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Advanced Clinicals Vitamin C Advanced Brightening Cream Versus Olay Niacinamide + Vitamin C Brightening Face Moisturiser

General Moisturizer
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American Brand United States
American Brand United States

Overview

What they are

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

Cool Features

They both contain Vitamin C

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for anti aging, dry skin, brightening skin, sensitive skin, reducing pores, scar healing, dark spots and better texture

Free From

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

What's Inside

They both contain fragrances

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

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Vitamin C Advanced Brightening Cream

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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Emollient, Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising

Cetearyl alcohol is a mixture of two fatty alcohols: cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol. It is mainly used as an emulsifier. Emulsifiers help prevent the separation of oils and products. Due to its composition, it can also be used to thicken a product or help create foam.

Cetearyl alcohol is an emollient. Emollients help soothe and hydrate the skin by trapping moisture.

Studies show Cetearyl alcohol is non-toxic and non-irritating. The FDA allows products labeled "alcohol-free" to have fatty alcohols.

This ingredient is usually derived from plant oils such as palm, vegetable, or coconut oils. There is debate on whether this ingredient will cause acne.

Due to the fatty acid base, this ingredient may not be Malassezia folliculitis safe.

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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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Masking, Perfuming

Parfum is a catch-all term for an ingredient or more that is used to give a scent to products.

Also called "fragrance", this ingredient can be a blend of hundreds of chemicals or plant oils. This means every product with "fragrance" or "parfum" in the ingredients list is a different mixture.

For instance, Habanolide is a proprietary trade name for a specific aroma chemical. When used as a fragrance ingredient in cosmetics, most aroma chemicals fall under the broad labeling category of β€œFRAGRANCE” or β€œPARFUM” according to EU and US regulations.

The term 'parfum' or 'fragrance' is not regulated in many countries. In many cases, it is up to the brand to define this term.

For instance, many brands choose to label themselves as "fragrance-free" because they are not using synthetic fragrances. However, their products may still contain ingredients such as essential oils that are considered a fragrance by INCI standards.

One example is Calendula flower extract. Calendula is an essential oil that still imparts a scent or 'fragrance'.

Depending on the blend, the ingredients in the mixture can cause allergies and sensitivities on the skin. Some ingredients that are known EU allergens include linalool and citronellol.

Parfum can also be used to mask or cover an unpleasant scent.

The bottom line is: not all fragrances/parfum/ingredients are created equally. If you are worried about fragrances, we recommend taking a closer look at an ingredient. And of course, we always recommend speaking with a professional.

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When to use

21 Routines
67% use in am
33% use in pm
90% use every day
17 Routines
71% use in am
29% use in pm
94% use every day

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Advanced Clinicals Vitamin C Advanced Brightening Cream 28 ingredients

1.5 /5
from 2 ratings
Heavy (2) Drying (1) Irritating (1)
Kuk's avatar

Kuk

1 year ago
Review

It caused redness for me so definitely not for sensitive skin

#irritating
#heavy
fawns's avatar

🐾

10 months ago
Review

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- π—‰π—‹π—ˆπ–»π–Ίπ–»π—…π—’ π—π—ˆπ—Žπ—…π–½π—‡'𝗍 π—‹π–Ύπ—‰π—Žπ—‹π–Όπ—π–Ίπ—Œπ–Ύ
- 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 π—Žπ—Œπ–Ύ π—…π—ˆπ—‡π—€ π–Ύπ—‡π—ˆπ—Žπ—€π— π—π—ˆ 𝖽𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝖿 𝗂𝗍 π–Ίπ–Όπ—π—Žπ–Ίπ—…π—…π—’ π—π—ˆπ—‹π—„π—Œ π—ˆπ—‹ π—‡π—ˆπ—; π—€π—ˆπ— 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍
- π–Όπ—ˆπ—Žπ—…π–½π—‡β€™π— π—Œπ—π–Ίπ—‡π–½ 𝗍𝗁𝖾 π—Œπ—†π–Ύπ—…π—… 𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅
- π—π–Ίπ—Œ 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖽𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 π—π—π—ˆπ—Žπ—€π— 𝗂𝗍 π—π–Ίπ—Œπ—‡'𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 π—†π—ˆπ—‚π—Œπ—π—Žπ—‹π—‚π—“π—‚π—‡π—€
- 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾'π—Œ 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 π—…π—ˆπ—π—‚π—ˆπ—‡π—Œ π—ˆπ—Žπ— 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾

#drying
#heavy
#strong scent

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