i know i might be late trying these light bulb serums, but better late than never, right? anyway, i want to try all of them, but it's impossible as i only have one face. but thankfully, they have sample sizes, which is just 12 ml. so, luckily i managed to get some in 12 ml sizes, one of them is the cica one. let's see how it goes.
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| the box |
this is translated from their catalogue: this is a powerful serum to treat sensitive skin (soothing and calming irritated skin) with natural ingredients from centella asiatica (cica) or known as daun pegagan that has lots of benefits for skin, such as:
- calms irritated skin
- helps reduce redness
- helps with acne
- gives maximum hydration
- helps improve skin barrier function
benefits:
- helps reduce itch and irritation
- helps reduce redness on face
- calms dry and inflamed skin
- helps to reduce acne
- gives optimum hydration to the skin
- increases skin moisture and improves skin barrier function
suitable for: irritated skin and redness, blemish skin, dry skin, dehydrated skin.
cica has been known as herbal plants that can be used to heal wound, calm redness and irritation. cica in this serum can gives moisture to skin as well as reduce transepidermal waterloss (TEWL) by strengthening or increasing skin barrier function.
ingredients list: water, propylene glycol, centella asiatica (leaf) extract, glycerin, propanediol, phenoxyethanol, aloe barbandensis (leaf) extract, dimethyl isosorbide, acrylates/ C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, triethanolamine, citric acid, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, citrullus lanatus (watermelon) fruit extract, sodium citrate, soluble collagen.
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| description and ingredients on the box |
the packaging: it comes in a white/red box combination. they color coded the box and packaging according to the type. if it's hydrating, it's red and white. for brightening it's orange. for retinol/bakuchiol, it's purple. yellow for exfoliating and green for peptide. so, for this cica, it's red. there's description on the sides and the back in english and indonesia as well as the ingredients list at the back. you can open the box until it's completely flat, probably for repurposing or recycling purpose. but they still the top of the box with hologram sticker. this kind of packaging is similar to to elsheskin one. it also has more description in the inside part. the sample size is 12 ml which is quite decent for a serum. while the full size on is 32 ml. the sample size is the miniature of the full size one. the serum comes in a transparent glass bottle that has light-bulb shape with dropper to dispense the serum. at first, i thought it was cute to have it shaped round like a light-bulb, but now i think it's annoying. it takes more space in my vanity and the dropper is quite short so it's hard to get the remaining serum if it's only a quarter left in the bottle.
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| description inside box |
the scent: i think it's scentless. considering that it has watermelon extract, i thought it would have watermelony scent, but nothing. so i guess it'll be okay for sensitive skin.
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| how it looks like on the dropper |
the product: the serum is transparent runny liquid type serum. it totally looks like water. very quick to absorbed like water. it's absorbed within seconds and doesn't give sticky feeling afterward.
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| how it looks like on my hand |
the result: it gives hydration alright, but not too much. i think if you use rich toner, then this serum might feels meh. it's very runny so if you have dry skin, i don't think it'll do much. as for soothing, it helps a bit, but if i have to judge, other cica serum or product that i've tried gives more clear result than this one. other than added hydration and a bit soothing, i don't feel anything else. it doesn't help reduce acne as well. i think the glowincpotion and the somethinc hydrapore works better in keeping acne at bay.
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| after blended it around |
honestly, i think i won't repurchase this one. it's not doing much to my skin. i think it'll be okay for combination skin or oily skin, but for dry skin, it won't do much. but, if you like the cute packaging and the simplicity of the product, then you can try it. the price is still reasonable for both the sample or full size. and even though it's sold out, somehow it's faster to get it restocked rather than the avoskin one. compared to the inoceramide one, i like the inoceramide one better as it gives a perfect balance of hydration and moisture. i still have the hyaluronic one in the same category, so i'll try that one first before taking any more conclusion.
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