Exfoliating Serums

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Unlock the secret to radiant, glowing skin with exfoliating serums that elevate your skincare routine to new heights. These powerful elixirs are designed to gently slough away dead skin cells, revealing a smoother, more luminous complexion underneath. Whether you're aiming to refine texture, brighten dullness, or achieve an even skin tone, exfoliating serums offer a versatile solution for all skin types. Dive into a world of rejuvenation as you explore serums that effortlessly blend innovation and luxury, delivering transformative results with every drop.

Kiehl's Since 1851Ultra Pure High-Potency 9.8% Glycolic Acid Serum

ITEM: 2672772

Size: 1 oz / 30 ml

59 Reviews

$47.50

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Great Weekly Exfoliation...A great serum on the market...I have used other serums in the past from many different brands, but I can honestly say for this price the brand and the product it’s really good it really smooth out your skin

What it is: A concentrated facial serum formulated with seven ingredients to smooth skin by visibly refining texture and minimizing the appearance of pores.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Pores and Uneven Texture

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Glycolic Acid: A naturally occurring fruit acid known to visibly smooth skin.

Ingredient Callouts: It comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: This serum is formulated with just seven ingredients to help visibly refine and smooth skin’s texture and boost glow. It is free of fragrance and colorants and is minimally formulated for skin absorption and a smoothing effect.

Clinical Results: In

$78.00

Herbivore's Milky Way Serum is a stellar combination of effective exfoliation with skin soothing properties. ...This serum exceeds expectations! Exceptional exfoliation, deep cleansing, and robust protection.

What it is: A milky, textured exfoliating serum packed with 10 percent AHA and oat that delivers a rapid, visible glow—without damaging the skin barrier or causing irritation.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Highlighted Ingredients:
- AHA 10% and PHA 3%: Are gentle and powerful acids that rapidly retexturize the look of skin.
- Oat: Soothes irritation and protects the skin barrier.
- Ceramides and Hyaluronic Acid: Visibly plump skin with moisture and combat water loss.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: This first-of-its-kind, p

$40.50

I love that this product offers gentle exfoliation for the body in a moisturizing serum form. ...Go to for KP & neck exfoliation. Amazing for feet and elbows too. Super effective yet gentle enough for every day

What it is: A milky body serum and moisturizer that addresses visible roughness, dry patches,
bumps, scales, dullness, strawberry skin, and flakiness.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Uneven Texture, and Blemishes

Formulation: Lightweight Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Encapsulated All-Trans-Retinol: Highly advanced, potent-yet-gentle retinol that exfoliates and visibly retexturizes and tones.
- Urea: Hydrates and exfoliates, reducing the look of dead skin buildup without irritation.
- Lactic and Glycolic Acid: AHAs that help exfoliate dead surface skin cells for softer skin texture.

$62.00

Nice Gentle Serum! This serum is quite gentle and would be perfect for someone new to exfoliation. ...Very gentle serum for my sensitive skin. Great for helping fade my acne scars....Very gentle exfoliation...Gentle Exfoliation!

What it is: A gentle water-like serum with 7% PHA that is clinically proven to help resurface and smooth skin, decongest, and visibly shrink pores without irritation or dryness.

Skin Type:
Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Pores, Uneven Texture, Oiliness

Highlighted Ingredients:
- 7% PHA: Helps resurface skin and remove dead skin cells and the appearance of pore-clogging buildup.
- Panthenol: Soothes skin with moisture.
- Macadamia Seed Oil: Helps control sebum without clogging pores.

$122.00

This serum is, quite frankly, amazing! If your skin prefers glycolic chemical exfoliation, this will become your holy grail. ...Great nighttime serum for a gentle exfoliation. I used this with the drunk elephants whipped cream moisturizer & loved the way my skin felt the next morning.

What it is: A high-tech 10% AHA/1% BHA gel that resurfaces dull, congested skin by gently lifting away dead skin cells, dramatically improving the appearance of pores, blemishes, fine lines, and wrinkles.


Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily


Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Pores, and Dullness


Formulation: Lightweight Serum


Highlighted Ingredients:
- T.L.C. Framboos™ AHA Blend: Resurfaces and exfoliates skin for a smoother-, more even-looking complexion.

- Salicylic Acid (BHA): Loosens sebum to unclog pores while soothing skin.

$12.20

Exfoliation for Smooth Skin...This serum is good for some extra exfoliation. I use it once in a while and only the night before a shady day. ...an amazing serum

What it is: A high-strength lactic acid peeling formula for smoother, healthier-looking skin.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines/Wrinkles, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Tasmanian Pepperberry: Reduces visible signs of inflammation and sensitivity that are often associated with exfoliation.
- Lactic Acid: An alpha hydroxy acid that exfoliates the skin.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, phthalates, mineral oil, oxybenzone, coal tar, and sulfates SLS & SLES. It is also vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This product is vegan, cruelty-free, and formulated without oil.

