PRODUCT REVIEW: ALGENIST ALGAE NIACINAMIDE MOISTURE VEIL - BEST NIACINAMIDE SERUM FOR OILY SKIN
ALGENIST | ALGAE NIACINAMIDE MOISTURE VEIL
I’ve been immersing myself in a few cool brands over the past several weeks, among them is bio-tech brand Algenist.
If you didn’t catch my YouTube video for #selfcaresunday yesterday, I amped up my complexion’s glow with Algenist’s Blue Algae Vitamin C Dark Spot Correcting Peel. You can check it out on my channel here.
It’s an effective face peel formulated with a trifecta of beneficial acids — AHA’s, BHA and PHA. Not too harsh, not too mild. Kinda just right. It’s got pure Vitamin C and, of course, the brand’s patented booster Alguronic Acid. Cool stuff!
The brand’s newest innovation is the Algae Niacinamide Moisture Veil — one of the best new Niacinamide serums for oily, blemish prone skin. While The Ordinary’s Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% is popular with oily skin types, there’s no clinical evidence that zinc is actually beneficial for oily skin.
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Algenist’s new Niacinamide Moisture Veil is the first I’ve come across that’s formulated specifically to help regulate skin’s natural oil production over time — in ten days, in fact.
Algenist’s Algae Niacinamide Moisture Veil is infused with the brand’s proprietary Alguronic Acid as well as a “Sebum-Fighting Algae Concentrate” that’s proven to help minimize excess sebum on the skin surface to control shine.
There’s about a 5-7% concentration of Niacinamide in the formula in addition to multiple skin-nourishing algae extracts.
What is Niacinamide and What Does Niacinamide Do for the Skin?
I found a comprehensive article on the form of Vitamin B3 written by the skin experts on the Paula’s Choice Research Team, titled simply, How Niacinamide Helps Skin. It doesn’t do it justice! They should have titled the article, Niacinamide is the Game Changer You Need to Defend Against Skin Damage and Maintain Optimal Skin Health.
From the piece….
How Niacinamide Helps Skin
Niacinamide is a skin care ingredient worthy of your attention and your skin will love you for using it. Among a handful of other amazing skin care ingredients such as retinol and vitamin C, niacinamide is a standout because of its versatility for almost any skin care concern and skin type.
As many of you know about us, but for those who don’t, the conclusions we make about any ingredient are always based on what the published research has shown to be true—and the research about niacinamide unanimously demonstrates how special it is. New research keeps showing it’s one of the most exciting skin care ingredients around.
What is Niacinamide?
Also known as vitamin B3 and nicotinamide, niacinamide is a water-soluble vitamin that works with the natural substances in your skin to help visibly minimize enlarged pores, tighten lax pores, improve uneven skin tone, soften fine lines and wrinkles, diminish dullness, and strengthen a weakened surface.
Niacinamide also reduces the impact of environmental damage because of its ability to improve skin’s barrier (its first line of defense), plus it also plays a role in helping skin to repair signs of past damage. Left unchecked, this type of daily assault makes skin appear older, dull, and less radiant.
Why You Should Use Niacinamide
As you might have gathered, we’re very impressed with all that niacinamide can do for skin when applied via skin care products like toners, serums, and highly concentrated leave-on treatments. Niacinamide is uniquely compatible with any of the products in your skin care routine, including those that contain retinol, peptides, hyaluronic acid, AHAs, BHA, vitamin C, and all types of antioxidants.
You can use multiple niacinamide-containing products in your routine, and it will still be non-sensitizing as this ingenious B vitamin is well tolerated by all skin types. It’s even suitable for use by those with sensitive or rosacea-prone skin.
Other helpful benefits of niacinamide are that it helps renew and restore the surface of skin against moisture loss and dehydration by helping skin improve its natural production of skin-strengthening ceramides. When ceramides become depleted over time, skin is left vulnerable to all sorts of problems, from persistent patches of dry, flaky skin to increasingly becoming extra-sensitive.
If you struggle with dry skin, topical application of niacinamide has been shown to boost the hydrating ability of moisturizers so skin’s surface can better resist the moisture loss that leads to recurrent dry, tight, flaky skin. Niacinamide works brilliantly with common moisturizer ingredients like glycerin, non-fragrant plant oils, cholesterol, sodium PCA, and sodium hyaluronate.
How does niacinamide help pores? Great question, although the answer here isn’t certain. Simply put, research hasn’t come to a full understanding about how this B vitamin works its pore-reducing magic, but it does! It seems that niacinamide has a normalizing ability on the pore lining, and that this influence plays a role in keeping debris from getting backed up, which leads to clogs and rough, bumpy skin. As the clog forms and worsens, the pores stretch to compensate, and what you’ll see is enlarged pores. By helping things get back to normal, niacinamide use helps pores return to their normal size. Sun damage can cause pores to become stretched, too, leading to what some describe as "orange peel skin". Higher concentrations of niacinamide can help visibly tighten pores by shoring up skin’s supportive elements.
What’s most remarkable about the formula is its amazing velvety texture. It looks (and feels!) like liquid gold on the skin. Seriously, one of the coolest and most unique Niacinamide serums to launch in a while — at least since the Paula’s Choice Niacinamide 20% Treatment.
If you manage oily or very oily skin, you might want to give the Algenist Algae Niacinamide Moisture Veil a try.
SHOP THE BLOG: Purchase the Algenist Algae Niacinamide Moisture Veil for $65 here.
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The Ingredient List of the Algae Niacinamide Moisture Veil:
Water (Aqua, Eau), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Isododecane, Dimethicone, Isostearyl isostearate, Niacinamide, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate, Polyglyceryl-6 Polyhydroxystearate, Polyglyceryl-6 Polyricinoleate, Magnesium Sulfate, Sodium Chloride, Parachlorella Beijerinckii Exopolysaccharides, Phloretin, Fucus Spiralis Extract, Tetraselmis Chui Extract, Spiraea Ulmaria Extract, Hydrolyzed Algin, Sorbitan Oleate Decylglucoside Crosspolymer, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Polyglycerin-6, Xanthan Gum, Triethyl Citrate, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Extract, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Extract, Bergamot/Grapefruit/Orange/Tangerine Fruit Ferment Extract, Mica, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Phenoxyethanol, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891).
