Review: 3LAB Ginseng The Serum
- Becky Choi
- Oct 24, 2014
- 4 min read
Hello beauty fanatics, today I'm going to review a serum that used to be my holy grail serum when I was still washing my face with hard water and was part of my regular routine: the 3LAB Ginseng The Serum.
3LAB is a New York based brand founded by 2 Koreans whom are married to each other. Personally I still consider this a Korean brand because of the research and development done by Koreans. This brand is a high end brand that is known for using innovative and technologically advanced ingredients available – like Nano-Claire GY™, the world’s first bio-engineered growth hormone and apple stem cell technology. Their Platinum collection includes the Super Face Serum ($575USD) and the Super Cream ($875USD)! I have had the luxury of trying a deluxe sample of the Super Cream and MAN DOES IT FEEL LIKE SILK!!!! I hope one day I'll be able to afford the full size, it's to die for seriously....
Anyway, back to my review. The Ginseng Serum is supposed to provide hydration and anti aging benefits. The benefits listed on their website are as follows:
Korean Wild Mountain Ginseng stem cell extracts help skin to feel and look younger.
Natural ingredients are fermented to enhance their effectiveness further.
Anti-Oxidant properties from the natural ingredients eliminate free radical damage to the skin.
Reduces tired looking and dull skin by accelerating cell turnover.
Targets hyper-pigmentation, dark spots and freckles and brightens and evens skin tone.
Boosts skin hydration and collagen production reducing fine lines and wrinkles.
The key ingredients in the serum are:
Korean Ginseng Stem Cell Extract - helps scavenge the free radicals, prevents tyrosinase and lipoxygenase activity to create brighter and younger looking skin.
7 Complex(Fermented 7 Complex) - rice, barley, soybean, pumpkin, Portulacae Herba, Pomegranate, and grape increase the potency of active ingredients, decrease the size of compounds, increase absorption and efficacy.
“Yin” and “Yang” Extract - synergistic blend of 5 oriental herbal medicinal ingredients used to even skin tone, improve dryness, firmness, and maintain the “Yin and Yang” balance for healthy skin.
N-Acetylglucosamine - improves the condition of the skin by moisturizing the skin and helping to exfoliate dead skin cells.
Betafin - derived from sugar beet, it provides long lasting moisturization and promotes collagen production.
I say this on all my review posts in case anyone that hasn't read my other posts and they don't know about this: I want to tell you that I always use my hands to apply all of my skincare products instead of using a cotton pad. I just think that I'm wasting a lot of products when I put it on the cotton pad versus putting a few drops in my hands. Another benefit with applying products with my hands is I can massage my face and improve my blood circulation on my face while applying products and also feel my face at the same time to look for dry areas or problems with my skin. Why good blood circulation is good for the skin? Because blood delivers oxygen and nutrients to your cells while it removes waste products, which is vital for good skin.
I want to remind you that I used this when I was using hard water to wash my face and pimples are my worst enemies and they never seem to go away altogether. The way I use this serum is I pump 1 pump onto my hands, and then rub it evenly on my palms and pat it on my face gently, pressing the product into my skin and let it absorb.
The texture is like any typical serum texture. It is brownish in colour and have a light scent to it. This is the part that gets interesting, asides from providing hydration and even skin tone and brightening my skin, the most important feature of this serum which is NOT listed and this is why I call this the magic potion, is that this serum treats pimples! Whether they are in their early stage where it is about to come out, or it came out already, once I apply this serum on my pimples, the ones that was about to come out just magically disappear without coming out, the ones that came out already just disappears in 2 days max! I'm not kidding, I told my friend about this and she bought one right away and tried it, and it worked the same on her! We were almost pimple free for a long time!
Overall I love this serum, it is on the pricey side, but for those of you that has occasional pimple problems, this is THE serum for you! I switched serums ever since I started using soft water where pimples are no longer an issue for me (yes I haven't had a single pimple ever since I started using soft water and that's 9 months already). I'm very impressed with this brand, I love the Super Cream and the H Serum as well. Hopefully one day when I do decide to splurge and buy the full size I will give a full review.
This brand is only available at Hudson's Bay here in Toronto (Yorkdale and QUeen location only), I bought mine from the Queen location for $120CDN + tax. Ouch! I know, but it's really well worth the price. I went through 2 bottles before switching to soft water, it was really good. I hope it helps your pimple problems too if you do decide to try!
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