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Press Restart Gentle Retinol Serum

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After much fretting and worrying about retinol and its potential flaring side-effects with initial use (serial cheek acne sufferer here!) I took the plunge and chose this product for its claims of gentleness and also other people’s reviews. I’m almost 25 and I know the recommendation is to start using retinoids in your 20s to get the most out of it. And here I am! I started off using this just once a week, going nice and slow, just one pump at night after cleansing, toning, and treatments and so forth. I used it after moisturising. The product is creamy, smooths over well, very subtle scent. Expensive smelling actually! But it’s not a pervasive fragrance by any means. The morning after applying, I noticed some new whiteheads would appear. I put this down to mild purging. Recently, after 4-5 weeks of once-weekly applications at night, I’ve stepped it up to 2-3 times a week as a night cream. So this goes on after my serums have absorbed! Seen great results! Inflammation and post acne marks visibly reduced the next morning. I’m looking forward to using this in conjunction with tranexamic acid as I’ve read that’s meant to complement retinol really well.
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It contains shea which Picky warns against for people of my skin type - oiliness! But I don’t have mega oily skin and personally haven’t had issues with it. I wouldn’t recommend this product to seasoned retinoid users either, this is very much in the slow lane of vitamin A products! Nothing negative to say of the product itself - it’s a great starter!
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