Benefits
Promise: Anti-blemish
What does the product description say?
A-Game is a smart-aging must-have, but it is also useful as an adjacent product for fading pigmention, as well as helping acne-prone skin.
This product can help reduce breakouts and clogged pores because it contains the following ingredient: retinal. This ingredient is used for treating acne and can have a noticeable effect.
Promise: Anti-aging
What does the product description say?
A-Game is a smart-aging must-have, but it is also useful as an adjacent product for fading pigmention, as well as helping acne-prone skin.
This product can help reduce and prevent fine lines and wrinkles, improve skin elasticity and firmness because it contains retinal.
Keep in mind that it typically takes at least 6 weeks to notice any results because the changes that are needed to improve fine lines and elasticity happen in the deeper layers of the skin. No topical anti-aging product can “erase” wrinkles or fully reverse signs of aging.
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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| retinal | HIGH |  |  |
Promise: Evens skin tone
What does the product description say?
It also speeds up the renewal process of the upper skin layers making it smoother and more even.
This product can help reduce hypepigmentation and even out the skin tone because it contains the following effective ingredients: retinal.
Keep in mind that you would need to apply any topical skincare targetted at hypigmentation consistently for a couple of months to get a result. No topical skincare product can help get rid of hyperpigmentation (including post-acne marks and age spots) instantly.
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| retinal | HIGH | | |
Other benefit: 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:
biosaccharide gum-1, 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: caprylic/capric triglyceride, oleyl erucate.
The following ingredients in this product are especially good for supporting the skin barrier and helping with the hydration level: panthenol
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| triheptanoin | HIGH | | |
| biosaccharide gum-1 | HIGH | | |
| caprylic/capric triglyceride | HIGH | | |
Honesty check
How honest is this product?
| Promise | Can it deliver? |
|---|---|
| Anti-aging | |
| Evens skin tone | |
| Anti-blemish |
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Potential irritants
| Ingredient | Irritancy | Skin Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| retinal | | |
| rubus chamaemorus seed oil | | |
| lonicera japonica flower extract | | |
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Ingredients & concentrations
- retinal
- panthenol
- caprylic/capric triglyceride
- glycerin
- oleyl erucate
- allantoin
- triheptanoin
- biosaccharide gum-1
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| Ingredient | Estimated concentration |
|---|---|
| 45% - 55% | |
| Plain old water | |
| 7.5% - 9.2% | |
| 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 | |
| 5% - 6.1% | |
| Helps soften the upper layer of the skin and create a nice product texture | |
| 3.3% - 4.1% | |
| One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant | |
| 2.5% - 3.1% | |
| A synthetic triglyceride. Helps soften the upper layer of the skin | |
| 2.1% - 2.5% | |
| Helps oil and water mix together | |
| 1.8% - 2.1% | |
| Helps oil and water mix together | |
| 1.5% - 1.8% | |
| A type of sugar that is used to support delivery of active ingredients and can enhance their penetration into the skin without disrupting the skin's barrier | |
| 1.3% - 1.5% | |
| A gelling agent that thickens the product consistency and leaves the skin with a velvety finish | |
| 1% - 1.3% | |
| Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and is claimed to provide a longer-lasting hydration because of its ability to create a water-binding film on the surface of the skin | |
| 0.6% - 0.9% | |
| Helps calm down inflammation in skin and can help reduce itching. Helps to repair the skin barrier and keep skin hydrated | |
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| One step removed from the biologically active in skin form of vitamin A. Once converted to the retinoic acid in the skin, retinal is proven to be effective against all signs of aging. It improves skin cell turnover, helps fight blemishes and clogged pores, can regulate excess oil production and even skin tone. Concentrations of 0.05% and 0.1% are shown to be effective. It can, however, be irritating | |
| 0.65% - 1% | |
| A berry extract that can have some anti-oxidant properties. It helps to preserve product formulations and improve their smell. It can be irritating | |
| 0.55% - 0.8% | |
| Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and can help improve skin barrier function | |
| 0.45% - 0.65% | |
| Can work as an exfoliant but is typically used to adjust the product pH | |
| 0.4% - 0.6% | |
| A more stable but less bio-available form of vitamin E compared to Tocopherol. Might help moisturize and protect the skin from free radicals, but mostly used in low concentrations to stabilize other ingredients. | |
| 0.3% - 0.5% | |
| Stabilizes the product formulation | |
| 0.3% - 0.6% | |
| Used to preserve products, dissolve other ingredients and create a nice product texture | |
| 0.2% - 0.35% | |
| A plant extract that might help neutralize free radicals in skin. Can contain volalite oils and be irritating | |
| 0.15% - 0.25% | |
| A plant extract that might help neutralize free radicals in skin. Can contain volalite oils and be irritating | |
| 0.1% - 0.2% | |
| A preservative | |
| 0.15% - 0.25% | |
| A preservative. It helps prevent bacterial growth in cosmetic products | |
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