Omorovicza Gold Night Drops: Review

I've been going through multiple retinol serums over the past year. I'm 38 and feel like it's time to fully explore retinol. I've never used it on a regular basis in the past. I figure I have this window to test retinol before I go for baby number two and can't use it for a year. I will most definitely be going back to retinol after baby number two. Retinol is a form of Vitamin A and great for pretty much all anti-aging concerns. Discolorations such as brown spots and acne scars, uneven tone and texture, fine lines and wrinkles, even acne.

My personal view on retinol is that you don't really need it until at least 35, probably closer to 40 unless you have major issues. There's no reason to saddle yourself down with it in your 20s and early 30s. Retinol while having so many benefits, is not without side effects. It can cause dryness, irritation and increase sun sensitivity. The strength of retinol in non prescription serums, such as this, is much lower and less likely to cause these side effects, however it's still a possibility. Retinol even in this lower strength form is still not considered pregnancy safe as well which is another reason I say to avoid it until you're 35-40. Anytime I use a retinol, or switch to a new retinol formula, I tend to break out for about a week then it subsides.

Omorovicza Gold Night Drops are described as a night serum to brighten and strengthen tired, sensitive skin. Details per Omorovicza:

This transformative triple action night treatment reduces the appearance of wrinkles and hydrates and nourishes the skin at night, when skin is most receptive to healing. Strengthening colloidal gold promotes a radiant and youthful appearance.

• Correct and reverse sun damage with vitamin A, reducing the depth of wrinkles and fine lines.
• Reduce free radical damage, protect collagen and elastic fibres within the skin and revitalize cell-growth with vitamin C. The result is improved skin tone, increased radiance, reduced age spots and restored elasticity.
• Restore the integrity of the skin’s barrier function, replenish dehydrated skin and restores suppleness with omega 6 ceramide.
• Repair and prevent photo-aging and chronic photo-damage in the skin while stimulating the skin’s natural defence mechanisms and protecting the skin’s immune system with bifida.
• Heal accumulated micro damage and strengthen the skin with powerful anti-inflammatory gold ferment.
• Retexture the lipid matrix to restore suppleness and hydrate dry, dehydrated skin with ceramide.
• Promote long lasting hydration by increasing moisture retention in the skin with Sodium Hyaluronate.
• Leave skin firmer, more supple and younger-looking as Hydro Mineral Transference™ delivers minerals deep into the skin.

This is a moisturizing night retinol serum. It's a creamy serum with a thicker texture and pale yellow in color. It has a minimal scent, Omorovicza style. Their scents are never strong or bothersome, just clean. The package is a dark brown glass bottle with a gold dropper. I was not a fan of this dropper bottle. I found it hard to dispense the product. I had to tilt it every time and really work at sucking it up in the dropper. This would have been so much better as a pump. I also don't like my ingredients in a serum being exposed to air like with a dropper style package. I want a pump.

Beyond retinol, Gold Night Drops has colloidal gold for reducing inflammation, Vitamin C which at night is said to stimulate collage production, the Hungarian Thermal Water which is amazing and there's nothing like it, plus multiple other great natural ingredients. It's a really great serum, well rounded. It wasn't irritating for me at all, no redness. Just minimal breakouts the first week I used it. I find you can reduce the initial retinol breakout intensity if you start every other day and work your way up to everyday.

While I was given this serum to test as a gift, I would buy it again no question. I would love to see the package changed to a pump, I feel that would enhance this serum and solidify it as a major contender in the anti-aging serum category for me.

Ingredients

Aqua (Hungarian Thermal Water), Ethylhexyldodecanol, Glycerin, Saccharomyces (Hungarian Thermal Water) Ferment Extract, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Squalane, Stearyl Olivate, Sucrose Stearate, Bifida Ferment Lysate, Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate, Stearic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycine, Soja (Soybean) Oil, Polysorbate 80, Phospholipids, Safflower Oil/Palm Oil Aminopropanediol Esters, Sodium Hyaluronate, Lecithin, Rosa Damascena Flower Oil, Tocopherol, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum, Disodium EDTA, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Hydroxide, Colloidal Gold, Retinol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Citronellol, Geraniol, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Soy Isoflavones, Sodium Benzoate, Eugenol, Linalool, Citral, Farnesol, Glyceryl Caprylate, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Root Extract, Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Seed Oil, Beta-Carotene, Ascorbyl Palmitate.