I got an incredible deal on this so I decided to give it a shot. I have used a retinol serum for a while but can't use my bare hands to apply it because my job causes extremely dry, cracking skin on my fingers. Retinol makes that worse. Super inconvenient. This stick is a great solution to that issue. It doesn't have a strong smell or anything. The texture is a little odd feeling at first, waxy. Makes sense given it is a solid product in a roll-up tube but it seems to sink in quickly despite that and is not at all visible on the skin. Doesn't cause any issues under my makeup either! (I'm not the target demographic for this brand 🤣) My skin looks nice. I've had no irritation or breakouts due to using it. It is small but for the price I got it for, I'm fine with that. Someone buying it at full price might not be happy with that so that's my only con.