Clinique Smart Clinical Repair Wrinkle Correcting Serum

Editor's Take

For wrinkle care, Clinique spends its complexity wisely: HPR and a quad-peptide complex earn the treatment claim, though the silicone-heavy base leaves sustainability badly behind.

Four-pillar formula scores

• Performance: 8.8 / 10
• Innovative Ingredients: 8.5 / 10
• Clean Standards: 3.9 / 10
• Formula Sustainability: 1.4 / 10

The Verdict

HPR, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, and three palmitoyl peptides make this a credible wrinkle serum, while Dimethyl Isosorbide supports delivery. Dimethicone and Polysilicone-11 provide immediate smoothing, so the formula covers both quick polish and longer-term correction. Its persistent silicones, petroleum-derived solvents, and ethoxylated ingredients are more an environmental trade-off than a reason to fear the bottle. A strong treatment pick when wrinkle performance matters more than clean-beauty credentials.

Is Clinique Smart Clinical Repair Wrinkle Correcting Serum clean?

DARE scores Clinique Smart Clinical Repair Wrinkle Correcting Serum by Clinique 3.9 / 10 on Clean Standards, the human-health pillar of the Formulation Architecture Model™. That reading comes from the published INCI list read as a system — preservative, fragrance and surfactant choices in context — not from flagging single ingredients in isolation.

What are the key ingredients in Clinique Smart Clinical Repair Wrinkle Correcting Serum?

The formula leads with Water\Aqua\Eau, Dimethicone, Isododecane, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Polysilicone-11. DARE reads the full INCI list below in order, so position and pairing shape how each ingredient contributes under Performance and Innovative Ingredients.

How does DARE score Clinique Smart Clinical Repair Wrinkle Correcting Serum?

Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, Clinique Smart Clinical Repair Wrinkle Correcting Serum by Clinique scores Performance 8.8 / 10, Clean Standards 3.9 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 8.5 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 1.4 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.

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Full INCI list

Water\Aqua\Eau, Dimethicone, Isododecane, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Polysilicone-11, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Squalane, Hypnea Musciformis (Algae) Extract, Gelidiella Acerosa Extract, Sigesbeckia Orientalis (St. Paul's Wort) Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract, Hordeum Vulgare (Barley) Extract\Extrait D'Orge, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Caffeine, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Glycyrrhetinic Acid, Whey Protein\Lactis Protein\Protéine Du Petit-Lait, Isohexadecane, Propylene Glycol Dicaprate, Caprylyl Glycol, Hydroxypinacolone Retinoate, Acetyl Glucosamine, Cholesterol, PEG-8, Yeast Extract\Faex\Extrait De Levure, PEG-6, Dimethyl Isosorbide, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Polysorbate 20, Sodium Phosphate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Polysorbate 80, Carbomer, Hexylene Glycol, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer, Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer, Potassium Hydroxide, Tin Oxide, Disodium Phosphate, Citric Acid, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Citrate, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891)