They say age is just a number and it really is! But we all want to appear youthful and hold back the ravages of the sun, time, and gravity.
Here, we present to you 19 different anti-ageing serums that you can incorporate into your skincare routine to help you combat signs of ageing.
We’ve also categorised them into different skin concerns so it will be easier for you to search according to your needs. This list is definitely not exhaustive so let us know what is your favourite anti-ageing products and routine!
Who Should Use What Serums?
Serums are lightweight, either water or oil-based, concoctions that are filled with skin-nourishing ingredients.
As a rule of thumb for layering skincare products, start with the lightest, thinnest product with the most fluid consistency first, before ending it with heavier, creamier, and oilier products.
Serums go after toners and essences, before lotions, gels, creams, and the like. For oil-based serums, you can mix them with your favourite moisturiser to save time too.
Anyone with any skin type and age can start the anti-ageing skincare process. For teenagers and young adults, go with hydration-focused serums first, before advancing to more targeted solutions as the need arises.
People with oily skin need hydration as well to maintain healthy and healthy-looking skin (in short, everybody’s skin needs hydration and you cannot have too much). Oilier skin types can focus more on water and gel-based serums while drier skin types might prefer oilier versions.
Get a sample to try first if you are unsure if the serum might be too heavy for your current skin condition.
Most importantly, sun protection and proper cleansing are still the most important steps that everyone needs to do to ensure that your skin’s fountain of youth continues running for as long as possible.
Anti-ageing Serums for Hydration
Hydration is crucial for anyone and everyone, regardless of your age and skin type. A well-hydrated skin will always look and feel fresh, supple, and radiant.
Hydrating serums are the most ideal for teenagers and young adults who are just starting their anti-ageing skincare routine. Moisturising your skin is a preventative measure, as it will help you to look younger and more radiant in the future.
Look for humectant ingredients, like glycerin and hyaluronic acid, they will help your skin capture and retain moisture.
Eucerin Hyaluron Radiance-Lift Filler Boosting Essence
If dryness, dullness, and fine lines are your main skin concerns, then Eucerin’s newest launch is the answer to your ageing skin woes!
Backed with over 100 years of skincare innovation, this game-changing water essence is a first-of-its-kind and specifically formulated to supercharge your anti-ageing routine.
The Eucerin Hyaluron Radiance-Lift Filler Boosting Essence’s secret to delivering visible results in just a few weeks lies in the powerful ingredients featured: hyaluronic acid to deeply hydrate and plump fine lines; panthenol to promote a healthy skin barrier; and vitamin C to brighten and even your skin tone.
In Eucerin’s clinical tests, 98% of users saw plumper and more radiant skin after just two weeks while 95% confirmed they achieved younger-looking skin.
Indulge in the opulence of this exquisite, feather-light, and fast-absorbing elixir to unveil a revitalised and youthful complexion! Pair it with the highly raved Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler + Elasticity 3D Serum for an enhanced anti-ageing effect.
Eucerin Radiance-Lift Boosting Essence retails for S$71.16 at Shopee, Lazada, Watsons, and Guardian. Click in to see the promotions offered on the different platforms, available at the time of writing.
First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Hydrating Serum
First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Hydrating Serum contains powerful hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid and aloe leaf juice, while colloidal oatmeal soothes and calms the skin.
First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Hydrating Serum (50ml) retails for S$66 at Sephora.
Tarte Mermaid Skin Hyaluronic H2O Serum
With hyaluronic acid, Vitamin B5, and marine plant extracts, the Tarte Mermaid Skin Hyaluronic H20 Serum will hydrate your skin so well that it glistens like a mermaid.
Tarte Mermaid Skin Hyaluronic H2O Serum retails for S$89.07 at Amazon.
Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Multi-Recovery Complex Serum
Designed to combat various signs of ageing, this potent solution is enhanced with Chronolux™ Power Signal Technology and deeply penetrates the skin to address ageing caused by environmental factors.
It diminishes the appearance of lines and wrinkles, leaving the skin smoother, more radiant, and even-toned. This updated formula represents the most comprehensive Advanced Night Repair serum to date.
Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Multi-Recovery Complex Serum (7ml to 75ml) retails from S$30 to S$258 at Sephora and Estée Lauder counters islandwide.
Kate Somerville Wrinkle Warrior 2-in-1 Plumping Moisturizer + Serum
Kate Somerville Wrinkle Warrior 2-in-1 Plumping Moisturizer + Serum contains three different sizes of hyaluronic acid to hydrate the deepest layers of your skin and help reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
Kate Somerville Wrinkle Warrior 2-in-1 Plumping Moisturizer + Serum (50ml) retails for S$92.70 at Amazon.
