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Which cream can be used with serum. SERUM - Serum for the face in home care. Advantages and disadvantages

The face serum cream is lightweight and effective cosmetic product, which has a weightless consistency and is able to solve many problems of the skin of the face.

There are many options for the forms of the cream, each of which has its own properties, and their action depends on the constituent components. One of the most popular forms today is serum.

"Serum"- translated from of English language as a concentrate. If you find this word on the bottle in the name of the product, it means that this is a serum.

What is a cream serum?

Serum cream is a product in which contains a high concentration active ingredients. Its base is water or oil. In general, this remedy acts on the skin in the same way as regular cream... Serums taken separately are able to rejuvenate the skin of the face, cleanse, moisturize, nourish, heal acne or other skin problems.

The peculiarity of such funds is that their assets are concentrates of effective components. A small bottle of cream serum contains about 10 times more active ingredients than a jar of cream. Accordingly, such a remedy brings quick and positive results... That is why the popularity of this cosmetics is so high.

What types of serums are there?

Serum creams, depending on their action, can be divided into the following types:

  • Anti-aging;
  • Restorative;
  • Toning and tightening;
  • Nutritious;
  • Moisturizers;
  • Antistress agents, sedatives;
  • Anti-inflammatory.

Important! Serum cream, unlike a regular cream, cannot have a multi-effect. As a rule, this tool has one focus. However, this property only increases the effectiveness of serums - their action is aimed at solving the main problem.

Serum or cream

What is the difference between face serum and cream:

  1. Thanks to high concentration components, serums contain more active substances.
  2. Serum cream is much lighter in consistency than regular cream. Therefore, when applied to the skin, most of the components are absorbed into its deep layers, affecting not only the surface. The cream, because of its density, "works" only at the epithelial level.
  3. The serum cream does not weigh the skin down, therefore it is suitable for all types of skin.

Choosing the right product

To pick up really effective remedy, certain features must be taken into account. First of all, it is important to understand that when choosing a serum, as opposed to choosing a cream, it is necessary to focus not on your skin type, but directly on the problem.

It's important to consider your age and the severity of the problem. Serums are very rich, so using a powerful product can be harmful in some cases.

Serum creams are much more likely to cause allergic reactions than conventional creams... Potent bioactives that are not suitable for your skin can cause itching, redness and irritation. Therefore, be sure to test the product before using it on a small area of ​​the hand.

Cosmetologists do not recommend using serums for people under 30 years old. Young skin is itself capable of restoring its structure and function. Application of such concentrated remedy can only harm natural processes.

Advice! Choose a cream serum for the summer on a light water based, and for the winter - bold options. The presence of water in serum creams applied before going outside will cause severe redness and chapping of the facial skin in the cold. That is why they are based on oils and fats.

Good creams

This remedy allows you to saturate the skin with vitamins and nutrients, prevent aging of the facial skin and preserve its youth. The composition contains valuable oils - shea, wheat germ, which increase the elasticity of the skin and give it tone.

Approximate price: 165 rubles.

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The cream has a light consistency, is perfectly absorbed without leaving behind oily sheen... After using the serum, the skin becomes soft, smooth, and its cells are saturated with moisture. The product can be used as a day or night cream, suitable for all types of skin.

The composition contains jojoba oil, creatine, extracts of black currant, green tea rose hips, collagen and linden flowers.

Approximate price: 50 rubles.

Black pearl - concentrate for face and eyelids

The structure of the cream is very light, which ensures rapid absorption and penetration into the deep layers of the skin. The product perfectly moisturizes the skin, does not leave an oily sheen and tightness effect. Perfect as a makeup base.

Approximate price: 130 rubles.

Serum cream suitable for sensitive and dry skin types. The composition contains an extract of Damask rose, camellia oil. The basis of this cosmetic series is water Dead sea... The preparation perfectly moisturizes and nourishes, perfectly refreshes the skin and fights the signs of aging. - effective and useful tools.

Approximate price: 220 rubles.

Natura Siberica serum "Shrinking pores" for combination and oily skin

Natural cosmetic. The pore-tightening serum contains an extract of Japanese Sophora, Altai chamomile, flax and calendula. The tool allows you to narrow pores, normalizing work sebaceous glands... It also tones, nourishes and cleanses the skin.

Approximate price: 570 rubles.

Chocolatte "Anti-Acne"

This serum is based on natural ingredients: decoctions of kelp, flax, marshmallow; hyaluronic, salicylic, azelaic acid; panthenol; extracts of sage, St. John's wort, calendula. The product eliminates problem rashes, normalizes functions and mattifies the skin of the face.

