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Real Ferment Micro Serum.

Neogen
Real Ferment Micro Serum
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About this product

A fermented serum with bifida, galactomyces, rice, and aspergillus ferments, plus peptides and vitamin E, designed to hydrate, brighten, and refine skin texture.

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Combination skinNormal skin
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The Guru Index verdict

80%

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What the gurus are saying

Gurus consistently repurchase this serum, praising its ferment blend, brightening effects, and ingredient quality for the price. The recurring gripe is texture: it's noticeably thick and heavy, which works for some skin types but feels uncomfortable in warmer weather or under certain sunscreens. One reviewer noted occasional pilling. Despite the texture concern, most value the visible improvements in skin tone evenness and pore refinement.
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Key actives & flags

Vitamin CNiacinamideHyaluronic acidVitamin EFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Bifida Ferment Lysate, Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate, Betula Alba Juice, Butylene Glycol, Rice Ferment Filtrate (Sake), Glycerin, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Caprylic/​Capric Triglyceride, Aspergillus Ferment, Dimethicone, Cyclopentasiloxane, Niacinamide, Cyclohexasiloxane, Polyacrylate-13, Water, Panthenol, Dimethicone/​Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Polyisobutene, Peg-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Polysorbate 20, Sorbitan Isostearate, Lactobacillus, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Polyacrylate, Caprylyl Glycol, Adenosine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tropolone, Centella Asiatica Extract, Pichia/​Resveratrol Ferment Extract, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Glutathione, Ascorbic Acid, Ubiquinone, Thioctic Acid, Tocopherol

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What the gurus are saying.

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"The Neogen Real Ferment Micro Serum, it's 30 bucks. It contains Bifida, Saccharomyces, rice ferment, and Aspergillus ferment. No scent in it. I've repurchased. I think this is my fourth bottle of it. It's really nice. Serummy texture to it, really good for plumping up skin and lots of good ingredients in it. So I really love this one from Neogen and I've been repurchasing this one for a long time, so years."
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"The Neogen Real Ferment Micro Serum has got the Buida ferment, sodium hyaluronic, the glycerin and the vitamin E and it's really nice. This is another product I've repurchased multiple times and it's really lovely and it's got all those as well as a ton of other good ingredients so it's a really nice repairing serum."
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"The Neogen Real Ferment Micro Serum, it's 30 bucks. It contains Bifida, Saccharomyces, rice ferment, and Aspergillus ferment. No scent in it. I've repurchased. I think this is my fourth bottle of it. It's really nice. Serummy texture to it, really good for plumping up skin and lots of good ingredients in it. So I really love this one from Neogen and I've been repurchasing this one for a long time, so years."
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"The Neogen Real Ferment Micro Serum is amazing. It's got so many good ingredients in here, it's still got the good antioxidants, it's got the peptides in here, it's got the ferment in here. It's good especially for the price, it's just full of good stuff. It's definitely a little bit thicker than some of the other products, but this one is really nice. I repurchased, I think this is probably my third bottle or so. I found sometimes it makes it pill a bit under certain sunscreens, but I really like using it in my evening routine now."
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"I noticed when I was using this that it seemed like I just wasn't struggling with that as much, and not every review that I read on this product mentioned that, but a lot of people said that it really did seem to help with texture and with pores. With fermented ingredients you can often see a refinement with your skin, especially when you're using high quality ones or a good quantity of them."
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"This is a serum that contains some galactomyces ferment, I believe there's also bifida ferment in here, lots of different ferments as well as a little kiss of ascorbic acid. I actually like the serum quite a bit. It's a little bit more of a streamlined and focused ingredients list in my opinion, and I really liked the benefits that I saw with this. This is quite brightening, it really evens out the skin tone, brings out that healthy lit from within glow, which is what I expect from galactomyces, but the serum delivers and delivers pretty fast. The only thing I don't love about this is the texture. It is so thick, it's a really thick cream texture, and it's not like a silky cream texture, it's like kind of a heavy, slightly sticky cream texture. It's not going to work for a lot of skin types, and quite honestly it was a little heavy for me personally. As we move further into the warmer months it was just too heavy. Really great performing fermented serum for the right skin type."
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"I noticed when I was using this that it seemed like I just wasn't struggling with that as much, and not every review that I read on this product mentioned that, but a lot of people said that it really did seem to help with texture and with pores. With fermented ingredients you can often see a refinement with your skin, especially when you're using high quality ones or a good quantity of them."
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