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Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

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Obagi360 1.0 Smoothing Retinol

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Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Obagi360 1.0 Smoothing Retinol

Retinoid Serums/Creams	Retinoid Serums/Creams
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Ingredient highlights

Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Obagi360 1.0 Smoothing Retinol

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

Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Obagi360 1.0 Smoothing Retinol

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua), carthamus tinctorius seed oil, cyclopentasiloxane, simmondsia chinensis seed oil, cetearyl alcohol, retinyl palmitate, polysorbate 60, squalane, retinol, sodium hyaluronate, tocopherol, dimethicone, polyacrylamide, c13-14 isoparaffin, caprylic/capric triglyceride, laureth-7, glycerin, polysorbate-20, cetyl palmitate, laureth-23, trideceth-6 phosphate, triethanolamine, ceramide-3, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin 12	Aqua/water/eau, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glyceryl stearate, cyclopentasiloxane, butylene glycol, stearic acid, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, polysorbate 60, stearyl alcohol, glycerin, allyl methacrylates crosspolymer, retinol, polysorbate 20, dimethicone, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, hypericum perforatum flower extract, malva sylvestris (mallow) flower extract, salvia officinalis (sage) leaf extract, sambucus nigra flower extract, cyclohexasiloxane, sorbitol, tocopheryl acetate, ascorbic acid, ubiquinone, sodium hyaluronate, propylene glycol, bht, bisabolol, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, disodium edta, triethanolamine, carbomer, glyceryl acrylate/acrylic acid copolymer, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, hexylene glycol, phenoxyethanol.

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 25

Total Number of ingredients = 39

Water (aqua), carthamus tinctorius seed oil, cyclopentasiloxane, simmondsia chinensis seed oil, cetearyl alcohol, retinyl palmitate, polysorbate 60, squalane, retinol, sodium hyaluronate, tocopherol, dimethicone, polyacrylamide, c13-14 isoparaffin, caprylic/capric triglyceride, laureth-7, glycerin, polysorbate-20, cetyl palmitate, laureth-23, trideceth-6 phosphate, triethanolamine, ceramide-3, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin

Aqua/water/eau, caprylic/capric triglyceride, glyceryl stearate, cyclopentasiloxane, butylene glycol, stearic acid, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, polysorbate 60, stearyl alcohol, glycerin, allyl methacrylates crosspolymer, retinol, polysorbate 20, dimethicone, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, hypericum perforatum flower extract, malva sylvestris (mallow) flower extract, salvia officinalis (sage) leaf extract, sambucus nigra flower extract, cyclohexasiloxane, sorbitol, tocopheryl acetate, ascorbic acid, ubiquinone, sodium hyaluronate, propylene glycol, bht, bisabolol, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, disodium edta, triethanolamine, carbomer, glyceryl acrylate/acrylic acid copolymer, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, hexylene glycol, phenoxyethanol.

Notable ingredients

Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Obagi360 1.0 Smoothing Retinol

Anti-acne: Retinol

Skin brightening: Retinol

Antioxidant: Carthamus tinctorius seed oil, Tocopherol

Anti-acne: Retinol

Soothing: Sambucus nigra flower extract, Bisabolol, Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract

Skin brightening: Retinol

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Ingredients with their functions

Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Obagi360 1.0 Smoothing Retinol

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.

Carthamus tinctorius seed oil

Also-called: Safflower Seed Oil | Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning, Antioxidant

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

Cyclopentasiloxane

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning, Solvent

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