Tatcha

Tatcha Luminous Silk Serum.

Serums

About this product

Tatcha Luminous Silk Serum is a creamy facial serum built around silk proteins and botanical extracts, designed to smooth the look of skin and add a plumping effect.

Full ingredients

Aqua/Water/Eau, Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate, Glycerin, Betaine, Pentylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Propanediol, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract, Crithmum Maritimum Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Cladosiphon Okamuranus Extract, Squalane, Sericin, Morus Alba Leaf Extract, Hydrolyzed Silk, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Tetrapeptide-4, Polyglyceryl-10 Stearate, Diglucosyl Gallic Acid, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Hydrolyzed Conchiolin Protein, Caprylyl Glycol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Fruit Oil, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil, Citrus Latifolia Peel Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Ocimum Basilicum (Basil) Oil, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, Juniperus Virginiana Oil, Amyris Balsamifera Bark Oil, 1,2-Hexanediol, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Citrate, Citric Acid, Disodium EDTA, Potassium Hydroxide, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Tin Oxide, Citral

Guru Score

75%

Yay

6 experts · Moderate agreement

What the gurus are saying

Its creamy, pearly texture stands out, and it's praised for sitting well under makeup. Layering it after a mist and before moisturizer may suit very dry or dehydrated skin, and it's said to go deeper than water to carry actives further down. However, its retinol-alternative marketing draws pushback as misleading, and the sharpest criticism calls it a letdown.

Synthesized from 6 expert reviews · most recent take December 2024

What they liked

Luminous finish under makeup
Hydrates dehydrated skin
Works well layered with mist and moisturiser

What they flagged

Expensive

Type

Serums

Key actives

Peptides Squalane

Formula notes

No drying alcohol

Where to buy

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What the gurus are saying.

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Dr. Shereene Idriss

1.73M subs

✓Mixed

"What I do not agree with is their marketing in terms of calling it a retinol alternative, I think that is just a little bit misleading. It is made up of upcycled cranberry extract which acts as a barrier supporter to give you smoother looking skin and it's a nice antioxidant. There's also sea fennel in here, a marine botanical that helps with a natural turnover process of your skin cells. Plus it has silk proteins which helps to visibly diminish the look of fine lines, giving a plumping effect."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

✓Nay

"The winner for most disappointed product, and they're a winner yet a loser at the same time, kind of ironic, is the Tatcha Silk Serum. You know what, at least the other products would set you back a hundred bucks."

Top Pick: most disappointing product

Beyond50Skin

32k subs

✓Yay

"I've been trying their Luminous Silk Serum, love this. It's kind of a creamy serum. I was thinking it would be a watery serum but it's not, it's a very creamy serum and it has their signature amino acids and peptide blend that is throughout all of their products."

Allie Glines

829k subs

✓Yay

"I used this for a while now, really love it."

Caroline Hirons

250k subs

✓Yay

"It goes 34% deeper into the skin than water so it's able to carry the active ingredients down deeper to do its best work. It's a stroke of genius."

Alexandra Anele

1.44M subs

✓Yay

"This is a lovely serum. It has like this beautiful pearl in it. It's great for underneath makeup and it's a really great step for like after a mist and before moisturizer, especially if you have very very dry skin or you have dehydrated skin. [...] I was using it when my skin was really really dehydrated, especially when I had to do makeup, and I would do a mist, I would do the serum, and then I would do some kind of a moisturizer and it was just like such a nice combination."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Humectants and emollients

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

Peptides

Peptides are short protein fragments meant to signal repair. The evidence for them is thinner than for retinoids or vitamin C, and it varies a lot by the specific peptide, so the category is more promising than proven.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Tatcha Luminous Silk Serum?

Tatcha Luminous Silk Serum is a creamy facial serum built around silk proteins and botanical extracts, designed to smooth the look of skin and add a plumping effect.

Is Tatcha Luminous Silk Serum worth it?

Mostly yes. 4 of the 6 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 75%.

What is Tatcha Luminous Silk Serum's Guru Score?

Tatcha Luminous Silk Serum holds a Guru Score of 75%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 6 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.