PRODUCT REVIEW
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What can the product work for?
Works for
Cleansing
What does the product description say?
Made with a p H-balanced blend of cleansing and skin-brightening ingredients, Good Molecules Brightening & Dark Spots Bar washes away impurities from face and body while leaving the skin soft and even-toned.
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Helps water and oil mix together. Can be used as a cleansing agent
Anti-blemish
niacinamide
0.1%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Is proven to be effective in reducing blemishes, evening out skin tone and helping to improve lines and wrinkles. It helps the skin to repair sun damage, calm down inflammation and keep maintain good levels of moisture.
The concentration of about 2% is effective for supporting the skin barrier and evening out the skin tone. Concentration of 4-6% is better for helping with acne and balancing the sebum production
Honesty check
How honest is this product?
| Promise | Can it deliver? |
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| Cleansing |
Total Promises Fulfilled score:
100/100.
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Can it cause trouble?
- Overall product irritation risk
- Acne & comedogenic risk ingredients: 1
Potential irritants
kojic acid
2%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Anti-oxidation,
Evens skin tone
Helps to reduce hyperpigmentation and neutralize free radicals. Can be irritating
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Cleansing
Helps water and oil mix together. Can be used as a cleansing agent
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Comodogenic ingredients
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: Medium
Works for:
Moisturizing
An oil from a mixture of different vegetables. Helps soften the upper layer of the skin
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Ingredients & concentrations
All ingredients
Key Actives
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Evens skin tone,
Moisturizing
An amino acid that is effective in reducing hyperpigmentation and evening out the skin tone. It can also help in skin barrier recovery. It is used to treat melasma, especially with injections and when taken orally
kojic acid
2%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Anti-oxidation,
Evens skin tone
Helps to reduce hyperpigmentation and neutralize free radicals. Can be irritating
Show more
Potential irritants
kojic acid
2%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Anti-oxidation,
Evens skin tone
Helps to reduce hyperpigmentation and neutralize free radicals. Can be irritating
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Cleansing
Helps water and oil mix together. Can be used as a cleansing agent
Show more
Comodogenic ingredients
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: Medium
Works for:
Moisturizing
An oil from a mixture of different vegetables. Helps soften the upper layer of the skin
All ingredients
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: Medium
Works for:
Moisturizing
An oil from a mixture of different vegetables. Helps soften the upper layer of the skin
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Cleansing
Helps water and oil mix together. Can be used as a cleansing agent
Show more
Ingredient list view
Hydrogenated vegetable oil, Sodium cocoyl isethionate, Water, Polyglyceryl-4 laurate, Glycerin, Tranexamic acid, Kojic acid, Olea europaea fruit oil, Vitis vinifera seed oil, Sodium chloride, Niacinamide, Chlorophyllin-copper complex, Ci 75810, Maltodextrin
Sources
- Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
- Glycerol and the skin: holistic approach to its origin and functions
- Effect of tranexamic acid on melasma: a clinical trial with histological evaluation
- Tranexamic acid accelerates skin barrier recovery and upregulates occludin in damaged skin
- The amelioration effect of tranexamic acid in wrinkles induced by skin dryness
- Efficacy and possible mechanisms of topical tranexamic acid in melasma
- TOPICAL TREATMENT OF MELASMA
- Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation: a review of the epidemiology, clinical features, and treatment options in skin of color.
- Use of “natural” oils for moisturization: Review of olive, coconut, and sunflower seed oil
- Niacinamide - mechanisms of action and its topical use in dermatology