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PCA Skin Hydrating Serum

Name: PCA Skin Hydrating Serum
Brand: PCA Skin
Price: 73.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£73.00

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Size: 29ml

29ml

✓ Mimics the Skin's Natural Moisturising Factors | ✓ Weightless, Dewy Hydration | ✓ Suitable for Dry and Sensitive Skin

PCA Skin Hydrating Serum is a lightweight serum that quenches thirsty skin with a blend of antioxidants, humectants and hydrators matched to the skin's own natural moisturising factors. It leaves skin soft, plump and dewy with a weightless finish, making it the hydrating serum for dry, dehydrated or flaky skin that has lost its radiance.

Sodium hyaluronate holds up to 1,000 times its weight in water and sodium PCA up to 250 times, drawing moisture into the skin, while glycerin, panthenol (pro-vitamin B5) and urea, a natural part of the skin's own moisturising factor, help keep it there. Niacinamide helps reduce water loss and improve the skin's moisture content, and aloe vera leaf juice softens and soothes, so PCA Skin Hydrating Serum calms the look of redness as it hydrates. It is light enough to reapply during the day and can even stand in for your night moisturiser.

Visible Results Users Love

Soft, plump, hydrated skin
A dewy, glowing finish
Lasting hydration with a weightless feel
Calmer, more comfortable-looking skin
A smoother, more supple texture where skin felt dry or flaky

Why This Beats a Standard Hydrating Serum

Skin-identical hydrators - PCA Skin Hydrating Serum mirrors the skin's natural moisturising factors with sodium PCA, urea and sodium hyaluronate
Hydrates and calms in one step, thanks to aloe vera and niacinamide
Weightless enough to reapply throughout the day when skin feels parched
Can replace your night moisturiser, which simplifies an evening routine
PCA Skin formulates with ingredients found naturally in the skin and body for maximum compatibility

Best For

Dry, dehydrated skin
Flaky, parched or tight-feeling skin
Sensitive skin that needs gentle hydration
Blemish-prone skin that wants hydration without heaviness
Anyone who prefers a lightweight alternative to a night cream

Choose PCA Skin Hydrating Serum if your skin feels tight or flaky and you want hydration that never feels heavy.

Becci, an aesthetics nurse with over 20 years in specialist skincare and medical aesthetics, finds that many clients who come to her for honest advice about dry skin are using creams that are simply too heavy for them. PCA Skin Hydrating Serum is what she recommends instead: a weightless, skin-identical hydrator that can sit under SPF, be topped up through the day or take the place of a night moisturiser.

Size: 29ml

FAQS

Is PCA Skin Hydrating Serum good for dry, flaky skin? +

Yes - dry, dehydrated and flaky or parched skin are exactly who PCA Skin made it for. Its blend of sodium hyaluronate, sodium PCA, glycerin and urea mirrors the skin's natural moisturising factors to leave skin soft, plump and supple.

Can I use PCA Skin Hydrating Serum with retinol or vitamin C? +

Yes. PCA Skin lists no products it should not be used with, and a calming, hydrating serum is a comfortable partner for stronger actives. Follow the directions for your retinol or vitamin C as usual.

Can Hydrating Serum replace my moisturiser? +

At night, yes - PCA Skin says it can be used with, or as a replacement for, any of its night-time moisturisers. In the morning, always finish with a broad-spectrum SPF.

What are natural moisturising factors? +

They are the substances your skin uses to hold on to water, such as sodium PCA, urea and lactate. Hydrating Serum uses ingredients that match them, which is why it hydrates so comfortably.

Should I choose Hydrating Serum or Hyaluronic Acid Boosting Serum? +

Hydrating Serum is a lighter, calming hydrator matched to the skin's natural moisturising factors that can double as a night moisturiser. Hyaluronic Acid Boosting Serum is a triple-action hyaluronic serum with HA-Pro Complex and ceramides, with clinical plumping and fine-line results - choose it if fine lines matter as much as dryness.

Is it suitable for blemish-prone or sensitive skin? +

Yes. PCA Skin lists both blemish-prone and sensitive skin among the skin types it suits, and its weightless texture hydrates without heaviness.

Can I reapply it during the day? +

Yes. PCA Skin suggests applying it throughout the day for instant hydration whenever skin feels dry or parched.

Where does Hydrating Serum go in my routine? +

After cleansing, apply it evenly to the face and neck morning and evening. Follow with a broad-spectrum SPF in the morning, and use it with or instead of your night moisturiser in the evening.

Can I use PCA Skin Hydrating Serum during pregnancy or while breastfeeding? +

It contains no vitamin A, the ingredient group most often advised against at this time, and hydrating ingredients such as sodium hyaluronate are generally considered suitable during pregnancy and breastfeeding. PCA Skin does not publish specific pregnancy or breastfeeding guidance for this product, so please show the full ingredient list to your midwife or GP and check with them before use.

PCA Skin Hydrating Serum