Clarifying Serum

Formerly called Blemish Corrector
Clears Acne without Dryness and Peeling

Skinlycious Clarifying Serum combines Vitamin C and B3 to quickly reduce spots in just one or two applications. Lightens pigmentation for a visibly clearer and brighter complexion too.

It is suitable for use as a:

1) Spot corrector twice a day for spots and lightening red/brown post-acne marks
Dispense a pea-sized amount onto fingertips and apply onto blemishes, including pigmentations. Use twice a day. Recommended to use after Skinlycious Gentle Calming Cleanser and Skinlycious Hydrating Serum.

2) Anti-aging and skin brightening serum twice a day
Dispense a pea-sized amount onto palm. Mix with 1-2 pumps of Hydrating Serum and apply to whole face and neck.

Note: If your skin needs a stronger anti-acne solution, see our Glow Exfoliant for a salicylic acid-based alternative.

How Clarifying Serum was developed?
Clarifying Serum was developed with fellow Acne Fighters, who couldn’t use acids-based Glow Exfoliant. One of the fellow Acne fighters, JunQi, shared his story here. We went through many variations before finalising on this current formula and it has since then benefited many others who couldn’t use acids-based spot treatment.

Benefits
✓ Breaks down whiteheads, pimples, acne
✓ Effective against P.acnes bacteria
✓ Reduces appearance of large pores
✓ Lightens acne marks / pigmentations
✓ Reduces redness

Additional Benefits
✓ Regulates sebum/oil production
✓ Improves fine lines and wrinkles
✓ Protects from UV damage
✓ Reduces skin yellowing
✓ Firms skin

Ingredients:
Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate (Stabilised Vitamin C)
✓Effective against Acne
Study showed that Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate (SAP) reduces P. acnes bacterial count. P. acnes bacteria is the specific bacteria responsible for acne. Another study conducted on volunteers with moderate to severe acne showed that after 12 weeks of usage, skin condition significantly improved.
Reduces pigmentation (red/brown marks)
✓SAP is able to reduce the formation of pigments(melanin). The red/brown marks (post-inflammatory hyper-pigmentation) left after pimple/acne have healed are a kind of pigmentation.
✓Firms Skin
Other than being effective on reducing blemishes, SAP is able to promote the synthesis of collagen, leading to increased skin firmness.
✓Protects against free radicals
SAP protects skin against free radicals (pollutants). It has shown to quench reactive oxygen species effectively, reducing skin aging.

Note: Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate is different from unstable L-ascorbic acid as well as other forms of Vitamin C.

Niacinamide (Vitamin B3)
✓Treats Acne
One study found that Niacinamide gives comparable results to Clindamycin (a topical antibiotic), without the risk of bacteria resistance developing. Another study found that Niacinamide is effective and safe in alleviating symptoms of mild to moderate acne.
✓Reduces Redness
✓Fades Pigmentation
✓Shrinks Pores and Improves Skin Texture
✓Regulates Sebum/Oil Production
✓Strengthens Skin Barrier
✓Reduces Wrinkles
✓Reduces Dryness
✓Reduces Sallowness (Skin turning yellow)
✓Protects against UV damage

Full Ingredients list:
Water, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Niacinamide, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol.