ELRA STORY Alpine Remedy Healing Serum

ELRA STORY is relatively new kbeauty brand ( at least for me).  The serum which is supposed to help calm and heal irritated skin currently costs 14.11 USD on Jolse which makes it seriously affordable. It highlighted ingredients are Centella Asiatica and edelweiss extracts to soothe and protect the skin. Niacinamide and vitamin tree extracts to help brighten the skin and Propolis to rejuvenate the skin. Serum comes in a 30 ml plastic bottle with a pipette. Very clean looking design. Serum itself is watery (thicker then water) and light green in color. It sinks into skin and looses initial stickiness some 40 sec after application. It has a light fresh scent. The entire thing looks and feels fresh.

ELRA STORY je relativno novi kbeauty brand (barem za mene). Ovaj serum koji bi trebao pomoći smiriti i pomoći pri zacjeljivanju nadražene kože trenutno košta 14,11 USD na Jolse-u, što ga čini ozbiljno pristupačnim. Istaknuti sastojci su ekstrakti  biljke Centella Asiatica i runolista koji umiruju i štite kožu. Niacinamid i ekstrakt moringe (drvo života) pomažu kod hiperpigmentacije kože, a Propolis je tu da pomogne pomlađivanju. Serum dolazi u plastičnoj bočici od 30 ml s pipetom. Vrlo svježeg i jednostavnog dizajna. Sam serum je vodenast (gušći od vode) i svijetlozelene je boje. Upija se u kožu i gubi početnu ljepljivost nekih 40 sekundi nakon nanošenja. Ima lagan svjež miris. Izgleda svježa i ostavlja dojam svježine na koži.

Ingredients list/ lista sastojaka: Leontopodium Alpinum Extract, Glycerine, Pentylene Glycol, 1,2- Hexanediol, Niacinamide, Gnaphalium Leontopodium Flower Extract, Propolis Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Zizyphus Jujuba Fruit Extract, Ocimum Basilicum Leaf Extract, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract, Achilles Millefolium Extract, Artemisia Absinthium Extract, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Origanum Vulgare Leaf Extract, Olea Europaea Leaf Extract, Curcuma Longa (Tumeric) Root Extract, Corallina Officinalis Extract, Thymus Vulgaris Leaf Extract, Mimosa Tenuiflora Leaf Extract, Wine Extract, Allantoin, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ocimum Basilicum Oil, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Fruit Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcus Peel Oil, Citrus Grandis Peel Oil, Salvia Sclarea Oil, Fructan, Polysorbate 20, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba Gum, Maltodextrin, Decyl Glucoside, Phenethyl Alcohol, Disodium EDTA, Ascorbic Acid, Citric Acid. 

It has some amazing ingredients like Niacinamide, Propolis, Absorbic Acid, Centella Asiatica and 77% edelweiss extract, an antioxidant with skin soothing and rejuvenating benefits.
I would not recommend this to people with sensitive skin due to added fragrance that can cause skin irritation ( Bergamot Oil, Orange Peel Oil, Grapefruit Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil) or to people who suffer from fungal acne as there are ingredients that could trigger them (Polysorbate 20 and Hippophae Rhamnoides). It could be worrying that it is stored in a see through package while containing Vitamin C that is super sensitive to light and air. However, I suppose it contains very little amount of Ascorbic Acid so oxidation is not an issue. All in all, I'm enjoying this serum. I just wish brands in general would stop putting skin sensitizing ingredients for the sake of smelling nice. Regarding its claims I did notice its calming effect on the skin,  but it is too early to tell if it will brighten or help rejuvenate the skin. It is a very refreshing serum and Niacinamide helps control and balance the sebum production which makes it an ideal product for summer. (Ironically, I am writing this review in the middle of Autumn). 

Serum sadrži odlične sastojke poput niacinamida, propolisa, vitamina c,  ekstrakta biljke Centella Asiatica i 77% ekstrakta runolista- antioksidansa koji umiruje i pomlađuje kožu. Bez obzira na navedene odlične sastojke, ne bih  preporučila ovaj proizvod osobama sa osjetljivom kožom zbog dodanog parfema koji može izazvati iritaciju kože (Bergamotovo ulje, ulje korice narandže, ulje grejpa, cvjetnog ulja pelargonije Graveolens) ili ljudima koji pate od gljivičnih akni jer postoje sastojci koji bi mogli izazvati gljivične akne (polisorbat 20 i Hippophae Rhamnoides). S obzirom da sadrži vitamin C koji je super osjetljiv na svjetlost i zrak malo je zabrinjavajuće da se nalazi u prozirnoj bočici. Ipak, pretpostavljam da sadrži vrlo malo količine vitamina C, tako da oksidacija nije problem. Iako ja osobno uživam u ovom serumu, jer je ugodan pri aplikaciji i ne izaziva nikakve negativne reakcije kod mene, poželim da brandovi općenito prestanu stavljati sastojke koje pojačavaju osjetljivost kože samo radi lijepog mirisa. Od učinaka primijetila sam da doista smiruje kožu i ublažava iritaciju, što se tiče pomlađivanja i prosvjetljivanja kože to još nisam primijetila. Serum je vrlo osvježavajući a niacinamid pomaže kontrolirati proizvodnju sebuma što ga čini idealnim serumom za tople ljetne dane. (Naravno, ja recenziju pišem usred jeseni.)