Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5.

"The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 would be a similar product because it's a relatively similar ingredient list but without the irritants and for like a tenth of the price."

"I personally don't believe that hyaluronic acid serums are necessary in a skincare routine because 95% of the products you find on the market have hyaluronic acid in them already, so there's no reason to really have a dedicated one when it's already a component of the majority of skincare products out there. I would recommend instead going in with a serum that has a plethora and bigger range of beneficial ingredients for the skin in addition to hyaluronic acid. But you know, this product has a cult following for a reason and I'm not mad at it."

"One ingredient focused serums like the Ordinary hyaluronic acid serum are no longer worth your money. [...] The skincare industry has evolved so much since these were recommended 8 years ago. [...] Now there are a million options with significantly better formulas. Hyaluronic acid was not that common back in the day, which is why these serums were constantly recommended. But now hyaluronic acid [...] is in pretty much every single formula. [...] These ingredients have become so popularized and integrated into skincare products as a whole that it's more rare to find products that don't have these ingredients, thereby rendering products like this not necessarily useless, but definitely not necessary and almost excessive in a way."

"The Ordinary actually ran a clinical study to test the dry versus damp skin thing. They tested their 2% hyaluronic acid and B5 serum on dry and damp skin, and it worked around the same on both. Plus, it's not drier after using hyaluronic acid, but unsurprisingly, it works better if you also have a moisturizer on top, but also there's no difference there between wet and dry skin. The amounts of hyaluronic acid are going to be pretty low. If you have hyaluronic acid and thickeners in a product, they can form a film on your skin. And as that film dries, it can contract a little bit. It's sort of like the skin on soup. So that tightening feeling could feel like your skin is dry. But it's not like damp skin is bad. If you prefer using it on damp skin, that is fine. I think it does have a benefit in that when you have extra water, then you're increasing the amount of stuff that you have on your skin to spread. So it can be easier to spread it out."

"The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid is a humectant moisturizer that grabs onto water and keeps your skin hydrated by trapping water and keeping it on your skin. I don't think most people need a separate hyaluronic acid product. The main complaint that people have about it that I agree with is that it's just a bit boring as a humectant. There are so many other ingredients that can do more. Glycerin is in so many things and it's a really good humectant already. There's snail secretions which is just a heavy hitter. This is just a bit meh. I don't hate it but I probably wouldn't recommend it, but if you're using it I'm not going to knock it out of your hand."

"The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% plus B5 is the reformulated version with extra panthenol added for extra soothing. I really enjoyed that in the winter. Great texture, great price point. It's especially good if your skin isn't only dehydrated but also tends to be irritated or red, which is true for most people with more mature skin who use actives."

"This is the reformulated version with the added ceramides. Usually I don't use a hydration only product in my skincare because I can't be bothered with too many steps, but especially now in winter, and probably when spring comes around, my skin needs more moisture, more hydration, and something like this which is hydration plus soothing plus a little bit of skin barrier support is what I like to incorporate."

"As part of repairing and soothing my skin after swimming, I rely on something like The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid + B5."

"The first serum is just something hydrating and soothing, this is The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% plus B5, the reformulated version, and I take it right up to my eye."

"I love The Ordinary, all very popular hyaluronic acid serums."

"Whether it's Vichy Mineral 89 or if you have The Ordinary or the Inkey List hyaluronic acid or even CeraVe, you want to apply that to damp skin. The reason behind that is that hyaluronic acid is a carbohydrate, it's a sugar that's naturally found in our skin and after age 25 we start losing the production, we start having less production of hyaluronic acid and less stores of hyaluronic acid, and so our skin becomes more dull, a little bit more crepey, dehydrated look to it, more wrinkles. So we want to add more hyaluronic acid to the skin. We want to apply it to damp skin, meaning after a cleanse or if you have one of those thermal sprays. You get that temporary plumping and then follow up with a moisturizer over it. A lot of patients aren't following up with the moisturizer as well, so if you just have your hyaluronic acid on your skin, yes the sugar is soaking up all the moisture in your skin but it's not going to retain it. You need an emollient to seal it all in and that's where a moisturizer comes in."

"The Ordinary, you got the Inky List, those are more affordable options that you can get like say Sephora. Those hyaluronic acid serums are just fine. Hyaluronic acid we talked about is a water magnet. Put that on to damp skin after you cleanse, trap in all that moisture, and then go ahead and put a moisturizing cream over it."

"You want to put a hydrator like hyaluronic acid. You can get The Ordinary's hyaluronic acid. This is just great to put on damp skin and then what you do is you put a moisturizer over it to seal it in with your favorite moisturizer. The hyaluronic acid just soaked up all that moisture, so that is a nice way to reduce the fine lines."

