✨ JUST RELEASED — NEW FROM FACE REALITY®

Meet the newest innovation from Face Reality®: Age Adaptive Clearing Serum, an advanced multi-layered retinoid treatment created specifically for blemish-prone adult skin that is also beginning to show signs of aging.

Powered by proprietary Beta-ret (β-ret) Technology™, this unique corrective serum works on three different levels—refining at the surface, clearing within the pore, and supporting long-term skin renewal. Face Reality calls this approach “active maintenance”: maintaining clearer skin while simultaneously targeting early visible signs of aging.

The formula combines 2% Salicylic Acid with a next-generation retinoid, Mandelic Acid, Lactic Acid, Succinic Acid, and Potassium Azeloyl Diglycinate to address the complex needs of adult blemish-prone skin. Instead of forcing clients to choose between a clearing regimen and an age-supportive regimen, Age Adaptive Clearing Serum brings both strategies together in one professional formula.

Importantly, Face Reality designed the serum to be gentler and less irritating than traditional retinoids, making it easier to incorporate sophisticated renewal technology into an established blemish-focused routine. It is also designed to integrate with existing Face Reality routines, including those containing benzoyl peroxide.

🔒 PROFESSIONAL-ONLY PRODUCT

Age Adaptive Clearing Serum is not sold directly online by Face Reality. It is available exclusively through a Face Reality Certified Skincare Professional.

For OC Skin Source, this is an ideal product to position as a professional-guidance product, helping ensure clients understand how to introduce the serum appropriately and integrate it into their existing routine.

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Key Benefits

✔️ Brand-New Face Reality® Release

✔️ Created specifically for adult blemish-prone skin

✔️ Addresses breakouts and early visible signs of aging simultaneously

✔️ Helps maintain clearer-looking skin

✔️ Helps improve blemish severity

✔️ Helps clear congested pores

✔️ Features 2% Salicylic Acid

✔️ Helps refine uneven surface texture

✔️ Helps soften visible fine lines and wrinkles

✔️ Promotes smoother-looking skin

✔️ Supports healthy cellular renewal

✔️ Combines a next-generation retinoid with AHA + BHA technology

✔️ Designed to be less irritating than traditional retinoids

✔️ Can integrate into existing blemish routines, including benzoyl peroxide

✔️ Designed for gradual progression to nightly use

✔️ Clinically tested

✔️ Available exclusively through Face Reality Certified Skincare Professionals

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Real Skin. Real Results.

Face Reality reports impressive clinical results for its new Age Adaptive Clearing Serum.

97% Saw Clearer Skin After 12 Weeks

In a 12-week clinical study involving 29 adult participants with mild acne, 97% reported clearer skin after 12 weeks. Face Reality also reports clinically demonstrated improvement in acne severity over the 12-week period.

94% Showed Clinical Improvement in Fine Lines + Wrinkles

After eight weeks, 94% demonstrated clinical improvement in fine lines and wrinkles.

93% Saw Smoother Skin

After eight weeks of use, 93% reported smoother-looking skin.

The eight-week study involved 31 blemish-prone adult participants using Age Adaptive Clearing Serum alongside Face Reality Barrier Balance Creamy Cleanser, Barrier Care Gel Cream, and powerMineral™ SPF 50.

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Key Ingredients & Technologies

Beta-ret (β-ret) Technology™

Proprietary Clearing + Renewal Complex

At the center of Age Adaptive Clearing Serum is Face Reality's proprietary Beta-ret (β-ret) Technology™.

Face Reality describes this technology as combining Salicylic Acid to actively maintain clearer skin within the pore with a next-generation retinoid designed to target early visible signs of aging.

This combination is what makes Age Adaptive Clearing Serum fundamentally different from a traditional blemish serum or conventional retinoid.

Benefits:

✔️ Helps maintain clearer pores

✔️ Supports healthy skin renewal

✔️ Targets early visible signs of aging

✔️ Helps improve uneven texture

✔️ Helps soften fine lines and wrinkles

✔️ Provides clearing + renewal in one treatment

✔️ Designed with improved tolerability in mind

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2% Salicylic Acid

Beta Hydroxy Acid | BHA

Salicylic Acid 2% is the active ingredient in Age Adaptive Clearing Serum.

Because Salicylic Acid is oil-soluble, it can work within oily pores, helping exfoliate accumulated dead skin and congestion rather than acting exclusively at the skin's surface.

Benefits:

✔️ Helps clear congested pores

✔️ Supports clearer-looking skin

✔️ Helps reduce blemishes

✔️ Helps improve blackheads and pore buildup

✔️ Supports oily and blemish-prone skin

✔️ Helps improve visible pore appearance

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Next-Generation Retinoid

Oleyl Adapalenate

The formula contains Oleyl Adapalenate, the next-generation retinoid component of the serum's advanced renewal strategy.

