Bobbi Brown Extra Illuminating Moisture Balm
Something wrong? Edit here- Anti-oxidation
- Moisturizing
- Anti-aging
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- astrocaryum murumuru seed butter
- bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2
- butyrospermum parkii butter
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What does the product description say?WIMJ summary
This product does not contain ingredients that are able to reduce fine lines and wrinkles or help with skin elasticity, but it can improve the look of the skin temporarily through moisturization. Well-moisturized skin might also be able to repair the sun damage better.This ingredient - butyrospermum parkii butter - could be helpful for preventing or repairing signs of aging in theory, but there is no evidence that it actually works.
This ingredient epilobium angustifolium flower/leaf/stem extract might be able to help neutralize free radicals in skin and help it fight off some of the sun damage.
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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LOW
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What does the product description say?WIMJ summary
Effective ingredients missing or their concentration is too low
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What does the product description say?WIMJ summary
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:
glycerin, sodium hyaluronate.
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: bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, butyrospermum parkii butter.
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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HIGH | |||
HIGH | |||
HIGH |
WIMJ summary
This product contains antioxidants (epilobium angustifolium flower/leaf/stem extract) that might be able to help neutralize free radicals in skin to lessen the damage it gets from the UV light (sun). There is not enough evidence to confirm their effectiveness in skin though.
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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MEDIUM
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LOW
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LOW
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Potential irritants

Ingredient | Irritancy | Skin Benefit |
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tocopheryl acetate | ||
oenothera biennis oil | ||
caffeine |
Ingredients by volume
Ingredient | Estimated concentration |
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Plain old water
| 45% - 55% |
Helps soften the upper layer of the skin and create a nice product consistency
| 4.5% - 5.6% |
| 3.7% - 4.5% |
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