Best Daytime Serum

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A daytime serum is a lightweight, oil-free cream that's designed to be applied in the morning under your makeup. It's a great way to hydrate your skin and prep it for the day ahead.

Dr. Barbara SturmThe Good C Vitamin C Serum

ITEM: 2425189

Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL

219 Reviews

$216.00

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Good for a combination skin type And daytime serum....It is definitely masterpiece made with best possible ingredients. Using face day and night cream, eye cream from brand as well for best results possible.

What it is: A safe, gentle face serum that contains a total concentration of 5 percent vitamin C to reduce the visible signs of uneven pigmentation and visibly improve skin tone.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dark Spots, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Zinc: Activates and transports vitamin C effectively into the skin.
- Aloe Vera and Hyaluronic Acid: Provide intensive moisture and hydration.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: This serum contains a unique mixture of vitamin C.

$99.00

I have enjoyed using this serum. I currently have sensitive and dry skin so this serum hydrated my face making it feel so smooth. ...This had been the best serum that I ever tried! I use this for my eczema on my arm for couple of days. ...Hydrating and great for daytime or nighttime use

What it is: A super-concentrated serum that helps calm, restore, and defend sensitive skin.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Redness, Dryness, and Dullness and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Serum

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Oat: Helps calm inflammation.
- Glycerin: Hydrates skin.
- Evening Primrose Oil: Helps calm rashes, inflammation, and dry skin.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and triclocarban, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances.

$65.00

Best product I've ever tried !...It's one of the first products that I can visibly see a instant difference in the brightness of my skin. first day I used it my neighbor came over to say I look like a teenager, I'm 28 just had my second baby...This produce has made such a difference in my skins hydration while still being able to use the other products, and it's not causing any major breakouts 1 pump for daytime is totally reasonable and I use 2 pumps for at night for a little extra.

What it is: A multitasking serum with three forms of hyaluronic acid plus polyglutamic acid to intensely hydrate and visibly plump skin.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles and Dryness

Formulation: Lightweight Serum

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Triple-Hydra™ Complex: Visibly plumps skin.
- S6Pro Complex™: Smooths and visibly balances skin.
- Squalane and Collagen: Nourish and condition skin.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: TULA Skincare’s Triple-Hydra™ Complex ™ drenches skin with three molecular weights of hyaluronic acid plus polyglutamic acid to

$129.00

Excellent serum for plumper, healthier and bouncier looking skin. ...The best serum!! My skin is so hydrated and looks so plump when I use this serum!

What it is: A serum with collagen amino acids, carnosine dipeptide, and polyglutamic acid that plumps skin’s appearance and visibly promotes, protects, and preserves collagen.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dryness, and Loss of Firmness and Elasticity

Formulation: Lightweight Serum

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Pro-Collagen Preservation Complex with Collagen Amino Acids and Carnosine Dipeptide: Defends against collagen-degrading free radicals.
- Jojoba Ester and Polyglutamic Acid: Nourish and visibly plump for firmer-looking skin.
- Wild Indigo Extract and Arginine PCA: Restore skin’s visible radiance.

Ingredient Callouts:

$107.00

Gifted by Kora Organics. Great serum. I use a retinal serum, but still use this in the daytime. ...I have sensitive, oily to combination skin, and using this serum once a day has not caused any issues for me.

What it is: A natural retinol-alternative serum that smooths the look of wrinkles and visibly firms skin while protecting it from future aging with a boost of nurturing antioxidants.
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Uneven Texture, and Loss of Firmness and Elasticity

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Bakuchiol: Smooths appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and promotes firmer-looking skin.
- Alfalfa Extract: Targets signs of aging and helps smooth rough, damaged skin.
- Açai Stem Cell Extract: Defends skin from environmental stress and future signs of aging.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

$120.00

I have been using this serum both as part of my daytime and nighttime routines and I am already noticing that my face looks brighter the next day and that my fine lines are a little bit less visible!!...This Brightening Serum is so nice. I have added into my daytime skincare routine.

What it is: A visibly brightening and firming serum with 12-hour time-release vitamin C and ferulic acid that target hyperpigmentation and reduce the look of post-acne marks.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dark Spots, Dullness, and Uneven Skin Tone

Formulation: Serum

Highlighted Ingredients:
- 12-Hour Time-Release Vitamin C: Visibly brightens all day for rapid results.
- Ferulic Acid and Vitamin-C-Rich Japanese Plum: Visibly firm and support elasticity while boosting antioxidant protection.
- Pro-Glutathione Antioxidant Booster: Targets hyperpigmentation and delivers 13 times more antioxidant power to visibly brighten.

What Else You Need to Know: To optim

$70.00

I adore this whole line - the serum and cream for every day and the correcting treatment for 'makeup' days. ...I really liked this intensive moisturizing cream from Dr Jart, it has helped me in these cold days to keep my face more hydrated, it also helped my skin with redness, I applied it for several days and the truth is that it did help me It calms my skin, it is somewhat dense but absorbs very well and the next day the skin feels super soft, which I recommend for dry, combination and sensitive skin.

What it is: A moisturizer for sensitive skin with soothing Centella Asiatica. This face cream instantly reduces visible redness and helps repair damage to the skin barrier. Derm tested.


Skin Type: Normal, Dry, and Combination


Skincare Concerns: Dryness and Redness

$88.00

This is the first thing I’ve tried - and I’ve tried just about everything - that’s really helped my hyperpigmentation. Holy grail daytime serum!...The best dark spot serum...It can tingle a little when you put it on after you wash your face so I recommend putting it on after your other serums. I’ve used a lot of dark spot serums and this one has shown the most improvement.

What it is: A first-of-its-kind blend of 10 percent vitamin C and white shiitake mushroom that starts visibly degrading dark spots on contact and keeps working every day to discourage new ones from appearing.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dark Spots, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Lightweight Serum

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin C 10%: Acts as a potent antioxidant, visibly brightening and firming skin without causing irritation or losing stability.
- White Shiitake Mushroom Extract: Addresses the look of dark spots and discourages the formation of new ones.
- Licorice Root Extract: Calms the look of discoloration and fights the look of future dark spots

ClarinsTinted Oleo-Serum

Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2727709

Color: 2

2.1K Reviews

$62.00

However, I did notice that on days when my skin was particularly dry, the serum tended to emphasize any cracks or dry patches. ...Best tinted serum...I tried The Clarins Tinted Oleo-Serum in shades 4 and 5 is a light, hydrating formula perfect for daytime use.

What it is: A tinted serum that brightens your complexion and effectively cares for your skin with nourishing and hydrating ingredients.


Skin Type: Normal and Dry


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Hazelnut: Nourishes and protects skin from dehydration.

- Jojoba: Nourishes skin without leaving a greasy residue.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, oxybenzone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan. It also comes in recyclable packaging.

$107.00

It doesn’t leave any residue and absorbs very quickly into the skin as well. It’s the perfect daytime serum...A vitamin c serum is non negotiable for my daytime routine & I always come back to this one.

What it is: A potent 15 percent vitamin C day serum packed with antioxidants, nutrients, and fruit enzymes to visibly firm, brighten, and improve the signs of photoaging.


Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily


Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dullness and Uneven Texture, Loss of Firmness and Elasticity, Dark Spots, Redness, Acne and Blemishes


Formulation: Lightweight Serum


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