Omorovicza Midnight Renewal Versus Shani Darden Retinol Reform

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Here's our complete breakdown comparing the ingredients, attributes, and more of Omorovicza Midnight Renewal versus Shani Darden Retinol Reform .

Last updated on August 21, 2023. Published on January 19, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both reef safe serums. They have a total of 9 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain AHA, retinoid and Vitamin E

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 parabens, silicones or sulfates

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Omorovicza Midnight Renewal

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Serum

Serums are highly concentrated with ingredients to provide skin with benefits. They should be used after cleansing and before moisturizing.

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Ingredient Info

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Omorovicza Midnight Renewal 60 ingredients

Shani Darden Retinol Reform 43 ingredients

alcohol-free

silicon-free

fragrance-free

sulfate-free

paraben-free

oil-free

fungal-acne safe

reef-safe

eu-allergen-free

vegan

cruelty-free

alcohol-free

silicon-free

fragrance-free

sulfate-free

paraben-free

oil-free

fungal-acne safe

reef-safe

eu-allergen-free

vegan

cruelty-free

At a glance

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Omorovicza Midnight Renewal 60 ingredients

Shani Darden Retinol Reform 43 ingredients

Notable Ingredients

AHA

Retinoid

Vitamin E

Ceramides (5)

Hyaluronic Acid

Benefits

Hydrating (12)

Good For Oily Skin

Redness Reducing (6)

Reduces Irritation (5)

Skin Texture (3)

Reduces Large Pores (2)

Anti-Aging (10)

Dark Spots (3)

Scar Healing (4)

Acne Fighting

Brightening (5)

Concerns

Drying (2)

May Worsen Oily Skin

Acne Trigger

Irritating (4)

Rosacea (5)

Eczema (3)

Notable Ingredients

AHA

Retinoid

Vitamin E (2)

Niacinamide

Benefits

Hydrating (3)

Good For Oily Skin (2)

Redness Reducing (3)

Reduces Irritation (2)

Skin Texture (2)

Reduces Large Pores (4)

Anti-Aging (4)

Dark Spots (3)

Scar Healing (3)

Acne Fighting (3)

Brightening (6)

Concerns

Drying

May Worsen Oily Skin

Acne Trigger

Irritating (3)

Rosacea

Eczema (2)

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Ingredients Compared

Ingredients that are highlighted in purple are present in both products.

Omorovicza Midnight Renewal 60 ingredients

Shani Darden Retinol Reform 43 ingredients

Water • Glycerin • Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil • Bifida Ferment Lysate • Saccharomyces/Grape Ferment Extract • Lactococcus Ferment Lysate • Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil • Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside • Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate • Xylitylglucoside • Avena Sativa Kernel Oil • Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters • Cyclodextrin • Bakuchiol • Anhydroxylitol • Citrus Limon Peel Powder • Sclerotium Gum • Polyglutamic Acid • Xylitol • Amorphophallus Konjac Root Extract • Phospholipids • Cocos Nucifera Fruit Extract • Hyaluronic Acid • Parfum • Rubus Chamaemorus Seed Oil • Glucose • Ceteareth-25 • Pentylene Glycol • Retinal • Lupinus Albus Seed Extract • Cetyl Alcohol • Plankton Extract • Saccharomyces/Copper Ferment • Saccharomyces/Iron Ferment • Saccharomyces/Magnesium Ferment • Saccharomyces/Silicon Ferment • Saccharomyces/Zinc Ferment • Lonicera Caprifolium Flower Extract • Sodium Chloride • Behenic Acid • Ceramide NP • Cholesterol • Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract • Acetic Acid • Tocopherol • Ceramide Ns • Ceramide AP • Ceramide EOP • Ceramide Eos • Caprooyl Phytosphingosine • Caprooyl Sphingosine • Lactobacillus • Lactic Acid • O-Cymen-5-Ol • Benzyl Alcohol • Sodium Benzoate • Cinnamyl Alcohol • Geraniol • Linalool • Sorbitol

