The caffeine serum helped remove a red broken capillary at the upper cheek. It was there for years and within a week it closed… so for me it was worth it. It was an unexpected benefit.
You asked if anyone has a positive story for the caffeine serum- I do but I don’t use it under my eyes. I follow a tip from Cassandra Bankson’s channel and use it all over my face to take down redness- works a treat on my oily rosacea 50 something skin! I also use the niacin serum sparingly on my extremely oily eyelids - forget who I got that tip from - it saved me years of misery as my natural oils would run i to my eyes and sting them (yes they were that bad and it wasn’t skincare as I avoided anything that might have caused that).
I love the new Ordinary products new and old reformulated items! I just got the milky toner and I LOVE it! I’m 60 and my skin is smooth and even toned. Going to get more and thank you for this video. Do a La Roche Posay!
I love the phytoceramide moisturizer as well. In fact, I think I learned about it from you in one of your updated evening routines. I just love it. You’re always spot on!!
Loved this video. I agreed 100% on all your comments I use all the products you lived and stopped already the exact one’s you loathed. Keep up your great work and you never steer me wrong!
Best and worst of other skincare brands ppppppppppplease! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Maybe Inkey List, No 6, BYOMA, La Roche-Posay, Beauty Pie, Cerave... perhaps some higher end such as Dermalogica, Clinique or brands known forctheir makeup that also offer skincare (EXPENSIVE SKINCARE😢)such as YSL and Lancome
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE stop referring to products as this one and that one. Yes you name the product when you first start to talk about it, but then never say it again and I don't understand why. We're so busy listening to everything you have to say about it, we don't necessarily remember the name, so please repeat it at least once in the middle and again at the end. Thank you
I totally agree! All the RUclipsrs do that, and I often listen to the videos while I’m washing the dishes or whatever and when they say this or that, it’s absolutely so unhelpful! It kind of defeats the purpose!
Agreed, or at least leave the name or the picture with the name of the product on the screen, please. Love your channel ❤️ this is just a feedback as it will help those like me who are so absorbed in your commentary 😊 THANK YOU
Well, I've been using the caffeine under my eyes for about 5 years now, I used to have puffy under eyes, I no longer do and I know it's because of that.
Thank you so much Gemma. The Ordinaryv is more in my price range but it’s daunting with all the products and the new ones to make the best decisions. ❤
Great update on T.O! 🙏🏻 One product I cannot live without from them is their Marine hyaluronics. It hydrates and plumps so well. I was without it for a month and really noticed it! Cannot recommend enough!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I mix a drop of hyaluronic acid and a drop of blue peptides and apply together first thing. The hyaluronic acid alone dries quickly and accentuates any lines, so the combined approach works without drying!
Great Ordinary Video Gemma. Amen on their Caffeine eye serum. It dried my under eyes out soooo badly. I tried it 2-3 times and was No More! Gemma, don’t you miss being a clinical Esthetician? Would you do a video talking a bit about what made you quit? And etc. you cut your hair didn’t you? It had really gotten long. Love it.
I hate the fact that there's so much dishonesty on other influencer platforms that causes people to come over to RUclips and accuse some of the most honest creators of being dishonest. I don't get "upset" about anything, but I do get annoyed by people accusing my favs of lying. Just bcz a certain platform is oversaturated by dishonest creators doesn't make everyone dishonest. I'm sorry you've had to deal with that kind of rap (altho I have no doubt you can handle it 😂) I, for one, trust your content as if it was coming from a dear friend. ❤. Thank you for the time you put into your channel!
I'm curious about these and how best to use them, effectiveness etc How to use them if using tretinon. I also wonder if the you could highlight the different between the 2 copper products (NIOD and The Ordinary)
Thank you so much for this!! I get so overwhelmed with all the different things to use that bloggers rave about and thought I just want to stick with one company and thought of The Ordinary so this is perfect timing! I’m 53 and menopausal but my skin is still “normal” I would say but is definitely showing signs of aging….in your opinion could I get everything I need from The Ordinary for both my AM & PM skincare routine? Xx
Thanks Gemma loved the video Lots of fabulous information on all the products from the ordinary I have to agree with you on the ones you dislike See you soon ❤
I love the blue copper peptides serum and I would love to know how the NOID one trumps the Ordinary one. 💜 I just started the retinal and so far I’m loving it. Can’t put my finger on exactly what I’m noticing but I’m seeing a change in my complexion. 💜 I’m definitely going to try the milky toner!💜 Thanks Gemma! 💕
Thank you for sharing your takes on The Ordinary. They've had a great run of releases recently. I second your opinion on NMF with Phytoceramides. It is great on my dry skin. It literally saved my nose during the last cold I had. At the first sign of redness-- put that on and and it healed right up though the cold raged on for several more days. Good stuff.
