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Favorite Serums by Skincare Concern
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items I have dry skin, hyperpigmentation, texture and loss of volume—oh, and I am acne prone 🤪 So I have tried a huge variety of skincare serums over the last 5 years and I have a few favorites! Breaking them down by skincare concern here to make them eas...
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Best Vitamin C Serums
Best Dark Spot Serums
Best Hydrating Serums
Best Peptide Serums
Best Vitamin C Serums
This is more budget friendly and also works really well! This is a great option for sensitive skin. This serum contains Vitamin C and E—plus hydration support from hyaluronic acid and a calming botanical complex.
MAELOVE | The Glow Maker Serum
Drunk Elephant products don’t usually agree with my skin, but this is my one success story from the line. This contains 10% Vitamin C and really targets post-acne marks and dark spots.
C-Luma™ Hydrabright Serum
Probably my favorite Vitamin C of them all—and the one I am currently using. This is another gentle formula and the best option of all the Medik8 vitamin C formulas for sensitive skin. It is jojoba oil-based, which means it is lightweight with a non-...
C-Tetra™
She’s pricey and smells terrible—but she gets results. My derm swears by this… she even went as far to say if she could only splurge on ONE item in her routine and use budget finds for everyone else, she would splurge on this one. I have repurchased ...
SKINCEUTICALS | C E Ferulic
Best Dark Spot Serums
This is a highly effective vitamin C alternative and the serum that made the biggest improvement in my post-acne marks. I use this twice daily currently—and it can be used alongside my retinol at night with no issue. Use code SKINDEEPATX15 to save!
MOTHER SCIENCE | Molecular Hero Serum
This serum treated my dark spots and gave my skin a radiant glow. There is something magical about this and my skin truly looks more hydrated and brighter when I have this in my routine. The downside is that she is pricey. A gorgeous Vitamin C altern...
CAUDALIE | Vinoperfect Radiance Serum
I love Eadem products. This one has been effective for dark spots, but I tend to use this more as a spot treatment on post-acne marks vs. something I apply to my full face. The applicator makes it easy to be precise with product placement and a littl...
EADEM | The Mark Advanced Targeted Dark Spot Concentrate Treatment
This is another great applicator for spot treatments—where I really saw improvement with this was on the dark melasma lines around my mouth (I am super self-conscious about them because they look like poorly applied lip liner 😂). I like using this p...
Major Fade Hyper Serum - full size | 0.96 oz/28 ml
Best Hydrating Serums
I get so many compliments on my skin when I have this is my routine. Applying the Rhode Glazing Milk first, followed by this serum, is my secret glass skin combo. This makes my skin look youthful and hydrated.
PEACH & LILY | Glass Skin Refining Serum
This is my best budget pick AND my best pick for acne-prone skin. It doesn’t contain any pore-clogging ingredients and it’s only $6. It doesn’t have the sticky feeling that many HA serums have and it definitely gives my skin a nice hydration boost.
GOOD MOLECULES | Hyaluronic Acid Serum
This is my top K-beauty pick for a hydrating serum. I absolutely love the sheet masks made with this serum, but of course, this is more practical for daily use. It plumps skin nicely and also has ingredients that soothe skin.
TORRIDEN | Dive In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Serum
I think Shani Darden is the best esthetician-founded brand out there—this is a higher price range for sure, but undeniably effective. The hero ingredient here is snow mushroom, which attracts and retains moisture—which gives the benefit of “skin floo...
SHANI DARDEN SKIN CARE | Moisture Boost Plumping Serum
This is such an amazing budget-friendly option. I actually got to try this before it hit the market and it is truly comparable to more $$$ serums. (Fun fact: if you look hard enough on their website, you will find my before and after pictures!). This...
THE INKEY LIST | Exosome Hydro-Glow Complex Serum
Best Peptide Serums
This is a peptide-rich serum—but it could also be under the dark spot serum category because it also contains antioxidants to target pigmentation (the active here is niacinamide—no vitamin C). It’s truly a multi-tasker! I don’t get a ton of redness, ...
DIEUX | Deliverance Serum
This is a pricey option, but a fan favorite among the luxury skincare Reddit crowd and one I regularly go back to. This is a blend of 13 peptides to target fine lines and build firmness. I do get Botox but this is a nice compliment and it softens sma...
MEDIK8 | Liquid Peptides Advanced MP Serum
Another favorite of mine from Maelove—if you want to go the copper peptides route, I highly recommend this serum because it’s reasonably priced AND it’s the only copper peptide serum I have tried that hasn’t broken me out. I used this in my PM routin...
MAELOVE | Peptide Squad
This is a hydrating serum with three peptides to reduce fine lines and improve skin’s elasticity. It is safe for acne-prone and sensitive skin types and my dry skin loves it too! Use code SKINDEEPATX15 to save!
Triple Lipid Activating Serum