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Sodium Chloride
Sodium Chloride
Table salt. A little thickens some cleansers or helps a product hold together. It isn’t there to do anything for skin.
What it does
The EU’s ingredient database lists it as a thickener (controls how thick the product is) and a bulking agent (adds volume to the product).European Commission, CosIng (© European Union, CC BY 4.0) · uses put in plain words by Drop ↗
Also known as
salt
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