Tatcha The Pearl
Farmacy 1% Vitamin A Retinol Serum
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Tatcha The Pearl Versus Farmacy 1% Vitamin A Retinol Serum

Eye Moisturizer
Serum
American Brand United States
American Brand United States

Overview

What they are

These products are both cruelty-free and reef safe . They have a total of 0 ingredients in common

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 and dark spots

Free From

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

What's Inside

They both contain oils

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Ingredient Info

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Tatcha The Pearl 41 ingredients

Farmacy 1% Vitamin A Retinol Serum 44 ingredients

What's inside (and what isn't)

What's inside (and what isn't)

At a glance

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Tatcha The Pearl 41 ingredients

Farmacy 1% Vitamin A Retinol Serum 44 ingredients

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products
The Pearl

Water

Skin Conditioning

Butylene Glycol

Humectant
1 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Diphenylsiloxy Phenyl Trimethicone

Skin Conditioning
Silicon Icon

Diglycerin

Humectant
Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Glycerin

Humectant
0 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin IconGood for Scar Healing IconHelps brighten skin Icon

Cyclopentasiloxane

Emollient
Silicon Icon

Dimethicone

Emollient
1 / 0 Silicon Icon

Silk Powder

Skin Conditioning

Hydrolyzed Silk

Humectant
Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Sericin

Skin Conditioning

Hydrolyzed Conchiolin Protein

Skin Conditioning

Camellia Sinensis Leaf

Perfuming
Fragrance IconHelps reduce Skin Redness IconHelps reduce irritation IconGood for Minimizing Pores IconHelps with Anti-Aging Icon

Niacinamide

Smoothing
Niacinamide IconGood for Oily Skin IconHelps reduce Skin Redness IconHelps reduce irritation IconGood for Minimizing Pores IconHelps with Anti-Aging IconGood for Dark Spots IconGood for Scar Healing IconHelps fight Acne IconHelps brighten skin Icon

Royal Jelly Extract

Skin Conditioning
Helps hydrate Dry Skin IconHelps with Anti-Aging IconGood for Dark Spots IconGood for Scar Healing Icon

Lonicera Japonica Leaf Extract

Skin Conditioning

Rosa Canina Fruit Oil

Emollient
Oil IconHelps hydrate Dry Skin IconGood for Scar Healing IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Geranium Robertianum Extract

Astringent

Caesalpinia Spinosa Fruit Extract

Skin Protecting

Persea Gratissima Oil

Skin Conditioning
0-3 / 0 Oil IconHelps hydrate Dry Skin IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil

Masking
1-2 / 0 Oil IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil

Emollient
Oil IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Kappaphycus Alvarezii Extract

Skin Conditioning

Sodium Hyaluronate

Humectant
0 / 0 Hyaluronic Acid IconHelps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Pentylene Glycol

Skin Conditioning

Propanediol

Solvent
Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Sodium Citrate

Buffering

Hydrogen Dimethicone

Silicon Icon

PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone

Emulsifying
Silicon Icon

Dipentaerythrityl Tri-Polyhydroxystearate

Emollient
Not safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Dimethicone/Phenyl Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer

Dimethicone/PEG-10/15 Crosspolymer

Sodium Chloride

Masking
Can worsen Dry Skin IconBad for Acne Prone Skin IconMay worsen Rosacea Icon

Triethoxycaprylylsilane

Silicon Icon

Ethylhexylglycerin

Skin Conditioning

Natto Gum

Mica

Cosmetic Colorant
May worsen Eczema Icon

Aluminum Hydroxide

Emollient

Phenoxyethanol

Preservative
Preservative Icon

Alcohol

Antimicrobial
Alcohol IconCan worsen Dry Skin IconMay worsen Oily Skin IconMay cause irritation IconMay worsen Eczema IconMay worsen Rosacea Icon

CI 77891

Cosmetic Colorant

Iron Oxides

Water, Butylene Glycol, Diphenylsiloxy Phenyl Trimethicone, Diglycerin, Glycerin, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Silk Powder, Hydrolyzed Silk, Sericin, Hydrolyzed Conchiolin Protein, Camellia Sinensis Leaf, Niacinamide, Royal Jelly Extract, Lonicera Japonica Leaf Extract, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil, Geranium Robertianum Extract, Caesalpinia Spinosa Fruit Extract, Persea Gratissima Oil, Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Kappaphycus Alvarezii Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Pentylene Glycol, Propanediol, Sodium Citrate, Hydrogen Dimethicone, PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Dipentaerythrityl Tri-Polyhydroxystearate, Dimethicone/Phenyl Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethicone/PEG-10/15 Crosspolymer, Sodium Chloride, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Ethylhexylglycerin, Natto Gum, Mica, Aluminum Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, Alcohol, CI 77891, Iron Oxides

1% Vitamin A Retinol Serum

Water

Skin Conditioning

Glycerin

Humectant
0 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin IconGood for Scar Healing IconHelps brighten skin Icon

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride

Masking
Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Isopentyldiol

Humectant
Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Trioctyldodecyl Citrate

