Deciem have a good sale going on at the moment. Sometimes beauty sales consist only of obscure products that nobody in their right mind ever wanted or have a long list of exclusions. Not so here โย everything is 23% off for the entire month of November!
Here are things Iโve just ordered in the month-long sale:
My favouriteย antioxidant serum and it can also be layered with vitamin C (ascorbic acid) products.ย NIOD Survival 0ย has a bunch of carotenoids and polyphenols amongst the antioxidants, and itโs a bit soothing due to the various amino acids and complex sugars in there. Iโve recently posted a separate review of it on the main site so please have a read if you havenโt.
I didnโt care forย The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA when I first tried it a couple of years ago. Wanting to giveย itย another chance โ partlyย because my friend asked me to help her buy 4 tubes of it! โ I picked up one for myself as well. If you have oily or acne-prone skin then this is not for you but if you wantย moisture without the grease then itโs wonderful. Itโs aย very effective and affordable face cream, if youโre after something simple and neutral to follow whatever active thing youโve applied. I really love how smooth and soft this makes my skin feel.
Out of the 4 antioxidants offered by The Ordinary,ย Pycnogenol 5%ย andย Resveratrol 3% + Ferulic Acid 3% are most worthwhile since they do have a bit of research and peer-reviewed studies backing them up. Putting them straight on the skin can be a double-edged sword due to the massive amount of propanediol used, which is commonly known to be an irritant (the recommended amount is up to 10% and this has over 90%!).ย You definitely get a good chance of greatly boosting antioxidant defense by using them undiluted, but youโre also asking for the skin to react! But adding to another product such as a plain moisturiser gets an upgraded product!
I add the above serum andย The Ordinaryย Resveratrol 3% + Ferulic Acid 3%ย toย either a moisturiser or a vitamin C serum. I think they definitely doย something positive and visible to my skin โ unlike previously, my skin hasnโt really been affected by the seasonal and weather changes even with the use of tretinoin.
I wrote a full-page โBest Pickโ review of The Ordinary Vitamin C Suspension 30% in Siliconeย 2 years ago on the main site, and itโs still one of my favourite product from the brand. Its mind-blowingly simple silicone formula isnโt the most user-friendly but it keeps the vitamin C (specifically ascorbic acid) stable and effective.
Does higher procent always means a better product?. In that case the ordinary has the most highest procent of the ingredients that other brand doesโฆโฆ
Not at all! A lot of their serums really shouldnโt be used undiluted. For example, many scientific studies have shown that max. effectiveness for niacinamide is 5%. Higher percentage risks skin irritation but without better or faster results. 3% ferulic acid is a lot higher than the recommended usage rate which is 0.5-1%. The usage rate for propanediol is up to 20% but a lot of The Ordinary serums containing over 90% propanediol which is alarmingly high.