My Night Routine With Granactive Retinoid

The Ordinary has retinols and retinoids. 

Here's what they say about the Granactive Retinoid 5 %:

This water-free solution contains a 5% concentration of an advanced retinoid active complex called Granactive Retinoid that has been shown to offer better results against multiple signs of aging than retinol without any of the irritation and drawbacks common with retinol. Granactive Retinoid, an active technology from Grant Industries, is a solubilized system of Hydroxypinacolone Retinoate, a highly-advanced form of retinoid which is, in fact, a non-prescription ester of all-trans direct retinoic acid that offers a multi-fold better effect against signs of aging than retinol, retinyl palmitate and nearly all other forms of non-prescription retinoid. This product uses next-generation retinoid active technologies which have been shown to achieve better reduction in signs of aging than retinol without irritation. These technologies cannot be compared directly with retinol itself in terms of concentration because they include a different retinoid molecule, in a similar way that Retinol cannot be compared with Retinoic Acid in terms of concentration.

In short, the retinoids are less irritating compared to retinol and it's best to probably start with retinoid if you are new to retinol. 

Here's a video of how I Use it. 

https://youtu.be/2OrYYvm4zOw

Here's a video explaining what retinols and retinoid do. 

Here