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Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

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Trader Joe's
Retinol Night Serum

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Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Retinol Night Serum

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Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Retinol Night Serum

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Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Retinol Night 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 8	Water (aqua), propanediol, caprylic/capric triglyceride, polyglyceryl-4 laurate/succinate, sorbitan oleate, sodium ascorbate, tocopherol, sodium hyaluronate, phenoxyethanol, ammonium acryloyldimethyltaurate/vp copolymer, retinol (vitamin a), ethylhexylglycerin, citric acid, adansonia digitata (baobab) seed oil, phospholipids, retinyl palmitate (vitamin a palmitate), tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e acetate), ascorbyl palmitate (vitamin c palmitate), salicylic acid, sorbic acid

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 25

Total Number of ingredients = 20

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 (aqua), propanediol, caprylic/capric triglyceride, polyglyceryl-4 laurate/succinate, sorbitan oleate, sodium ascorbate, tocopherol, sodium hyaluronate, phenoxyethanol, ammonium acryloyldimethyltaurate/vp copolymer, retinol (vitamin a), ethylhexylglycerin, citric acid, adansonia digitata (baobab) seed oil, phospholipids, retinyl palmitate (vitamin a palmitate), tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e acetate), ascorbyl palmitate (vitamin c palmitate), salicylic acid, sorbic acid

Notable ingredients

Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Retinol Night Serum

Anti-acne: Retinol

Skin brightening: Retinol

Antioxidant: Carthamus tinctorius seed oil, Tocopherol

Anti-acne: Retinol (vitamin a), Salicylic acid

Skin brightening: Retinol (vitamin a)

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl palmitate (vitamin c palmitate), Sodium ascorbate, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e acetate)

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Ingredients with their functions

Encapsulated 0.5% Retinol Cream

Retinol Night 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.