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Chestnut BHA 2% Clear Liquid

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Super Smooth Aha + Bha Exfoliating Serum

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Chestnut BHA 2% Clear Liquid

Super Smooth Aha + Bha Exfoliating Serum

Leave-on Chemical Exfoliants	Leave-on Chemical Exfoliants
Formulations with exfoliating ingredients to gently dissolve dead skin cells. Once applied, these...	Formulations with exfoliating ingredients to gently dissolve dead skin cells. Once applied, these...
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Ingredient highlights

Chestnut BHA 2% Clear Liquid

Super Smooth Aha + Bha Exfoliating Serum

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Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free cruelty-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free vegan cruelty-free

Full ingredient list

Chestnut BHA 2% Clear Liquid

Super Smooth Aha + Bha Exfoliating Serum

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water, butylene glycol, propanediol, 1,2-hexanediol, salicylic acid, castanea crenata (chestnut) shell extract, sodium hydroxide, glycerin, biosaccharide gum-1, ethylhexylglycerin, xanthan gum, hydroxyethylcellulose, disodium edta, citric acid, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, hyaluronic acid, hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid, sodium citrate, sodium hyaluronate, salix alba (willow) bark extract, allantoin. 9	Aqua (water), glycerin, pentylene glycol, propanediol, lactic acid, glycolic acid, aloe barbadensis leaf juice powder, argania spinosa kernel oil, tartaric acid, vitis vinifera (grape) seed extract, sodium hyaluronate, pichia/resveratrol ferment extract, salicylic acid, camellia sinensis (white tea) leaf extract, xanthan gum, dimethyl isosorbide, potassium sorbate, sodium gluconate, hexanoyl dipeptide-3 norleucine acetate, lecithin, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium hydroxide, phenoxyethanol, citric acid

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 21

Total Number of ingredients = 24

Water, butylene glycol, propanediol, 1,2-hexanediol, salicylic acid, castanea crenata (chestnut) shell extract, sodium hydroxide, glycerin, biosaccharide gum-1, ethylhexylglycerin, xanthan gum, hydroxyethylcellulose, disodium edta, citric acid, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, hyaluronic acid, hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid, sodium citrate, sodium hyaluronate, salix alba (willow) bark extract, allantoin.

Aqua (water), glycerin, pentylene glycol, propanediol, lactic acid, glycolic acid, aloe barbadensis leaf juice powder, argania spinosa kernel oil, tartaric acid, vitis vinifera (grape) seed extract, sodium hyaluronate, pichia/resveratrol ferment extract, salicylic acid, camellia sinensis (white tea) leaf extract, xanthan gum, dimethyl isosorbide, potassium sorbate, sodium gluconate, hexanoyl dipeptide-3 norleucine acetate, lecithin, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium hydroxide, phenoxyethanol, citric acid

Notable ingredients

Chestnut BHA 2% Clear Liquid

Super Smooth Aha + Bha Exfoliating Serum

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid

Soothing: Allantoin, Salix alba (willow) bark extract

Exfoliant: Salicylic acid

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid

Antioxidant: Camellia sinensis (white tea) leaf extract, Vitis vinifera (grape) seed extract

Exfoliant: Glycolic acid, Salicylic acid, Tartaric acid, Lactic acid

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Ingredients with their functions

Chestnut BHA 2% Clear Liquid

Super Smooth Aha + Bha Exfoliating Serum

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.

Butylene glycol

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

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

Propanediol

Also-called: Zemea | Function: Viscosity controlling, Solvent

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