Boyfriend bought me this The Ordinary Glycolic Acid Toner imitation, is this safe to use?

I wouldn’t trust a knockoff of a product that is already dirt cheap

Oh shit! I was fooled! I thought it was from The Ordinary! You’re right, don’t buy a knockoff when the original is already inexpensive enough!

The real one is only $13

I remember when it was $8 for the big bottle💔 how times have changed

girl what? :sob: if you don’t make an amazon return rn…

It doesn’t even have the C for clinical :sob::sob:

Yup as soon as I saw clinical formula, I was like that’s a big red flag :triangular_flag_on_post:

God no. That could be anything from battery acid to raccoon piss!

I hate to use the “I’m a chemist” card, but PLEASE do not use fake products! ESPECIALLY on your face. If a company is sketchy enough to create a product that can potentially fool people into thinking it’s the leading brand name, I would not trust them to use safe ingredients in their products!!! It is very unethical and shady, do NOT use it!

We need to know what your boyfriend’s rationale was. Could you please ask him to post why he picked this, and why he did not go to Ulta at Target and get it for $13?

no literally :sob: TO’s glycolic acid is $13

Test it on your boyfriend for a week….if he survives, then try it.

Assuming that what it claims is in the container is all that’s in the container then yes, it should be safe.

With that said, most of the dangers of cheap knockoff products are in the ingredients/byproducts NOT listed on the label.

This is fake. Get s refund. Do not put this on your skin. You have no idea what is in it.

I guess it’s not so much the fact it’s an imitation. Tons of products are imitations of each other, but where did he get it from? That’s the bigger question. I’d trust an imitation product from Target than I would over Amazon or Temu, for example.

The label doesn’t even spell “clinical” correctly. Why anyone would trust and use the ingredients is beyond me.

I got this exact type but smaller from Amazon.

It’s completely fake. I was livid. I left reviews and Amazon deleted my reviews stating they were false…

No, They’re not. This is a ripoff brand pretending to be The Ordinary!!

I would be very careful with ANY knockoff AHA product. Plus The Ordinary is already so cheap, it’s literally their whole marketing strategy.

This is what it should look like the Ordinary glycolic acid

This is fake and I would caution against doing anything other than throwing it away. Fraudulent skincare products are just not worth the risk!