Meet The Medik8 Products For Your Skin
The brand’s bestselling retinal serums have a loyal following including Sam By The Counter and Caroline Hirons. With doses starting from 0.01% to 0.2% retinol, Medik8 has a vitamin A serum from sensitive skin types and beginners, as well as seasoned pros.
While Medik8 would be our first port of call for all things retinol, it would be foolish to overlook the brand’s potent vitamin C serum and the relatively new Advanced Liquid Peptides.
Over the past couple of years, Medik8 has become one of the bestselling skincare brands at Space NK. Why? Because its formulas are packed full of active ingredients and deliver results. Whether you're looking for a long-lasting hydration boost or want to smooth out fine lines and wrinkles, Medik8 has a formula for you.
Why We Love Medik8
While the idea of having an 11-step skincare routine might appeal to you at the weekend, along with an everything shower, during the week a lot of us need speedy solutions. The CSA Philosophy is at the centre of everything Medik8 does. Essentially the approach is to use vitamin C and sunscreen in the morning and a retinol serum at night.This simple skincare routine helps to brighten, protect and renew your skin. Obviously, we need to add in a cleanser and perhaps a hyaluronic acid serum or peptides in there, but you get the gist. Keep scrolling for a more in-depth look at the best Medik8 products.
Best Medik8 Products For 2025
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Crystal Retinal 3, N/A
Best Vitamin A Serum
Medik8 is perhaps most well-known for its retinoid products and the Crystal Retinal 3 contains a 0.03% dose of encapsulated retinaldehyde which provides all the skin-boosting benefits of retinol (the umbrella term, read our guide to retinoids, retinal and retinol here) without the irritation. Medik8 recommends using vitamin C in the morning and vitamin A in the evening. Crystal Retinal 3 is a good starting point for vitamin A beginners. If you have used the ingredient before, you can jump to Crystal Retinal 6.
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Hydr8 B5 Intense, N/A
Best Hyaluronic Acid Serum
Hyaluronic acid is a hydrating heavyweight, and the best serums contains several molecular weights for long-lasting hydration, like this one from Medik8. What we love about this particular hyaluronic acid serum though is its non-sticky, featherlight texture. Whether you want to apply it on its own before your face cream or add a couple of drops into your foundation, you won’t be disappointed with how soft and supple your skin feels after. You can trial Medik8's hyaluronic acid with the 8ml bottle for £20.
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Super C Ferulic, N/A
Best Vitamin C Serum
There are a lot of vitamin C serums on the market, and this is easily one of our favourites because it contains a potent dose of ethylated ascorbic acid (pure vitamin C) to help ease dark spots. The addition of ferulic acid provides antioxidant protection against environmental aggressors. It’s worth noting that this vitamin C serum leaves your skin feeling dry rather than greasy and sits well under face creams and SPFs.
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Advanced Night Restore, N/A
Best Nourishing Night Cream
If you’re regularly using active ingredients in your skincare routine, you need to invest in a high-quality face cream that is going to replenish and restore your skin barrier. This formula is packed full of peptides, ceramides and hyaluronic acid to soothe and hydrate.
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H.E.O Mask, N/A
Best Hydrating Face Mask
Medik8 H.E.O Mask is a two-step hydrating face mask designed to help soften and smooth your skin. While the blue gel helps to draw water into the skin with the help of hyaluronic acid and glycerin, the cream is packed full of squalane and ceramides to strengthen your skin barrier and lock in the hydration.
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