HSGN - Betweendots review for Retinally Liposomal Retinal Cream

✨I got this product from BemusedKorea, still my review reflects my honest opinion and personal experience on this product ✨ DETAILS ABOUT PRODUCT HSGN Retinally Liposomal Retinal Cream contains 0.05% Retinal, 2% Niacinamide, 0.75% Panthenol, 0.1% Allantoin, 0.1% Squalane, 0.5% Alpha-Bisabolol, 0.04% Adenosine, 0.1% Hyaluronic Acid, 0.3% Ceramide, 0.1% Cholesterol and 0.1% Fatty Acid. HSGN Retinally Liposomal Retinal Cream is based on Kolmar's Liposome technology. If you don't know Kolmar is a popular Korean ODM company (Original Design Manufacturer). Kolmar stands behind many Korean sunscreen formulas. PACKAGING HSGN Retinally Liposomal Retinal Cream comes in a white paper box with red details. The tube might look weird to you since if the retinal is sensitive to light why can't the brand use a container with an airless pump? According to HSGN, this is a 7-layer tube with an inner airless lock for stability and potency. The tube contains 20ml of the product. The PAO date of this product is 12 months (after opening). TEXTURE&SCENT The texture of the HSGN Retinally Liposomal Retinal Cream is like a yellow cream. It's not super oily even if it contains liposomes that at least for me remind me of lipids. The scent is neutral. HOW DOES IT WORK? Let's start with some stuff you need to know before you decide to buy HSGN Retinally Liposomal Retinal Cream. HSGN went for Retinal - a more effective ingredient than Retinol, but also more expensive. Retinal has a shorter conversion path than retinol. HSGN decided to use liposome technology to prevent the degradation of the retinal. It's an ingredient sensitive to light and air that's why the brand decided to focus on technology. Kolmar's Liposome technology makes retinal delivery to deeper layers of the skin safe, quicker and what's most the most - possible. This technology makes the product more stable. The brand recommends starting slow with a retinal amount like a sesame or rice grain. If your skin is not sensitive then two grains of sesame or grain is fine. After 6 months you can change to using a bigger amount like the size of a pea. I started with pea size because your esthie-bestie is like "I study so much so I know how to introduce retinal". It turns out that I do know! I'm not a beginner and before I used Innisfree Retinol Serum which is very weak. I wouldn't recommend switching to it right away - just use something stronger like Kiehl's 0.3% formula and then go for HSGN Retinally Liposomal Retinal Cream. I have to deal with purging and yes, that's a normal thing. I was expecting bigger problems with redness and at first, I saw it more since it also contains niacinamide which my skin is not a fan of, but 2% of niacinamide is not that bad. After my skin got used to the formula, I started to notice that it gets better. I started to introduce HSGN Retinally Liposomal Retinal Cream with sandwich method then I switched to using it every 2nd day and I stick to that so far. I might think about using it daily. My skin didn't peel at all, if I felt like it might get irritated then I gave myself one additional day of a break. Honestly, I'm surprised with this formula since it's more delicate than some retinol products. I ended the tube after 10 months of using it - it was super helpful during moments when my acne decided to strike back - the skin got healed quicker with this retinal.