Face Reality specifically designed Age Adaptive Clearing Serum to help address early signs of aging while being less irritating than traditional retinoids.

Benefits:

✔️ Supports healthy cellular renewal

✔️ Helps improve visible fine lines

✔️ Supports smoother-looking texture

✔️ Helps address early visible signs of aging

✔️ Complements Salicylic Acid's pore-clearing action

✔️ Designed for improved tolerability

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Mandelic Acid

Alpha Hydroxy Acid | AHA

Mandelic Acid provides gentle surface exfoliation and is especially well suited to blemish-prone skin.

Face Reality specifically highlights Mandelic and Lactic Acids for gently exfoliating the surface and supporting smoother-looking skin.

Benefits:

✔️ Helps refine uneven texture

✔️ Promotes smoother-looking skin

✔️ Helps remove dull surface buildup

✔️ Supports a clearer-looking complexion

✔️ Complements Salicylic Acid's deeper pore-focused exfoliation

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Lactic Acid

Alpha Hydroxy Acid | AHA

Lactic Acid adds another level of surface renewal while helping support smoother, brighter-looking skin.

Benefits:

✔️ Provides surface exfoliation

✔️ Helps smooth rough texture

✔️ Promotes visible radiance

✔️ Supports more even-looking skin

✔️ Complements Mandelic and Salicylic Acid

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Succinic Acid

Succinic Acid adds another multifunctional component to the formula and is particularly relevant for oily and blemish-prone complexions. It appears in the current Age Adaptive Clearing Serum ingredient list.

Benefits:

✔️ Complements blemish-focused ingredients

✔️ Supports clearer-looking skin

✔️ Helps improve overall skin condition

✔️ Works alongside the serum's multi-acid technology

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Potassium Azeloyl Diglycinate

Potassium Azeloyl Diglycinate is an azelaic-acid derivative included in the formula to complement its clearing and complexion-refining ingredients.

Benefits:

✔️ Supports more even-looking skin

✔️ Helps improve overall complexion clarity

✔️ Complements blemish-focused ingredients

✔️ Supports a refined skin appearance

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The 3-Level Approach

What makes the new Age Adaptive Clearing Serum particularly interesting is Face Reality's three-level approach.

1. REFINE — On the Surface

Mandelic Acid + Lactic Acid gently exfoliate accumulated surface cells to help create smoother-looking skin.

2. CLEAR — Within the Pore

2% Salicylic Acid works within oily pores to help maintain clearer skin and address congestion.

3. RENEW — Over Time

The formula's next-generation retinoid supports ongoing renewal and helps target early visible signs of aging.

That's a very smart concept for adult clients because the goal is no longer simply:

“How do I clear my skin?”

It becomes:

“How do I keep my skin clear while also taking care of how it is aging?”

Age Adaptive Clearing Serum was created specifically for that overlap.

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How to Use

Apply after cleansing and before moisturizer as the active-maintenance step in your skincare routine.

Introduce Age Adaptive Clearing Serum gradually.

Build toward nightly use as tolerated, or follow the regimen recommended by your skincare professional.

Face Reality specifically states that the serum is designed to integrate into existing blemish routines, including routines containing benzoyl peroxide.

Because the formula contains exfoliating acids and a retinoid, daily broad-spectrum sunscreen is especially important.

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Where It Fits in Your Routine

Evening

1. Cleanser
2. Toner, when appropriate
3. Face Reality® Age Adaptive Clearing Serum
4. Hydrating Serum, when appropriate
5. Moisturizer

Morning

Continue your professionally recommended Face Reality regimen and always finish with broad-spectrum SPF.

Because this is an advanced active treatment, the exact frequency and combination with other strong corrective products should be tailored to the individual's skin and existing regimen.

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Ideal For

Adult blemish-prone skin

Persistent adult breakouts

Congested pores

Blackheads

Oily or combination skin

Early fine lines and wrinkles

Uneven skin texture

Rough-looking skin

Visible pores

Clients concerned with both breakouts and visible aging

Adults already following a Face Reality regimen

Clients seeking retinoid benefits

Individuals who have struggled with traditional retinoid irritation

Clients wanting one treatment for clearing + renewal

Individuals seeking professional guidance with active skincare

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Professional Insight

This is one of the most exciting new releases from Face Reality because it addresses a problem we see frequently with adult clients: their skincare priorities are changing, but their breakouts haven't necessarily gone away.

Someone in their teens or early twenties may primarily be focused on getting their skin clear.

As that same client gets older, the conversation changes.

They may still experience clogged pores and breakouts, but now they're also noticing fine lines, changes in texture, visible pores, uneven tone, and the first signs of skin aging.

Historically, that can create a frustrating balancing act.

Do you use products focused on breakouts?

Or do you transition to a retinoid-focused age-supportive regimen?