"The Ordinary is a very affordable brand. You could always do a hyaluronic acid serum with a moisturizer if it's very subtle and not too deep in the crease, [...] and then layer with the moisturizer over it."

"If you want a nice hyaluronic acid serum, I also like The Ordinary's hyaluronic acid serum."

"I'd say know the Ordinary I don't really care for the brand but their hyaluronic acid serum good"

"You're also going to get The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 hydrating serum so you know you're already in the name you know that that's going to hydrate"

"The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid, [...] even this is not feeling the most hydrating."

"The Ordinary have a great hyaluronic acid that you can use which is really nice to just kind of hydrate the skin. Because the superficial skin is a bit more dehydrated with rosacea, it's going to hydrate both in the upper levels of the skin and also the mid layers of the skin as well because of the different molecule sizes that you see within a product, and your body will then draw in moisture to that area so it's going to help with hydration."

"Hyaluronic acid 2% plus B5 with The Ordinary is a nice stable one to use. You want to start using the thinner stuff first, so you use the HA. [...] Hyaluronic acid attracts a thousand times its weight in water, so you're almost seeding those lower levels with hyaluronic acid so you can gather more moisture as you add on each layer."

"The Ordinary have a great hyaluronic acid that you can use which is really nice to just kind of hydrate the skin. Because the superficial skin is a bit more dehydrated with rosacea, it's going to hydrate both in the upper levels of the skin and also the mid layers of the skin as well because of the different molecule sizes that you see within the product, and your body will then draw in moisture to that area so it's going to help with hydration."

"This is a good one from The Ordinary which I always is one of my favorites because of the price point and what's involved is the natural moisturizing factors and hyaluronic acid and you can feel it actually over here it's fantastic for moisture. Once you've cleansed and hydrated this is going to hydrate the area which is fantastic."

"Using things like hyaluronic acid from The Ordinary are really quite good. That's like the main ingredient that most people use. And you can put different actives so if you suffer from pigmentation you can mix it up with some vitamin C as well, but you have to make sure that that vitamin C has no irritating qualities, nothing in there that's going to really kind of harm the skin."

"The one from the ordinary is pretty cool"

"The ordinary hyaluronic acid plus B5"

"The ordinary hyaluronic acid plus B5"

"This has recently been reformulated so the formulation isn't as sticky and as tacky as the original formula, but they've also added ceramides to the ingredient list which helps to repair and strengthen the skin barrier. Ceramides also help to prevent transepidermal water loss, so this serum is honestly really nice. I haven't experienced peeling with this one, which was one of my main reasons why I really didn't like the original hyaluronic acid from The Ordinary. I always had peeling with it, but I haven't experienced peeling with this yet, so I really like this one."

"The Ordinary just recently reformulated their cult favorite hyaluronic acid serum. There were a lot of complaints that people were saying the formulation was just too sticky and too tacky, and I found that to be the same, but I also felt like this pilled a lot with my skincare products. Now the formulation isn't as sticky and tacky, it's more lightweight, and it also does not pill anymore, which is amazing because if you've ever experienced skincare pilling it's awful. They have added ceramides to the formulation, and ceramides are great to have in skincare because they really help to strengthen and repair the skin barrier. That's especially important when you are using actives like tretinoin or retinol as it really does help to prevent transepidermal water loss. With hyaluronic acid, as you know, it's very hydrating and it can plump up the skin as well. This can be used every day twice a day, but this formulation now from The Ordinary is especially great because of the added ceramides that really help to give our skin that extra support."

"With this new formulation this is going to give you softer smoother skin within 2 weeks of use, it can help to reduce the appearance of fine lines within 4 weeks of use, and it can help to promote skin elasticity within 4 weeks of use. The more consistent you are with this serum the better, so you can use this every day twice a day if you wish to, or you can just use this once a day if you want to. [...] It's a very gentle formula that can be paired up with anything. [...] Just remember to use your hyaluronic acid serum after cleansing, after a toner or an essence, and then use it within your water-based serums, and if you're using anything thicker like a milky serum or a moisturizer or sunscreen, you want to put those on after your hyaluronic acid serum."

