Balance Me Vitamin C Brightening Eye Serum
- Anti-aging
- Evens skin tone
- Anti-oxidation
- Moisturizing
- ascorbyl glucoside
- caffeine
- caprylic/capric triglyceride
- cetearyl alcohol
- +10 more

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Can the product deliver on its promises?
Promise
What does the product description say?WIMJ summary for anti-aging
This product contains ascorbyl glucoside. This ingredient might be able to help reduce and prevent fine lines and wrinkles, improve skin elasticity and firmness, but there is not enough evidence that it actually works.
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Promise
What does the product description say?WIMJ summary for evens skin tone
The following ingredient (ingredients) in this product might be helpful, but there is no evidence to confirm that it actually works: ascorbyl glucoside.
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WIMJ summary for moisturizing
This product can help improve hydration of the skin with the two types of ingredients.
The first type is called “humectants”:
these ingredients help attract water.
When humectants are on the surface of the skin, they “pull in” the moisture from the outside environment, or from
within deeper layers of the skin. The following ingredients in this product do the job:
glycerin, hyaluronic acid.
This product also contains ingredients called “occlusives”. They help reduce the speed with which our skin loses moisture to the outside environment. These ingredients also help soften the upper layer of the skin, so it feels less tight and nicer to the touch. The following ingredients in this product do the job: caprylic/capric triglyceride, helianthus annuus seed oil.
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WIMJ summary for anti-oxidation
This product contains antioxidants (ascorbyl glucoside) that might be able to help neutralize free radicals in skin to lessen the damage it gets from the UV light (sun). There is not enough evidence to confirm their effectiveness in skin though.
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How honest is this product?
Promise | Can it deliver? |
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Anti-aging | |
Evens skin tone |
Potential irritants

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coco-caprylate | ||
ascorbyl glucoside | ||
hamamelis virginiana water |
Ingredients by volume
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Plain old water
| 45% - 55% |
An emollient that softens skin and creates a nice product texture
| 5.2% - 6.3% |
One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant
| 4.2% - 5.2% |
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