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Dark Spot Corrector

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Blemish + Age Defense

Product category and function

Dark Spot Corrector

Blemish + Age Defense

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

Dark Spot Corrector

Blemish + Age Defense

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

Dark Spot Corrector

Blemish + Age Defense

No. of common ingredients = 0
Total Number of ingredients = 19	Total Number of ingredients = 14
Aqua/water/eau, alcohol denat., propylene glycol, gluconolactone, glycolic acid, potassium hydroxide, polyquaternium-10, lactobionic acid, citric acid, kojic acid, 4-butylresorcinol, glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, ascorbic acid, arginine, bht, sodium sulfite, sodium bisulfite, yellow 5 (ci 19140), red 33 (ci 17200) 5	Glycolic acid (3.5%), octadecenedioic acid (dioic acid, 2%), salicylic acid (1.5%), capryloyl salicylic acid (lha, 0.3%), citric acid (0.5%), hydroxyethylpiperazine ethane sulfonic acid (hepes, 0.5%), alcohol denat., aqua/water/eau, methylpropanediol, diisopropyl adipate, sodium hydroxide, polyquaternium-10, tocopherol, helianthus annuus seed oil (sunflower seed oil)

Notable ingredients

Dark Spot Corrector

Blemish + Age Defense

Soothing: Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract

Antioxidant: 4-butylresorcinol, Ascorbic acid, Bht, Sodium bisulfite, Sodium sulfite, Kojic acid

Exfoliant: Glycolic acid, Gluconolactone

Anti-acne: Salicylic acid (1.5%)

Skin brightening: Octadecenedioic acid (dioic acid, 2%)

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

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Ingredients with their functions

Dark Spot Corrector

Blemish + Age Defense

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.

Alcohol denat.

Also-called: Alcohol denat | Function: Viscosity controlling, Astringent, Solvent, Anti-microbial