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Olehenriksen Dewtopia 20% Acid Night Treatment Versus Urban Skin Retinol Rapid Repair and Dark Spot Treatment

Serum
Facial Treatment
Danish Brand Denmark
American Brand United States

Updated on October 16, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both vegan, cruelty-free, and reef safe . They have a total of 3 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain AHA

Suited For

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

Free From

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

What's Inside

They both contain oils

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Ingredient Info

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What's inside (and what isn't)

What's inside (and what isn't)

At a glance

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products
Dewtopia 20% Acid Night Treatment
Retinol Rapid Repair and Dark Spot Treatment

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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Preservative

Phenoxyethanol is a preservative that has germicide, antimicrobial, and aromatic properties. Studies show that phenoxyethanol can prevent microbial growth. By itself, it has a scent that is similar to that of a rose.

It's often used in formulations along with Caprylyl Glycol to preserve the shelf life of products.

When to use

24 Routines
0% use in am
100% use in pm
67% use every day
49 Routines
20% use in am
80% use in pm
71% use every day
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Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

Olehenriksen Dewtopia 20% Acid Night Treatment 41 ingredients

3.5 /5
from 2 ratings
Expensive (1) Irritating (1) Pilling (1)
RenaZainab_115's avatar

RenaZainab_115

1 year ago
Review

brightens ur skin cz of the lemon enzyme and results within 1 week. i got rid of all active acne

sarape's avatar

Sara

10 months ago
Review

I honestly didn't liked it at all. I consider my skin to be very resilient and tolerate really high concentrations of exfoliant ingredients, but this was a lot for a leave-in product. I could never use it more than twice a week so the results weren't as good as using another product with a lower concentration but on a daily basis. I ended up mixing it with my body moisturizer to help with KP Show more

#expensive
#irritating
#sticky
#pilling

Urban Skin Retinol Rapid Repair and Dark Spot Treatment 32 ingredients

5.0 /5
from 1 rating
Absorbs Well (1) Great Value (1) Light (1)
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Xochitl 🌸

3 months ago
Review

Amazing product really changed my skin is slowly by surely removing my discoloration and is not causing me peeling or itchy ness but I only use it as a spot corrector every 3 night

#great value
#light
#absorbs well
#light scent