Daily Smoothing Treatment with 5% AHA vs Blithe, Anti-Polluaging Pore Cleansing Foam, BHA 0.5, 5.07 fl oz (150 ml)

Daily Smoothing Treatment with 5% AHA and Blithe, Anti-Polluaging Pore Cleansing Foam, BHA 0.5, 5.07 fl oz (150 ml) share 6 parsed ingredients. Differences highlighted below.

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Shared 6Daily Smoothing Treatment with 5% AHA only 24Blithe, Anti-Polluaging Pore Cleansing Foam, BHA 0.5, 5.07 fl oz (150 ml) only 24

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Shared formula

11%

Ingredients in every formula: 6in both formulas
Key actives unique to one formula: 5unique actives
Ingredient rows compared: 54rows compared

From the parsed labels — rows on every label over all compared rows.

The formulas, row by row

54 ingredients across 2 labels

Differences only(48 of 54 rows)

Shared ingredients· none here

Product facts and full ingredient lists side by side
on 2+ labelsonly on this labelnot on this labelIngredient	Paula's Choice Daily Smoothing Treatment with 5% AHA $37.00	Recommended Blithe Blithe, Anti-Polluaging Pore Cleansing Foam, BHA 0.5, 5.07 fl oz (150 ml) $12.60
Basics
Type & size	Exfoliant · size not on the record	Exfoliant · size not on the record
Brand origindiffers	American	Not recorded
Offers
Where to buy	Not recorded	Not recorded
Availabilitydiffers	Not recorded	in stock
Formula
Key activesdiffers	glycolic acid, salicylic acid, allantoin	centella asiatica extract, sodium hyaluronate, allantoin, panthenol, niacinamide, ceramide np, glycolic acid, salicylic acid
Free ofdiffers	fragrance-free, sulfate-free, alcohol-free, paraben-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 · photosensitizing · fungal-acne trigger · high pore-rating flag
Fit & community
Rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Best for	Not recorded	Not recorded
Data quality
Label coverage	Fully parsed · 30 ingredients	Fully parsed · 30 ingredients
Key actives · 5
ceramide np	no	yes
cica	no	yes
hyaluronic acid (salt form) Pregnancy: generally fine	no	yes
pro-vitamin b5	no	yes
vitamin b3	no	yes
Rest of the labels · 43
1,2-hexanediol	no	yes
4-terpineol	no	yes
a silicone	yes	no
bisabolol	yes	no
bromelain	no	yes
c12-15 alkyl benzoate	yes	no
c13-14 isoparaffin	yes	no
camellia sinensis leaf extract	no	yes
caprylyl glycol	yes	no
coco-glucoside	no	yes
cyclohexasiloxane	yes	no
cyclopentasiloxane	yes	no
dimethiconol	yes	no
disodium edta	yes	no
disodium lauriminodipropionate tocopheryl phosphates	yes	no
epigallocatechin gallate	yes	no
fatty alcohol (non-drying)	yes	no
glycerin	no	yes
glyceryl stearate Possible fungal-acne trigger	no	yes
hexylene glycol	yes	no
lauric acid Fungal-acne trigger	no	yes
mannitol	no	yes
methylpropanediol	no	yes
myristic acid Fungal-acne trigger	no	yes
palmitic acid Fungal-acne trigger	no	yes
papain	no	yes
peg-10 phytosterol	yes	no
peg-40 stearate Possible fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
pentylene glycol	no	yes
phenoxyethanol	yes	no
polyacrylamide	yes	no
potassium hydroxide	no	yes
ppg-14 butyl ether	yes	no
sodium benzoate	no	yes
sorbitan olivate Possible fungal-acne trigger	no	yes
sorbitan stearate Possible fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
stearic acid Fungal-acne trigger	no	yes
tetrahydrobisdemethoxydiferuloylmethane	yes	no
tetrahydrodemethoxydiferuloylmethane	yes	no
tetrahydrodiferuloylmethane	yes	no
tribehenin	yes	no
vanilla planifolia fruit extract	yes	no
vitamin e	no	yes

Rows come from parsed labels and live offers. Where a label isn’t fully captured, we say so instead of guessing.

The bottom line

Choose Paula's Choice if you want this formula as listed.

Choose Blithe if you want Cica in the formula.

Both lines come from the parsed labels and the prices on this page — neither product is the reference, and neither is called the better one.

This is not medical advice.

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