PRODUCT REVIEW: ALGENIST ALGAE NIACINAMIDE MOISTURE VEIL - BEST NIACINAMIDE SERUM FOR OILY SKIN, BEST FACE SERUM TO FIX OILY SKIN
This product review was originally part of my blog article titled, My FW21 Empties: NIOD Multi-Molecular Hyaluronic Complex, Algenist Algae Niacinamide Moisture Veil, Synergie Skin Vitamin B 13% Niacinamide Serum & More. You can catch the full piece here.
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Writing is, of course, my passion. And writing about skincare is truly the icing on the cake. (Make it the cupcake!) Of the 40-50 blog articles I write over the course of a year, among the ones that are the most fun for me are the four articles on my product empties. Since I try hundreds of products a year, actually finishing one of them is telling.
I love reflecting back on my skincare journey to see which products wowed me the most and what kinds of skincare I was most focused on. In the summer, I’m all about lightweight sunscreens. In wintertime, I love a heavier replenishing face cream. And year-round, humectant serums are always a part of my daily skincare routines. I go through a lot of Hyaluronic Acid serums!
I last explored products I loved so much that I finished them in the early fall in a blog article titled, My Summer Empties 2021: The Inkey List Caffeine Eye Cream, Supergoop! Daily Dose Vitamin C + SPF 40 Sunscreen Serum and More. You can still catch the article here.
MY SUMMER EMPTIES: THE INKEY LIST CAFFEINE EYE CREAM, SUPERGOOP! DAILY DOSE SPF 40 SUNSCREEN AND MORE
My collection of My Summer Empties 2021 included some of my favorite skincare products over the entire year, including the Kat Burki Goji Essence — one of the best Lactic Acid toners I’ve ever come across. It instantly brightens the complexion, is exceptionally pro-skin health, and such a pleasure to use.
Also featured was Herbal Face Food’s The Serum I, perhaps most notable because the product went on to be named the 2021 Skincarma Product of the Year. With its antioxidant potency and seeming ability to reboot the complexion, it’s truly one of the most unique skincare products and continues to be a part of my regular skincare routine. You can catch my year-end review of it here.
The hybrid facial sunscreen Supergoop! Daily Dose Vitamin C + SPF 40 Sunscreen Serum PA+++ is a longtime favorite in my daily sunscreen repertoire — and a real go-to sunscreen in the summer. It has one of the coolest textures for a sunscreen and continues to be a fave that I look forward to using on warmer days.
If you haven’t experienced Daily Dose yet, you’re really missing out. Supergoop! literally has the best sunscreens! It’s so important to find a daily sunscreen that you love so much you would never skip out on using it — and Daily Dose is one of those products. Catch my review of it on the blog here.
PRODUCT REVIEW: SUPERGOOP! ULTRA DAILY DOSE VITAMIN C + SPF 40 SUNSCREEN SERUM PA+++
So I’m excited to share some of my latest skincare empties — four of the products I loved so much that I finished them in the last four months. By no means did I only finish four. I just selected four true standouts.
The collection this time around includes one of the best humectant serums, NIOD’s Multi-Molecular Hyaluronic Complex. Its watery, supremely layerable texture is everything.
In this go-round, there are two Niacinamide serums, the Algenist Algae Niacinamide Moisture Veil and Synergie Skin’s Vitamin B 13% Essential Niacinamide Serum. Like a good Hyaluronic Acid serum, my daily AM and PM skincare routines are never without a great Niacinamide serum. Of course, my longtime favorite is the Paula’s Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster — the best anti-aging serum on Earth. But that’s not to say that I don’t try out others and that I don’t enjoy them enough to finish them!
Lastly, is the Indie Lee CoQ-10 Toner. I really loved this toner and regret that I haven’t tried anything else from the brand yet. I need to get on that!
So let’s take a look back at one of the products that I finished over the past several months, revisit what I said about it initially and if I’m feeling the #fomo…
Algenist | Algae Niacinamide Moisture Veil
What I said about it: 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.
NIACINAMIDE IS THE GAME CHANGER YOU NEED TO DEFEND AGAINST SKIN DAMAGE AND MAINTAIN OPTIMAL SKIN HEALTH
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.
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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.
What I think now: The Algenist Algae Niacinamide Moisture Veil is such a unique and fun Niacinamide serum. I love, love, love applying it. If you have oily skin, or even acne-prone skin, this one is for you!
#fomo level: Absolutely, the #fomo is real. And as much as I love it, my bestie loves it even more. On the nights when he’s over and we do our PM skincare routines, Algenist’s Algae Niacinamide Moisture Veil is his favorite product — by far!
Who it’s for: All skin types, particularly oily and acne-prone skins.
SHOP THE BLOG: Purchase the Algenist Algae Niacinamide Moisture Veil for $65 here.
The Ingredient List of the Algenist Algae Niacinamide Moisture Veil:
sii|h 0 0, Isododecane emo|solv, Dimethicone emo 0 1, Isostearyl Isostearate emo 1 4, Niacinamide cci|sb|aacne|h, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate emo, Polyglyceryl-6 Polyhydroxystearate emu, Polyglyceryl-6 Polyricinoleate emu, Magnesium Sulfate vc, Sodium Chloride vc, Parachlorella Beijerinckii Exopolysaccharides, Phloretin aox, Fucus Spiralis Extract emo, Tetraselmis Chui Extract emo, Spiraea Ulmaria Extract 
so, Hydrolyzed Algin, Sorbitan Oleate Decylglucoside Crosspolymer emu|surf, Disteardimonium Hectorite vc, Polyglycerin-6 h, Xanthan Gum vc, Triethyl Citrate perf, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Extract, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Extract perf, Bergamot/Grapefruit/Orange/Tangerine Fruit Ferment Extract aox, Mica col, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin pres, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Phenoxyethanol pres, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) col 0 0
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