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Pai Skincare The Pioneer Mattifying Moisturizer
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What can the product work for?
Moisturizing
What does the product description say?
simmondsia chinensis seed oil
4% -
6%
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.
carthamus tinctorius seed oil
5.2% -
7.9%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
An emollient that helps soften the skin and might help calm down inflammation
glycerin
2.2% -
3.3%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant
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Evens skin tone
What does the product description say?
lactic acid
0.05% -
0.2%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Insufficient!
An exfoliating and moisturizing alpha-hydroxy acid (AHA). Typically causes less irritation than other AHAs, for example, glycolic acid. At high concentrations (about 15%), lactic acid can help reduce lines and wrinkles. Recent studies show that lactic acid can support the "good" bacteria living on skin's surface (healthy skin microbiome)
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How honest is this product?
Promise | Can it deliver? |
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Moisturizing | |
Evens skin tone |
Total Promises Fulfilled score:
37/100.
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Can it cause trouble?
- Overall product irritation risk
- Acne & comedogenic risk ingredients: 1
Potential irritants
lavandula officinalis flower oil
0.95% -
1.4%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Anti-oxidation,
Anti-inflammatory
Am essential oil that is used as a fragrance
lavandula angustifolia oil
0.8% -
1.25%
Irritation risk:
An essential oil. Potential allergen and can be irritating. It has some anti-bacterial properties
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Comodogenic ingredients
cetearyl alcohol
2.3% -
3.5%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: Medium
Works for:
Cleansing,
Moisturizing
A non-drying alcohol. Works as an emollient. Helps water and oil mix together and creates a nice product texture
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Ingredients & concentrations
All ingredients
Key Actives
borago officinalis seed oil
1.8% -
2.7%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Reduces irritation,
Moisturizing,
Anti-inflammatory,
Anti-oxidation
A plant oil that is effective in reducing irritation in skin, restore the barrier function and support its hydration
tocopherol
1.2% -
1.8%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Anti-oxidation,
Anti-aging,
Anti-inflammatory,
Moisturizing
Pure form of vitamin E. Can help moisturise and protect the skin from free radicals. Often used to help stabilise other ingredients or the formula itself
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Potential irritants
lavandula officinalis flower oil
0.95% -
1.4%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Anti-oxidation,
Anti-inflammatory
Am essential oil that is used as a fragrance
lavandula angustifolia oil
0.8% -
1.25%
Irritation risk:
An essential oil. Potential allergen and can be irritating. It has some anti-bacterial properties
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Comodogenic ingredients
cetearyl alcohol
2.3% -
3.5%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: Medium
Works for:
Cleansing,
Moisturizing
A non-drying alcohol. Works as an emollient. Helps water and oil mix together and creates a nice product texture
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carthamus tinctorius seed oil
5.2% -
7.9%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Anti-oxidation
An emollient that helps soften the skin and might help calm down inflammation
simmondsia chinensis seed oil
4% -
6%
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.
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Ingredient list view
Water, Carthamus tinctorius seed oil, Simmondsia chinensis seed oil, Cetearyl alcohol, Glycerin, Borago officinalis seed oil, Cetearyl glucoside, Unknown, Tocopherol, Lavandula officinalis flower oil, Lavandula angustifolia oil, Leptospermum scoparium branch/leaf oil, Unknown, Pelargonium graveolens oil, Geranium maculatum oil, Cymbopogon martini oil, Sodium levulinate, Rosa damascena extract, Sodium anisate, Ocimum basilicum extract, Glyceryl stearate citrate, Sodium lauroyl lactylate, Lactic acid