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Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

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Clarifying Night Cream

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Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Clarifying Night Cream

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Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Clarifying Night Cream

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

Clarifying Night Cream

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	Salicylic acid (1%), aleurites moluccanus seed oil, butylene glycol, caprylic/capric triglyceride, cetearyl alcohol, ceteth-10 phosphate, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, cyclopentasiloxane, dicetyl phosphate, dimethicone, ethylhexyl palmitate, ethylparaben, fragrance, glyceryl stearate, hexylene glycol, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, methylparaben, panthenol, peg-100 stearate, phenoxyethanol, polysorbate 60, ppg-12/smdi copolymer, propylparaben, retinol, retinyl palmitate, sodium ascorbate, sodium hyaluronate, sodium hydroxide, squalane, tocopherol, water

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 25

Total Number of ingredients = 31

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

Salicylic acid (1%), aleurites moluccanus seed oil, butylene glycol, caprylic/capric triglyceride, cetearyl alcohol, ceteth-10 phosphate, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, cyclopentasiloxane, dicetyl phosphate, dimethicone, ethylhexyl palmitate, ethylparaben, fragrance, glyceryl stearate, hexylene glycol, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, methylparaben, panthenol, peg-100 stearate, phenoxyethanol, polysorbate 60, ppg-12/smdi copolymer, propylparaben, retinol, retinyl palmitate, sodium ascorbate, sodium hyaluronate, sodium hydroxide, squalane, tocopherol, water

Notable ingredients

Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Clarifying Night Cream

Anti-acne: Retinol

Skin brightening: Retinol

Antioxidant: Carthamus tinctorius seed oil, Tocopherol

Anti-acne: Retinol, Salicylic acid (1%)

Soothing: Panthenol, Chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract

Skin brightening: Retinol

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Ingredients with their functions

Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Clarifying Night Cream

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.