I’m with you Gemma on the Squalane Cleanser, it’s such a beautiful cleanser and my normal to dry sensitive reactive skin loves this cleanser as a first cleanse, I’ve been using it for several years. My reaction to the Caffeine Eye Serum was similar, drying and I developed a rash under my eyes 😞 I passed onto my friend though whom really enjoyed it.
I tried their argeriline (sp) product and was not impressed 😐. Maybe I used it wrong, but I found it dried out my skin and made my lines and wrinkles more prominent in appearance. Soon as I discontinued using my skin went back to normal. I just recently ordered their peptides. I'm excited to try, and I use their squalane with my hair gel/curl creme, and it helps soften my gray hair. 😊
I’ve tried both the Natural Moisturising Factors + HA and the + Phytoceramides. I don’t have particularly dry skin and the HA wins hands down for me. Just beautiful! It sinks in quickly and is great under makeup.
I had a positive lifting and tightening of my eye area with the Niod version. No effect with the Ordinary formula! I am back to paying the price for Niod.
My collection from Deciem is a big one, love almost everything, I have to try the new Retinal but I love the Niacinamide, can't live without it, love the Barrier Support and even the Caffeine does not bothers me, love the Pycnogenol 5%, but for me the Niacinamide on top of any tiny breakout gets rid of it in no time, I even like the Hyaluronic acid but now I will use the mist before using it, have to try the lip balm...thanks for this video, for the Ordinary fans who sometimes have issues with so many products this was real helpful, have to watch this video a few more time and write down the Best and Worst, lol, thanks Gemma.
Love your videos - but curious why don’t you have bookmarks in your videos? Genuinely curious. And btw totally agree on so many of these recommendations (and I also don’t like their retinols in squaline) x ❤
I am so glad you said how bad the Vitamin C Suspension was. I thought it was just me. I had used the old version of the Ordinary Vitamin C product and it was fine but I got this one and man, did it burn my skin. I do not have sensitive skin so this was awful. I do like the Copper Peptides one as well.
I loved that T.O. came out with the retinaldehyde at 0.2% I used Medik8 which is so expensive and 0.2% is as high as they go, as the price goes higher too. I think the retinaldehyde, like Gemma said, is great for sensitive neck areas. I also like to alternate nights with it and Tretinoin.
Bravo Gemma for this video as Ordinary have a plethora of products, so VERY helpful to us, the consumer!!! ❤ Between Ordinary's affordability and your knowledge and explanations, I feel I'm in good hands to both use and experiment with lots of Ordinary products. I agree with most of your list however lactic acid and niacinamide are my ride or die and have been using them for years. But next on the list to try is toner and retinol. 😊
I use the glycolic acid toner twice a week. It does sting for a few minutes. Would you recommend switching to the saccharomyces ferment milky toner? Is that a daily use toner? Thanks Gemma.
Not exfoliant should be used daily in my opinion, even the gentle ones. The glycolic toner shouldn’t sting, so it sounds like your skin barrier is impaired. X
Gemma, I need Help! I’m using the Ordinary Glycolic 7% toner at night after cleansing but am confused about how many times per week I should use it. Can you give advice? Love your channel and I have learned so much from you over the past few years ❤. I’m the same age as your mum.
Loved this, I don't have a big budget for skin care and the ordinary helps me get some nice active ingredients in. I personally love the weakest lactic acid, it's the only thing that my rosacea prone, sensitive skin tolerates but I'm going to try the toner you recommended.
I use the Retinal 0.2%, the Copper Peptides and the Argireline from your Best list. One of my favourite Ordinary products is the Glycolic Acid Toner - I’m never without that. Not only on my face, neck and hands but also I get dry skin patches on the small of my back (from irritating clothing labels and seams!) and this is the only thing that clears it up quickly.
Thank you for reminding me about Argereline, Gemma. Also, I watched this video on my TV and want you to know that your skin looked amazing-healthy, glowing, flawless-even larger than life! ❤
I agree about the L-Ascorbic Acid powder - and it’s so fiddly to use! You get so much in the jar, and I won’t waste it, so I’ve got to tolerate it for now but I won’t be buying it again.
I currently use and really like their Azelaic acid. I did just buy Paula's Choice booster, but I haven't tried it yet. I use the acid with my Maelove 0.11 retinal at night and with my vitamin c during the day. Neither have caused any irritation. Full disclosure: my face doesn't seem to care what I throw on it, so there's that. 🤪 Anyway, love your videos..they are " simply superb "!
