Encapsulated Retinol 3% Renewing Serum vs Skin Refine

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on 2+ labelsonly on this labelnot on this labelIngredient	Recommended Facetheory Encapsulated Retinol 3% Renewing Serum $35.00 Save	Versed Skin Refine $17.99 $17.99 at Versedskin ↗Save
Basics
Type & size	Serum · size not on the record	Serum · size not on the record
Brand origindiffers	European	American
Offers
Where to buydiffers	Not recorded	$17.99 · Versedskin
Formula
Key activesdiffers	sodium ascorbyl phosphate, lactic acid, retinol, sodium hyaluronate, salicylic acid	mandelic acid, salicylic acid, lactic acid
Free of	fragrance-free, sulfate-free, alcohol-free, paraben-free, silicone-free	fragrance-free, sulfate-free, alcohol-free, paraben-free, silicone-free
Heads-updiffers	pregnancy caution · photosensitizing · fungal-acne triggerPore data not yet reviewed	pregnancy caution · photosensitizingPore data not yet reviewed
Fit & community
Rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Best for	Not recorded	Not recorded
Data quality
Label coveragediffers	Fully parsed · 22 ingredients	Fully parsed · 16 ingredients
Key actives · 4
hyaluronic acid (salt form) Pregnancy: generally fine	yes	no
mandelic acid Pregnancy: generally fine	no	yes
sodium ascorbyl phosphate Pregnancy: generally fine	yes	no
vitamin a	yes	no
Rest of the labels · 20
cetyl hydroxyethylcellulose	yes	no
ethylhexylglycerin	no	yes
ferulic acid	yes	no
glyceryl caprylate	yes	no
hydroxyethyl urea	no	yes
phenoxyethanol	no	yes
phospholipids	yes	no
polyglyceryl-4 oleate Possible fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
polyglyceryl-6 behenate	yes	no
polyglyceryl-6 stearate Possible fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
saccharide isomerate	no	yes
sodium anisate	yes	no
sodium citrate	no	yes
sodium hydroxide	no	yes
sodium levulinate	yes	no
sodium pca	no	yes
sodium phytate	yes	no
trisodium ethylenediamine disuccinate	no	yes
vitamin e	yes	no
water	yes	no

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The bottom line

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