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Bio-Oil Skincare Oil Versus SkinMedica AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser

Oil
Exfoliator
British Brand United Kingdom
American Brand United States

Updated on October 11, 2024

Overview

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for fighting acne, dry skin, brightening skin, sensitive skin, oily skin, reducing pores and dark spots

Free From

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

What's Inside

They both contain common allergens, fragrances and oils

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

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Ingredients Side-by-side

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Ingredients Explained

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Masking, Perfuming, Tonic

Lavandula Angustifolia Oil is more commonly known as lavender essential oil.

Lavender imparts a famous scent. While the smell is lovely, this ingredient and may sensitize skin in topical products. This is because it contains linalool, a known allergen.

However, lavender essential oil has shown to have anti-inflammatory activity due to its prostanoid and histamine content. Its leaves also exhibit antibacterial properties.

More research is needed to confirm lavender essential oil's effects when used in aromatherapy.

Lavandula Angustifolia is known as the English Lavender and famous for creating purple fields in Provence, France.

Learn more about Lavandula Angustifolia Oil
Masking, Skin Conditioning, Soothing

Bisabolol is famous for its skin soothing properties. It does this by blocking inflammatory signals, helping to reduce your body's reaction to irritation.

This ingredient also interferes with the process of hyperpigmentation. This can help with reducing dark spots and uneven tone.

Bisabolol is an antioxidant. Antioxidants help fight free-radicals. Free-radicals are molecules that may damage your skin cells. By fighting these free-radicals, Bisabolol may slow down signs of aging.

Studies have shown Bisabolol to have antimicrobial properties and may be a fungicide. These properties help preserve a product's shelf life.

All these properties makes bisabolol a great skin barrier helper ingredient.

Bisabolol also helps the absorption of other ingredients.

Note: Synthetic Bisabolol has been shown to be less effective.

Learn more about Bisabolol

When to use

373 Routines
40% use in am
60% use in pm
91% use every day
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37 Routines
38% use in am
62% use in pm
65% use every day
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Reviews

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Bio-Oil Skincare Oil 27 ingredients

2.9 /5
from 7 ratings
Absorbs Well (1) Broke Me Out (1) Expensive (1)
fawns's avatar

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10 months ago
Review

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- 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍 π—ˆπ—‚π—…, π—‡π—ˆπ—π—π—‚π—‡π—€ π—Œπ—‰π–Ύπ–Όπ—‚π–Ίπ—…
- 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗐𝖾𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 π—†π–Ίπ—„π–Ύπ—Œ 𝗆𝗒 π—Œπ—„π—‚π—‡ π—Œπ—ˆπ–Ώπ—
- 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇’𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 π–½π—ˆ 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 π–»π—Žπ— π—ƒπ—Žπ—Œπ— 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗆𝗒 π—Œπ—„π—‚π—‡ π—†π—ˆπ—‚π—Œπ—π—Žπ—‹π—‚π—“π–Ύπ–½
- π—‡π—ˆπ— π—π—ˆπ—‹π—π— 𝗂𝗍 π–Ώπ—ˆπ—‹ 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖾
- π—π—ˆπ—Žπ—…π–½π—‡'𝗍 π–»π—Žπ—’ 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇 π–»π—Žπ— π–½π—ˆπ—‡'𝗍 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖽 π—Žπ—Œπ—‚π—‡π—€ 𝗂𝗍

#expensive
#hydrating
#light
#absorbs well
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fmlcrps

2 years ago
Review

Only use it for body if you have sensitive face.
Broke my fungal acne out like crazy after I use it on face for 2 nights. I wonder why it works so well for other people acne scars. But it really has effect on lightening some scars on my body.

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