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Dark Spot Brightening Lightning Wand.

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Dark Spot Brightening Lightning Wand
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Guru Score

77%

Yay

3 experts · Moderate agreement
3Gurus
2Yay
1Mixed
0Nay

What the gurus are saying

Dr Dray and Cassandra Bankson rate it highly; Dr. Shereene Idriss is mixed. Dr. Shereene Idriss: "Hero Cosmetics Lighting Wand is an interesting one when it comes to delivery. It's a wand serum with vitamin C and niacinamide."
Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take July 2022

What the gurus are saying.

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"Hero Cosmetics Lighting Wand is an interesting one when it comes to delivery. It's a wand serum with vitamin C and niacinamide. It has a watery texture and comes in a rollerball so if you have a single spot you can use it on that, especially if you have active acne lesions trying to go on their way out. But for melasma, are you going to put this thing all over your face? I think not. But if you have hyperpigmentation spots from acne, it's a cool one to look into, especially because you can keep it in your bag, especially if you have active flare-ups."
Yay
"The Lightning Swipe looks like they put the same tranexamic acid and niacinamide from the Lightning Wand into a pad. If you start using something like that at the first sign of a pimple and continue through its lifespan and a few weeks after, it will reduce the chances it heals with hyperpigmentation, provided it's not too irritating for you. I've tried this out before and it's really good."
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"The Lightning Swipe looks like they put the same tranexamic acid and niacinamide from the Lightning Wand into a pad. If you start using something like that at the first sign of a pimple and continue through its lifespan and a few weeks after, it will reduce the chances it heals with hyperpigmentation, provided it's not too irritating for you. I've tried this out before and it's really good."
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"These dark spot brightening pads have niacinamide which is good for hyperpigmentation if your skin tolerates it, tranexamic acid which may be helpful for redness and has potential, glycolic acid which will help with exfoliation, and they have a sunburn alert because exfoliating acids make your skin more sensitive to sun."
Yay
"This is a dark spot brightening serum that brightens and smooths with vitamin C, niacinamide, and tranexamic acid. Here we have ascorbic acid so our vitamin C, we have tranexamic acid, niacinamide, licorice, willow bark, turmeric. Basically like anything that could possibly help with dark spots right in there, put it in there. That's a cool color too. The formula is bomb. I really think this is a cool product. Everything that you can think of to treat hyperpigmentation it's pretty much in here."

Frequently asked.

Is Hero Cosmetics Dark Spot Brightening Lightning Wand worth it?

Mostly yes. 2 of the 3 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 77%.

What is Hero Cosmetics Dark Spot Brightening Lightning Wand's Guru Score?

Hero Cosmetics Dark Spot Brightening Lightning Wand holds a Guru Score of 77%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.

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