🧼 Cleanser
Murad Essential-C Cleanser
74
MuradB
✨Brightening
👃Fragrance-Free🫧Non-Comedogenic💚Allergen-Free✅Paraben-Free💧Sulfate-Free🔬Silicone-Free🧪Alcohol-Free
Murad Murad Essential-C Cleanser is a cleanser with 1 active ingredient. Key actives: Ascorbic Acid, Glycolic Acid, Grapefruit Extract. Fragrance-free.
View product ↗Warnings
- •4 potential irritants in the formula — introduce gradually.
Ingredient Breakdown (8 INCI · 3 active)
- 0Aqua/Water
- 1Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
- 2Glycerin
- 3Ascorbic AcidACTIVE
- 4Glycolic AcidACTIVE
- 5Tangerine Peel Extract
- 6Grapefruit ExtractACTIVE
- 7Sodium PCA
Product Info
Type
Cleanser
Price
$35.99
Certifications
👃 Fragrance-Free🫧 Non-Comedogenic💚 Allergen-Free✅ Paraben-Free💧 Sulfate-Free🔬 Silicone-Free🧪 Alcohol-Free
Score Breakdown
Efficacy
74
🧪Ingredient Quality32 / 45
- ✓1 high-impact active: Glycolic Acid
- ✓4 supporting actives (Tier 2)
🎯Concentration Signal15 / 15
- ⚠No % concentrations on the label — strength inferred from INCI order
- ↑Disclose the % of each headline active
🏆Evidence Backing13.5 / 15
- ✓Average evidence 90/100 across 7 matched actives
- ✓7 actives with strong evidence (≥80/100)
🧬Formulation Sophistication8 / 12
- ✓5 distinct ingredient classes — well-rounded formula
📋Functional Completeness5 / 8
- ✓Some category-appropriate actives present
- ↑Add the missing functional class for this product type
🛡️Base Formula Credit0 / 5
Safety
98
Starts at 100; each row below subtracts points up to its cap.
🔥Irritation Risk−7 / 18
- ⚠2 moderate-irritation ingredients: Ascorbic Acid, Glycolic Acid
🌿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 Score74/100
Overall = 50% Efficacy + 50% Safety. No bonus pad — hitting 100 requires both dimensions to be near-perfect. How scoring works →