Ingredient · INCI listed
Retinyl Palmitate
The mildest and least potent retinoid, an ester that must convert through several steps before it becomes active. Gentle, but correspondingly weak; expect far less than from retinol or retinal.
Data summary
Products containing
45
Most common in
9 products
moisturizers
Typical pairing
Hyaluronic Acid
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In the catalog
Retinyl Palmitate by the numbers.
We've catalogued 45 products that use retinyl palmitate, most often in moisturizers (9 products) but also across serums and eye creams. Formulations carrying it score 69/100 on average (above the catalog norm); the strongest is Stratia Night Shift Retinoid Night Oil at 82/100.
Of those, 3 products score 80 or higher in our analysis. It co-occurs most with Vitamin E (18 shared formulas) and Hyaluronic Acid (18 shared formulas). The median price of a retinyl palmitate product here is $36.
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