PRODUCT REVIEW: ALLEVEN TOTAL FACE SERUM - BEST ANTIOXIDANT FACE CREAM, BEST NIACINAMIDE MOISTURIZER
ALLEVEN | TOTAL FACE SERUM
Looking for a deeply hydrating antioxidant serum made with arctic water?
I wasn’t either. But that doesn’t mean it’s not cool AF. Yes, ALLEVEN’s Total Face Serum is a deeply hydrating, potent antioxidant serum made with Arctic water that’s somehow brought to life by light from the aurora borealis. How often do you hear that? I’m guessing you haven’t.
Sure, the ALLEVEN Total Face Serum is powered by a nutrient-rich water bathed in the northern lights and sourced by bio-tech research vessels. To bring it a little more down to Earth, ALLEVEN’s Total Face Serum is also infused with peptides, prebiotic sugars, nourishing microalgae and my fave antioxidant, Niacinamide. ALLEVEN refers to its proprietary complex as a “cocktail of seven molecular factors.”
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ALLEVEN’s proprietary complex is composed of two replenishing and plumping peptides. Mohawk Peptide is said to be “on all four collagen families and produces new collagen to lift and plump improving face architecture.” And an EGCG Peptide derived from green tea that has a multitude of benefits for the skin, the most important of which is effective antioxidant protection.
What Is Niacinamide and What Does Niacinamide Do to the Skin?
Every time I talk about Niacinamide, I feel the need to stress the unique qualities of Niacinamide — and the remarkable benefits that Vitamin B3 can have for the skin. It’s the one active I use both AM and PM.
Of course, I turn to the experts on the Paula’s Choice Research Team:
“Also known as vitamin B3 and nicotinic acid, niacinamide is a very effective skin-restoring ingredient that offers multiple benefits for aging and blemish-prone skin. Among these benefits is the ability to visibly improve the appearance of enlarged pores, uneven skin tone, fine lines, dullness, and a weakened skin surface.
Niacinamide can also mitigate and to some extent help visibly repair damage from UV light and offset other sources of environmental attack, including the negative impact of various types of airborne pollutants. Unlike many beneficial ingredients, niacinamide is stable in the presence of heat and light.”
There’s also a prebiotic that helps to nourish the good bacteria in the skin’s microbiome to balance and enhance skin health.
With about a 5% concentration of Niacinamide, Total Face Serum is a superb daily antioxidant serum. Or is it a moisturizer? In summer, I think it’s both!
One of the more interesting properties of the formula is connected to that arctic water exposed to the aurora borealis: Boreal Ferment that restores skin’s natural hydration protects from blue light. The question is: do we even need protection from blue light? The jury is still out.
No matter, the the ALLEVEN Total Face Serum is a legit antioxidant treatment — and one of the best antioxidant face creams I’ve come across. Plus, it’s cool!
SHOP THE BLOG: Purchase the ALLEVEN Total Face Serum for $141 here.
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The Ingredient List of the ALLEVEN Total Face Serum:
WATER(AQUA), GLYCERIN, CAPRYLYL CAPRYLATE/CAPRATE, C15-19 ALKANE, NIACINAMIDE, PROPANEDIOL, DIMETHICONE, OCTYLDODECANOL, SACCHARIDE ISOMERATE, XYLITYLGLUCOSIDE, HYDROXYETHYL ACRYLATE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE COPOLYMER, PALMITOYL TETRAPEPTIDE-72 AMIDE, ACETYL TETRAPEPTIDE-2, CHLORELLA VULGARIS EXTRACT, PSEUDOALTEROMONAS FERMENT EXTRACT, XYLOSE, PHENOXYETHANOL, ANHYDROXYLITOL, XYLITOL, OCTYLDODECYL XYLOSIDE, PEG-30 DIPOLYHYDROXYSTEARATE, FRAGRANCE (PARFUM), ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBITAN ISOSTEARATE, GLUCOSE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, XANTHAN GUM, GLYCERYL CAPRYLATE, CITRIC ACID.
