torriden balanceful serum

when i went to korea, obviously i've warned my husband that i would buy a lot of stuff from olive young. i have this long list of products that i want to buy, but since i only have one face, i only bought stuff that i think will be suitable for me. however, there are some brands that i really want to try. torriden is one of it. luckily, when i try the tester, i quite like some of their products, so i end up buying several stuff from them. i've tried their famous dive in serum, so now let's try the balanceful serum. i like the balanceful cream, so hopefully the serum will work for me too.

this is the description from olive young website: the balanceful cica soothing serum is a sensitive soothing serum that uses complex cica to help with intensive calming for sensitive and upset skin. reviews of torriden employees show high satisfaction, since those with sensitive skin felt it was very mild without being sticky, and the soothing effect could be felt even with sensitive skin; those with oily skin felt it absorbed quickly and felt fresh and moist, and the skin texture was smooth the next day; those with combination skin said that the firm and moist formulation applies gently and fills in the skin moisture, comforts sensitive skin, and clearly calm any skin troubles. it features intensive soothing, low irritation to sensitive skin, and patented calming ingredients. it is a product for solving problems for sensitive and combination skin, which can get easily sensitive from excessive sebum and wants a solution that can calm the skin with little irritation.

torriden focused on how to deliver ingredients effectively for sensitive skin without irritation or stickiness, and created a product that allows seamless permeation and soothing. it removes sebum, which causes sensitive skin, and makes mild care possible. it has a fresh water serum texture created with torriden's own formulation technology. with a refreshing formula that spread moistly and the formula full of moisture helps with daily soothing care without stickiness all year round. it has completed the sensitive skin irritation test in all four seasons, making stable soothing care possible.

it has completed a damaged skin soothing test for easily irritated skin, proving its efficacy by confirming a 3.1 times improvement of skin soothing effect by chemical stimulation and a 17 time improvement of redness soothing effect by chemical stimulation. as a product with torriden's soothing effect with a difference before and after use, it proved to effectively help calm and balance sensitive skin by completing a calming test on skin damaged by chemical stimulation.

the balanceful cica soothing serum is an intensive calming care product. since healthy skin is mildly acidic, the balanceful cica calming serum helps maintain a healthy and comfortable skin environment by applying a mildly acidic formula that maintains the pH of healthy skin. 

the packaging: since i bought this as a set, the box is quite big. it comes in a light green box with the picture of the products inside. this is a set of a full size serum and a mini size of moisturizer. there's description at the back but everything is in korean. the serum itself comes in a transparent light green plastic bottle with dropper to dispense the product. the dropper is quite long so it can reach most of the product. the serum is 50 ml in size, which is slightly more than usual serum (30 ml). but i think it's a normal size for a serum in korean. they tend to go big size. 

the scent: as described this one is scentless. even though i have no problem with it, some people said that this smell awful.

the product: it's a transparent gel type serum. it's slightly runnier than the dive in serum. but only a tiny bit. it's easy to spread around. i usually use one drop for each area, so total 4 drops for my whole face and another drop or two for my neck. 

the result: afterward, i can say that it gives significant glow to my skin. it's moisturizing and hydrating but it's a tad more lightweight than the dive in serum. at first i think it's the same as the dive in. but after awhile, i notice that this one is slightly more lightweight than the dive in. ever since i use vitamin c twice a day and only use exfoliation pad, i notice my skin doesn't break out as often as before. even if i got acne, it isn't as worse as before. i can't say for sure for the soothing part, but i notice i don't experience redness as bad as before even when it's super hot.

i do like this one as well. i think it will be suitable for all skin types since it's lightweight but still moisturizing. however, if you have dry skin, you might like the dive in serum better than the balanceful serum. but if you live in hot and humid weather, then the balanceful serum would be a better pick. even though some torriden products are available here, but none of the balanceful line yet. if i can get my hands on this one again, i will surely buy this one again. price wise, i can't say for sure since i don't have this habit where you convert the price to KRW to my country's currency.