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Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion Review

Is The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion a good product?

The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion is suitable to address **loss of elasticity**, **loss of firmness**, **dryness**, and **fine lines and wrinkles**. It has a calming formulation. However, unfortunately this product was made with **mediocre ingredients**. It can have **negative** effects on redness, irritated skin, and sensitive skin and it is **not suitable** for oily skin. **Positive ingredients** in the product are: Glyceryl Stearate, and Glycerol are excellent ingredients. Retinol is a retinoid that reduces the signs of aging and helps to minimize pores, smoothens and brightens the skin and evens out the skin texture. However, some of the ingredients can have a **negative** effect: Glyceryl Stearate may worsen fungal acne. Retinol is a retinoid that can cause irritations and redness and should be avoided with sensitive skin.

✦ Is The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion good for your skin? ✦ Benefits: what does The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion do? ✦ Key ingredients of The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion ✦ Where can I buy The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion?

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Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion from The Ordinary is a anti aging moisturizer against fine lines with Retinol

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Is The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion good for your skin?

For **dry skin**, The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion is **not ideal**. This is a product on water basis. For **oily skin**, The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion is **bad**. It contains Cetyl Stearyl Alcohol, which is very comedogenic and has a fairly high concentration in this product. It contains a number of ingredients that can cause allergic reactions such as Ethyl Linoleate, Ceteareth-12, and Ceteareth-2. Hence, The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion is **a bad option for sensitive skin**. It contains Glyceryl Stearate, which may worsen fungal acne. Hence, The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion is **not an ideal option for acne**.

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Vegan

Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion has vegan ingredients only.

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Not Cruelty Free

To our knowledge, products from The Ordinary are not cruelty free and do not have any cruelty free certificates.

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Production

The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion is produced by The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. which is located in Canada.

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Key Ingredient

Retinol

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Key Ingredient

Bisabolol

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Key Ingredient

Glycerol

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Benefit

It is vegan.

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Benefit

It is very good against fine lines

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Benefit

It is good against loss of elasticity

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Benefit

It is good against loss of firmness

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Benefit

It is good against signs of aging

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Where can I buy The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion?

The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion is sold in the following stores and countries:

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