Retinal Night Serum

A night renewal serum that helps smooth texture, soften fine lines and keep pores clear, with encapsulation and soothing agents to limit dryness. Beginner and advanced strengths available. Not for use in pregnancy.

Retinal or retinol: choosing your strengths

Brands choose between two versions. Encapsulated retinaldehyde at 0.05 to 0.1% is the more advanced form of vitamin A in skincare and suits a clinic or expert line; retinol at 0.3 to 1% is the more familiar name and gives beginners a gentler ladder. Many labels launch a starter and an advanced bottle so customers can step up as their skin adjusts. Whichever you choose, print the ingredient and its percentage clearly, because informed buyers compare them closely.

Encapsulation, squalane and bisabolol

Vitamin A can leave skin dry and flaky in the first weeks. Encapsulation releases the retinoid gradually, which helps limit that dryness, while squalane, a light oil close to the skin's own, keeps the serum comfortable without greasiness. Bisabolol, the soothing component of chamomile, helps calm the look of redness. Together they make a night serum that helps smooth the look of texture, soften the look of fine lines and keep pores looking clear, with a silky finish that absorbs well.

A slow start, then nightly use

New users apply two drops to clean, completely dry skin two nights a week for the first fortnight, then three nights, then nightly if the skin stays comfortable. A moisturiser follows, and the Ceramide Barrier Repair Cream is a good partner. Some dryness or flaking at the start is common and usually settles. Sunscreen every morning is essential, and exfoliating acids belong on different nights. The label must say the serum is not for use in pregnancy, and a patch test is advised.

Selling vitamin A under a strong sun

Pakistan's strong sun is the main reason a retinoid needs careful selling here. This is a night product only, and customers who skip sunscreen will blame the serum for sensitivity. Put the sunscreen message on the carton and in every caption, and sell the serum with the SPF 50 Invisible Gel Sunscreen or SPF 30 Daily Moisturising Sunscreen as a set. Winter, when the sun is gentler, is a natural season to launch, and clinics often keep the retinal strength for clients they see regularly.

Airless packaging for a sensitive active

Vitamin A breaks down with air and light, so the 30 ml airless pump is the format we recommend; it keeps the serum sealed and dispenses a small, even dose. An opaque dropper bottle is possible for brands that prefer that look. We can make the serum fragrance-free or raise the squalane for drier skin. For a night range, it sits well beside the Under-Eye Cream and the Hydrating Cream Cleanser in matching cartons.

This is one of our ready formulas from the serums range, made under your own brand. If you want the texture, actives or fragrance changed, or something that is not on this list at all, our chemists will develop it with custom formulation, and packaging and printing is handled in the same building.

• Encapsulated retinaldehyde 0.05–0.1% or retinol 0.3–1%
• Squalane
• Bisabolol

Full INCI lists are shared with every quote. You see exactly what is in your product — no black-box manufacturing.

• Helps smooth the look of rough texture
• Softens the look of fine lines
• Helps keep pores looking clear
• Encapsulated for a more comfortable start
• Beginner and advanced strengths

We source the bottles, jars, tubes, droppers, airless pumps, compacts and palettes, and print your labels, cartons and boxes in-house at Dermis & Dosis Print. Because printing runs alongside production, colours match and nothing waits on an outside supplier.

Available for this product: dropper, airless pump.

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Every batch passes in-house quality checks, and products are tested at PCSIR for physical, chemical and microbial parameters, with stability data compiled for your files. Manufacturing is Halal certified and runs under ISO and GMP practice. Where a product needs DRAP enlistment we prepare the product file and guide you through the brand-owner documents.

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