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Summary
Clinique Smart Night Clinical MD Treatment Retinol Serum is a skin-repairing night treatment that jumpstarts the anti-aging process with retinol plus hydration.
Benefits
- All Skin Types.
- Powered by 0.3% retinol, this creamy formula sinks in to help speed up cell turnover.
- Visibly reduces fine lines and wrinkles.
- Skin tone looks more even, radiant.
- Pores look minimized.
- Delivers instant and lasting hydration, which helps comfort skin and offset dryness sometimes associated with retinol.*
- *Tolerance to retinol varies by person.
- What you should know about retinol:
- Retinol is an extremely effective and powerful anti-aging ingredient. You may experience mild redness, a warm, tingling sensation, or flaking (skin exfoliation). These conditions are normal, temporary indications that the formula is working.
- If you experience increased discomfort when using this product, revert to once every other night until skin adjusts. This adjustment can take up to 4 weeks.
- First time users and those with drier skin types may want to use this product every other night for more than 2 weeks to give skin additional time to adjust.
- For added comfort, use a mild cleanser and layer an additional moisturizer over this product.
- Limit sun exposure in general. Be sure to apply a sunscreen of SPF15 or higher during the day while using this product, and one week after stopping use of it. Note that extreme weather conditions such as wind or cold may be more irritating, so take the proper precautions to protect your face.
- Paraben-free. Phthalate-free.
- No Denatured alcohol. No Synthetic colors.
- SLS-free. SLES-free. Sulfate-free.
- Dermatologist tested.
- Allergy tested. Fragrance-free.
Key Ingredients
- Retinol (0.3%): A pure form of Vitamin A, it's an effective anti-aging ingredient known to help visibly reduce lines and wrinkles, minimize the appearance of pores, and smooth and refine texture.
- Youth-Boosting Blend: Helps skin look smoother. Includes acetyl hexapeptide-8, niacinamide, sigesbeckia extract, and ascorbic acid.
- Comforting Hydrator Blend: Helps infuse skin with hydration. Includes hyaluronic acid, mango seed butter, wheat and barley extract, coffee seed oil, squalane, and vitamin E.
Research Results
- Clinical Testing:
- Restores radiance with 1 use.
- Minimizes the appearance of pores in 7 days.
- Skin feels smoother in 28 days/4 weeks.
- Improves evenness of skin tone in 8 weeks.
- Retexturizes skin in 12 weeks.
- Provides instant and lasting hydration.
- With continued use, visibly reduces lines and wrinkles.
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Apply pea size amount (0.25g) of retinol at night. Avoid eye area. Tip: For first two weeks, use every other night, then nightly. Use sunscreen and limit sun exposure while using and the week after. Do not use with other retinol products, such as Clinique Fresh Pressed Overnight Booster with Pure Vitamin A (Retinol).
To help optimize the results of retinol, we suggest using as part of a regimen with other anti-aging products, such as:
- In AM: Clinique Smart Custom-Repair Serum + Clinique Smart SPF 15 Custom-Repair Moisturizer
- In PM: Clinique Smart Custom-Repair Serum + Clinique Smart Night Retinol + Clinique Smart Clinical MD Resculpt or Revolumize or Clinique Smart Night Custom-Repair Moisturizer (for added comfort if needed).
Water\Aqua\Eau, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, PPG-15 Stearyl Ether, C12-20 Acid PEG-8 Ester, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Phenyl Trimethicone, Caprylic/Capric/Myristic/Stearic Triglyceride, Algae Extract, Dimethicone, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Cetyl Alcohol, Retinol, Sigesbeckia Orientalis (St. Paul'S Wort) Extract, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Seed Oil, Sodium Hyaluronate, Caffeine, Ascorbic Acid, Urea, Butylene Glycol, Squalane, Trehalose, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, PEG-100 Stearate, Linoleic Acid, Glyceryl Stearate, Hordeum Vulgare (Barley) Extract\Extrait D'Orge, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Sorbitol, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Tocopherol, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer, Behenyl Alcohol, Sodium Pca, Sodium Hydroxide, Caprylyl Glycol, Carbomer, Triacetin, Polyquaternium-51, Xanthan Gum, BHT, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Metabisulfite, Chlorphenesin, Potassium Sorbate, Phenoxyethanol.
Please be aware that ingredient lists may change or vary from time to time. Please refer to the ingredient list on the product package you receive for the most up to date list of ingredients.
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Most Helpful Positive Review
Excellent!
The negative reviews of this product surprise me and that some are saying that the directions are not clear. Any time one uses a Retinol product, you HAVE to apply a moisturizer over it. If you don't, you will end up with red, dry, painful skin. The directions on the pkg insert as well as here under...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Too intense for my dry and sensitive skin
I used this product as directed and had to discontinue it before I even made it out of the two week period where you only use it every other day. As a disclaimer I wasn't even going outside (thanks COVID) so it wasn't like I got a bunch of sun and messed myself up. I really did use it as directed. ...
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I like this product and have introduced it in my daily use
user error shouldn't account for bad reviews
this stuff is great. in less than a week, I'm seeing results. from the beginning, I layered the clinique lift and firm on top (from the same line, purple jar). 💜 it's a fantastic combo. I can see my skin is already more even toned and brighter AND hydrated and "bouncy" the instructions clearly state using retinol can be intense and to layer a moisturizer over it, or reduce the number of days until your skin adjusts. bottom line: use as directed and you'll see great results, very quickly.
Luxury!
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This product hydrates and brightens effortlessly. An affordable price point for a quality product. Leaves skin soft and dewy without heaviness. A must have for your own skincare routine. Also makes a great gift. A+.
Disappointed - New Formula?
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I hate to leave this review because I love Clinique. And this product, until it mysteriously went out of stock for 6 months and now, newly available again, it looks different (stark white cream vs original tan/beige color) and completely dries my skin out. I'm so sad because my skin is too dry/sensitive for most retinol products and this one was amazing. Seems like they want to replace with the new retinol serum (even stronger - tried it and had major redness & flaking) and night cream duo but we don't want or need 2 products in place of 1. Please change it back!
Best product ever for aging skin
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This is a fantastic product. After using it for more than a year, a very good friend told me that it looked like I had had work done! It made my skin look visibly younger. Please, please do not discontinue this. While it has been unavailable, I have been using all of the other anti-aging products that Clinique offers, and none of them compare to this product.