If you've been too afraid to — as Frank Ocean once put it — "throw a retinol" into your skincare regime, but want in on the skin-smoothing, acne-clearing benefits, we see no better (or cleaner) option than the Drunk Elephant A-Passioni Retinol Cream ($74). It boasts a vegan derivative of the stuff that still improved our testers' skin texture, plus soothing fatty acids to counter any drying effects. A win-win.