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First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Oat & Hemp Seed Dry Oil Versus Typology Blemish Serum 1% Bakuchiol

First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Oat & Hemp Seed Dry Oil Versus Typology Blemish Serum 1% Bakuchiol This calming oil is formulated around Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil and Colloidal Oatmeal to calm redness and strengthen the skin barrier. This smoothing serum is

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First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Oat & Hemp Seed Dry Oil Versus Typology Blemish Serum 1% Bakuchiol

This calming oil is formulated around Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil and Colloidal Oatmeal to calm redness and strengthen the skin barrier.

This smoothing serum is formulated around Bakuchiol to refine skin texture and balance excess oil.

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil

Isodecyl Neopentanoate

Colloidal Oatmeal

Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil

Borago Officinalis Seed Oil

Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil

Persea Gratissima Oil

Butyrospermum Parkii Oil

Oryza Sativa Bran Extract

Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract

Ribes Nigrum Seed Extract

Chlorella Vulgaris Extract

Panax Ginseng Root Extract

Chrysanthemum Parthenium Extract

Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract

Arnica Montana Flower Extract

Glycerin

Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil

Tocopheryl Acetate

Ricinoleth-40

Butylene Glycol

Water

Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate

Phenoxyethanol

EDTA

Citric Acid

Limonene

Linalool

Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Isodecyl Neopentanoate, Colloidal Oatmeal, Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil, Borago Officinalis Seed Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil, Persea Gratissima Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Oil, Oryza Sativa Bran Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Ribes Nigrum Seed Extract, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Chrysanthemum Parthenium Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Glycerin, Vitis Vinifera Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ricinoleth-40, Butylene Glycol, Water, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Phenoxyethanol, EDTA, Citric Acid, Limonene, Linalool

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride

Corylus Avellana Seed Oil

Bakuchiol

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Corylus Avellana Seed Oil, Bakuchiol

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Ingredients & structured notes

Ingredient index

Ingredients Explained

  1. 01These ingredients are found in both products.
  2. 02Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
  3. 03Cetearyl alcohol is a waxy mixture of two fatty alcohols: cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol. It is an emollient and emulsifier.
  4. 04Despite having "alcohol" in its name, it has nothing to do with drying solvent alcohols; the FDA also allows "alcohol-free" products to contain fatty alcohols like this ingredient.
  5. 05It plays several roles in a formula:
  6. 06Typical use levels for this ingredient sit around 1-10% and the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel has affirmed safety at concentrations up to 25% in leave-on products.
  7. 07Multiple assessments have found it to be non-irritating and non-sensitizing to most people.
  8. 08However, there have been some cases of allergic contact dermatitis in patients with chronically compromised skin barriers.
  9. 09Cetearyl alcohol has a comedogenic rating of 2 and irritancy rating of 1. Both of these numbers come from the 1989 study that used rabbit ears; a "2" means mildly comedogenic and a "1" means low irritancy.
  10. 10Here's the catch: rabbit skin is more sensitive than human skin and throws a lot of false positives. A 1996 reappraisal found that ingredients rated 1-2 in the rabbit ear tests are generally safe for humans.
  11. 11Remember comedogenic ratings are unable to assess the entire formula of a product or how it will react on your skin. Just be sure to patch test if you are unsure about certain ingredients.
  12. 12This ingredient is not fungal acne safe. Cetearyl alcohol is a fatty alcohol with chain lengths that fall within the range that Malassezia can metabolize.
  13. 13A 2019 study has also observed Malassezia growth in the presence of this ingredient, confirming it to be not-fungal acne safe.
  14. 14Glycerin (or glycerol) is a compound naturally found in your skin. It's a powerhouse humectant that pulls water into the stratum corneum.
  15. 15Topically, glycerin does several things at once:
  16. 16Your skin makes glycerin on its own (mostly from sebaceous oil breakdown) and shuttles it to your outermost layer of skin, or your epidermis, via aquaporin-3.
  17. 17Aquaporin-3 is a transporter that is essential for normal skin hydration, elasticity, and repair. Interestingly, mice lacking in AQP3 have dry and less elastic skin that can be fully corrected with glycerin.
  18. 18This ingredient is non-irritating, plays well with almost every ingredient, and works across all skin types. Typical use is anywhere between 3-10% but can go up to 79% in some leave-on products.
  19. 19Just know very high concentrations (>40%) can feel tacky in low humidity.
  20. 20Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.
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