Approximate price: 230 rubles.

Anti-aging care. Video review:

The face serum is one of the effective means for problem skin faces. It contains a great concentration nutrients, thanks to which the skin acquires healthy look after regular use... You need to know how to use the serum so that the result is not long in coming.

How should I use the face serum?

Such a cosmetic product is not used in large quantities due to its concentration. Apply to the skin of the décolleté, neck and face no more than two drops.

Should be cleaned first skin... Then distribute thin layer until completely absorbed. It is advisable to do this with patting movements. Rubbing in any product is not recommended, all movements are done along the massage lines.

Day serums are used to moisturize the skin, which are applied in the morning, before use. foundation or powder. If the purpose of using a serum is to rejuvenate the skin, then for this they take a night remedy and apply it before bed.

For good effect must be done in advance deep peeling... After that, the serum is applied according to the following scheme:

  • start from the middle of the forehead, move to the temporal region;
  • use the neck and décolleté, while affecting the contour lines of the face;
  • apply the product to the area of ​​the nose, starting from the wings and ending in the corners of the eyes;
  • at the end, the serum is applied to the chin and in the area of ​​the nasolabial folds.

Such a cosmetic product can be used in combination with a cream, but better than one brand. If you know how to use a face serum correctly, then even the most neglected case can be put in order in a few days.

How often can the serum be used?

Serum must be used clearly according to the instructions. The regularity of use depends on its functions.

  • The regenerating and moisturizing agent is applied once a day for 3-4 months. After a two-month break, the course is repeated.
  • Anti-aging - used for about 2 months. It can be applied 1 to 2 times a day. After a 60-day break, everything is repeated again.

You can moisturize and restore dehydrated skin after 20 years. Anti-aging serum under 30 is not used.

With the help of a serum, you can make your face shine in the literal sense, get rid of inflammation, age spots and even level out wrinkles. A beauty guide to using these magical "helpers" in front of you.

Elixirs, activators - as soon as they do not call serums. The bottom line is: such products are light in texture, in the overwhelming majority of cases do not contain fats (with the exception of oil anti-aging serums) and are enriched with several (5-7) components at a higher concentration. They are used to enhance protective functions skin. As a rule, such recovery courses are carried out every 3-4 months.

If already at the age of 25-30 you notice the first signs of aging - wrinkles, dull color face, reduced skin elasticity, do not despair. Conduct an anti-aging course of serums. Do not be afraid of the "withdrawal syndrome": even if you suddenly stop using concentrates, the effect of their use will be noticeable for another 2-3 months.

Transformation time

If we talk about the first results, which everyone wants to see quickly, then here you need to be patient. When using funds, for example, with vitamins C, E, retinol, and other antioxidants, dramatic changes will be visible no earlier than in 4-6 weeks. Penetrating into the skin, the active components of the product begin to act in the deepest layers of the skin, and not only in the epidermis, thereby providing a pronounced therapeutic effect.

Another thing is beauty products with instant action... These include moisturizing concentrates with hyaluronic acid, as well as elixirs based on silicone, which literally in an instant evens out the complexion, and due to reflective particles, it looks younger. Such a result, due only to optical illusions, cosmetologists call the "Cinderella effect." After just one application, you will notice a dazzling result, but how long it will last is the question!

In winter, apply moisturizing serums, like creams with hydrating properties, 40–45 minutes before going outside. The cream should be absorbed. If you neglect this rule, moisture will literally evaporate in a matter of minutes. And the skin will become dry and irritated.

Elena Monakhova, beautician of the TORI salon

Serums for professional use differ from products for the mass consumer. This is due to the fact that when creating a product for millions of customers, the brand strives to make it as versatile as possible. Hence their "sparing", superficial and less pronounced effect in comparison with salon products.

Serums are selected individually depending on the task. And many of them can be used even in adolescence... For example, those aimed at treating pimples and acne or other irritations in adolescents associated with their transitional age and hormonal imbalances.

Taking into account the environment, water quality and stress moisturizing serums can be used from 20-25 years. After 25 years, you can use serums with vitamins and collagen. At this age, the aging process of the skin is activated - and the earlier you start prevention age-related changes the longer you stay youthful.

Some serums can be used on their own. They create a protective lipid layer on the skin surface and no further application of the cream is required. But in most cases, the cream will still come in handy. It is better to use serums in courses, the longest course is 3 months. After that, a break of at least 4 weeks is required.

