Ingredients:
Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Ethyl Linoleate, Propanediol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dimethyl Isosorbide, Cetearyl Isononanoate, Bisabolol, Hydroxypinacolone Retinoate, Retinol, Tasmannia Lanceolata Fruit/Leaf Extract, Inulin Lauryl Carbamate, Glyceryl Stearate, Ceteareth-12, Ceteareth-20, Cetearyl Alcohol, Carrageenan, Xanthan gum, Acacia Senegal Gum, Cetyl Palmitate, Sucrose Laurate, Polysorbate 20, Isoceteth-20, Behentrimonium Chloride, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Disodium EDTA, Dehydroacetic Acid, Benzoic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin.
I try to mark the sunscreen ingredients in red and other possible irritants in lilac. Learning as I go, google is my friend etc...
Thoughts:
- I think after 5-6 weeks it was finally time for me to give up on this product: it is most likely one (biggest) culprit for my increased acne
- Just guessing here, maybe it's the use of carrageenan and other questionable ingredients, the list is too long for me to draw conclusions
- Not for sensitive and acne prone skin, I think
- You have to take care of the bottle and preferably keep it out of light and in a cool place (it's packaged in a brown protective bottle already)
+ As for the positives, this serum doesn't irritate or itch or tickle at all
+ Absorbs and dries fast
+ Doesn't make skin dry ( MAP 10% made it feel drier)
+ Didn't pill under other products, didn't foam or anything else weird
+ For me, I barely noticed any smell at all (everytime someone comments that the product smells like butt or petrol I just can't smell them!!! But when it comes to flowery grandma fake perfume smells, I'm sensitive as hell)
+ In the beginning, weeks 1-2 I could see improvement in my skin, it looked more even (I even wrote a routine post about that because I was impressed)
+ The cost for the bottle is so low that it's not a huge loss to try it and then toss it
- Just guessing here, maybe it's the use of carrageenan and other questionable ingredients, the list is too long for me to draw conclusions
- Not for sensitive and acne prone skin, I think
- You have to take care of the bottle and preferably keep it out of light and in a cool place (it's packaged in a brown protective bottle already)
+ As for the positives, this serum doesn't irritate or itch or tickle at all
+ Absorbs and dries fast
+ Doesn't make skin dry ( MAP 10% made it feel drier)
+ Didn't pill under other products, didn't foam or anything else weird
+ For me, I barely noticed any smell at all (everytime someone comments that the product smells like butt or petrol I just can't smell them!!! But when it comes to flowery grandma fake perfume smells, I'm sensitive as hell)
+ In the beginning, weeks 1-2 I could see improvement in my skin, it looked more even (I even wrote a routine post about that because I was impressed)
+ The cost for the bottle is so low that it's not a huge loss to try it and then toss it
+ Bottle is easy to use and you get the amount you want (a couple of drops)
* Yes, I did notice almost immediately after dropping this serum that my skin got better, then I tested in one more time a week later and next day I had gotten more deep pimples, how nice
* It's very evil to have a product like this when in the beginning you are happy with the results and everything's going smoothly, then you start having small bumps and you think "oh so this is purging" and you go on, then you get more bumps, more pimples, big pimples, break outs where you're not supposed to have them (cheeks)
* Of course maybe I did use the product too often (every other day at some point) so that's purely my own fault, but it just didn't feel like it was irritating or drying my skin at all, also my skin hasn't gotten dehydrated/overexfoliated at all. Still it's possible I did the damage myself by using the product more than once a week or something and I'm not keen on trying it the third time now. Learning experience!
* I still have scars from the acne but my skin is much, much better right now, it has taken 6 weeks to heal to this point but every day the situation is better
* Maybe I'm not ready for a retinoid product yet, idk, there's not really hurry to use all the anti-aging things on the market but I have understood that retinoids are the most important ones, backed by science
* Maybe I will still try Granactive Retinoid in Squalane, it's ingredient list is a lot shorter but it has jojoba seed oil which may or may not clog my pores
Price:
9.80 € / 30 ml
Bought from:
The Ordinary website
Buy again?
No.
Worth the money?
Yes, if you're not a) as sensitive as I am and b) you use it perhaps more correctly. I did like the results in the beginning and the bottle will last ages.
Yes, if you're not a) as sensitive as I am and b) you use it perhaps more correctly. I did like the results in the beginning and the bottle will last ages.
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