Humectants (sodium lactate 0.10% - 0.45%, glycine 0.15% - 0.60%, alanine 0.15% - 0.65%, arginine 0.20% - 0.75%, glutamic acid 0.35% - 0.85%, pca 0.40% - 0.95%, sodium pca 1.20% - 1.90%, betaine 2.10% - 3.10% and glycerin 3.40% - 5.10%). These ingredients help attract water to the upper layer of the skin and improve the skin hydration.

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Anti-blemish
Evens skin tone

Moisturizing

What does the product description say?

Zitcalm Serum soothes and re-balances the skin’s microbiome, heavily improves redness on reactive skin, restores the skin’s natural barrier and keeps skin moisturized.

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This product can help improve hydration of the skin with the two types of ingredients.

The first type is called “humectants”:
these ingredients help attract water. When humectants are on the surface of the skin, they “pull in” the moisture from the outside environment, or from within deeper layers of the skin. The following ingredients in this product do the job: alanine, arginine.

This product also contains ingredients called “occlusives”. They help reduce the speed with which our skin loses moisture to the outside environment. These ingredients also help soften the upper layer of the skin, so it feels less tight and nicer to the touch. The following ingredients in this product do the job: arginine, dimethicone.

beta-glucan 0.5% - 1.15%

Irritation risk:

Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH

Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin, calm down inflammation and irritation, restore the barrier function and support wound healing. It can be helpful in reducing fine lines and wrinkles

dimethicone 2.8% - 4.2%

Irritation risk:

Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH

A silicone that helps to reduce water loss from the surface of the skin. Can temporarily "fill in" lines and wrinkles, absorb oil, and create a nice product finish

glutamic acid 0.35% - 0.85%

Irritation risk:

Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH

An amino-acid that helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin

Anti-aging

This product contains serine, threonine. These ingredients might be able to help reduce and prevent fine lines and wrinkles, improve skin elasticity and firmness, but there is not enough evidence that it actually works.

threonine 0.3% - 0.7%

Irritation risk:

Concentration: Effectiveness: MEDIUM

An amino-acid that helps to attract water to the upper layer of the skin. In combination with other amino-acids, might help to reduce fine lines and wrinkles

serine 0.15% - 0.7%

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Concentration: Effectiveness: MEDIUM

An amino-acid that helps to attract water to the upper layer of the skin. In combination with other amino-acids, might help to reduce fine lines and wrinkles

beta-glucan 0.5% - 1.15%

Irritation risk:

Concentration: Effectiveness: LOW

Anti-blemish

What does the product description say?

Ideal to provide a soothing and repairing sensation for damaged skin after anti-acne treatments.

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Effective ingredients missing or their concentration is too low.

beta-glucan 0.5% - 1.15%

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Concentration: Effectiveness: LOW

Evens skin tone

This product contains ingredients (alanine, glycyrrhiza glabra root extract) that could help reduce hyperpigmentation (for example, post-acne marks or age spots) in theory, but there is not enough evidence that they actually work.

glycyrrhiza glabra root extract 1% - 1.45%

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Concentration: Effectiveness: LOW

A plant extract that can help lighten the skin and calm down inflammation. Might be helpful in neutralizing free radicals

alanine 0.15% - 0.65%

Irritation risk:

Concentration: Effectiveness: LOW

An amino-acid that helps to attract water to the upper layer of the skin and might help to lighten the skin, but solid evidence is lacking

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beta-glucan 0.5% - 1.15%

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Works for: Anti-inflammatory, Reduces irritation, Moisturizing, Anti-oxidation, Anti-blemish, Anti-aging

dimethicone 2.8% - 4.2%

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Works for: Moisturizing, Mattifying

A silicone that helps to reduce water loss from the surface of the skin. Can temporarily "fill in" lines and wrinkles, absorb oil, and create a nice product finish

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glycyrrhiza glabra root extract 1% - 1.45%

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Works for: Anti-inflammatory, Anti-oxidation, Evens skin tone, Reduces redness, Antibacterial

