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Leo F., Camille D. and 145 others have reviewed the recovery ampoule 147 reviews across the range

the recovery ampoule

Calms skin you pushed too far, fast.


$248.40 $276.00 Save $27.60

  • Calms skin you pushed too far, fast
  • Polynucleotides at 2.0% with ectoin, panthenol and madecassoside
  • For the week after you overdid it — not a permanent fixture

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  1. Ordered Today
  2. Dispatched by Wed 26 Aug
  3. Delivered Fri 28 Aug – Wed 2 Sep
What it is

Polynucleotides at 2.0%, with ectoin, panthenol and madecassoside. This is the product for the week after you overdid it, not a permanent fixture.

Nights, and pause retinals while you are using it. Two things competing to resurface the same face is how the week gets worse.

What is in it

THE ACTIVE

2%polynucleotides

with ectoin, panthenol, madecassoside

SIZE
30 ml
FORMAT
ampoule
STEP
treat
WHEN
PM
Where it sits on the ramp

Five flood bands, F-100 to F-500, by how dilute the formula is.

F-400
BAND
F-400 · open water
PER ML
$4.60

Potent non-copper treats, and every SPF.

How to use it
  1. 01After the water layer, before cream.
  2. 02Use it at night.
  3. 03Pause retinals while using.
  4. 04Introduce one new active at a time, so an irritation has one obvious cause.

What’s inside

Every active, and what it is doing there.

The number on the bottle is a position on a scale. This is what sits behind it.

  • ACTIVE

    Polynucleotides 2.0%

    Long-chain nucleotides used in soothing formulas for skin that has been pushed hard.

  • SUPPORTING

    Madecassoside

    A centella-derived ingredient used in soothing formulas.

  • SUPPORTING

    Pro-vitamin B5

    A humectant used for the feel of comfort in a formula that is doing something demanding.

  • SUPPORTING

    Ectoin

    An extremophile-derived osmolyte used for comfort under environmental stress.

These are the actives and the supporting ingredients we formulate around. The complete INCI list is being added to every product page.

The difference

Why ANNEAL is different

Every line below is something you can check on the label or the page before you buy. None of it is a claim about how well the product works.

ANNEAL compared with a the category, across 6 things you can verify on the label.
What you can verify ANNEAL The category
Every active stated at the percentage it is used at Yes Usually a range, or folded into one “complex”
A position on one scale, printed on the bottle Yes A name and a claim, with no system behind it
Layering conflicts printed on the product page Yes Rarely mentioned before checkout
Volume and price per millilitre both stated Yes Volume often left off the label
The range is capped at eight and stays eight Yes Extended into new SKUs each season
No promo code, spend ladder or seasonal sale Yes At least one running, most of the year

Reviews

What people who bought it say.

Unedited, in their words. Every one is tied to a confirmed order, and the four- and five-star ones are not moved to the top.

4.6/5

7 reviews

6 of 7 rated it 4 stars or higher

5.0

What I appreciate most is that the page tells you what polynucleotides actually do rather than implying it is an injectable in a bottle. It is a good soothing repair step and it is honest about being that.

Nadia S. Verified buyer
5.0

Fast is the right word

Redness down noticeably by the next morning.

Leo F. Verified buyer
5.0

I keep this for the week after any retinal increase

It is the difference between two days of flaking and none.

Camille D. Verified buyer
4.0

Texture is a slightly slippery water-gel and it absorbs in about a minute. Layers under everything without pilling. Four stars only because I want a bigger size.

Jonas W. Verified buyer
5.0

I overdid it with a peel and my face was tight, red and shiny in the bad way. Three nights of this and it had calmed right down. It is expensive and I will keep buying it.

Freya M. Verified buyer
5.0

Eczema on my cheeks flares every February

This got me through it without steroids for the first time in about six years.

Beatrix H.
3.0

It works, but I could not tell you it works better than a good ceramide cream for me personally. If your barrier is genuinely damaged I think you will notice more than I did.

Ravi P. Verified buyer

Decide for yourself.

The full label, the dose and the price are back at the top of this page.

the recovery ampoule

Questions

Frequently asked

Common questions about the recovery ampoule

What does the colour on the bottle mean?

It is the dose. Every product floods one of five steps of the same blue: the palest is the cleansers, where water does the work, and full-strength cupric is reserved for the four copper products. A product cannot change band because of a season or a repackage.

Why is copper limited to four products?

Because a flagship that can be extended forever is not a flagship. GHK-Cu at full dose is the most expensive thing we make and it stays on the face, in four products. If we launch a fifth copper SKU, we will have changed our minds in public rather than quietly.

Do you publish the percentages?

On every product, in the first chapter of the page, before any claim is made about it. Where a formula is a blend rather than a single active, the page shows the blend instead of inventing a headline number.

How do I know what not to layer?

It is printed in the how-to-use block on each product, not buried in an FAQ. The short version: copper peptides and direct acids do not go on together, and a retinal night is followed by SPF in the morning.

Where do I start?

The copper protocol — the blue serum, the barrier cream and the daily spf. Treat, repair-adjacent support, and protection, which is the whole argument of the system in three steps.

Before you buy

The number is a position, not a grade.

Every active at the percentage it is used at, and what not to layer it with — stated before any claim is made about it.