🪨 Exfoliant
Youth to the People Kombucha + 11% AHA Exfoliation Power Toner
82
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🧪Active-Rich
👃Fragrance-Free💚Allergen-Free✅Paraben-Free🧪Alcohol-Free
Youth to the People Youth to the People Kombucha + 11% AHA Exfoliation Power Toner is a exfoliant with 3 active ingredients. Key actives: Glycolic Acid, Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate, Niacinamide, Willow Bark Extract. Fragrance-free.
View product ↗Warnings
- •6 potential irritants in the formula — introduce gradually.
Ingredient Breakdown (8 INCI · 4 active)
- 0Aqua/Water
- 1Glycolic AcidACTIVE
- 2Lactic Acid
- 3Saccharomyces/Black Tea Ferment
- 4Galactomyces Ferment FiltrateACTIVE
- 5NiacinamideACTIVE
- 6Sodium Hydroxide
- 8Willow Bark ExtractACTIVE
Product Info
Type
Exfoliant
Price
$30.99
Certifications
👃 Fragrance-Free💚 Allergen-Free✅ Paraben-Free🧪 Alcohol-Free
Score Breakdown
Efficacy
82
🧪Ingredient Quality36.5 / 45
- ✓3 high-impact actives: Glycolic Acid, Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate, Niacinamide
- ✓3 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 / 15
- ✓Average evidence 80/100 across 8 matched actives
- ✓5 actives with strong evidence (≥80/100)
🧬Formulation Sophistication10.5 / 12
- ✓7 distinct ingredient classes — well-rounded formula
- ✓Synergy: Niacinamide + HA · Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate + Niacinamide
📋Functional Completeness8 / 8
- ✓Carries the active classes expected for this product type
🛡️Base Formula Credit0 / 5
Safety
96
Starts at 100; each row below subtracts points up to its cap.
🔥Irritation Risk−7.5 / 18
- ⚠1 moderate-irritation ingredient: Glycolic Acid
🌿Fragrance0 / 10
- ✓Fragrance-free
⚠️Allergens0 / 10
- ✓No EU 26 fragrance allergens detected
🚫Endocrine Concern0 / 15
- ✓No ingredients flagged for endocrine activity
💎Comedogenicity−1.4 / 7
- ⚠Moderate comedogenic potential (avg 1.0/5)
🔀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 Score82/100
Overall = 50% Efficacy + 50% Safety. No bonus pad — hitting 100 requires both dimensions to be near-perfect. How scoring works →