"This is more of a first generation kind of vibe, a hyaluronic acid product, and it's just very sticky. I do think that both of these brands have done a very good job with it. I wouldn't say that they're like super luxurious or like the most amazing textural experiences I've ever had in skincare, but I was actually very pleasantly surprised. They broke some of those biases that I have about thick feeling, nonabsorbing, sticky hyaluronic acid. I think both of these actually come out ahead of some of the competitors that have similar formulas. One of my bigger concerns comes with the hydrating or non-hydrating factor of these types of formulations where hyaluronic acid is the star ingredient and one of the few ingredients in the formula, because hyaluronic acid, it always comes back to the size of that molecule. It's very, very big and it doesn't penetrate too deeply into the skin, so it's going to sit pretty close to the surface. Even when we chop up that molecule, chopping it up still creates a large type of molecule. It's smaller than the original, but it's still pretty big and they do dive into the skin at different levels, but they're not really getting super deep, diving incredibly deep."

"The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 is affordable and accessible. Is it exciting? Not necessarily. But is it effective? I think it can be for a lot of folks."

"The Ordinary is the clear winner here."

"I'd follow it up by a humectant serum before your moisturizer, such as hyaluronic acid from The Ordinary."

"This is one of the Ordinary's best sellers. For hydration it's one of the best that they make and one of the most hydrating. It does get a little bit goopy so just be aware of that. Again, if you're more oily you might not love this as much, but for those who are dry or for those who are dehydrated this is amazing. This has three different weights of hyaluronic acid it has low, medium, and high molecular weight hyaluronic acid which means they're basically different sizes that can get into the skin and provide hydration. Hyaluronic acid is not an exfoliating acid so no need to worry about exfoliating the skin with this, non-exfoliating, just purely hydrating, and it's also got that B5 in."

"I love the Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% plus B5 Hydrating Serum. This specifically has B5 as panthenol which we love, and we also love hyaluronic acid because it is a humectant so it can hold on to moisture and draw that into the skin. It also has glycerin, so it's very hydrating to the skin, and then it has a red algae extract, so really good for antioxidants. For $6 and 80 cents, like you cannot beat this. I know it's a small amount but it works well."

"The Hyaluronic Acid and Vitamin B—it's a good product but it's not great. I find that it doesn't play well with the Natural Moisturizing Factors."

"The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid, one thing I very much started to dislike about [...] their hyaluronic acid is that it just wouldn't play nice with other serums, moisturizers, and sunscreens in particular. It would foam for some reason, and it just wouldn't play nicely with other products in the rest of my routine. [...] But with this product, it [...] sits perfectly with any other product I've ever used. [...] I've noticed a significant drop in how often my skin gets irritated and how often I have flare-ups. [...] Last year it was a given that the moment I went outside and walked the dogs I would come back with rosy red cheeks and my skin would be very very dry, and that hasn't happened yet."

"And my Hyaluronic Acid from The Ordinary. I know you're not meant to touch the applicator to your skin. I don't really care."

"You can get 30ML of hyaluronic acid from The Ordinary for £8."

"I don't think any of us knew what Hyaluronic Acid was before The Ordinary launched their serum. [...] Thanks to The Ordinary, consumers are more clued up on ingredients in their skincare, but also the price points of skincare. The Ordinary really has changed the way the beauty industry and consumers see and consume skincare in so many different ways."

"This gives hydration to your skin to help give you this temporary plumpness. It's great to use in combination on damp skin morning and night, and you can use both morning and night, but be careful when you're using this with other products. I would give this time to settle into the skin before putting products on top of it because a lot of people find that this kind of pills on the skin. But again, it's a very good basic. This is 6.40 depending on where you're looking."

"The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid Serum is a good humectant, but there's a much more effective humectant you can be using to prepare your skin barrier, and that is vegetable glycerin. The hyaluronic acid is good for stopping dry skin from getting worse, but glycerin will actually attract more moisture to your skin and will actually moisturize it rather than just preventing it from getting worse. The real reason I'm making this video is the hyaluronic acid serum from the ordinary is eight dollars for a 30 milliliter bottle, while vegetable glycerin is three dollars for 118 milliliters, so you're paying too much for that."

"My issue with it is I just think there's too much hyaluronic acid in our lives. It's in every part of our skincare routine from our cleansers through to our serums, moisturizers, sunscreens. Hyaluronic acid is in everything and so I don't really feel we need a separate hyaluronic acid serum. A lot of people might find that they're overdoing it. Too much hyaluronic acid can lead to dryness and irritation. I would genuinely say if you're using a separate hyaluronic acid serum, try doing without it, see if your skin misses it. For a lot of people you might actually get better results cutting it out than what you're getting at the moment."

"This is the reformulated The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5. It now has ceramides in to boost the barrier function. It's got more caring and soothing ingredients and this actually has more molecular weights of hyaluronic acid than the Vichy, so you're going to get a much more in-depth hydration experience. This is a great fraction of the cost of that one. I think The Ordinary just do it better."