Anti-ageing Serums to Reduce Fine Lines and Wrinkles
With time, collagen density and production levels in our skin deplete. Combined with the fact that we have to use our facial muscles every day, this leads to the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, especially in the areas around the eyes (crow’s feet), forehead, and smile lines.
These serums are full of ingredients that can help reduce and slow down the appearance of these unwanted facial lines and help retain a smooth, youthful look.
Dr. Barbara Sturm Super Anti-Aging Serum
Packed full of antioxidant ingredients and hyaluronic acid, Dr. Barbara Sturm’s Super Anti-Aging Serum will help diminish inflammation and slow the ageing process.
Dr. Barbara Sturm Super Anti-Aging Serum retails for about S$511.52 (USD 380) at Beautylish (shipping fees apply).
Eucerin Hyaluron Filler Concentrate
The hydrating and plumping properties of hyaluronic acid are boosted with glycine saponin in Eucerin Hyaluron Filler Concentrate, an active ingredient obtained from soybeans.
Eucerin Hyaluron Filler Concentrate (6 x 5ml) retails for S$45 at LOOKFANTASTIC and for S$77.40 at Guardian.
The Ordinary “Buffet”
Packed with peptides, hyaluronic acid and matrixyl, The Ordinary “Buffet” fulfils an array of anti-ageing needs while being at an affordable price tag.
The Ordinary “Buffet” (60ml) retails for S$48.85 at Amazon.
Anti-ageing Serums to Lighten Pigmentation
Freckles, age spots, and sun spots are accumulated amounts of melanin pigments that form in the skin.
These serums target the melanin pigments and their production to help slow down and or lighten the appearance of the spots.
Of course, the most important thing to prevent skin pigmentation is still sun protection as the sun and the UV rays are the actual causes of melanin production in the first place, and they also inflict the greatest damage to the skin.
Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum Complexion Correcting
Caudalie uses their proprietary ingredient, Viniferine, in the Vinoperfect Radiance Serum Complexion Correcting to help combat discoloration and dark spots.
Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum Complexion Correcting (30ml) retails for S$99 at Sephora.
Shiseido White Lucent Illuminating Micro-Spot Serum
The Shiseido White Lucent Illuminating Micro-Spot Serum is a targeted treatment designed to address uneven skin tone and dullness while preventing the formation of dark spots caused by sun exposure.
This serum effectively diminishes the appearance of dark spots, dullness, and uneven skin tone in just one week.
Enhanced with ReNeura Technology+™ and SAKURA-Bright System, it offers multi-functional care to promote brighter and fresher-looking skin.
Shiseido White Lucent Illuminating Micro-Spot Serum retails for S$170 (30ml) and S$220 (50ml) at Sephora.
Anti-ageing for Brightening
A youthful complexion is one that is bright and cheery. One ingredient that is particularly powerful to help brighten skin complexion is vitamin C (ascorbic acid).
Vitamin C also aids in collagen production, has antioxidant properties that prevent cellular damage, and is also effective against skin pigmentation.
Add a vitamin C product to your skincare routine and see the difference for yourself!
Clinique Fresh Pressed Daily Booster with Pure Vitamin C 10%
Packed for freshness, Clinique Fresh Pressed Daily Booster with Pure Vitamin C 10% is packaged into weekly dosages to ensure that the Vitamin C is as potent as it can be.
Clinique Fresh Pressed Daily Booster with Pure Vitamin C 10% (4 x 8.5ml) retails for S$97.99 at Biuky and for S$147 at BHG Singapore.
Edible Beauty No. 3 Exotic Goddess Ageless Serum
Hyaluronic acid, Davidson plum, and Edelweiss work in synergy in Edible Beauty No. 3 Exotic Goddess Ageless Serum to fight against dullness and fine lines to give you a brighter goddess-like complexion.
Edible Beauty No. 3 Exotic Goddess Ageless Serum (30ml) retails for S$85.07 at Amazon.
Skin Inc Vitamin C Serum
Glycerin, Vitamin B6 and E, and magnesium ascorbyl phosphate (a Vitamin C derivative) work together in Skin Inc Vitamin C Serum to help rebalance and brighten the skin.
Skin Inc Vitamin C Serum (10ml) retails for S$68 at Sephora and Skin Inc stores islandwide.
Anti-ageing Serums for Firming
Gravity helps us stay grounded, but gravity is not our best friend when it comes to ageing.
