What it is: A serum for sensitive skin and beginner retinol users that helps smooth the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles for firmer-, younger-looking skin.
Skin Type: Normal
Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dullness, and Uneven Texture
Formulation: Serum
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Retinol: Supports natural collagen, nurtures skin, and diminishes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
- Peptides: Visibly smooth skin and minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
- Skin Saver Complex: Helps soothe, nurture, and support skin.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, cruelty-free, comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: This formula combines pure retinol with advanced peptides to help fight the look of fine lines and wrinkles, revealing smoother-looking skin texture. It is balanced with First Aid Beauty’s proprietary Skin Saver Complex and delivers benefits without the irritation often associated with retinol-based products.
Clinical Results: In a consumer-perception study after four weeks:
- 91% agreed their skin looked smoother
- 91% agreed once their skin acclimated to the product as it was gentle and non-irritating
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-Retinol: Supports natural collagen, nurtures skin, and diminishes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
-Peptides: Visibly smooth skin and minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
-Skin Saver Complex: Helps soothe, nurture, and support skin.
Aqua (Water, Eau), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Polysorbate 80, Butylene Glycol, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Retinol, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Tocopherol, Ceramide NP, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Colloidal Oatmeal, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Triolein, Allantoin, Phytosteryl Canola Glycerides, Oleic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Linoleic Acid, Maltodextrin, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Xanthan Gum, Lecithin, Polysorbate 20, Stearic Acid, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Hydroxide, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate.
Clean at Sephora products are formulated without the following banned or restricted ingredients (please see Clean at Sephora landing page for full list of specific restrictions and allowances by category – this is not an exhaustive list):
Acrylates, Aluminum Salts, Animal Musks/Fats/Oils, Benzophenones and related compounds, Butoxyethanol, Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), Butylated hydroxytulolene (BHT) under 0.1% , Carbon Black or Black 2, Coal Tar, Ethanolamines, Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde Releasing Agents, Hydroquinone, Lead and Lead Acetate, Mercury + Mercury Compounds (Thimerisol), Methoxyethanol, Methyl Cellosolve, Methylchloroisothiazolinone and Methylisothiazolinone, Mineral Oil, Nanomaterials (restrictions for specific nanomaterials only), Oxybenzone, Parabens, Petrolatum and Parrafin (USP grade only), Phenoxyethanol under 1%, Phthalates, Plastic Microbeads, Polyacrylamide & Acrylamide, Resorcinol, Retinyl Palmitate, Styrene, Sulfates, Talc (no detection of asbestos) , Toluene, Triclosan and Triclocarban, Undisclosed Synthetic Fragrance (under 1% and formulated without Acetaldehyde, Acetone, Acetonitrile, Benzalkonium chloride, BPA, EDTA, Methylene chloride, PTFE, PFOA), 1, 4, Dioxane (ingredients must comply with impurity thresholds), Octinoxate, PFAS compounds, Nitromusks and Polycyclic Musks, Ethoxylated Ingredients (including PEGS or polyethylene glycol must meet contamination limits for 1’4 Dioxane and ethylene oxide), Cyclic Silicones, EDTA and derivatives (allowed if no technical substitute under 0.2%)
Suggested Usage:
-Apply one to two pumps evenly over clean skin up to three times weekly.
-Gradually increase frequency to every other night and then to every evening as tolerated.
-Avoid the lips, eyes, and eye corners.
-For PM use only. Precautions:
-It is normal for some redness, flaking, or dryness to occur when first using any retinol-based product.
-If this continues for more than two weeks, First Aid Beauty recommends applying FAB Skin Lab Retinol Serum over your favorite PM moisturizer.