Ingredient and price comparison

Go-To Very Amazing Retinal vs Sunday Riley A+ High-Dose Retinoid Serum

Go-To Very Amazing Retinal is none for silicones; Sunday Riley A+ High-Dose Retinoid Serum is listed. They also differ on volatile alcohol: none versus listed. Choose by the difference that matters to you; neither is scored as a generic winner.

Go-To

Very Amazing Retinal

A retinoid product with Retinal · concentration not stated.

From $85.00 at MECCA

Sunday Riley

A+ High-Dose Retinoid Serum

A retinoid product with Hydroxypinacolone Retinoate · part of the stated 6.5% retinoid + botanical blend, Encapsulated retinol · part of the stated 6.5% retinoid + botanical blend.

From $140.00 at MECCA

The differences that matter

CheckVery Amazing RetinalA+ High-Dose Retinoid Serum

Siliconesnonelisted

Volatile alcoholnonelisted

Feellighterricher

Retinoid formRetinal · concentration not statedHydroxypinacolone Retinoate · part of the stated 6.5% retinoid + botanical blend, Encapsulated retinol · part of the stated 6.5% retinoid + botanical blend

Starting frequencyOnce or twice a week, then build up as toleratedTwo days on, two days off; then every other day; then daily

Ingredient checks

CheckVery Amazing RetinalA+ High-Dose Retinoid Serum

FragranceNone found by this checkNone found by this check

Volatile alcoholNone found by this checkAlcohol · 44th of 58

SiliconesNone found by this checkDimethicone +4 · 5th of 58

Petrolatum / mineral oilNone found by this checkNone found by this check

These checks describe the sourced ingredient lists; they are not safety or quality ratings.

Full ingredient lists

Go-To Very Amazing Retinal

Aqua/water/eau, propanediol, glycerin, niacinamide, diheptyl succinate, gluconolactone, caprylic/capric triglyceride, squalane, sodium pca, saccharide isomerate, ethyl macadamiate, tocopherol, allantoin, albatrellus confluens (mushroom) extract, asiaticoside, madecassic acid, asiatic acid, ascorbic acid, orobanche rapum extract, acetyl hexapeptide-8, sphingomonas ferment extract, cetearyl olivate, retinal, phospholipids, sorbitan olivate, sodium stearoyl glutamate, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, capryloyl glycerin/sebacic acid copolymer, malic acid, leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate, sodium dehydroacetate, sodium benzoate, sodium hydroxide, citric acid and sodium citrate

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Sunday Riley A+ High-Dose Retinoid Serum

Water/eau/aqua, dimethyl isosorbide, propanediol, triheptanoin, dimethicone, glycerin, pentylene glycol, cetyl peg/ppg-10/1 dimethicone, disiloxane, hexyldecanol, diheptyl succinate, propylene carbonate, phenyl trimethicone, ppg-24-glycereth-24, hydroxypinacolone retinoate, sodium acrylates copolymer, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, honey extract, opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear) fruit extract, bisabolol, butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, retinol, sodium hyaluronate crosspolymer, ubiquinone, zingiber officinale (ginger) extract, tocopherol, hydrogenated polyisobutene, lecithin, 1,2-hexanediol, 4-t-butylcyclohexanol, caprylyl glycol, phospholipids, polyglyceryl-10 stearate, sorbitol, cetylhydroxyproline palmitamide, polysilicone-11, benzoic acid, dehydroacetic acid, capryloyl glycerin/sebacic acid copolymer, sodium phytate, phenoxyethanol, glyceryl polyacrylate, alcohol, polysorbate 20, saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) extract, brassica campestris sterols, hydroxyphenyl propamidobenzoic acid, stearic acid, pvp, sodium benzoate, potassium phosphate, benzyl alcohol, decyl glucoside, algae extract, hexylene glycol, tocopherol, potassium sorbate

From mecca.com.

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