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Revive Eye Serum: Ginseng + Retinal.

Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum: Ginseng + Retinal
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About this product

A lightweight eye serum from Beauty of Joseon combining ginseng and retinaldehyde (retinal) in a liposomal formulation, designed to address fine lines, dark circles, and loss of elasticity around the delicate eye area.

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What they liked

  • Works across the whole face, not just eyes
  • Very affordable price point

What they flagged

    Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

    What the gurus are saying

    Retinal in a gentle, nourishing formulation earns consistent praise for delivering anti-aging results without the irritation that typically comes with stronger retinoids around the eyes. Most gurus highlight its suitability for sensitive skin and the eye contour, though a few note the retinaldehyde concentration (0.2%) is modest, effective for maintenance and early signs of aging, but those tackling severe dark circles or pronounced lines may find other options more potent. The large 30 ml size makes it affordable to use across the whole face or neck, and the creamy texture with hydrating ingredients (niacinamide, ceramides, ginseng) means it won't leave skin parched even in winter.
    Synthesized from 18 expert reviews · most recent take August 2026

    What the gurus are saying.

    Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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    Yay
    "If you're into Korean skincare, I really love Beauty of Joseon, their Revive Eye Serum, which contains ginseng and retinol, a great combination for supporting the under eye skin."
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    "It's from Beauty of Joseon, the Revive Eye Serum with ginseng plus retinol, and I've been using it for the past month and I've been absolutely loving it. First of all, let's talk about the ingredients: it contains 10% ginseng and 2% retinol in a liposomal formulation that really helps to effectively deliver the ingredients and reduce the irritation. Eye cream is something that I enjoy using. I use it mostly at night as a part of my anti-aging regimen. This one is really nice because I always love more nourishing, rich formulations in a moisturizer and an eye cream, especially in the evening. It's a creamy formula and it applies very smoothly. It's nourishing and it dries really nicely."
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    "The one that I've been loving is from Beauty of Joseon, retinal eye cream that contains ginseng. It's just a really nice rich cream. I'll dab this on my eyes, and it's very nourishing and hydrating, has a nice slip to it, spreads nicely, it's fast absorbing, it's not sticky at all. This would be a great one if you are looking for a retinol based eye cream that targets fine lines and wrinkles that you can use around the eyes."
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    "If you're into Korean skincare, I really love Beauty of Joseon, their Revive Eye Serum, which contains ginseng and retinol, a great combination for supporting the under eye skin."
    Yay
    "This one uses 2% liposomal retinal, which equals 0.02% retinal, and because it's encapsulated it delivers more slowly and gently over time instead of all at once. It also has ginseng extract, macadamia nut oil, ceramides, and the syn-coll peptide. This stuff is nice, it's very, very gentle, which might be a good thing for some people, maybe especially if you have very sensitive skin. I only recommend using retinoids at night if possible."
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    "This one's pretty gentle. It also contains ginseng, niacinamide, macadamia nut oil, ceramides. It's very nice. Actually, this one's a nice one for the neck, which gets sensitive and the eye area. And a lot of people use it all over their entire face because the packaging makes it convenient and affordable enough where you could use it over your entire face. So if your neck is sensitive, things like that, this one's a nice one and it's got some of those hydrating ingredients in there. So very nice texture. Great one to use at night if you use other actives in your evening routine."
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    "Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum is really nice and really affordable and this one contains retinal in here retinal to help with skin cell turnover and smooth the texture on the eye area. I love this stuff, probably my tenth or twelfth bottle. You can use it on other areas of your skin too, so sometimes when I travel if I'm kind of lazy I don't want to bring the big tube with me, I'll just bring this and use it on certain areas."
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    "This one comes in a tube packaging, which I like. It's pretty effective and efficient. We've got ginseng, which is a great antioxidant. I love that stuff. It's got retinol liposome in there, so it makes it a little bit more gentle. So if you're not used to retinoids, retinol liposome is kind of an encapsulated type and it makes it penetrate your skin more slowly, which makes it more gentle. So if you haven't used a lot of retinoids in the past, it's great. You can use this around your eyes. I typically have used this around my entire face because it's packaged, I think, 1 oz. It's 1 oz. So it's packaged in enough product that you can certainly use it on your entire face. We've got macadamia nut oil, ceramide and peptide. Wonderful product. Highly recommend it. If you haven't tried it, check this one out."
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    "If you're on a budget there's a I recommend the Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum which is really nice."
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    "The Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum with ginseng and retinal is really nice and affordable. This one uses retinal, which is stronger than retinol. It requires one less conversion in your skin to make retinoic acid, which is what helps your skin look younger and firms up when you're using retinoids."
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    "The beauty of Joseon which is a really great Retinol Serum"
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    "I don't use it really on my eyes, I use it on my whole face. You can certainly use it on your eyes area, your whole face, whatever. It's really nice. The bottle's gigantic, it's one ounce. It's really wonderful, fragrance free, it's super affordable."
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    "I started out the first month or two using this as an eye serum and then after that I found it was wonderful all over my entire face so I used it around my eyes and my face. It's wonderful right now, it's great for anti-aging wrinkles fine lines, but it also isn't drying like a lot of retinols can be. It's got some nice nourishing ingredients as well. This one is a love of mine."
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    "The Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum is a giant bottle, 1 oz, so it's the size of a normal retinol. I don't really use this specifically in my eye areas, I use it everywhere. It's got ginseng, it's a great antioxidant. We've got retinal, stronger version of retinol. We've got peptide, we've got adenosine, we've got cocoa extract. It's amazing, it's super hydrating. Most people, if you're newer to retinol retinoids, this stuff contains enough hydration that I think you should be able to add it into your routine. But be sure to use moisturizer and things like that. It's wonderful and it's pretty darn affordable as well."
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    "It's got retinol in here, which is a retinoid that requires one less conversion into skin to make retinoic acid, which means it's a little bit stronger and more effective. It also contains ginseng for anti-aging. You can use it around your eyes or your whole face, and it's just really nice. It's got a really nice lotion texture and pretty affordable."
