
GRAYMELIN Calendula Calming Cream
Benefits
Promise: Evens skin tone
What does the product description say?
Absorbs quickly into skin to create a smooth and even skin tone without leaving any stickiness.
This product contains ingredients (glycyrrhiza glabra root extract, morus alba bark extract, paeonia lactiflora root extract) that could help reduce hyperpigmentation (for example, post-acne marks or age spots) in theory, but there is not enough evidence that they actually work.
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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glycyrrhiza glabra root extract | LOW | ||
morus alba bark extract | LOW | ||
paeonia lactiflora root extract | LOW |
Promise: Moisturizing
What does the product description say?
Formulated with Alaska Glacier Water and Shea Butter to provide deep hydration and nourishment.
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:
algae extract, 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: dimethicone, helianthus annuus seed oil.
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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algae extract | HIGH | ||
dimethicone | HIGH | ||
glycerin | HIGH |
Honesty check
How honest is this product?
Promise | Can it deliver? |
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Moisturizing | |
Evens skin tone |
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Potential irritants

Ingredient | Irritancy | Skin Benefit |
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calendula officinalis flower extract | ||
morus alba bark extract | ||
scutellaria baicalensis root extract |
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Ingredients & concentrations
- algae extract
- allantoin
- butyrospermum parkii butter
- cyclopentasiloxane
- dimethicone
- dipotassium glycyrrhizate
- glycerin
- Sunflower seed oil
- sesamum indicum seed extract
- undaria pinnatifida extract
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Ingredient | Estimated concentration |
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45% - 55% | |
Plain old water | |
5.6% - 6.8% | |
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 | |
3.8% - 4.7% | |
One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant | |
3.1% - 3.8% | |
A silicone that helps improve the product texture and spreadability. Can absorb oil creating a short-term mattifying effect on the skin | |
2.4% - 2.9% | |
An emollient that softens the skin and helps prevent moisture loss. | |
1.9% - 2.3% | |
A silicone that serves as an emollient. Helps create a nice non-greasy feels | |
1.6% - 1.9% | |
A non-drying alcohol. Works as an emollient. Helps water and oil mix together and creates a nice product texture | |
1.4% - 1.8% | |
A silicone that helps to reduce water loss from the surface of the skin. Can temporarily "fill in" lines and wrinkles, absorb oil, and create a nice product finish | |
1.1% - 1.3% | |
Helps oil and water mix together | |
0.95% - 1.15% | |
Helps oil and water mix together and works as an emollient | |
0.65% - 0.95% | |
An emollient that softens the skin and forms a protective layer on its surface. Helps water and oil mix together | |
0.6% - 0.9% | |
Helps oil and water mix togehter and creates a nice product texture | |
0.45% - 0.7% | |
Helps water and oil mix together | |
0.65% - 1% | |
Used to absorb oil and can temporarily mattify skin | |
0.4% - 0.6% | |
A great moisturising ingredient that softens the skin and reduces water loss from its upper layer. It also can be helpful in protecting skin from free radicals | |
0.3% - 0.55% | |
A plant extract that has some anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial properties. Can be irritating | |
0.3% - 0.6% | |
A preservative | |
0.3% - 0.6% | |
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 | |
0.25% - 0.5% | |
Increases thickness of a product. Texture enhancer for oil-in-water emulsions | |
0.3% - 0.55% | |
Helps preserve products and creates a nice product texture | |
0.3% - 0.55% | |
Plant extract that helps the skin to attract water and make it more smooth for touch. Also shows promise of anti-aging properties, but research is not extensive yet | |
0.25% - 0.5% | |
0.2% - 0.4% | |
0.2% - 0.4% | |
A seaweed extract that helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and might have an anti-oxidant effect | |
0.2% - 0.4% | |
0.2% - 0.35% | |
A plant extract that can help lighten the skin and calm down inflammation. Might be helpful in neutralizing free radicals | |
0.25% - 0.45% | |
0.2% - 0.4% | |
0.2% - 0.35% | |
Plant oil that due to its high content of linoleic acid can help support skin's barrier function improving its hydration | |
0.2% - 0.4% | |
0.2% - 0.4% | |
0.2% - 0.4% | |
A plant extract that might have anti-oxidant properties and help even out skin tone, but solid evidence is lacking | |
0.2% - 0.4% | |
A plant extract that might help neutralize free radicals and reduce hyperpigmentation, but the research on its effectiveness in skin is lacking | |
0.2% - 0.4% | |
0.2% - 0.35% | |
A plant extract that might contain a compound baicalin that could be helpful in neutralizing free radicals and reducing inflammation in skin. The baicalin concentration in skincare products is often too low for an effective action. Can be used for its fragrant properties | |
0.2% - 0.35% | |
Helps calm down inflammation in skin and can help reduce itching. Helps to repair the skin barrier and keep skin hydrated | |
0.2% - 0.4% | |
Used to create a thicker product consistency | |
0.3% - 0.6% | |
Improves the texture of the product and helps soften the skin. Helps oil and water mix together and can be used as a cleansing agent | |
0.25% - 0.45% | |
Helps water and oil mix together | |
0.2% - 0.4% | |
A preservative | |
0.2% - 0.35% | |
A salt derived from licorice. Works as an emollient to soften the upper layer of the skin and can help calm down inflammation. Might be helpful for skin lightening | |
0.25% - 0.45% | |
Used to preserve products, dissolve other ingredients and create a nice product texture | |
0.15% - 0.3% | |
0.15% - 0.3% | |
0.2% - 0.35% | |
Used as a fragrance for its mint-like smell | |
0.15% - 0.3% | |
0.1% - 0.2% | |
Helps oil and water mix together | |
0.1% - 0.15% | |
An aromatic blend of unspecified and possibly irritating ingredients | |
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