Some By Mi

Beta Panthenol Repair Serum.

Serums

About this product

A lightweight serum with panthenol and plant extracts designed to hydrate and repair the skin barrier while maintaining a refreshing, non-greasy finish.

Full ingredients

Water (Aqua), 2,3-Butanediol, Panthenol, Dipropylene Glycol, Polyglyceryl-6 Stearate, Betaine, Octyldodecanol, Glycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Candida Bombicola/Glucose/Methyl Rapeseedate Ferment, Beta-Sitosterol, Squalane, Vinyl Dimethicone, Polyglyceryl-6 Behenate, Jojoba Esters, Glyceryl Stearate, Stearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Carbomer, Tocopherol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Phytosterols, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Canola Oil, Tromethamine, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate, Sodium Surfactin, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Sorbitan Olivate, Adenosine, Cetearyl Olivate, Citric Acid, Musa Sapientum (Banana) Fruit Extract, Rosa Damascena Flower Water, Sodium Phytate

Guru Score

65%

Mixed

Early verdict · Few reviews so far

2Gurus

1Yay

0Mixed

1Nay

What they liked

Watery yet moisturizing texture
Absorbs without shine or greasiness
Subtle, quickly fading floral scent

What they flagged

Dropper tunnels into product, wastes formula
Thick formula clogs the pipette

What the gurus are saying

One expert praised the panthenol-rich formula for balancing moisture with a watery, refreshing feel that absorbs cleanly without greasiness or shine, and spreads beautifully across skin. However, another flagged a serious packaging flaw: the short dropper tunnels into the bottle and pushes product to the sides, making it frustrating to draw anything up into the pipette. That means getting consistent doses becomes a hassle with each application.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take February 2024

Best for

Dry skin Sensitive skin

Type

SerumsDrops & dropper

Key actives

Vitamin ESqualane

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Kelly Driscoll

90k subs

~Yay

"The panthenol is in here and that's always like that balance that keeps things from feeling too heavy and too overly creamy. This has a moisture element but with the panthenol we still get that watery really refreshing element to it as well. This spreads really beautifully across the skin, it's got very good absorbency. You feel more richness to this, a little bit more lipid content, a little bit more moisturizing, a bit more medium weight on the skin, but really good absorbency with that panthenol touch. You can feel that deep replenishment and it really does absorb deep into the skin. You're not going to get a shiny or greasiness on top. There's a little bit of a scent to this. There's no artificial fragrance or essential oils, but there's a few plant extracts in here that are offering up a little bit of a scent. It's a slightly powdery very floral kind of smell, it's not heavy. You got to get in there to really smell it, so you might smell it a little bit on application but it goes away in like 15 seconds or less."

Dr Dray

2.68M subs

~Nay

"Don't buy it. This packaging is all wrong. [...] The dropper is pretty short and just the overall shape of this bottle, the dropper ends up tunneling into the product and all the product gets pushed to the sides of the container. It's very difficult to get any sucked up into the pipette into the dropper with each one, so you've constantly got to be moving it around to try and get product up into the little dispenser. It's the worst packaging. This is not it. This dropper is not it. The formula is just too thick for the dropper."

What the evidence says.

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

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

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Some By Mi Beta Panthenol Repair Serum?

A lightweight serum with panthenol and plant extracts designed to hydrate and repair the skin barrier while maintaining a refreshing, non-greasy finish.

Is Some By Mi Beta Panthenol Repair Serum worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 65%.

What is Some By Mi Beta Panthenol Repair Serum's Guru Score?

Some By Mi Beta Panthenol Repair Serum holds a Guru Score of 65%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.