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La Roche-Posay Toleriane Dermallergo Creme Versus Boots Tea Tree & Witch Hazel Blemish Stick

Day Moisturizer
Facial Treatment
French Brand France
British Brand United Kingdom

Overview

Suited For

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

Free From

They both do not contain any sulfates

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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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48% use in pm
95% use every day
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48% use in am
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90% use every day

Reviews

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La Roche-Posay Toleriane Dermallergo Creme 20 ingredients

3.7 /5
from 7 ratings
Hydrating (4) Broke Me Out (2) Works Well (2)
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Th3Madst3r

11 months ago
Review

Gave me comedones everywhere with normal use. Although, when my skin was too dry (from tretinoin in winter months), I would use it sparingly and it would help.

#hydrating
#broke me out
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croc

11 months ago
Review

Doesn’t break me out. A middle weight moisturizer. Not too heavy or oily but protects my skin

#hydrating
#works well

Boots Tea Tree & Witch Hazel Blemish Stick 15 ingredients

5.0 /5
from 1 rating
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Rai

2 years ago
Review

I'm in love with this product
I've been fighting spots for longer than I can remember but especially during the last few months, I tried a few other spot treatment products (some of them were really expensive) but they ended up making it worse because they were too harsh for my skin.
I got the blemish stick and within the first few days there was a noticeable decrease in redness and irritation Show more