Green Tea Seed Hyaluronic Acid Serum.

"Innisfree's green tea seed hyaluronic serum is one of their most iconic products and it has a genuinely devoted following, people go crazy over it on social media. After water, propanediol, and glycerin, niacinamide sits at position five, then green tea seed oil, the brand's hero ingredient, at a meaningful position on the label. When you get to the hyaluronic acid forms, sodium hyaluronate is disclosed at 103 parts per million and hyaluronic acid at 100 parts per million, and even though that sounds like a big number, those are very low concentrations. The hyaluronic acid forms here are playing a supporting role, they're not the primary driver of hydration the way they are in Torriden. The primary hydration work is being done by green tea extract, saccharide, and other humectants earlier on the label. This product also has essential oils, citrus, lemon peel oil, limonene, and citral, which are fragrance components that can be irritating for sensitive skin, and some of the older Innisfree formulas contained denatured alcohol that could be really drying. That doesn't make it a bad product. The formula feels beautiful on the skin. If you love the sensorial feel of K beauty and your skin isn't reactive, this is for you, you get gentle brightening benefits alongside hydration, so it's really a double whammy product. Just know that the HA concentration is lower than the name suggests and the essential oils are there."

"Their green tea seed serum, which is actually my first introduction into Korean skincare. This was the very first product that I ever used from Korea. It's a really lovely hydrating serum that contains green tea extract derived specifically from Jeju Island, which is a lovely, beautiful island from Korea that is the right environment for growing wonderful biodiverse species of green tea, and they handpick each of the green teas to produce this serum. It contains green tea extract along with different blends of hyaluronic acid that just makes a great lightweight hydrating serum. Green tea has great antioxidant properties, anti-inflammatory properties, helps to hydrate the skin, repair the skin barrier, and may even offer some anti-aging benefits, so great all around. And if you have oily skin, green tea may help to support or reduce sebum control temporarily, so really suitable for all skin types."

"There's a couple forms of oil in here, we have squalane as well as that green tea seed oil, and I think that's really contributing to the rich feeling that this has. I've used the product before and it was fine, but it really wasn't a wow for me. There was nothing about the product that really showed benefits on my skin that made me think I need to go out and repurchase this. It really didn't do much for me, but it's a solid product. I do find this to be a very fairly priced product especially when we're talking about something that's available at Sephora. Thirty dollars for 80 milliliters of product, I mean most serums are 30 ml or 50 ml, so I think that this is priced exactly right."