My Honest Review of the VT Reedle Shot Range
I'll be upfront: I'm not someone who writes about skincare lightly. I run a Korean beauty store, so I try a lot of products, and most of them are fine. Good, even. But very few make it into the category I'd call a genuine holy grail. The VT Reedle Shot 1300 has.
Here's how I got here, and why I think this range deserves your attention.
Starting with the 300
I started where most people do — the Reedle Shot 300. It's the natural entry point into VT's Cica Reedle technology, and I was using it daily as part of my evening routine. The results were solid. Smoother texture, calmer skin. It does exactly what it says on the tin.
But I kept reading about the 1300, and eventually I made the jump.
The 1300: What Actually Happens
The first thing you notice about the Reedle Shot 1300 is the packaging. It comes in a small glass vial with a syringe applicator. It could easily come across as gimmicky, but honestly? It works. It frames the whole experience as a proper skin treatment rather than just another serum — and that distinction feels accurate. This isn't something you slap on and forget about. You're doing something deliberate.
I apply it every other day in the evening. Using the syringe, I work it into my nasolabial folds, around my nose, across the acne scars on my temples, and a small amount on each cheek. I rub it in — I know some people say you should press and pat only, but this is what works for me.
The morning after my first use, my skin felt different. Genuinely smooth in a way I hadn't experienced before — not just moisturised, but smooth at a textural level.
"After two weeks, the acne scarring on my temples has visibly reduced. Baby soft skin is the only way I can describe the overall texture. It has become my absolute grail product."
A Note on Hardness Levels (This Matters)
The Reedle Shot range runs across six concentrations: 50, 100, 300, 700, 1000, and 1300. The numbers refer to the hardness of the Cica Reedle micro-particles, which determines how intensively they work into the skin surface.
Worth flagging: male skin is structurally thicker and harder than female skin. For me, jumping straight from the 300 to the 1300 was fine. If you have more sensitive skin, it's worth using the 700 as a stepping stone — or the 1000 as a sensible intermediate before committing to the 1300. Start lower, build up, listen to your skin.
I still use the 300 on evenings when I'm not using the 1300 — less as a treatment at this point, more as maintenance.
The Eye Cream
The Reedle Shot Lifting Eye Cream deserves its own section, because eye creams are a category where I've been let down more times than I can count.
I'm a chronically bad sleeper. Persistent under-eye bags and dark circles have been a fixture for years, and I've worked through a lot of eye creams in that time. Most do very little. Some reduce puffiness temporarily, but nothing ever stuck.
The VT eye cream is different. The vibrating applicator helps with puffiness in the short term, which is a nice touch. But the bigger change I've noticed over time is in fine lines. The lines around my eyes have reduced considerably, and the persistent puffiness under the eye has genuinely cleared up.
If I was only allowed two products in my entire routine, it would be the Reedle Shot 1300 and this eye cream. The 1300 is £39.99 — not the cheapest serum going, but we're currently the cheapest UK stockist carrying it, and given what it's doing to my skin, I think it's fair value. The eye cream at £19.50 is a no-brainer.
If you're new to the range and want a low-commitment starting point, the 300 is the right place. If your skin isn't sensitive and you're ready to commit, go straight for the 1300.