comfort Balancing Emulsion

Smoothness Bare Haven® Soft Moisturizer

Soothing: Honey/mel/miel

Antioxidant: Tocopherol, Tbhq

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, 1,2-hexanediol, Alcohol, Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Limonene, Propanediol

Soothing: Allantoin

Antioxidant: Sodium metabisulfite, Tocopherol

Cell-signaling ingredient: Palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7

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Ingredients with their functions

Essential Comfort Balancing Emulsion

Smoothness Bare Haven® Soft Moisturizer

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.

Butylene glycol

Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent

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

Hydrogenated poly(c6-14 olefin)

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning

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