What it is: A serum that glides on smoothly and leaves skin feeling hydrated.
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Skincare Concerns: Dark Spots, Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dullness
Formulation: Lightweight Serum
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin A: Reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
- Evening Primrose Capsule: Rich in fatty acids providing emollient and conditioning benefits.
- Bidens Pilosa Daisy: Essential fatty acid benefits and part of the bio-retinol formulation.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: This serum is a bio-retinol plus retinol combination that provide visible and powerful age-defying results. It also minimizes signs of aging with bio-retinol, retinol (vitamin A), plant stem cellular technology, peptides, and ubiquinone (coenzyme Q10). This serum also uses nocturnal evening primrose can protect vitamin A (retinol) over time.
Clinical Results: In a clinical study:
- 67% reduction of dark spots at 56 days
- 36% reduction in roughness at 42 days
- 28% reduction in wrinkles at 42 days
Clean at Sephora
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-Vitamin A: Reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
-Evening Primrose Capsule: Rich in fatty acids providing emollient and conditioning benefits.
-Bidens Pilosa Daisy: Essential fatty acid benefits and part of the bio-retinol formulation.
Aloe Barbadensis (Organic Aloe) Leaf Juice*, Glycerin†, Simmondsia Chinensis (Organic Jojoba) Seed Oil*, Coconut Alkanes†, Glyceryl Stearate†, Stearic Acid†, Pyrus Malus (Organic Apple) Juice*, Vitis Vinifera (Organic Grape) Juice*, Helianthus Annuus (Organic Sunflower) Seed Oil*, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate†, Cetyl Alcohol†, Stearyl Alcohol†, Caprylyl Glycol†, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Leaf Cell Extract / [Retinol/Soybean]†, Butyrospermum Parkii (Organic Shea) Butter*, Gossypium Herbaceum (Cotton) Seed Oil†, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Oil†, Bidens Pilosa Extract†, Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter†, Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic Acid)†, Ubiquinone (Coq 10)†, Tocopherol (Vitamin E)†, Panthenol (Vitamin B5), Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate (Vitamin C), Coco-Caprylate/Caprate†, Malus Domestica (Apple) Fruit Cell Culture Extract†, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Fruit Cell Extract†, Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon) Leaf Extract†, Camellia Sinensis (Organic Green Tea) Extract*, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Xanthan Gum, Mica , Allantoin, Titanium Dioxide, Ethylhexylglycerin, Diheptyl Succinate†, Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate†, Capryloyl Glycerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer†, Thioctic Acid (Alpha Lipoic), Litsea Cubeba (Maychang) Oil†, Cinnamomum Camphora Linalooliferum (Howood) Oil†
*Certified Organic Ingredient
†Plant-Derived
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 hydroxytoluene (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 Paraffin (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:
-After cleansing with a STEM CELLULAR™ Cleanser (sold separately), apply at night to face, neck, and décolleté.
-Limit initial use to once or twice a week, gradually increasing frequency to every other night and then every night as tolerated.
-Follow with STEM CELLULAR™ Anti-Wrinkle Moisturizer (sold separately) or STEM CELLULAR™ Anti-Wrinkle Overnight Cream (sold separately).
-Always use a broad-spectrum sunscreen such as STEM CELLULAR™ CC Cream with SPF 30 (sold separately) during the day when using retinols and bio-retinols.
-Do not use on broken or irritated skin.
-Discontinue if irritation occurs.
-Avoid contact with the eyes.
-For external use only. Not recommended for pregnant women, nursing moms, or women trying to conceive.
-Sunburn alert: this product contains a retinol that may increase your skin`s sensitivity to the sun and particularly the possibility of sunburn. Use a sunscreen, wear protective clothing, and limit sun exposure while using this product for a week afterwards.