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Product summary
What can the product work for?
Anti-oxidation
ginkgo biloba leaf extract
0.2% -
0.75%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness:
MEDIUM
A plant extract that might help neutralize free radicals and reduce inflammation in skin. It can be irritating
achillea millefolium extract
0.45% -
1%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness:
LOW
Plant extract that can help neutralize free radicals in skin. Can be used as a fragrance. Can be irritating
Evens skin tone
What does the product description say?
Manages sebum levels Improves skin tone and texture Soothes and moisturizes skin
Moisturizing
What does the product description say?
Manages sebum levels Improves skin tone and texture Soothes and moisturizes skin
cyclopentasiloxane
3.9% -
5.8%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness:
MEDIUM
A silicone that helps improve the product texture and spreadability. Can absorb oil creating a short-term mattifying effect on the skin
bis-peg-18 methyl ether dimethyl silane
1.3% -
1.9%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness:
LOW
A type of silicone that helps soften the upper layer of the skin and create a nice product texture
butylene glycol
0.15% -
0.55%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness:
LOW
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
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Honesty check
How honest is this product?
| Promise | Can it deliver? |
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| Moisturizing | |
| 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: 0
Potential irritants
alcohol
2.8% -
4.2%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Antibacterial
Can be drying and contribute to skin irritation. Used in formulars to dissolve other ingredients, create a thinner product consistency or for its antibacterial properties
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Comodogenic ingredients
No comodogenic ingredients detected
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Ingredients & concentrations
All ingredients
Key Actives
ginkgo biloba leaf extract
0.2% -
0.75%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Anti-oxidation,
Anti-blemish,
Anti-inflammatory,
Antibacterial
A plant extract that might help neutralize free radicals and reduce inflammation in skin. It can be irritating
cyclopentasiloxane
3.9% -
5.8%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Mattifying
A silicone that helps improve the product texture and spreadability. Can absorb oil creating a short-term mattifying effect on the skin
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Potential irritants
alcohol
2.8% -
4.2%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Antibacterial
Can be drying and contribute to skin irritation. Used in formulars to dissolve other ingredients, create a thinner product consistency or for its antibacterial properties
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Comodogenic ingredients
We couldn't find any comodogenic ingredients in this product
All ingredients
dipropylene glycol
6.6% -
9.9%
Irritation risk:
Helps to dissolve other ingredients in a formulation. Slows down the rate of product drying
cyclopentasiloxane
3.9% -
5.8%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Mattifying
A silicone that helps improve the product texture and spreadability. Can absorb oil creating a short-term mattifying effect on the skin
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Ingredient list view
Water, Dipropylene glycol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Alcohol, Silica, Dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, Cyclohexasiloxane, Bis-peg-18 methyl ether dimethyl silane, Mentha haplocalix extract, Gentiana lutea root extract, Achillea millefolium extract, Artemisia absinthium extract, Arnica montana flower extract, Ginkgo biloba leaf extract, Chamaecyparis obtusa water, Polysilicone-11, C12-14 pareth-12, Butylene glycol, Sodium polyacrylate, Acetic acid, Ammonium acryloyldimethyltaurate/vp copolymer, Ethylhexylglycerin, Pvp, Peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, Unknown, Disodium edta, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum
Sources
- The Herbal Bitter Drug Gentiana lutea Modulates Lipid Synthesis in Human Keratinocytes In Vitro and In Vivo
- Contact dermatitis as an adverse reaction to some topically used European herbal medicinal products – part 1: Achillea millefolium–Curcuma longa
- Effects of Topical Arnica Gel on Post-Laser Treatment Bruises
- Effects of microcurrent application alone or in combination with topical Hypericum perforatum L. and Arnica montana L. on surgically induced wound healing in Wistar rats
- The seamy side of natural medicines: contact sensitization to arnica (Arnica montana L.) and marigold (Calendula officinalis L.)
- Accelerated resolution of laser‐induced bruising with topical 20% arnica: a rater‐blinded randomized controlled trial
- Safety Assessment of Ginkgo biloba-Derived Ingredients as Used in Cosmetics