I am 57 and have dry skin. I don't agree on the Vitamin C powder, I love it! I have managed to get the exact quantity to enhance more gentle liquid Vitamin C, just to boost it out. As for the primer, I followed Wayne Goss's suggestion. At the beginning I didn't fancy it but I tried it on Summer days and it's the only one which keeps my make up in place and longer. Highly recommended! Pycnogenol I mixed it with my liquid Vitamin C + Resveratol + ferulic acid from the same brand. LOVING IT!
My must haves are the pygnogenol, Azelaic acid, and the moisturizer with phytoceramids is my top pick as well, bought after your reviwe and love it since ❤
How many of these products should we use? There's so much to choose from. For me Eucerin sunscreen with hyaluronic acid is all I use for daytime. At night retinA then a moisturizer. I think that all most people need. Using too many products is a waste of time and money.
Hi, im trying to find the video regarding viviscal, i bought some through your link. i usually take absolute collagen do i still take this or will the viviscal do both thanks x
Totally agree with the retinoids in squalene. But it took me 3 bottles (1%, 2%, 5%) to realize that they are bad 😅 Probably because squalane was so hyped up. Then I switched to the emulsion and my skin got so much better! And I decided to not repurchase the Caffeine + EGCG also - not sure that it is doing something for me and it is not worth the money. Thank you for the reassurance that I am making a good decision 🙂
I agree completely about hating the caffeine solution, it didn`t dry me out necessarily but the formula was SO TERRIBLE that I would have to wash everything off and start my entire routine over again. It would cause any and everything to pill to the point where there was no point in applying my other products, they would just come right off again! Usually If I don`t love a product I`ll use it on my hands or chest so it doesn`t go to waste, but this one went literally into the garbage with zero regrets. On the other hand, I ADORE the balancing and clarifying solution and will keep purchasing it in perpetuity. I like The Ordinary generally speaking, its a great way to figure out which ingredients are a good fit when one is starting out with skin care, and then maybe moving on to more elegant formulations with those ingredients once we become a bit more sophisticated. That balancing and clarifying solution, however, thats it! It`s perfect the way it is! I`m hooked!
I heard AHA, BHA can help such as Paul's Choice. I tried the Pixy Glow but it was too strong and didn't help. Azelic acid is supposed to help too. If you find something help please let me know 🤞
Niacinamide is good for reducing enlarged pores. I’ve been using The Ordinary niacinamide but I have very sensitive skin and T.O. Niacinamide seems to aggravate my skin around my nose. I’m currently looking for a different brand for it. PUR was gentle but not really seeing as good of results
Clinique daily clarifying lotion 1.0 (alcohol free) is a beautiful daily toner that closes pores & the Dermalogica daily microfoliiant a few times a week us also wonderful. They both have bha (salicylic acid) but are not drying & smooth out the skin. Cant say any ingredient has gotten rid of my "orange peel texture - mostly rom fraxel laser damage), but these products help close the pores, exfoliates & smooths out the skin greatly. makeup application has improved a lot due to these products.
I use the glycolic acid toner twice a week ( it does sting on applying and a few minutes after) my skin does feel smooth the next day. Would you recommend the saccharomyces ferment milky toner instead? Is that a daily use one? Great video
I can confirm all of your negative experiences in the mentioned products just as well as the positive effects on the other end of the scale. I use the Pycnogenol solution to pimp up other serums, but after your advice I might try it in a moisturizer as well 👍🏻💗💐
Hi, I would like to know please is the niod a lot better then the ordinary? When it comes to the copper peptides? I have the ordinary at the moment but would u recommend the niod if I wanted to up the game? Also I am very confused on which vitamin C to try is there any good recommendations for vitamin C I think I’d prefer a cream type over a liquid serum? Enjoyed watching this video loved it. I have a lot of ordinary products and most of mine I use are in your best category xx thank you 😊
Cosrx has an good vitamin c serum. It needs to be kept in a cool place. Peter Thomas Roth has a very good vit. C serum. It is a stable version of vit. C. But it is very expensive.
The early products were not elegant at all but they were the first to bring transparency to ingredients. I remember an interview with Brandon before he died about a grey hair treatment. I wish he was still here 😢
THE ORDINARY Soothing & Barrier Support Serum is absolutely ghastly, I was left with an angry red rash all over my face, neck and upper chest. I felt like I was burning up. I had to wash it off after a few minutes. The rash on my face had improved by morning but rash on my upper chest tooks weeks to heal
I dont have that reaction to the caffeine product, and I use it over Argereline every morning. Im going to stop, though, and see if it makes a difference.
I do like the caffeine from the ordinary not so much as an eye serum but for example I had Shingles on my face and still eight months on I still have nerve problems. Anyway I do get a swelling on my eye and the Caffeine does reduce it completely. Also I do like the hyaluronic acid new new serum.
