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Provence Beauty No Baggage Adaptogen Eye Cream
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What can the product work for?
Moisturizing
What does the product description say?
SNOW MUSHROOM, an adaptogenic ingredient, helps mitigate your skin’s stress response + helps your eye area look hydrated + refreshed REISHI MUSHROOM, known as the herb of immortality, helps to visibly smooth fine lines, wrinkles, and puffiness CAFFEINE, visibly firms + tightens + helps reduce the look of dark circles HYALURONIC ACID, attracts moisture to the skin + locks it in, giving it a more hydrated + plump appearance
betaine
0.25% -
0.5%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and improves the product texture
sodium hyaluronate
1.7% -
2.1%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Attracts water into the upper layer of the skin
glycerin
0.25% -
0.45%
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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Anti-oxidation
pinus pinaster bark extract
0.55% -
0.85%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness:
MEDIUM
A plant extract that might help neutralize free radicals and reduce hyperpigmentation, but evidence of effectiveness of topical application is lacking. It can be an INCI name for the trademarked ingredient Pycnogenol (but could also be a different type of this plant's bark extract)
caffeine
2% -
2.4%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness:
LOW
Might be helpful in neutralizing free radicals. Can have a dehydration effect that might somewhat decrease the look of puffy eyes
coccinia indica fruit extract
0.25% -
0.45%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness:
LOW
A plant extract that might have some anti-oxidant effect helping neutralize free radicals in skin
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Anti-aging
What does the product description say?
SNOW MUSHROOM, an adaptogenic ingredient, helps mitigate your skin’s stress response + helps your eye area look hydrated + refreshed REISHI MUSHROOM, known as the herb of immortality, helps to visibly smooth fine lines, wrinkles, and puffiness CAFFEINE, visibly firms + tightens + helps reduce the look of dark circles HYALURONIC ACID, attracts moisture to the skin + locks it in, giving it a more hydrated + plump appearance
niacinamide
0.7% -
1.05%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Insufficient!
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
tocopherol
0.5% -
0.75%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Insufficient!
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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| Promise | Can it deliver? |
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| Moisturizing | |
| Anti-aging |
Total Promises Fulfilled score:
62/100.
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Can it cause trouble?
- Overall product irritation risk
- Acne & comedogenic risk ingredients: 1
Potential irritants
melia azadirachta leaf extract
0.35% -
0.65%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Antibacterial,
Anti-blemish
A plant extract that has anti-bacterial properties. Can be used to preserve the product. Can be irritating
pullulan
0.2% -
0.35%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Mattifying
Creates a thin drying film on the skin resulting in a short-term tightening effect
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Comodogenic ingredients
corallina officinalis extract
0.3% -
0.55%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: High
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Anti-oxidation
Red algae extract that helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and might contain antioxidants
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Ingredients & concentrations
All ingredients
Key Actives
niacinamide
0.7% -
1.05%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Anti-aging,
Evens skin tone,
Anti-blemish,
Reduces irritation,
Reduces redness,
Antibacterial,
Anti-inflammatory
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
tocopherol
0.5% -
0.75%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Anti-oxidation,
Moisturizing,
Anti-aging,
Anti-inflammatory
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
melia azadirachta leaf extract
0.35% -
0.65%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Antibacterial,
Anti-blemish
A plant extract that has anti-bacterial properties. Can be used to preserve the product. Can be irritating
pullulan
0.2% -
0.35%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Mattifying
Creates a thin drying film on the skin resulting in a short-term tightening effect
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Comodogenic ingredients
corallina officinalis extract
0.3% -
0.55%
Irritation risk: Comedogenicity: High
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Anti-oxidation
Red algae extract that helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and might contain antioxidants
All ingredients
propanediol
5% -
6.1%
Irritation risk:
Acts as a solvent for other ingredients. Speeds up the absorption of other ingredients into the skin
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Ingredient list view
Water, Propanediol, Sodium acrylates copolymer, Tremella fuciformis extract, Ganoderma lucidum extract, Caffeine, Sodium hyaluronate, Inonotus obliquus extract, Auricularia auricula-judae extract, Grifola frondosa extract, Niacinamide, Morus alba leaf extract, Helichrysum stoechas flower extract, Pinus pinaster bark extract, Prunus armeniaca fruit extract, Terminalia ferdinandiana fruit extract, Tocopherol, Simmondsia chinensis seed oil, Melia azadirachta leaf extract, Melia azadirachta flower extract, Corallina officinalis extract, Betaine, Coccinia indica fruit extract, Glycerin, Pullulan, Lecithin, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Caprylhydroxamic acid, 1,2-hexanediol, Sodium benzotriazolyl butylphenol sulfonate
Sources
- Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Acrylates Copolymer and 33 Related Cosmetic Ingredients
- Hyaluronic acid: A key molecule in skin aging
- Hyaluronan (Hyaluronic Acid): a natural moisturizer for skin care
- Niacinamide - mechanisms of action and its topical use in dermatology
- Gehring, W. (2004). Nicotinic acid/niacinamide and the skin. Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 3(2), 88–93. doi:10.1111/j.1473-2130.2004.00115.x
- Study of nutraceutical, nutricosmetics and cosmeceutical potentials of polyphenolic bark extracts from Canadian forest species
- The chemotherapeutic potential of Terminalia ferdinandiana: Phytochemistry and bioactivity