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The Ordinary · Skin · Serums

The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 (with Ceramides)

Several weights of hyaluronic acid with panthenol, now in a reformulated version with ceramides. A cheap water layer, though it pills for some owners and old fans miss the old one.

30 mlSerumHyaluronic acidPanthenolSphingolipidsFragrance-free
$9.90 MSRPAmazon price not shown
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Buy it if

  • Your skin feels dehydrated and you want a layer under moisturizer
  • You want hyaluronic acid for little money
  • You want no added fragrance

Walk past if

  • You expect it to replace a moisturizer; some owners stayed dry
  • You layer sunscreen or makeup over it; owners report pilling and flaking
  • You loved the original formula; some long-time users dislike this one

What's in it

The ingredients that do the work, from the maker’s label.

Hyaluronic acidPanthenolSphingolipids

Sulfate-free →Fragrance-free →

Not in it: fragrance, essential oils, drying alcohol, sulfates. Nothing on our flag list.

Full ingredient list, from the maker

Aqua (Water), Sodium Hyaluronate, Propanediol, Pentylene Glycol, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Phospholipids, Sphingolipids, Panthenol, Ahnfeltiopsis Concinna Extract, Glycerin, Polysorbate 20, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, p-Anisic Acid, Tocopherol, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethoxydiglycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Chlorphenesin

Known issue

Owners say it goes on sticky, then pills or flakes, and some long-time users blame the new formula for bumps and breakouts.Ulta and Sephora reviews

What owners say

Filled by the research pass: two or three owner reports from named venues, each linked, each with the date it was read.

If it's not right

The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%$6 MSRPTen percent niacinamide with zinc PCA in a water-based serum. Cheap enough to try, and sticky enough that owners complain about what it does under the next layer.CeraVe Moisturizing CreamNo maker list price for this sizeThree ceramides, cholesterol, hyaluronic acid and petrolatum in a thick cream for face and body. The plain standard for dry skin, developed with dermatologists according to the maker.

Sources

  1. Maker's US page: ingredient list, 30 ml list price, second-generation formula statement, skin types.
  2. Ulta reviews, about 1,300: sticky application, flaking and pilling, and owners who felt no hydration or dried out.
  3. Sephora reviews, about 1,600: long-time users report bumps and breakouts on the new formula, and others say it did not hydrate.

Ingredient lists from the maker's label, not our measurements.