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The INKEY List Succinic Acid Acne Treatment - Europe Versus The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil

Facial Treatment
Serum
British Brand United Kingdom
British Brand United Kingdom

Updated on June 19, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both vegan, cruelty-free, and reef safe . They have a total of 2 ingredients in common

Suited For

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

Free From

They both do not contain any parabens, silicones or sulfates

What's Inside

They both contain harsh alcohols, common allergens and fragrances

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Ingredient Info

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About this product

About this product

At a glance

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

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Key Ingredients

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Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products

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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Emulsifying

Polysorbate 60 is used to help stabilize products. It is a surfactant and emulsifier. These properties help keep ingredients together in a product. Surfactants help reduce surface tension between ingredients with different states, such as liquids and solids. Emulsifiers help prevent oils and waters from separating.

Polysorbate 60 is sorbitol-based and created from the ethoxylation of sorbitan. Ethoxylation is a chemical reaction used to add ethylene oxide. Sorbitan is a the dehydrated version of sorbitol, a sugar found in fruits.

In this case, the 60 comes from reacting 60 units of ethylene oxide with sorbitan.

Polysorbates are commonly used in medicine and foods.

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When to use

335 Routines
42% use in am
58% use in pm
72% use every day
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150 Routines
33% use in am
67% use in pm
77% use every day
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Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

The INKEY List Succinic Acid Acne Treatment 22 ingredients

4.1 /5
from 7 ratings
Absorbs Well (1) Doesn't Work (1) Great Value (1)
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Maddie

4 days ago
Review

I used this back in 2022 and it worked really good and healed my acne really quickly when I needed it to. However, for some reason over time it just stopped working for me and didn’t have the same effect as it did before which really disappointed me because I loved it so much. It was still a really good product though.

I bought this from Look Fantastic

#great value
#absorbs well
#doesn't work
#works well
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Daisyfrd

1 year ago
Review

The only product that has made a significant difference within 24 hours, decreases redness and texture quickly

The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil 10 ingredients

2.3 /5
from 4 ratings
Irritating (3) Doesn't Work (1) Drying (1)
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Chien Yun Ang

8 months ago
Review

This helped me cleared up some small spots during the initial stages. But after a few more use, it gave me more red acne bumps.. the smell of tea tree is so strong, it is pretty off-putting as well.

#broke me out
#irritating
#sticky
#oily
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Farah Tiffani

7 months ago
Review

tricky method of using this one. only use it as needed on clean, dry, bare skin, and only on new pimple, let it stay for few hours or overnight. and when using it, I don't layer it with anything. using it too much would irritate the skin and as the other reviewer said, would give more bumps.

#irritating
#works well