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    "This one uses encapsulated retinol, so this one is a nice one for beginners. That's probably why it's recommended for the eye area because it is on the more gentle side. It's got ginseng extract, cocoa extract, and then it's got palmitoyl tripeptide 5 in there. Nice peptide. So this one was technically made for the eye area, but I use it all over my entire face. The packaging allows for that. It's got about 1 ounce, 30 milliliters in it. Be cautious around your eye area with retinoids, they can cause eye dryness and things like that, depending on the formulation. Not all of them, but some of them can cause that. But I think it is worth checking out."
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    "The Beauty of Joseon ginseng and retinol eye cream is really wonderful. It's got retinol, ginseng, and adenosine, and it's got a peptide in there. It's marketed as an eye cream but it's more of an all over cream. You can certainly use it around your eye area, but the bottle is large so you don't have to feel like you should only use it around your eye area because it's 1 oz, the same as all these other ones."
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    "It's a K Beauty retinal serum but it was made to be an eye cream. It's 17 bucks and we've got retinal in here, ginseng, adenosine, ceramides, and peptides. It's 1 oz so it's a full size product and a lot of people use it on their face and the eye area so it's really wonderful for that. Just be cautious, don't use it over your eyelids, just use it around the eyes because of the retinal. Most of these other ones you can use everywhere on your eye but because of the retinal in here you only want to use around the eyes, not on the eyelids or up by the brow."
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    "They kind of market this as an eye cream, but I use it more as a face cream to help fight wrinkles, firm skin, and depuff skin. The product is packaged big enough where you don't feel like you're wasting it if you're using it over your entire face, so it's great for that. It also has ginseng extract, macadamia nut oil, cocoa extract, vitamin E, and the Sinclair peptide. Really good product. [...] I personally prefer this one over the new Revive face moisturizer they released."
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    "This one uses 2% liposomal retinal, which equals 0.02% retinal, and because it's encapsulated it delivers more slowly and gently over time instead of all at once. It also has ginseng extract, macadamia nut oil, ceramides, and the syn-coll peptide. This stuff is nice, it's very, very gentle, which might be a good thing for some people, maybe especially if you have very sensitive skin. I only recommend using retinoids at night if possible."
    Yay
    "A lot of people use this all over the face because you get a lot of product, 30 mil, which is a standard serum size, I like that, I'm done with these tiny eye creams where you get a small amount but pay top dollar. This is going to last you the best part of six months. You can use it all over as a retinoid or use it as an eye cream, which is what I personally do. It's got retinal as the key ingredient to minimize fine lines and wrinkles, and ginseng, which is great botanically to help eradicate the appearance of dark circles and get fluid moving under the eye so everything looks better. I love the pump applicator, it's easy to use, and it's also the cheapest one, I paid ten pounds for it on TikTok shop. For an eye cream that's going to last six months, that's a gamechanging price. It's a really good dupe for the Medik8 Crystal Retinal Eye that I love but has a much higher price point, and I actually like that this has ginseng in it, I think that kicks it up a notch. I think where Medik8 led, Beauty of Joseon have followed and just done it cheaper, and I'm cheap, so that was music to my ears."
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    "This is the Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum. This is retinal, my favorite form of over-the-counter retinoid, and ginseng. Ginseng is great for energizing the skin. It's got some great anti-inflammatory properties, too. If you have dark circles, you have puffiness under the eye, you got the emergence of crows feet, this is a super gentle option. [...] The under eye area is the thinnest part of our face in terms of skin thickness. It's also one of the most sensitive. So if you bulldoze it with heavy actives, you're just going to get sensitivity, hyperpigmentation, and irritation. Treat the under eye with the love, the kindness, and the respect that it deserves. And I think this is a great option to do it. [...] Because this is super gentle, if you're somebody that doesn't tolerate high strength retinal, you can actually use this all over the face. You get a lot of product. [...] I think this is 30 ml, which is quite a large size for an eye cream and allows you to use it across the whole face. [...] This is a great gentle anti-aging option for retinal in those delicate areas. For me, it's under the eye. And I also use this on the neck."
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    "Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum uses a low-dose retinal to give you some great long-term results while being mindful of minimizing side effects and irritation. The lower dose of that retinal means it's so friendly to sensitive skin or to beginners. Most people will start with this and then probably graduate to one of the higher strength options, which is fine, but honestly if this is all your skin can tolerate it's still a wonderful product and will absolutely give you some game-changing anti-aging results in the long term. You can use it across the whole face, it's absolutely fine. It's budget friendly because it doesn't break the bank, and I like the fact that we have a low-dose yet hyper-effective option on the market for beginners or for those with sensitive skin."
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    "If you're struggling to find an anti-aging eye cream that doesn't irritate, doesn't sensitize, this might be a really great option. It's affordable, it's flexible, it's ticking a lot of boxes."
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    "This is a really nice affordable retinol for under the eye. If you're somebody that uses a high potency retinoid, maybe a prescription strength or a high dose over the counter on your face, but you can't tolerate it under the eye because of the dryness and the sensitivity, use this. It's designed to be gentle for the under eye, but it still packs the punch. So you're still getting that crow's feet reduction. You're still getting all that great pro-collagen benefit, but in an eye-conscious way. They've really thought about how delicate the under eye is, and they formulated a product that can deliver, but without sensitizing. [...] If you have very sensitive skin that can't tolerate retinoids, then you can actually use this all over the face. It's great as an eye cream, but you can use this all over the face. If you have sensitive skin, it's great for beginners. It ticks a lot of boxes, and that I absolutely love."
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    "Retinal is where it's at when it comes to over-the-counter anti-aging and this is one of the best retinal serums you're going to find. Now it is advertised as an eye cream, which yes, you can use it under the delicate eye area, but you actually get a fair amount of product in here, this is 30 ml, so it's actually just a serum that you can use across the whole face. Beautiful product, great for anti-aging. If you want to get a nice mid-dose retinal that's not going to stress your skin out but give you some great anti-aging collagen-boosting benefits, this one is where it's at."
