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Body Retinol.

Necessaire Body Retinol
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About this product

A body treatment combining 0.1% retinol with a 10% alpha hydroxy acid blend designed to address texture, tone, and signs of aging on the body.

Best for

Mature skin
Retinoids

The Guru Index verdict

84%

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✓Approved · 84%
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What the gurus are saying

The experts who reviewed this praise it as a rare, complete body care product that tackles multiple concerns at once. The retinol concentration is solid, and the addition of exfoliating acids makes it stand out for improving body texture and tone. One expert notes it's pricey, so budget matters, and another points out that people shouldn't layer this with separate body exfoliation on the same night, since the product already combines both actives.
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Beyond50Skin
Beyond50Skin
31k subs · 1k devotees
✓Approved
"Their body retinol is a fantastic one. I think this one is slightly more hydrating. It's a little thicker and it's a little more occlusive. It's always in my body care rotation."
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"Their body retinol is a fantastic one. I think this one is slightly more hydrating. It's a little thicker and it's a little more occlusive. It's always in my body care rotation."
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"This is one of my holy grails. It's 0.1% retinol with OS, so it's not a retinaldehyde formula, but it is a retinol formula at 0.1% which is a pretty decent percentage. I keep this in my bathroom all the time. And I layer it up with my one skin for the body with the OS1 peptides. I can't give it up. I haven't found anything that works better. You can combine this retinol with the OS1 for body, but you don't want to combine your body exfoliation night with your retinol. I've already repurchased it."
Doctorly
Doctorly
3.56M subs · 90k devotees
✓Approved
"One of my favorite products is still the Necessaire Body Retinol. It combines your retinol and your exfoliating acid into a pretty decent size product, and I think it is probably still one of the most complete products out there for tone on the body. It's something I recommend in the office all the time, but because it's kind of expensive I do always caveat it with, well, what's your budget-friendly alternative."
Dr. Sam Ellis
Dr. Sam Ellis
851k subs · 132k devotees
✓Approved
"The Necessaire Body Retinol is really nice. I feel like your body is a little bit neglected. We're all about the retinoids and the exfoliants on our face and then our body skin is like, hey, what about me? I'm getting kind of creepy and saggy also. So having something like a body retinol I think is amazing. This also has alpha hydroxy acids. It's kind of like this plushy creamy serum and you can apply this like head to toe. It's 0.1% retinol which is like a good concentration and then a 10% blend of alpha hydroxy acids, I think it's glycolic acid and maybe mandelic acid. This is really nice if you're trying to kind of up your body care game and you want some actives in your body care."
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