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Maysama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum.

About this product

A pressed antioxidant face serum made with green rooibos, designed to hydrate and protect the skin and to be used as part of a daily routine or before LED light therapy.

Full ingredients

Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Aqua, Niacinamide (3%), Glycerin, Aspalathus Linearis (Green Rooibos) Leaf Extract (1.3%), Citric Acid, Lysolecithin, Sclerotium Gum, Cannabis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil, Sodium Benzoate, Pullulan, Xanthan Gum, Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Adansonia Digitata (Baobab) Seed Oil, Potassium Sorbate, Tocopherol, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil, Sodium Phytate, Ubiquinone, Glycine Soja Oil, Silica, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Fruit Extract, Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract, Chlorella Vulgaris Powder, Tetrahydropiperine, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Liquorice) Root Extract, Calendula Officinalis (Marigold) Flower Extract, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38

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Guru Score

74%

Mixed

4 experts · Moderate agreement

What the gurus are saying

Red light fans keep reaching for this antioxidant green rooibos serum, which gurus say boosts what an LED session does, with research they cite putting the lift above 200%. The pushback is texture: it's a little thick, so it can feel sticky and heavy under a mask in summer. Letting it sink in for a few minutes before the light goes on is the tip they give.
Synthesized from 4 expert reviews · most recent take July 2026

What they liked

  • Boosts LED light therapy results
  • Fresh scent, no added fragrance
  • Hydrating and antioxidant-rich

What they flagged

  • Sticky and heavy under LED masks in summer

Type

Serums

Key actives

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the experts use it for.

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Skin barrier support1 expert

“Both of these products are packed with antioxidant boosters to protect, calm, brighten, and support my barrier.”

Skin Obsessed Mary, watch at 2:12

What the gurus are saying.

