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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Humeara Mohamed

This cult serum energised and refreshed my skin but I wouldn't buy it again - here's why

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As a beauty editor, I am very hard to impress when it comes to beauty products, and serums bring out my pickiest and sternest side. I just hate over-indulgent claims and false promises when in search of the best face serum, which I feel like a lot of serums come with. I genuinely have at least 70 in my collection (some opened and loved, some opened and discarded, some simply unopened with no interest on my part) so it takes a lot for me to add one to my list of loved. Enter: the Clarins Double Serum.

You've probably heard about this iconic serum - it's a bestseller for the brand with one sold every four seconds according to its website. There’s therefore absolutely no doubt that it’s reached cult status, but is it worth the hype? I’ve been rigorously testing it and these are my thoughts...

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