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Retinol 0.05% and Peptides Repair Night Cream.

Allies of Skin Retinol 0.05% and Peptides Repair Night Cream
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About this product

A nighttime cream combining 0.05% retinaldehyde with peptides, ceramides, omega fatty acids, and antioxidants to support skin repair, brightness, and anti-aging.

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Dry skinMature skin
Retinoids

The Guru Index verdict

81%

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What the gurus are saying

Gurus who tried this found it strikes a rare balance: a retinoid gentle enough to use nightly without the irritation and dryness that comes with stronger prescription options, yet still effective. The encapsulated retinaldehyde delivers slowly into skin, and the formula layers in peptides, ceramides, and antioxidants that do the work of a peptide serum, brightening treatment, and antioxidant serum all at once, which several experts say justifies the higher price by simplifying an evening routine. Those with sensitive skin or a history of retinoid reactions may want to start slowly and ease in, though some found they tolerated it well even after struggling with stronger retinoids.
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Gothamista
Gothamista
685k subs · 29k devotees
✓Approved
"I love the texture and application of this. This is a bit more moisturizing than the daily treatment, but still it's lightweight, but it just again it's that glow and radiance. This has 0.05% retinaldehyde. This has five peptides, but also a 7% ceramide and omega complex, so it's moisturizing, but also barrier strengthening. It's also got a 2% EGCG complex, so powerful antioxidant. So, this is a good place to start out and progressively move on to the 0.1%. For a really super simple evening routine with minimal steps, doesn't get better than this."
Mad About Skin
Mad About Skin
720k subs · 10k devotees
✓Approved
"This is the Allies of Skin Retinol and Peptides Repair Night Cream. The reason I'm talking about this as being a real holy grail is just the number of different ingredients you've got in here. You've got your peptides, fantastic. So, this replaces a peptide serum. You've got antioxidants, so it represents an antioxidant serum. You've got your brightening ingredients, and you've got an encapsulated form of retinol, meaning super gentle, but still packs a punch and really is like a 4-in-one when it comes to your skincare routine. This isn't the cheapest product out there, but I like to see it as that 4-in-one. Meaning you're getting a peptide, an antioxidant, a brightening, and a retinoid all in one, which is why I can kind of justify the higher price point because this just makes my skincare routine so simple. One product has four purposes."
No BS Beauty
No BS Beauty
89k subs · 2k devotees
✓Approved
"This retinol and peptides repair night cream has 13.5 peptides, antioxidants, brightenings, and encapsulated retinol. It's super hydrating and really works well in my evening routine. I'll apply my serums and then this as my second to last step. It's really wonderful and I'd use it every night or every other night. I really enjoy this stuff because it's really strong without being irritating. It's in a very hydrating formula. I've tried other prescription retinoids and they've dried my skin out, peeled and flaked my skin to the point where it took me probably three or four years to get to the point where I was willing to try this stuff without freaking out. I was really impressed that I could use this retinol without having the reaction that I did with the other stuff even after working my way up."
Sincerely Miss Ash
Sincerely Miss Ash
194k subs · 4k devotees
✓Approved
"I was using this all summer. I wanted to start with the lower strength. And now that I know I'm fine with it, honestly, I truly never saw irritation or dryness. I generally use prescription tretinoin but sometimes I do like to use retinaldehyde on nights that I feel like taking a break from tretinoin because tretinoin is retinoic acid which is stronger than this and that one really can cause irritation and dryness. So if you can't get your hands on tretinoin then this is the next best thing because retinaldehyde is one step down from tretinoin but this is one step up from retinol. So this is like the middle of everything. And I really love this formulation. The 0.05% has five peptides, 11 antioxidants, and brighteners, and 7.1%"
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All 4 takes from Sincerely Miss Ash
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"I actually quite like this one from Allies of Skin. This is the Retinol 0.05% and Peptides Repair Night Cream. So this is your treatment step, but this is also your moisturizer. So you actually could totally eliminate a moisturizer in your nighttime routine and this would be your treatment and moisturizer all-in-one. I like this one a lot because we have that retinaldehyde and it's encapsulated, which means that this is going to have that slower delivery system into the skin where it's going to be a little bit more gentle. Something like this though could still be a little drying and irritating for some. But there's also peptides in here, ceramides, omegas, so great humectants, great anti-aging ingredients to help stimulate collagen and of course firm the skin. There's also amino acids and antioxidants in here. So this is jam-packed with a lot of great ingredients to really improve the overall complexion of our skin."
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"This is from Allies of Skin, the Retinol 0.05% and Peptides Repair Night Cream. I like this one a lot because it is more gentle than retinoid, but it also has peptides in here, antioxidants, brighteners. It is very nourishing and repairing on the skin. And I just love all of the added ingredients that this contains for signs of aging and just correcting our overall complexion. I absolutely love this. And I'm actually almost done this one. I was using this all summer long. There is a pump. And this is fabulous."
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"I was using this all summer long in my nighttime skincare routine only. I just absolutely love this formulation. It has five peptides, 11 antioxidants and brighteners, and an 8.7% ceramide omega complex. It has a pump style packaging. Two pumps would cover your entire face. This can be used every single night. Start slow, gradually increase your usage depending on how your skin is doing."
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"I was using this all summer. I wanted to start with the lower strength. And now that I know I'm fine with it, honestly, I truly never saw irritation or dryness. I generally use prescription tretinoin but sometimes I do like to use retinaldehyde on nights that I feel like taking a break from tretinoin because tretinoin is retinoic acid which is stronger than this and that one really can cause irritation and dryness. So if you can't get your hands on tretinoin then this is the next best thing because retinaldehyde is one step down from tretinoin but this is one step up from retinol. So this is like the middle of everything. And I really love this formulation. The 0.05% has five peptides, 11 antioxidants, and brighteners, and 7.1%"
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