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Ultra Moisturizing Hand Cream

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Essentially Enriched Hand Cream

Product category and function

Ultra Moisturizing Hand Cream

Essentially Enriched Hand Cream

Hand Creams	Hand Creams
Moisturizers to hydrate and repair dry hands.	Moisturizers to hydrate and repair dry hands.
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Ingredient highlights

Ultra Moisturizing Hand Cream

Essentially Enriched Hand Cream

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

Ultra Moisturizing Hand Cream

Essentially Enriched Hand Cream

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua (purified water), butyrospermum parkii (shea butter), dimethicone, cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, glyceryl stearate, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, peg-100 stearate, polyacrylamide, phenoxyethanol, c13-14 isoparaffin, cannabis sativa (organic hemp) seed oil, fragrance, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, ceteareth-20, benzyl alcohol, xanthan gum, laureth-7, ethylhexylglycerin, brassica campestris (rapeseed) sterols, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, alcohol, linum usitatissimum (linseed) seed extract, althaea officinalis root extract, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) fruit extract 10	Water, glycerin, glyceryl stearate, stearyl alcohol, dimethicone, caprylic/capric triglyceride, distarch phosphate, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, glyceryl stearate se, hydrogenated coco-glycerides, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, sodium cetearyl sulfate, xanthan gum, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, linalool, limonene, geraniol, benzyl alcohol, citronellol, alpha-isomethyl ionone, fragrance

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 25

Total Number of ingredients = 22

Aqua (purified water), butyrospermum parkii (shea butter), dimethicone, cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, glyceryl stearate, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, peg-100 stearate, polyacrylamide, phenoxyethanol, c13-14 isoparaffin, cannabis sativa (organic hemp) seed oil, fragrance, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, ceteareth-20, benzyl alcohol, xanthan gum, laureth-7, ethylhexylglycerin, brassica campestris (rapeseed) sterols, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, alcohol, linum usitatissimum (linseed) seed extract, althaea officinalis root extract, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) fruit extract

Water, glycerin, glyceryl stearate, stearyl alcohol, dimethicone, caprylic/capric triglyceride, distarch phosphate, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, glyceryl stearate se, hydrogenated coco-glycerides, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, sodium cetearyl sulfate, xanthan gum, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, linalool, limonene, geraniol, benzyl alcohol, citronellol, alpha-isomethyl ionone, fragrance

Notable ingredients

Ultra Moisturizing Hand Cream

Essentially Enriched Hand Cream

Soothing: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract

Antioxidant: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract

Solvent: Aqua (purified water), Alcohol, Benzyl alcohol, C13-14 isoparaffin, Glycerin, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil

Solvent: Water, Benzyl alcohol, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Glycerin, Limonene

Absorbent: Distarch phosphate

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Ultra Moisturizing Hand Cream

Essentially Enriched Hand Cream

Aqua (purified water)

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.

Butyrospermum parkii (shea butter)

Also-called: Shea Butter, Butyrospermum Parkii | Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning

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

Dimethicone

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning

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