4.7 avg · 1,473 reviews
Retinal Shot Tightening Booster
Sale price
Dhs. 79.00
Regular price Dhs. 109.00
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Retinal Shot Tightening Booster
Sale price
Dhs. 79.00
Regular price Dhs. 109.00
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45-Night Promise
Give it 45 nights. If you can't see a difference, we'll refund you in full — and you keep the tube.
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Care
To maintain the beauty and integrity of your purchase, we recommend treating it with care. Simple maintenance practices, such as gentle washing and proper storage, can effectively preserve the longevity of your favorites. We encourage you to refer to the care instructions included with each item, designed to help you keep your purchase in top condition.
Real results
Drag to see the difference.
Two customers, their own photos, same light and same angle. No filter, no retouching, no studio.
Before
After
Under-eye, three weeksFine lines softer, the crepey texture under the eye smoothed out.
Before
After
Cheek and texture, seven daysPores less visible, texture smoothed, skin looks plump rather than tired.
Individual results vary. Not a treatment for acne or any skin condition.
It wasn't you.
You didn't abandon those serums because you lack discipline. You abandoned them because at week three, nothing had happened — and you're not required to keep faith in something that shows you no evidence.
The industry sells eight-week timelines because eight weeks is long enough that you'll blame yourself before you blame the bottle.
Your skin isn't slow. Your serum was.
Safaya
Real footage
Seven days, filmed daily.
The tightening was immediate — day one, ten minutes in. The clearer skin by day seven wasn't what she'd bought it for.
One customer. Her own footage. Unedited.
Skin varies. This was her experience over seven days. Not a treatment for acne or any skin condition.
The part nobody mentions
Everyone talks about firmness. Nobody talks about the morning.
You wake up, look in the mirror, and the puffiness that's usually sitting under your eyes isn't there.
That's the panthenol and beta-glucan doing quiet work overnight, while the retinal does the slow work underneath.
You'll know by tomorrow morning whether this is for you.
Most products ask for eight weeks before they'll tell you.
Pores
You can cover them. Or you can shrink them.
Primer fills a pore for eight hours. Retinal drives the collagen that holds the pore wall open — which is the only thing that actually changes its size.
Before
Day one
Visible pores across the nose and cheeks. Texture catches the light.
After
Two weeks later
Pores tightened. Surface reads smooth instead of textured.
2 weeks
Before pores stop being the first thing you see
0.1%
Encapsulated retinal, plus niacinamide for tone
One step
At night. Nothing else added to your routine
No filter, no primer, no angle. Same light, same face, two weeks apart.
Individual results vary.
The difference
Retinal, not retinol.
Retinol
Two conversions. Months.
Retinal
One conversion. Weeks.
Retinol has to convert twice inside your skin before it becomes active. Retinal skips a step — which is why you feel it the same night you open it.
Where to use it
Five places. Two millimetres each.
This isn't an all-over serum. It goes where the skin actually loses tension — and nowhere else. That's why one tube lasts months.
1
Under the eye
Fine lines, crepey texture, morning puffiness
2
Forehead and between the brows
Horizontal lines, and the one that stays after you stop frowning
3
Nose and cheeks
Where pores and texture show up first
4
Around the mouth
Smile lines and the fold that deepened quietly
5
Jaw and neck
Where the shape goes first — and where nobody applies anything
Two millimetres. That's a grain of rice.
Four or five dots per side is plenty. It looks like too little — it isn't. Using more won't work faster, it'll just irritate your skin.
Smooth, don't drag.
Blend the dots with flat fingers using light upward strokes. It absorbs in seconds. No pulling at the skin, especially under the eye.
Night only.
Every third night for the first two weeks, then nightly if your skin is comfortable. Sunscreen the next morning, without exception.
Eleven products. Or one.
The comparison
What most retinol serums won't tell you.
Safaya
Others
Something visible the first night
Retinal — one conversion, not two
Formulated to avoid the peeling phase
Less puffiness by the next morning
Visibly tighter pores by week two
Absorbs fully — sits flat under makeup
A narrow applicator for the eye area
One step, not a twelve-step routine
45 nights to change your mind
Eight weeks is long enough that you'll blame yourself before you blame the bottle.
That's why the timeline is what it is — and why we tell you upfront what this does and doesn't do.
A selection
Some of what
people sent back.
Mostly about the applicator, which was not what we expected.
Verified
★★★★★
okay the tip is SO small. i was worried i'd waste half of it but you genuinely need like nothing. under my eyes especially
Layla · Dubai
Verified
★★★★☆
First week my skin was a bit dry ngl. Stuck with it every 3rd night and it calmed down. Week 3 now and my forehead texture is basically gone
Priya · Sharjah
Verified
★★★★★
Ordered 2 😅
Hessa · Abu Dhabi
Verified
★★★★★
Came in 2 days, paid the driver at the door. Sealed, everything fine.