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    "This is packed full of retinol and is designed for an under-eye treatment, though I do know a lot of people that like retinol but want it in a medium dose rather than too strong who use this all over the face and it works really well for them. You get 30 mil of product so you can absolutely do this. It's not just eye cream. You can use it all over the face if that's your preference. The retinol is going to minimize the appearance of crows feet, fine lines and wrinkles. I think the jigenin will help with dark circles and discoloration under the eye area which I love. No notes. They are just so so well formulated products. I love everything Beauty of Joseon do. I would say these are my top two products from them. The fact they were coming in a duo I think is why but it makes sense because one's for the morning, one's for the evening. Absolute perfection."
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    "This uses retinal, my preferred form of over the counter retinoid, alongside Jinxen. It's advertised as an eye treatment but you can actually use it all over the face if you want a mid-strength retinal, since you get 30ml, much bigger than your average eye cream. [...] I like to use it under the eye [...] and on the neck. [...] I bought this for £11 as a great dupe and a great alternative for people looking to do anti-aging under the eye without breaking the bank. Used every evening, it boosts collagen and elastin production, minimizes fine lines and wrinkles, and the Jinxen is really amazing at reducing puffiness, [...] inflammation, and dark circles. Over time it removes the appearance of crow's feet and helps smooth everything out."
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    "A lot of people use this all over the face because you get a lot of product, 30 mil, which is a standard serum size, I like that, I'm done with these tiny eye creams where you get a small amount but pay top dollar. This is going to last you the best part of six months. You can use it all over as a retinoid or use it as an eye cream, which is what I personally do. It's got retinal as the key ingredient to minimize fine lines and wrinkles, and ginseng, which is great botanically to help eradicate the appearance of dark circles and get fluid moving under the eye so everything looks better. I love the pump applicator, it's easy to use, and it's also the cheapest one, I paid ten pounds for it on TikTok shop. For an eye cream that's going to last six months, that's a gamechanging price. It's a really good dupe for the Medik8 Crystal Retinal Eye that I love but has a much higher price point, and I actually like that this has ginseng in it, I think that kicks it up a notch. I think where Medik8 led, Beauty of Joseon have followed and just done it cheaper, and I'm cheap, so that was music to my ears."
    Yay
    "Another incredible K-beauty under eye treatment, the retinol for the under eye by Beauty of Joseon, is more focused on rebuilding collagen. It's super affordable, around $11 or $12, and on sale for Prime Day."
    Mixed
    "I am constantly recommending Beauty of Joseon on my channel. I have for the past like 6 years. I really do like that serum. However, I will say it's not the most powerful one out there. I definitely think there are other eye creams if you're wanting to target like a lot more severe hyperpigmentation, you know, dark circles or fine lines and premature aging. I do think there are better options out there. However, it's still a really good product."
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    "I am constantly recommending Beauty of Joseon on my channel. I have for the past like 6 years. I really do like that serum. However, I will say it's not the most powerful one out there. I definitely think there are other eye creams if you're wanting to target like a lot more severe hyperpigmentation, you know, dark circles or fine lines and premature aging. I do think there are better options out there. However, it's still a really good product."
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    "If you want to get like more fancy with it you could try the Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum Ginseng, that one also has really good ingredients for helping to brighten the eye area, get rid of any dark circles. I go through like eight of these, okay, affordable product here. Yes, and I'm obsessed with them."
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    "I got hooked, I saw some incredible before and after videos of this formula. It not only has ginseng, but it also has retinal, not with an O but with an A, so retinal, which is a very effective ingredient for reducing premature aging, dark circles, discoloration, sun damage. It's a powerful form of retinol. I've been using this on just the inner parts of my eyes, and I don't even know how much I love it yet. I've been using this for like a week now, and obviously it's going to take longer to see results for the under eye area, but the way that I have seen people rave about this product is next level. [...] If you guys have tested out this formula, let me know what your thoughts are, because I'm still sussing out if it's actually worth it, but yes, amazing brand to support."
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    "It features a retinoid, and retinoids can be really powerful not only for helping to fade hyperpigmentation and darkness on the under eye area, but for targeting premature aging, fine lines, and wrinkles. Looking at the ingredient list alone, I was like, 'Yes, this is going to work so well.' I finally found my eye cream. [...] I really gave this a long shot. I think I went like four or five consecutive months using this every single night. I really, really tried. But unfortunately, this really just did nothing for my dark circles, which makes me really sad because every other Beauty of Joseon product I'm obsessed with. [...] Is it a nice serum? Yes. Is the formula amazing? Yes. And does it work for a lot of other people? It seems to appear so. But from me, it just wasn't enough. [...] I like everything about it. I just wish I saw more from it."
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    "If you're interested in a good eye cream there are lots of more affordable options. The one I'm currently using I have right here, it is the Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum. Everyone raves about this one and I have to say I have had a positive experience with it so far. Now did it get rid of my under eye darkness overnight? No, because nothing will. But amazing formula with power pack ingredients that you can get for a fifth, a tenth of the price that other brands charge."
    Yay
    "This is a cream that I love around the eyes. It is by Beauty of Joseon. It has a retinale. So it's not only going to help with the look of fine lines, but it's also gonna hydrate."
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    "This is a cream that I love around the eyes. It is by Beauty of Joseon. It has a retinale. So it's not only going to help with the look of fine lines, but it's also gonna hydrate."
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    "Beauty of Joseon has a Revive Eye Serum with ginseng and retinal, which is stronger than retinol. So if you are nervous, I would start with this. If you are a little bit more accustomed to retinols and retinoids in general, I would then move on to something else. It has retinal, like I said, that's stronger than retinol, and ginseng, which is a powerful antioxidant. [...] The texture is lightweight and creamy, and I like this a little bit more in the sense that it [...] has easier control in terms of the ability of the product to hold its shape."
    Yay
    "Compared to the other eye cream I'll give this one the better point, because Beauty of Joseon's has retinol and is very lightweight. If you're worried about milia, or you're in your early twenties just starting to use eye cream, this is going to be an amazing, great, and affordable option."
