Ahoy, ahoy my name is Lenka Oshry, welcome to Skincare with Lenka
before we start i would love if you subscribe to my channel i will
appreciate it a lot, in today's video i will review these three products from the ordinary
and it is vitamin c suspension twenty three percent plus hyaluronic acid spares two percent
azelaic acid suspension ten percent and AHA 30% + BHA 2% peeling solution
i love the ordinary brand, i have been using them for many years, they have so many good products not
all of them but many are very very good and they are actually budget-friendly skincare at least in
europe and asia but unfortunately not so much in south africa, they're actually super expensive here
so i guess because they are imported but um
it's it's really annoying when i know i can get it back at home in europe like for so cheap and
here is so expensive but anyways... i have ordered some of the ordinary products, well these three
i've mentioned before anyway, so let's get to it all right so first product we will talk about is
the ordinary azalea acid suspension 10%, suspension it means it's in a kind of
vehicle, like moisturizing vehicles, it is more or less like a moisturizer and if you are looking for
azelaic acid this is actually fantastic choice, it is ten percent of azelaic acid, it is fragrance free
oil free, cruelty free, and vegan it contains dimethicone, it makes this texture... very smooth
and silky but not greasy, azalea acid can exfoliate skin a little bit but i wouldn't
consider this as exfoliant, it's better to have another exfoliant for that purpose but it does
actually exfoliate skin a little bit but just a little bit, azelaic acid is also anti-inflammatory and
antimicrobial, this makes it perfect for someone fighting acne, besides the acne it's perfect for
rosacea, for a hyperpigmentation and melasma, it actually works the same way as alpha arbutin
by targeting melanocytes, the skin cells producing melanin - the skin pigment
and regulating it, overall i really love this product because it's in a moisturizing vehicle
and it's not greasy, because other azelaic acids i tried from local brands it feels very greasy on
my face, i don't like it, i don't know how about you but i hate oils on my face, i just i can't stand it
especially during the day when you want to apply your sunscreen afterwards just doesn't
sit well and i don't... i personally really don't like it, so that is why i really love that it is
in this form of moisturizer which is non-greasy, i hope local brands will do something similar
that would be great because it's around 400 something rand which is super expensive
next one we have aha 30% plus bha 2% peeling solution by the
ordinary, it is fragrance-free, oil-free, cruelty-free and vegan
this is a chemical exfoliant serum, it's quite strong one because it contains 30% aha, it's
actually a blend of different alpha hydroxy acids like glycolic acid, lactic acid, tartaric acid
and beta hydroxy acid that is a salicylic acid, this product is intended to be used as a mask
apply on a face, avoid area around the eyes leave it for 10 minutes and then rinse it off with water
be sure to set some alarm clock to remind you to rinse it off, because this is strong acid and if
you leave it on the face for too long there is a possibility you can get chemical burns
i've been using this peeling solution for a long time i really love it, but you might experience
some burning sensation or tingling sensation when you first using it, there is actually
no visible skin peeling when you're using this product, there is no downtime healing process
after using this peeling solution and you see immediate glowing skin results, it improves visible
sign of photoaging, hyperpigmentation, sun spots, uneven skin and texture skin and unclog the pores
overall i really love this peeling solution, it is very effective but again remember it's
quite strong so use it only once per week maximum twice per week, you leave it for 10
minutes and then rinse it off, that's very important so you don't damage your skin
and the last product today i will talk about is the ordinary vitamin c suspension 23 percent plus
hyaluronic acid spares two percent, this is water free, silicone free, oil free, fragrance free, vegan
and cruelty free so this is again suspension so it's in a form of moisturizer it is very
lightweight and absorbed quickly but i absolutely understand why people hate this product because uh
it contains the vitamin c, like a powder so when you're applying it, it feels very abrasive on the
skin, it feels almost like you're doing... not almost... it feels like you're doing a facial scrub, these
feelings last only for about two minutes, when you work it out, the vitamin c powder dissolves and
then it feels okay on the skin... and what about the vitamin c in this moisturizer, well it contains the
ascorbic acid which is good because we know that ascorbic acid is the most studied and we know that
it's effective, we know that ascorbic acid is a antioxidant, it's scavenge the free radicals, it is
anti-aging, it stimulates the collagen production and it is brightening but this formulation doesn't
contain any water and because of that they are claiming that ascorbic acid is stable
i simply cannot tell you if it's true or not because i haven't seen any studies saying that
or supporting that and at least i'm not aware and at this point i just can't tell you yay or nay
i just don't know, another negative thing about and this suspension is that it contains whopping 23%
of ascorbic acid to understand the sweet spot for ascorbic acid to work the best is between 10% to 20%
anything below 10 percent doesn't work everything above 20 is way too irritating, overall i really
don't like this product, it feels very abrasive on the skin, it's irritating, doesn't sit well
with the sunscreen, i experienced some bowling and peeling, it is way too expensive over R430 for
vitamin c, so it's definitely not worth the money but i just saw that standard beauty launched the
new vitamin c serum, not the old one... the old one is not so good... but the new one looks amazing
and it's called pigmentation booster serum, vitamin c, alpha arbutin and ferulic acid, it
has everything what vitamin c serum needs and of course it is way more affordable than
the ordinary, it retails for i think R185... so R185 and 435 i think it was this one
it's a big difference and this one we know it will work because it has everything it needs to have
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