
About this product
A retinoid cream containing 1% retinol and peptides, designed to provide anti-aging benefits with reduced irritation compared to prescription-strength retinoids.
Full ingredients
Guru Score
Yay
Early verdict · Few reviews so farWhat they liked
What they flagged
Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.
What the gurus are saying
This cream delivers retinoid strength without the typical irritation, the active here is retinal, one of the most potent non-prescription retinoids, yet gentler on skin than stronger alternatives like tretinoin. Gurus who've tested it keep reaching for it as a daily workhorse, praising how it pairs retinol with peptides for anti-aging support. Not much of a track record yet, so there's limited perspective on how it performs across different skin types.
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A retinoid cream containing 1% retinol and peptides, designed to provide anti-aging benefits with reduced irritation compared to prescription-strength retinoids.
Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 84%.
Allies of Skin 1% Retinol Repair Cream holds a Guru Score of 84%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.
Allies of Skin 1% Retinol Repair Cream is generally suited to mature skin.
Lower-priced retinoids the gurus still rate highly, versus this luxury pick.
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