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Snake Oil Drops

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TNS Recovery Complex

Product category and function

Snake Oil Drops

TNS Recovery Complex

Serums/Treatments	Serums/Treatments
Concentrated formulas for hydrating and addressing skin issues.	Concentrated formulas for hydrating and addressing skin issues.
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Ingredient highlights

Snake Oil Drops

TNS Recovery Complex

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free cruelty-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free

Full ingredient list

Snake Oil Drops

TNS Recovery Complex

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua (water/eau), butylene glycol, babassu oil glycereth-8 esters, olive oil peg-7 esters, almond oil peg-8 esters, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, peach kernel oil glycereth-8 esters, phenoxyethanol, panthenol, trichilia emetica (mafura) seed butter, benzyl alcohol, limonene, parfum (fragrance), disodium edta, ethylhexylglycerin, glycerin, linalool, dehydroacetic acid, xanthan gum, geraniol, caprylyl glycol, farnesol, citral, dipeptide diaminobutyroyl benzylamide diacetate, glyceryl caprylate, phenylpropanol, palmitoyl hexapeptide-52, glycolic acid, lactic acid, palmitoyl heptapeptide-18, polyvinyl alcohol. 8	Human fibroblast conditioned media, isoceteth-20, ethoxydiglycol, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, aminomethyl propanol, disodium edta, ethylhexylglycerin, glycerin, caprylyl glycol, caprylhydroxamic acid, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), hydroxycitronellal, linalool, coumarin, alpha-isomethyl ionone, geraniol, isoeugenol.

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 31

Total Number of ingredients = 18

Aqua (water/eau), butylene glycol, babassu oil glycereth-8 esters, olive oil peg-7 esters, almond oil peg-8 esters, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, peach kernel oil glycereth-8 esters, phenoxyethanol, panthenol, trichilia emetica (mafura) seed butter, benzyl alcohol, limonene, parfum (fragrance), disodium edta, ethylhexylglycerin, glycerin, linalool, dehydroacetic acid, xanthan gum, geraniol, caprylyl glycol, farnesol, citral, dipeptide diaminobutyroyl benzylamide diacetate, glyceryl caprylate, phenylpropanol, palmitoyl hexapeptide-52, glycolic acid, lactic acid, palmitoyl heptapeptide-18, polyvinyl alcohol.

Human fibroblast conditioned media, isoceteth-20, ethoxydiglycol, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, aminomethyl propanol, disodium edta, ethylhexylglycerin, glycerin, caprylyl glycol, caprylhydroxamic acid, phenoxyethanol, fragrance (parfum), hydroxycitronellal, linalool, coumarin, alpha-isomethyl ionone, geraniol, isoeugenol.

Notable ingredients

Snake Oil Drops

TNS Recovery Complex

Soothing: Panthenol

Exfoliant: Glycolic acid, Lactic acid

Cell-signaling ingredient: Dipeptide diaminobutyroyl benzylamide diacetate

Solvent: Ethoxydiglycol, Glycerin

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Aminomethyl propanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Snake Oil Drops

TNS Recovery Complex

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.

Butylene glycol

Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent

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

Babassu oil glycereth-8 esters

Function: Surfactant/Cleansing

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