Name: Allies of Skin Founders Essence Advanced Treatment
Brand: Allies of Skin

What the experts use it for.

The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.

Dull skin2 experts

“This is bright, glassy skin in a bottle.”

Skin Obsessed Mary, watch at 1:21

Skin barrier support1 expert

“This helps brighten the skin, strengthen the barrier, refine the skin texture, and it delivers such a hydration punch.”

Skin Obsessed Mary, watch at 1:21

Rough or uneven texture1 expert

“This helps brighten the skin, strengthen the barrier, refine the skin texture, and it delivers such a hydration punch.”

Skin Obsessed Mary, watch at 1:21

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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No BS Beauty

89k subs

~Mixed

"The Allies of Skin Founders Essence Advanced Treatment with 56 proven active ingredients"

Mad About Skin

734k subs

✓Yay

"It's [...] a comprehensive product: you could cleanse, put this on, put your sunscreen on, and have a fantastic routine. It improves glow and luminosity, helps with anti-aging, calms, soothes, hydrates, supports the microbiome and barrier, and leaves skin [...] plump and glowy. [...] It's not the cheapest, but it's like an 8-in-1."

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All 4 takes from Mad About Skin

BEST SERUM FOR GLOWING SKIN - 2x Brighter Skin Fast

"And if you see how this looks on the skin, it is just beautiful. It just gives that gorgeous bit of light reflection. It just is beautiful on the skin and it leaves behind zero tackiness. Some glow boosting products can feel a bit tacky on the skin, not this. It's absolutely beautiful. [...] One of these lasts me about 3 months. So you get a lot of use out of it for the money that you're spending. One of my personal favorite products and [...] more advanced in terms of its long-term benefits."

Best Skincare Product Ever? - #1 GLOWING SKIN TONER

"It's the very best still natural glow up I've ever achieved from a skincare product. I'm not somebody that likes that glazed donut look [...] where you almost look dripping wet all day long. [...] I just want a natural lit from within glow. [...] I've never been a big fan of toners or essences because I always feel like they do a nice bit of hydration, but that's it. And I can get hydration from serums and moisturizers."

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"Allies of Skin have this thing that they're calling the Founders Essence which they sent me a bottle of to try and I think hands down it is the glowiest toner I've ever tried in my life. It not only uses so much skincare to increase the luminosity over time, it's also got some like slight pearlescent qualities to it like it gives you the nicest finish to your skin you have ever had."

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"It's [...] a comprehensive product: you could cleanse, put this on, put your sunscreen on, and have a fantastic routine. It improves glow and luminosity, helps with anti-aging, calms, soothes, hydrates, supports the microbiome and barrier, and leaves skin [...] plump and glowy. [...] It's not the cheapest, but it's like an 8-in-1."

Sincerely Miss Ash

196k subs

✓Yay

"Honestly, grab it because it is very hard to get your hands on. I feel like I am less than half here, and I don't know how much longer this is going to last. [...] This is amazing, and one of the best essences I have truly ever used."

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All 3 takes from Sincerely Miss Ash

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"Honestly, grab it because it is very hard to get your hands on. I feel like I am less than half here, and I don't know how much longer this is going to last. [...] This is amazing, and one of the best essences I have truly ever used."

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"This is truly one of a kind. The ingredients in here are so advanced. Like there are ingredients in here that I have never used in skincare or have seen in skincare. This is an essence that is going to target multiple skin concerns. [...] It can be used every day twice a day. This contains 56 clinically proven ingredients to help brighten the skin, reduce the look of pore size, smoothing out texture, helping with hydration, repairing the skin, keeping it healthy and glowy. It really does it all."

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"This is 10 out of 10 and there's nothing like it on the market. [...] I usually like to use this in my nighttime routine. [...] I like to incorporate this at least once a day because I love the probiotics in here to keep the skin's flora healthy and balanced. [...] There's an ingredient in here called PA, which is a derivative of azelaic acid. Azelaic acid is an ingredient that a lot of people use for facial redness for those that have rosacea, acne prone skin."

Skin Obsessed Mary

33k subs

✓Yay

"This helps brighten the skin, strengthen the barrier, refine the skin texture, and it delivers such a hydration punch. This is bright, glassy skin in a bottle. I use this every night before my moisturizer and then my moisturizer seals it all in."