Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream vs Effaclar Deep Cleaning Foaming Crem

Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream and Effaclar Deep Cleaning Foaming Crem share 6 parsed ingredients. Differences highlighted below.

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Shared 6Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream only 28Effaclar Deep Cleaning Foaming Crem only 6

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Shared formula

15%

Ingredients in every formula: 6in both formulas
Key actives unique to one formula: 1unique active
Ingredient rows compared: 40rows compared

From the parsed labels — rows on every label over all compared rows.

The formulas, row by row

40 ingredients across 2 labels

Differences only(34 of 40 rows)

Shared ingredients· none here

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on 2+ labelsonly on this labelnot on this labelIngredient	Recommended Kiehl's Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream	La Roche-Posay Effaclar Deep Cleaning Foaming Crem
Basics
Type & size	Moisturizer · size not on the record	Moisturizer · size not on the record
Brand origindiffers	American	European
Offers
Where to buy	Not recorded	Not recorded
Formula
Key activesdiffers	squalane, salicylic acid	salicylic acid
Free ofdiffers	fragrance-free, sulfate-free, alcohol-free, paraben-free	sulfate-free, alcohol-free, paraben-free, silicone-free
Heads-up	pregnancy caution · photosensitizing · fungal-acne trigger · high pore-rating flag	pregnancy caution · photosensitizing · fungal-acne trigger · high pore-rating flag
Fit & community
Rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Best for	Not recorded	Not recorded
Data quality
Label coveragediffers	Fully parsed · 34 ingredients	Fully parsed · 12 ingredients
Key actives · 1
squalane	yes	no
Rest of the labels · 33
avocado oil	yes	no
bht	yes	no
bis-peg-18 methyl ether dimethyl silane	yes	no
carbomer	yes	no
chlorphenesin	yes	no
citric acid	yes	no
coco-glucoside	no	yes
cyclohexasiloxane	yes	no
disodium edta	yes	no
ethylhexylglycerin	yes	no
fatty alcohol (non-drying)	yes	no
fragrance	no	yes
glyceryl stearate Possible fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
glyceryl stearate se Possible fungal-acne trigger	no	yes
glycine soja oil	yes	no
hydroxypalmitoyl sphinganine	yes	no
lauric acid Fungal-acne trigger	no	yes
myristyl myristate Possible fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
olive oil	yes	no
oryza sativa bran oil	yes	no
peg-8 stearate Possible fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
pentaerythrityl tetraethylhexanoate	yes	no
phenoxyethanol	yes	no
potassium hydroxide	no	yes
prunus amygdalus dulcis oil	yes	no
prunus armeniaca kernel oil	yes	no
pseudoalteromonas ferment extract	yes	no
sodium hydroxide	yes	no
stearyl alcohol	yes	no
sucrose stearate Possible fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
tetrasodium edta	no	yes
vitamin e	yes	no
xanthan gum	yes	no

Rows come from parsed labels and live offers. Where a label isn’t fully captured, we say so instead of guessing.

The bottom line

Choose Kiehl's if you want Squalane in the formula.

Choose La Roche-Posay if you want this formula as listed.

Both lines come from the parsed labels and the prices on this page — neither product is the reference, and neither is called the better one.

This is not medical advice.

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