Serums can offer an-ageing benefits or reduce the size of pores. Choose the right one for your needs. Photo: Melixir
Whether to fight the signs of ageing or provide intense hydration, a well-formulated serum can work wonders for your skin.
Choose the right one with suitable ingredients to really boost your complexion.
Melixir’s Vegan Bamboo Serum is a fast-absorbing product which aims at delivering intense hydration and fights visible signs of ageing.
Formulated with 77.87% bamboo extract and Aczero (a patented anti-acne solution), it replenishes the hydration level of your skin and reduces excess oil.
It also contains adenosine to help reduce the look of fine lines, and is overall suited for normal, acne-prone and sensitive skin.
The bamboo extract replenishes and hydrates dry skin, the Aczero reduces sebum production and green tea extract helps calm and hydrate dry, irritated skin.
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The Aesop Parsley Seed Anti-Oxidant Intense Serum is for daily-use, to help support city-dwellers’ skin against environmental pressures.
Delivering intense hydration while imparting a protective film barrier, the serum is formulated for most skin types: normal, combination, and sensitive.
Lightweight and rapidly absorbing, Parsley Seed Anti-Oxidant Intense Serum leaves the skin hydrated, with a pleasingly matte yet supple finish, making it an astute choice for those seeking an alternative to cream or oil-based moisturisers.
The serum is distinguished by a non-occlusive film it forms on the skin thanks to extracts of red algae and tara gum, imparting an imperceptible yet effective barrier.
This formulation delivers impressive anti-oxidant benefits, supported by nourishing vitamin E.
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The Sigi Skin Daylight Oasis Vitamin C Serum promises to brighten complexion, fade dark spots and reduce hyperpigmentation, while also improving the skin’s texture, increasing skin elasticity and reducing fine lines and wrinkles.
The serum is formulated using what some call the “King” of vitamin C: L-ascorbic acid, with the optimal amount of 15% concentration, rarely seen in the market as it is costly to manufacture.
However, numerous research has been poured into this area and results show that this produces best results.
It also contains exosomes, which are more commonly used in medical-grade skincare and available as injectables at aesthetic clinics.
Exosomes help promote healing, quickly repair skin barrier, and to stabilise L-ascorbic acid.
The new Clarins Double Serum Light Texture is now available in a light, imperceptible texture, with proven results on signs of ageing.
Its dual formula combines 21 powerful plant extracts that help boost the five vital functions of the skin: regeneration, nutrition, oxygenation, hydration and protection.
The use of evanescent oil and fluid gel leave an immediate “barely there” finish and a pleasant fragrance with fruity, floral, fresh and refined notes.
Suitable for normal, dry, combination and oily skin types, it can be used by both women and men, for mature and younger skin.
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Dermistry+, a new brand by Rohto-Mentholatum, specialises in serums for difficult-to-solve skin problems. The brand introduced its Pore Refining & Spot Correcting Concentrate Booster Serum, meant to combat large pores, pimple marks and dark spots.
Formulated with salicylic acid and niacinamide (10% niacinamide, 1% salicylic acid), this serum claims to be an effective treatment for those who want to address large pores and blemishes.
It aims at refining pores, reducing the appearance of blemishes and evening out the skin tone, while also hydrating and nourishing the skin.