Niacinamide was my first love from the ordinary however lately I cannot touch it with a 10-foot pole it irritate my skin so bad to the point where my face is swollen the same goes for salicylic acid.1 I struggle with acne the barrier Repair Serum works well for me
Great video. I’m 64 and I just don’t get how and why to put all those products on your skin. Isn’t there just a couple products that can do all these different products?
The multipeptide + copper is designed to be an "all in one" serum -- cleanse, serum, moisturize and done! It's my lazy routine -- and I've seen great results from it. It's super gentle too.
The Ordinary's Lactic Acid serum would be the thing to try if you like GG. Lactic Acid is the key ingredient in GG, so try that serum and see if you like the results while saving about $100.
I actually have had a good experience with the caffeine serum. While there is no ingredient that will get rid of my dark circles (they're genetic) I have had really good depuffing results with it. I actually now use it in combo with the dr. Idriss depuffer as ive found alone, the serum is good for depuffing but not so good for my redness, whereas the depuffer has been amazing for my redness, but isn't quite as effective in depuffing my undereye as the serum is. Thankfully I havent encountered any skin dryness with the caffeine serum either.
I’ve started using the Caffeine solution, not seeing any reduction in puffiness (the only reason I wanted it for) and I don’t understand why it’s a 30 ml bottle rather than 15 ml like Pycnogenol (love), considering how little is used.
The ordinary is way to complex for me ,I’ve bought different products in the past ,then forgotten what & when I was supposed to use it. I’m too basic I think.😂
Oh no! I love my hyaluronic acid serum from Medik8. I find it great for helping with face massage, and i love it ay night, when I don't generally use a moisturiser, as I find rhem all quite heavy for my skin. I feel so cheated 😂🤦🏼♀️
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Would love to see a video of your morning and evening skin care routine as it's baffling to me which product you can use with what... Thanks Karen
The caffeine serum helped remove a red broken capillary at the upper cheek. It was there for years and within a week it closed… so for me it was worth it. It was an unexpected benefit.
You asked if anyone has a positive story for the caffeine serum- I do but I don’t use it under my eyes. I follow a tip from Cassandra Bankson’s channel and use it all over my face to take down redness- works a treat on my oily rosacea 50 something skin! I also use the niacin serum sparingly on my extremely oily eyelids - forget who I got that tip from - it saved me years of misery as my natural oils would run i to my eyes and sting them (yes they were that bad and it wasn’t skincare as I avoided anything that might have caused that).
I love the new Ordinary products new and old reformulated items! I just got the milky toner and I LOVE it! I’m 60 and my skin is smooth and even toned. Going to get more and thank you for this video. Do a La Roche Posay!
Fantastic update on The Ordinary. Any thoughts on their Resveretrol?
I love the phytoceramide moisturizer as well. In fact, I think I learned about it from you in one of your updated evening routines. I just love it. You’re always spot on!!
Loved this video. I agreed 100% on all your comments I use all the products you lived and stopped already the exact one’s you loathed. Keep up your great work and you never steer me wrong!
Best and worst of other skincare brands ppppppppppplease! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Maybe Inkey List, No 6, BYOMA, La Roche-Posay, Beauty Pie, Cerave... perhaps some higher end such as Dermalogica, Clinique or brands known forctheir makeup that also offer skincare (EXPENSIVE SKINCARE😢)such as YSL and Lancome
Beauty Pie would be wonderful. I find the amount of products overwhelming and I don’t know where to start
Would love to know a routine for how you would use these products (especially in what order you would layer retinols, agireline, and peptides) xx
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE stop referring to products as this one and that one. Yes you name the product when you first start to talk about it, but then never say it again and I don't understand why. We're so busy listening to everything you have to say about it, we don't necessarily remember the name, so please repeat it at least once in the middle and again at the end. Thank you
I totally agree! All the RUclipsrs do that, and I often listen to the videos while I’m washing the dishes or whatever and when they say this or that, it’s absolutely so unhelpful! It kind of defeats the purpose!
Maybe put the name on the screen when you put the ingredients list ❤. Love your channel Gemma 😁
Agreed, or at least leave the name or the picture with the name of the product on the screen, please. Love your channel ❤️ this is just a feedback as it will help those like me who are so absorbed in your commentary 😊 THANK YOU
Yes. Your right. I’m fed up having to rewind it, especially if it’s really good and I want to get it.
Well, I've been using the caffeine under my eyes for about 5 years now, I used to have puffy under eyes, I no longer do and I know it's because of that.
Thank you so much Gemma. The Ordinaryv is more in my price range but it’s daunting with all the products and the new ones to make the best decisions. ❤
Love this video - please do other brands in a similar format! 😊
Great update on T.O! 🙏🏻 One product I cannot live without from them is their Marine hyaluronics. It hydrates and plumps so well. I was without it for a month and really noticed it! Cannot recommend enough!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I use it a lot; it's in my homemade spray.
