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Olive Virgin Oil Crystal Skin Essence

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Vitamin C + E + Ferulic 16% Face Serum

Product category and function

Olive Virgin Oil Crystal Skin Essence

Vitamin C + E + Ferulic 16% Face Serum

Serums/Treatments	Serums/Treatments
Concentrated formulas for hydrating and addressing skin issues.	Concentrated formulas for hydrating and addressing skin issues.
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Ingredient highlights

Olive Virgin Oil Crystal Skin Essence

Vitamin C + E + Ferulic 16% Face Serum

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

Full ingredient list

Olive Virgin Oil Crystal Skin Essence

Vitamin C + E + Ferulic 16% Face Serum

No. of common ingredients = 0
Total Number of ingredients = 11	Total Number of ingredients = 19
Water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, pentylene glycol, xanthan gum, magnesium sulfate, sodium citrate, gellan gum, citric acid, tocopherol, phenoxyethanol 5	Aqua, 3-o-ethyl ascorbic acid, dimethyl isosorbide, butylene glycol, ethoxydiglycol, sodium citrate, citric acid, 1,2-hexanediol, sodium gluconate, ferulic acid, coceth-7, phenoxyethanol, ppg-1-peg-9 lauryl glycol ether, fullerenes, tocopherol acetate, ethylhexylglycerin, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, pvp, trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate.

Notable ingredients

Olive Virgin Oil Crystal Skin Essence

Vitamin C + E + Ferulic 16% Face Serum

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Butylene glycol, Pentylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Skin brightening: 3-o-ethyl ascorbic acid

Antioxidant: 3-o-ethyl ascorbic acid, Ferulic acid, Tocopherol acetate

Solvent: Aqua, 1,2-hexanediol, Butylene glycol, Dimethyl isosorbide, Ethoxydiglycol

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Ingredients with their functions

Olive Virgin Oil Crystal Skin Essence

Vitamin C + E + Ferulic 16% Face Serum

Water/aqua/eau

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.

Butylene glycol

Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent

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

Olea europaea (olive) fruit oil

Also-called: Olive oil, olive fruit oil | Function: Skin conditioning

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