Water • Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride • Glycerin • Pyrus Malus Fruit Extract • Lactic Acid • Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer • Lactobacillus Ferment • Isohexadecane • Retinol • Copernicia Cerifera Wax • Glucosamine Hcl • Plankton Extract • Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract • Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice • Tocopheryl Acetate • Niacinamide • Hydrogenated Lecithin • Linoleic Acid • Glycine Soja Sterols • Phospholipids • Propanediol • Sodium Cocoamphoacetate • Sorbitan Isostearate • Polysorbate 60 • Oryza Sativa Bran Extract • Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract • Helianthus Annuus Extract • Tocopherol • Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba Gum • Maltodextrin • Xanthan Gum • Lecithin • Hydrolyzed Algin • Xylitylglucoside • Anhydroxylitol • Xylitol • Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate • BHA • Sodium Hydroxide • Phenoxyethanol • Caprylyl Glycol • Ethylhexylglycerin • Hexylene Glycol

Ingredients Side-by-side

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Ingredients Explained

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Water

What it does: Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Community Rating: Loved

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. Talk about multi-purpose! If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Omorovicza Midnight Renewal contains this as ingredient number 1.

Shani Darden Retinol Reform contains this as ingredient number 1.

Glycerin

What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Solvent

Community Rating: Loved

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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Omorovicza Midnight Renewal contains this as ingredient number 2.

Shani Darden Retinol Reform contains this as ingredient number 3.

Xylitylglucoside

What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Liked

Xylitylglucoside is created from xylitol and glucose, two humectants.

Not surprisingly, this ingredient is also a humectant. It attracts and holds water in your skin, helping to maintain hydration.

This ingredient is most commonly found in a popular trio called Aquaxyl. Aquaxyl is made up of anhydroxylitol(24 - 34%), xylitylglucoside (35 - 50%), and xylitol (5 - 15%).

According to a manufacturer, Aquaxyl is known for a 3-D hydration concept and an anti-dehydration shield to reinforce the outer layer of skin.

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Omorovicza Midnight Renewal contains this as ingredient number 10.

Shani Darden Retinol Reform contains this as ingredient number 35.

Anhydroxylitol

What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

This ingredient is created from dehydrating xylitol in acidic conditions. Xylitol is a famous sugar and humectant.

Much like its predecessor, anhydroxylitol is a humectant. Humectants attract and hold water to moisturize the skin.

This ingredient is most commonly found in a popular trio called Aquaxyl. Aquaxyl is made up of anhydroxylitol (24 - 34%), xylitylglucoside (35 - 50%), and xylitol (5 - 15%).

According to a manufacturer, Aquaxyl is known for a 3-D hydration concept and an anti-dehydration shield to reinforce the outer layer of skin.

This ingredient is often derived from plants such as wood and sugarcane.

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Omorovicza Midnight Renewal contains this as ingredient number 15.

Shani Darden Retinol Reform contains this as ingredient number 36.

Xylitol

What it does: Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Liked

Xylitol is a humectant and prebiotic. It can help with dry skin.

In studies, xylitol has been shown to improve dry skin. It decreased transepidermal water loss, or when water passes through the skin and evaporates. Xylitol also showed to help improve the biomechanical properties of the skin barrier.

The prebiotic property of xylitol may also help reinforce our skin's natural microbiome. Having a healthy microbiome prevents infection by bad bacteria and helps with hydration.

As a humectant, Xylitol helps draw moisture from both the air and from deeper skin layers. This helps keep skin hydrated.

Xylitol is a sugar alcohol and commonly used as a sugar substitute. It is naturally occurring in plants such as strawberries and pumpkin.

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Omorovicza Midnight Renewal contains this as ingredient number 19.

Shani Darden Retinol Reform contains this as ingredient number 37.

