
SEPHORA COLLECTION Clarifying Lotion
Benefits
Promise: Anti-blemish
What does the product description say?
A 90 percent natural-ingredient lotion that reduces the appearance of blemishes from the first application thanks to its drying and exfoliating formula.
This product can help reduce breakouts and clogged pores because it contains the following ingredient: salicylic acid. This ingredient is used for treating acne and can have a noticeable effect.
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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salicylic acid | HIGH |
Promise: Evens skin tone
What does the product description say?
Redness, Dullness and Uneven Texture, Acne and Blemishes Formulation.
This product might help improve the skin tone through exfoliation. In other words, it helps to speed up the shedding of cells from the upper layer of the skin, and this might help reduce hyperpigmentation.
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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salicylic acid | LOW |
Promise: Exfoliation
What does the product description say?
Exfoliates and smooths.
This product can help exfoliate the skin. In other words, it helps break down the bonds between dead cells on the surface of the skin and speed up the skin turnover. Skin often appears softer and brighter after exfoliation, but overdoing it can result in disrupted skin barrier. The following ingredient is doing the exfoliating job in this product: salicylic acid.
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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salicylic acid | HIGH |
Other benefit: Moisturizing
This product contains good ingredients to attract water to the upper layer of the skin. These ingredients are called "humectants": glycerin.
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. If the air is dry, humectants can speed up the moisture loss from the skin. This is why it is a good idea to use another product on top of this one to help "seal in" the moisture (look for ingredients like dimethicone, squalane, oils and butters).
Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
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glycerin | HIGH | ||
saccharum officinarum extract | HIGH |
Honesty check
How honest is this product?
Promise | Can it deliver? |
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Exfoliation | |
Anti-blemish | |
Evens skin tone |
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Potential irritants

Ingredient | Irritancy | Skin Benefit |
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alcohol denat. | ||
isopropyl alcohol | ||
salicylic acid |
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Ingredients & concentrations
- salicylic acid
- glycerin
- saccharum officinarum extract
Ingredient | Estimated concentration |
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40% - 60% | |
Plain old water | |
8.6% - 12.9% | |
Produces temporary toning effect. Can help dissolve other ingredients or preserve products | |
4.4% - 6.6% | |
A drying alcohol. Can increase skin's sensitivity and cause dryness and irritation | |
2.9% - 4.3% | |
One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant | |
2.1% - 3.2% | |
A plant extract that might help neutralize free radicals in skin, but research on its efficacy in skin is lacking | |
1.5% - 2.3% | |
Sugar extract that helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin | |
0.55% - 1.25% | |
Used for skin exfoliation. It has an anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial effect, helps to unclog pores, prevent blemishes and speed up healing of the existing ones. Sometimes referred to as a BHA (beta-hydroxy acid) | |
0.85% - 1.3% | |
A plant extract that is used as a fragrance. Can be irritating and lead to photosensitivity | |
0.35% - 0.8% | |
Used as a fragrance. Can be irritating and cause photosensitivity | |
0.15% - 0.65% | |
0.1% - 0.45% | |
Used to adjust the product's pH | |
0.1% - 0.35% | |
A plant extract that contains small percentage of AHAs. Is unlikely to have any skin benefit due the small concentration of the active compounds | |
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Sources
- Glycerol and the skin: holistic approach to its origin and functions
- Lonicera caerulea and Vaccinium myrtillus fruit polyphenols protect HaCaT keratinocytes against UVB-induced phototoxic stress and DNA damage
- Herbal Medicine: Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects. 2nd edition.
- Salicylic acid as a peeling agent: a comprehensive review
- Beta Hydroxy Acids
- A review of toxicity from topical salicylic acid preparations
- Glycolic Acid Peels Versus Salicylic–Mandelic Acid Peels in Active Acne Vulgaris and Post‐Acne Scarring and Hyperpigmentation: A Comparative Study
- Safety Assessment of Citrus Fruit-Derived Ingredients as Used in Cosmetics
- Photosensitivity in children: An approach to diagnosis and management