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Beauty Pie Super Retinol + Vitamin C Night Renewal Moisturizer.

Beauty Pie Super Retinol + Vitamin C Night Renewal Moisturizer
Retinoids
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About this product

A night moisturizer that combines retinol and vitamin C, designed to help renew skin.

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2Yay
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What the gurus are saying

Retinol and vitamin C sharing one lightweight cream is the detail that keeps coming up, since the two are rarely seen together. Despite the night label, it is used in the morning under sunscreen, and it feels light enough to love for oily skin. Online warnings call the pairing a no-no, but the reviewers find it fine as long as skin is not irritated, though it can ball up with one sunscreen brand.
Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take February 2024

Type

RetinoidsCream

Key actives

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

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Nadine Baggott
Nadine Baggott
164k subs
✓Yay
"With ferulic acid, so if you worry about using vitamin C and retinol together, and you trust a really good formulator, and Beauty Pie have the best formulators, then you get it all in one product. You haven't got to think about it. I did a live with a really, really prominent UK consultant dermatologist, and that was one of the few retinols she recommended you buy over the counter."
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Cassandra Bankson
Cassandra Bankson
2.46M subs
✓Yay
"This is one of my favorite products from Beauty Pie. [...] This is such a good lazy skin care or multitasking beauty if you're looking for a retinoid as well as a vitamin C. I actually love to apply this during the day under my sunscreen. It doesn't tend to ball up or to pill up unless you use it with a Glow Recipe sunscreen, but [...] for most sunscreens, this is such a lovely pair and it brings together two ingredients that we hardly ever see together."
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All 4 takes from Cassandra Bankson
Which Retinoid is Best for Your Skin Type?
"They say this is a night cream but I will say I use this in my morning skincare routine—this is something that I put on every freaking day and I love it. This one is really lightweight. I love this for my oily skin. I think that Beauty Pie is only available in the UK and the US, I don't know if it's available in other countries."
The 7 Laziest Skincare Products That Work The Hardest
"This is one of my favorite products from Beauty Pie. [...] This is such a good lazy skin care or multitasking beauty if you're looking for a retinoid as well as a vitamin C. I actually love to apply this during the day under my sunscreen. It doesn't tend to ball up or to pill up unless you use it with a Glow Recipe sunscreen, but [...] for most sunscreens, this is such a lovely pair and it brings together two ingredients that we hardly ever see together."
What Happened After I Used Beauty Pie for One Year
"It has encapsulated retinol and ferulic acid so it's stabilized and can penetrate into the skin deeper. I freaking love this formula especially under sunscreen. [...] I have been using this for almost the entire year and because I take photos of my skin regularly, you can actually see the difference that this has made in my skin. I think this is one of my favorite products."
The Keys To Hyperpigmentation? Skincare Routine That Actually Works | Morning & Nighttime
"The Super Retinol from Beauty Pie contains retinol and vitamin C. While some people like to scream online about how this is a big no-no, [...] retinol works better at a pH of around 5.5 and vitamin C works better at a low pH, but as long as you're not irritated by these you actually can use them together."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

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

Vitamin C

Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

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