Reva/Ingredients

the library

Explained like a scientist.

No smiley faces, no scare emoji. Every ingredient gets the full record - the dose that matters, the rules where you live, and the source behind every line.

featured record

Retinol, in full.

The molecule the scanners love to redden. Read straight, it is neither miracle nor poison: a genuine anti-ageing active that earns a dose gate, not a skull. Here is the whole record, and the four rulebooks it answers to.

Retinol
for you · dose-gated · vitamin A derivative
Rx-strength > 1% · AU
INCI
RETINOL
CAS
68-26-8
Function
Vitamin A derivative anti-ageing, cell turnover
Readout
For you · dose-gated
Comedogenic
1 / 5 weak signal, discounted below ~1%
Pregnancy
Avoid retinoid class
Evidence
GRADE: strong Kafi 2007, 0.4% RCT · 340+ citations
Last reviewed
May 2026

where you live changes everything

One molecule, four rulebooks.

Same retinol, four different lines in the sand. A global app models one and notes the rest as an exception. Reva models all four as data.

Australia AICIS + TGA

Cosmetic-grade retinol is unscheduled to 1%; the actual Schedule 4 entries are the pharmaceutical retinoids (tretinoin, adapalene, tazarotene), and topical retinol above 1% is treated as prescription-strength. Retinaldehyde is GHS Repr. 1B and needs an AICIS assessment certificate (EVA00186, effective 27 June 2026). Hydroxypinacolone retinoate is unscheduled up to 0.5%.

European Union SCCS/1639/21

0.3% retinol-equivalent on the face, 0.05% on the body, and a pregnancy warning required on pack.

United States FDA

No concentration cap. A California Prop 65 reproductive-harm flag applies to product sold in the state.

Canada Health Canada

The strictest of the four: 1.0% on the face, 0.2% on the body.

fig. 01 · a serum, macro
fig. 02 · an extract, powdered
fig. 03 · one droplet, under glass

the graph

A few of the 34,000 records.

Coverage is uneven and still growing. Skincare is thinner than colour cosmetics, and a gap is marked as a gap, never dressed up as a green. Each mark is a shape, a plain word and a source you can open.

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