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    "Compared to the other eye cream I'll give this one the better point, because Beauty of Joseon's has retinol and is very lightweight. If you're worried about milia, or you're in your early twenties just starting to use eye cream, this is going to be an amazing, great, and affordable option."
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    "This is the Beauty of Joseon eye cream, a medium strength 0.02% retinol, so it's effective but still very approachable. It's formulated with ginseng extract, a powerful antioxidant, plus collagen peptides and niacinamide, which help support firmness and overall skin smoothness. The texture is super light and runny, spreads easily, and feels very gentle on the skin, there's no irritation at all for me, so it's the kind of retinol you can comfortably use all over your face without stressing about it. If you've never tried an eye cream before, especially in your late teens or early twenties, and you're worried about breakouts or milia, this is a great pick, and it's very affordable, so for young skin I definitely recommend it. But for dry, mature skin I don't really recommend it, and I don't use it that much myself because the texture is so lightweight it's basically a serum, that's why I didn't put it in S tier, it's too light for me."
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    "I think Beauty of Joseon did a great job with this eye cream because it has retinal in it. Compared to older, heavier eye creams in a jar that feel like a chore to use, this one is light and absorbs pretty quickly, so it's easy to use and affordable. It does have a little retinal in it so it makes it a little tight for me, but I think they made the eye cream easy to use, and I think it's worth it. Anybody who's lazy, even in their early 20s, can try out this one for an eye cream."
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    "Beauty of Joseon's eye cream I think became popular because the texture isn't too heavy, the color is light, and the scent isn't strong so it's easy to apply. It has retinal in it so it can feel a little tightening. I would pick this one."
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    "The eye cream is also popular, but for me it was just okay. A lot of people mention issues with the pump, mine works fine but some people's don't. Eye creams can often be too heavy or too sticky, but this one is a lot more lightweight, easy to use, and absorbs quickly, so it's good for oily skin if you don't want something too heavy. It has retinal in it, so some people can feel a little burning, but other than that it kind of didn't live up to the hype for me."
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    "This eye cream is worth the hype, you can buy it. It contains ginseng extract and retinal, which is a more evolved ingredient than retinol. It says eye cream, but they say you can use it on the whole face, which means it's not too sticky. Whenever I apply it, it feels a little thick and a little oily, but it smears in so well. Since it's a retinal, I use just a pea sized amount, and I've had no problem at all. I also put it around my smile lines and it works well there too."
    Yay
    "I'm still on this eye cream. It is one of the best eye creams ever. This has to be my sixth or seventh. I kind of lost track now. I use a few different eye creams, but this is always like, a go to. I just love that one."
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    "I'm still on this eye cream. It is one of the best eye creams ever. This has to be my sixth or seventh. I kind of lost track now. I use a few different eye creams, but this is always like, a go to. I just love that one."
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    "This is the best eye cream I've ever used. I use it in the evening and in the daytime as well. This is beautiful under eye makeup. It's [...] a serumy, lightweight texture. Not quite a gel, not quite a cream, but it just has the best balance and level of hydration for the eye area, for concealer under the eye and eyeshadow on top. It's not too over hydrating that it's going to interfere with my eyeshadow. It's not too over hydrating that it's going to make my under eyes almost oily or greasy. But it's enough hydration that the skin isn't textured or dry or flaky on my lids. And it's the right amount of moisture that my under eyes are being hydrated, which makes that product under the eyes last a little bit longer and gives that little bit of a plumpness under the eye so that any fine lines [...] are smoothed out and creasing doesn't happen as fast as it usually would."
    Yay
    "This is their retinol eye serum with ginseng and retinol. You're going to apply one pump, break it up, apply it around the eyes, and then get the eye patches and apply them right over your serum to seal it in. When you take it off after 15 to 20 minutes, you're just going to instantly glow up. It helps with depuffing and helps deliver retinol to the area."
    Yay
    "I would also recommend the Beauty of Joseon retinal eye serum. If you're looking for a retinol or retinyl product in the VIB sale, I can't give you a better recommendation than this. It doesn't have to be used exclusively on your eye area, you can use it all over your face because it's retinaldehyde, which is one conversion away from the active form of retinoic acid, so it's stronger than retinol products, and you just can't beat that price."
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    "The reviews on Sephora for these are not great because people hate how they smell, and I get it, it smells so familiar, probably ginseng, and it's a pretty strong smell even though it's labeled fragrance-free. It doesn't gross me out though, it's more like the smell of walking into an herbal store, which I actually like. My real issue is that these slip and slide so much, they're a really big, unique shape, but I feel like I have to keep reapplying them over and over because they just slip. That said, that may not be a problem for you, especially if you're applying them lying down in bed."
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    "I would also recommend the Beauty of Joseon retinal eye serum. If you're looking for a retinol or retinyl product in the VIB sale, I can't give you a better recommendation than this. It doesn't have to be used exclusively on your eye area, you can use it all over your face because it's retinaldehyde, which is one conversion away from the active form of retinoic acid, so it's stronger than retinol products, and you just can't beat that price."
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    "This Revive Eye Serum is seventeen dollars for one fluid ounce of eye serum that contains retinaldehyde, which is practically unheard of. I looked up other retinal eye serums on Sephora, Sunday Riley is sixty five dollars, and even the Inky List is only a half ounce for its price. Murad's retinol youth renewal eye serum is eighty nine dollars for a half ounce, and that one is retinol, not retinaldehyde, retinol requires two conversions to get into its active form while retinaldehyde only requires one. So Beauty of Joseon having this eye serum available for seventeen dollars is mind blowing, I'm so excited."
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    "It is a Retinol Serum, which means it is only one conversion into that active form of retinoic acid that our skin can use. This is such a good option for a retinoid product, and it's twelve dollars and forty cents for one fluid ounce, which is the size of a western serum."
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    "They have a retinal eye serum that's one fluid ounce, it's safe, it's made for the eye area but you can use it anywhere, and you can find it for about ten dollars. Compare that to a retinal eye cream I got from Murad that's half an ounce and costs ninety two dollars. Reasons like that are why I love Beauty of Joseon."