Emollient

Citrullus Lanatus Seed Oil

Emollient
Oil IconHelps reduce irritation IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon

1,2-Hexanediol

Skin Conditioning
Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Rubus Idaeus Seed Oil

Emollient
Oil IconHelps hydrate Dry Skin IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Panthenol

Skin Conditioning
0 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin IconHelps reduce Skin Redness IconHelps reduce irritation IconGood for Scar Healing Icon

Triolein

Skin Conditioning
Not safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Retinal

Skin Conditioning
Retinoid IconGood for Oily Skin IconGood for Skin Texture IconGood for Minimizing Pores IconHelps with Anti-Aging IconGood for Dark Spots IconGood for Scar Healing IconHelps fight Acne IconHelps brighten skin IconMay worsen Rosacea Icon

Ceramide NP

Skin Conditioning
Ceramide IconHelps hydrate Dry Skin IconHelps reduce irritation IconHelps with Anti-Aging Icon

Tocopherol

Antioxidant
0-3 / 0-3 Vitamin E IconAntioxidant IconHelps hydrate Dry Skin IconHelps with Anti-Aging IconGood for Scar Healing Icon

Retinol

Skin Conditioning
Retinoid IconGood for Oily Skin IconGood for Skin Texture IconGood for Minimizing Pores IconHelps with Anti-Aging IconGood for Dark Spots IconGood for Scar Healing IconHelps fight Acne IconHelps brighten skin IconMay worsen Rosacea Icon

Tocopheryl Acetate

Antioxidant
0 / 0 Vitamin E IconAntioxidant Icon

Haematococcus Pluvialis Extract

Antioxidant
Antioxidant Icon

Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer

Emulsion Stabilising

Copernicia Cerifera Wax

1 / 0 Not safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Pongamia Glabra Seed Oil

Skin Conditioning
Oil IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Glyceryl Dioleate

Emollient
Not safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Bisabolol

Masking
Helps reduce Skin Redness IconHelps reduce irritation IconGood for Dark Spots Icon

Allantoin

Skin Conditioning
0 / 0 Helps hydrate Dry Skin IconHelps reduce Skin Redness IconHelps reduce irritation IconGood for Scar Healing Icon

Dunaliella Salina Extract

Skin Conditioning

Ethyl Ferulate

Antioxidant
Antioxidant Icon

Humulus Lupulus Extract

Antimicrobial

Zingiber Officinale Root Extract

Masking
Helps reduce irritation IconGood for Scar Healing Icon

Arginine

Masking
Good for Scar Healing IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Propanediol

Solvent
Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Cellulose Gum

Emulsion Stabilising
0 / 0

Sclerotium Gum

Emulsion Stabilising

Ubiquinone

Antioxidant
Antioxidant IconHelps with Anti-Aging IconGood for Dark Spots Icon

Lactic Acid

Buffering
AHA IconGood for Oily Skin IconGood for Skin Texture IconGood for Minimizing Pores IconHelps with Anti-Aging IconGood for Dark Spots IconGood for Scar Healing IconHelps brighten skin IconMay worsen Eczema IconMay worsen Rosacea Icon

Sodium Phytate

Caprylyl Glycol

Emollient

Inulin

Skin Conditioning

Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate

Cleansing

Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil

Emollient
0 / 0 Oil IconHelps hydrate Dry Skin IconNot safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Polysorbate 20

Emulsifying
0 / 0 Not safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Citric Acid

Buffering
AHA IconGood for Oily Skin IconGood for Skin Texture IconGood for Minimizing Pores IconGood for Scar Healing IconHelps brighten skin IconMay worsen Rosacea Icon

Cellulose

Absorbent

Fructose

Humectant
Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Glucose

Humectant
Helps hydrate Dry Skin Icon

Sorbitan Isostearate

Emulsifying
1-2 / 0 Not safe for Fungal Acne Icon

Xanthan Gum

Emulsifying

Water, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Isopentyldiol, Trioctyldodecyl Citrate, Citrullus Lanatus Seed Oil, 1,2-Hexanediol, Rubus Idaeus Seed Oil, Panthenol, Triolein, Retinal, Ceramide NP, Tocopherol, Retinol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Haematococcus Pluvialis Extract, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Copernicia Cerifera Wax, Pongamia Glabra Seed Oil, Glyceryl Dioleate, Bisabolol, Allantoin, Dunaliella Salina Extract, Ethyl Ferulate, Humulus Lupulus Extract, Zingiber Officinale Root Extract, Arginine, Propanediol, Cellulose Gum, Sclerotium Gum, Ubiquinone, Lactic Acid, Sodium Phytate, Caprylyl Glycol, Inulin, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Polysorbate 20, Citric Acid, Cellulose, Fructose, Glucose, Sorbitan Isostearate, Xanthan Gum

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1% Vitamin A Retinol Serum
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When to use

Tatcha The Pearl 41 ingredients

Farmacy 1% Vitamin A Retinol Serum 44 ingredients

3 Routines
67% use in am
33% use in pm
100% use every day
33 Routines
15% use in am
85% use in pm
67% use every day
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