PRODUCT REVIEW
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What can the product work for?
Moisturizing
dimethicone
3.7% -
5.6%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
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
simmondsia chinensis seed oil
1.7% -
2.5%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Softens the upper layer of skin and helps restore the healthy skin barrier. Has shown to help calm down inflammation in skin. It is a stable oil, meaning that it retains its properties even when exposed to air.
lauroyl lysine
0.5% -
1.2%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness:
MEDIUM
Helps soften the upper layer of the skin and creates a nice product texture
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Anti-aging
What does the product description say?
Pearl pigments reflect away small discolorations, evens out small wrinkles and other skin imperfections with jojoba oil and vitamin E.
magnesium aluminum silicate
1% -
1.5%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness:
LOW
Might be helpful in restoring skin barrier function and, when combined with zinc carbonate and malonic acid, reducing fine lines and wrinkles by stimulating elastin production. Also helps stabilize the product formulation
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How honest is this product?
| Promise | Can it deliver? |
|---|---|
| Anti-aging |
Total Promises Fulfilled score:
50/100.
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Can it cause trouble?
- Overall product irritation risk
- Acne & comedogenic risk ingredients: 2
Potential irritants
parfum
0.4% -
0.9%
Irritation risk:
An aromatic blend of unspecified and possibly irritating ingredients
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Comodogenic ingredients
isopropyl palmitate
2.6% -
3.9%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: High
Works for:
Moisturizing
Helps soften the upper layer of the skin and create a thicker product consistency
sorbitan oleate
0.45% -
1%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: Medium
Works for:
Cleansing
Helps oil and water mix together
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Ingredients & concentrations
All ingredients
Key Actives
dimethicone
3.7% -
5.6%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Mattifying
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
simmondsia chinensis seed oil
1.7% -
2.5%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing
Softens the upper layer of skin and helps restore the healthy skin barrier. Has shown to help calm down inflammation in skin. It is a stable oil, meaning that it retains its properties even when exposed to air.
Potential irritants
parfum
0.4% -
0.9%
Irritation risk:
An aromatic blend of unspecified and possibly irritating ingredients
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Comodogenic ingredients
isopropyl palmitate
2.6% -
3.9%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: High
Works for:
Moisturizing
Helps soften the upper layer of the skin and create a thicker product consistency
sorbitan oleate
0.45% -
1%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: Medium
Works for:
Cleansing
Helps oil and water mix together
All ingredients
mica
4% -
6.1%
Irritation risk:
Creates an illusion of smoother and more radiant skin tone. Adds shimmer to the skin by reflecting light
synthetic fluorphlogopite
4.7% -
7%
Irritation risk:
A mineral that is used as an optical filter (makes the skin looks nicer through light reflection) and to improve the texture of cosmetic products
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Ingredient list view
Talc, Mica, Synthetic fluorphlogopite, Dimethicone, Isopropyl palmitate, Silica, Polysorbate 20, Simmondsia chinensis seed oil, Tocopheryl acetate, Acrylamide/sodium acryloyldimethyltaurate copolymer, Magnesium aluminum silicate, Octyldodecyl stearoyl stearate, Cetearyl ethylhexanoate, Caprylyl glycol, Isohexadecane, Sorbitan stearate, Lauroyl lysine, Polysorbate 80, Hexylene glycol, Tin oxide, Nylon-12, Sorbitan oleate, Calcium aluminum borosilicate, Benzyl salicylate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium dehydroacetate, Parfum, Butylphenyl methylpropional, Coumarin, Alpha-isomethyl ionone, Citronellol, Ci 15850, Ci 77007, Ultramarines, Ci 77288, Chromium oxide greens, Ci 77491, Iron oxides, Ci 77492, Iron oxides, Ci 77499, Iron oxides, Ci 77891, Titanium dioxide
Sources
- Dimethicone as a protective ingredient in topical medications
- Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Dimethicone Copolyol
- Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Isopropyl Isostearate
- Final report on the safety assessment of aluminum silicate, calcium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate, magnesium silicate, magnesium trisilicate, sodium magnesium silicate, zirconium silicate, attapulgite, bentonite, Fuller's earth, hectorite, kaolin, lithium magnesium silicate, lithium magnesium sodium silicate, montmorillonite, pyrophyllite, and zeolite
- Extracellular matrix in cutaneous ageing: the effects of 0.1% copper-zinc malonate-containing cream on elastin biosynthesis