PRODUCT REVIEW
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Product summary
What can the product work for?
Moisturizing
What does the product description say?
This skin-transforming essence instantly comforts by conditioning & replenishing essential moisture while visibly smoothing texture and minimizing the appearance of fine lines & wrinkles.
limnanthes alba seed oil
0.4% -
0.95%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
This oil's cmposition is closest to rapeseed oil. It is a very stable oil and serves as an emoillient
parachlorella beijerinckii exopolysaccharides
1.1% -
1.6%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Compounds extracted from green algae that could help neutralize free radicals, but evidence of effectiveness in skincare products (topical applicaiton) is missing. Helps moisturize the skin by attracting water to its upper layer
chlorella protothecoides oil
0.85% -
1.3%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: High
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
An emollient. Is unlikely to have additional benefits for the skin
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Anti-aging
What does the product description say?
This skin-transforming essence instantly comforts by conditioning & replenishing essential moisture while visibly smoothing texture and minimizing the appearance of fine lines & wrinkles.
limnanthes alba seed oil
0.4% -
0.95%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness:
LOW
This oil's cmposition is closest to rapeseed oil. It is a very stable oil and serves as an emoillient
tocopherol
0.1% -
0.5%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Insufficient!
Pure form of vitamin E. Can help moisturise and protect the skin from free radicals. Often used to help stabilise other ingredients or the formula itself
Honesty check
How honest is this product?
| Promise | Can it deliver? |
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| Moisturizing | |
| Anti-aging |
Total Promises Fulfilled score:
37/100.
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Can it cause trouble?
- Overall product irritation risk
- Acne & comedogenic risk ingredients: 1
Potential irritants
parfum
0.05% -
0.15%
Irritation risk:
An aromatic blend of unspecified and possibly irritating ingredients
pentylene glycol
3.9% -
5.8%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing
Used to preserve products, dissolve other ingredients and create a nice product texture
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Comodogenic ingredients
chlorella protothecoides oil
0.85% -
1.3%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: High
Works for:
Moisturizing
An emollient. Is unlikely to have additional benefits for the skin
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Ingredients & concentrations
All ingredients
Key Actives
limnanthes alba seed oil
0.4% -
0.95%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Anti-aging,
Anti-oxidation
This oil's cmposition is closest to rapeseed oil. It is a very stable oil and serves as an emoillient
parachlorella beijerinckii exopolysaccharides
1.1% -
1.6%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Anti-oxidation
Compounds extracted from green algae that could help neutralize free radicals, but evidence of effectiveness in skincare products (topical applicaiton) is missing. Helps moisturize the skin by attracting water to its upper layer
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Potential irritants
parfum
0.05% -
0.15%
Irritation risk:
An aromatic blend of unspecified and possibly irritating ingredients
pentylene glycol
3.9% -
5.8%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing
Used to preserve products, dissolve other ingredients and create a nice product texture
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Comodogenic ingredients
chlorella protothecoides oil
0.85% -
1.3%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: High
Works for:
Moisturizing
An emollient. Is unlikely to have additional benefits for the skin
All ingredients
collagen
4.7% -
7.1%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing
Cannot penetrate the skin barrier so is not particularly useful in skincare products
pentylene glycol
3.9% -
5.8%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing
Used to preserve products, dissolve other ingredients and create a nice product texture
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Ingredient list view
Water, Collagen, Pentylene glycol, Butylene glycol, Propanediol, Glycerin, Isononyl isononanoate, Collagen amino acids, Parachlorella beijerinckii exopolysaccharides, Chlorella protothecoides oil, Helianthus annuus seed oil, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Limnanthes alba seed oil, Coco-caprylate/caprate, Castor oil/ipdi copolymer, Saccharide isomerate, Polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, T-butyl alcohol, Disodium edta, Amodimethicone, Carbomer, Tocopherol, Homosalate, Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, Octocrylene, Sodium hydroxide, Leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum, Beta-carotene, Ci 40800
Sources
- Glycerol and the skin: holistic approach to its origin and functions
- Exopolysaccharides extracted from Parachlorella kessleri inhibit colon carcinoma growth in mice via stimulation of host antitumor immune responses
- Microalgal polysaccharide compositions
- Effect of Olive and Sunflower Seed Oil on the Adult Skin Barrier: Implications for Neonatal Skin Care
- Topically Applied Sunflower Seed Oil Prevents Invasive Bacterial Infections in Preterm Infants in Egypt
- Effect of topically applied lipids on surfactant-irritated skin