The best face serums are infused with skin-nourishing ingredients to target a myriad of skin-care concerns. Photo: Pause & Oomph
Skincare serums offer lots of different benefits. Some can help with the skin's hydration, while others work to ease the signs of ageing.
Incoporating the right one into your beauty regime will help to combat specific concerns and problems.
Clean beauty brand
Pause & Oomph’s non-toxic, naturally derived product range includes the Intense Hydrating Rice Serum which aims at nourishing the skin to keep it soft and supple.
It contains hyaluronic acid which locks in moisture and is meant to encourage intense hydration that keeps your skin barrier healthy and slows down signs of lines and wrinkles, as well as rice extract which contains polysaccharides and omega-3 fatty acids that strengthen the skin barrier, seals in moisture and keeps out environmental irritants.
Enriched with 100 antioxidant compounds that repair skin from free radicals, the serum also aims at reducing the appearance of fine lines and giving your skin a visible glow.
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The strength of ginseng
Sulwhasoo recently launched its sixth-generation First Care Activating Serum with a whole new bottle design and more powerful formula.
The Sulwhasoo Master Complex, a proprietary technical substance created by the brand has been updated with ginseng technology developed specifically to add an organic glow that looks as if the radiance is coming from deep inside.
Using this serum during the first step of your skincare routine can keep the skin hydrated all day long, stimulate skin turnover and improve the skin barrier.
Its fast-absorbing, skin-friendly formula spreads evenly across the skin and dissolves quickly to help alleviate the strain on your skin typically felt right after cleansing.
Wrinkle-smoothing power
Packed with powerhouse anti-ageing components, Tatcha has developed its most powerful wrinkle-smoothing formula yet: an easy-to use, kind-to-skin serum that visibly firms, boosts radiance, and supports collagen-depleted skin, all while hydrating and reducing redness.
The Silk Serum delivers the wrinkle-smoothing power of retinol in a positively potent alternative.
Offering the same benefits as retinol, this formula boosts skin smoothness, restores moisture, and even soothes irritation.
Unlike vitamin A derivatives, which must be introduced slowly to build up tolerance, this serum is designed to be used any time, up to twice a day, from day one.
Featuring a cocktail of plant-based retinol alternatives, upcycled cranberry extract and sea fennel – all designed to build elasticity and bounce in the skin, it works in harmony with silk extracts and Tatcha’s Hadasei-3, providing hydration so skin of any age can look radiant and revitalised.
Dispense one to two pumps and smooth over clean and dry skin, then gently pat into skin in the morning and at night.
Path to glass skin
Kiehl’s Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Solution, a fast-acting serum, has been updated with an upgraded formula containing the ingredients Activated C and patented Proxylane that claims to give skin glass-like clarity.
Activated C is a stabilised and potent form of vitamin C that reduces excess melanin across skin layers to reduce dark spot intensity, even out tone and improve overall skin clarity and brightness.
Proxylane is meant to improve skin’s texture from within the dermal matrix, strengthening and smoothing it to allow light to bounce seamlessly off the surface.
When combined, these two ingredients are designed improve the skin with multi-layer penetration technology, boosting the skin’s clarity to make it appear brighter, smoother, and clearer.
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Luxe skin solution
Homegrown beauty brand Pop Neutral’s Face & Body 24K Gold Serum is a luxurious, nutrient-rich, and powerful gold serum that aims at improving overall skin complexion for healthier, youthful, glowing, and firmer skin.
A lightweight skin repairing gel formula specially formulated to reduce fine lines and wrinkles, soothe, calm, rejuvenate and moisturise skin, and protect from UV damage, it is suitable for all skin types.
The 24K gold flakes help to brighten, even out skin tone and reduce pigmentation, while hyaluronic avid heals wounds, reduces scars, winkles and fine lines, and marine collages improves skin elasticity.
Vitamin C helps slow the skin’s ageing, prevents sun damage and improves the appearance of wrinkles, dark spots and acne.
