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Beauty Pie
High Dose Intensive Booster Treatment (3% Retinol Complex)

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Micro-Dose Anti-Aging Retinol Serum With Ceramides And Peptide

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Product category and function

High Dose Intensive Booster Treatment (3% Retinol Complex)

Micro-Dose Anti-Aging Retinol Serum With Ceramides And Peptide

Retinoid Serums/Creams	Retinoid Serums/Creams
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Ingredient highlights

High Dose Intensive Booster Treatment (3% Retinol Complex)

Micro-Dose Anti-Aging Retinol Serum With Ceramides And Peptide

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free

Full ingredient list

High Dose Intensive Booster Treatment (3% Retinol Complex)

Micro-Dose Anti-Aging Retinol Serum With Ceramides And Peptide

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua (water), dimethicone, glycerin, butylene glycol, dipentaerythrityl hexacaprylate/hexacaprate, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, glycine soja (soybean) oil, lauroyl lysine, peg-8, phenoxyethanol, squalane, glycine soja (soybean) seed extract, polysorbate 60, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, polyurethane crosspolymer-1, chlorphenesin, polysorbate 20, sodium hydroxide, disodium edta, lactic acid, retinol, olive glycerides, sorbitan isostearate, ceramide np, sodium hyaluronate, phenethyl alcohol, glyceryl caprylate, phenylpropanol, opuntia ficus-indica stem extract, opuntia ficus-indica callus culture extract 13	Aqua/water, glycerin, butylene glycol, pentylene glycol, niacinamide, cetyl alcohol, isohexadecane, isononyl isononanoate, diisopropyl sebacate, 2-oleamido-1,3-octadecanediol, 4-t-butylcyclohexanol, acetyl dipeptide-1 cetyl ester, adenosine, ceramide np, hydroxypalmitoyl sphinganine, lauroyl lysine, octyldodecanol, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, sodium chloride, sodium hyaluronate, sodium hydroxide, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, retinol, tocopherol, dicaprylyl ether, ammonium polyacryloyldimethyl taurate, behenyl alcohol, caprylyl glycol, carbomer, cetearyl alcohol, cetearyl glucoside, glycine soja oil (soybean oil), helianthus annuus seed oil (sunflower seed oil), hydroxyethylcellulose, lecithin, phenethyl alcohol, poloxamer 188, polycaprolactone, sorbitan laurate, steareth-100, ci 40800 (beta-carotene), chlorphenesin, phenoxyethanol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 32

Total Number of ingredients = 43

Aqua (water), dimethicone, glycerin, butylene glycol, dipentaerythrityl hexacaprylate/hexacaprate, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, glycine soja (soybean) oil, lauroyl lysine, peg-8, phenoxyethanol, squalane, glycine soja (soybean) seed extract, polysorbate 60, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, polyurethane crosspolymer-1, chlorphenesin, polysorbate 20, sodium hydroxide, disodium edta, lactic acid, retinol, olive glycerides, sorbitan isostearate, ceramide np, sodium hyaluronate, phenethyl alcohol, glyceryl caprylate, phenylpropanol, opuntia ficus-indica stem extract, opuntia ficus-indica callus culture extract

Aqua/water, glycerin, butylene glycol, pentylene glycol, niacinamide, cetyl alcohol, isohexadecane, isononyl isononanoate, diisopropyl sebacate, 2-oleamido-1,3-octadecanediol, 4-t-butylcyclohexanol, acetyl dipeptide-1 cetyl ester, adenosine, ceramide np, hydroxypalmitoyl sphinganine, lauroyl lysine, octyldodecanol, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, sodium chloride, sodium hyaluronate, sodium hydroxide, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate, retinol, tocopherol, dicaprylyl ether, ammonium polyacryloyldimethyl taurate, behenyl alcohol, caprylyl glycol, carbomer, cetearyl alcohol, cetearyl glucoside, glycine soja oil (soybean oil), helianthus annuus seed oil (sunflower seed oil), hydroxyethylcellulose, lecithin, phenethyl alcohol, poloxamer 188, polycaprolactone, sorbitan laurate, steareth-100, ci 40800 (beta-carotene), chlorphenesin, phenoxyethanol

Notable ingredients

High Dose Intensive Booster Treatment (3% Retinol Complex)

Micro-Dose Anti-Aging Retinol Serum With Ceramides And Peptide

Anti-acne: Retinol

Skin brightening: Retinol

Antioxidant: Opuntia ficus-indica callus culture extract

Anti-acne: Niacinamide, Retinol

Soothing: Niacinamide, 4-t-butylcyclohexanol

Skin brightening: Niacinamide, Retinol

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Ingredients with their functions

High Dose Intensive Booster Treatment (3% Retinol Complex)

Micro-Dose Anti-Aging Retinol Serum With Ceramides And Peptide

Aqua (water)

Also-called: Aqua, Aqua/Water, Water/Aqua/Eau, Aqua/Water/Eau | Function: Skin conditioning, Solvent

Water serves as a fundamental component in skincare products, often listed as the first ingredient, which means it's the most abundant. It acts as a solvent, helping to dissolve other ingredients and facilitate the application and absorption of products.

Dimethicone

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Glycerin

Also-called: Glycerol | Function: Skin-identical ingredient, Viscosity controlling, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent