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Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Contour Serum

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Product category and function

Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Contour Serum

Skinactive Clearly Brighter Dark Spot Corrector

Serums/Treatments	Serums/Treatments
Concentrated formulas for hydrating and addressing skin issues.	Concentrated formulas for hydrating and addressing skin issues.
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Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Contour Serum

Skinactive Clearly Brighter Dark Spot Corrector

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

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Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Contour Serum

Skinactive Clearly Brighter Dark Spot Corrector

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua/eau), butylene glycol, pentaerythrityl tetraethylhexanoate, dimethicone, glycerin, dipropylene glycol, sd alcohol 40-b (alcohol denat.), behenyl alcohol, silica, peg-400, batyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol, methylparaben, carbomer, dimethylacrylamide/sodium acryloyldimethyltaurate crosspolymer, trisodium edta, tocopheryl acetate, retinyl acetate, alcohol, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, bht, polyquaternium-51, fragrance (parfum), potassium hydroxide, caffeine, xanthan gum, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, ppg-3 dipivalate, rosa canina fruit oil, iron oxides (ci 77492), tocopherol, sapindus mukorossi peel extract, linalool, limonene, sodium metabisulfite, triisostearin, uncaria gambir extract, citronellol, angelica keiskei leaf/stem extract, trimethylolpropane triethylhexanoate, geraniol, cellulose, camellia sinensis leaf extract, sodium acetylated hyaluronate, hydroxyproline, ziziphus jujuba fruit extract, chlorella vulgaris extract, methicone, tetradecene, eucheuma serra/grateloupia sparsa/saccharina angustata/ulva linza/undaria pinnatifida extract, curcuma longa (turmeric) rhizome extract, saccharina angustata/undaria pinnatifida extract, panax ginseng root extract, ascorbyl dipalmitate 13	Aqua/water, glycerin, dimethicone, octyldodecanol, hydrogenated polyisobutene, boron nitride, silica, ascorbyl glucoside, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, benzyl alcohol, benzyl salicylate, capryloyl salicylic acid, carbomer, ci 77891/titanium dioxide, citral, citric acid, disodium edta, geraniol, limonene, linalool, nymphaea alba extract/nymphaea alba flower extract, peg/ppg-18/18 dimethicone, phenoxyethanol, phenylethyl resorcinol, sodium citrate, sodium hydroxide, sodium palmitoyl proline, synthetic fluorphlogopite, tocopheryl acetate, xanthan gum, parfum/fragrance

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 54

Total Number of ingredients = 31

Water (aqua/eau), butylene glycol, pentaerythrityl tetraethylhexanoate, dimethicone, glycerin, dipropylene glycol, sd alcohol 40-b (alcohol denat.), behenyl alcohol, silica, peg-400, batyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol, methylparaben, carbomer, dimethylacrylamide/sodium acryloyldimethyltaurate crosspolymer, trisodium edta, tocopheryl acetate, retinyl acetate, alcohol, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, bht, polyquaternium-51, fragrance (parfum), potassium hydroxide, caffeine, xanthan gum, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, ppg-3 dipivalate, rosa canina fruit oil, iron oxides (ci 77492), tocopherol, sapindus mukorossi peel extract, linalool, limonene, sodium metabisulfite, triisostearin, uncaria gambir extract, citronellol, angelica keiskei leaf/stem extract, trimethylolpropane triethylhexanoate, geraniol, cellulose, camellia sinensis leaf extract, sodium acetylated hyaluronate, hydroxyproline, ziziphus jujuba fruit extract, chlorella vulgaris extract, methicone, tetradecene, eucheuma serra/grateloupia sparsa/saccharina angustata/ulva linza/undaria pinnatifida extract, curcuma longa (turmeric) rhizome extract, saccharina angustata/undaria pinnatifida extract, panax ginseng root extract, ascorbyl dipalmitate

Aqua/water, glycerin, dimethicone, octyldodecanol, hydrogenated polyisobutene, boron nitride, silica, ascorbyl glucoside, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, benzyl alcohol, benzyl salicylate, capryloyl salicylic acid, carbomer, ci 77891/titanium dioxide, citral, citric acid, disodium edta, geraniol, limonene, linalool, nymphaea alba extract/nymphaea alba flower extract, peg/ppg-18/18 dimethicone, phenoxyethanol, phenylethyl resorcinol, sodium citrate, sodium hydroxide, sodium palmitoyl proline, synthetic fluorphlogopite, tocopheryl acetate, xanthan gum, parfum/fragrance

Notable ingredients

Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Contour Serum

Skinactive Clearly Brighter Dark Spot Corrector

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl dipalmitate, Bht, Caffeine, Camellia sinensis leaf extract, Sodium metabisulfite, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl acetate

Cell-signaling ingredient: Retinyl acetate

Solvent: Water (aqua/eau), Alcohol, Butylene glycol, Dipropylene glycol, Glycerin, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, Limonene, Peg-400, Sd alcohol 40-b (alcohol denat.), Tetradecene

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl glucoside, Phenylethyl resorcinol, Tocopheryl acetate

Exfoliant: Capryloyl salicylic acid

Solvent: Aqua/water, Benzyl alcohol, Glycerin, Limonene, Octyldodecanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Contour Serum

Skinactive Clearly Brighter Dark Spot Corrector

Water (aqua/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.

Pentaerythrityl tetraethylhexanoate

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning

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