I LOVE my Copper Peptide from the Ordinary.
I just got it recently and love love love it
Truly love your honesty! I don’t see that anywhere else! So helpful!
I mix a drop of hyaluronic acid and a drop of blue peptides and apply together first thing. The hyaluronic acid alone dries quickly and accentuates any lines, so the combined approach works without drying!
Best of Medik8 and CE Ferulics please. Also, I do think Elizabeth Arden has some lovely products now and is often overlooked as “old fashioned”. X
Great Ordinary Video Gemma. Amen on their Caffeine eye serum. It dried my under eyes out soooo badly. I tried it 2-3 times and was No More! Gemma, don’t you miss being a clinical Esthetician? Would you do a video talking a bit about what made you quit? And etc. you cut your hair didn’t you? It had really gotten long. Love it.
The Caffeine Serum for under eye was a complaint failure for me. It was drying and irritating even if I only alternated it in.
I hate the fact that there's so much dishonesty on other influencer platforms that causes people to come over to RUclips and accuse some of the most honest creators of being dishonest. I don't get "upset" about anything, but I do get annoyed by people accusing my favs of lying. Just bcz a certain platform is oversaturated by dishonest creators doesn't make everyone dishonest. I'm sorry you've had to deal with that kind of rap (altho I have no doubt you can handle it 😂) I, for one, trust your content as if it was coming from a dear friend. ❤. Thank you for the time you put into your channel!
Thank you so much, I really appreciate your support and trust XXX
I'm curious about these and how best to use them, effectiveness etc
How to use them if using tretinon.
I also wonder if the you could highlight the different between the 2 copper products (NIOD and The Ordinary)
Thank you so much for this!! I get so overwhelmed with all the different things to use that bloggers rave about and thought I just want to stick with one company and thought of The Ordinary so this is perfect timing! I’m 53 and menopausal but my skin is still “normal” I would say but is definitely showing signs of aging….in your opinion could I get everything I need from The Ordinary for both my AM & PM skincare routine? Xx
Thanks Gemma loved the video
Lots of fabulous information on all the products from the ordinary I have to agree with you on the ones you dislike
See you soon ❤
I love the blue copper peptides serum and I would love to know how the NOID one trumps the Ordinary one. 💜
I just started the retinal and so far I’m loving it. Can’t put my finger on exactly what I’m noticing but I’m seeing a change in my complexion. 💜 I’m definitely going to try the milky toner!💜
Thanks Gemma! 💕
I have a LOT of products from the Ordinary, and have to say that Buffet and the Soothing Barrier repair are my favs.
Thank you for sharing your takes on The Ordinary. They've had a great run of releases recently. I second your opinion on NMF with Phytoceramides. It is great on my dry skin. It literally saved my nose during the last cold I had. At the first sign of redness-- put that on and and it healed right up though the cold raged on for several more days. Good stuff.
I’d like to see a video on how and when you use these products.
I’m with you Gemma on the Squalane Cleanser, it’s such a beautiful cleanser and my normal to dry sensitive reactive skin loves this cleanser as a first cleanse, I’ve been using it for several years.
My reaction to the Caffeine Eye Serum was similar, drying and I developed a rash under my eyes 😞 I passed onto my friend though whom really enjoyed it.
The squalene cleanser is my holy grail cleanser to remove make up and tinted sunscreen.
I tried their argeriline (sp) product and was not impressed 😐. Maybe I used it wrong, but I found it dried out my skin and made my lines and wrinkles more prominent in appearance. Soon as I discontinued using my skin went back to normal. I just recently ordered their peptides. I'm excited to try, and I use their squalane with my hair gel/curl creme, and it helps soften my gray hair. 😊
I’ve tried both the Natural Moisturising Factors + HA and the + Phytoceramides. I don’t have particularly dry skin and the HA wins hands down for me. Just beautiful! It sinks in quickly and is great under makeup.
Love these best and worst of brands! Thank you.
Do you rate The Ordinary over The Inkey List and others in a similar brand category?
I'd be interested in knowing more about The Ordinary vs NIOD. E.g. The eye peptides by both brands and how they compare in terms of effectiveness.
I had a positive lifting and tightening of my eye area with the Niod version. No effect with the Ordinary formula! I am back to paying the price for Niod.
I’ll second that.
@annrider7096 was it specifically the eyelids or was it under eyes?
@magpiesneedle2575 have you seen benefits using NIOD and/or Ordinary on thr eyelids?