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    "This is their Revive Eye Serum and it's using point two percent retinaldehyde. In terms of gold standards for anti-aging there just isn't anything that beats out using retinoids in conjunction with sunscreen, and the fact that Beauty of Joseon has such a good option at such an affordable price point is incredible. I've seen this for around ten dollars, it's an incredible product, a great way to get a retinoid into your routine, and unlike retinol, retinaldehyde only requires one conversion to get to the active form in your skin. You're also getting some ginseng in here. It's huge, it's a huge product that you don't have to only use on your eye area. Overall this is just one of the best budget friendly options that I've ever seen of all time for anything, it's really an incredible product."
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    "The Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum with ginseng and retinal is another one where I wholeheartedly agree with the award. What I love so much about this is that it makes retinaldehyde, this superior retinoid option, available to people. We've had retinaldehyde in the west but in products that were over $100, this is somewhere between 10 and 20 depending on where you're shopping. It's called an eye serum but you can use it all over your face, the reason I don't is because I use adapalene and I cannot use adapalene in my eye area, so I use this retinal there instead. I am able to use this on my eye area, and I again love the accessibility here."
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    "This has ten percent ginseng, and though they aren't telling us a lot about the ginseng saponins, it's probably fresh ginseng rather than the more expensive aged ginseng, so it's still a fraction of the price of something like Sulwhasoo. What it does have is point two percent retinaldehyde, and when it comes to ingredients with lots of peer reviewed literature backing them up there's just nothing that tops retinoic acid. Over the counter retinol takes two conversions in your skin to get to retinoic acid, whereas retinaldehyde only takes one, so in my personal opinion this is a product that dare I say is stronger than a lot of the retinol products we have in the west, the expensive ones like Peter Thomas Roth or Dr. Dennis Gross. I genuinely think this is likely to compare to the results of those, if not give you even better results, and it's a very very affordable serum. I appreciate the transparency, I appreciate the formula, it's fragrance free, it's a wonderful wonderful product."
    Yay
    "Number one is the Beauty of Joseon retinol eye cream. Why? Because it has ginseng. Ginseng is an antioxidant. It is a brightening agents. So the combination of ginseng and retinol together it works on both under eye wrinkles and dark circles."
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    "Whether its the beauty of joseon retinal and zinc sing eye cream that one is absolute fabulous the before after comes just by using that eye cream are out of this world"
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    "If you're looking for a new retinol eye cream I highly recommend trying it. It's a drinking and retinal eye cream with vitamin in the formula to see really good results, and it's two in one."
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    "Beauty of Joseon has a mild retinol plus caffeine plus niacinamide. This is a very different formula. And if you ask for me personally what I prefer and what works for me, RoC forever."
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    "Number one is the Beauty of Joseon retinol eye cream. Why? Because it has ginseng. Ginseng is an antioxidant. It is a brightening agents. So the combination of ginseng and retinol together it works on both under eye wrinkles and dark circles."
    Yay
    "Beauty of Joseon, if you are watching this video right now, you need to update the packaging on your retinal eye cream, which I love. Retinaldehyde for improving wrinkles around the eyes, because it's got Panax ginseng extract in it. We've been putting it around our eyes happy as clams because that's a great product."
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    "One of my all-time favorite retinal topicals is from the brand Beauty of Joseon, it is their Revive Eye Serum with Ginseng and Retinal. Retinal is just sort of shorthand for retinaldehyde. In addition to retinaldehyde, this has niacinamide, so it's a great ingredient for addressing the needs of the moisture barrier alongside a form of topical vitamin A. Retinaldehyde is a pretty gentle form, generally well tolerated, but having barrier supporting, moisturizing, hydrating ingredients in this formula really makes it an excellent option for a retinaldehyde in the drier winter months. It also has ceramide, that's going to help with the needs of the moisture barrier, and it has palmitoyl tripeptide-5, that is a peptide which can help improve skin firmness and elasticity by improving moisture in the skin. This product is marketed as a serum for around the eyes, which is excellent because a lot of people are looking to use this ingredient around the eye to improve the appearance of fine lines, for example, but a lot of forms of topical vitamin A end up being irritating to the overall formula for delicate eyelid skin. This one is safe enough to use around the eyes."
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    "Beauty of Joseon, it's a Korean brand I have recommended their Revive Eye Serum in many videos. This product not only is marketed for use around the eyes to improve the appearance of the signs of aging around the eyes like fine lines, wrinkles, age spots, but also can be used on the entire face. It's free of fragrance. It also has niacinamide, an ingredient that is likewise helpful for dark spots. Niacinamide works to get in the way of transfer of pigment packets from the pigment-producing cells, the melanocytes, to the neighboring keratinocytes. Niacinamide is also very good for the moisture barrier and it's an antioxidant. This product is also formulated with ceramides, lipids found in skin's outermost protective layer, and applying those to the skin can help improve lipid production, ceramide production in the skin, improving barrier function. It's free of fragrance, and right now it's 32% off, so great time to try this one out if you were eyeing it or repurchase if it's one of your favorites."
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    "They have an eye serum, the Revive Eye Serum with [retinaldehyde]. This is an eye serum but it can be used on the entire face. It's a pretty good value."
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    "Beauty of Joseon is a Korean brand that I discovered several years ago and they have a retinal eye serum it can also be used the entire face and that's a great product works well and is very cost effective very inexpensive."
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    "This one does have niacinamide, but it's also a great option. It's marketed for the eye, but the instructions tell you, hey, you can use it to the rest of your face, which I have. So this is another one of those examples where not everything that you put on your face needs a separate eye version because some things are formulated to be gentle enough for both. But I get it with vitamin A in general because it can be more irritating."
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    "I already know I like and recommended it, it's the Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum. You can actually use it on your face too, it's gentle enough to use around the eyes but can be used on the face. It's retinyl aldehyde, so your skin only has to do one thing to it to get it to the active form. It can with long-term consistent use improve the look of fine lines, wrinkles, sunspots, overall skin texture. It's pretty well tolerated. It also has ceramide which is good for the moisture barrier, sodium hyaluronate as a humectant. It comes in a nice pump which I like, and as is common with retinyl aldehyde it has a yellowish hue to it. Really moisturizing, this is a great product."
