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GoW 8% Azelaic Acid SerumPrice: $19.15 for 1oz on GoW (sample size of 0.25oz for $5.70)Victoria Health carries GoW 10% Azelaic Acid Serum for £9.00Ingredients: Spring Water, Azelaic Acid, Liposome Base (soy based), Allantoin, Glycerin, Sclerotium Gum, Leucidal SFSpecial Info: pH of 4.4; fragrance-free; doesn’t test on animals (unsure if cruelty free); azelaic acid is derived from castor beans, not wheatThe 10% Azelaic Acid Serum (UK) has a pH 5.3 – 5.5Review: I’ve been interested in trying azelaic acid in order to address some general redness, but I was put off by the reviews of the popular products (Melazepam, The Ordinary.) It’s not that I don’t love thick goopy formulas, it’s just that I don’t have room for another one in my routine and I was worried that it’d have a slippy silicone feel I’m not a fan of. So I was pretty excited when I found out that Garden of Wisdom has an azelaic acid serum (excited enough to skip the sample size!)Ingredients of note: The star of the show is obviously azelaic acid, which has been shown to be effective in treating acne [1, 2, 3, 4], rosacea [5, 6, 7], and hyperpigmentation [8, 9, 10, 11]. All of the studies I’ve seen have been on 15-20% AzA, so I wasn’t sure how GoW’s 8% would stack up - but hey, no harm in starting with a gentler product!The rest of the ingredients list is short and sweet, and the pH appears to be in the proper range for azelaic acid (super roughly estimated ~3.9 - 6ish based on Holland & Bojar and Li et al., but if someone has a different range, you should probably defer to that.)Texture & scent: This is less of a serum, more of a toner - it has a very thin, water-like texture that dries down quickly and matte. No discernable scent.Lil blopSchmearAll dry!Packaging: The packing is a nice black PET pump bottle - the pump itself does take some getting used to as the product is quite thin and liable to shoot out, but otherwise very sturdy. The only con is that near the end of the bottle, the straw gets a bit gunked up and I started getting some little crunchy bits coming out. It dissolved on my skin and didn’t bother me too much, but it’s worth noting. The instructions do say to apply to a wet face (which I happily ignored), so this might not be an issue if you’re better at following directions than I am.Experience: For reference, my skin type is overall ‘normal.’ Dry in the winter, oily in the summer. I have a bit of irritation going on at the moment, but usually my skin is pretty hardy.I started using it around the start of September and experienced no irritation at all, even though my skin was a bit sensitive at the time. I used this daily in the AM after cleansing and before moisturizer & sunscreen. Since the formula is so thin and easy to apply I had no problems with layering and it didn’t feel like I had applied any product at all - no stickiness, no shine, no nothing!I wasn’t exactly expecting a miracle - the concentration seems a bit low and I’ve tempered my expectations for actives quite a bit - but damn, this really seems to have beat back some redness! My skin tone is noticeably more even, a bit brighter, and post-acne red marks seem to be healing up a bit faster. Of course I still have normal color variation and a bit of redness, but I gave niacinamide a good (year long) shot for the same skin concerns and never saw a lick of difference, so I’m very pleased with these results!The 1oz bottle lasted me about 3.5 months - from the start of September to mid December. I’m a bit of a slatherer, so your average consumer would probably find that this lasts a bit longer than that.tl;dr: GoW 8% AzA helped me deal with some redness that I thought I’d never get rid of and let me achieve some kinda nebulous skincare goals like having a more even, brighter skin tone. It’s a freakin dream to use and I’ll definitely be repurchasing :)Pros:Thin, toner texture that’s easy to apply and dries down fastMay be suitable for sensitive skinIme, effective in treating general redness and evening skin tone (ymmv!)Cons:Concentration may be a bit lowGot a bit gunked up near the end of the bottleRating: 8.5/10, will repurchase (may see if I can get my hands on the UK version!)Have you tried GoW 8% Azelaic Acid (or a different azelaic acid)? What’d you think?
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