Works for:
based on ingredients and %- Moisturizing
Doesn't work for:
based on ingredients and %- Anti-aging
- Exfoliation
- Evens skin tone
Can it cause trouble?
- Irritation risk: medium
- Comedogenic risk ingredients: 1
Key actives
Product Summary
"UNPA - Charming Charcoal Black Gommage" is effective for: Moisturizing
Ingredient callouts
- An effective concentration of Panthenol (pro-vitamin B5) - about 2.10% - 3.10%. Panthenol helps strengthen the skin barrier, improve hydration and reduce inflammation in skin.
- Humectants (xylitylglucoside 0.60% - 1.40%, sodium hyaluronate 0.35% - 0.85%, panthenol 2.10% - 3.10% and anhydroxylitol 0.50% - 1.10%). These ingredients help attract water to the upper layer of the skin and improve the skin hydration.
Moisturizing
What does the product description say?
We recommend this product for oil control, reducing pore appearance size, and hydration.
Source: Soko Glam
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:
anhydroxylitol, sodium hyaluronate.
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: isopropyl myristate, olea europaea fruit oil.
The following ingredients in this product are especially good for supporting the skin barrier and helping with the hydration level: panthenol
Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and repair the skin barrier function
An emollient that helps soften the skin. Could be comedogenic
Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and can help improve skin barrier function
One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Attracts water into the upper layer of the skin
Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and repair the skin barrir function
An emollient that helps soften the skin but is not effective for restoring its barrier function. Might be helpful to calm down inflammation
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
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
Helps preserve products and creates a nice product texture
An emollient that helps soften the upper layer of the skin. Might have some weak anti-oxidant properties
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
Anti-aging
What does the product description say?
Meanwhile, vitamin B5 (panthenol) hydrates and protects the skin barrier, hyaluronic acid plumps and reduces fine lines, ginseng root calms skin, and baikal skullcap root extract helps reduce hyperpigmentation.
Source: Soko Glam
This product does not contain ingredients that are able to reduce fine lines and wrinkles or help with skin elasticity, but it can improve the look of the skin temporarily through moisturization. Well-moisturized skin might also be able to repair the sun damage better.
Evens skin tone
What does the product description say?
Meanwhile, vitamin B5 (panthenol) hydrates and protects the skin barrier, hyaluronic acid plumps and reduces fine lines, ginseng root calms skin, and baikal skullcap root extract helps reduce hyperpigmentation.
Source: Soko Glam
Effective ingredients missing or their concentration is too low
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
Exfoliation
What does the product description say?
This unique peeling exfoliator takes one of the world’s oldest and trustiest skin care staples, charcoal, and wraps it up into a sophisticated gommage.
Source: Soko Glam
This product does not contain effective exfoliating ingredients. It might be able to deliver physical exfoliation, that is scrub off some of the dead cells on the surface of the skin. We do not recommend physical exfoliation, because it is not uniform (some bits of skin can get exfoliated too much while others not at all). It can also traumatize the skin and aggrevate acne and other skin conditions.
How honest is this product?
| Promise | Can it deliver? |
|---|---|
| Moisturizing | |
| Anti-aging | |
| Exfoliation | |
| Evens skin tone |
Total Promises Fulfilled score: 37/100.
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Ingredient list view
Water, Butylene glycol, Charcoal extract, Cellulose, Panthenol, Sophora flavescens root extract, Paeonia suffruticosa root extract, Scutellaria baicalensis root extract, Charcoal powder, Xylitylglucoside, Anhydroxylitol, Charcoal powder, Xylitol, Sodium hyaluronate, Zanthoxylum piperitum fruit extract, Carbomer, Olea europaea fruit oil, Argania spinosa kernel oil, Isopropyl myristate, Syringa vulgaris leaf cell culture extract, Dipotassium glycyrrhizate, 1,2-hexanediol, Sodium hydroxide, Caprylyl glycol
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