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Essential Comfort Balancing Emulsion

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Red Rice Essential Emulsion

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Essential Comfort Balancing Emulsion

Red Rice Essential Emulsion

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

Red Rice Essential Emulsion

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

Red Rice Essential Emulsion

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. 21	Water/aqua/eau, glycerin, propanediol, hydrogenated poly(c6-14 olefin), hydrogenated polyisobutene, diisostearyl malate, niacinamide, bis-hydroxyethoxypropyl dimethicone, c14-22 alcohols, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, pca dimethicone, cnidium officinale root water, angelica acutiloba root water, 1,2-hexanediol, glyceryl stearate citrate, glyceryl polymethacrylate, c12-20 alkyl glucoside, butylene glycol, glyceryl stearate, cetearyl alcohol, hydrogenated vegetable oil, carbomer, rice ferment filtrate (sake) (1,500 ppm), fragrance/parfum, stearic acid, tromethamine, palmitic acid, xanthan gum, glyceryl caprylate, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, adenosine, dextrin, theobroma cacao (cocoa) extract, glucose, myristic acid, lauric acid, tocopherol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 55

Total Number of ingredients = 38

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, glycerin, propanediol, hydrogenated poly(c6-14 olefin), hydrogenated polyisobutene, diisostearyl malate, niacinamide, bis-hydroxyethoxypropyl dimethicone, c14-22 alcohols, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, pca dimethicone, cnidium officinale root water, angelica acutiloba root water, 1,2-hexanediol, glyceryl stearate citrate, glyceryl polymethacrylate, c12-20 alkyl glucoside, butylene glycol, glyceryl stearate, cetearyl alcohol, hydrogenated vegetable oil, carbomer, rice ferment filtrate (sake) (1,500 ppm), fragrance/parfum, stearic acid, tromethamine, palmitic acid, xanthan gum, glyceryl caprylate, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, adenosine, dextrin, theobroma cacao (cocoa) extract, glucose, myristic acid, lauric acid, tocopherol

Notable ingredients

Essential Comfort Balancing Emulsion

Red Rice Essential Emulsion

Soothing: Honey/mel/miel

Antioxidant: Tocopherol, Tbhq

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

Anti-acne: Niacinamide

Soothing: Niacinamide

Skin brightening: Niacinamide

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Ingredients with their functions

Essential Comfort Balancing Emulsion

Red Rice Essential Emulsion

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.