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Stratia Soft Touch AHA vs. The Ordinary Mandelic Acid 10% + HA Review

I thought these two mandelic acid peels sounded very similar. But my dad took one look at the ingredients and picked a definitive winner.

Recently, I stumbled upon a product that was quite similar to The Ordinary Mandelic Acid 10% + HA 2%: Stratia Soft Touch AHA. Both products are formulated with 10 percent mandelic acid, and include hyaluronic acid. I asked my dad to compare and contrast the two ingredient lists to see if he thought they were comparable, or if one was superior to the other. Spoiler alert: He strongly preferred one of them for people with sensitive skin!

The Ordinary Vitamin C suspension 23% + HA review (plus, squalane question answered/not answered)

My initial thoughts, two weeks into using it. Plus, I emailed Deciem to ask about the percentage of squalane included in the formula. Here's what they said.

I think we can all agree that a good vitamin C serum is hard to find—and it doesn’t help that The Ordinary sells eight vitamin C products. That means that an octopus could hold a different one in each tentacle and end up feeling very, very confused. After some analysis, I finally narrowed it down to The Ordinary Vitamin C Suspension 23% + HA Spheres 2%, an anhydrous (water-free) formula that includes ascorbic acid. Here are my initial thoughts on this product, two weeks after using it…

The Ordinary AHA 30% + BHA 2% Review

This 10-minute AHA facial is supposed to help fight acne and improve skin tone and texture at a great price. Plus, it's got a really nice pomegranate-like color.

The Ordinary AHA 30% + BHA 2% peeling solution is designed to help improve skin texture and brighten skin with four alpha-hydroxy acids (all adding up to 30% of the formula). It also contains 2% salicylic acid (the beta-hydroxy acid, or BHA) to help combat acne. Last but not least, this product is a really shocking shade of fuschia/purple, so you kind of feel like you’re spreading blood on your face. How cool is that?