Shereene IdrissBoard Certified Derm, Founder and Chief Nerd

30% Glycerin Serum #shorts

27 Feb 2023 · 1 min

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This content was created by Shereene Idriss. This content was uploaded by Shereene Idriss. This is a YouTube short titled "30% Glycerin Serum #shorts" (created 2023-02-27) featuring a presenter reviewing and demonstrating a high‑glycerin (30%) facial serum. The speaker describes the serum's sticky/tacky texture, notes that glycerin is capped at 30% and that typical effective ranges are around 1–40%, discusses pros and cons of such a high glycerin concentration, and offers a practical hack: add a drop of the serum to another moisturizer to change its consistency and boost hydration.

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Which is so unheard of. It's so fun. It's gooey trying it on for the first time. And as you guys can see, when I was applying this on my face, it has a very sticky texture. Now, I'm very happy that glycerin is finally getting the spotlight that it deserves as a humectant, but I did have problems slightly with this particular product. The pros are that the glycerin is capped to 30%. And usually the sweet spot from glycerin is anywhere from, like, 1 to 40%. Glycerin itself is extremely tacky, extremely sticky, and it's not super, super elegant at these high concentrations. So my hack for you is, if you have any other moisturizer, and you can take a little bit of the moisturizer that you have, and you can literally, if you feel like it's not moisturizing enough, add a drop of this. You will see how it changes the consistency of your moisturizer.