Time Retreat Restorative Skin Essence

Light essence with a watery texture that provides instant hydration and preps the skin to better absorb the rest of your routine. It's part of EVE LOM's Time Retreat line and is based on the Time Retreat Bio-Complex, which supports skin renewal and strengthens resilience.

Instead of retinol, it relies on milk thistle as a botanical alternative for gentle cell renewal, and combines prebiotic oat and calming neuropeptides. Skin is left smooth, plump and looking rested.

Benefits and results

• Hydrates and plumps the skin, leaving it smooth, soft and looking younger.
• Preps skin for optimal absorption of serums and creams.
• Refines texture and restores radiance.
• Supports natural renewal processes and reduces visible fine lines and signs of stress.
• Clinically proven to improve the skin barrier.
• Clinically proven to increase radiance by 52 % with a single use.
• Clinically proven to reduce the appearance of wrinkles by 17 % with a single use.
• Clinically proven to hydrate skin for up to 12 hours.

Independent clinical trials: 2025 with 35 participants (improvement in transepidermal water loss; results at 30 minutes) and 2024 with 24 participants. In the 2025 use test with 35 participants, 100 % said skin looked hydrated and more radiant, 100 % noticed it felt smoother and firmer, 97 % saw improved texture and refined pores, and 82 % perceived a younger-looking appearance.

Key ingredients

• Time Retreat Bio-Complex: supports skin renewal and strengthens resilience.
• Prebiotic oat: helps balance the microbiome and supports repair.
• Milk thistle: botanical alternative to retinol that stimulates gentle cell renewal.
• Wild indigo: supports firmness and calms visible signs of stress.
• Calming neuropeptides: contribute to skin wellbeing.

How to use

Pour a few drops into your palms and gently press onto freshly cleansed skin on the face and neck. Let it absorb fully before applying your serum (the brand suggests Radiance Repair Retinol Serum) and the Time Retreat Daily Rejuvenating Cream. Use as the first step after cleansing, morning and night.

Ingredients (INCI)

Aqua (Water), Butylene Glycol, Propanediol, Glycereth-26, Niacinamide, Betaine, Xylitylglucoside, Glycerin, Polysorbate 20, Phenoxyethanol, Anhydroxylitol, Acetyl Glucosamine, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Xylitol, Carbomer, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract, Lactobacillus Ferment, Disodium EDTA, Tephrosia Purpurea Seed Extract, Rose Flower Oil/Extract, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Silybum Marianum Extract, Citronellol, Geraniol.

Format: 150 ml bottle.