"I've definitely noticed from the first application the skin is plumper, it's juicier, you get that extra hydration that I never got from the original hyaluronic acid from The Ordinary. They've actually altered the base formulation and because they've carefully balanced the ratios of the different forms of hyaluronic acid, this is so much more lightweight than the original serum. It's like chalk and cheese when you think of texture. If you find the original really tacky, sticky, thick and gloopy, you won't get that experience at all from this. It actually runs whereas the other one never would, and when you work it into the skin it disappears without a trace, no stickiness, no tackiness, and it just feels amazing. From someone who definitely was not a fan of the original, this has kind of won me round a little bit. Beyond just the addition of the different weights of hyaluronic acid and the different forms, you also have the addition of ceramides in here. Ceramides are a core component in our skin and if we have the right amount of ceramides it can actually help support with the hydration levels. It also contains vitamin E, which is a fantastic antioxidant and hydration powerhouse ingredient. When you take this all together, this is why I'm always tempted to refer to this as a new product launch rather than a reformulation."

"I use it in a targeted way on dynamic fine lines and wrinkles. I use it on the neck. I use it on the hands. It hydrates, it plumps, and it instantly reduces wrinkles. Does all of that for like £8. You can't go wrong."

"This is the Ordinary reformulated hyaluronic acid 2% plus B5. This actually launched as a reformulation around a week ago and it is so much better than its original namesake. It's great because it has five different molecular weights of hyaluronic acid so they're going to do different things in the skin, give you like multi-dimensional plumping. If you just use one molecular weight you'll get some plumping but it won't be the same. This genuinely works so well. It's the cheapest option on the market for the quality of the formulation. I love it. Just make sure you apply it to damp skin that way you're going to get the very best instant plumping and anti-aging."

"One of my least favorite products from The Ordinary is their hyaluronic acid serum. It's in everything as an ingredient. It's in everything. You do not need a standalone hyaluronic acid serum. And the fact that this is one of the best sellers from The Ordinary makes me really sad because actually a better product exists in the same collection. [...] Hyaluronic acid is a humectant which draws in moisture. And if you're living in quite a dry and arid environment, it can actually end up sucking moisture from the deeper levels of the skin, actually being counterintuitive and dehydrating."

"There's a good dose of hyaluronic acid in here, so if you're using a separate hyaluronic acid serum, say like the one from The Ordinary, I personally would ditch that and use this in its place. You can have too much of a good thing, and because this has a decent amount of hyaluronic acid in it, you probably don't want to use a standalone hyaluronic acid serum alongside it. That might be too much for the skin. [...] See this as like a two-in-one peptide and hyaluronic acid serum together. It'll save you a step in your skincare routine and I think it'll just prevent the risk of overloading the skin with that hyaluronic acid."

"If you're looking to something that's just going to plump everything out, help with that lipid density in the long term, this is one of the best products to do that, and it's super inexpensive. So if you want to do anti-aging on a budget and plumpness is your key goal, get this. This is so good. I actually love it so much I covered it in a separate video. I think it's one of the most exciting new anti-aging launches of this year and it comes at that beautiful ordinary price point. So you're not overpaying, but you're definitely getting a little boost to skin density and plumpness. I use this in a targeted way on the areas where I do want that plumpness and I want to restore some of that lost volume. Others say they use it all over the skin. It's up to you, but I say be targeted and I think personally you'll get the very best results."

"I'm giving this a 9 out of 10. Formulation amazing, price point phenomenal. I don't like that they've put it in a dropper. I would rather if it was just in a pipette, but it's a great formulation."

"I have hated this serum for the longest time. I thought it was unnecessary, I thought it was badly formulated, I never understood the hype. They've reformulated and honestly I think it's good enough to sneak into this top 10 now. The reformulation is key here. Previously it was a bit of a lazy formulation that just had hyaluronic acid and a calming and soothing B vitamin, that was it. My argument was always you get enough hyaluronic acid in the rest of your routine, you don't need a separate step. I stand by that, but I also think with the reformulation, which now includes ceramides, it's got multiple weights of hyaluronic acid to give a more just a greater depth of hydration. I think this genuinely stands out, particularly because they've added so much more into the formulation, but it cost $1 more so it's super affordable still. I think it's a good option. For me, I don't need this on the face. I get hyaluronic acid in the rest of my skin care, but I use this on the body. I'll get out of the shower, I'll lather this on, put a moisturizer over it, and I think this does help take my body hydration to the next level. If you like hyaluronic acid and you want to use it on the face, you absolutely can. This I think is a next level reformulation that is just good enough."