Pro-retinol

What to combine pro-retinol with

Ingredient	Together	How to use them
Niacinamide	Depends	Use them at different times of day, applying niacinamide in the morning and pro-retinol at night, because this gentle pairing protects your skin barrier and calms redness. Pro-retinol and niacinamide
Glycolic acid	Keep apart	Use them on alternate nights because they are both strong and can irritate the skin if used together. Pro-retinol and glycolic acid
Benzoyl peroxide	Keep apart	Use them at different times of day, applying benzoyl peroxide in the morning and pro-retinol at night, because they cancel each other out. Pro-retinol and benzoyl peroxide
Vitamin C	Keep apart	Use vitamin C in the morning and pro-retinol at night, because combining them causes too much skin irritation. Pro-retinol and vitamin C
AHA blend glycolic and citric acids	Keep apart	Use them on alternate nights because applying both at once can upset the skin. Pro-retinol and aha blend glycolic and citric acids
Salicylic acid	Keep apart	Use them on alternate nights because they are both strong and can dry out your skin. Pro-retinol and salicylic acid
Bio-placenta peptides	Keep apart	Use them at different times of day by applying bio-placenta peptides in the morning and pro-retinol at night to avoid extra skin irritation. Pro-retinol and bio-placenta peptides
Hexapeptide	Keep apart	Use them at different times of day by applying your pro-retinol at night and your hexapeptide in the morning to avoid extra skin irritation. Pro-retinol and hexapeptide
Lactic acid	Keep apart	Use them on alternate nights to prevent irritation and barrier damage from layering two strong exfoliants. Pro-retinol and lactic acid
Acetyl hexapeptide-3	Keep apart	Use them at different times of day with proretinol at night and acetyl hexapeptide-three in the morning to prevent extra skin irritation. Pro-retinol and acetyl hexapeptide-3
Mandelic acid	Keep apart	Use mandelic acid and pro-retinol on alternate nights, because combining them in the same routine can cause skin irritation. Pro-retinol and mandelic acid
Collagen peptide	Keep apart	Use them at different times of day, applying the peptide serum in the morning and the pro-retinol at night, to prevent skin irritation. Pro-retinol and collagen peptide
Copper peptide	Keep apart	Use them at different times of day with copper peptides in the morning and pro-retinol at night, because combining them in the same routine causes skin irritation. Pro-retinol and copper peptide
Citric acid	Keep apart	Use pro-retinol and citric acid on alternate nights to prevent skin irritation. Pro-retinol and citric acid
Hexapeptide-9	Keep apart	Use them at different times of day by applying hexapeptide-9 in the morning and pro-retinol at night to avoid skin irritation. Pro-retinol and hexapeptide-9
Peptide-rich plasma	Keep apart	Use them at different times of day by applying peptides in the morning and pro-retinol at night, because combining them can cause irritation. Pro-retinol and peptide-rich plasma
Triple peptide blend	Keep apart	Use them at different times of day by applying the peptide blend in the morning and the pro-retinol at night to avoid skin irritation. Pro-retinol and triple peptide blend
Palmitoyl pentapeptide-4	Keep apart	Use them at different times of day, applying pro-retinol at night and palmitoyl pentapeptide-4 in the morning to avoid extra redness. Pro-retinol and palmitoyl pentapeptide-4
Palmitoyl tripeptide-1	Keep apart	Use them at different times of day with pro-retinol at night and palmitoyl tripeptide-1 in the morning, because combining them can cause irritation. Pro-retinol and palmitoyl tripeptide-1

From the ingredient rules behind the "Works well with" and "Don't mix with" notes on every product in the Lovi app.

Questions and answers

Behind this ingredient guide

Lovi checks every ingredient with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.