The Tiam Vita B3 Source Serum

•TIA'M - Vita B3 Source

TIAM Vita B3 Source – Has 10% Niacinamide + 2% Arbutin, which I think helped fade my dark spots faster than other serums I’ve tried. Super lightweight, non-sticky, and layers well.

Sample - TIAM Vita B3 Source

laa based serums are a hard no for me if there's no vitamin e or ferulic acid...also, they must think they're really sneaky having the serum as orangey/reddish colour so you don't realise when the laa has oxidised. it's so annoying when brands do that

So I decided to try this after my Axis-Y serum ran out, and I swear this brightened my skin way faster than the serum did. However, it's small and I don't think it's worth getting full price. If it was on a time deal for less than $9 I definitely would get it again though. However, I do think once I stopped using it my skin also immediately seemed a little duller overall, so I feel like this may be better for an immediate fix vs I feel the Axis-Y serum was better for overall skin health? IDK if that makes sense but I feel like the serum helped achieve that glow from within even when I stopped using it vs the T'iam B3 basically was a great immediate overnight brightening but once I stopped using it that brightening effect was gone.

The Tiam Vita B3 Source Serum! Though I find this serum works best on fresh acne related hyperpigmentations. The older ones take quite a bit longer to fade away but eventually they do.

That is while they had their red sticker packaging, at least. Not sure if there has been a reformulation, don't quote me on that—the only thing I know is I opened a new one a couple of weeks ago, in the yellow bottle this time, and now it leaves my face extremely sticky every time I use it. I've tried isolating other products to see if it was something else, but nope. Whenever I use it my skin remains sticky no matter which moisturiser I use (and it's a problem because the moisturiser never ends up sinking in). It got to the point where if I went to bed, even hours after doing my skincare, my cheek sticks to the pillowcase LOL.

I used to love the Tiam Vita B3 niacinamide + alpha arbutin serum because it was such a good alternative to The Ordinary, with similar or better effects than their niacinamide and much more cosmetically elegant and nice to use.

Tia'm Vita B3 Source (FTP) — Meh. Didn't do anything. Not a good replacement for TO Niacinamide+Zinc :(

Oh no I’ve been using this for years, and have two unopened bottles in my stock that I bought last year from Jolse! My current one, yellow bottle as well, seems normal though.