57%
would repurchase
4.1/5
package quality

price range

description

Good Genes deeply exfoliates the dull surface of the skin for instant glow and radiance. As dull, dead surface cells are removed, clarity and smoothness are restored. Good Genes visibly brightens the appearance of dark spots and discolorations and instantly plumps the look of fine lines and wrinkles in 3 minutes. This multi-tasking, targeted lactic acid treatment rapidly exfoliates and boosts naturally youthful radiance, while visibly reducing the look of lines, wrinkles, and dark spots. High potency, purified grade lactic acid exfoliates dull, pore-clogging dead skin cells, to instantly clarify and reveal smoother, clearer skin. Together with skin brightening licorice, this super-concentrated treatment visually reduces the look of dark spots and discoloration caused by exposure to the sun, for naturally brighter, even-toned skin.

ingredients

BOTANICAL BLEND [WATER/EAU/AQUA, OPUNTIA TUNA FRUIT EXTRACT, ARNICA MONTANA FLOWER EXTRACT, ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF EXTRACT, CYPRIPEDIUM PUBESCENS EXTRACT, OPUNTIA VULGARIS LEAF EXTRACT, AGAVE TEQUILANA LEAF EXTRACT, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE (YEAST) EXTRACT, LEUCONOSTOC/RADISH ROOT FERMENT FILTRATE], CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, SQUALANE, LACTIC ACID, PPG-12/SMDI COPOLYMER, PROPANEDIOL, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, STEARIC ACID, DIMETHICONE, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, PHENYL TRIMETHICONE, DISILOXANE, CETEARETH-20, GLYCERYL STEARATE, PEG-100 STEARATE, STEARYL GLYCYRRHETINATE, GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA ROOT EXTRACT, CYMBOPOGON SCHOENANTHUS (LEMONGRASS) OIL, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, PHENOXYETHANOL, XANTHAN GUM, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, CHLORPHENESIN, SODIUM PHYTATE

Reviews

Reviews


5.0
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8 years ago

Deserved of cult status. Veritable complexion game changer when used as night treatment post-exfoliation: morning time guaranteed to bring with it newly clarified, radiant visage: what's not to...

About reviewer (347 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinAcne-prone, Fair, Not Sure

HairBlack, Other, Other

EyesBlack



5.0
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8 years ago

I love this product. I only use it at night but it makes my skin so smooth and I've found it's really helped with my pore size. After a course of Accutane I had some hyper pigmentation around my...

About reviewer (12 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium

HairBrown

EyesBlue


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8 years ago

I don't have very sensitive skin, but the tingling was too much for me. It also left me with big red patches. The product is so expensive that I tried to give it a second chance. The result was...

About reviewer (7 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinVery Dry, Medium, Warm

HairOther, Other, Other

EyesOther


5.0
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8 years ago

Mirror mirror...are you serious?! This might be a game changer. Day 4 of using this exclusively morning and night and I can't stop staring at my face. I can...

About reviewer (46 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinCombination, Tan, Warm

HairBrown, Other, Fine

EyesGreen


1.0
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8 years ago

I got a deluxe sample from Sephora that lasted about a week, used morning and night. I wasn't sure how much to use so I started with one pump. There was no tingling. Within a couple of days my skin...

About reviewer (39 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinSensitive, Fair, Cool

HairBlond, Wavy, Medium

EyesBlue


4.0
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8 years ago

I'm not sure if it is due to Good Genes or my new skincare regimen overall but I'm finding my skin is looking more even-toned and for the first time ever I'm considering skipping foundation. Never...

About reviewer (48 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinOther, Fair-Medium, Neutral

HairOther, Other, Other

EyesOther


4.0
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8 years ago

Hate that it's so expensive, but it works to the point where I bite the bullet. I've been using this sparingly (everyday, but less than half a pump), and my skin's never looked better. I don't...

About reviewer (17 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinDry, Fair-Medium

HairBrown

EyesBrown


4.0
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8 years ago

Crazy expensive but this really does work wonders! It stings a little and makes my skin a little red but doesn't irritate my skin otherwise and overall really brightens and tones my skin. I also...

About reviewer (87 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinDry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

HairBrown, Straight, Other

EyesGreen


5.0
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8 years ago

One of the best skincare products i have ever used that gives me results. These days a lot of products claim so many things but doesn't deliver good results. But good genes is seriously the one...

About reviewer (17 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinCombination, Tan, Not Sure

HairBlack, Straight, Medium

EyesBlack


5.0
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8 years ago

I have been using this product for a few weeks now. It works well for me. I have had. I reactions and I could see a brightness to my skin. I have no routine sometimes I use it every night and...

About reviewer (1 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinSensitive, Fair

HairBlond

EyesBlue


1.0
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8 years ago

I'm sorry but this is way overpriced for what it is. Good Genes is, in short without the fancy marketing, a chemical exfoliator. The lactic acid in this is the only miracle ingredient... and you...

About reviewer (525 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinOther, Other, Neutral

HairBlond, Other, Fine

EyesOther


3.0
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9 years ago

This is good but not enough for the price tag - and I just got it on Sept.23rd and it's almost done. It feels good, but just not enough for me to keep buying it. I tried the combo with the Ceramic...

About reviewer (39 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinDry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

HairBlond, Other, Other

EyesHazel


4.0
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9 years ago

I've been using the sample for two/three weeks now. I use it 6 days in a row for the first week and every two days the second and third week. I use it at night after I double cleanse myself with...

About reviewer (3 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinOily, Medium

HairBlack

EyesBrown


5.0
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9 years ago

Oh Sunday Riley. Why, oh why, are your products so expensive? Why, oh why, do they work so well? Good Genes is $105. And I've already bought bottle #2 because I didn't want to run out (and there...

About reviewer (78 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinDry, Fair, Cool

HairBrunette, Wavy, Other

EyesHazel


4.0
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9 years ago

UPDATE 2/2017: I no longer use this. It was one of the few AHA products I've tried that didn't dry out my skin, but I can't get get past the scent anymore plus I wasn't using it frequently enough...

About reviewer (155 reviews)

Age

SkinSensitive, Fair, Neutral

HairBrunette, Wavy, Medium

EyesHazel


5.0
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9 years ago

Well, what can I say! Amazing, amazing, amazing. Instantly transformed the appearance of my skin. Almost like airbrushing! My pores are minimised, my skin looks brighter, people say I'm glowing....

About reviewer (48 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinOther, Fair-Medium

HairOther

EyesGreen


5.0
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9 years ago

I've struggled with hyperpigmentation (post inflammatory hyperpigmentation if you want to be precise ) since my late teens. I would get a smattering of acne on my chin and the marks would stay...

About reviewer (8 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinSensitive, Tan

HairBlack

EyesBrown


5.0
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9 years ago

This stuff has worked miracles on my skin. I have struggled with acne for a couple of years now (in my mid-twenties - thanks, hormones) and nothing had really helped. In January, I got some samples...

About reviewer (8 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinAcne-prone, Medium, Warm

HairBrunette, Wavy, Medium

EyesBrown


5.0
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9 years ago

This product instantly brightens my skin and my pores seem minimized overnight. While the $105 price is high, I would rebuy this because it actually works. I have very oily, very sensitive, very...

About reviewer (147 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Fair, Warm

HairBrunette, Straight, Coarse

EyesBlack


1.0
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9 years ago

Okay.. I have to say that i just can't understand how this got so many good reviews. Ordered this from net-a-porter and used it for about two weeks, sometimes as a mask and other times as a night...

About reviewer (1 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinDry, Fair-Medium

HairBrown

EyesBlue