Young, yes early

V young age, until about 25 years old, it doesn't take much to look attractive. The main rule during this period is not to neglect cleansers, use a moisturizer and regularly peel (you can limit yourself to home procedures). This grooming is usually enough to keep you looking fresh. But sometimes annoying pimples appear. What to do with them? And here anti-inflammatory serums will serve you excellently. Usually, they include extracts of plants such as aloe, propolis extract, enriched with useful trace elements - zinc, magnesium. They have a mild antibacterial effect, soothe irritated skin, relieving redness.

If skin problems are more serious (comedones, acne), it makes sense to look for a serum in the segment pharmacy cosmetics... Often, azelaic acid is added to such products - it has been proven that it inhibits the growth of "bad" bacteria that live on the surface of the skin and provoke inflammation in acne. Anti-inflammatory serums "work" according to the principle soft scrub: By gently exfoliating the skin, they cleanse its surface of impurities, making it easier for oxygen to reach the cells.

Mature solution

After 30-35 years and until about premenopause (45 years), the skin is especially in need of careful care. In addition to creams, masks and salon procedures it is necessary to use moisturizing serums daily. They normalize the hydrobalance in upper layers epidermis, improve the barrier and protective functions of the skin, reduce the feeling of tightness. If the skin is dry, pay attention to glycerin, amino acids, lactic acid, NMF - natural moisturizer factor. These substances, like a magnet, attract water molecules to themselves. Just imagine, 1 molecule of hyaluronic acid is able to hold up to 1000 water molecules! For comparison: a regular cream contains only 2-3% of hyaluronic acid, while its concentration in serum can reach 40%. As a result, the skin is tightened, filled with radiance, fine mesh the wrinkles disappear.

Velvet age

Anti-aging serums can be of great help in grooming 50+ women. Many, by the way, may well limit themselves to such care. But still, in winter, it is better to use such serums in tandem with a good nourishing cream... Look for biphasic concentrates labeled "whey in oil" - this is a relatively new beauty product with a focus on multipurpose effects. It simultaneously removes wrinkles, flaccidity and flabbiness of the skin, as well as deeply nourishes it. The composition includes oils rich in linoleic acid, containing valuable omega-3 fatty acids; rosehip seed oil, black currant, evening primrose, shea butter, macadamia, cocoa. And to get rid of age spots, take a product with kojic acid.

Often, unaesthetic spider veins... Such "beauty" can be a manifestation of rosacea - vascular disease. For prevention, be sure to use special anti-couperose serums with vitamins K and C, extracts of cornflower, ginger, sweet clover and other extracts from medicinal plants... And only then mask imperfections with foundation or special powder.

Ekaterina Lipskaya, dermatologist, cosmetologist, Ph.D., training manager of A-PHARM

The use of serums both at home and within the framework of salon procedures is always relevant, regardless of the season. Serums usually contain a large number of active components and in greater concentration. Moreover, the serum enhances the effect of creams applied afterwards. Although the effect of self-administration of the serum is quite obvious.

Functionally, serums are divided into moisturizing, anti-aging, lifting, etc. As an example, consider the options that French laboratories offer us.

First of all, anti-aging serums are in demand, for example, from the Nyuksyurians line (Nuxe brand). They should be applied at least to the area of ​​wrinkles with patting, hammering movements and as a maximum on the entire face in order to prevent aging.

Sometimes ladies complain that they cannot pick up for sensitive skin anti-aging care, because the skin "reacts" to everything. Noreva Laboratories in the Novean 3D line offer an intensive regenerating anti-aging serum that is also suitable for sensitive skin.

Particularly relevant is the Isofil Line Uriage Intensive Firming Anti-Wrinkle Serum. This tool is especially recommended for those ladies who do mesotherapy procedures, contour plastics, peels and other dermato-aesthetic procedures. The serum enhances the effect of these procedures and prolongs their effect.

Very often, ladies who have a reduced skin turgor look for serums with a lifting effect. In this case, you can recommend the Isoden line serum with an immediate lifting effect from Uriage or New Product"Merveyans Expert" from Nuxe.

Application rules

1. After cleansing the skin and before applying morning or evening cream.

2. If the product is with a dispenser, 1-2 clicks are enough. Spread the serum between your palms and then press them against your face, starting from your forehead, going down to your cheeks and chin. No need to rub it in with effort and once again stretch the skin.

3. Some serums are applied locally, say, only to the area around the eyes in a few drops - read the instructions and do not waste the precious product.