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    "Beauty of Joseon, if you are watching this video right now, you need to update the packaging on your retinal eye cream, which I love. Retinaldehyde for improving wrinkles around the eyes, because it's got Panax ginseng extract in it. We've been putting it around our eyes happy as clams because that's a great product."
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    "A less expensive retinaldehyde that I personally use and really like is the Beauty of Joseon Retinol Eye Serum. It's marketed as an eye serum, but it can also be used on the face."
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    "This is a skincare favorite of mine from 2022 which I continue to love and adore and use, the Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum with ginseng and retinaldehyde. You can start to notice an improvement in skin smoothness around four to six weeks, then around eight to sixteen weeks you might start seeing some lightening of sunspots or dark discoloration around the eyes, and around sixteen weeks you may notice a diminishment in the appearance of fine lines. It also has niacinamide, which helps lighten sunspots and improve the moisture barrier, and licorice root extract, which is anti-inflammatory and helps with brightening and redness. It's really great, I actually continue to use it on my eyelids, I don't use my prescription retinoid there, and I really like it, no dry eyes."
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    "This is the Beauty of Joseon retinaldehyde eye serum. It also has niacinamide and ceramide NP in it. It's eleven forty nine right now which is a pretty good deal, and you don't just have to use it around the eyes, you can use it on the rest of your face too. I like this product so much I also recommend it in my best budget skincare of 2022."
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    "This is the Beauty of Joseon Revive Ginseng Plus Retinol Eye Serum, a retinaldehyde serum. Retinaldehyde is typically pretty well tolerated as a topical vitamin A and it's usually one of the more expensive actives, but this is pretty inexpensive for a retinaldehyde, it's $17, though right now it's on sale for $10.99. What I like about this is that it can be used not only around the eyes but on the face, so the formula is well tolerated around the eyes but also works on the face, which cuts down on the number of products you need. It also has ceramide, which helps the moisture barrier, and peptides, which act as a humectant to improve the moisture content of the skin. It does yield a nice, almost immediate wrinkle smoothing effect, likely from the humectants, and with long term consistent use the retinaldehyde converts to retinoic acid, which helps improve collagen production for a longer lasting skin firming and wrinkle smoothing effect. This is the most expensive product in this video."
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    "I've got to say I actually really enjoy this product a lot. It is on the oily side, it feels a little greasy, oily, which doesn't surprise me since retinaldehyde is an oil loving ingredient, possibly related to the macadamia seed oil. It does have an oilier feel to it which you may or may not like, and it's a bit of a heavier texture, but it does stay in place well, it doesn't migrate into the eyes. I would definitely purchase it because not only does it appear to be effective as a moisturizer, at least for around the eyes, I do think that it's an effective retinaldehyde. This company is quite good, and it's ten to thirteen dollars depending on where you buy it, which is a reasonable price point. There's no fragrance in it either, which I think is a good move."
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    "It's got glycerin as the third ingredient, so that softens the skin, and then we've got niacinamide as the eighth ingredient. It's a bit tingly on the skin, which is surprising, plus it's got 0.2% retinaldehyde, which is pretty low to be honest. You might see a little improvement with fine lines but really nothing drastic. I like it in that it's naif safe, it pretty much does what it says, it's good for sensitive skin. You're not going to see much improvement with your fine lines because the percentage of retinaldehyde is only 0.2%, but I would give it a 6 out of 10."
    Yay
    "The revive serum is a combination of ginseng and snail mucin. Ginseng is that traditional K beauty ingredient. It is a strong antioxidant. It supports skin elasticity. It supports skin circulation. So it actually brings a really nice evenness to the complexion. Snail mucin is an ingredient that promotes healing, wound healing on the skin. It also brings antioxidant content. It is also something that supports a very gentle well-aging process on the skin. It's a very supportive well-aging formula."
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    "This is the Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum with retinol and ginseng and I'm rating this a star. I love this so much, ever since it was released and I did my review on it, this has been a part of my eye cream routine. This is something I don't use every single night, this is only something like two, three times a week, especially with this one it's like when I remember to use it because it is not my daily eye cream. But I really like this, it's something that helps with under eye darkness and I feel like it has actually given me more meaningful results than other eye creams. The retinaldehyde in here is the real deal, it absolutely does work. I'm very happy with the results that this has given me."
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    "Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum contains retinol dehydrogenase as well as ginseng. Even though it's called an eye cream, it can be used on other parts of the body or the face because it has this really beautiful gel-like consistency, so it's really light. It's one of my favorite products for neck and chest care because it does contain retinol dehydrogenase, we're getting collagen stimulation here as well as brightening and skin cell turnover, and it just supports all the things associated with our skin aging and helping to slow that process down. I really like this because it's gentle. It is formulated first for the eye area but second as a much more gentle retinal experience for other parts of the body."
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    "This has a lighter gel-like consistency. So, it actually absorbs in the skin really nicely. It does have a bit of hydration to it. So, there is a tiny bit of plumping. Not a lot, but just a little bit. It sinks in the skin really nicely without any residue greasiness at the surface. So it's not going to overwhelm the area or make it feel like your eyelids are all greasy. In my personal experience, I do have sensitive skin all over my face. And my eye area can be particularly sensitive. I have no problems tolerating this under the eye area and then even in the corner, the upper corners here around my crows feet. I can tolerate the serum pretty well right here. And I have been using this for many years now at this point. If you don't know whether your upper eyelids are sensitive to this type of product, try it out. But be aware that you could feel some irritation, some slight inflammation, some redness, some kind of itchiness with that. You can just discontinue the use on the lids and just use under the eye. What's really great about this and that makes it unique from different just generally eye cream products is that they're giving you 30 milliliter of product. That's pretty big for an eye cream. That's actually the size of a serum."
