- Price
- €0.45 · €0.23 per use
- Size
- 2 x 8 ml
- Format
- Cream
- Brand from
- Germany
- Ingredients
- 23
- Vegan
- Yes
Where we found it
Plain links to the shop’s own page - no affiliate tracking, no partnership. Prices move, so check the pack before you buy.
Balea
Gesichtsmaske Retinol
€0.45 · €0.23/use
Sold on retinol, and what is actually declared is retinyl palmitate, sitting twelfth - below sunflower oil, shea butter, sorbitol and squalane. Vitamin E brackets it as tocopheryl acetate at eleven and tocopherol at sixteen, with ubiquinone between them. A rich, tissue-off cream for about 23 cents a go.
What stands out in the list
Worked out from the ingredients, not the packaging claims.
Contains fragrance
Listed as Parfum/Fragrance, which can stand for dozens of undisclosed aroma chemicals. Fragrance is one of the most common causes of cosmetic contact allergy.
1 concentration-capped ingredient
EU law sets a maximum for Retinyl Palmitate. Products on sale in the EU must comply.
1 ingredient flagged for pregnancy
Retinyl Palmitate is usually avoided or used with caution during pregnancy. This is what the ingredient entries say, not medical advice, so ask your midwife or doctor.
No drying alcohol
No ethanol, alcohol denat. or isopropyl alcohol in the list. Fatty alcohols such as cetearyl alcohol are not drying and do not count.
Barrier-supporting actives
Contains Panthenol, ingredients with reasonable evidence for calming and supporting the skin barrier.
The panel
All 23 ingredients, in the order they appear on the pack. Tap a name to read the full entry.
- Well tolerated
- No meaningful concern for most people; irritation is possible but rare.
- Depends on you
- Genuinely relevant for some people, or depends on dose and pH.
- Worth knowing
- EU-restricted, a common contact allergen, or subject to live debate.
- Avoid
- Banned in EU cosmetics or credibly linked to serious harm.
- Not yet documented
- No encyclopaedia entry for this ingredient yet, so we make no claim about it.
- 04Dicaprylyl Carbonate·
- 08Hydrogenated Vegetable Glycerides·
- 15Ubiquinone·
- below ≈1% - ingredients may be listed in any order
- 22Biosaccharide Gum-1·
How to use it
Apply generously and evenly to a cleansed face, avoiding the eyes and lips. Leave for 10 to 15 minutes, then remove what is left with a soft tissue or massage it in. Use once or twice a week.
What the brand claims
Reproduced from the pack or the brand’s own page. We have not tested these.
- Marketed as a retinol mask; the declared retinoid is retinyl palmitate
- Declared vegan on the pack
- Alcohol-free
- With coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinone)
