Products / Re'equil

0.5% Retinol Night Cream

1. AQUA Water, the base most formulas are built on. It dissolves the other ingredients
2. C15-19 ALKANE Fragrance, colour, solvents. Solvent
3. GLYCERIN Humectants. The reference humectant. Cheap, proven, works at 3 to 10 percent.
4. BUTYLENE GLYCOL Humectants. Solvent and humectant, improves spread of actives.
5. ETHYLHEXYL METHOXY- CRYLENE Other ingredients. Uv absorber
6. HYDROGENATED RAPESEED OIL Emollients. Emollient, skin conditioning, viscosity controlling
7. NEOPENTYL GLYCOL DIHEPTANOATE Emollients. Emollient, skin conditioning
8. OCTYL- DODECANOL Emollients. Emollient, masking, perfuming
9. MACADAMIA INTEGRIFOLIA SEED OIL Other ingredients. Skin conditioning
10. CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDEMalassezia borderline Emollients. Fractionated coconut triglyceride.
11. STEARYL ALCOHOL Surfactants. Emollient, emulsifying, emulsion stabilising, foam boosting, masking, opacifying, refatting, surfactant, viscosity controlling
12. BEHENYL ALCOHOL Emollients. C22 fatty alcohol thickener.
13. GLYCERYL STEARATEFeeds Malassezia Emulsifiers. Workhorse non-ionic emulsifier.
14. PANTHENOL Humectants. Provitamin B5, humectant and wound-healing support.
15. PENTAERYTHRITYL DISTEARATE Emulsifiers. Emulsifying
16. SQUALANE Emollients. Hydrogenated squalene, skin-identical lipid.
17. PROPANEDIOL Humectants. Corn-derived glycol, solvent and humectant.
18. METHYL GLUCOSE SESQUISTERATE Emulsifiers. Emollient, emulsifying, skin conditioning
19. PENTYLENE GLYCOL Humectants. Humectant with preservative boosting.
20. RETINOL Actives. Converts to retinal then retinoic acid in skin.
21. GLYCERYL DIBEHENATE Emollients. Emollient
22. HYDROXY-ACETOPHENONE Preservatives. Antioxidant and preservative booster.
23. SODIUM POLYACRYLOYLDI-METHYL TAURATE Emulsifiers. Emulsion stabilising, viscosity controlling
24. ASCORBYL PALMITATE Antioxidants. Antioxidant, masking
25. POLYSORBATE 20Feeds Malassezia Surfactants. Solubiliser for oils and fragrance in water.
26. GLYCERYL CAPRYLATE Emulsifiers. Emollient, emulsifying
27. SODIUM STEAROYL GLUTAMATEFeeds Malassezia Emulsifiers. Amino acid emulsifier, light feel.
28. BIDENS PILOSA EXTRACT Humectants. Humectant, skin conditioning
29. OXOTHIAZOLIDINE (OTZ-10) Other ingredients. Skin protecting
30. PHYSALIS ANGULATA EXTRACT Other ingredients. Skin protecting
31. PEG-32 STEARATE Surfactants. Emulsifying, surfactant
32. POLYGLYCERYL-6 DISTEARATE Emulsifiers. Emulsifying
33. HYDROXYETHYL ACRYLATE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE COPOLYMER Emulsifiers. Polymeric emulsifier, hydroxyethyl acrylate copolymer.
34. ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN Preservatives. Preservative booster and deodorising agent.
35. ARACHIDYL ALCOHOL Emulsifiers. Arachidyl and behenyl alcohol with arachidyl glucoside.
36. BHT Antioxidants. Antioxidant, masking
37. GLYCERYL POLYACRYLATE Thickeners and film formers. Film forming
38. 4-T-BUTYL-CYCLOHEXANOL Fragrance, colour, solvents. Masking, perfuming
39. CAPRYLHYDROXAMIC ACID Preservatives. Chelating antifungal preservative.
40. BHA Actives. BHA, oil-soluble, clears inside the pore.
41. POLYSORBATE 60 Surfactants. Emulsifying, surfactant
42. SORBITAN ISOSTEARATE Emulsifiers. Emulsifying
43. TRISODIUM ETHYLENEDIAMINE DISUCCINATE pH adjusters and chelators. Biodegradable chelator.
44. LIGNOCERYL ALCOHOL
45. TOCOPHEROLPore-clogging 2/5 Antioxidants. Vitamin E, free form.
46. SODIUM BENZOATE Preservatives. Food-grade preservative, works below pH 5.5.
47. HYDROXYMETHOXYPHENYL DECANONE Other ingredients. Skin conditioning
48. CITRIC ACID pH adjusters and chelators. Acid for pH adjustment.

Taken from Re'equil's product page, last checked 2026-10-26. Formulas change, so check the pack before you buy. Brands can send us a correction.