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:
