Chebula Active Serum.

Name: True Botanicals Chebula Active Serum
Brand: True Botanicals

Serums

About this product

A hydrating antioxidant serum containing chebula, a South Asian fruit, formulated to help combat signs of aging with antioxidants and plant-derived extracts.

Full ingredients

Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract*, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice*, Citrus Aurantium (Neroli) Flower Distillate*, Glycerin*, Aqua/Water/Eau, Sodium Hyaluronate, Terminalia Chebula (Chebula) Fruit Extract, Echinacea Purpurea (Echinacea) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract*, Sambucus Nigra (Elder) Fruit Extract, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Phenethyl Alcohol, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Alcohol*, Sodium Phytate

Guru Score

Not verified

Score withheld

Not independently verified

2 of the 3 takes here are sponsored by the brand. That leaves a single independent take, which is not enough to verify a score, so we are holding it back rather than publishing a number built on paid reviews. The takes are below, each labeled.

3Gurus

2Yay

1Mixed

0Nay

What they liked

Deeply hydrating
Fragrance-free
Antioxidant-rich formula

What they flagged

Pricey at ninety dollars

What the gurus are saying

The chebula, a South Asian bioactive fruit prized for its antioxidant power, and this serum's deep hydration earn consistent praise, though the $90 price creates real division: some reviewers would repurchase despite the cost, while others question if the benefits justify the expense. Immunity claims lack clinical backing and rest on ayurvedic rather than dermatological foundations.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take November 2024

Best for

Mature skin

Type

SerumsDrops & dropper

Key actives

Hyaluronic acid

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeContains 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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Skin Obsessed Mary

33k subs

✓Yay

"I also love their Chaba serum."

All 3 takes from Skin Obsessed Mary

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"This is by my beloved True Botanicals, um this is called the Chebula Active Serum. Now I love this brand, these guys are out of Northern California, I use a lot of their products, they're so lovely. So this is a super hydrating serum that's supposed to help combat all of those signs of aging. So this is made with the Chebula which is from South and Southeast Asia, it is a fruit, so this is said to be one of the most powerful and bioactive antioxidants available. Now it has a lovely texture, I do find it deeply hydrating and I sometimes mix that with their Vitamin C powder so you're combining the two of them together, it's beautiful, I love it. Now I haven't repurchased it because again, US-based, don't have distribution over here which means it's very expensive for me to import, so it's one of those things that I'm probably going to pick up on my next trip back to the US. I just love the range and I have a little stash of their stuff but I'm out of this, so I need to wait until I circle back to the US, but it's beautiful."

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"I also adore the Chebula Active Serum which is an antioxidant serum super potent it's just so beautiful."

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"I also love their Chaba serum."

Hyram

4.34M subs

✓Yay

"True Botanicals, you know how I talked about her having a very luxurious sophisticated air to her with True Botanical price point I say that falls in line. This one is $90, wow, that's a lot for a serum, not the craziest thing I've ever seen but you know better have a rocking ingredient list that's all I'm saying. This ingredient list is really good. I mean it's full of really good antioxidants, a bunch of natural extracts. I mean the first ingredient is green tea leaf extract before even water. I could get behind this."

What the evidence says.

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

Urea

Urea both holds water in the skin and gently loosens dead surface cells. At higher strengths it has good evidence for very dry or thickened skin.

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