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The Ordinary Balancing and Clarifying Serum
The Ordinary Balancing and Clarifying Serum
The Ordinary Balancing and Clarifying Serum
The Ordinary Balancing & Clarifying Serum
The Ordinary Balancing and Clarifying Serum

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A multi-active solution designed to reduce signs of skin congestion by minimizing excess shine, and improving pore appearance for clearer-looking skin.
Price reduced from 23.90 EUR to 18.40 EUR
Price reduced from 23.90 EUR to 18.40 EUR
Free shipping until December 3, 2024. Terms & Conditions apply.

Targets Signs of Congestion, Dryness, Textural Irregularities

Suited to All Skin Types

Format Serum: Water-Based

Key ingredients
Sarcosine, L-Carnitine, Polylysine, Adenosine, N-Acetylglucosamine, Ectoin, Lactococcus Ferment Lysate

Overview

Product Details

Highlights

ph
5.5-6.5
water-free
No
alcohol-free
Yes
oil-free
Yes
silicone-free
Yes
vegan
Yes
gluten-free
Yes
cruelty-free
Yes
About

Balancing & Clarifying Serum provides visibly clearer skin, by helping to reduce the look of pores, excess oil, and uneven skin texture. The formulation offers a simple way to treat multiple concerns, offering a total of seven key benefits for blemish-prone and congested skin. While especially suited to oily and combination skin, it is tested and suitable for all skin types.

Balancing & Clarifying Serum minimizes excess shine, and helps reduce the look of enlarged pores, which can be common concerns for oily skin types. It also provides all-day hydration and strengthens the skin barrier to help balance skin’s oil and water content, to avoid drying or stripping the skin.

In addition, Balancing & Clarifying Serum helps to improve uneven skin texture for smoother-looking skin, while also reducing visible post-acne marks and promoting skin radiance to make skin look clearer and brighter.

As part of our range of Multi-Active Solutions, Balancing & Clarifying combines seven key technologies to achieve these benefits:

Sarcosine and L-Carnitine: Naturally occurring molecules that reduce the appearance of oiliness and shine.

Polylysine:
A patented molecule that also reduces the appearance of oiliness and shine. It has a unique three-dimensional branched structure that is composed of 48 naturally-derived lysine amino acids.

Adenosine:
Helps reduce the appearance of pores and textured skin.

N-Acetylglucosamine (NAG):
An amino sugar that offers similar exfoliation properties to direct acids. Through this exfoliation, it helps target signs of congestion, while also targeting the look of uneven skin tone.

Ectoin:
Protects the skin barrier against water loss and helps maintain skin hydration. The ingredient ectoin is an amino acid derivative produced via fermentation from ectoine - a naturally occurring molecule found in a wide range of bacteria that live in extreme conditions.

Lactococcus Ferment Lysate:
Works to help support the skin barrier. It is a mixture of fragmented molecules derived from the breakdown of the bacteria lactococcus lactis.

Testing shows Balancing & Clarifying Serum:
- Provides visibly clearer skin by helping reduce signs of congestion including the look of pores, excess oil and uneven skin texture
- Reduces the look of enlarged pores
- Minimizes excess shine
- Improves skin texture
- Reduces the appearance of post-acne marks
- Provides all-day hydration
- Strengthens the skin barrier
- Boosts skin radiance 

Usage Details

How to use

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  • Shake well before use.
  • Apply a few drops to the face in the morning and evening.
  • If irritation occurs, rinse off, cease use, and consult a physician.
  • Use only as directed on unbroken skin.
  • Patch testing prior to use is advised.
  • Keep out of reach of children.
Patch Test

Product & Safety Guidance

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Product & Safety Guidance
Patch Test
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    Apply a small amount of the product onto a clean area of skin on the upper forearm.

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    Keep the area dry.

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    If the product has a specified duration of use, rinse off after this time has elapsed. Otherwise rinse off after 24 hours.

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    If any redness, burning, itching, blistering or irritation is observed at any time throughout the test, do not use the product.

Recycling Instructions

Recycling instructions

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Recycling Instructions
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Before Recycling:

Empty the contents of the container. Remove cap, lid, dropper, pump, and other components and rinse the bottle/jar with water.

Packaging items with adhesive-based labels:

Contact your local recycling facility to ensure recyclability via curbside recycling program.
Otherwise, dispose via our in-store recycling program.

Serum/Oil, Shampoo, Conditioner, Shower Gel, Lotion, Hand Soap Bottles:

#1 PETE & #2 HDPE and glass bottles are recyclable through the majority of local curbside recycling programs.
# 5 PP bottles are usually recyclable through local curbside recycling programs. Please contact your local recycling facility to ensure recyclability.
Otherwise, dispose via our in-store recycling program.

Dropper Lids:

Dispose of via our in-store recycling program.

Disclaimer:

We work to provide our customers with accurate guidelines on packaging recyclability; however, please ensure your city or municipal program is consulted before recycling an item.

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