Anna · Dubai
Verified
★★★★★
my sister used mine and then ordered her own the next week lol. we both have oily skin and neither of us broke out which honestly surprised me because every retinol i've tried before did
Maria · Ajman
Verified
★★★★☆
Does what it says. Wish the tube was bigger for the price tbh
Shaikha · Ras Al Khaimah
Verified
★★★★★
the yellow thing freaked me out the first night until i remembered they said it washes off 😭 it does
Sana · Dubai
Verified
★★★★★
Used it before my cousin's wedding. Nobody said "you look tired" once that whole night which if you know you know
Reem · Sharjah
Nothing here is styled, filtered, or shot by us.
Individual results vary.
What's inside
Four actives. One tube.
Held inside a protective shell so it stays stable until it reaches your skin, instead of oxidising in the tube. Retinal converts once where retinol converts twice — active sooner, at gentler concentrations. Firmness and texture, the long game.
The peptide complex behind the tightening you feel in ten minutes. It pulls the surface taut on contact — that's the part you can verify tonight, before you've decided whether to believe anything else.
Why this doesn't peel. Retinoids are known for the ugly phase — flaking, tightness, a week of hiding. These two support the barrier while the retinal works, and they're also what's quietly reducing puffiness overnight.
Pores and tone, working alongside the rest. It's the one ingredient here you've probably already heard of, and it's doing exactly what you'd expect — refining texture and evening out the surface.
One step, at night. That's the whole routine, and that's the point.
What happens, and when
Tonight. Day four. Week two. Week six.
Ten minutes after
Run your hand along your jaw. It sits tighter.
By the fourth night
Texture smooths out. Skin feels plump rather than tired.
Around week two
Pores stop being the first thing you see. Morning puffiness stops showing up.
Six to eight weeks
Real firmness. The kind other people notice.
Before you order
The questions we actually get.
The tightening, about ten minutes after your first application — run your hand along your jaw and you'll feel it. Less puffiness the next morning. Texture around day four. Pores by week two. Real firmness at six to eight weeks.
That first night is the one that matters most. It's the only skincare claim you can check the same day you order.
It's formulated specifically to avoid that. The 1% panthenol and beta-glucan are in there to support the barrier while the retinal works — that's the whole reason this doesn't put you through the flaking week that retinol is known for.
Some dryness in the first week is normal and it settles. If your skin is sensitive, start every third night and build up from there. If it stings, drop back a step.
We ship direct. No department store margin, no celebrity fee, no retail markup layered on top.
And the dose is two millimetres a night — about a grain of rice. A 15ml tube lasts most people two to three months, which works out at roughly a dirham a night.
Retinol has to convert twice inside your skin before it becomes active. Retinal converts once. That's it — that's the whole difference, and it's why the timeline is weeks instead of months.
It also means it works at gentler concentrations, which is why the irritation is lower.
It's formulated for all skin types and it's sulfate free. Oily, dry, combination, sensitive — the difference is how often you use it, not whether you can.
Sensitive skin: every third night for the first fortnight, then build. Oily skin: you can usually go nightly sooner.
Because that's the actual colour of retinal. Clear serums usually aren't retinal at all.
It sits on the skin faintly after you apply it and washes off completely at your next cleanse. It won't stain your pillowcase.
No. Retinoids aren't recommended during pregnancy or breastfeeding, and that includes this one.
We'd rather lose the sale than have you find that out afterwards.
Yes — any cleanser, any moisturiser, hyaluronic acid, ceramides. It's a booster, so it goes on clean dry skin before your moisturiser.
Keep it away from vitamin C and exfoliating acids. Vitamin C in the morning, this at night. Don't layer them.
Yes, and this isn't a formality. Retinoids increase sun sensitivity — every one of them, not just this. Without SPF the next morning you're undoing the work.
If you're not going to wear sunscreen, don't buy this. That's genuine advice, not a sales line.
You pay the courier when the parcel is in your hands — never before. Have the exact amount ready if you can, since drivers don't always carry change.
We call to confirm your order before it ships. If we can't reach you, it doesn't go out — so if there's a better number or time, message us and we'll note it.
Follow the directions for 45 nights. If you genuinely can't see a difference, message us on WhatsApp and we refund you in full.
You keep the tube. We're not asking you to post back an opened skincare product — nobody else can use it, and we'd rather not put you through the trouble.
Two to three months at the correct dose. Four or five rice-grain dots per side, three to five nights a week.
If yours is running out in three weeks, you're using far too much — and that's also why your skin might be irritated.
Something we haven't covered? Message us on WhatsApp — we reply within a few hours, every day.
The 45-Night Promise
Give it forty-five nights.
Then decide.
Follow the directions for 45 nights. If you genuinely can't see a difference, message us and we refund you in full.
Keep the tube. We're not asking you to post back an opened skincare product — nobody else can use it, and we'd rather not put you through the trouble.
- No forms
- No questions
- Nothing to send back
Claim within 60 days of delivery.