How Do You Know When It’s Time to Start Using Retinol?
Retinol is a fan-favorite ingredient for a reason! This powerhouse ingredient helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and helps even the look of skin tone and texture. This week in the blog, we are discussing when you should start incorporating Retinol into your COSMEDIX skincare routine to help give yourself smoother, healthier-looking skin regardless of your age.
When To Start
If you are in your 20s, starting the use of Retinol can help prevent the look of fine lines and wrinkles. You do not need to wait until you start noticing signs of aging before adding this age-defying ingredient to your routine! However, if you are 30 or 40+, it’s not too late! Using Retinol once you have noticed fine lines and wrinkles on your skin can help minimize the signs of aging.
Choosing A Retinol
With so many different products to choose from, it can be hard to know which one will work best for your skin. Take a look at some of our bestselling Retinol products to see which one will help you meet your skincare goals:
- Serum 16 Rapid Renewal Serum: Helps smooth the look of fine lines, wrinkles, and uneven skin tone with a formula that includes Retinol and Retinal for 2x the Vitamin A.
- Clarity Skin Clarifying Serum: Helps remove pore-clogging impurities and exfoliate the skin with Salicylic Acid and Retinol for a smoother, clearer-looking complexion.
- Define Age-Defying Treatment with Hydroxy Acids & Retinol: Gently exfoliates to promote smoother-looking skin by helping to reduce the look of fine lines, wrinkles, and uneven skin tone.
- Refine Refinishing Treatment: Helps encourage skin renewal to smooth the look of fine lines and wrinkles with a 4% AGP Complex (.5% Retinol and Amino Acids) for a softer-looking complexion.
- Refine Plus High-Potency Refinishing Treatment: An age-defying treatment that helps reduce the look of fine lines and sun damage with an AGP Complex of 1% Retinol.
How To Use
When you begin using Retinol, it is important to only apply it 2-3x a week at nighttime to help avoid any redness or dryness before advancing to daily application. We recommend pairing Retinol with a thicker moisturizer, such as Emulsion Intense Hydrator, to help hydrate and replenish skin with conditioning Shea Butter and Jojoba Oil. Another product that we recommend pairing with Retinol is Crystal Clear Liquid Crystal Hydrating Mist to help veil the complexion in lightweight, long-lasting moisture anytime the skin is feeling dry throughout the day to help perfect your Retinol routine.
To shop for more bestselling skincare with Retinol, or other luxurious COSMEDIX products to help elevate your skincare routine, head to cosmedix.com