Best for: Skin concerned with pigmentation, dark spots, uneven tone, dullness, sun damage, blemish marks, sensitivity or visible redness.

What is IMAGE Skincare ILUMA Intense Brightening Serum?

IMAGE Skincare ILUMA Intense Brightening Serum is a lightweight brightening serum designed to help reduce the appearance of pigmentation and dark spots while promoting a clearer, more even-looking skin tone.

The soothing formula combines brightening botanicals, vitamin C and bearberry leaf extract to help improve the appearance of sun-damaged, blemish-marked and sensitive or redness-prone skin.

Its silky, lightweight texture absorbs quickly and leaves the skin with a hydrated, dewy finish, making it suitable for everyday use under moisturiser.

Who is it best for?

This serum may suit you if your skin:

• has pigmentation

• has dark spots

• has an uneven skin tone

• looks dull

• has age spots

• has melasma

• is sun-damaged

• has blemish marks

• is sensitive

• is redness-prone

• needs a lightweight brightening serum

• needs hydration alongside brightening care

What problem does it solve?

IMAGE Skincare ILUMA Intense Brightening Serum is designed to improve the visible appearance of pigmentation, dark spots, dullness and uneven-looking skin tone.

Its botanical brightening blend, vitamin C and bearberry leaf extract work together to promote a clearer, more even-looking complexion while the silky formula provides a hydrated, dewy finish.

Pigmentation + dark spots + uneven tone → targeted brightening serum → brighter, clearer and more even-looking skin.

Benefits:

• Brightens the skin

• Helps diminish dullness

• Promotes a more even-looking skin tone

• Reduces the appearance of dark spots

• Helps improve the appearance of pigmentation

• Helps improve the appearance of sun-damaged skin

• Helps improve the appearance of blemish marks

• Suitable for sensitive or redness-prone skin

• Lightweight, silky texture

• Absorbs quickly

• Leaves skin with a hydrated, dewy finish

• Suitable for everyday use under moisturiser

• Contains brightening botanicals

• Contains vitamin C

• Contains bearberry leaf extract

Key Ingredients:

Botanical Brightening Blend: A blend of plant extracts, including Rumex occidentalis and bearberry extracts, that helps promote more even-toned skin.

Ascorbic Acid: A potent form of vitamin C that helps brighten dull skin.

Bearberry Leaf Extract: A plant extract that helps diminish dullness and minimise the appearance of dark spots.

Green Tea Extract: A naturally occurring antioxidant.

White Mulberry Leaf Extract: Included within the formula.

Licorice Root Extract: Included within the formula.

Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate: Included within the formula.

Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate: Included within the formula.

Azelaic Acid: Included within the formula.

Centella Asiatica Extract: Included within the formula.

How to Use:

• Apply to cleansed skin.

• Use morning and evening.

• Follow with your moisturiser.

During the day, IMAGE recommends following with a DAILY PREVENTION SPF moisturiser.

At night, follow with a repair crème.

IMAGE Pro Tip: Finish with ILUMA Intense Brightening Crème to boost brightening benefits.

Why Choose It?

Primary concerns: Pigmentation, dark spots, uneven tone and dullness
Also suitable for: Sun-damaged, blemish-marked, sensitive or redness-prone skin
Best for: Targeted brightening and improving uneven-looking skin tone
Product type: Brightening facial serum
Key benefits: Brightening + dark spot care + even-looking tone + hydration
Texture: Lightweight and silky
Finish: Hydrated and dewy
Absorbs quickly: Yes
Key ingredients: Botanical Brightening Blend + Ascorbic Acid + Bearberry Leaf Extract + Green Tea Extract
Vitamin C: Yes
Application: Cleansed skin
Use: Morning and evening
Routine step: Serum / Targeted treatment
Brand: IMAGE Skincare
Range: ILUMA

Millies Expert Advice:

If pigmentation, dark spots or uneven-looking skin tone are your main concerns, ILUMA Intense Brightening Serum is designed to provide targeted brightening care without a heavy texture.

Apply it to cleansed skin morning and evening. During the day, follow with SPF, and IMAGE recommends pairing it with ILUMA Intense Brightening Crème if you want to boost the brightening benefits of your routine.

Is IMAGE Skincare ILUMA Intense Brightening Serum right for me?

Choose this serum if: your main concerns are pigmentation, dark spots, uneven-looking tone or dullness and you want a lightweight brightening serum that also leaves the skin hydrated and dewy.

It may be particularly suitable if: your skin is sun-damaged, blemish-marked, sensitive or redness-prone 

Frequently Asked Questions

What is IMAGE Skincare ILUMA Intense Brightening Serum?
It is a lightweight brightening serum designed to help reduce the appearance of pigmentation and dark spots while promoting a clearer, more even-looking skin tone.

What is IMAGE ILUMA Intense Brightening Serum good for?
It is designed to brighten dull-looking skin, promote a more even skin tone and reduce the appearance of dark spots.

Does IMAGE ILUMA Serum help with pigmentation?
Yes. IMAGE specifically positions the serum for pigmentation and dark spots,  

Does IMAGE ILUMA Serum help with dark spots?
Yes. IMAGE states that it reduces the appearance of dark spots.