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Beyond50Skin
Beyond50Skin
32k subs
~Yay
"I highly recommend you combine your red light therapy masks with the Maysama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum. This is a fabulous serum to boost your results when you're using LED red light therapy. It's tried and true for years."
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"I highly recommend you combine your red light therapy masks with the Maysama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum. This is a fabulous serum to boost your results when you're using LED red light therapy. It's tried and true for years."
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"I never use my red light without my Maysama serum. This is their green Rooibos serum. [...] It's been shown that using the green tea serum and LED red light and near infrared light will actually boost the results that you get, the collagen and elastin anti-aging results that you get. So if you're going to purchase Maysama, these actually come in a bundle. I would go ahead and get both of these together."
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"I always start out my LED treatment with the Maysama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum. It's supposed to help boost the efficacy of your red light treatment. I do [...] two pumps of that and put it on. I let it dry down for a few minutes per the recommendation."
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"I put on a couple pumps of the Maysama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum. I know a lot of you who use LED red light therapy love the serum as I do for boosting the effects of your LED red light therapy session. This has clinical evidence that shows it increases the benefits of LED red light by I can't remember if it's two or three times. [...] Green Rooibos tea can boost our LED red light therapy benefits. In the evening I'll use the serum if I'm doing LED red light in the morning."
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"I always use my Sama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum. I did a whole video on how the serum boosts the red light effectiveness almost by three times. So I just put this right over my [ZIIP] gel and let it soak in for a few minutes. They recommend about 20 minutes, so I'm going to go grab a cup of coffee and let it soak in. You might want to towel off the [ZIIP] gel before you put on the red light gel, but I just don't see the purpose."
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"As always my Maysama Green Rooibos tea serum I use before all of my LED red light therapy treatments. If you open it up it comes in this little sealed pouch inside you can recycle the glass and you can also sniff this open and scoop out the last little bits."
Doctor Anne
Doctor Anne
56k subs
~Nay
"The Myama green press serum that they recommended to use with the LED mask, because the antioxidant effect of the serum would enhance the effect of the light, I tried that but I found it a little sticky and heavy to wear underneath the mask, especially in summer, and apparently I wasn't the only one."
Sincerely Miss Ash
Sincerely Miss Ash
196k subs
~Yay
"I love the serum, I really do. It has a very similar scent to the atomizer, very fresh, it doesn't have any added fragrance, no essential oils. I think this is lovely if you are drier or if you like that type of serum texture. Because it is a little bit thicker, you want to use this as your last serum in your skincare routine before your moisturizer and your sunscreen. Use it after any water-based products like essences, toners, hyaluronic acids, vitamin C's, just for proper layering."
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"I love the serum, I really do. It has a very similar scent to the atomizer, very fresh, it doesn't have any added fragrance, no essential oils. I think this is lovely if you are drier or if you like that type of serum texture. Because it is a little bit thicker, you want to use this as your last serum in your skincare routine before your moisturizer and your sunscreen. Use it after any water-based products like essences, toners, hyaluronic acids, vitamin C's, just for proper layering."
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"I'm going to be putting on the Maysama pressed serum and this is their antioxidant serum that works really well with LED light therapy devices. I just started using this back in November and I'm really impressed with it. It's very hydrating as well and so I do like to use this before I go in with my LED."
Skin Obsessed Mary
Skin Obsessed Mary
33k subs
~Yay
"Red and near infrared light drive a lot of cellular activity, including a burst of free radicals as a byproduct, and this serum helps to manage that. There is also research showing that the Green Rooibos and LED actually make each other work better, the serum helps the light be more effective and the light helps the serum absorb faster, so the results are up to 260% better. That is why I have been using this for years, and I use nothing else."
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"This is a super potent antioxidant serum and I never use LED light therapy without it because research has shown it increases the effectiveness of LED by more than 250%. [...] You can't go wrong either way."
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"Then there's the Green Rooibos Pressed Serum. Both of these products are packed with antioxidant boosters to protect, calm, brighten, and support my barrier. And I use this serum specifically with my LED light therapy sessions. This has been shown to increase the results of LED by 260%. So I use this every time I LED, which is pretty much 5 days a week."
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"Not only does the green rooibos protect the skin, but research shows that it supercharges the LED sessions by more than 250%. So I just never LED without it. I've used this product for so long, but I'm now making the switch to their new lighter version. So when my last bottle empties, I'm going over to that and that's what I'm going to repurchase. By the way, I buy them in a three-pack because I always want to make sure I have backups."
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"The sole reason is because of my LED. I LED pretty much every single day, probably six days a week, because one day I'm not here or whatever, and I never LED without this. What's so interesting is I only heard this when I saw Bev doing, I think, an interview, it might have been with Claudia, and you know when you're supposed to wait 20 minutes before you LED to give this time to basically work its way into your skin?"
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"I use the Green Rooibos Pressed Serum every single day with LED because research shows that it increases the effectiveness by 250%. So I never LED without the serum."
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"I use it every day. I use it with my LED which I do most days. It's a powerful antioxidant serum. You can use it as a part of your routine or I use it on the run up to doing my LED for face, neck and stuff. Fabulous."
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"I use this pretty much every day because I use this in conjunction with my LED light therapy. This is a great antioxidant serum that can be used at any point in your skincare routine morning and night, but I use this specifically when I do my LED light therapy because studies have shown that this increases the efficacy of LED by more than 200%, which is bonkers. I apply this 20 minutes before a session and that is going to protect my skin and it's going to enhance the outcomes of the session."
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"I use the Green Rooibos Pressed Serum every single day. It was really learning about the impact that it has when used in conjunction with LED light therapy, it boosts the effectiveness of LED. I use this product six days a week because I know it's making my LED work better."
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"I really bought into it and the reason I use your serum, your pressed serum, every single day is in conjunction with my LED light therapy which I do every single day."
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"The next one is Maysama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum. This antioxidant serum is what I use every single day with my LED light therapy, and that's because research shows it boosts the effectiveness of the red light sessions by more than 200%. I mean, that's a no-brainer for me. I buy it in three packs and yes, the new one is already in the bathroom."
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"I started using this specifically with red light therapy because the research showed incredible results when the two were combined together. Adding the serum boosts the results of the red light therapy by more than 250%. I use three pumps of this for my face, neck, and chest. I wait 20 minutes and then I sit in front of the panel with my top off and that's all it takes is 3 minutes and I'm done. I buy a three pack of these from the website and I think they last probably seven or eight months."
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"The green rytus press serum I use every single day. I never LED without it because research has shown that their serum increases the effectiveness of LED by more than 250%. It is incredible."
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"Red and near infrared light drive a lot of cellular activity, including a burst of free radicals as a byproduct, and this serum helps to manage that. There is also research showing that the Green Rooibos and LED actually make each other work better, the serum helps the light be more effective and the light helps the serum absorb faster, so the results are up to 260% better. That is why I have been using this for years, and I use nothing else."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Niacinamide

Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Peptides

Peptides are short protein fragments meant to signal repair. The evidence for them is thinner than for retinoids or vitamin C, and it varies a lot by the specific peptide, so the category is more promising than proven.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Maysama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum?

A pressed antioxidant face serum made with green rooibos, designed to hydrate and protect the skin and to be used as part of a daily routine or before LED light therapy.

Is Maysama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 74%.

What is Maysama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum's Guru Score?

Maysama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum holds a Guru Score of 74%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected.

What is Maysama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum good for, according to the experts?

In their reviews, experts say Maysama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum is good for skin barrier support (1 expert).

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