A lightweight hydrating serum by Shani Darden formulated to plump and moisturize the skin.
Water/Aqua/Eau, Propanediol, Pentylene Glycol, Glycerin, Panthenol, Saccharide Isomerate, Amaranthus Caudatus Seed Extract, Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon) Fruit Extract, Lens Esculenta (Lentil) Fruit Extract, Tremella Fuciformis Sporocarp Extract, Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Sodium PCA, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-11, Natto Gum, Chlorphenesin, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Betaine, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Sucrose, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Lactate, Tocopherol, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sorbic Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Hydroxide
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Early verdict · Few reviews so farWhat the gurus are saying
A lightweight, luxurious texture that absorbs without heaviness or stickiness stands out most in reviewers' takes, a welcome relief from a common complaint about hydrating serums. Both gurus found it genuinely plumping and hydrating, reporting noticeably smoother skin, and noted it made a meaningful difference compared to their other hydrating products. Both were impressed enough to keep using it regularly.
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Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.
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Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.
Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.
Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.
Source: DermNet
Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.
A lightweight hydrating serum by Shani Darden formulated to plump and moisturize the skin.
Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 83%.
Shani Darden Moisture Boost Plumping Serum holds a Guru Score of 83%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.
Shani Darden Moisture Boost Plumping Serum is generally suited to dry skin and mature skin.
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