4. If the instructions do not indicate additional information, the serum can and should be applied to the neck area, for some reason many people often forget about it. But it is the deep transverse wrinkles in this area that give out the woman's age.

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"Serum" (or serum, as they say on the packaging) translates as "concentrate". “Serums are highly concentrated solutions of vitamins, polypeptides and phytoflavonoids that are applied in small amount", - says the cosmetologist of the clinic" Doctor Plastic " Olga Tsyganova... - They are capable of solving many different problems... By the way, there are not only serums for the face, but also for hair, which reduce fragility, nourish the scalp, and for the body - they fight cellulite, tighten the skin, etc. All these funds are also united by the fact that they are light in texture and are quickly absorbed - this is a pleasant addition.

1. How are face serums different from creams?

Content active ingredients in serum is much higher than in cream. That is why they used to be considered pure professional means... But now, in addition to serums, which are still used by dermatologists for salon procedures, there are also serums for home use... A little less active ingredients are introduced into them, so that when using them, you are guaranteed not to harm the skin.

2. How to combine face serum and cream?

Serums enhance the effect of creams. According to the leading expert of La Prairie in Russia Anna Yutkina, result from their sharing fits into the formula "1 + 1 = 3". Such is the entertaining arithmetic. But the serum and cream must be mixed correctly. Naturally, it is best to combine products of the same brand with each other: they will contain related components and will definitely not cause irritation. But in principle, this is not necessary. The main thing is to understand that these two tools solve different problems and you need it equally. As Clinique's training manager explains Elena Grishechkina, the serums penetrate deeper and the cream protects the skin. Including thanks to the SPF factor, which is not injected into serum. Before leaving home, apply serum and daily cream with SPF. If you are not going anywhere, you can do with one serum (for dry skin, you can add a cream in this case).

3. Do young skin need serums or is it exclusively an anti-aging agent?

“When choosing a serum, one should take into account not age, but the condition and needs of the skin,” says Elena Grishechkina. Wrinkles are not the only problem they can deal with. Moisturizing and protecting against premature aging which will provide face serums with vitamin C and hyaluronic acid. "Vitamin C increases protective properties skin, activates the synthesis of collagen and elastin and improves complexion, - says the brand manager of SkinCeuticals Daria Shikulina, - a hyaluronic acid maintains optimal moisture levels and relieves tightness. "

If you notice wrinkles, even though you are under thirty, there is nothing wrong with using anti-aging serums. But do not immediately use heavy artillery - lifting means. There will be enough serum for the face with vitamin E, which perfectly nourishes the skin, and resveratrol - an antioxidant found in grapes - it increases the defense mechanisms of cells, enhancing their vitality.

4. For which skin are serums not suitable?

Serums are suitable for any skin, the main thing is to choose them correctly. Although they contain many active ingredients, they are good even for the sensitive and will soothe her, increase resistance to stress and protect against temperature changes: usually this effect is provided by various plant extracts... And for the owners of oily and problem skin, serum is just a godsend. As Daria Shikulina assures, they will help reduce production sebum, unclog pores and provide gentle exfoliation. First of all, this effect is given by means with acids.

5. Do I need to use serums in courses?

No, this method is a thing of the past. Now you can use any serum as long as your skin needs it. Just keep an eye on her condition. For example, if it becomes dry or flaky, add moisturizers and set the serum you used aside for now. Timing is important for one reason only: it has to be met to see results. To do this, the serum must be used regularly for at least 2-3 months.

6. Should I change the sera depending on the season?

Yes, it makes sense. Usually in winter our skin needs more dense products, and in summer - light and weightless. If your skin behaves this way, in the cold season, switch to the now popular texture "serum in oil" (serum in oil). They are also highly effective and more nutritious. If you do not feel discomfort, continue using your usual serum and suitable cream.

7. How to apply the serum to make it work even more effectively?

Use the rule shared by a Sisley brand expert Yulia Frolova: no matter how much you use, start with the lightest texture and end with the densest. So first wash your face and wipe your face with tonic. Wet skin more malleable and harder to stretch. Squeeze 2-3 drops of the serum onto your fingers and apply with light tapping movements so as not to stretch the skin again. Avoid the eye area, the highly concentrated serums will be too strong for her and may cause irritation. Don't worry if you feel like you have applied very little. Thanks to the high concentration, it will work great anyway. Serums are absorbed very quickly, so after a couple of minutes you can start applying the cream. Spread it over your face with dots and pat it over the skin.

Use the serums correctly, and - we promise! - the skin will be grateful to you. And you will make sure that these cosmetical tools capable of much.