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Skincare to pair with Tretinoin✨
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items Starting your tretinoin skincare journey but worried about dry/irritated skin? Well, you’re in the right place! I spent countless days researching and preparing myself for this new tretinoin journey. Here’s what I found and has helped me fight off ir...
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1. Double trouble! We’re talking double cleansing! 🧖♀️🧼🫧
2. Hydration station! Toner, essence, and serums! 💦💧🛁
3. Lock-in moisture! 🔒🧼
4. Protect your skin! ☀️🧴
1. Double trouble! We’re talking double cleansing! 🧖♀️🧼🫧
You’re going to want to avoid any exfoliants or harsh acids. Stick to something gentle to avoid further irritation. Put the panoxyl and salicylic acid washes down, keep that for your non tret days or AM skincare.
Combining things like benzoyl perox...
First use an oil based cleanser to remove makeup, sunscreen, and dirt. This cleansing oil is one of the best I’ve tried. It MELTS my makeup and doesn’t leave a sticky or slimy feeling after washing it off. It also doesn’t strip my skin of its moistur...
Deep Cleansing Oil® |Bestselling Makeup Remover & Cleanser
Double cleansing is the best way to start off with a clean slate and will be a game changer for absorbing skincare. This will make sure all we tried to wash off in step one is truly gone.
Toleriane Hydrating Gentle Facial Cleanser
2. Hydration station! Toner, essence, and serums! 💦💧🛁
Tret can and will leave you dry. Using hydrating toners, essences, and serums, like hyaluronic acid, will keep your skin barrier strong. These steps can also create a sort of gentle buffer for the tret. These will be your go-tos to ensure you glow fr...
A calming toner will help soothe the irritation that tret may cause and will bring lots of moisture back into your skin after a good double cleanse. This will also pair well with hyaluronic acid, since it’s a humectant and draws moisture from any wat...
Abib Heartleaf Calming Toner 7.1 fl oz
This is my HOLY GRAIL. This has never failed me and works wonders when combined with tret or any other skincare routines. No dryness over here when snail mucin is involved!
Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
This is a great budget friendly option! Hyaluronic acid is always a good choice for any skincare routine but it’s especially important when introducing tret!
Good Molecules Hyaluronic Acid Serum 30 ml
If you find that tret is really making you dry, flaky or your skin is extra irritated this is a great all-in-one kind of serum that brings in INTENSE hydration.
Cicalfate+ Intensive Skin Restorative Serum
3. Lock-in moisture! 🔒🧼
A hydrating cream will be your best friend and help lock in all the good stuff! In those first few tret weeks, you might even want to consider putting on your hydrating cream FIRST, then apply a pea sized amount of tret, and then layer on another rou...
This cream is nice and THICK which is what you want when starting tret! I like to layer this on before and after applying tretinoin to create both a buffer and lock in my skincare. I wake up super GLOWY the nights after tret and it’s all because of t...
Cicaplast Balm B5 for Dry Skin Irritations
This is a great alternative to the LRP cicaplast baume, however it is pricier given there’s less product for how much you pay. I truly truly love this cream! It works for many skin concerns and I use it for more than my face. It’s also great for ecze...
Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream
If you’re someone who needs a face cream that’s a little more lightweight but EXTREMELY reliable, this is for you!
Good Molecules Lightweight Daily Moisturizer 100 ml
4. Protect your skin! ☀️🧴
Tretinoin is a retinoid and WILL make you more sensitive to sunlight. So don’t let all your hard work go to waste by skipping this final step. Make sure you are protecting your skin and not making it worse by leaving out sunscreen! Tretinoin and suns...
THIS! This is the ONLY sunscreen I use. I’ve easily gone through 5 bottles already. This sunscreen leaves me with absolutely no white cast, has no crazy scent, and sits perfectly under makeup. This is my absolute favorite SPF.
Daily UV Defense Sunscreen – Broad Spectrum SPF 36 Face Protection
This is my only sunscreen alternative for days when I have a full beat and can’t lather more SPF on top of my makeup. A solid and affordable alternative for a quick fix!
Suntouchable All Set for Sun SPF 45