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Topicals Faded Serum Versus LANBENA Nose Plants Pore Strips

Serum
Facial Treatment
American Brand United States
Chinese Brand China

Updated on March 17, 2025

Overview

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for sensitive skin

Free From

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

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Ingredient Info

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Topicals Faded Serum 35 ingredients

LANBENA Nose Plants Pore Strips 12 ingredients

About this product

About this product

At a glance

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Topicals Faded Serum 35 ingredients

LANBENA Nose Plants Pore Strips 12 ingredients

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products
Faded Serum

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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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

Topicals Faded Serum 35 ingredients

LANBENA Nose Plants Pore Strips 12 ingredients

922 Routines
32% use in am
68% use in pm
70% use every day
When to use See routines that use it ->
14 Routines
21% use in am
79% use in pm
50% use every day

Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

Topicals Faded Serum 35 ingredients

4.1 /5
from 10 ratings
Works Well (5) Strong Scent (4) Hydrating (3)
AshN.'s avatar

AshN.

1 year ago
Review

(Tried Nov 2022) One of the few brightening creams that I tried where I actually saw results. I only ever applied this as a spot treatment and not all over. Giving it 4 stars because I did find it slightly irritating and the smell was rather strong, so I ended up switching over to applying it as needed. I think the $18 Mini version was more than enough for me!

#great value
#irritating
#strong scent
#works well
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bsabrina

2 years ago
Review

give it time to fade dark spots-glowy skin comes faster
Love this product. I was worried about all the actives in it because of my sensitive skin, but I had no reactions or breakouts. It takes some time to fade dark spots & acne scars but after a few weeks (3-4) they should be noticeably lighter or almost gone. I noticed my skin seemed glowier and more clarified within a week or two. No noticeable Show more

LANBENA Nose Plants Pore Strips 12 ingredients

2.0 /5
from 3 ratings
Doesn't Work (2) Drying (1) Expensive (1)
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bagheera

12 months ago
Review

Eh. Underwhelming for the virality it got. They're safer than a lot of other pore strips, but they don't fully work as advertised. For me, all they did was remove a few blackheads, some dead skin, and a bunch of vellus hairs. They work about as well as dermaplanning does.
I also had a problem getting the paper to lay flat. It's so thin it'll crinkle from the slightest force, which isn't great Show more

#great value
#light scent
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ami

28 days ago
Review

the product is nice but it dont work well cos literally some of the cream dried and got stuck to my face and it was hard to get off. it looks like i got dried glue on my face and the sheet of paper was so thin some of the paper got stuck on my face.. it also smells like glue, so idk if yall should buy it but its not so good.

#drying
#irritating
#sticky
#doesn't work