Description
Retinal is famed for its anti-ageing properties, but it’s sebum-balancing and skin refining powers make it a powerful match for persistent blemishes, excessively oily skin or hormonal breakouts.
Bust out this powerhouse of retinal plus antibacterial and antiseptic ingredients for the ultimate blemish-busting, pimple-popping suckerpunch to oily skin woes.
What are the benefits of Osmosis Skincare Clarify Blemish Retinal Serum?
- Skin is retextured
- Uneven skin tone is balanced and skin appears clearer and more even.
- Scarring is minimised as the wound is nourished as it heals.
- Oil production is balanced
- Healing botanicals detox and calm the skin.
What are the key ingredients in Osmosis Skincare Clarify Blemish Retinal Serum?
- Retinal (Retinaldehyde) – A derivative of Vitamin A which works with the skin to promote cellular turnover, balances sebum production and evens skin tone and texture.
- Artemisia Umbelliformis Extract – A plant extract with antibacterial, antiseptic, astringent, antimicrobial, antifungal, and antioxidant properties.
- Cucumber Fruit Extract – which provides soothing and cooling effects to calm skin, as well as regulating moisture, softening skin and providing an anti-inflammatory effect.
- Tea Tree Oil – rich in natural antibacterial and antiseptic properties helping to heal breakouts, reduce infection, and provide anti-inflammatory support for skin in crisis.
What’s the difference between Retinal and Retinol?
This could get really complicated – but essentially, Retinal is one step closer to what the form of Vitamin A our body can actually utilise than Retinol. In this sense, it offers faster results, but is also less inflammatory and needs to be used at a much lower percentage. Comparing retinol percentages with retinal percentages is like comparing apples (retinol) with apple pie (retinal) – it’s completely transformed (and tastes all the sweeter).
What makes the delivery system of Osmosis Skincare so effective?
Osmosis surrounds their active ingredients in a liposome called phosphatidylcholine, which has been shown to increase product penetration by 600%. This means your ingredients go further, and the fact that this liposome is constructed from a choline head and essential fatty acid chain means that the ingredients are protected during delivery, and the quality of the skin barrier is increased – preventing water evaporation from skin.
Which Retinal product from Osmosis Skincare will suit my skincare needs?
Calm Gentle Retinal Serum is a great product for those who experience sensitivity.
Correct Preventative Retinal Serum is the go-to option for many clients, and will suit most skin types to correct ageing and uneven skin tone and texture.
Renew Advanced Retinal Serum is the step up from Correct, and offers a higher percentage of Retinal. It should not be a first step for users of retinol or retinal, as can cause inflammation in those who have not adapted their skin to regular retinal use.
Clarify Blemish Retinal Serum is a great option for those with excessively oily or blemish prone skin types to balance sebum production. It has a very high concentration of retinal, and can be used as an all over treatment for those with oily skin types, or as a spot treatment for those with hormonal or irregular breakouts.