Would love that comparison as well. I lean towards the NIOD …
Are you still using the ordinary glycolic acid? Thank you
My collection from Deciem is a big one, love almost everything, I have to try the new Retinal but I love the Niacinamide, can't live without it, love the Barrier Support and even the Caffeine does not bothers me, love the Pycnogenol 5%, but for me the Niacinamide on top of any tiny breakout gets rid of it in no time, I even like the Hyaluronic acid but now I will use the mist before using it, have to try the lip balm...thanks for this video, for the Ordinary fans who sometimes have issues with so many products this was real helpful, have to watch this video a few more time and write down the Best and Worst, lol, thanks Gemma.
Gemma, your hair looks so nice 🤩 Just wanted to tell you 🥰
Thank you x
Yes, I LOVE her hair!❤
Love your videos - but curious why don’t you have bookmarks in your videos? Genuinely curious. And btw totally agree on so many of these recommendations (and I also don’t like their retinols in squaline) x
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I love it when there are bookmarks in video's.
I bought the L - ascorbic acid powder. Yes it was a joke. I used it up by mixing it in with moisturiser for my legs
I am so glad you said how bad the Vitamin C Suspension was. I thought it was just me. I had used the old version of the Ordinary Vitamin C product and it was fine but I got this one and man, did it burn my skin. I do not have sensitive skin so this was awful. I do like the Copper Peptides one as well.
I loved that T.O. came out with the retinaldehyde at 0.2% I used Medik8 which is so expensive and 0.2% is as high as they go, as the price goes higher too. I think the retinaldehyde, like Gemma said, is great for sensitive neck areas. I also like to alternate nights with it and Tretinoin.
Bravo Gemma for this video as Ordinary have a plethora of products, so VERY helpful to us, the consumer!!! ❤ Between Ordinary's affordability and your knowledge and explanations, I feel I'm in good hands to both use and experiment with lots of Ordinary products. I agree with most of your list however lactic acid and niacinamide are my ride or die and have been using them for years. But next on the list to try is toner and retinol. 😊
My mum would choose the niacinamide as well x
Great information. I agree with your likes and dislikes:). The Vitamin C suspension and the Caffeine eye cream was a Bust for me.
Great video, very interesting and good to know. I rem you're an Inkey List fan also, do you think you'll do a similar video?
I use the glycolic acid toner twice a week. It does sting for a few minutes. Would you recommend switching to the saccharomyces ferment milky toner? Is that a daily use toner? Thanks Gemma.
Not exfoliant should be used daily in my opinion, even the gentle ones.
The glycolic toner shouldn’t sting, so it sounds like your skin barrier is impaired. X
Gemma, I need Help! I’m using the Ordinary Glycolic 7% toner at night after cleansing but am confused about how many times per week I should use it. Can you give advice? Love your channel and I have learned so much from you over the past few years ❤. I’m the same age as your mum.
Wondering the same thing!
I've heard her say in another video, not more than three times a week which I think makes total sense.
Loved this, I don't have a big budget for skin care and the ordinary helps me get some nice active ingredients in. I personally love the weakest lactic acid, it's the only thing that my rosacea prone, sensitive skin tolerates but I'm going to try the toner you recommended.
I use the Retinal 0.2%, the Copper Peptides and the Argireline from your Best list. One of my favourite Ordinary products is the Glycolic Acid Toner - I’m never without that. Not only on my face, neck and hands but also I get dry skin patches on the small of my back (from irritating clothing labels and seams!) and this is the only thing that clears it up quickly.
I use it on my feet as well for hard skin.
Great video, Gemma!
Do you think the Matrixal product is worth using?
I love matrixyl but it didn’t make it into my Best category. Still amazing though x
@@PamperedWolf thanks for your reply! 😊
I thought I was imagining that the caffeine solution was drying out my under eyes! Thanks! ❤
Would the peptide+ha serum be good for the slip to micro needling?
Wow fantastic information! This was so helpful. I was wondering if there are some of your top picks that should not be used together?
Thank you for reminding me about Argereline, Gemma. Also, I watched this video on my TV and want you to know that your skin looked amazing-healthy, glowing, flawless-even larger than life! ❤
Thank you x
I use the peptide and copper all around my eyes!
Love this review. Thanks. Subscribed.
Welcome to the family x
I agree about the L-Ascorbic Acid powder - and it’s so fiddly to use! You get so much in the jar, and I won’t waste it, so I’ve got to tolerate it for now but I won’t be buying it again.
Hey Gemma!!! Hope you are well! Question: can the barrier support serum be used under makeup??
I currently use and really like their Azelaic acid. I did just buy Paula's Choice booster, but I haven't tried it yet. I use the acid with my Maelove 0.11 retinal at night and with my vitamin c during the day. Neither have caused any irritation. Full disclosure: my face doesn't seem to care what I throw on it, so there's that. 🤪 Anyway, love your videos..they are " simply superb "!
The Ordinary has some awesome products.
I am 57 and have dry skin. I don't agree on the Vitamin C powder, I love it! I have managed to get the exact quantity to enhance more gentle liquid Vitamin C, just to boost it out.
