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Olive Virgin Oil Crystal Skin Essence

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Post Blemish 10% Vitamin C Serum

Product category and function

Olive Virgin Oil Crystal Skin Essence

Post Blemish 10% Vitamin C 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

Post Blemish 10% Vitamin C 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

Full ingredient list

Olive Virgin Oil Crystal Skin Essence

Post Blemish 10% Vitamin C Serum

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, pentylene glycol, xanthan gum, magnesium sulfate, sodium citrate, gellan gum, citric acid, tocopherol, phenoxyethanol 7	Water, 3-o-ethyl ascorbic acid, butylene glycol, ethoxydiglycol, sodium citrate, polysorbate 20, citric acid, pentylene glycol, polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, propanediol, glycerin, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, tocopherol, sodium metabisulfite, glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, phenoxyethanol, hydrolyzed sodium hyaluronate, sodium benzoate, centella asiatica extract

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 11

Total Number of ingredients = 21

Water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, pentylene glycol, xanthan gum, magnesium sulfate, sodium citrate, gellan gum, citric acid, tocopherol, phenoxyethanol

Water, 3-o-ethyl ascorbic acid, butylene glycol, ethoxydiglycol, sodium citrate, polysorbate 20, citric acid, pentylene glycol, polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, propanediol, glycerin, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, tocopherol, sodium metabisulfite, glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, phenoxyethanol, hydrolyzed sodium hyaluronate, sodium benzoate, centella asiatica extract

Notable ingredients

Olive Virgin Oil Crystal Skin Essence

Post Blemish 10% Vitamin C Serum

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

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

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Soothing: Centella asiatica extract, Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract

Skin brightening: 3-o-ethyl ascorbic acid

Antioxidant: 3-o-ethyl ascorbic acid, Centella asiatica extract, Sodium metabisulfite, Tocopherol

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Ingredients with their functions

Olive Virgin Oil Crystal Skin Essence

Post Blemish 10% Vitamin C 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.