‘I tried This Morning’s £15 serum and it’s a must for dry winter skin’
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The cold weather can make skin more dry, sensitive or unbalanced than usual, something that I've certainly experienced. So when I heard of a new product from popular skincare brand The INKEY List that claims to not only hydrate but also strengthen the skin, I had to try it out – and, even better, it has even been on primetime TV.
In a recent segment on ITV's This Morning with Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard, beauty expert and influencer Nadine Baggott talked through some of her 2025 skincare trends and recommended products, and amongst them was The INKEY List's new Ectoin Hydro-Barrier Serum. Priced at £15, it claims to hydrate the skin up to 10 layers deep, while also including trending ingredient ectoin to support and strengthen the skin barrier.
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My skin has been playing up in lots of ways this winter – I've had breakouts, patches of dry skin and inflammation all at once – and on the advice of a skin expert I've taken every active ingredient out of my skincare routine and stripped it back to basics, which seems to be working. To try out this INKEY List serum, I swapped out my usual serum for this new formula but kept the rest of my products the same.
The texture of this is lovely - lightweight and quickly absorbed but more nourishing that a typical hyaluronic acid serum yet not as thick as a moisturiser, like there's 'more' in the formula. It leaves a slight glow, and other products sit really well on top of it – no pilling or sliding around.
