i've been to japan several times and each time i went there, i used that opportunity to purchase lots of skincare stuff. but i almost never tried their serum. this time i decided to try their essence/serum. i've tried the hada labo gokujyun essence, but i don't quite like it. this time i tried hadabisei serum. i only have tried their eye mask before, and it was so-so. so let's see how this one does.
this is the description from their website: a beauty essence that allows you to care for your eyes and mouth with plenty of beauty ingredients. 4 kinds of moisturizing ingredients and 11 kinds of organic moisture ingredients. a beauty liquid that concentrates plenty of beauty ingredients into one drop, moisturizes to the deepest layer of the stratum corneum. permeation type gold retinol ex blend.
it contains collagen, hyaluronic acid, plant placenta (melon placenta extract), plant ceramide (yuzu fruit extract), altea, aloe, sage, fennel, cucumber, centella asiatica, knotweed, liquorice, tea, rosemary, chamomile.
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| the packaging |
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| back side |
the packaging: it comes in a hard plastic packaging with a piece of paper inside that has a infographic about where you should use the serum for and a bit description at the back in japanese. the serum comes in light yellow glass bottle with dropper to dispense the product. it comes in regular 30 ml size but somehow it seems so little since it finishes quickly. there's another description at the back of the bottle in japanese too. the bottle is see-through so you can see the remaining product inside. the dropper is good, i don't have any problem with it so far.
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| the bottle |
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| back of the bottle |
the scent: i think it's scentless, but i can smell a bit alcohol scent in it. perhaps because it contains alcohol. but it's barely detectable.
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| milky white serum in the dropper |
the product: it's a milky white serum, a bit viscous just like usual serum consistency, but it spreads easily and it's absorbed easily too. i use a full dropper for my whole face. i know.. it's supposed to be used on smile lines or under eyes, but why? aging signs don't just show on those lines so i'd better use it on my whole face. unfortunately, the serum seems to be finishing quickly since i only use it almost a month and it's just a quarter left. i guess it's meant to be used for smile lines and under eyes only.
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| after putting it on my hand |
the result: it's a moisturizing serum just as promised and it's lightweight. it absorbs into my skin well and doesn't feel too sticky. but i don't think it would be enough on its own. it layers well over and under other products that i use without any pilling. and although it contains retinyl palmitate, it doesn't feel irritating at all. i also use other retinol product every other day, but even when i use it in combination with this serum, it works okay. but that doesn't mean you can be reckless, you still need to hydrate and moisture your skin well when you're using actives like retinol.
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| after patting it |
anyway, i'm quite like this serum. it's quite affordable for a moisturizing serum. but i don't like that i finish this serum very quickly. it's almost gone in just under two months. which is not economical considering that this comes in regular 30 ml serum size. but if you're looking for anti aging serum, you might be disappointed since the retinyl palmitate is the weakest retinol product, so the effect is barely noticeable. so if you're a beginner in retinol world, this might be a good starter product for you to try. but if you're already used stronger retinol product, then you'd better skip this. as for availability, obviously you can buy it when you are in japan, but i don't know about buying this online. i know that you can buy several japan famous brands online via rakuten or maybe ebay, but hadabisei is barely heard of so i can't be sure about it. as for me, if i could go back to japan, i'd like to repurchase it again. but if i can't, i won't miss it much either.
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