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Bio-Oil Skincare Oil Versus The Ordinary Retinol 1% In Squalane

Oil
Serum
British Brand United Kingdom
Canadian Brand Canada

Updated on October 11, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both cruelty-free and reef safe . They have a total of 0 ingredients in common

Cool Features

They both contain retinoid

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for fighting acne, anti aging, dry skin, brightening skin, oily skin, reducing pores, scar healing, dark spots and better texture

Free From

They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, parabens, silicones or sulfates

What's Inside

They both contain oils

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When to use

380 Routines
39% use in am
61% use in pm
92% use every day
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271 Routines
7% use in am
93% use in pm
60% use every day
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Reviews

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Bio-Oil Skincare Oil 27 ingredients

2.9 /5
from 7 ratings
Absorbs Well (1) Broke Me Out (1) Expensive (1)
fmlcrps's avatar

fmlcrps

2 years ago
Review

Only use it for body if you have sensitive face.
Broke my fungal acne out like crazy after I use it on face for 2 nights. I wonder why it works so well for other people acne scars. But it really has effect on lightening some scars on my body.

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๐Ÿพ

11 months ago
Review

โ™ก๏ธŽ
๏ผ ๐–ฝ๐–พ๐–ผ๐–พ๐—‡๐— ๐—ˆ๐—‚๐—…, ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐—๐—๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—Œ๐—‰๐–พ๐–ผ๐—‚๐–บ๐—…
๏ผ ๐—…๐—‚๐—€๐—๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‚๐—€๐—๐— ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—†๐–บ๐—„๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—†๐—’ ๐—Œ๐—„๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—Œ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ๐—
๏ผ ๐–ฝ๐—‚๐–ฝ๐—‡โ€™๐— ๐—‹๐–พ๐–บ๐—…๐—…๐—’ ๐–ฝ๐—ˆ ๐–บ๐—‡๐—’๐—๐—๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–ป๐—Ž๐— ๐—ƒ๐—Ž๐—Œ๐— ๐—†๐–บ๐—„๐–พ ๐—†๐—’ ๐—Œ๐—„๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—†๐—ˆ๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐—Ž๐—‹๐—‚๐—“๐–พ๐–ฝ
๏ผ ๐—‡๐—ˆ๐— ๐—๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—๐— ๐—‚๐— ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—‰๐—‹๐—‚๐–ผ๐–พ
๏ผ ๐—๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—…๐–ฝ๐—‡'๐— ๐–ป๐—Ž๐—’ ๐–บ๐—€๐–บ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐–ป๐—Ž๐— ๐–ฝ๐—ˆ๐—‡'๐— ๐—†๐—‚๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—Ž๐—Œ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—‚๐—

#expensive
#hydrating
#light
#absorbs well

The Ordinary Retinol 1% In Squalane 8 ingredients

4.5 /5
from 2 ratings
Great Value (2) Hydrating (2) Oily (2)
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Liv

4 months ago
Review

I find retinols dry out parts of my combo skin so Iโ€™m really glad this doesnโ€™t do that. While yes it does have an oily texture this does absorb over time and helps with the moisture absorbency in my opinion. This works really well

#great value
#hydrating
#absorbs well
#oily
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flora

8 months ago
Review

Brightened my skin and maintained hormonal acne, would visibly treat my larger spots overnight! Also was nicely hydrating when I forgot my moisturiser

Definitely not good for fungal acne, didnโ€™t know I had FA and that this was contributing to it- would continue to use if that wasnโ€™t the case :P

#great value
#hydrating
#oily