sodium salicylate
noun
: a crystalline salt NaC7H5O3 that has a sweetish saline taste and is used chiefly as an analgesic, antipyretic, and antirheumatic
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Key ingredients: Niacinamide, sodium salicylate, plantago lanceolata leaf extract
How to apply: Hold the bottle six inches from your face and mist evenly.
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
Other materials found in the home included 58 pounds of ammonium nitrate, 30 pounds of aluminum powder and 26 pounds of sodium salicylate.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
Ingredients include sodium salicylate, which creates a gentle chemical peeling effect that leaves your skin baby soft.
—Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 25 Jan. 2023
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
Other materials found in the home included 58 pounds of ammonium nitrate, 30 pounds of aluminum powder and 26 pounds of sodium salicylate.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
Ingredients include sodium salicylate, which creates a gentle chemical peeling effect that leaves your skin baby soft.
—Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 25 Jan. 2023
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“Sodium salicylate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sodium%20salicylate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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