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Reviewing 4 Popular Brightening Korean Serum for Dark Spots

5 products · Nov 21, 2025 · Watch on YouTube ↗

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    • Has this slippery little viscous kind of a texture
    • It doesn't feel sticky and heavy on the skin
    • Oily skin if you want use this you will be able to use it
    • Contains centella niacinamide capsules in it
    • When you apply this serum on your skin these capsules melt into your skin due to the heat on your skin and get absorbed fully
    • Has a very simple ingredient list, a very gentle formula
    • Highly highly suitable for the beginners for sensitive skin
    • Rosacea skin can also use it
    • When I was using it I honestly did not notice any difference like I have given it good one month time all I noticed was some glow on my skin
    • Get this if you have red acne marks otherwise skip it
    • It's not gonna work on your brown acne marks it's not gonna work on lot of dullness on your skin it's not gonna work on sun tanning
    • I don't know why it's so famous online because people have claimed lot of things about it and maybe I don't know it did not work for me
    • If you have stubborn pigmentation, you rather skip on this one and buy something that I am going to review later in this video
    • I honestly did not like this serum and I am glad that I bought many of this first
    • I am gonna rate it as 3.5 out of five
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    numbuzin$26.00
    • So many of you consider this as a vitamin C serum no it's not this is technically your multivitamin serum
    • Majorly contains 5% niacinamide, 4% tranexamic acid, and cowberry extract, to brighten up your skin
    • Formulation is very stable, and it's not vitamin C concentrated product, you can easily store it at the room temperature
    • This serum has very very pale yellow cushy kind of a texture and when you apply it on your skin it feels very hydrating on the skin
    • It's not gonna feel sticky but it will feel very hydrating on the skin
    • I feel every skin type can use it
    • This numbuzin serum does work in fading your red acne marks and brown acne marks
    • You should be able to see a huge difference if you use it daily for one to two months
    • Does add overall glow to your skin and makes your skin very radiant and healthy
    • If you have melasma, it's not gonna work on that
    • If you have very old black marks on your skin, it's not gonna work on it
    • This is like a moderate strength multivitamin serum will go well with most of the products
    • I am gonna rate it as 4.5 out of five
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    Anua$28
    • This is technically your niacinamide serum because that's its main ingredient
    • It contains niacinamide in 10% and also it contains 4% tranexamic acid, 2% arbutin
    • They have also added 10 different types of hyaluronic acid, bunch of skin hydrating ingredients
    • If you have dry skin, normal skin, combination to dry skin, and you need a skin brightening serum for your skin, this is the pick for you
    • Oily skin can find it little sticky especially during hot humid weather
    • It does have this a very viscous bouncy texture and I personally love it because I find the serum very hydrating on its own it hydrates suits my skin a little bit and also brightens my skin
    • Formulation of this serum is very stable you don't have to keep it in the fridge you can store it in your room itself
    • This Anua skin brightening serum works in fading pretty much all kind of pigmentation
    • If you have pigmentation around the mouth and the brown patch around the mouth this will help in lightning it
    • In one to two months of usage you will notice some good difference
    • If you have red acne marks, some brown acne marks, you should be able to see a difference with one to two months of usage
    • The only thing on which the Anua serum is not gonna work is the melasma
    • Absolutely love this serum
    • I am gonna rate it as five out of five
    • This is my current favorite
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    COSRX$14.70
    • This is the most potent skin brightening serum of this video because it contains 23% of L-ascorbic acid because it contains pure vitamin C
    • It makes the formula little unstable that is it can go bad very easily if don't store it properly
    • It is important that you do keep it in the fridge
    • Once you have open it try to finish it up within six months time
    • If your COSRX vitamin C serum has turned to darker yellow very golden yellow or very orangeish reddish color it means the serum has oxidized it is not safe to use
    • COSRX vitamin C serum even though it contains 23% pure vitamin C the formulation is such that it's not gonna irritate your skin even if you use it daily
    • I have used it daily in my nighttime skincare routine and it never caused a problem
    • COSRX vitamin C serum works on all kind of pigmentation
    • If you have brown pigmentation around the mouth it's gonna fade it over the time
    • If you have brown acne marks it's gonna fade it
    • If you have sun tan on your skin lot of unevenness on the skin, it's gonna fade it and give you like even tone skin
    • It works on minor to moderate newly formed melasma
    • If you have rosacea skin avoid it
    • If you have very sensitive skin avoid it
    • I am gonna rate it as five out of five
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    • For very old stubborn melasma I will suggest checking out the By Wishtrend vitamin C serum. My mother has used it in the past and she has seen some really good results
    • I will any day suggest that you check out the By Wishtrend vitamin C serum. That's like the number one vitamin C serum for oily skin

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