Face Reality created Age Adaptive Clearing Serum specifically for the client who needs both.

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Why “Active Maintenance” Is Such a Good Description

Face Reality calls the concept behind Age Adaptive Clearing Serum active maintenance, and we think that description fits the product extremely well.

Once blemish-prone skin becomes clear, the goal isn't necessarily to stop everything that got it there.

The goal becomes maintaining that clarity while allowing the skincare regimen to evolve with the skin.

That's exactly what this formula does.

Salicylic Acid helps maintain clearer pores.

Mandelic + Lactic Acids refine the surface.

The next-generation retinoid supports ongoing renewal and early visible aging concerns.

So rather than abandoning a clearing strategy to begin an age-supportive regimen, the two approaches become part of the same treatment.

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Why This Is Different From a Traditional Retinoid

Retinoids can be outstanding ingredients for visible aging, but they can also present a challenge for blemish-prone skin.

Dryness and irritation can make an already carefully balanced routine harder to tolerate.

Face Reality specifically formulated Age Adaptive Clearing Serum to be gentle yet effective and less irritating than traditional retinoids.

That's important because consistency matters.

An extremely aggressive product that someone can only tolerate occasionally isn't necessarily better than a thoughtfully formulated treatment that can gradually become part of a consistent routine.

Face Reality recommends introducing the serum gradually and working toward nightly use rather than immediately starting every night.

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Professional Guidance Is Part of the Product

Another important distinction with this new release is that Face Reality does not sell Age Adaptive Clearing Serum directly online.

It is available only through a Face Reality Certified Skincare Professional.

That's especially appropriate for this formula.

This isn't simply a moisturizer or cleanser. It contains 2% Salicylic Acid, a next-generation retinoid, Mandelic Acid, Lactic Acid, Succinic Acid, and Potassium Azeloyl Diglycinate.

How it should be introduced can depend on what the client is already using, how sensitive their skin is, whether they're using benzoyl peroxide, and how frequently they're currently exfoliating.

At OC Skin Source, we recommend consultation with Sasha or another on-staff Licensed Esthetician before incorporating Age Adaptive Clearing Serum into your routine.

That professional guidance helps us determine how this new treatment can fit into your existing regimen rather than simply adding another active product and hoping everything works together.

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Professional Recommendation

Face Reality® Age Adaptive Clearing Serum is especially beneficial for:

✔️ Adult blemish-prone skin

✔️ Persistent breakouts

✔️ Congested pores

✔️ Blackheads and pore buildup

✔️ Early fine lines and wrinkles

✔️ Uneven skin texture

✔️ Visible pores

✔️ Clients concerned with both blemishes and aging

✔️ Adults transitioning from clearing-only skincare to age-supportive skincare

✔️ Clients seeking retinoid technology with improved tolerability

✔️ Individuals already using a Face Reality regimen

✔️ Clients using benzoyl peroxide under professional guidance

✔️ Individuals seeking professional-strength active maintenance

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Formulation Highlights

✔️ NEW RELEASE

✔️ Face Reality® Professional-Only Product

✔️ Beta-ret (β-ret) Technology™

✔️ 2% Salicylic Acid

✔️ Next-Generation Retinoid

✔️ Oleyl Adapalenate

✔️ Mandelic Acid

✔️ Lactic Acid

✔️ Succinic Acid

✔️ Potassium Azeloyl Diglycinate

✔️ Multi-Layered Clearing + Renewal Technology

✔️ Surface Refinement

✔️ Pore-Level Clearing

✔️ Long-Term Renewal Support

✔️ Fine Line + Wrinkle Support

✔️ Texture-Smoothing Benefits

✔️ Designed to Be Less Irritating Than Traditional Retinoids

✔️ Designed to Integrate With Existing Blemish Regimens

✔️ Compatible with Benzoyl Peroxide-Based Routines Under Appropriate Guidance

✔️ Clinically Tested

✔️ 97% Saw Clearer Skin After 12 Weeks

✔️ 94% Showed Clinical Improvement in Fine Lines + Wrinkles After 8 Weeks

✔️ 93% Saw Smoother Skin After 8 Weeks

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As a brand-new release from Face Reality®, Age Adaptive Clearing Serum fills an important gap in professional skincare: the needs of adults who still experience breakouts but are also beginning to think seriously about how their skin is aging.

Instead of choosing between a clearing serum and an age-supportive retinoid, Beta-ret (β-ret) Technology™ combines both objectives into one active-maintenance treatment—refining the surface, clearing within the pore, and supporting continued renewal over time.

For OC Skin Source clients, we particularly like that Face Reality has kept this formula professional-only. With several active technologies working together, having Sasha or another Licensed Esthetician help determine where it belongs in the regimen can make the difference between simply adding another strong active and building a thoughtful routine designed to keep skin clearer, smoother, healthier-looking, and supported as it changes over time.