Alastin Skincare Regenerating Skin Nectar with TriHex+ 1 Fl Oz

The nectar Alastin is known for, and the one most people start with. It is water-free and preservative-free, which is why it can go on skin straight after a treatment without stinging.

What is Alastin Regenerating Skin Nectar?

Alastin Regenerating Skin Nectar is a lightweight treatment serum built to prepare skin before professional treatments like lasers, microneedling and peels, then calm it afterwards. Alastin's own words are that it is "designed to precondition skin and visibly optimize skin-rejuvenating treatments". One pump, twice a day.

What the nectar does

TriHex Technology helps clear away old, damaged collagen and elastin and supports the skin's natural production of new, healthy elastin and collagen. 
Arnica montana extract provides a calming effect.
Naringenin with panthenyl triacetate is an antioxidant blend that visibly soothes, reduces redness and improves skin barrier function.

The water-free, preservative-free base is the part buyers tend to miss. It is what lets the nectar sit on skin that has just been treated, and it is why the texture absorbs without leaving anything greasy behind.

Regenerating Skin Nectar specifications

Alastin Regenerating Skin Nectar reviews: what buyers report

• Most people arrive on a recommendation. Four reviewers here name the person who sent them: a dermatologist, a cosmetic surgeon, another dermatologist, a med spa.
• It gets reordered. One buyer is on her third bottle and calls it light and comfortable on the skin. Another switched a ten year habit of a different line over to it.
• Treatment recovery is the recurring use. Buyers describe using it around lasers, microneedling and resurfacing, both before and after.
• It is not a wrinkle product, and one reviewer found that out the hard way. A two star review liked how it felt but expected wrinkle change. Alastin does not claim it. Read the FAQ before you buy.
• The price comes up a lot. Five reviewers call it expensive. Three of those five still call it worth it.

Who Regenerating Skin Nectar suits

Anyone booked in for a laser, microneedling or peel appointment, and anyone who wants the calmest thing in the Alastin line to sit under the rest of a routine. If what you actually want is texture, tone and fine line work rather than treatment support, Alastin Restorative Skin Complex is the one to compare it against. For daytime antioxidant cover on top, see C-RADICAL Defense.

How to Use

• Prime the pump first. With the cap on, turn the bottle upside down and firmly pat it into your palm four or five times. Remove the cap and press the pump until product appears. Alastin says this can take 10 to 15 presses, so the bottle is not faulty.


• Apply one pump to clean skin, face and neck, morning and evening.


• Massage in with light upward strokes using your fingertips.


• Follow with moisturizer, and sunscreen in the morning.


• At one pump twice a day a bottle lasts around two months.

Will it help with wrinkles?

Alastin does not claim wrinkle reduction for this product, and it is worth knowing before you buy. One of our own reviewers gave it two stars for exactly that reason, and still said it glides on and keeps skin soft. The nectar is built to prepare skin for treatments and calm it afterwards. For fine lines and texture, Restorative Skin Complex is the one in the line aimed at that.

Do I need to be having treatments for this to be worth it?

It is designed around them, and that is where the brand's evidence sits. Buyers do use it on its own for how calm and soft it leaves the skin, and several of ours do. If you have no treatments planned and want an everyday serum, compare it against Restorative Skin Complex first.

My pump is not dispensing anything. Is the bottle empty?

Almost certainly not. Alastin's instructions are to keep the cap on, turn the bottle upside down and pat it into your palm four or five times, then press the pump until product appears, which can take 10 to 15 presses. New bottles regularly need this.

Can I use it straight after a laser or microneedling?

The formula is water-free and preservative-free, and Alastin's words for it are "safe for even the most sensitive skin". Your provider knows what was done to your skin and when it is ready, so follow the aftercare instructions they give you.

Does it replace my moisturizer?

No. It is a treatment step that goes on first, then moisturizer, then sunscreen in the morning.

KEY INGREDIENTS

• TriHex Technology. A peptide blend that helps clear away old, damaged collagen and elastin and supports the skin's production of new, healthy elastin and collagen.


• Octapeptide-45, sixth of eighteen. The addition that makes it TriHex+. Alastin calls it a proprietary peptide that "further support[s] the skin's natural production of elastin and collagen", and says it improves hydration too.


• Arnica Montana Flower Extract. Provides a calming effect to the skin.


• Naringenin with Panthenyl Triacetate. An antioxidant blend that visibly soothes skin, reduces redness and improves barrier function.


• Squalane and Phospholipids. Carry the formula and support the skin barrier without water or preservatives.

FULL INGREDIENTS

Dimethicone, Polysilicone-11, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Panthenyl Triacetate, Octapeptide-45, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Naringenin, Olea Europaea (Olive) Leaf Extract, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Phospholipids, Dunaliella Salina Extract, Tocopherol, Squalane, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Propylene Carbonate, Stearalkonium Hectorite

Who Is This For?

All skin types, in Alastin's words oily, combination and dry. It suits anyone with professional treatments booked, and anyone who wants a calming step under the rest of their routine. Water-free, preservative-free, non-comedogenic and hypoallergenic.

Where it goes in the routine

1. Cleanse.


2. One pump of the nectar on clean skin, face and neck.


3. Any other treatment serum.


4. Moisturizer.


5. Sunscreen, mornings.