A selection of The Ordinary’s most effective and globally loved products. Each item is chosen for its performance, ingredient quality, and value for money. This list includes exfoliants, hydrators, serums, moisturizers, essentials for acne-prone skin...
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Serum — “Clean, Soft & Glowing”
Moisturizer — “Barrier Support & Daily Hydration”
Set — “Easy, Effective, Beginner-Friendly”
Etc. — “Extra Care That Completes Your Routine”
Serum — “Clean, Soft & Glowing”
A selection of The Ordinary’s most reliable and high-performing serums — from hydrators, brightening treatments, to skin-smoothing actives. Each one is chosen for its ingredient quality, texture, and real-life results. Perfect for building a routine ...
This serum is a solid peptide treatment — especially if you’re curious about copper peptides and want to experiment without spending a fortune. It’s gentle enough for most skin types and offers real hydration and firmness benefits over time.
However...
Multi-Peptide + Copper Peptides 1% Serum
🌟 Honest & Detailed Review: Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 (with Ceramides)
🧴 What It Is
This serum is designed to deliver deep hydration, repair the skin barrier, and support overall skin smoothness. The formula combines Hyaluronic Acid (HA) in mul...
Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 (with Ceramides)
This is a cult classic for a reason. If your skin struggles with excess oil, visible pores, dullness, or mild breakouts, this serum simplifies everything. Niacinamide regulates sebum and helps brighten uneven tone, while zinc provides a calming, bala...
Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%
🌿 Honest & In-Depth Review: Soothing & Barrier Support Serum (for Sensitive Skin)
🧴 What It Is
This serum is designed specifically to calm irritation, strengthen the skin’s natural barrier, and support long-term skin resilience. It usuall...
Soothing & Barrier Support Serum for Sensitive Skin ...
🌟 Honest & In-Depth Review: The Ordinary Saccharomyces Ferment 30% Milky Toner
🧴 What It Is
This product is a milky toner from The Ordinary formulated for gentle exfoliation and hydration. Instead of using traditional acids (like AHAs or BHAs...
The Ordinary Saccharomyces Ferment 30% Milky Toner for Gentle Exfoliaton and Hydration
🌊 Honest & In-Depth Review: Multi-Active Delivery Essence for Hydration
🧴 What It Is
The Multi-Active Delivery Essence is a hydrating essence designed to be used right after cleansing and toning. It’s meant to boost hydration, strengthen the ...
The Ordinary Multi-Active Delivery Essence for Hydration
🌟 Honest & Detailed Review: The Ordinary Glycolic Acid 7% Exfoliating Toner
🧴 What It Is
This is a chemical exfoliating toner formulated with 7% glycolic acid (AHA) designed to gently remove dead skin cells, improve texture, brighten the comp...
Glycolic Acid 7% Exfoliating Toner
This premium TO serum feels like high-end skincare. It supports elasticity, improves firmness, and boosts overall skin health. Lightweight, fast-absorbing, and gives a healthy radiance with regular use.
Best for: early aging, dullness, loss of firmne...
Multi-Peptide + Copper Peptides 1% Serum
🌙 Honest & In-Depth Review: The Ordinary Retinol 1% in Squalane
🧴 What It Is
This is a high-strength retinol serum (1%) formulated in a squalane base — a lightweight oil that helps hydrate and reduce dryness commonly associated with retinol p...
Retinol 1% in Squalane
🌟 Honest & In-Depth Review: The Ordinary Lactic Acid 5% + HA
🧴 What It Is
Lactic Acid 5% + HA is a chemical exfoliant (AHA) serum designed to gently remove dead skin cells, improve skin texture, and brighten dullness — with added hydration fr...
Lactic Acid 5% + HA
🌟 Honest & Detailed Review: The Ordinary Lactic Acid 10% + HA
🧴 What It Is
The Ordinary Lactic Acid 10% + HA is a chemical exfoliant serum that uses 10% lactic acid (an alpha hydroxy acid) to help slough off dead skin cells, refine texture, i...
Lactic Acid 10% + HA
🌙 Honest & Detailed Review: The Ordinary Retinal 0.2% Emulsion
🧴 What It Is
The Ordinary Retinal 0.2% Emulsion is a retinoid serum containing 0.2% retinal (retinaldehyde) — a derivative of vitamin A that’s stronger and more effective than tra...
Retinal 0.2% Emulsion
🌊 Honest & In-Depth Review: The Ordinary Amino Acids + B5
🧴 What It Is
This is a hydrating serum formulated with a high concentration of amino acids (around 17%) and pro-vitamin B5 (about 5%) that works with your skin’s natural moisturizing s...
Amino Acids + B5
💧 Honest & Detailed Review: The Ordinary Marine Hyaluronics
🧴 What It Is
The Ordinary Marine Hyaluronics is a water-like hydration serum made with marine-derived ingredients (like exopolysaccharides from sea bacteria, red and blue-green algae...
