Pacifica

Pacifica Glow Baby Booster Serum.

Serums

About this product

A vitamin C serum with glycolic acid designed to brighten, smooth skin texture, and exfoliate.

Full ingredients

Aqua, Glycerin, Glycolic Acid, Terminalia Ferdinandiana (Kakadu Plum) Fruit Extract, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate (Vitamin C), Silica, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Parfum (Natural)

Guru Score

74%

Mixed

Early verdict · Few reviews so far

What they liked

Orange creamsicle fragrance
Exfoliates effectively

What they flagged

Glycolic acid may not suit all skin types

What the gurus are saying

This serum exfoliates powerfully and has a pleasant orange creamsicle scent that one expert loves. However, gurus split on whether it's a top pick: while one praises it as phenomenal, another finds the glycolic acid formula effective but not their favorite choice for smoothing and brightening skin.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take July 2023

Best for

Younger skin

Type

SerumsDrops & dropper

Key actives

Vitamin CAHA

Formula notes

Contains fragranceNo drying alcohol

Where to buy

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What the gurus are saying.

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The Budget Dermatologist

724k subs

~Nay

"Pacifica has the glow baby serum, which is their form of vitamin C serum. [...] It also has sodium ascorbyl phosphate as the type of vitamin C in it, so again not my favorite. This also has glycolic acid, which is great for smoothing that skin texture and brightening the skin overall, not my top pick here. This one is eighteen dollars, so it's at a much better price point than the Mad Hippie, but again probably not your best bet here."

Cassandra Bankson

2.46M subs

~Yay

"This right here is the Glow Baby Booster Serum with vitamin C. It's so phenomenal. It smells like an orange creamsicle and exfoliates like nobody's business. Love this."

Top Pick: vitamin c serum

What the evidence says.

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

Vitamin C

Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.

Source: DermNet

Alpha hydroxy acids

Alpha hydroxy acids loosen the bonds holding dead cells at the surface. The evidence supports smoother texture and more even tone over time, and they can leave skin more sensitive to sun.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Pacifica Glow Baby Booster Serum?

A vitamin C serum with glycolic acid designed to brighten, smooth skin texture, and exfoliate.

Is Pacifica Glow Baby Booster 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 Pacifica Glow Baby Booster Serum's Guru Score?

Pacifica Glow Baby Booster Serum holds a Guru Score of 74%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.