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Acure Resurfacing Overnight Glycolic Treatment Versus Clinique Moisture Surge Overnight Face Mask

Overnight Mask
Overnight Mask
American Brand United States
American Brand United States

Overview

What they are

These products are both reef safe overnight masks. They have a total of 4 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain Vitamin E

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for dry skin, brightening skin and sensitive skin

Free From

They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, parabens or sulfates

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

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Key Ingredients

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Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products
Resurfacing Overnight Glycolic Treatment
Moisture Surge Overnight Face Mask

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Water. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.

So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.

You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.

As a humectant, it helps the skin stay hydrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.

Hydrated skin improves your skin barrier; Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.

Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.

In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.

This ingredient is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

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Emollient, Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising

Cetyl Alcohol is a fatty alcohol. Fatty Alcohols are most often used as an emollient or to thicken a product.

Its main roles are:

Though it has "alcohol" in the name, it is not related to denatured alcohol or ethyl alcohol. The FDA allows products labeled "alcohol-free" to have fatty alcohols.

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Emulsifying

Sorbitan Stearate comes from sorbitol and stearic acid. Sorbitol is a type of sugar and stearic acid is a fatty acid.

It is used as an emulsifier and helps ingredients stay together by creating water-in-oil emulsions.
This ingredient may not be Malassezia folliculitis, or fungal-acne safe.

When to use

13 Routines
0% use in am
100% use in pm
85% use every day
124 Routines
7% use in am
94% use in pm
81% use every day
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Reviews

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Acure Resurfacing Overnight Glycolic Treatment 33 ingredients

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Clinique Moisture Surge Overnight Face Mask 42 ingredients

3.5 /5
from 2 ratings
Hydrating (2) Expensive (2) Irritating (1)
Larafox's avatar

Lara

8 months ago
Review

Good hydration but makes the skin very oily. Sometimes my skin would flare up after using it

#expensive
#hydrating
#irritating
#heavy
mimika's avatar

Mika

7 months ago
Review

one of my favorite moisturizers i've tried. really hydrating and made my skin look rly nice. unfortunately too expensive to keep buying (for me.)

#expensive
#hydrating
#light scent
#works well