Marine Hyaluronics
🌿 Honest & Detailed Review: Salicylic Acid 2% Solution
🧴 What It Is
This is a beta-hydroxy acid (BHA) exfoliating serum formulated with 2% salicylic acid — a well-known acne-fighting ingredient that helps clear pores, reduce congestion, and e...
Salicylic Acid 2% Solution
Honest Use Review 🧴 — [The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG]()
Here’s a detailed and honest review of what it’s like to use this eye serum over time:
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💧 What It Does
This is a targeted eye serum with 5% caffeine and EGCG (a green tea extr...
Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG
🌟 Honest User Review: The Ordinary Multi-Peptide Lash and Brow Serum
🧴 What It Is
This is a peptide-based serum for eyelashes and eyebrows designed to nourish, condition, and support the appearance of thicker, fuller lashes and brows over time. I...
Multi-Peptide Lash and Brow Serum
🌹 Honest User Review: Rose Hip Seed Oil (100% Organic, Cold-Pressed)
🧴 What It Is
This is a pure, organic rose hip seed oil that’s cold-pressed (no heat or harsh processing) to retain its nutrients like essential fatty acids and antioxidants. It’...
100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil
Moisturizer — “Barrier Support & Daily Hydration”
Barrier-strengthening, hydrating, and beginner-friendly moisturizers that lock in moisture without heaviness. These formulas keep the skin balanced, soft, and comfortable — perfect for everyday use and suitable for all skin types.
🌟 Short Honest Review: Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides
🧴 What It Is
This is a rich, ceramide-focused moisturizer designed to hydrate and support your skin’s natural barrier. It contains natural moisturizing factors (NMF), plant-deri...
Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides
🧴 What It Is
Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA is a daily face moisturizer designed to replicate the skin’s own natural moisturizing factors — such as amino acids, fatty acids, glycerin, sodium hyaluronate (hyaluronic acid), PCA, urea, and sacchari...
Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA - The Ordinary | Sephora
🧴 What It Is
This is a 10% azelaic acid treatment in a cream-gel “suspension” formula designed to help with:
Uneven skin tone and texture
Redness and inflammation
Acne and blemishes
Dark spots / post-breakout marks
Azelaic acid is a gentler exf...
The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension 10% | Sephora
This is a water-free, high-concentration Vitamin C treatment containing 23% pure L-ascorbic acid and 2% dehydrated hyaluronic acid (HA) spheres. It’s designed to boost skin brightness, even tone, and aging signs while delivering antioxidant benefits....
Vitamin C Suspension 23% + HA Spheres 2%
Set — “Easy, Effective, Beginner-Friendly”
Curated starter kits and treatment sets designed to simplify your skincare routine. Each set is targeted, effective, and beginner-proof, making it easy to get visible results without complicated steps.
This set is designed as a starter everyday skincare routine and typically contains three key products:
Squalane Cleanser – a gentle makeup remover and cleanser
Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 Serum – a hydration booster
Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA –...
The Ordinary The Daily Set with Hyaluronic Acid Serum
The Acne Set from The Ordinary is typically a starter skincare routine bundle focused on targeting acne, congestion, and breakouts.
These sets almost always include:
Salicylic Acid (usually 2%) — a BHA that exfoliates inside pores, helping reduce bl...
The Ordinary The Acne Set with Salicylic Acid
🧴 What “The Bright Set” Usually Is
This type of set from The Ordinary is designed to help brighten dull skin, even out skin tone, and give a more radiant complexion. Sets like this typically focus on ingredients that target uneven tone, dullness, d...
The Bright Set - The Ordinary | Sephora
Etc. — “Extra Care That Completes Your Routine”
Additional essentials from The Ordinary that don’t fall into one category but are absolutely worth having — from soothing eye treatments to growth-supporting lash and brow care. Small steps that make a big difference in your routine.
🧴 What It Is
The Mini Squalane Cleanser is a gentle, balm-to-milk cleanser designed to remove: ✔ Makeup (even sunscreen)
✔ Dirt and oil
✔ Daily impurities
It uses squalane as a base — a skin-friendly ingredient that cleans without stripping or dry...
Mini Squalane Cleanser - The Ordinary | Sephora
🌟 Product Overview
Caffeine 5% + EGCG is a targeted eye serum designed to help:
Reduce under-eye puffiness
Refresh tired eyes
Minimize the look of dark circles
Give a brighter, more awake appearance
It combines a high concentration of caffein...
The Ordinary Salicylic Acid 2% Masque is a wash-off face mask formulated with 2% salicylic acid (a beta-hydroxy acid) and a blend of clays. It’s designed to: ✔ Deep-clean pores
✔ Exfoliate dead skin cells
✔ Help reduce congestion, blackheads, and bre...