- Texture
- Silky fluid, slight golden cast
- Scent
- Fragrance-free
Retinal Renewal Treatment
Retinal, released slowly enough to keep using.
0.05% encapsulated retinaldehyde in a ceramide base. Works faster than retinol, with far less of the peeling.
- Free delivery over $60, otherwise $5 standard in three to five working days.
- Thirty day returns, opened or not, with free return postage in the US.
- Vegan, fragrance-free and never tested on animals.
About this formula
Retinaldehyde is one step closer to retinoic acid than retinol, which means skin converts it faster and results arrive sooner. The usual trade-off is a fortnight of peeling. Encapsulating it solves most of that: the active is released gradually over hours instead of all at once, so the skin gets the signal without the shock.
Over twelve weeks, expect smoother texture first, then a visible softening of fine lines and a steadier clearing of congestion. It is the single most effective thing in this range for both early aging and persistent breakouts, which is why it works for people who thought they had to choose.
Introduce it slowly. Two nights a week for the first fortnight, three or four after that. Almost every bad retinoid experience is really a pacing problem.
Key benefits
- Smoother texture within four weeks, softer lines by twelve
- Clears persistent congestion without the peeling of a standard retinol
- Encapsulated for gradual overnight release
- Buffered in a ceramide base that protects the barrier as you build up
How to use it
- 01Use at night only, on clean, completely dry skin.
- 02Start with two nights a week for two weeks, then build to three or four.
- 03Apply two drops across the face, avoiding the eyelids and the corners of the nose.
- 04Follow with the Ceramide Night Cream, and wear SPF 30 or higher every morning.
Ingredient highlights
- Encapsulated retinaldehyde, 0.05%
- Released gradually overnight, which is what removes most of the peeling.
- Ceramide and squalane base
- Buffers the active so the barrier holds up while your skin adjusts.
- Bisabolol
- Calms the flushing that often comes in the first fortnight of use.
Full ingredient list
Aqua, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Squalane, Retinal (Encapsulated), Ceramide NP, Bisabolol, Panthenol, Tocopherol, Allantoin, Polyglyceryl-4 Laurate, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Phytate, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate.
What people say about the Retinal Renewal Treatment
I have failed at retinol three times. Two nights a week for a fortnight, as the instructions insist, and I am now at four nights with no peeling at all. The difference is the pacing, and Lumea is the only brand that told me that plainly.
