Advanced 0.2% Retinal Serum Duo vs Encapsulated Retinol 3% Renewing Serum

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on 2+ labelsonly on this labelnot on this labelIngredient	The Inkey List Advanced 0.2% Retinal Serum Duo $28.50 $34.20 at Theinkeylist ↗Save	Recommended Facetheory Encapsulated Retinol 3% Renewing Serum $35.00 Save
Basics
Type & size	Serum · size not on the record	Serum · size not on the record
Brand origin	European	European
Offers
Where to buydiffers	$34.20 · Theinkeylist	Not recorded
Formula
Key activesdiffers	retinal, lactic acid	sodium ascorbyl phosphate, lactic acid, retinol, sodium hyaluronate, salicylic acid
Free of	fragrance-free, sulfate-free, alcohol-free, paraben-free, silicone-free	fragrance-free, sulfate-free, alcohol-free, paraben-free, silicone-free
Heads-up	pregnancy caution · photosensitizing · fungal-acne triggerPore data not yet reviewed	pregnancy caution · photosensitizing · fungal-acne triggerPore 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 · 25 ingredients	Fully parsed · 22 ingredients
Key actives · 5
bha exfoliant	no	yes
hyaluronic acid (salt form) Pregnancy: generally fine	no	yes
retinal Pregnancy: avoid	yes	no
sodium ascorbyl phosphate Pregnancy: generally fine	no	yes
vitamin a	no	yes
Rest of the labels · 30
4-t-butylcyclohexanol	yes	no
bacillus ferment	yes	no
caprylhydroxamic acid	yes	no
cetearyl alcohol	yes	no
cetyl hydroxyethylcellulose	no	yes
citric acid	no	yes
dicaprylyl carbonate	yes	no
diisopropyl sebacate	yes	no
dimethylmethoxy chromanol	yes	no
dipropylene glycol	yes	no
ethylhexylglycerin	yes	no
ferulic acid	no	yes
glyceryl stearate Possible fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
isohexadecane	yes	no
pentylene glycol	yes	no
phenoxyethanol	yes	no
phospholipids	no	yes
polyglyceryl-4 oleate Possible fungal-acne trigger	no	yes
potassium sorbate	no	yes
propanediol	no	yes
sodium anisate	no	yes
sodium benzoate	yes	no
sodium levulinate	no	yes
sodium phytate	no	yes
sodium polyacryloyldimethyl taurate	yes	no
sorbeth-30 tetraoleate Possible fungal-acne trigger	yes	no
tocophersolan	yes	no
tocopheryl acetate	yes	no
vitamin e	no	yes
xanthan gum	no	yes

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The bottom line

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