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Product summary
What can the product work for?
Moisturizing
What does the product description say?
A luxurious blend of lipid oils veils the skin in moisture, while a revitalising floral essential oil leaves the skin delicately fragrant. Vegan.
caprylic/capric triglyceride
4.2% -
5.1%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
A good mix of fatty acids that forms a protective layer on the skin. Improves the shelf life of products. Derived from coconut and glycerin
glycerin
4.4% -
5.4%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant
helianthus annuus seed oil
0.3% -
0.55%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
A great emollient due to its high linoleic acid content. One of the most effective plant oils in helping skin hydration and repairing skin barrier function
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Anti-aging
What does the product description say?
This clinically-proven serum promotes a youthful-looking bounce while boosting skin’s radiance.
tocopherol
0.3% -
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
Evens skin tone
What does the product description say?
Bio-Retinols naturally brighten skin-tone, boosted by skin-smoothing Tara Gum and Seamoss.
Honesty check
How honest is this product?
| Promise | Can it deliver? |
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| Moisturizing | |
| Anti-aging | |
| Evens skin tone |
Total Promises Fulfilled score:
25/100.
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Can it cause trouble?
- Overall product irritation risk
- Acne & comedogenic risk ingredients: 1
Potential irritants
hippophae rhamnoides fruit oil
0.7% -
1.05%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Anti-oxidation,
Anti-inflammatory
A plant oil that might somewhat help to neutralize free radicals. It could be irritating
limonene
0.45% -
0.65%
Irritation risk:
A common frangrance that can easily irritate skin, especially if exposed to air, light or heat
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Comodogenic ingredients
gossypium herbaceum seed oil
0.35% -
0.65%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: High
Works for:
Moisturizing
Cottonseed oil. It is used as an emollient and occlusive in products. It is rich palmitic, oleic acid, and linoleic fatty acids.
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Ingredients & concentrations
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Key Actives
tocopherol
0.3% -
0.5%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Anti-oxidation,
Moisturizing,
Anti-inflammatory,
Anti-aging
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
rosa canina fruit oil
0.65% -
0.95%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Anti-oxidation
A great emollient. Contains vitamin E (tocopherol) which may give it some anti-oxidant properties. Can contain volatile compounds and can be irritating
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Potential irritants
hippophae rhamnoides fruit oil
0.7% -
1.05%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Anti-oxidation,
Anti-inflammatory
A plant oil that might somewhat help to neutralize free radicals. It could be irritating
limonene
0.45% -
0.65%
Irritation risk:
A common frangrance that can easily irritate skin, especially if exposed to air, light or heat
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Comodogenic ingredients
gossypium herbaceum seed oil
0.35% -
0.65%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: High
Works for:
Moisturizing
Cottonseed oil. It is used as an emollient and occlusive in products. It is rich palmitic, oleic acid, and linoleic fatty acids.
All ingredients
glycerin
4.4% -
5.4%
Irritation risk:
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
caprylic/capric triglyceride
4.2% -
5.1%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing
A good mix of fatty acids that forms a protective layer on the skin. Improves the shelf life of products. Derived from coconut and glycerin
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Ingredient list view
Water, Glycerin, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Coco-caprylate, Glyceryl stearate citrate, Prunus amygdalus dulcis seed, Dicaprylyl carbonate, Polyglyceryl-3 stearate, Xanthan gum, Hydrogenated lecithin, Hippophae rhamnoides fruit oil, Rosa canina fruit oil, Simmondsia chinensis seed oil, Squalane, Limonene, Caesalpinia spinosa fruit extract, Sodium benzoate, Gossypium herbaceum seed oil, Citrus limon peel oil, Elaeis guineensis oil, Cymbopogon martini oil, Geraniol, Bidens pilosa extract, Tocopherol, Potassium sorbate, Linum usitatissimum seed oil, Citric acid, Citrus aurantium dulcis peel oil, Phytic acid, Coffea arabica seed oil, Sodium hyaluronate, Kappaphycus alvarezii extract, Citrus nobilis peel oil, Lavandula hybrida grosso herb oil, Pelargonium graveolens oil, Sodium citrate, Linalool, Cistus ladaniferus leaf/stem extract, Citrus aurantium amara leaf/twig oil, Pogostemon cablin leaf oil, Citronellol, Helianthus annuus seed oil, Lentinus edodes extract, Parfum, Moringa oleifera seed oil, Sodium hydroxide, Cistus ladaniferus oil, Jasminum officinale flower extract, Rosa centifolia flower extract, Vanillin, Citral, Farnesol, Bioflavonoids, Fumaric acid, Parfum
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- Hyaluronic acid: A key molecule in skin aging
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- Safety Assessment of Citrus-Derived Peel Oils as Used in Cosmetics
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- Air oxidation increases skin irritation from fragrance terpenes
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- Topically Applied Sunflower Seed Oil Prevents Invasive Bacterial Infections in Preterm Infants in Egypt
- Effect of topically applied lipids on surfactant-irritated skin
- Impact of topical oils on the skin barrier: possible implications for neonatal health in developing countries
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