Skin Renewing Night Cream — Reddit Reviews
by CeraVe
Updated November 10, 2026
Rich shea-butter night cream cushioning tretinoin dryness; too heavy for some faces.
What the community says
A rich, fragrance-free cream with shea butter, ceramides, niacinamide, and peptides, built for dry nighttime recovery and buffering tretinoin. It suits dehydrated, mature, or retinoid-stressed skin, though oily or congestion-prone users may find it sticky, pore-clogging, or irritating.
What this means for you
Backed by 29 threads from r/SkincareAddiction, r/AsianBeauty and 6 more.
Read the threads ↓What people love
Watch out for
- Too rich or sticky for summer, oily T-zones, and daytime layering
- Breakouts, closed comedones, milia, and cystic pimples are real failure modes
- Niacinamide can trigger flushing or barrier trouble for some rosacea users
Product details
Use caution
Product Traits
Key Ingredients
What TikTok says
From 5 TikTok videos5 sponsored, marked with outlined numbers
Sponsored creators say the cream feels rich but not heavy, layers well as a last step, and leaves skin soft by morning 123. Sponsored creators point to peptides, ceramides, and niacinamide in the formula 2345. One sponsored creator says it can help rebuild a damaged skin barrier 5. Sponsored creators also call it affordable, with one noting it costs under $25 34.
Sponsored means the creator disclosed a brand partnership or the video ran as a paid ad.
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How to use it
From Reddit routinesWhere to buy
Full ingredient list · 40
CeraVe Skin Renewing Night Cream ingredients
Aqua/Water/Eau, Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter/Shea Butter, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Cetyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Saccharide Isomerate, Stearic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Glycine Soja Sterols/Soybean Sterols, Allantoin, Ceramide NP, Ceramide AP, Ceramide EOP, Carbomer, Niacinamide, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Sodium Hydroxide, Myristic Acid, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Cholesterol, Phenoxyethanol, Tocopherol, Tripeptide-1, Laureth-9, Citric Acid, Caprooyl Tetrapeptide-3, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Phytosphingosine, Xanthan Gum, Dextran, Ethylhexylglycerin, Butylene Glycol
Listed in label order, highest concentration first. Linked ingredients have their own page.
Real Reddit threads — 214 mentions across 29 threads
CeraVe Skin Renewing Night Cream on Reddit, in one place — 29 threads from r/SkincareAddiction, r/AsianBeauty and 6 more, summarized.
“PM 3. CeraVe Skin renewing night cream”
Positive
“My routine is pretty simple but it has worked for me for the most part:”
Positive
“PM 2. Pixi rose tonic 3. CeraVe Skin renewing night cream 4. Retinol cream (prescribed by my derm)”
Positive
“I love cerave hydrating facial cleanser! It’s my holy grail and the cerave skin renewing night cream”
Mentioned
“i’ve never heard of the cream but i’ll have to check it out!”
Mentioned
“the cleanser is definitely a holy grail of mine as well :)”
Mentioned
“-Cerave night cream”
Positive
“I only use it at night when I put a heavier moisturizer on, am diligent about sunscreen and I wear a hat outside usually when I’m not running.”
Positive
“Night routine:”
Positive
“CeraVe Skin Renewing Night Cream”
Mentioned
“Night off from Tretinoin - Chemical Exfoliant day 1x a week”
Mentioned
“CeraVe Night Cream!”
Positive
“I’ve tried expensive moisturizers and this beats every one”
Positive
“I am always disappointed by expensive moisturizers.”
Positive
“-Cerave Skin Renewing Night Cream”
Positive
“PM:”
Positive
“Routine:”
Positive
Dupes & Alternatives
Often paired with
Products Redditors use alongside this one
Aquaphor
Mentioned together in 9 threads
“protect nostrils, mouth, & under eyes with Aquaphor, apply tret (.025, large pea size), then Cerave Skin Renewing Night Cream.”