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    "I'm a fan of this. I think it's a really nice take on retinal and it's retinal dehydrogenase, not retinol spelled with an O. I think it's a really great match between retinal dehydrogenase and ginseng. I love ginseng in eye creams, it's something that really helps to just like the name suggests revive the eye area. It helps to increase the blood circulation which can make you look a lot more refreshed and awake. The addition of the retinal dehydrogenase is really very good for targeting fine lines, wrinkles, loss of firmness and elasticity, and it is also a brightening ingredient as well. I think it's a really smart formulation. I love the gel cream type of texture that sinks into the skin really nicely. It works well for a lot of different skin types. It's not going to feel super overwhelming, it's really easy to spread. This is a fairly generous size, I believe it's about 30 ml of product, so that's pretty big for an eye cream. This is a great beginner retinal or retinoid product if you wanted to use this all over your face. It's gentle because it's formulated for the eye area."
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    "The texture is not sticky, it's not greasy, it's not overwhelming my skin. I'm so prone to breakouts on my chest skin and I can't put a lot of skincare there, but this actually helps to take the congestion down because of that skin cell turnover benefit. There's ginseng in here and it's actually a really complimentary ingredient for the retinoid for the brightening benefit. It really brings that healthy glow to the skin."
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    "The revive serum is a combination of ginseng and snail mucin. Ginseng is that traditional K beauty ingredient. It is a strong antioxidant. It supports skin elasticity. It supports skin circulation. So it actually brings a really nice evenness to the complexion. Snail mucin is an ingredient that promotes healing, wound healing on the skin. It also brings antioxidant content. It is also something that supports a very gentle well-aging process on the skin. It's a very supportive well-aging formula."
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    "This is probably my most purchased product from Beauty of Joseon in the last couple of years, really because I think it's fantastic, but also because it's a product that I use not just for my eyes, under my eyes, but it's actually a product that I use for my neck and chest as well. It's a very flexible product in that way. It's a little bit bigger than a traditional eye cream product, about 30 milliliters, which is really essentially the size of a serum. It's a very gentle retinaldehyde formulation, and they do say that you can use it for the delicate skin under your eye, but they also encourage you to use it as a kind of gentle beginner retinaldehyde for all over your face. I have found a lot of particular use for neck and chest. Retinaldehyde, which is in this product, is a form of a retinoid or retinol, and it's actually a little bit more potent than your traditional retinol."
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    "Beauty of Joseon has really married the tradition with the modern innovations and this is a really beautiful take on how K Beauty has embraced retinal in its own way. This is actually using retinal aldehyde, it's a little bit more potent than your retinal spelled with an O, works a little bit faster for the skin. They've married it with that beautiful ginseng, remember ginseng is an antioxidant, increases skin circulation, makes your skin really really glowy. It's actually one of my favorite traditional K Beauty ingredients for the eye area because it really helps to address darkness. It has been intended for eye use first, but there's a secondary use of being able to use it as a full face cream as well. Eye creams really target fine lines and wrinkles and aging, so why not get that not just in the eye area but all over your face. The benefit is when things are formulated for the eye area they're gentler, they're not as aggressive, and so this is a great first step into retinal for a lot of folks. It's also a great step into retinal for sensitive folks."
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    "I really like the Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum with retinal and ginseng. It actually can be used in other places, and they do give you a pretty generous size for an eye cream. This is going to be a little bit of a gentler option that you can use to get the same collagen stimulating benefits, the same skin cell turnover benefits. They're going to help keep things like your chest, or maybe if you experience breakouts, help keep breakouts at bay, but also to address potentially fine lines, wrinkles, and loss of elasticity."
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    "As far as like a hard-hitting, wrinkle fighting, fine line busting active eye patch, they're just not it. There is also the potential for it to be a little bit irritating for some folks as well. And it smells ginseng. And if you don't like ginseng, don't bother. I don't hate these, you know what I mean? But they just kind of fall into that category of nice but not necessary."
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    "I'm going to be using the Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum. This has ginseng as well as retinaldehyde as well. And I'm actually going to be putting this on my neck and chest. [...] This is an amazing treatment for the neck. It's incredibly gentle. It really doesn't bring the retinal scaries to that area which I find my neck and chest can be a lot more sensitive than my face. You don't want peeling skin on your neck like that's not cute. But this definitely helps with collagen stimulation. It can also help with brightening. Sometimes I get hyperpigmentation on my chest if I get a pimple there. But it is a really great preventative while aging type of formula."
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    "This is the Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum, 10 out of 10. I have had multiple empties of this throughout the years because I reviewed this back in 2022, and this has been in my routine on and off since then because I really do like this one. It is a retinal-based eye serum and truly it's an eye serum, not a cream, because it has more of a gel-like consistency so it actually absorbs into the eye area really nicely. I do use this on my under eye; I don't really go on top of my lids because it can cause a little bit of irritation for me personally if I go up top too many times. I did stop using this on my under eye when fall rolled around because I've been getting very dry under my eyes during the winter time. I love this, it's so great for the eye area, it's very brightening especially with the ginseng in here, and it's great for anti-aging goals. I love the multi-use and the bigger size of this so I often use this a lot on my neck and chest to help stimulate collagen there and fight the fine lines and wrinkles and the loss of skin firmness. This is a really great multi-purpose type of product."
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    "I'm going to be using Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum: Ginseng + Retinal. It's this lovely like gel cream. I love that because it's not like that stiff, buttery type of eye cream. I love how this just sinks into the skin and it just absorbs really nicely. If you caught my review of this quite a few months ago, I cannot tolerate this on top of my lids. I can put it underneath, which is fine because that's where I need the retinol to hide benefits, but I can't tolerate it on the top of my lid. So I have to be careful and mindful. I do sometimes forget and just when I'm slapping skincare on and I do run it over my lids, it's okay once or twice, but if I'm consistently doing it that area gets really raw feeling and red and puffy. So whenever you're using something like an aggressive active, you do want to wash your hands before you move on to your next layer because there is always the potential that you're going to transfer some of this to other areas. It can travel and you can cause irritation."
    Yay
