First off, this is not a serum. It's a blend of oils and has the texture of an oil. They advise applying it immediately after cleansing and toning, and then the rest of your products. Well, I have difficulties in understanding how that might be okay if you follow the Korean overlaying method. Because it's an oil, it behaves like that and thus makes the penetration of the rest of the products quite difficult. It definitely has to be applied among the last steps of your skin-routine, in my point of view. Secondly - My skin was quite okay, clean and healthy. It broke me out. However - it seems to help with the pores, so at the moment I still keep on using it even thought it broke me out (exfoliating more, more acid treatments etc). Thirdly - It does hydrates. Good job there. Fourtly - It smells like the strongest lemon juice out there. So this might be a major turn-off or a hit-on, depending on your taste. I hate the lemon/citrus smell, but man do I enjoy the smell of this serum, strangely enough. It's a combo of lemon and mint. The smell is so strong that you can smell the ''serum'' right from the unopened box lol. Will I repurchase? Most likely not. PROS: - Hydrating - Pore care - Smell (in my strange case) CONS: - Oily. Too oily. - Broke me out. 3 stars from me.
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