As for the primer, I followed Wayne Goss's suggestion. At the beginning I didn't fancy it but I tried it on Summer days and it's the only one which keeps my make up in place and longer. Highly recommended! Pycnogenol I mixed it with my liquid Vitamin C + Resveratol + ferulic acid from the same brand. LOVING IT!
Thank you so much for this! I appreciate your suggestions.
As always, amasing vídeo. Should I use the barrier after the others And before moisturising?
Do you have a video of the a skin care routine? Like what you can combine and what order things go 😅
My must haves are the pygnogenol, Azelaic acid, and the moisturizer with phytoceramids is my top pick as well, bought after your reviwe and love it since ❤
How many of these products should we use? There's so much to choose from. For me Eucerin sunscreen with hyaluronic acid is all I use for daytime. At night retinA then a moisturizer. I think that all most people need. Using too many products is a waste of time and money.
Hi, im trying to find the video regarding viviscal, i bought some through your link. i usually take absolute collagen do i still take this or will the viviscal do both thanks x
Totally agree with the retinoids in squalene. But it took me 3 bottles (1%, 2%, 5%) to realize that they are bad 😅 Probably because squalane was so hyped up. Then I switched to the emulsion and my skin got so much better! And I decided to not repurchase the Caffeine + EGCG also - not sure that it is doing something for me and it is not worth the money. Thank you for the reassurance that I am making a good decision 🙂
I agree completely about hating the caffeine solution, it didn`t dry me out necessarily but the formula was SO TERRIBLE that I would have to wash everything off and start my entire routine over again. It would cause any and everything to pill to the point where there was no point in applying my other products, they would just come right off again! Usually If I don`t love a product I`ll use it on my hands or chest so it doesn`t go to waste, but this one went literally into the garbage with zero regrets.
On the other hand, I ADORE the balancing and clarifying solution and will keep purchasing it in perpetuity. I like The Ordinary generally speaking, its a great way to figure out which ingredients are a good fit when one is starting out with skin care, and then maybe moving on to more elegant formulations with those ingredients once we become a bit more sophisticated. That balancing and clarifying solution, however, thats it! It`s perfect the way it is! I`m hooked!
Do you still use the pink exfoliate liquid in big bottle can’t remember what its name was glycolic acid?
The only pink liquid from The Ordinary is The Soothing + Barrier Support Serum. I still use that as and when I need to x
Hi Gemma, what is the best product to reduce large pores and "orange peel" type texture. I use dermatica and Dr sams vitamin C
I heard AHA, BHA can help such as Paul's Choice. I tried the Pixy Glow but it was too strong and didn't help.
Azelic acid is supposed to help too.
If you find something help please let me know 🤞
Niacinamide is good for reducing enlarged pores. I’ve been using The Ordinary niacinamide but I have very sensitive skin and T.O. Niacinamide seems to aggravate my skin around my nose. I’m currently looking for a different brand for it. PUR was gentle but not really seeing as good of results
Niacinamide x
Clinique daily clarifying lotion 1.0 (alcohol free) is a beautiful daily toner that closes pores & the Dermalogica daily microfoliiant a few times a week us also wonderful. They both have bha (salicylic acid) but are not drying & smooth out the skin. Cant say any ingredient has gotten rid of my "orange peel texture - mostly rom fraxel laser damage), but these products help close the pores, exfoliates & smooths out the skin greatly. makeup application has improved a lot due to these products.
I use the glycolic acid toner twice a week ( it does sting on applying and a few minutes after) my skin does feel smooth the next day. Would you recommend the saccharomyces ferment milky toner instead? Is that a daily use one? Great video
I am 65 and use the Buffet and Arguline and I want to know if I should also use Niacinamide and Matrixyl or are they in the buffet?
I would Love for you to review the full (albeit limited) range from Geek & Gorgeous - my new favourite, affordable skincare brand 😊
Brilliant products.
I can confirm all of your negative experiences in the mentioned products just as well as the positive effects on the other end of the scale. I use the Pycnogenol solution to pimp up other serums, but after your advice I might try it in a moisturizer as well 👍🏻💗💐
Hi, I would like to know please is the niod a lot better then the ordinary? When it comes to the copper peptides? I have the ordinary at the moment but would u recommend the niod if I wanted to up the game? Also I am very confused on which vitamin C to try is there any good recommendations for vitamin C I think I’d prefer a cream type over a liquid serum? Enjoyed watching this video loved it. I have a lot of ordinary products and most of mine I use are in your best category xx thank you 😊
Cosrx has an good vitamin c serum. It needs to be kept in a cool place. Peter Thomas Roth has a very good vit. C serum. It is a stable version of vit. C. But it is very expensive.
