Creamy vs Sallve — side by side, no bias.
Our pick
Sérum Antiacne
8.7/10 · Sallve
| Retinol 0.3% Gel Creme | Sérum Antiacne | |
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| Brand | Creamy | Sallve |
| Category | serum | serum |
| Editor Rating | 8.3/10 | 8.7/10 ★ |
| Category | serum | serum |
| Texture | Lightweight gel-cream, absorbs quickly | Watery clarifying serum |
| Finish | Smooth, matte, non-greasy | Mattifying |
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| Verdict | Creamy is the Brazilian indie that built its entire brand on one bet: that Brazilian women would buy serious clinical actives if the price was right and the formulation was honest. The Retinol 0.3% Gel Creme is the brand's hero product and the most talked-about retinol in Brazilian skincare forums. The formula is aggressively stacked: 0.3% pure retinol as the headliner, alpha-arbutin for pigmentation correction, palmitoyl tripeptide-1 and palmitoyl hexapeptide-12 for firming peptide support, ferulic acid and phloretin as the antioxidant shield, ascorbyl palmitate (vitamin C ester) for additional brightening, and bisabolol as the calming agent to offset retinol irritation. That's a multi-active approach that most Brazilian brands at this price point wouldn't attempt. The gel-cream texture is designed for Brazil's tropical climate — it absorbs fast, doesn't pill, and layers well under sunscreen. At R$90 (~€18), it delivers an actives deck that rivals products three to four times the price from international brands. Creamy proved that Brazilian skincare could do serious clinical formulation, not just tropical botanicals. | Sallve is Brazil's leading clean-actives indie brand and the Sérum Antiacne is their acne workhorse. 2% salicylic acid, niacinamide, tea tree leaf oil, willow bark extract for natural BHA support, plus buchu (Barosma Betulina) — a South American botanical that's uncommon outside Brazil. Alcohol-free, fragrance-free formula. |
