Ingredient pairings
Can you mix these?
Every pairing below has a real answer behind it: a known clash, a caution worth taking, or a myth worth retiring. Two ingredients that do the same job are answered on theircomparison page, which also says which to pick. Not sure where to start?Pick your own two ingredients in the checker.
Use with care 16
Not forbidden, just worth separating or introducing slowly.
- Adapalene Ammonium lactateUse with care
- Adapalene Mandelic AcidUse with care
- Ammonium lactate RetinolUse with care
- Ammonium lactate TretinoinUse with care
- Citric Acid Glycolic acidUse with care
- Citric Acid Lactic acidUse with care
- Gluconolactone Retinyl PalmitateUse with care
- Gluconolactone TretinoinUse with care
- Gluconolactone Vitamin C (LAA)Use with care
- Glycolic acid RetinolUse with care
- Lactic acid TretinoinUse with care
- Lactobionic Acid TretinoinUse with care
- Mandelic Acid TretinoinUse with care
- Salicylic acid (BHA) Vitamin C (LAA)Use with care
- Sponge spicules TretinoinUse with care
- Tretinoin Willow Bark ExtractUse with care
Fine together 8
Pairs that get along, including a few busted myths.
- Alpha Lipoic Acid Vitamin C (LAA)Fine together
- Centella Asiatica Extract Pro-vitamin B5Fine together
- Coenzyme Q10 Vitamin C (LAA)Fine together
- Ginseng Root Extract Vitamin C (LAA)Fine together
- Hyaluronic acid PDRNFine together
- Pro-vitamin B5 RetinolFine together
- Pro-vitamin B5 TretinoinFine together
- Salicylic acid (BHA) Zinc PCAFine together