Monday 16 December 2013

Serums, Serums and more serums




It is now winter, so dry skin is a given for many people. For the past couple of months I have been experimenting with serums.  Although serums have been around for a while, us skincare muggles have probably only heard about them recently.  To be honest I was sceptical about them, aren't they just ANOTHER product being touted as a "necessity" for women.  I still don't know if they are a necessity and some sort of brilliant product but I have seen some small yet noticeable differences. 

Serums are a skincare product that has a higher amount of certain ingredients whether that be anti-age, acne and so on. The molecules are smaller so can penetrate the skin better. Apparently.
I have dry skin, so I usually buy skincare products that are targeted to the mature age group. I don't care who its targeted to as long as it works. I actually picked up my first serum because as an acne sufferer it contained Niacinamide, a great ingredient for spot prone skin as well as, just a great overall skin care ingredient!   

Tesco  Skin Wisdom age delay treatment serum  is £7 for 30ml, I however purchased it during a half price sale.
It comes in a pump format and looks quite pink and shimmery when you first disperse it onto your skin. However this shimmer does not appear on your skin when you rub it in and it goes on smoothly and has a pleasant fragrance. My routine was wash>rosewater glycerine>serum>moisturiser.  I used this   for around three months and would have repurchased it, but my local Tesco doesn't really stock the same thing twice. 
In terms of results, I definitely feel that  my skin held moisture in, and also my hypo pigmentation has been reduced ( light spots).
The only reason I didn't reuse it, is because it was no longer available on store ( I was not about to order it online.online. I don't need Tesco knowing even more about me) and because I am now following a more "intensive" I guess skin care regimen ( which I will be writing about with pics soon!)

After not being able to find the Skin wisdom serum, I instead bought L'oreal age perfect extraordinary serum. I bought it because it was £5 on offer down from I think the usual is about £11-13.
I liked the fact it came in a dropper format and came in a  darkened glass bottle. I didn't like the smell which was sour and if you accidently put too much it becomes greasy. It also irritated my  skin if i accidently put too much on and I didn't see any visible difference to my skin.  It's not bad, but it's not great.  I will not be repurchasing and will give this to my sister.

Tesco skin wisdom ingredients: 

Ingredients: Aqua,Cyclopentasiloxane ,Niacinamide ,Glycerin ,Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate ,Polyacrylamide ,Dimethicone ,Phenoxyethanol ,C13-14 Isoparaffin ,Calcium PCA ,Polysorbate 20 ,Oleyl Alcohol ,Mica ,Pentylene Glycol ,Imidazolidinyl Urea ,Dimethicone Crosspolymer ,Disodium EDTA , Lactobacillus/Cucurbita Pepo Fruit Ferment Extract ,Parfum ,Laureth-7 , Dimethiconol ,Sodium Hyaluronate ,Dioscorea Villosa Root Extract ,Glycine Soja Sterols ,Tocopheryl Acetate ,Sodium Hydroxide ,Rhodiola Rosea Extract ,EDTA , Butylphenyl Methylpropional ,Limonene ,Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde ,CI 77891 ,CI 77491

L'oreal extraordinary serum ingredients:

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