as i've said in my other post, i'm impressed with true to skin that i keep trying their products. unfortunately, they don't have many products in their line, so i decided to try their bakuchiol serum. they only have 3 serums, the other two are the hyaluronic and the niacinamide. i don't see any difference with using hyaluronic acid, and i think my skin doesn't like niacinamide, thus leaving me with bakuchiol. i've heard about it as retinol replacement, but since i don't have problem with retinol, somehow i don't feel the urge to try bakuchiol. but then i read that if your skin can take it, you can use both, so i think why not? after all, i'm trying new retinoid serum, and it's less potent than the previous one, so let's just try it.
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| the box |
this is the translated description from their website: the first local bakuchiol serum boosted with PHA, probiotics, 7 seed bean complex. bakuchiol is a natural alternative of retinol, which is safe and gentle for sensitive skin and teen, pregnant and nursing mother. our bakuchiol serum is formulated to be fast-absorbing, helps anti aging, recovers skin barrier, brighten and increases collagen production.
ingredient list: aqua, methyl propanediol, butylene glycol, PPG-13- decyltetradeceth-24, PEG/PPG/Polybutylene glycol-8/5/3 glycerin, lactobionic acid, polysorbate 20, bakuchiol, triethanolamine, phenoxyethanol, allantoin, xanthan gum, disodium EDTA, phaseolus radiatus seed extract, canavalia gladiata seed extract, glycine soja seed extract, lens esculenta (lentil) seed extract, ceratonia siliqua seed extract, pueraria lobata rood extract, lactobacillus ferment lysate filtrate, glycerin, 1,2-hexanediol, daucus carota extract, hibiscus sabdariffa extract.
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| description and ingredients list on the box |
the packaging: it comes in lilac and white combination box with description both in indonesian and english as well as ingredients list printed at the back. the serum itself comes in cloudy glass bottle with the same color label as the box and it uses dropper to dispense the product. the bottle is see through so you can see the remaining product from the outside. anyway, looking from their pictures, the serum looks slightly orangish, while mine isn't. i don't know what caused the difference. the serum comes in 20 ml which is slightly less than usual serum size. but looks like most local brand use 20 ml size for their serums.
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| the bottle |
the scent: i don't think this is scented. luckily, it doesn't smell foul either. i have no problem with the scent.
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| how it looks like inside the dropper |
the product: like i said, on their pictures, the serum leans toward orangish, while mine is just a bit yellowish. as you can see in the picture, inside the dropper, it even looks almost transparent. this is my first time using bakuchiol (aside from the sample i got from somethinc), so i don't know how it's supposed to be like. but this serum is quite watery so it's easy to spread around. it's absorbed pretty quickly.
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| on my hand |
the result: once it's absorbed, i can feel it gives moisture to my skin. it feels a bit tacky but not disturbing. i can still put another serum or moisturizer on top of this without any problem. no pilling or anything. i use this in the morning everyday and it works okay. i can see my skin condition is getting better after using this regularly. in fact, in combination with retinol every other day at night, it helps speeding up acne healing. however, for cystic acne, it's still struggling. but i don't experience nasty acne anymore after using this serum. it's not drying as i don't have any problem using it with retinol (though not at the same time). my non problematic area on my face looks glowing since i use this serum.
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| after spreading it around |
in short, i love this serum! see.. everything i tried from true to skin are great! so far, there's nothing that i dislike from their products. definitely recommend you to try it if you're afraid to use retinol or you're still teenager or you're pregnant or nursing. price wise, it's affordable and it's quite easy to find as you can buy it from sociolla aside from their official website/marketplace. as for me, i will try other bakuchiol serum/essence to see which one i like best before drawing any conclusion.
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