    "This has 0.02% retinal, which makes it a very gentle formula and great for those with hypersensitive skin or even beginners. This also has ginseng extract in it, which is known for its restorative abilities, and you don't get really more concentrated antioxidants than you get in ginseng root. It's been a fantastic well-aging treatment for my extremely sensitive neck area. The texture is light and silky, it absorbs fast so you don't feel like it leaves anything on the skin. A little bit goes a long way, it spreads like silk, this fully absorbs, it dries down, and it's just really been working well. There's definitely a lot less guilt at such a great price."
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    "This has Ginseng and Retinol. Ginseng is a great antioxidant and of course, Retinal is great for those fine lines, but a bit of texture as well. This is nicely not lightweight, but not heavy as well. Just use a normal pea size amount and it sinks in so nicely without having to spend hours patting under the eyes. This has really good reviews across the board, especially on Amazon."
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    "Beauty of Joseon's Revive Eye Serum Ginseng and Retinal is made to target fine lines that help stimulate collagen and elastin production, can help a little bit of hyperpigmentation, and also includes niacinamide to help with under eye skin tone and texture in general."
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    "This has Ginseng and Retinol. Ginseng is a great antioxidant and of course, Retinal is great for those fine lines, but a bit of texture as well. This is nicely not lightweight, but not heavy as well. Just use a normal pea size amount and it sinks in so nicely without having to spend hours patting under the eyes. This has really good reviews across the board, especially on Amazon."
    Yay
    "This is their Revive Eye Serum, it's a ginseng and retinal, again not a retinol with an O, retinal with an A. This is one of the most potent K beauty products that I've ever used, but the good news is that it goes on sale and it works. [...] The color of this is super bright, that's the vitamin A, aka the retinoid in here, it's really doing the work. Now this is intense and they call it an eye cream, yes it'll be great for fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes, but put it on your smile lines, put it on your blemish prone areas, put it on your nose if you literally want to help get rid of the oil production and even tighten up the skin to help reduce the appearance of pores. [...] This is intense but this is going to do it."
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    "This is their Revive Eye Serum, it's a ginseng and retinal, again not a retinol with an O, retinal with an A. This is one of the most potent K beauty products that I've ever used, but the good news is that it goes on sale and it works. [...] The color of this is super bright, that's the vitamin A, aka the retinoid in here, it's really doing the work. Now this is intense and they call it an eye cream, yes it'll be great for fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes, but put it on your smile lines, put it on your blemish prone areas, put it on your nose if you literally want to help get rid of the oil production and even tighten up the skin to help reduce the appearance of pores. [...] This is intense but this is going to do it."
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    "What I have been using and I've been obsessed with is this from Beauty of Joseon. This is a retinol eye bomb with ginseng and retinol. It is basically a K Beauty super potent retinaldehyde serum. I use it on my nasolabial folds, marionette lines, crow's feet, and all over literally as my night retinoid."
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    "I personally use this all over my face including on my dynamic forehead wrinkles and marionette lines. This has retinaldehyde which is the gold standard in dermatology for fine lines and wrinkles. It's extraordinarily plumping and it does help with fine lines and wrinkles. The beauty of Joseon is vegan and cruelty free which is very hard to find in retinaldehyde products. It also has ceramides, niacinamide, and ginseng which acts as an antioxidant. Over a few weeks of regular use you start to see the under eyes look brighter, less wrinkled, less saggy and crinkly. It also works a little bit for darkness and pigmentation in the under eye area, but this is my number one choice for wrinkles. I've gone through multiple bottles, I'm eager and I love it."
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    "This is from Beauty of Joseon and this is so good. This doesn't have retinol but this has retinaldehyde so it's even more potent than the Neutrogena stuff but it's still gentle. This also has antioxidants and ceramides, which are nourishing and can be plumping to the skin, so good if you have fine lines or wrinkles. This is one of the best eye creams I've ever come across. Again, you can use this all over your face which is what I personally do. Even if you have milia, this tends to have ingredients that are more milia-safe so it doesn't cause those little pearls that kind of ball up under the skin."
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    "It is one of the if not the most budget-friendly retinal products available"
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    "I was really excited about trying this one out because of the ingredients. Ginseng is their star ingredient here because it's been shown to target wrinkles and it is really popular in Korean skincare. There's also retinol with an A and this is a stronger form of vitamin A that converts to retinoic acid in just one step and so it is as close to tretinoin as you can get in a cosmetic product. Retinoids are like the gold standard ingredients in skincare. The retinol is 0.02 which I think is like a nice low to medium intensity. This is one of the most inexpensive retinol products I've seen. If you're looking for a general retinol product to try, this one is a really good option. You might want to look out for irritation though, as strong retinoids do tend to make you go a bit flaky and go through an adjustment period as your skin kind of rebuilds itself."

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    Retinoids

    Retinoids are among the best studied ingredients in dermatology, with solid evidence for acne and for the fine lines and rough texture that come from sun exposure. Dryness and flaking in the first few weeks are common and usually settle.

    Source: DermNet

    Niacinamide

    Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.

    Source: DermNet

    Ceramides

    Ceramides are part of the skin's own barrier, and moisturisers built around them have evidence for holding water in and settling the tightness and flaking that come with a damaged barrier.

    Source: DermNet

    Frequently asked.

    What is Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum: Ginseng + Retinal?

    A lightweight eye serum from Beauty of Joseon combining ginseng and retinaldehyde (retinal) in a liposomal formulation, designed to address fine lines, dark circles, and loss of elasticity around the delicate eye area.

    Is Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum: Ginseng + Retinal worth it?

    Mostly yes. 16 of the 18 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 95%.

    What is Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum: Ginseng + Retinal's Guru Score?

    Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum: Ginseng + Retinal holds a Guru Score of 95%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 18 expert reviewers we have collected. It is also Guru Certified, our mark for products that hold broad approval across many expert reviewers.

    Who is Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum: Ginseng + Retinal best for?

    Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum: Ginseng + Retinal is generally suited to mature skin.

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