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The Ordinary
Caffeine 3% + Escin 1% Face Serum
A serum built around AHA, for hydration and barrier repair.
Brand price
USD 8.10 · checked 25 Sept 2026 · on the brand's site
From the brand
What the brand says about this product. Our ingredient analysis follows below.
The brand recommends it for
- Dry skin
- Oily skin
- Combination skin
- Normal skin
- Sensitive skin
- Fine lines & wrinkles
- Dullness
How to use
Apply a few drops to the face in the morning and evening. Avoid the eye contour and contact with the eyes. Application Tips To help reduce morning puffiness, Caffeine 3% + Escin 1% Face Serum can be massaged into skin for 1-3 minutes to support microcirculation.
Caution
Avoid the eye contour and contact with the eyes. Product & Safety Guidance Apply a small amount of the product onto a clean area of skin on the upper forearm. Keep the area dry. If the product has a specified duration of use, rinse off after this time has elapsed. Otherwise rinse off after 24 hours. If any redness, burning, itching, blistering or irritation is observed at any time throughout the test, do not use the product.
What's inside
Ingredients List
7 trigger at least one check · 19 trigger none
- Fatty esters (glyceryl stearate, PEG-100 stearate)
- May Worsen Seborrheic Dermatitis
- Fatty esters (glyceryl stearate, PEG-100 stearate)
- May Worsen Seborrheic Dermatitis
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Barrier Repair3
Strengthens and restores the skin's natural barrier.
Concerns
May Worsen Seborrheic Dermatitis6
May feed the yeast involved in seborrheic dermatitis.
Cetearyl Olivate, Ethyl Macadamiate, Ethylhexyl Olivate, Isoceteth-20, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Sorbitan Olivate
Ingredients Explained
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Aqua
Solvent
Ethyl Macadamiate
Skin Conditioning
Ethyl Macadamiate isn't fungal acne safe.
Learn more about Ethyl Macadamiate →Ethylhexyl Olivate
Skin Conditioning
Ethylhexyl Olivate isn't fungal acne safe.
Learn more about Ethylhexyl Olivate →Caffeine
Fragrance, Perfuming, Skin Conditioning
Caffeine is the heterocyclic organic compound that conforms to the formula
Learn more about Caffeine →Propanediol
Solvent, Viscosity Controlling
Propanediol is the organic compound that conforms to the formula
Learn more about Propanediol →Glycerin
Denaturant, Fragrance, Hair Conditioning, Humectant, Oral Care, Perfuming, Humectant, Skin Protecting, Solvent, Viscosity Controlling
Glycerin may be plant, synthetic or animal depending on the supplier.
Learn more about Glycerin →Maltodextrin
Absorbent, Binding, Emulsion Stabilising, Film Forming, Hair Conditioning, Skin Conditioning
Maltodextrin
Learn more about Maltodextrin →Escin
Tonic
Bacillus Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Bacillus Ferment is the product obtained by the fermentation of Bacillus
Learn more about Bacillus Ferment →Pentylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning, Solvent
1,2-Dihydroxypentane
Learn more about Pentylene Glycol →