Hi, Beauty!
I truly never understood what a serum was until a couple of years ago.
I always assumed it was just a fancier version of a moisturizer.
The bottles looked the same, they seemed to do similar things, and there really wasn’t anywhere that clearly explained the difference between the two. At least not when I used to shop for skin care in person rather than online.
So naturally, I skipped using a serum altogether because it didn’t seem necessary.
But boy, was I wrong.
Once I started consistently using a serum with my moisturizer, I finally started to understand not only the difference between the two categories, but also why everyone was using a serum to begin with.
My skin had never looked or felt better. I was obsessed, to say the least.
The easiest way I can explain it is that your serum is like vegetables for your skin, and your moisturizer is like your daily water intake.
You always need water, and you should probably always be eating your vegetables, but if you miss a day here and there, you’re going to be okay.
It’s a similar idea with skin care.
Your serum gives your skin a more concentrated dose of ingredients and allows you to get a little more specific about what you want to support. Things like the appearance of dark spots, dullness, fine lines, redness, uneven texture, or skin that just seems a little off.
Your facial oil or cream is your moisturizing step. It gives your skin the moisture and nourishment it is constantly looking for and helps seal in everything you applied underneath it.
So when you use them together, your skin is getting support from both angles. You’re giving it the concentrated ingredients you want, along with the moisture it needs every single day.
For context, my skin is super dry, sensitive, and prone to redness. So, as you can imagine, there is usually quite a lot going on.
My go-to pairing is the Activated Hemp Serum with the Anti-Aging Facial Oil.
They are my bread and butter, my holy grails, my skin care necessities, my favorites. All of the above.
The Activated Hemp Serum is extremely versatile, but hemp is especially supportive for skin like mine. It is also just a really solid serum to reach for when your skin feels dry, sensitive, unbalanced, or like it needs a little extra care.
Along with the regeneratively grown hemp flower infusion, it includes ingredients like hyaluronic acid, tremella mushroom, astaxanthin, and superoxide dismutase to support the look of hydrated, calm, balanced skin.
I genuinely notice a difference in how my skin feels if I miss a few days of using it. It has truly transformed my skin, it has never been so soft and healthy! Such a win.
Then I follow it with the Anti-Aging Facial Oil, which is my moisturizing step.
This one is especially lovely for dry and mature skin because it gives you that richer, more nourishing moisture that my dry skin craves. It helps soften the look of dryness and leaves my skin feeling comfortable, supple, and properly moisturized.
For me, the two are just what me skin is looking for.
The Activated Hemp Serum supports the things my skin tends to struggle with, and the Anti-Aging Facial Oil gives it the moisture it is almost always asking for.
But if your skin is nothing like mine, don’t you worry. My favorite pairing definitely does not have to be yours.
We have other serum and moisturizing options that may make much more sense for your skin. You can choose your serum based on what you want to support, then pair it with the facial oil or cream that gives you the level of moisture your skin prefers.
And since I can’t go without my perfect pair, I want you to find yours too and see what using both can do for your skin.
For today only, you can save 30% when you purchase one full-size serum in addition to one full-size facial moisturizer.
Simply add one serum and one facial moisturizer to your cart, and once you head to checkout, you’ll see the 30% discount automatically apply. No code needed.
Whether you choose my personal favorites or find a completely different pairing that makes more sense for your skin, the goal is the same: giving your skin the targeted support and moisture it needs to look and feel its absolute best.
Have the best weekend,
Grace - Email Marketing Lead
Please note: you do need to purchase one full-size serum in addition to a full size facial moisturizer in order for the discount to apply.
