St Botanica Hyaluronic Acid Serum Review

St Botanica Hyaluronic Acid Serum Review: Today’s post is about St. Botanica Hyaluronic Acid Serum Review. St botanica has variety of ingredients based serum for different skin concern like retinol for anti aging, vitamin C for skin brightening and hyaluronic acid serum for hydrated and youthful skin. I bought this hyaluronic acid serum because it contains the combination of hyaluronic acid, Vitamin C, Vitamin E and this mixture is quite amazing when it comes to skin rejuvenation and anti-aging. To know more about the product, let’s get into the details.

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Price: INR 999 for 20ml

Shelf life: 2 years

Available On: Amazon, Nykaa

Product Description

This serum contain 100% pure hyaluronic acid with vitamin C and E, infused with special anti-aging ingredients that design to further enhance and activate hyaluronic acid’s moisturizing properties helping reduce the appearance of wrinkles and causing your skin to feel healthier and look younger.

Packaging

It comes in a tiny dark brown glass bottle with a pump attached on top that looks quite large in proportion to bottle. Pump is secured with a separate cover to prevent leakage. The best thing about the packaging is that it is dark colored that prevent Vitamin C from oxidizing. Moreover, it has labels containing details about the product. And complete product information is mention over outer cardboard box that comes with it.

Fragrance

St botanica hyaluronic acid serum has citrus smell with the hint of floral and fragrance is quite similar to essential oils. I honestly like its smell because it does not feel harsh or overpowering. Also, it does not stay for too long.

Ingredients

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A brief note on its main ingredients:

Hyaluronic Acid

One of the best skin hydrator having anti wrinkle properties in it. This help keep skin more youthful, plump and radiant because of its capacity to retain moisture level in skin.

Vitamin C

It is an antioxidant that guards our skin cells against free radical damage. Moreover, it reduce the melanin production, in result skin looks glowing and even toned. With continuous use it reduces the appearance of dark spots and hyperpigmentation.

Vitamin E

It is an another antioxidant that improve overall health of our skin by fighting free radicals.

St Botanica Hyaluronic Acid Serum Review And My Experience

St Botanica Hyaluronic Acid Serum has a non oily and gel based formula that does not feel sticky or greasy. I was quite surprised because I was expecting it to be a very moisturizing oil based serum but this is exact opposite of my expectation. I apply it right after cleansing my face so that I can avail maximum benefits from this. It gets absorbed instantly into the skin leaving a matte finish.

Formula is really good for oily and combination skin type because it does not feel heavy and greasy. On my dry/normal skin it does not give sufficient hydration, whereas this is hydrating enough for oily and combination skin. I do need a good moisturizer on top of it and sometimes I layer an emulsion before applying moisturizer so that my dry skin feel comfortable whole night.

It is enriched with Vitamin C, so I only use it at night before going to sleep. I would suggest avoid using this in day time because it does contain essential oils as well that may react with UV rays. With regular usage, I did notice an improvement on my skin it looks a little clearer and glowing than before. I can’t say whether it will remove dark spots or not because I don’t have dark spots currently but it does help lighten blemishes. However, improvements are not too drastic. It has been more than a month since I have been using this serum and half of the bottle is still left. Therefore, I can say it will last you 2-3 months if you use it only once a day.

Furthermore, it does not irritate my skin but do a patch test if you have sensitive skin. Also, it does not broke me out. I have tried using this with facial oil and it starts peeling off that was disgusting. It does not work well with oil based moisturizer specially when you massage, it tends to peel off very easily.

PROS

Travel friendly packaging
Give matte finish to skin
Non greasy and oil free formula
Lightweight
Hydrates oily and combination skin
No irritation
Does not break me out
Makes skin clear and glowing
Free of mineral oil, color, SLES and SLS
Contain vitamin C, E and hyaluronic acid

CONS

Does not give enough to hydration to dry skin
Does no work well with facial oil and oil base moisturizer
Pricey

Overall Rating: 4 / 5

Overall it is a good vitamin C, E and hyaluronic acid serum for oily and combination skin because it is light, non greasy and non oily in texture. If you have dull, lifeless, blemish prone skin it will be a good option to try. Not only that but it is also free of mineral oil, SLES, SLS and artificial color. Although, I think it is a bit overpriced for the quantity but if you want to use only one serum which contain different beneficial ingredients you can definitely go for this one.

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