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Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:29 am  |
With products increasingly being made in serum form, I'm finding I have more than one to put on even splitting them up AM and PM.
I've been doing any vit. C first, like CE Ferulic and then after certain time putting whatever sample I'm trying like lancaster 365 on top even though both should be applied on fresh cleansed skin.
Anyone else have this delimma? Opinions? |
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Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:24 pm |
correction..dilemma
ANYONE? |
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Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:32 pm |
| I don't like to layer products at all. If I want to use something, I generally just pick 1 or 2 items to use and just use that. You could try using your 2 serums on alternating days. |
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24 yrs old. favorite sunscreen right now: Burnout [now 35] |
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Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:11 pm |
| Thank you for your answer. I am worried about absorption. Some say thinnest to thickest. It seems like everyone is making a serum now! |
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Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:28 pm |
| babymax, you could do your C serum in the morning, and apply your lancaster serum in the evening? You are doing it right though with your C first, and then the lancaster serum following that. |
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Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:31 pm |
| General rule with serums is to apply the most acidic first (usually vit. C) and thinnest to thickest. If you're using a good vit. C serum (skinceuticals, skinmedica, vivier), then I think you might only need to apply alternate days. I read somewhere that vit. C can stay in the skin for up to 3 days. You certainly don't need to use vit. C more than once a day. It's best used in the AM under your sunscreen. You can use the Lancaster serum PM. |
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Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:09 am |
| I try to avoid layering serums. I use vitamin C serum and believe it works best on its own. In my opinion, skin can get irritated and "confused" if too many actives are applied on the same time. Still, I would like to use a moisturizer with antioxidants on top of the vitamin C serum. |
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Female, 40, Norway. Normal/dry skin, starting to see signs of aging. Staples: Glycolic acid cleanser, SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF, Revaleskin, NIA24. |
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