Adding a luxurious serum into your daily cleansing routine is a wonderful way to thank your skin for all the hard work it does. Worn alone after cleansing or paired with another serum or moisturizer, the following gems are plant-based, potent infusions packed with skin-saving ingredients that’ll have your face living its best life yet!
Veriphy
Plant science for the win! Veriphy’s Power Trip serum uses the plant extraction PhytoSpherix®(phytoglycogen) to exfoliate and provide revitalizing energy to help skin naturally produce collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid. Cruelty-free and 98% natural ingredients. Cool fact: Veriphy created a scholarship at the University of Guelph to encourage young women in STEM programs! Visit veriphyskincare.com.
Sahajan
Developed in conjunction with Ayurvedic doctors and relying on traditional Ayurvedic ingredients like triphala and gotu kola to fight age-related dullness, fine lines, and dark spots, Sahajan’s sumptuous Radiance Face Serum not only brings ritual to cleansing, it also beckons luminosity. Sahajan uses the purest plant oils and ingredients and traceable non-GMO sources. Visit sahajan.ca.
Mad Hippie
Mad Hippie’s Vitamin C Serum is an award winner for good reason: it works! With ingredients ranging from the everyday to the exotic (we’re talking to you, konjac root!) this plant-based serum works hard to banish fine lines, discoloration, and improve skin texture. Made in the USA, cruelty-free, vegan, and non-GMO, Mad Hippie’s also all about the environment, donating $1 to conservation with every web sale! Visit madhippie.com.
Graydon
This blue-hued serum does way more than just look stunning on your bathroom counter! Graydon’s Fullmoon Serum is lightweight and formulated with botanical collagen, vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, oligopeptides, retinol, blue tansy, and malachite to help improve and protect skin from pollutants, calm inflammation, and combat signs of aging. Cruelty-free and dermatologist tested. Visit graydonskincare.com