Does IMAGE ILUMA Serum help with uneven skin tone?
Yes. Promoting a more even-looking skin tone is one of its key benefits.

Does IMAGE ILUMA Serum brighten dull skin?
Yes. IMAGE states that it brightens the skin and helps diminish dullness.

Does IMAGE ILUMA Serum contain vitamin C?
Yes. The formula contains several forms of vitamin C, including ascorbic acid, sodium ascorbyl phosphate and magnesium ascorbyl phosphate.

What does ascorbic acid do in IMAGE ILUMA Serum?
IMAGE describes ascorbic acid as a potent form of vitamin C that helps brighten dull skin.

What does bearberry leaf extract do in IMAGE ILUMA Serum?
IMAGE states that bearberry leaf extract helps diminish dullness and minimise the appearance of dark spots.

What is the botanical brightening blend?
IMAGE describes it as a blend of plant extracts, including Rumex occidentalis and bearberry extracts, that helps promote more even-toned skin.

Does IMAGE ILUMA Serum contain green tea?
Yes. IMAGE identifies green tea extract as a naturally occurring antioxidant.

Is IMAGE ILUMA Serum suitable for sensitive skin?
IMAGE states that the soothing formula can be used on sensitive or redness-prone skin.

Is IMAGE ILUMA Serum suitable for redness-prone skin?
Yes. Redness-prone skin is specifically included in IMAGE's current product description.

Is IMAGE ILUMA Serum suitable for sun-damaged skin?
Yes. IMAGE states that the formula provides a fading effect to sun-damaged skin.

Is IMAGE ILUMA Serum suitable for blemish marks?
Yes. IMAGE specifically includes blemish-marked skin in its current description.

What does IMAGE ILUMA Intense Brightening Serum feel like?
IMAGE describes it as having a lightweight, smooth and silky texture that absorbs quickly.

Does IMAGE ILUMA Serum hydrate the skin?
IMAGE states that its silky texture sinks in quickly to give the skin a hydrated, dewy finish.

Can I use IMAGE ILUMA Serum in the morning?
Yes. IMAGE recommends applying it to cleansed skin morning and evening.

Can I use IMAGE ILUMA Serum at night?
Yes. It can be applied in the evening, followed by a repair crème.

Should I use SPF with IMAGE ILUMA Serum?
IMAGE's recommended daytime routine says to follow with a DAILY PREVENTION SPF moisturiser.

What should I use with IMAGE ILUMA Intense Brightening Serum?
IMAGE recommends finishing with ILUMA Intense Brightening Crème to boost brightening benefits.

Ingredients:

AQUA/WATER/EAU, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, GLYCERIN, SODIUM POLYSTYRENE SULFONATE, POLYSORBATE 20, CITRUS UNSHIU PEEL EXTRACT, DIMETHICONE PEG-8 MEADOWFOAMATE, SODIUM ASCORBYL PHOSPHATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, HYDROGENATED LECITHIN, MORUS ALBA (WHITE MULBERRY) LEAF EXTRACT, CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT, DECYL GLUCOSIDE, XANTHAN GUM, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER, ASCORBIC ACID, RUMEX OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT, ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, LIMONENE, DIPOTASSIUM GLYCYRRHIZATE, LAURYL GLUCOSIDE, CITRUS TANGERINA (TANGERINE) PEEL EXTRACT, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA URSI LEAF EXTRACT, ARTEMISIA VULGARIS EXTRACT, LAMINARIA DIGITATA EXTRACT, MAGNESIUM ASCORBYL PHOSPHATE, PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA FRUIT EXTRACT, SODIUM BENZOATE, CITRUS GRANDIS (GRAPEFRUIT) PEEL EXTRACT, PRUNUS ARMENIACA (APRICOT) FRUIT EXTRACT, VANILLA PLANIFOLIA FRUIT EXTRACT, CHLORELLA VULGARIS EXTRACT, CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (ORANGE) FRUIT EXTRACT, COCOS NUCIFERA (COCONUT) FRUIT EXTRACT, PIMPINELLA ANISUM (ANISE) FRUIT EXTRACT, RUBUS IDAEUS (RASPBERRY) FRUIT EXTRACT, CITRUS AURANTIUM DULCIS (ORANGE) PEEL EXTRACT, CAMELLIA SINENSIS (GREEN TEA) LEAF EXTRACT, PYRUVIC ACID, LINALOOL, AZELAIC ACID, SODIUM METABISULFITE, CITRUS GRANDIS (GRAPEFRUIT) FRUIT EXTRACT, LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA (LAVENDER) FLOWER/LEAF/STEM EXTRACT, PYRUS MALUS (APPLE) FRUIT EXTRACT, CORALLINA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT, ANANAS SATIVUS (PINEAPPLE) FRUIT EXTRACT, ANTHEMIS NOBILIS FLOWER EXTRACT, SALIX NIGRA (WILLOW) BARK EXTRACT, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM CITRATE, CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA (LIME) PEEL EXTRACT, MANGIFERA INDICA (MANGO) FRUIT EXTRACT, CALENDULA OFFICINALIS (POT MARIGOLD) FLOWER EXTRACT, GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA (LICORICE) ROOT EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, RUBUS IDAEUS (RASPBERRY) LEAF EXTRACT, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, BIOTIN.

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