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Jun 25 PRODUCT REVIEW: DRUNK ELEPHANT A-PASSIONI RETINOL CREAM – POTENT ANTI-AGING RETINOL TREATMENT FOR FACE

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DRUNK ELEPHANT | A-PASSIONI RETINOL CREAM

Did I really spend $74 for a 1oz tube of cream? Yeah, that’s a lot.

But the real question is whether the Drunk Elephant A-Passioni Retinol Cream is worth $74 for a face cream with Retinol.

With a ridiculous 63 ingredients in the formula, you have to ask yourself why. Honestly, I don’t know the answer to that. 63 ingredients is borderline insane.

A-Passioni is a very complex formula and it does work as intended. But I’m not sure DE has done a good job of marketing it well. They’ve been on this big kick over the last year recommending customers “cocktail” their products — blending A-Passioni with Protini moisturizer and B-Hydra serum, for instance. The point is to get people to buy into a DE regimen by buying more of their skin care.

And this exact thing made beauty guru and fellow skinfluencer Caroline Hirons’ @carolinehirons head explode in her blog 2 weeks ago. It’s completely unnecessary to layer this with anything. And it’s kinda crazy to formulate a 1% Retinol treatment with 62 other ingredients, too. That said, the stuff really does work. Though I prefer using a straight-up Retinol serum in my regimen, there’s something to say about a potent, well-rounded Retinol cream that does the trick.

It’s best to think of A-Passioni as a powerful anti-aging cream that does all you need on its own. There are plenty of pricy anti-aging creams from La Mer, La Prairie, Chanel, Lancôme and Lauder that couldn’t even be remotely described as “anti-aging”. (Psst…most of their anti-aging clinicals come from a moisturizing benefit.)

Look, I’ve used this retinol face cream a lot over the past 2 weeks — in fact, I used it two nights in a row and found it sensitizing like a good Retinol moisturizer should be at first. It works. Period. No need to cocktail it with anything.

Is Drunk Elephant’s A-Passioni Retinol Cream worth $72? It is if you want it badly enough. And at least you’re paying for something that actually works — unlike a jar of Creme de la Mer.

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