A facial oil designed to be used as a final skincare step, with plant oils and botanical extracts that moisturize and add a radiant look to the skin.
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What the gurus are saying
Dry, mature skin is where this oil wins fans: patted on as the last bedtime step, it seals in the rest of your routine, so you wake up hydrated instead of flaky, even on a retinoid in winter. Two drops is plenty. The cooler takes call it an antioxidant boost from red algae, not an acne fix, and steep for the price.
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The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.
“It's probably good for acne prone skin because of the jojoba or it's safer for acne prone skin.”
Cassandra Bankson, watch at 14:08
“This is soaked in and gives me a nice occlusive barrier so my skin can heal and regenerate over the nighttime.”
Beyond50Skin, watch at 13:51
“and not all those dry flakies that I typically get when I'm using a retinoid especially in the winter and fall months.”
Beyond50Skin, watch at 6:32
Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.
Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.
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 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.
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