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Skin Cycling for Glass Skin ✨✨✨
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items Want glass skin? Follow the skin-cycling routine suggested by Dr. Ekta (@drektay). These are the products I use for each step. Make sure you let each product dry down to give it time to absorb before layering the next one on. This list includes the p...
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Night 1: Retinoid Night (Priming)
Night 2: Regenerative Night
Night 3: Exfoliate Night
Night 4: Barrier Night (Rebuilding)
Night 7: Hydration Night
Night 1: Retinoid Night (Priming)
Apply a retinol (I use Tretinoin) to boost collagen, reduce fine lines, and support skin barrier repair. Follow up with a non-active cream moisturizer.
You need to get a prescription for Tretinoin. I use the 0.05%, which is the middle level. You should start at 0.025%.
TRETINOIN 0.05 % CREAM
This rich barrier cream helps calm, protect, and repair irritated skin fast. It’s gentle, non-clogging, safe for all ages, and great for everything from dry patches and redness to sunburns, cuts, and bug bites.
Avene Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream
Night 2: Regenerative Night
Night 2 is a regenerative or repair-focused night that comes after a retinoid night (and often before exfoliation or other actives). On this night, the focus shifts away from strong actives to ingredients that support recovery and signaling for heali...> PDRN > Growth Factors > Exosomes > Peptides > Moisturizer. Allow time for each product to dry down before applying the next. These are the products I use, but there are others at various price points.
This formula uses micro-sized mineral particles to help your skin better absorb the good stuff. Each disposable treatment is individually packaged, so it’s easy to use anytime, anywhere, and it comes in three strength levels (50, 100, and 300) so you...
VT Cosmetics Reedle Shot Starter Stick Kit
VT PDRN Essence 100 is a lightweight hydrator that helps skin look smoother, bouncier, and glowier thanks to wild ginseng–derived PDRN. It sinks in fast, feels gentle on sensitive skin, and gives that fresh, glass-skin finish without any fragrance.
VT COSMETICS PDRN 100 Intensive Glow Serum
The Ordinary Growth Factors 15% Serum is a lightweight, age-support serum that helps repair visible skin damage and soften wrinkles by supporting your skin’s natural renewal process. With a powerful blend of growth factors, it helps skin look smoothe...
The Ordinary GF 15% Serum for Visible Skin Repair and Wrinkles
Clinic-level results at home. This lightweight serum helps boost collagen, support skin repair, and smooth and firm skin for a healthy glow in as little as two weeks. It absorbs quickly, hydrates for up to 12 hours, and leaves a smooth, radiant base ...
The Inky List Exosome Hydro-Glow Complex Serum
This lightweight peptide serum helps smooth the look of fine lines, boost hydration, and support firmer, more elastic skin. Powered by Matrixyl peptides, hyaluronic acid, and Syn-Ake, it leaves skin feeling plump, hydrated, and more youthful without ...
The Ordinary Multi-Peptide + Hyaluronic Acid Serum for Firmness and Elasticity
This moisturizer helps repair your skin barrier and deeply hydrate, even if your skin is sensitive. It’s soothing, fragrance-free, and gentle enough for dry or eczema-prone skin—and safe to use after microneedling to help skin bounce back.
AESTURA ATOBARRIER365 Cream with Ceramides
Night 3: Exfoliate Night
Exfoliate night is all about gentle skin renewal. Use a mild chemical exfoliant to sweep away dead skin, smooth texture, and unclog pores, then keep the rest of your routine simple and hydrating—no retinoids or strong actives. This is the easy reset ...
A bestselling exfoliating toner with 2% salicylic acid and green tea that helps unclog pores and smooth skin—often in as little as a week. It gently clears buildup inside pores, reduces blackheads and oil, and helps the rest of your skincare work bet...
Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant
This easy, everyday serum makes skin feel soft, smooth, and really hydrated. With peptides, vitamin C, and panthenol, it helps skin look fresher and more even—plus you’ll notice instant moisture and smoother-looking lines over time.
Naturium Multi-Peptide Moisturizer
This moisturizer helps repair your skin barrier and deeply hydrate, even if your skin is sensitive. It’s soothing, fragrance-free, and gentle enough for dry or eczema-prone skin—and safe to use after microneedling to help skin bounce back.
AESTURA ATOBARRIER365 Cream with Ceramides
Night 4: Barrier Night (Rebuilding)
Barrier night is a recovery night where you skip actives and focus on calming, hydrating, and repairing the skin barrier with gentle, nourishing products so your skin can reset, reduce inflammation, and stay resilient between treatment nights.
A gentle oil cleanser that melts away makeup, sunscreen, and buildup without stripping or clogging pores. It rinses clean and is safe for all skin types, including sensitive and acne-prone.
Prequel Pre-Gleanse Nourishing Oil Cleanser
A super gentle glycerin cleanser for face and body that hydrates for 24 hours while removing makeup, oil, and impurities without stripping skin. It’s soothing, barrier-friendly, and great for all skin types, especially dry or sensitive skin—including...
Prequel Facial Gleanser Cleanser
A lightweight, cruelty-free serum that helps smooth fine lines and boost firmness for plumper, healthier-looking skin. It absorbs quickly and uses collagen-supporting peptides to give skin a more bouncy, hydrated look.
The INKEY List Collagen Booster Firming Peptide Serum
This moisturizer helps repair your skin barrier and deeply hydrate, even if your skin is sensitive. It’s soothing, fragrance-free, and gentle enough for dry or eczema-prone skin—and safe to use after microneedling to help skin bounce back.
AESTURA ATOBARRIER365 Cream with Ceramides
Night 7: Hydration Night
Hydration is the final night in a weekly skin-cycling routine where you avoid all active ingredients (like retinoids, acids, or exfoliants) and instead focus on deeply nourishing and hydrating the skin. This night is all about repairing your skin’s n... moisturizing mask, like the ones listed here.
A hydrating sheet mask that instantly soothes dry, tight skin and leaves it soft, plump, and moisturized—perfect when your skin feels flaky, dull, or in need of a quick boost.
Dr. Jart+ Ceramidin™ Skin Barrier Moisturizing Mask
A vegan PDRN hydrogel mask made with Korean wild ginseng that helps revive tired, dull skin without any fish-derived ingredients. The soft, skin-hugging mask feels super soothing, boosts absorption, and can even be worn overnight for extra hydration—...
VT COSMETICS PDRN Hydrogel Mask(4 pack)
This gel mask instantly cools, calms, and hydrates while helping support your skin barrier. It’s great for dry, irritated, or redness-prone skin and feels super soothing on contact.
With calming panthenol, barrier-boosting ceramides, hyaluronic acid...
Biodance Hydro Cera-nol Real Deep Mask
This moisturizer helps repair your skin barrier and deeply hydrate, even if your skin is sensitive. It’s soothing, fragrance-free, and gentle enough for dry or eczema-prone skin—and safe to use after microneedling to help skin bounce back.
AESTURA ATOBARRIER365 Cream with Ceramides