4 Benefits of Adding Serums to Your Routine
We all want smooth, glowing skin—but we don’t always want to spend the time finding the right skincare products and consistently following a daily skincare routine. But that’s what it takes to have radiant, healthy skin.
One skincare product you can’t live without is a serum. Small but mighty in its skin benefits, serums pack a powerful punch that could knock out Manny Pacquiao.
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1. Improve your skin on a cellular level
Serums are formulated with high concentrations of essential active ingredients, like antioxidants, vitamins, nutrients, retinol, and collagen.
They have tiny molecules within them, which is what allows serums to penetrate deeper into your skin than other skincare products to repair and boost your skin on a cellular level. So if you actually want the improved skin other products promise but you have yet to see, start using serums.
2. Prevent signs of aging
Would you rather buy four different products to take care of your skin problems and keep you looking youthful or just one? Obviously, we’d all choose one. Most serums offer at least a few of these skin benefits:
- Plump and hydrate skin
- Brighten complexion
- Even skin tone
- Smooth away wrinkles and fine lines
- Firm skin
- Fade pigmentation
- Minimize puffy under-eye bags and dark circles
- Reduce redness and inflammation
- Soothe and help prevent breakouts.
The right face serum is like a facelift in a bottle. It’s designed to improve the overall health and look of your skin without the price and healing time of a surgical facelift.
3. Get personalized results
Have oily skin? Have sensitive skin? Want to reduce fine lines and inflammation? Need something that will hydrate and even out your complexion?
There are various types of face serums, from vitamin C serum to anti-aging hyaluronic face serum, and there isn’t a cosmetic rule saying you can only use one serum. As long as the ingredients are compatible with each other and your skin type, you can layer or alternate what serums you use each day to get the customized results you’re looking for.
4. Layer underneath lotions or creams without looking greasy
Serums are lightweight, so they’ll absorb quickly into your skin—you’ll add maybe 1-2 minutes to your current skincare routine—and you can easily layer them underneath a moisturizer and sunscreen without making your skin feel oily or clogging your pores.
Some women think if you use a moisturizer you don’t need face serum—wrong. A moisturizer hydrates your skin’s top layer, while serum hydrates your skin on a much deeper level.
Worn together (serum then moisturizer), the serum boosts the hydrating effects of moisturizer and will make your skin feel and look more radiant than it has in years.
So find a serum that works for you and use it daily. Then, after several weeks of consistent use, you’ll understand first-hand the benefits of adding serums to even a simple skincare routine and tell every woman you know to start using serums, too.
