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Trader Joe's
Retinol Night Serum

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Plexaderm
Dual Action Repair Cream

Product category and function

Retinol Night Serum

Dual Action Repair Cream

Retinoid Serums/Creams	Retinoid Serums/Creams
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Ingredient highlights

Retinol Night Serum

Dual Action Repair Cream

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

Retinol Night Serum

Dual Action Repair Cream

No. of common ingredients = 0
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 8	Purified water, propanediol, c13-15 alkane, bakuchiol, sodium hyaluronate, retinol, jojoba oil/macadamia seed oil esters, squalane, phytosterols, tocopherol, betaine, phytosteryl macadamiate, hydroxymethoxyphenyl decanone, caprylic/capric triglyceride, arachidyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, arachidyl glucoside, lecithin, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin.

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 20

Total Number of ingredients = 22

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

Purified water, propanediol, c13-15 alkane, bakuchiol, sodium hyaluronate, retinol, jojoba oil/macadamia seed oil esters, squalane, phytosterols, tocopherol, betaine, phytosteryl macadamiate, hydroxymethoxyphenyl decanone, caprylic/capric triglyceride, arachidyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, arachidyl glucoside, lecithin, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin.

Notable ingredients

Retinol Night Serum

Dual Action Repair Cream

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)

Anti-acne: Retinol

Skin brightening: Retinol

Antioxidant: Bakuchiol, Tocopherol

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Ingredients with their functions

Retinol Night Serum

Dual Action Repair 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.

Propanediol

Also-called: Zemea | Function: Viscosity controlling, Solvent

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

Caprylic/capric triglyceride

Also-called: Caprylic Capric Triglyceride | Function: Occlusive/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning, Solvent

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