DHC Coenzyme Q10 Quick Gel Brightening Moisture
- Anti-oxidation
- Anti-aging
- Moisturizing
- Evens skin tone
- ascorbyl glucoside
- betaine
- cetearyl alcohol
- Vitamin B12 (synthetic)
- +13 more

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Can the product deliver on its promises?
Promise
What does the product description say?WIMJ summary for anti-aging
This product contains ascorbyl glucoside. This ingredient 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.
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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MEDIUM
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LOW
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LOW
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Promise
What does the product description say?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:
betaine, glycerin.
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: squalane, glycine soja sterols.
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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HIGH | |||
HIGH | |||
HIGH |
WIMJ summary for anti-oxidation
This product contains antioxidants (ubiquinone) that can help neutralize free radicals in skin. By doing so, they can lessen the damage the skin gets from the UV light (sun).
The following ingredients - ascorbyl glucoside also can have an antioxidant effect, but there is less evidence to confirm their effectiveness in skin.
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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HIGH | |||
MEDIUM
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LOW
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WIMJ summary for evens skin tone
The following ingredient (ingredients) in this product might be helpful, but there is no evidence to confirm that it actually works: ascorbyl glucoside, stearyl glycyrrhetinate.
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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MEDIUM
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MEDIUM
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How honest is this product?
Promise | Can it deliver? |
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Anti-oxidation | |
Moisturizing | |
Anti-aging | |
Evens skin tone |
Potential irritants

Ingredient | Irritancy | Skin Benefit |
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ascorbyl glucoside | ||
olea europaea fruit oil | ||
pentylene glycol |
Ingredients by volume
Ingredient | Estimated concentration |
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Plain old water
| 45% - 55% |
Used to create a nice product texture and help delivery of other ingredients. Might be somewhat helpful in attracting water to the upper layer of the skin
| 6.7% - 8.2% |
One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant
| 4.2% - 5.1% |
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Questions
Skincare resources
Scientific Sources
- Glycerol and the skin: holistic approach to its origin and functions
- The Roles of Vitamin C in Skin Health
- Stability, transdermal penetration, and cutaneous effects of ascorbic acid and its derivatives
- Use of “natural” oils for moisturization: Review of olive, coconut, and sunflower seed oil
- Vitamin E in dermatology
- Vitamin E and Skin Health
- Safety assessment of hydrogenated starch hydrolysates
- Hyaluronic acid: A key molecule in skin aging
- Hyaluronan (Hyaluronic Acid): a natural moisturizer for skin care
- Wound Repair Potential of Olea europaea L. Leaf Extracts Revealed by In Vivo Experimental Models and Comparative Evaluation of the Extracts' Antioxidant Activity
- Topical vitamin B12--a new therapeutic approach in atopic dermatitis-evaluation of efficacy and tolerability in a randomized placebo-controlled multicentre clinical trial