“The science behind ingesting an edible retinol seems suspect so I approached the bottle with a critical eye. If we’re judging it by taste alone, I’m a fan”
Photo: Courtesy of the Retailer Retinoids really work. A derivative of vitamin A, they help smooth out skin, wrinkles, and even banish pimples — at least when applied topically. But Instagram’s favorite juice company Dirty Lemon is hoping you might want to drink them too. The company recently launched its tenth beverage, a 15-calorie drinkable retinol called +retinol with one gram of sugar. Each bottle contains 100 percent of the daily recommended dose of vitamin A.
Jane Larkworthy, beauty editor-at-large I’m not sure why the idea of drinking retinol weirds me out. I ingest collagen through gummies and charcoal through another drink made by this very brand. I like the drink’s citrusy Crystal Light–like taste, and the bottle is, no surprise, great-looking, but I have so many questions!
But as far as the claims that your body can convert this into a form of vitamin A to give similar, albeit gentler, effects of a topical retinoid? Maybe after repeated consumption, but one bottle won’t do it. Did my skin look any different? Sadly no, and I probably counteracted any health effects with a few cocktails later that evening. I’ll stick to my topical trentinoin applied nightly.
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