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Skinactives anyone?

Fluke67 — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 15:24:55 GMT

I’m in need of vit c serum and stumbled onto their website. Ingredients for the 15% look good to me but I’m no expert. Ph is supposedly correct for Ascorbic acid serum. 1 oz for $21 isn’t too bad and I like the multiple anti oxidants.

Any experience with this?

Water, Propanediol, Ascorbic Acid, Ethoxydiglycol, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Alpha-D-Tocopherol, Ferulic Acid, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Seed Oil, Tocotrienols, Tocopherols, Astaxanthin, Lycopene, Xanthophyll, R-Alpha Lipoic Acid, Beta-Carotene, Arginine, Phytic Acid, Calcium Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol.

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Porcelain — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:02:27 GMT

Very good company. I used to be a customer before I got into Skinn. The eye serum and cream are top notch. They are somewhat conservative (in a good way) about active ingredients and only use ones that the founder believes can work. For those active ingredients that they do use, they include effective amounts. The prices are extremely fair.

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Fluke67 — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:07:43 GMT

@porcelain that’s good to know. I might stick my toe in the water and try the c serum. Other option I’m looking into is Drunk elephant but it’s pricey. I’m also a fan of skinn age reset serum and a few isomers serums. But I use a vit c serum every other day, that’s been a constant for years.

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Porcelain — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:18:42 GMT

@Fluke67 Their Antioxidant Serum looks really good too. Lots of Vitamin C in there. And I see some of the sh peptides similar to the Skinn Age Reset. You've got lots of amazing supporting antioxidants like Ferulic and Green Tea and SOD to help the Vit C too. And good humectants like Sodium PCA and Hyaluronic Acid to bump up hydration in your serum layer.

Water, Sea Kelp (Lactobacillus/Kelp Ferment Filtrate) Bioferment, Sodium PCA, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate (Vitamin C), Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic Acid), Ferulic Acid, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Extract, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Epigallocatechin Gallate, Niacinamide, Carnosine, Besperidin Methyl Chalcone, Carnitine, Tetrahydrodiferuloylmethane (and) Tetrahydrodemethoxydiferuloylmethane (and) Tetrahydrobisdemethoxydiferuloylmethane, Sorghum Bicolor Leaf/Stem Extract, Lycopene, Astaxanthin, Fucoxanthin, Porphyridium Polysaccharide, Glutathione, sh-Polypeptide-2, sh-Polypeptide-77 (Glutaredoxin (GRX)), Superoxide Dismutase, Citric Acid, Propylene Glycol (and) Diazolidinyl Urea (and) Methylparaben (and) Propylparaben.

$23 for an ounce is an excellent price.

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Fluke67 — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:26:47 GMT

@porcelain thanks, I like that one too. I usually stick with l Ascorbic acid but might try this “antioxidant serum” and see what my skin does.

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Porcelain — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:52:56 GMT

@Fluke67 wrote:
@porcelainthanks, I like that one too. I usually stick with l Ascorbic acid but might try this “antioxidant serum” and see what my skin does.

I've had so many bad experiences with beige and tan oxidized ascorbic acid that I just don't bother with it anymore. I'd rather something I can take my time using without worrying. That's why I switched to buffered C like MAP. I totally understand ascorbic acid purists too, though.

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Fluke67 — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 02:18:13 GMT

@porcelain, thanks for the input. I placed an order for the anti oxidant and collagen serums. Will see how they do.

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Icegoddess — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 19:52:04 GMT

I have not tried that product, but I do get Epidermal Growth factor from them that I add to my day cream (can't have any form of Vit. C in it). There was another product I was considering, but saw that it was considerably cheaper at Bulk Actives so decided not to for now. I'm not real fond of their website though. It looks like they push a few products and otherwise, unless you know exactly what you're looking for, you're out of luck.

I believe it was an ariticle on their website that mentioned that if you were using a retinol/retin-A product you should not do any other form of exfoliation though (which steered me away from another one of their products)..