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Glycolic Skin Renewal Complex

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Glycolic Skin Renewal Complex

Proactiv Solution Repairing Treatment

Targeted Treatments	Targeted Treatments
Powerful products for targeted use, such as spot treatments.	Powerful products for targeted use, such as spot treatments.
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Ingredient highlights

Glycolic Skin Renewal Complex

Proactiv Solution Repairing Treatment

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

Glycolic Skin Renewal Complex

Proactiv Solution Repairing Treatment

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua (water, eau), arachis hypogaea (peanut) oil, glycerin, dimethicone, propylene glycol, cetyl alcohol, myristyl myristate, cetearyl alcohol, glycolic acid, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, sodium carboxymethyl beta-glucan, carica papaya (papaya) fruit extract, mica, zea mays (corn) oil, honey extract, chitosan succinamide, spiraea ulmaria (drop wort) extract, retinyl palmitate, glyceryl acrylate/acrylic acid copolymer, butylene glycol, ceteareth-20, parfum (fragrance), phenoxyethanol, methylparaben, propylparaben, diazolidinyl urea, imidazolidinyl urea, citronellol 11	Benzoyl peroxide (2.5%), allantoin, carbomer, ceteareth-20, cetearyl alcohol, cyclopentasiloxane, cyclotetrasiloxane, diazolidinyl urea, dimethicone, ethoxydiglycol, fragrance, glyceryl stearate, methylparaben, panthenol, peg-100 stearate, propylene glycol, propylparaben, sodium hydroxide, water, xanthan gum

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 29

Total Number of ingredients = 20

Aqua (water, eau), arachis hypogaea (peanut) oil, glycerin, dimethicone, propylene glycol, cetyl alcohol, myristyl myristate, cetearyl alcohol, glycolic acid, glyceryl stearate, peg-100 stearate, sodium carboxymethyl beta-glucan, carica papaya (papaya) fruit extract, mica, zea mays (corn) oil, honey extract, chitosan succinamide, spiraea ulmaria (drop wort) extract, retinyl palmitate, glyceryl acrylate/acrylic acid copolymer, butylene glycol, ceteareth-20, parfum (fragrance), phenoxyethanol, methylparaben, propylparaben, diazolidinyl urea, imidazolidinyl urea, citronellol

Benzoyl peroxide (2.5%), allantoin, carbomer, ceteareth-20, cetearyl alcohol, cyclopentasiloxane, cyclotetrasiloxane, diazolidinyl urea, dimethicone, ethoxydiglycol, fragrance, glyceryl stearate, methylparaben, panthenol, peg-100 stearate, propylene glycol, propylparaben, sodium hydroxide, water, xanthan gum

Notable ingredients

Glycolic Skin Renewal Complex

Proactiv Solution Repairing Treatment

Exfoliant: Glycolic acid

Cell-signaling ingredient: Retinyl palmitate

Solvent: Aqua (water, eau), Butylene glycol, Glycerin, Propylene glycol

Anti-acne: Benzoyl peroxide (2.5%)

Soothing: Allantoin, Panthenol

Solvent: Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Cyclotetrasiloxane, Ethoxydiglycol, Propylene glycol

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Ingredients with their functions

Glycolic Skin Renewal Complex

Proactiv Solution Repairing Treatment

Aqua (water, 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.

Arachis hypogaea (peanut) oil

Function: 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