Massage these firming serums into the skin against the direction of gravity, that is, in an upwards motion towards our forehead. A firmer and tighter skin is less saggy and will appear fuller and supple.
Fresh Black Tea Anti Aging Firming Serum
Fresh Black Tea Anti Aging Firming Serum contains a unique blend of antioxidant ingredients that help fight free radical damage.
Fresh Black Tea Anti Aging Firming Serum retails for S$121 (30ml) and for S$169.50 (50ml) at LOOKFANTASTIC and Fresh stores islandwide.
Anti-ageing Serums With Many Functions
These serums market themselves to have more than one targeted purpose against ageing.
They can help hydrate and deal with fine lines, or target unwanted skin pigmentation and sag.
They can also be used on its own as own overall skin booster, or used in conjunction with a targeted treatment to get faster results.
Vintner’s Daughter Active Botanical Serum
With 22 different plant and botanical oils, including the signature Phyto Radiance Infusion™, Vintner’s Daughter Active Botanical Serum is a powerful serum to combat signs of ageing.
With added botanical and essential oils, it effectively addresses various skin concerns, delivering over 60 restorative nutrients such as phytoceramides, phytonutrients, minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, and fatty acids.
This potent concentration revitalises, soothes, and supports healthy radiance, benefiting all skin types, including blemish-prone, sensitive, dehydrated, and mature skin!
Vintner’s Daughter Active Botanical Serum retails for S$282.97 at FWRD.
Sunday Riley Good Genes All-In-One Lactic Acid Treatment
Another tip to bolster the anti-ageing effort is to exfoliate frequently. Sunday Riley’s Good Genes contain lactic acid, an alpha hydroxy acid that helps break the “glue” that keeps the dead skin cells atop the surface of the skin.
This method of chemical exfoliation gently removes unwanted dead skin cells to reveal youthful and supple skin.
Sunday Riley Good Genes All-In-One Lactic Acid Treatment retails for S$139 (30ml) and S$199 (50ml) at Sephora.
Lancôme Advanced Génifique Youth Activating Serum
Lancôme Advanced Génifique Youth Activating Serum claims to be a fast-acting youth-activating serum that combats ten signs of ageing by harnessing microbiome science.
Enriched with a complex of seven prebiotics and probiotic fractions, the formula nourishes the skin and its microbiome, enhancing its essential functions of defence and recovery.
The lightweight, fast-absorbing serum strengthens the skin’s moisture barrier, enhancing elasticity and firmness.
Clinical studies have shown significant improvements in skin radiance, smoothness, softness, and overall appearance, as reported by users over 8 weeks.
Lancôme Advanced Génifique Youth Activating Serum retails from S$144 to S$352 (30ml to 115ml) at Sephora and Lancôme counters islandwide.
NIOD Copper Amino Isolate Serum 3 1:1
NIOD introduces the third generation of its groundbreaking Copper Amino Isolate Serum 3 1:1.
This serum interacts with your skin, adapting to its unique needs and balance. With a high concentration of tripeptides, it enhances the complexion by improving skin texture and radiance.
By targeting the skin’s foundation, it promotes an even skin tone, resulting in a more balanced and radiant appearance.
NIOD Copper Amino Isolate Serum 3 1:1 (15ml) retails for S$68.50 at LOOKFANTASTIC.
Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler + Elasticity 3D Serum
For over 100 years, Eucerin has been a trusted leader in skincare, collaborating with dermatologists to develop science-backed solutions.
Their triple-action powerhouse serum is a testament to this commitment by targeting the three key signs of ageing (wrinkles, age spots, and loss of elasticity) — offering visible results in reducing wrinkles, age spots, and sagging skin in just two weeks!
Its unique thiamidol formula tackles hyperpigmentation at its root, while high and low molecular hyaluronic acid plumps the skin and smooths wrinkles. There’s also arctiin, a potent ingredient that works to boost collagen renewal for improved elasticity.
With a lightweight, non-comedogenic, and dermatologist-recommended formula, the Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler + Elasticity 3D Serum is suitable for all skin types and able to integrate seamlessly into both your AM and PM routines!
Plus, the clinical results speak for themselves: 98% of users saw a reduction in age spots, 91% experienced wrinkle-filling effects, and 100% agreed their skin’s elasticity improved.
Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler + Elasticity 3D Serum (30m) retails for S$102.95 at Shopee, Lazada, Watsons, and Guardian. There’s also a Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler + Elasticity Advanced Anti Aging Set, which features the serum and a Night Cream (50ml) for S$196.60 at Shopee and Lazada.
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