I need a new serum. Hydrating serum.

[Lottiebugz22]

I'm using superdrug simply pure. It's nearly finished and I would like to try something else. Up to £20 ideally no more than that.

Hada Labo (Japanese brand) hyralonic serum. £15 from Superdrug. I've just bought after seeing Nadine Baggott (fantastic beauty guru - Totally her stuff on ALL things beauty) on YouTube. Do check her out and try the serum - it;s amazing.

Totally KNOWS her stuff!

The Ordinary does a hyalauronic acid serum for not much more than £5. Basic package / branding, but good ingredients, that do what they say. You do have to pay for postage, so it may be worth looking for other things if you need them; cleanser, basic moisturiser etc.. to offset it. I use the Deciem (parent company) website, not Cult Beauty

Can I ask why you don’t want to continue with the Superdrug one? Did it not work?

I use the Aldi Lacura serum (I’m 59 with very dry skin) and it’s perfect - light, hydrating, cruelty-free and only £3.99

I love Bodyshop Oils of Life serum. I have middle aged skin prone to spots and irritation, but this stuff feels so nice on.

I found Inkey List HA far preferable than The Ordinary. TO HA is very sticky and tacky.

I love the Aldi one too! Lidl do one as well, I actually think it's even better.

I have the Hado Labo one and it does absolutely nothing for my skin. I'm not allergic to it, so thats good. I also tried GoW Hyaluronic - same,
the Superdrug one - same and Simple - same. I'm giving up on serums.
The last one I used which was absolutely fantastic, was Clarins Bi-Phase something or other, which was really transformative, but my skin is now too allergic for it.

Vichy do a nice hydrating serum.

The Ordinary. Fantastic, the serum you are after changed my skin incredibly!

5 euros

Get vit C at same time.

Do you all use serum and moisturiser separately each morning?

I find applying serum then moisturiser then primer before foundation can cause pilling if I don't have time to let each one soak in

You basically just want a hyaluronic acid serum, any will do I think, you can get very cheap ones from The Ordinary or Inkey List etc. The key is to put it onto damp skin otherwise it won't work. Then a bit of moisturiser over the top to lock it in.

I find applying serum then moisturiser then primer before foundation can cause pilling if I don't have time to let each one soak in

You might be using too much. I think you only need a tiny bit of moisturiser if you use a HA on damp skin, because it's just to keep in the moisture rather than actually giving moisture iyswim? I don't actually really use primer any more as I find the skincare provides a good enough base now, but I am going for a more 'glowy' look these days!

The Lidl one is fantastic, it has hylauronic acid and Q10 in. I also really liked the Ordinary Buffet, which I think is ceramides and peptides and it was lovely but I havent re-ordered yet and havent missed it as much I would have thought.

I have to say the origins hydrating mask in avocado has been incredible for me and had a huge impact

I also love Buffet. It's water-based, too, so no stickiness.

I have waxed lyrical about Buffet before, I love it. However, you cannot use it with glycolic acid as the acid affects the peptides, so I have also been using plain old HA and have thought that that is actually just as good for plumping up skin.

Hyaluronic is just going to do the plumping up thing, any will do, depends on your budget and preferences.
I have tried:
Hada Labor nice and watery rather than slimy
Vichy 89- similar in texture to the Hada.
The Superdrug Pure - bloody love it
TO Hyaluronic- hated it, like rubbing runny snot on my face
Buffet - which I think is also HA based ditto re runny snot.

HL and Vichy probably nicest consistency but both are basically HA so then you need an anti-oxidant vit C and any other kind of serums for specific concerns.

Do have a look at Nadine, she's amazing.

Thank you everyone.
I love the superdrug pure but I just wanted a change :)
I bought the vichy mineral 89 and really like the consistency.
I am looking at vitamin c serums now. It's such a minefield, so many options!
I looked at Nadine on YouTube I like her.

This one is fully amazing. I converted to it after 15 years with another product and I love it. It is a serum/cream combo:

www.kiehls.com/skincare/face-moisturizers/calendula-serum-infused-water-cream/KHL270.html