Phospholipids

What it does: Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

Phospholipids are naturally found in our skin as they are the main component of cell membranes. Phospholipids have humectant, emollient, antioxidant properties.

The phospholipids in our skin can be naturally depleted. Replenishing the phospholipids in our skin can help hydrate your skin. Due to their hygroscopic nature, they act as humectants and emollients. Humectants draw moisture from the air to your skin, while emollients help trap moisture in. This ingredient is non-occlusive.

Studies show phospholipids display antioxidant activity and may help with reducing the signs of aging.

Phospholipids are complex lipids that contain glycerin, two fatty acids, and a phosphate group. Some foods that contain phospholipids include soybeans and milk. The phospholipids found in soy come from Lecithin. This ingredient can also be synthetically created.

Some types of phospholipids:

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Omorovicza Midnight Renewal contains this as ingredient number 21.

Shani Darden Retinol Reform contains this as ingredient number 20.

Plankton Extract

What it does: Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Mixed

We don't have a description for Plankton Extract.

Omorovicza Midnight Renewal contains this as ingredient number 32.

Shani Darden Retinol Reform contains this as ingredient number 12.

Tocopherol

What it does: Antioxidant, Masking, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Liked

Tocopherol (also known as Vitamin E) is a common antioxidant used to help protect the skin from free-radicals and strengthen the skin barrier. It's also fat soluble - this means our skin is great at absorbing it.

Vitamin E also helps keep your natural skin lipids healthy. Your lipid skin barrier naturally consists of lipids, ceramides, and fatty acids. Vitamin E offers extra protection for your skin’s lipid barrier, keeping your skin healthy and nourished.

Another benefit is a bit of UV protection. Vitamin E helps reduce the damage caused by UVB rays. (It should not replace your sunscreen). Combining it with Vitamin C can decrease sunburned cells and hyperpigmentation after UV exposure.

You might have noticed Vitamin E + C often paired together. This is because it is great at stabilizing Vitamin C. Using the two together helps increase the effectiveness of both ingredients.

There are often claims that Vitamin E can reduce/prevent scarring, but these claims haven't been confirmed by scientific research.

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Omorovicza Midnight Renewal contains this as ingredient number 45.

Shani Darden Retinol Reform contains this as ingredient number 28.

Lactic Acid

What it does: Buffering, Humectant, Skin Conditioning

Community Rating: Loved

Lactic Acid is an AHA that is derived from fermenting lactose, a carbohydrate from milk. It removes the top layer of old and dead skin cells and helps increase cell turnover.

Benefits of Lactic Acid are that it can help to reduce large pores and reduce the effects of aging. Some potential downsides are that it can be bad for dry skin, cause irritation, worsen eczema, and worsen rosacea.

Not only does it help exfoliate the skin, it helps strengthen the skin's barrier. When applied, lactic acid helps the skin create ceramides.

Lactic acid is an over-the-counter chemical exfoliant that comes from the fermentation of lactose — a carbohydrate found in milk.

Legend has it that Cleopatra used to bathe in sour milk to help reduce wrinkles.

Read more about some other popular AHA's here:

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Omorovicza Midnight Renewal contains this as ingredient number 53.

Shani Darden Retinol Reform contains this as ingredient number 5.

Here's what our community thinks of the ingredients in these two products.

Omorovicza Midnight Renewal 60 ingredients

Shani Darden Retinol Reform 43 ingredients

47% are loved or liked

12% have mixed ratings

27% are disliked or very disliked

15% have no rating yet

51% are loved or liked

23% have mixed ratings

21% are disliked or very disliked

5% have no rating yet

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22 days ago · Normal Skin

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the ingredients are fantastic. if you’re willing to splurge on a quality retinol serum, this one would be a great choice.
however, the smell is...

the ingredients are fantastic. if you’re willing to splurge on a quality retinol serum, this one would be a great choice.
however, the smell is horrible. if you can get past the smell, though, this would probably be a great option for sensitive skin as it doesn’t have any added fragrance.