Dermalogica our brightening icon
- Exfoliation
- Evens skin tone
- Moisturizing
- Anti-blemish
- +1 more
- colloidal oatmeal
- salicylic acid
- allantoin
- camellia sinensis leaf extract
- +2 more

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Can the product deliver on its promises?
Promise
What does the product description say?WIMJ summary for evens skin tone
This product might help improve the skin tone through exfoliation. In other words, it helps to speed up the shedding of cells from the upper layer of the skin, and this might help reduce hyperpigmentation.
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Promise
What does the product description say?WIMJ summary for exfoliation
This product can help exfoliate the skin. In other words, it helps break down the bonds between dead cells on the surface of the skin and speed up the skin turnover. Skin often appears softer and brighter after exfoliation, but overdoing it can result in disrupted skin barrier. The following ingredient is doing the exfoliating job in this product: salicylic acid.
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WIMJ summary for anti-blemish
This product can help reduce breakouts and clogged pores because it contains the following ingredient: salicylic acid. This ingredient is used for treating acne and can have a noticeable effect.
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WIMJ summary for moisturizing
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:
allantoin, pca.
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: colloidal oatmeal.
The following ingredients in this product are especially good for supporting the skin barrier and helping with the hydration level: colloidal oatmeal
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WIMJ summary for anti-oxidation
This product contains antioxidants (ginkgo biloba leaf 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.
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How honest is this product?
Promise | Can it deliver? |
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Exfoliation | |
Evens skin tone |
Potential irritants

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sodium cocoyl isethionate | ||
disodium lauryl sulfosuccinate | ||
sodium lauroyl glutamate |
Ingredients by volume
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| 22% - 33% |
| 4.7% - 7% |
Helps water and oil mix together. Can be used as a cleansing agent
| 4.8% - 7.2% |
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Scientific Sources
- Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
- Mechanism of action and clinical benefits of colloidal oatmeal for dermatologic practice
- Salicylic acid as a peeling agent: a comprehensive review
- Beta Hydroxy Acids
- A review of toxicity from topical salicylic acid preparations
- Glycolic Acid Peels Versus Salicylic–Mandelic Acid Peels in Active Acne Vulgaris and Post‐Acne Scarring and Hyperpigmentation: A Comparative Study
- Safety Assessment of Ginkgo biloba-Derived Ingredients as Used in Cosmetics
- Cosmeceutical Critique: Ginkgo Biloba
- Cyclodextrins: new drug delivery systems in dermatology