Facial serum should definitely not be missing in your beauty closet. GALA will tell you why skin care is so important for our skin and how you use it.
Most of you probably own a variety of beauty products, but does that include a facial serum? A high quality serum can make an important difference in your skin care routine, give your skin an extra dose of care and a quick moisture boost, and achieve more beautiful skin.
Face serum: what is it actually?
What many don’t know is facial serum valuable intensive care for the facethat you can apply after cleansing and before the cream. The serum provides the skin with ingredients that are just as important as day or night care. However, the concentration of active ingredients, for example hyaluronic acid, Q10 and vitamins, is considerably higher in facial serum than in conventional creams. The reason: they are in serums Ingredients in a specially concentrated and formulated form contain. Depending on the manufacturer and product, a facial serum has a more watery or a gel-like texture, but always light.
The next point also proves that a facial serum is not entirely unimportant for your skin care, because thanks to the use of one Serums the effectiveness of the care products that are used afterwards also comes into its own. This is mainly due to the fact that serums have no lipid replenishing substances and only very small molecules that penetrate deeper into the skin than a cream or oil. A face serum prepares the skin better for the use of other care products and at the same time promotes the penetration of the water-soluble active ingredients. That makes the face serum real Beauty secret weapon – smooth and radiant skin included!
What does a serum contain?
Serums contain compared to creams no or only very few moisturizing ingredients. They do not act as a substitute for a day cream, but much more as a supplement to your day and night cream. The ingredients vary depending on the target. A moisturizing serum or anti-aging serum, for example, contains hyaluronic acid so that your skin gets a special moisture boost and the existing wrinkles are minimized so that the skin shines more again.
The situation is different with a regenerating serum, because it usually contains more nourishing plant extracts, for example from red algae, aloe vera and roses, and thereby reactivates the regeneration process and prolongs the youth of the skin. A face serum can also have many other active ingredients, vitamin C and caffeine are just a few of these.
These types of facial serum exist
Facial serum is therefore not just facial serum, because there are different types of the beauty secret weapon:
- Moisturizing serum
- Anti-aging facial serum
- Hyaluronic acid serum
- Collagen serum
- Vitamin C Serum
- Ampoules
When and how often should a face serum be used?
So that the ingredients in the facial serum are well absorbed by the skin and can also develop fully there, it is important that the serum is applied as early as possible in the facial cleansing. Preferably after the toner.
It is especially important to use just a few drops of the facial serum once a day in the morning or in the evening after cleansing the face with lukewarm water or with facial toner and after the tonic applied to dry face, neck and décolleté and then gently massaged in with fingertips. After the light texture is completely absorbed, you can pamper your skin with eye care and a face cream or face oil (ideally with sunscreen) that is tailored to your skin type. Now you have created the perfect basis for the make-up that follows.
For women with oily skin, a serum is often sufficient as day care in summer because their skin produces enough of its own fats. In this case, a day cream can be dispensed with.
A rule of thumb: Lighter consistencies are always used in skin care before richer products. Regenerating serums are usually only applied in the evening.
From what age is it recommended to use a facial serum?
Basically, it should be said that the skin changes from the mid-20s. Among other things, the skin produces less autologous fat, cell renewal slows down and the skin’s moisture reserves decrease. A pale complexion and the first lines of dryness appear. The perfect moment to replenish the skin’s moisture with facial serums.
And the best: No matter how complex your facial cleansing may be, a serum is super easy to apply and the effect of healthier and more balanced skin – with regular use – can also be seen relatively quickly. From the age of 30, a serum should be an integral part of your care routine in order to ensure a radiant complexion for as long as possible and optimally prevent skin aging such as wrinkles.
A face serum can do that too
- If you apply the serum in the morning, it can also work great as a primer (basis for the make-up applied afterwards) and thus improve the durability of make-up on the skin.
- Don’t just pamper your face with a face serum, your neck and décolleté in particular are often prone to dryness, so a moisture boost would do them particularly well.
- Do you have occasionally stressed and dry skin areas? Treat them selectively with a face serum and give your skin particularly beautiful and intensive care.
Which serum is best for your skin?
Whether moisturizing, refreshing, firming or calming, there is a suitable facial serum for every skin type. This makes serums particularly popular. And even if they are sometimes a bit more expensive, a serum generally has to be bought less often than a moisturizer, for example, because you only need a few drops of the oil per application.
The good: You decide whether you buy and use it in the form of ampoules, pipettes or a bottle with a pump dispenser.
Normal skin
A Face serum for normal skin should contain vitamin C and hyaluronic acid and thus give the skin a good portion of moisture and make it soft and supple. Fresh glow included!
Sensitive skin
A Face serum for sensitive skin often has amino acids and thermal water, among other things, because this makes the skin more resilient and soothes it. If ingredients such as green tea and açaí berries are added, this leads to a balanced complexion.
Dry skin
Dehydrated skin is often tight. In order for you to take care of them optimally, a must Face serum for dry skin especially with hyaluronic acid and aloe vera, because this helps the skin to bind water and prevent small wrinkles. In this way, the skin is supplied with sufficient moisture.
Blemished skin
A Anti-pimple facial serum with salicylic acid, phytic acid, sulfur and farnesol clears your face extensively, yet soothingly.
Anti aging
But there are also special ones Anti-aging facial serumsthat are geared towards the needs of mature skin. They contain ingredients such as retinol, peptides, glycolic acid and ferulic acid, so they repair the damage that has already occurred and provide intensive moisture. Depending on the instructions on the package, these serums are usually to be applied before going to bed, as they make the skin sensitive to light. A care with sun protection factor the morning after then contributes optimally to the protection of the skin.
Against wrinkles
A Anti-wrinkle facial serum at best should contain retinol, hyaluronic acid, vitamin C and alpha and beta-hydroxy acids in order to have a firming effect and delay skin aging.
Against pigment spots
A Face serum against pigment spots in most cases contains vitamin C, liquorice root, mulberry and bearberry extract. With regular use, the face serum can have a skin tone correcting effect.