Even if you have a new on line account the points pool in the same account . <| sep |> Minnesota DETSeattle TB <| sep |> You should give yourself a margin of like 1520 min AFTER washing your face and applying retinol and AFTER applying retinol and moving onto other products . Vitamin A can be irritating in all its forms , though retinol is thought of to be less so than tretinoin . You should apply it to bonedry skin with no other products on it . And let it do its thing so that when you apply your next product it ' s again on bonedry skin . Also don ' t use other actives when you ' re introducing retinol . Don ' t use a pH adjusting toner . Definitely definitely don ' t put on a toner and then immediately apply retinol . Applying products on a damp surface aids penetration . Good thing if you ' re putting on a moisturizer BAD thing if you ' re putting on an active which is potent and irritating . Applying retinol to a damp surface increases irritation because it essentially makes it penetrate faster than your skin can handle .