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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.

DermalogicaUltracalming Serum Concentrate

ITEM: 2002384

Size: 1.3 oz/ 40 mL

158 Reviews

$109.00

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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.

ClarinsTinted Oleo-Serum

Size: 1 oz·ITEM: 2727741

Color: 5

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.

$30.00

This serum really feels good on your skin. You can apply it day and night. ...Much better consistency for daytime use, as apposed to sticky serums

What it is:! A serum that promotes glowing skin and helps combat the first visible signs of aging—previously super glow, this serum has new packaging and a new name.


Skin Type: Normal, Dry, and Combination


Formulation: Serum


What Else You Need to Know: Re-energize your skin with this visibly brightening face serum—the most concentrated product in the Sephora Collection Glow range. From the very first use, it visibly boosts radiance while protecting the skin from external factors.

$94.00

What it is: A dual-phase serum that visibly firms and lifts skin while improving the look of tightness and smoothing wrinkles for an overall sculpted look.


Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily


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


Formulation: Serum

$142.00

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:

$21.20

Great serum....It's also perfect for both daytime and nighttime use....Best serum ever!...Probably one of the best serums I’ve used! It went smoothly on my skin and didn’t peel any of my skincare underneath!

What it is: A daily antioxidant serum with eight technologies, including vitamin C and ginseng, that protects and visibly brightens dull skin.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Serum

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Ascorbyl Glucoside: A stabilized form of vitamin C that supports skin’s natural collagen.
- Ginseng Extract: A plant extract that helps protect and soothe skin’s stress response.
- EGCG: Designed to help shield against environmental irritants.

Live TintedHueglow Liquid Highlighter Drops

Size: 1.7 oz / 50 mL·ITEM: 2704344

Color: Dawn - rose gold

179 Reviews

$54.00

Love this highlighter serum. I mix with my cc cream and that's my go-to face care if it's a no makeup day....A nice sheen for natural looking days...A nice highlighter for natural days I think. I applied on clean no makeup skin and gave me a little extra glow.

What it is: These squalane-powered glow drops give skin the yummiest natural glow with every single drop. 


Coverage: Light


Finish: 
Radiant


Formulation: 
Liquid


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Squalane: Prevents moisture loss and restores visible suppleness to skin.

- Sunflower Seed Oil: Helps to replenish, strengthen, and soothe skin.

- Hyaluronic Acid: Holds up to 1,000 times its weight in moisture for advanced hydration.


Ingredient Callouts: It is cruelty-free.

$40.50

Feels good, but there are better serums...This serum feels good on the skin but I have not noticed a difference like I do when I use other brands....On hot days, I prefer to only use the moisturizer and will use both serum and moisturizer at night after cleansing.

What it is: A Vitamin C and Polyglutamic Acid anti-aging serum that reduces appearance of dark spots, fine lines and wrinkles, visibly brightens, and plumps skin for flawless makeup application.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dark spots, pores, and loss of firmness and elasticity

Formulation: Lightweight Serum

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Golden Vitamin C: This more stable form of vitamin C evens and brightens skin tone more thoroughly than traditional vitamin C.
- Polyglutamic Acid: Four times more hydrating than hyaluronic acid, it acts as a plumper-looking skin filter to reduce appearance of fine lines.

$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

MAKEUP BY MARIOSoftsculpt® Multi-Use Bronzing & Shaping Serum with Hyaluronic Acid

Size: 1.01 oz·ITEM: 2775583

Color: Medium - natural skin-like finish for medium skin tones

1.1K Reviews

$54.00

The best bronzer lightweight perfect for hot days...Perfect for summer to get that natural looking sun kissed look without feeling of makeup on hot day. It has a light scant that goes away package is beautiful light....The Best Bronzing Serum...This is one of the best bronzing serums I’ve tried. The color blends out so nicely from the thin but still substantial serum.

What it is: A multi-use liquid bronzer that warms the complexion with a sunkissed glow and softly shapes targeted areas with a sheer, natural, second-skin finish.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Natural

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates.
- Vitamin E: An antioxidant that nourishes.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: A lightweight bronzing serum

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