Glycolic Acid 7% Exfoliating Toner

Product description

A watery exfoliating toner with 7% glycolic acid, wiped on with a cotton pad a few times a week.

Full ingredient list

Kept exactly as the source printed it, including spelling in the original.

1. 1 WATER
2. 2 GLYCOLIC ACID
3. 3 ROSA DAMASCENA FLOWER WATER
4. 4 CENTAUREA CYANUS FLOWER WATER
5. 5 ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF WATER
6. 6 PROPANEDIOL
7. 7 GLYCERIN
8. 8 TRIETHANOLAMINE
9. 9 AMINOMETHYL PROPANOL
10. 10 PANAX GINSENG ROOT EXTRACT
11. 11 TASMANNIA LANCEOLATA FRUIT/LEAF EXTRACT
12. 12 ASPARTIC ACID
13. 13 ALANINE
14. 14 GLYCINE
15. 15 SERINE
16. 16 VALINE
17. 17 ISOLEUCINE
18. 18 PROLINE
19. 19 THREONINE
20. 20 HISTIDINE
21. 21 PHENYLALANINE
22. 22 GLUTAMIC ACID
23. 23 ARGININE
24. 24 PCA
25. 25 SODIUM PCA
26. 26 SODIUM LACTATE
27. 27 FRUCTOSE
28. 28 GLUCOSE
29. 29 SUCROSE
30. 30 UREA
31. 31 HEXYL NICOTINATE
32. 32 DEXTRIN
33. 33 CITRIC ACID
34. 34 POLYSORBATE 20
35. 35 GELLAN GUM
36. 36 TRISODIUM ETHYLENEDIAMINE DISUCCINATE
37. 37 SODIUM CHLORIDE
38. 38 HEXYLENE GLYCOL
39. 39 POTASSIUM SORBATE
40. 40 SODIUM BENZOATE
41. 41 1,2-HEXANEDIOL
42. 42 CAPRYLYL GLYCOL

Aqua (Water), Glycolic Acid, Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Centaurea Cyanus Flower Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Water, Propanediol, Glycerin, Triethanolamine, Aminomethyl Propanol, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Tasmannia Lanceolata Fruit/Leaf Extract, Aspartic Acid, Alanine, Glycine, Serine, Valine, Isoleucine, Proline, Threonine, Histidine, Phenylalanine, Glutamic Acid, Arginine, Pca, Sodium Pca, Sodium Lactate, Fructose, Glucose, Sucrose, Urea, Hexyl Nicotinate, Dextrin, Citric Acid, Polysorbate 20, Gellan Gum, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Sodium Chloride, Hexylene Glycol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol

Ingredient analysis

PROPANEDIOL · Humectants · POLYSORBATE 20 · Cleansing agents · Glycolic acid · Exfoliants

Evidence

• Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Moderate Primary source

  In a randomized, double-blind, four-arm crossover study of 51 healthy volunteers with dry skin, an emollient containing glycerol and petrolatum raised corneometry-measured skin moisture significantly above its vehicle (P < 0.0001) over 12 hours. The authors attributed the hydration gain to the glycerol component and the lower water loss to the petrolatum component.

  Who it applies to: Corneometry (skin moisture) and transepidermal water loss over 12 hours after one application.

  Study limits: Measured on the forearms. The significant hydration result comes from the full emollient containing both glycerol and petrolatum.

  Source:Combined effects of glycerol and petrolatum in an emollient cream: A randomized, double-blind, crossover study in healthy volunteers with dry skin
• Skin effect Review article Certainty: Moderate Primary source

  Topical glycerol improves stratum corneum hydration, barrier function and skin mechanical properties. The review also reports reduced irritation response and faster wound healing, and traces the effect to aquaporin-3 transport and to glycerol's own presence in the skin.

  Who it applies to: Leave-on products. The review discusses both healthy skin and skin with dry or barrier-impaired conditions such as atopic dermatitis.

  Study limits: A narrative review. It compiles mechanisms and results from other studies.

  Source:Glycerol and the skin: holistic approach to its origin and functions
• Skin effect Official ingredient listing Certainty: High Public database

  Glycerin is classified as a humectant in cosmetic ingredient databases: its role in a formula is to hold water.

  Who it applies to: Cosmetic formulas generally. · Ingredient database · GLYCERIN

  Study limits: Skin effect of to the stratum corneum comes from a separate review of the literature. · Ingredient database · GLYCERIN

  Source:PubChemCosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database
• Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Moderate Primary source

  In a randomized, double-blind, bilateral paired trial of 25 people with moderate-to-severe xerosis, 40% urea cream was superior to 12% ammonium lactate lotion at day 14 on skin roughness, fissure reduction, thickness and dryness, with skin desquamation measured instrumentally.

  Who it applies to: People with moderate-to-severe xerosis applying 40% urea cream or 12% ammonium lactate for 14 days.

  Study limits: A very high 40% urea concentration is a keratolytic treatment.

  Source:Clinical evaluation of 40% urea and 12% ammonium lactate in the treatment of xerosis
• Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Moderate Primary source

  In a prospective, randomized, evaluator-blind, split-face trial of 20 patients with acne vulgaris, two 50% glycolic acid + 0.5% salicylic acid peels significantly reduced total lesion count (P<0.001) and produced fewer side effects than Jessner's solution.

  Who it applies to: Patients with acne vulgaris receiving two 50% glycolic acid + 0.5% salicylic acid peels 2 weeks apart (one side vs Jessner's solution on the other).

  Study limits: Small sample (20) and a combination peel (glycolic + salicylic acid); this is a procedural peel.

  Source:Comparative study of buffered 50% glycolic acid (pH 3.0) + 0.5% salicylic acid solution vs Jessner's solution in patients with acne vulgaris
• Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Moderate Primary source

  In a 2-week double-blind split-face study of 37 participants, a biphasic serum with 10% glycolic acid delivered 45.52% greater exfoliation (p<0.001) and improved skin brightness, texture and hydration versus the comparison side.

  Who it applies to: Healthy participants using a 10% glycolic acid biphasic serum on one side of the face for 2 weeks.

  Study limits: Short duration (2 weeks) and a single product formulation; the study measured exfoliation and cosmetic parameters.

  Source:Shake-Induced Temporary Ion-Pairing Between Lecithin and Glycolic Acid for Enhanced Exfoliation in a Novel Biphasic Serum: Comparative Ex Vivo and in Vivo Randomised Studies
• Skin effect Human trial Certainty: Low Primary source

  In 23 women, a single application of a 4% alpha-hydroxy acid solution combined with negative-pressure physical action significantly reduced whitehead and blackhead counts at 1, 2 and 4 weeks, and reduced pore area and number at week 1, compared with AHA peeling alone.

  Who it applies to: Healthy women receiving a single in-clinic application in a randomised split-face design, assessed at 1, 2 and 4 weeks.

  Study limits: The intervention was a single in-clinic chemical peeling plus negative-pressure physical action.

  Source:The effect of physically applied alpha hydroxyl acids on the skin pore and comedone

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Formula history

1 version of this formula on record.

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