@@lunachick7893 ~ Thank you for sharing this info :)
I am wondering exactly the same thing about Niod vs Ordinary copper peptide products!
The early products were not elegant at all but they were the first to bring transparency to ingredients. I remember an interview with Brandon before he died about a grey hair treatment. I wish he was still here 😢
THE ORDINARY Soothing & Barrier Support Serum is absolutely ghastly, I was left with an angry red rash all over my face, neck and upper chest. I felt like I was burning up. I had to wash it off after a few minutes. The rash on my face had improved by morning but rash on my upper chest tooks weeks to heal
That’s awful, I’m so sorry you experienced this. How strange this affected you in such a way. Glad you’re ok now. X
Love this video!
Can you use the PhytoCeramidesNatural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides moisturiser on an evening after applying retinal? X
Yes x
I dont have that reaction to the caffeine product, and I use it over Argereline every morning. Im going to stop, though, and see if it makes a difference.
I agree - I really tried with the retinols in squalene, hours after not absorbed
I've just bought the retinal so I'm keen to see the results before deciding whether to cancel my dermatica subscription.
I've just ordered my second one. Cancelled Dermatica. The ordinary lasts over 6 weeks and much more economical.
I ❤ed this video! Please make it a series…
I do like the caffeine from the ordinary not so much as an eye serum but for example I had Shingles on my face and still eight months on I still have nerve problems. Anyway I do get a swelling on my eye and the Caffeine does reduce it completely. Also I do like the hyaluronic acid new new serum.
Gemma, are you suggesting using both “Buffets”, the copper all over, the non-copper for under eyes? And can it be used on the mobile lid as well?
No not at all. One or the other is fine, and both can be used around the eyes x
@@PamperedWolf thank you! This was a very enlightening video.
So would you use Argireline AND the multi-peptide? It’s confusing?
Watch the video I did all about argireline that I tagged at the end of the video. Xxx
Got the moisturizer the second you recommended it originally. Wish they would supersize it because I go through it so fast!
I noticed your hair growing longer and it seems a bit fuller as well. Did you change something? Thank you for your videos.
Niacinamide was my first love from the ordinary however lately I cannot touch it with a 10-foot pole it irritate my skin so bad to the point where my face is swollen the same goes for salicylic acid.1 I struggle with acne the barrier Repair Serum works well for me
Great video. I’m 64 and I just don’t get how and why to put all those products on your skin. Isn’t there just a couple products that can do all these different products?
The multipeptide + copper is designed to be an "all in one" serum -- cleanse, serum, moisturize and done! It's my lazy routine -- and I've seen great results from it. It's super gentle too.
@@MaggieWolf-7777 ~ Thank you for sharing :)
Hello! I use the Good Genes by Sunday Riley for brightening my skin. What do you think. I have normal skin.
It’s very expensive but if it works for you, then keep using it. X
The Ordinary's Lactic Acid serum would be the thing to try if you like GG. Lactic Acid is the key ingredient in GG, so try that serum and see if you like the results while saving about $100.
I actually have had a good experience with the caffeine serum. While there is no ingredient that will get rid of my dark circles (they're genetic) I have had really good depuffing results with it. I actually now use it in combo with the dr. Idriss depuffer as ive found alone, the serum is good for depuffing but not so good for my redness, whereas the depuffer has been amazing for my redness, but isn't quite as effective in depuffing my undereye as the serum is. Thankfully I havent encountered any skin dryness with the caffeine serum either.
I am also sensitive to caffeine (can't drink caffeinated coffee) and had a similar experience. And it depuffed nothing,
Great video! Thank you
I agree with your choices x❤
I’ve started using the Caffeine solution, not seeing any reduction in puffiness (the only reason I wanted it for) and I don’t understand why it’s a 30 ml bottle rather than 15 ml like Pycnogenol (love), considering how little is used.
I do like the Ordinary products, but have visions of me looking like a smurf with the blue serum 😂😂
Omg i just thought it was me with the caffeine and dry crusty flakey eyes, wonder what it’s doing to my insides ☕️☕️☕️
The ordinary is way to complex for me ,I’ve bought different products in the past ,then forgotten what & when I was supposed to use it. I’m too basic I think.😂
Oh no! I love my hyaluronic acid serum from Medik8. I find it great for helping with face massage, and i love it ay night, when I don't generally use a moisturiser, as I find rhem all quite heavy for my skin. I feel so cheated 😂🤦🏼♀️
You don’t need lip filler.
I hate hate hate caffeine in eye creams. They make my eyes look like I’m ten years older. I steer clear of caffeine in eye products. No way no how.
Same here x
54 here Just cant handle the caffeine under my eyes it dries my undereye area dreadfully
I cannot use the caffeine product; so drying!