Medik8

This was some strong stuff!! First time I tried retinol. This was also retinal, apparently even stronger than retinol, I didn't know that, I thought it was the same thing. I started with strength 3, there are apparently weaker ones too, I unfortunately missed that as well! I put on a proper layer all over my face and neck yesterday and slept with it. I immediately noticed when I woke up that something was off, had a feverish feeling and my face didn't feel normal. I went to the mirror.. looked burned! Face swollen and bright red, swollen eyes, blue-red bags under the eyes. With that appearance, you had to go to work 😄 I sat with ice and cooled my face at work all day. Tonight it has settled down quite well, I think, still swollen and red, but a huge difference from this morning. Under the swollen and red, I still see a completely fantastic result! As if my whole face has been sanded down, my 40+ face disappeared and I look 10 years younger!! It looks very glowy and polished, like sandpaper has been swept over and sanded away everything. Is this what it takes to look 10 years younger - to have your face sanded away?! 🤣 (the picture was taken tonight when it has settled after I have cooled my face all day, soon the rest of the red and swollen will disappear too (I hope!), it will be a fantastic result when all the red and swollen is gone! The question is whether I dare to try again.. I have had a sick feeling in my body today, a bit of fever too, very tired and dizzy in my head, so I don't think I dare to try again. But it still gets a five because I can see a completely fantastic result under the red and swollen, and it was probably me who did something wrong, it wasn't the product that was at fault but how I did it, I think!

Great scent, lovely on the skin and hasn't reacted negatively at all, only positively. The reason it doesn't get five stars is that I think the consistency is too runny and it's a bit difficult to apply it without everything getting absorbed into the palms first.

I wanted to swap expensive medical grade products for something more wallet-friendly and got hooked on Medik8. I love how this tingles a bit on my face, it really feels like something is happening. I have a pretty deep frown line on my forehead that has become much less deep, I definitely think it's the ferulic acid that has fixed it! I don't know if I've noticed much with brightening effect on pigmentation, but I will continue to use it as just the feeling it leaves on my face is addictive! I can add that I have sensitive skin that easily gets red, I get a little red first upon application, but it settles down, and I experience that it is more effect than "irritation".