Four families of hydroxy acid appear on the front of this bottle, and the arithmetic on the back tells you which ones matter. Ten of the twelve percent is glycolic acid. One percent is salicylic. The polyhydroxy acids and the lipohydroxy acid share the remaining one percent between them. So despite the alphabet, this is a glycolic peel with a salicylic assist, and the PHA and LHA are there for finesse: the polyhydroxy acids to soften the landing and hold water, the lipohydroxy acid to add a slow, oil-loving exfoliant that keeps working on pore linings after the glycolic has done its sheet-lifting on the surface. Read that way, the product makes complete sense, and its strengths and limits follow directly.
The format is a timed rinse-off. Skintific's directions say a thin layer on clean, dry skin, no more than ten minutes, rinse with lukewarm water, once or twice a week. That ten-minute ceiling is generous for a home peel at this strength, and in practice most people get everything the product has to give in three to five minutes, with markedly less redness. The liquid itself is a watery, wine-red fluid in a frosted glass bottle with a red push-button dropper, which looks the part on a shelf and is a mildly ridiculous way to dispense something you are about to wash off; it runs, so cupping a few drops in the palm and pressing works better than trying to dot it on.
On the skin it announces itself within twenty seconds. A tingle builds to a sting, the face goes pink, and after rinsing the flush takes about half an hour to settle. The next morning is where it wins converts: skin is unmistakably smoother, slightly tighter, brighter in the way freshly exfoliated skin always is. Oily, congested skin gets the best of it. Over three or four weekly sessions, blackheads on the nose loosen and lift, pores look tighter because they are no longer padded with keratin, and the sebum-heavy afternoon shine eases a little, though that last effect owes more to the acids than to the Evermat botanical pair the brand credits for oil control. Post-acne marks fade gradually with consistent use and consistent sunscreen; without the sunscreen, freshly exfoliated skin pigments more readily and the peel can make marks worse.
The formulation choices around the acids are sensible. There is no fragrance, no alcohol, no dye beyond whatever the plant extracts contribute, and the base is stripped down to humectants and preservatives. Niacinamide sits seventh in the list, which in a rinse-off is a nod to post-peel redness rather than a brightening dose, and gluconolactone and lactobionic acid give the formula a humectant cushion that leaves skin less parched than a bare glycolic solution would. The sodium hydroxide fifth in the list is worth understanding: it raises the pH from the raw acid's harsh level to something usable, and the brand does not publish where it lands. The lipohydroxy acid is the ingredient with the most pedigree, a French-pharmacy exfoliant that works cell by cell and has clinical trial support in acne serums, and its presence at half a percent is what allows an aggressive peel to be sold as acne-friendly with a straight face.
Who should not use it is a long list, and the marketing does not say so loudly enough. Sensitive skin, rosacea, eczema, anyone with a barrier already stripped by retinoids or over-cleansing, anyone freshly back from a procedure — all should leave it alone. Dry skin can use it but will need to rinse early and moisturize heavily, and will get less from it than oily skin does. The bigger everyday risk is over-use: a product this affordable and this instantly gratifying invites twice-weekly use plus a daily leave-on acid, and that combination is the classic route to the tight, shiny, flaking face that then needs a barrier-repair product to fix. Once a week is plenty for most; twice for the genuinely oily.
The salicylic content also raises the usual pregnancy question. Glycolic and lactic acids are broadly considered fine, but a peel containing salicylic and lipohydroxy acid, even rinsed off, belongs in the ask-your-doctor category rather than the confident-yes one.
On price, fifteen dollars for 30 ml on the brand's US store is excellent for a declared ten-percent glycolic with a 1 percent BHA and an LHA, and at a thin layer once or twice a week the bottle lasts four to five months. The brand also sells it in a twin pack and inside acid bundles, which push the per-bottle cost lower still. There is no luxury markup and no influencer tax here; if anything, the low price is part of the problem, because it lowers the threshold for buying a peel you may not need.
On the brand, Skintific launched in 2019, became a marketplace giant across Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, and arrived in the US in 2025. It has never published clinical testing on this product, and its heavy review counts live on Shopee and TikTok Shop rather than on retailers a US reader can check; Amazon shows a few dozen ratings and a middling average, with the low scores split between shipping problems and people for whom the peel was simply too strong. The assessment here rests on the acid literature, which is deep and consistent at these concentrations, on two years of regional use, and on how the product behaves, not on an auditable Western review base.
As a weekly reset for oily, textured, congested skin that already tolerates acids, this is a well-made, honestly labelled and very cheap peel, and the lipohydroxy acid gives it a touch more sophistication than the red-bottle genre usually manages. Rinse early, use it less often than you want to, wear sunscreen, and it delivers. Buy it for sensitive or dry skin because the price made it easy, and it will teach an expensive lesson about barriers.