The OrdinaryLactic Acid 5% + HA

ITEM: 2336469

Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL

213 Reviews

$10.70

If you are new to chemical exfoliation serums, I think this is the best place to start! ...Light enough for more gentle acid exfoliation. Easily worn under moisturizer. Be sure to use SPF!

What it is: An alpha hydroxy acid that exfoliates the skin.

Skin Type: Normal

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Liquid

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. This product is also vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: This 5-percent formulation offers very mild exfoliation and is supported with a purified Tasmanian pepperberry known to calm and soothe after exfoliation.

$30.00

It gave me the great chemical exfoliation I was expecting, and didn’t irritate my skin at all. ...Great Milky Serum!...I was really impressed with this serum! It has no fragrance, which makes it perfect for sensitive skin, no irritation at all.

What it is: A booster serum with 1% bakuchiol designed to address signs of aging related to collagen loss.


Highlighted Ingredients: 
-Bakuchiol: Reduces appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.


Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily


What Else You Need to Know: This plumping booster serum, with its comfortable, milky texture, improves skin’s appearance. Day after day, the skin looks plumper, and fine lines and wrinkles appear reduced.

$209.00

This body serum feels so luxurious! It contains similar skincare ingridients as the facial serums. ...Lovely serum...I have never tried a body serum before so I was really excited to use this!

What it is: A full-body resurfacing serum that visibly brightens and smooths with vitamin C, vitamin A, AHA superfruits, and hyaluronic acid for healthy-looking skin.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Highlighted Ingredients:
- AHA Superfruit Blend and White Willow Bark: Promote cell turnover and slough off dead skin cells.
- Kakadu Plum: Natural vitamin C for visible brightening and antioxidant defense.
- Cacay Oil: Plant-derived vitamin A (retinoic acid) for visible regeneration and smoothing.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This is your full-body

$18.90

A daily body care routine is soo important in the over all health of you skin, and you can’t talk bodycare with exfoliation. This serum containing salicylic acid has helped the texture, discoloration, and blemish prevention of my skin. ...Great exfoliation

What it is: An exfoliating body serum that fights acne blemishes while visibly smoothing texture.

Skin Type:
Combination and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Redness and Acne and Blemishes

Fragrance Description:
Fragrance free

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Salicylic Acid: A BHA that exfoliates within pores to target acne blemishes.
- Sarcosine: An amino acid derivative that targets uneven texture and pore appearance.

Ingredient Callouts: It is vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This exfoliating body serum visibly clears up and targets acne blemishes while smoothing the appearance of skin texture.

Clinical Results: In clinical testing on 32 peo

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Exfoliating Toners
“this is the best toner I have tried. it makes my skin so smooth. the sent is not my favorite, but it works amazing, so it's fine”
Exfoliant Creams
“I bought this because I was looking for a physical exfoliant to add to my skincare routine, because my chemical exfoliants were taking the skin off, but not all the way”
AHA BHA Serums
“The only reason I don't use it daily is I love PTR's Glycolic Acid moisturizer and this product specifically says lay off the AHA products while using this one. If there was an annoyance that would be it- it's thee bomb”
Serums With Salicylic Acid
“I am so excited for this new product, the Strawberry Smooth BHA + AHA Salicylic Acid Serum, that was just released by Glow Recipe! ”
Eye Serums
“I had quit using eye serums till i recieved this one because I thought I could save myself a step with just using my face serums under my eyes but after using this one and seeing the results I’m seeing never again”
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“I really love the facial radiance skin pads . It removes dead skin , after using 2x per day for 1 week I have seen improvements on my skin”
Water-Based Serums
“Very smooth and easy to apply did not leave my skin feeling dry or stiff went on smoothly and my skin felt clean and smooth, Serum was very compatible to my skin adding much needed moisture during this really cold and moisture robbing season we are going thru right now .There was no greasy after feel as this is water based so no break out from bad oils”
Exfoliating Body Lotions
“I know that niacinamide is supposed to be really great for your face but this lotion is not great for my skin on my body. It could be that I have really dry skin and I usually use lotions that have a bit more grease to them”
Primer Serums
“This product was gifted to me by Laneige to review for you guys, and it is hands down one of my favorite primers now! I have combination skin so I’m always having to mix primers to try and get a “glowy” look that I love for my makeup and this primer has helped with that”

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