Review – Dr Dennis Gross Alpha Beta® Universal Daily Peel (Packettes)

I bought the normal strength version of the Dr Dennis Gross Alpha Beta® Universal Daily Peel to see how it compares with the extra strength version. I had previously used the extra strength version and loved it to bits! Hence I thought that I should do a comparison post for you guys in case you were pondering which strength you should get. In any case, I could only evaluate the products based on my own skin condition so please keep this in mind while you read my post.

Let’s jump into the ingredients list, shall we?

Ingredients

Step 1 Comparison

Ingredients (Normal Strength)	Ingredients (Extra Strength)
Water	Water
Alcohol Denat	Alcohol Denat
Glycolic Acid	Glycolic Acid
Potassium Hydroxide	Potassium Hydroxide
Hamamelis Virginiana Water	Hamamelis Virginiana Water
Salicylic Acid	Salicylic Acid
Polysorbate 20	Polysorbate 20
Citric Acid	Lactic Acid
Lactic Acid	Mandelic acid
Malic Acid	Malic Acid
	Citric Acid
	Salix Alba Bark Extract
	Menthone Glycerin Acetal
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract	Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Achillea Millefolium Extract	Achillea Millefolium Extract
Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract	Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract
soy isoflavones	soy isoflavones
Copper PCA	Copper PCA
Zinc PCA	Zinc PCA
Lecithin	Lecithin
Disodium EDTA	Disodium EDTA
Alcohol	Alcohol
Polysorbate 80	Polysorbate 80
Fragrance	Fragrance
Linalool	Linalool
Benzyl salicylate	Benzyl salicylate
Benzoic Acid	Benzoic Acid
Phenoxyethanol	Phenoxyethanol
Sodium Benzoate	Sodium Benzoate

Step 2 Comparison

Ingredient (Normal Strength)	Ingredient (Extra Strength)
Water	Water
Sodium bicarbonate	Sodium bicarbonate
Ascorbic Acid	Resveratrol
Ascorbyl Palmitate	Retinol
Retinyl Palmitate	Ascorbic Acid
Retinol	Ubiquinone
Tocopheryl Acetate	Ascorbyl Palmitate
Resveratrol	Phospholipids
Ubiquinone	Retinyl Palmitate
Achillea Millefolium Extract	Tocopheryl Acetate
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract	soy isoflavones
Leuconostoc/ Radish Root Ferment Filtrate	Achillea Millefolium Extract
soy isoflavones	Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Phospholipids	Leuconostoc/ Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
Copper PCA	Copper PCA
Sodium PCA	Sodium PCA
Zinc PCA	Zinc PCA
Dimethicone	Dimethicone
Lecithin	Lecithin
Polysorbate 20	Polysorbate 20
Polysorbate 80	Polysorbate 80
PEG-30 STEARATE	Alcohol
Octoxynol-9	BHT
Alcohol	PEG-30 STEARATE
BHT	Octoxynol-9
Tetrasodium EDTA	Tetrasodium EDTA
Sorbic Acid	Sorbic Acid
Sodium Benzoate	Sodium Benzoate
Phenoxyethanol	Phenoxyethanol

I’ve highlighted in red the ingredients that are in different order or just simply different ingredients. As you can see from the above tables, the extra strength version of the Alpha Beta Peel has 7 acids in total while the normal strength version has 5 acids. Also, the order of the acids are different.

Nonetheless, I’m sure that you can tell from the comparison tables above that most of their main ingredients are basically the same and are also in the same order.

How does the Dr Dennis Gross Alpha Beta® Universal Daily Peel fare?

In all honesty, I think that the effects of this normal strength peel did not differ too much from their extra strength version. All my thoughts on the extra strength version of this peel also applies to the normal strength version (Read my full review of the extra strength version of the alpha beta peel here). I love this normal strength version as much as its extra strength version. Therefore, the only noticeable difference for me personally is that the extra strength version of the alpha-beta peel has a much more pronounced smell of alcohol. Again I’m not surprised at this, given that alcohol ranks higher in its ingredients list.

So if you were pondering on which version to get, I would say both versions are basically the same with the extra strength version containing 2 extra acids. If you have normal combination skins, you could just purchase the normal strength version. If you have combination oily skins, you might appreciate the slightly more exfoliating effects of the extra strength version better. Either way, both versions had worked very well for me and I would gladly recommend this product to anybody looking for maximum anti-ageing benefits.

Where can you find it?

I bought this product from Cult Beauty Online. It retails at £73.50 (30 treatments).

Thank you for reading!