PRODUCT REVIEW: ÖKO SKINCARE GLOW SERUM – BEST NATURAL ANTIOXIDANT SERUM TO BRIGHTEN SKIN
ÖKO SKINCARE | GLOW SERUM
This review was originally part of my blog article titled, A Complete Clean, Green Skincare Routine with Purito, Codex Beauty, Herbivore and More! You can catch the full piece here.
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If you don’t know much about Öko Skincare, or perhaps have never heard of the brand, let me introduce you. Öko is one of those super niche brands that I wish more people knew about.
I first discovered the organic spa brand a few weeks back when I included the Öko Purifying Cleanser among the Three Facial Cleansers I Love but You’ve (Probably) Never Heard of.
Their founder’s story is so inspiring and the brand’s non-toxic positioning is spot on. No one wants to use toxic skincare if given the choice, right? Most of us don’t think much about it to begin with.
If you’re like me, you have bigger concerns in your day than whether a skincare product has a tiny amount of a potentially irritating toxin that’s unlikely to cause you problems if you use it.
The problem is that toxins can build up in your skin over time — and particularly if you’re using multiple products that contain a potential irritant. That can be as simple as a fragrant plant oil. A tiny amount of Orange Peel Oil in your moisturizer is unlikely to irritate your skin unless you’re extremely sensitive to fragrance in skin care. (Yes, Orange Peel Oil is essentially fragrance!)
So I appreciate this caution from Öko:
“The average woman uses anywhere from 9-15 personal products a day. If these are conventional products, brimming in synthetics, then just imagine the alarming concentration of chemicals women are exposing themselves to on a daily basis.”
(Of course, the same goes for men, too!)
Öko Skincare was founded by Kerisa Weir, who was experiencing serious health issues in reaction to chemicals in the skincare she herself was using.
Keri even struggled with treatments at her favorite spa — where they used potent formulas to achieve the kind of clinical results she expected.
But there was one big drawback — the formulas weren’t clean, they were high in chemicals and synthetics, and the treatments only exacerbated her skin’s reactivity.
So Keri made a clean, organic spa brand with potent actives that could deliver all the same results she wanted for herself — with none of the irritating side effects.
The Öko Glow Serum is, like all of the brand’s skincare, clean and green. It’s loaded with antioxidant botanical extracts — by my count, there are twenty! There are many tried-and-true natural extracts and oils like Jojoba Seed Oil, Safflower Seed Oil and Calendula Flower Extract. But there are also several potent natural humectants, including high levels of Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice (ingredient #2) and Seaweed Extract (ingredient #3).
It’s just a smart, powerful, pro-skin health formula — and the perfect antioxidant powerhouse for the Green Routine.
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The Ingredient List of the Öko Glow Serum:
Aqua (Water), Glycerin, *Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, +Fucus Vesiculosus (Seaweed) Extract, *Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, *Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, *Citrus Aurantium Amara (Neroli) Flower Water, *Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, *Symphytum Officinale (Comfrey) Leaf/Root Extract, *Rosa Damascena (Rose) Flower Extract, *Equisetum Arvense (Horsetail) Extract, *Rosa Canina (Rosehip) Fruit Extract, +Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil, *Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Seed Oil, *Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, *Salvia Hispanica (Chia) Seed Oil, *Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Fruit Extract, *Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Extract, *Citrus Aurantium Amara (Neroli) Flower Oil, *Citrus Aurantium (Petitgrain) Oil, +Salvia Triloba (Sage) Leaf Extract, *Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Citrus Paradisi (Grapefruit) Seed Extract. *Organic +Wildcrafted
