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10% Pure Vitamin C Serum

Product category and function

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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

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Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free

Full ingredient list

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Water/aqua, cyclopentasiloxane, phenyl trimethicone, squalane, butylene glycol, polyacrylamide, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, phenoxyethanol, glucosamine hcl, algae extract, faex (yeast extract), urea, bacillus ferment, tocopheryl acetate, camellia oleifera leaf extract, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, sodium hyaluronate, panthenol, acetyl dipeptide-1 cetyl ester, cetyl peg/ppg-10/1 dimethicone, cetyl phosphate, c13-14 isoparaffin, laureth-7, propylene glycol, glycerin, nylon-12, carbomer, disodium edta, sodium hydroxide, diazolidinyl urea, fragrance (parfum) 10	Aqua/water/eau, ascorbic acid, cyclohexasiloxane, glycerin, alcohol denat., potassium hydroxide, polymethylsilsesquioxane, polysilicone-11, dimethicone, propylene glycol, pentaerythrityl tetraethylhexanoate, c13-14 isoparaffin, tocopherol, sodium hyaluronate, hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid, adenosine, acetyl dipeptide-1 cetyl ester, peg-20 methyl glucose sesquistearate, poloxamer 338, salicylic acid, polyacrylamide, toluene sulfonic acid, ammonium polyacryloyldimethyl taurate, xanthan gum, caprylyl glycol, disodium edta, bht, laureth-7, parfum/fragrance.

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 31

Total Number of ingredients = 29

Water/aqua, cyclopentasiloxane, phenyl trimethicone, squalane, butylene glycol, polyacrylamide, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, phenoxyethanol, glucosamine hcl, algae extract, faex (yeast extract), urea, bacillus ferment, tocopheryl acetate, camellia oleifera leaf extract, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, sodium hyaluronate, panthenol, acetyl dipeptide-1 cetyl ester, cetyl peg/ppg-10/1 dimethicone, cetyl phosphate, c13-14 isoparaffin, laureth-7, propylene glycol, glycerin, nylon-12, carbomer, disodium edta, sodium hydroxide, diazolidinyl urea, fragrance (parfum)

Aqua/water/eau, ascorbic acid, cyclohexasiloxane, glycerin, alcohol denat., potassium hydroxide, polymethylsilsesquioxane, polysilicone-11, dimethicone, propylene glycol, pentaerythrityl tetraethylhexanoate, c13-14 isoparaffin, tocopherol, sodium hyaluronate, hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid, adenosine, acetyl dipeptide-1 cetyl ester, peg-20 methyl glucose sesquistearate, poloxamer 338, salicylic acid, polyacrylamide, toluene sulfonic acid, ammonium polyacryloyldimethyl taurate, xanthan gum, caprylyl glycol, disodium edta, bht, laureth-7, parfum/fragrance.

Notable ingredients

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Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Tocopheryl acetate

Solvent: Water/aqua, Butylene glycol, C13-14 isoparaffin, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Propylene glycol

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid

Antioxidant: Ascorbic acid, Bht, Tocopherol

Exfoliant: Salicylic acid

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Ingredients with their functions

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Water/aqua

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.

Cyclopentasiloxane

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning, Solvent

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

Phenyl trimethicone

Function: Skin conditioning

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