Daily Smoothing Treatment with 5% AHA vs CosRx, AHA/BHA, Clarifying Treatment Toner, 5.07 fl oz (150 ml)

Daily Smoothing Treatment with 5% AHA and CosRx, AHA/BHA, Clarifying Treatment Toner, 5.07 fl oz (150 ml) share 4 parsed ingredients. Differences highlighted below.

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Shared 4Daily Smoothing Treatment with 5% AHA only 26CosRx, AHA/BHA, Clarifying Treatment Toner, 5.07 fl oz (150 ml) only 5

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Shared formula

11%

Ingredients in every formula: 4in both formulas
Key actives unique to one formula: 2unique actives
Ingredient rows compared: 35rows compared

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

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35 ingredients across 2 labels

Differences only(31 of 35 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 COSRX CosRx, AHA/BHA, Clarifying Treatment Toner, 5.07 fl oz (150 ml) $14.57
Basics
Type & size	Exfoliant · size not on the record	Exfoliant · size not on the record
Brand origindiffers	American	Korean
Offers
Where to buy	Not recorded	Not recorded
Availabilitydiffers	Not recorded	in stock
Formula
Key activesdiffers	glycolic acid, salicylic acid, allantoin	glycolic acid, allantoin, panthenol
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 · 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 · 30 ingredients	Fully parsed · 9 ingredients
Key actives · 2
bha exfoliant	yes	no
pro-vitamin b5	no	yes
Rest of the labels · 29
1,2-hexanediol	no	yes
a silicone	yes	no
betaine salicylate Pregnancy: caution	no	yes
bisabolol	yes	no
c12-15 alkyl benzoate	yes	no
c13-14 isoparaffin	yes	no
caprylyl glycol	yes	no
cyclohexasiloxane	yes	no
cyclopentasiloxane	yes	no
dimethiconol	yes	no
disodium edta	yes	no
disodium lauriminodipropionate tocopheryl phosphates	yes	no
epigallocatechin gallate	yes	no
ethyl hexanediol	no	yes
ethylhexylglycerin	yes	no
fatty alcohol (non-drying)	yes	no
hexylene glycol	yes	no
peg-10 phytosterol	yes	no
peg-40 stearate Possible fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
phenoxyethanol	yes	no
polyacrylamide	yes	no
ppg-14 butyl ether	yes	no
sodium lactate	no	yes
sorbitan stearate Possible fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
tetrahydrobisdemethoxydiferuloylmethane	yes	no
tetrahydrodemethoxydiferuloylmethane	yes	no
tetrahydrodiferuloylmethane	yes	no
tribehenin	yes	no
vanilla planifolia fruit extract	yes	no

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 BHA exfoliant in the formula.

Choose COSRX if you want Pro-vitamin B5 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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