Drunk Elephant T.L.C. Framboos Glycolic Night Serum Review: The 10 Percent AHA Night Shift

More than any other item in this hub, Framboos is a product whose results are decided by schedule. The owners who praise it most describe the same pattern: two or three nights a week at first, never on the same night as the retinol cream, often mixed with B-Hydra or followed by Lala Retro, and sunscreen without fail the next morning. The owners who complain describe the opposite pattern, nightly use on unprepared skin, then dryness and tingling blamed on the bottle. Both reports are credible; the variable is pacing, and this review treats the alternate night rhythm as part of the product itself.

The serum is a clear gel that spreads thinly and dries without a film, which makes it an easy first layer in a night smoothie. Mixed in the palm with B-Hydra it becomes the gentler version of itself; pressed under Virgin Marula Oil it becomes the richer one. Either way it should be the only strong active in that night's mix. Its work is cosmetic and gradual: smoother feeling skin, a more even looking tone, and makeup that sits better, accumulating over the first bottle rather than the first week.

Praise repeats around smoothness to the touch and a clearer, brighter look by morning after a Framboos night. The fragrance free gel earns specific credit from owners who dislike scented night products. Complaints repeat around adjustment dryness and around expectations: buyers hoping for a transformation in a fortnight, or treating an exfoliant as if it were a treatment for a skin condition, are the disappointed voices. Read on appearance terms and paced properly, the sentiment is strongly settled in the product's favour.