Thinnest to thickest, sunscreen last in the morning and strong actives on separate nights. Radien knows the rules, so add the products on your shelf and it puts them in the right order for your skin, morning and night. Free.
Free on iOS and Android. No credit card, no surprise charges.
Three simple steps, about five seconds to start.
Photograph your shelf, pick products you scanned before or type a name. One photo of several products adds them all at once.
Radien builds your morning and evening routine from those products, in the right order, and every step names the product to use.
Mark products as in use, unopened, almost out or finished. Finished products leave your routine, and unopened ones wait until a step needs them.
No shopping list. Radien only suggests buying something when an essential step, such as cleanser, moisturizer or sunscreen, has nothing to fill it.
Retinoids and exfoliating acids go on different evenings, and two exfoliants never pile up in one routine, so a full shelf does not turn into irritation.
The order and the picks come from your own skin analysis, so an oily, breakout prone shelf and a dry, sensitive one get different routines.
Ask the AI skincare coach about your products and it answers with your actual shelf in mind, not a generic list.
Cleanser, then toner or essence if you use one, then serum, eye cream, moisturizer and sunscreen. The usual rule is thinnest to thickest: watery textures first so they reach the skin, richer creams after them to seal everything in. Sunscreen is always the last skincare step in the morning and goes on before makeup.
Take off sunscreen and makeup first, with a cleansing oil, balm or micellar water, then your usual cleanser if you double cleanse. Follow with toner, your treatment serum or retinoid, eye cream and moisturizer. Night is where strong actives belong, because several of them make skin more sensitive to the sun. A face oil, if you use one, usually goes last.
Serum first. Serums are thinner and are made to deliver concentrated ingredients close to the skin; moisturizer goes on top to hold water in and support the skin barrier. If a product label or your doctor tells you to apply something differently, such as a prescription cream, follow that instead.
Use a mask after cleansing and toner and before serums, two or three evenings a week. Exfoliating acids such as glycolic, lactic or salicylic acid go on clean, dry skin; on those evenings leave out your retinoid. Start any new exfoliant at two or three evenings a week and build up only if your skin stays calm.
Retinoids (retinol, retinal, tretinoin) and exfoliating acids on the same evening are the classic recipe for redness and peeling, so alternate the nights. Benzoyl peroxide can break down some retinoids, so keep it to the morning or another day unless a product is made to combine them. Two exfoliants in one routine, or a scrub on top of an acid, is more than most skin can take.
Niacinamide with vitamin C, niacinamide with a retinoid, and hyaluronic acid with almost anything work well together for most people. The old warning about niacinamide and vitamin C came from tests with pure ingredients under heat, not from skincare as you use it. If a pair stings, move one to the morning and the other to the night.
Long waits are not needed. Give each layer a minute or so to settle before the next, and give sunscreen a few minutes before makeup. If a prescription product comes with its own waiting time, that one wins.
Morning: cleanser, toner, serum, eye cream, moisturizer, then sunscreen. Night: makeup remover or first cleanse, cleanser, toner, treatment serum or retinoid, eye cream and moisturizer, with face oil last if you use one. The rule of thumb is thinnest texture first and richest last.
Serum first. Serums are thin and carry concentrated ingredients meant to sit close to the skin, and moisturizer goes on top to hold water in. If a product label or your doctor says otherwise, follow that.
Keep retinoids and exfoliating acids (AHA, BHA) on different nights, use benzoyl peroxide and retinoids at different times of day unless a product combines them on purpose, and do not stack two exfoliants or a scrub on top of an acid. Most other pairs, including niacinamide with vitamin C, are fine.
Yes. In Radien's My products you add what you own by photographing your shelf, choosing products you scanned before or typing a name. Radien then builds your morning and evening routine from them in the right order, and each step names the product to use.
Adding and organizing your products is free on iOS and Android, and so is your first routine. Rebuilding the routine later is part of Premium, along with unlimited scans.
Yes, for most people. Niacinamide is gentle and can make a retinoid easier to tolerate. Apply the thinner product first, or use niacinamide in the morning and retinol at night if your skin is sensitive.
After. Sunscreen is the last skincare step in the morning, on top of moisturizer, so it forms an even film. Use a generous amount and give it a few minutes before makeup.
Yes. Photograph a few products together and Radien finds each one in the photo; you can add them all to My products with one tap. Products you scanned in the past show up as a list, so you can tick the ones you own.
Download Radien, add the products you own and get a morning and evening routine that uses them in the right order. Free on iOS and Android.
Radien is a wellness and cosmetic guidance tool. It does not diagnose, treat or cure any medical condition and is not a substitute for professional medical or dermatological advice.
