HOLIKA HOLIKA - joannelek review for Gold Kiwi Vita C+ Brightening Serum

ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕒 ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕒 𝔾𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕂𝕚𝕨𝕚 𝕍𝕚𝕥𝕒 ℂ+ 𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕦𝕞 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 𝘒𝘪𝘸𝘪 𝘍𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 (550,000 ppm), 𝘈𝘳𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯, 𝘕𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘈𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘤𝘪𝘥 (350𝘱𝘱𝘮) 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 & 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬: Brightening serum containing golden kiwi extract (97.5%), will help brighten skin tone and revitalize your complexion while softening minor skin imperfections. 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 & 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭: This serum has a watery texture but with a slight oily film, it does absorb well and gives a dewy glowy after. This particular serum has fragrance in it like lots, it actually smells like citrus florals. 𝗠𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: I will be honest here, I truly have a love and hate relationship with this serum. Personally, my skin doesn't like a lot of fragrances as it just freaks out. So I have tried this over 5 times before I actually wrote this review. The first 4 times I broke out and ended up with sensitive red skin. On 5th try I will be honest, I was trying a very soothing serum for 2 weeks before incorporating this back into my routine. Like magic my skin barrier had improved and I can tolerate it. I only use this in my AM routine, it has improved my skin tone and brightened up a lot of my acne scars. Personally, this serum is AD PR gifted so I need to review it. It really has lived up to the brightening claims as well as giving me a clearer skin tone. I did notice though that it made me unusually fairer more towards being white. If you are looking for a brightening and possibly whitening serum, this would be good. But I would recommend this serum only for very resilient skin individuals due to the fragrance and the addition of citrus oils. 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞: Not really.