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Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

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Renee Rouleau
Advanced Resurfacing Serum

RENNE ROULEU SKICNARE Advanced Resurfacing Serum.

Product category and function

Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Advanced Resurfacing Serum

Retinoid Serums/Creams	Retinoid Serums/Creams
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Ingredient highlights

Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Advanced Resurfacing Serum

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

Advanced Resurfacing Serum

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	Water, cyclopentasiloxane, diethylhexyl succinate, retinol, glycerin, mica, octyldodecanol, ppg-12/smdi copolymer, dimethicone crosspolymer, dimethicone, lecithin, glucosamine hcl, laminaria digitata extract, saccharomyces cerevisiae extract, urea, artemisia vulgaris extract, palmitoyl tripeptide-38, retinyl palmitate, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, glycine soja (soybean) oil, hydroxypropyl cyclodextrin, daucus carota sativa (carrot) root extract, beta-carotene, tocopherol, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, squalane, polysorbate 20, polysorbate 60, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, polysorbate 80, propanediol, laureth-4, phenoxyethanol, laureth-23, ethylhexylglycerin, peg-8, ascorbyl palmitate (vitamin c), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), citric acid, potassium hydroxide, methylisothiazolinone

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 25

Total Number of ingredients = 41

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

Water, cyclopentasiloxane, diethylhexyl succinate, retinol, glycerin, mica, octyldodecanol, ppg-12/smdi copolymer, dimethicone crosspolymer, dimethicone, lecithin, glucosamine hcl, laminaria digitata extract, saccharomyces cerevisiae extract, urea, artemisia vulgaris extract, palmitoyl tripeptide-38, retinyl palmitate, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, glycine soja (soybean) oil, hydroxypropyl cyclodextrin, daucus carota sativa (carrot) root extract, beta-carotene, tocopherol, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, squalane, polysorbate 20, polysorbate 60, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, polysorbate 80, propanediol, laureth-4, phenoxyethanol, laureth-23, ethylhexylglycerin, peg-8, ascorbyl palmitate (vitamin c), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), citric acid, potassium hydroxide, methylisothiazolinone

Notable ingredients

Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Advanced Resurfacing Serum

Anti-acne: Retinol

Skin brightening: Retinol

Antioxidant: Carthamus tinctorius seed oil, Tocopherol

Anti-acne: Retinol

Skin brightening: Retinol

Antioxidant: Ascorbic acid (vitamin c), Ascorbyl palmitate (vitamin c), Tocopherol

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Ingredients with their functions

Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Advanced Resurfacing Serum

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.