A plant extract that can help lighten the skin and calm down inflammation. Might be helpful in neutralizing free radicals

sodium lactate 0.1% - 0.45%

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Works for: Moisturizing

Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin. Is often used to adjust the pH level of the product

Comodogenic ingredients

We couldn't find any comodogenic ingredients in this product

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water 40% - 60%

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Plain old water

propanediol 4.8% - 7.3%

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Acts as a solvent for other ingredients. Speeds up the absorption of other ingredients into the skin

glycerin 3.4% - 5.1%

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Works for: Moisturizing

One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant

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Water, Propanediol, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Betaine, Glycereth-26, Zinc hydrolyzed hyaluronate, Sodium pca, Glycyrrhiza glabra root extract, Morinda citrifolia callus culture lysate, Beta-glucan, Pca, Glutamic acid, Lysine hcl, Threonine, Arginine, Proline, Serine, Alanine, Glycine, Xylitol, Sodium polyacrylate, Carbomer, Dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, Hydrogenated polydecene, Sodium lactate, Trideceth-6, Pentylene glycol, Sodium phytate, Citric acid, Tocopherol, Sodium hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin

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Key ingredients	alanine arginine +13 more	Common: alanine arginine +12 more Other:	Common: arginine betaine +11 more Other: urea allantoin +4 more	Common: arginine betaine +10 more Other: gluconolactone glycogen +2 more	Common: betaine glutamic acid +10 more Other: niacinamide lactic acid +1 more	Common: arginine betaine +9 more Other: potassium azeloyl diglycinate aspartic acid +6 more	Common: alanine arginine +10 more Other: argania spinosa kernel oil hydrolyzed sodium hyaluronate +2 more	Common: alanine arginine +10 more Other: argania spinosa kernel oil hydrolyzed sodium hyaluronate +2 more	Common: arginine betaine +10 more Other: urea panthenol +5 more	Common: alanine arginine +10 more Other: panthenol fructooligosaccharides +5 more	Common: glutamic acid glycerin +10 more Other: niacinamide panthenol +7 more
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Potential Irritants	ethylhexylglycerin Has skin benefit? citric acid Has skin benefit? +3 more	triethanolamine Has skin benefit? sodium lactate Has skin benefit? +1 more	caprylyl glycol Has skin benefit? ethylhexylglycerin Has skin benefit? +5 more	potassium sorbate Has skin benefit? ethylhexylglycerin Has skin benefit? +4 more	potassium sorbate Has skin benefit? cereus grandiflorus flower extract Has skin benefit? +4 more	citric acid Has skin benefit? potassium sorbate Has skin benefit? +5 more	pullulan Has skin benefit? hydroxyacetophenone Has skin benefit? +6 more	pullulan Has skin benefit? hydroxyacetophenone Has skin benefit? +6 more	citric acid Has skin benefit? ethylhexylglycerin Has skin benefit? +3 more	citric acid Has skin benefit? potassium sorbate Has skin benefit? +5 more	chlorphenesin Has skin benefit? ethylhexylglycerin Has skin benefit? +4 more
All ingredients	water Has skin benefit? propanediol Has skin benefit? +32 more	water Has skin benefit? glycerin Has skin benefit? +23 more	water Has skin benefit? glycerin Has skin benefit? +35 more	water Has skin benefit? propanediol Has skin benefit? +28 more	water Has skin benefit? propanediol Has skin benefit? +22 more	water Has skin benefit? glycerin Has skin benefit? +32 more	water Has skin benefit? argania spinosa kernel oil Has skin benefit? +29 more	water Has skin benefit? argania spinosa kernel oil Has skin benefit? +29 more	water Has skin benefit? glycerin Has skin benefit? +27 more	water Has skin benefit? propanediol Has skin benefit? +29 more	water Has skin benefit? sodium hyaluronate Has skin benefit? +29 more

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Acnemy Zitcalm

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Moisturizing

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Anti-aging

Anti-blemish

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Evens skin tone

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