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Glow Recipe Strawberry Smooth BHA+AHA Salicylic Serum
What the ingredients say
Read from the label order, stated amounts and each ingredient’s clinical evidence
Niacinamide, with clinical evidence for dark spots·blemishes, is in, likely at the amount studies used.
- no fragrance
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- Dark spotsNiacinamideevidence Blikely enough
- BlemishesNiacinamideevidence B-likely enough
- OilinessNiacinamideevidence B-likely enough
- Skin barrierNiacinamideevidence B-likely enough
- PoresNiacinamideevidence Clikely enough
- LinesNiacinamideevidence Clikely enough
Evidence-graded ingredients and how much is in
No amount is stated. Judging by 254 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 93%.
Dark spots B · Oiliness B- · Skin barrier B- · Blemishes B- · Pores C · Lines C
No amount is stated. Judging by 55 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 59%.
Blemishes B · Dark spots B- · Pores C · Oiliness D
No amount is stated. Judging by products that state an evidence-graded ingredient at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 59%.
Dark spots B-
No amount is stated. Judging by products that state an evidence-graded ingredient at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 41%.
Blemishes B · Dark spots C · Oiliness C
No amount is stated. Judging by 121 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 41%.
Dryness B · Lines D
1 more evidence-graded ingredients
No amount is stated. Judging by products that state an evidence-graded ingredient at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 68%.
Skin barrier D
How this was read
Labels list ingredients above 1% from most to least, then those at 1% or less in any order. A product filed with Korea's MFDS as functional is read as holding the notified amount of its efficacy ingredient when the label carries only one for that effect, and anything listed before an ingredient of known amount as holding at least that much. Amounts in the product name or official description are used only where the label order allows them. Where no amount is stated, the chance of reaching the study amount comes from other products that state the same ingredient at the same place on their labels. Evidence grades were set by reading each ingredient's studies.
- A
- several randomised trials or a meta-analysis
- B
- one or two randomised trials
- C
- uncontrolled or multi-ingredient studies
- D
- lab work or a record only
A reading of ingredient evidence and the label, not a guarantee that this product works.
Ingredients
Full ingredient list as published on the official product page, in descending order of content.
All 36 ingredients at a glance
Colours follow each ingredient’s use (CosIng functions); the bar counts names. Not amounts, not a safety score.
Water/Aqua/Eau, Methylpropanediol, C9-12 Alkane, Fragaria Vesca Fruit Extract, Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate, Salicylic Acid, Pentylene Glycol, Mandelic Acid, Succinic Acid, Fragaria Vesca Leaf Extract, Azelaic Acid, Allantoin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Bisabolol, Opuntia Ficus-Indica (Prickly Pear) Flower Extract, Niacinamide, Glucosamine, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Saccharomyces Ferment, Dextrin, Polydextrose, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Hydroxyacetophenone, Amylopectin, Butylene Glycol, Succinoglycan, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Lauroyl Lysine, Sodium Phytate, Lecithin, Aminomethyl Propanol, Estimated 1% or less from hereXanthan GUM, Citric Acid, Fragrance/Parfum
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