💎 Serum
Hero Cosmetics Lightning Wand Brightening Serum
83
Hero CosmeticsB
✨Brightening🧴Acne-Friendly💧Oily-Friendly🧪Active-Rich
👃Fragrance-Free🫧Non-Comedogenic💚Allergen-Free✅Paraben-Free
Post-acne marks can take months to fade.
View product ↗Description
Post-acne marks can take months to fade. This illuminating serum combines powerful illuminators with gentle botanicals, minimizing the look of blemish marks right away.
Warnings
- •4 potential irritants in the formula — introduce gradually.
Ingredient Breakdown (8 INCI · 4 active)
- 0Aqua/Water
- 1NiacinamideACTIVE
- 2Glycerin
- 3Tranexamic AcidACTIVE
- 4Vitamin CACTIVE
- 5ArbutinACTIVE
- 6Licorice Root Extract
- 7Phenoxyethanol
Product Info
Type
Serum
Price
$18.99
Certifications
👃 Fragrance-Free🫧 Non-Comedogenic💚 Allergen-Free✅ Paraben-Free
Score Breakdown
Efficacy
83
🧪Ingredient Quality36 / 45
- ✓3 high-impact actives: Niacinamide, Tranexamic Acid, Beta Arbutin
- ✓2 supporting actives (Tier 2)
🎯Concentration Signal15 / 15
- ⚠No % concentrations on the label — strength inferred from INCI order
- ↑Disclose the % of each headline active
🏆Evidence Backing12.9 / 15
- ✓Average evidence 86/100 across 6 matched actives
- ✓5 actives with strong evidence (≥80/100)
🧬Formulation Sophistication11 / 12
- ✓5 distinct ingredient classes — well-rounded formula
- ✓Synergy: Vitamin C + Niacinamide · Tranexamic + Niacinamide
📋Functional Completeness8 / 8
- ✓Carries the active classes expected for this product type
🛡️Base Formula Credit0 / 5
Safety
100
Starts at 100; each row below subtracts points up to its cap.
🔥Irritation Risk−5.5 / 18
- ⚠1 moderate-irritation ingredient: Vitamin C
🌿Fragrance0 / 10
- ✓Fragrance-free
⚠️Allergens0 / 10
- ✓No EU 26 fragrance allergens detected
🚫Endocrine Concern0 / 15
- ✓No ingredients flagged for endocrine activity
💎Comedogenicity0 / 7
- ✓No pore-clogging ingredients detected
🔀Formulation Conflicts0 / 10
- ✓No antagonistic ingredient combinations
✨Clean-Formula & Transparency+5 / 8
- ✓Short-ingredient-list bonus: +3.0
- ✓Transparency bonus: +2.0 (clear INCI disclosure)
Overall Score83/100
Overall = 50% Efficacy + 50% Safety. No bonus pad — hitting 100 requires both dimensions to be near-perfect. How scoring works →