Glow Bright | Frankly PDRN Bounce Ball Serum Review
Frankly is a skincare brand that celebrates frank, genuine beauty – determined to provide high-quality products for better accessibility. They’ve designed a variety of skincare products to maximize ingredient effect; from their niacinamide serum to their refreshing Closer serum. But none have captured the heart like their Bounce Ball Serum. Iconic, orange and enriched with protein-rich oils to moisturize and refresh the skin – it was an immediate hit in the K-Beauty market within Seoul. You shake the bottle to immediate disperse the large PDRN capsule and it mixes with salmon roe extract, brightening niacinamide and probiotics to provide an instant-glow and refresh skin.
Designed to immediate provide a glassy skin shine and hydrate the skin – is this cute bouncy ball good to add to your skincare routine? Let’s put it to the test!
What's In The Bottle?
Niacinamide: brightening vitamin B3 that helps even skin tone and induces a deep, lasting glow famous in Korean beauty.
Sunflower Seed Oil: enhances and protects the skin barrier, reducing moisture loss and refreshing dry or damaged skin.
Salmon Roe Extract: rich in vitamins and proteins, this extract helps refresh fine lines, reduce pigment formation and supports collagen formation for firmer, elastic skin.
Eclipta Prostrata (False Daisy) Extract: floral extract that is rich in antioxidants and provides lasting UV protection, to support and improve skin texture.
Hyaluronic Acid: plumping water humectant that helps draw moisture into the skin barrier and powerfully holds it to maintain lasting hydration and shine.
Neem Leaf extract: balancing extract that helps cool redness and inflammation, reducing acne-causing bacteria and refreshes the skin barrier for balanced skin tone.
Soybean extract: rich in vitamins and skin-improving oils that help soften texture, balance sebum and creates firmer, nourished skin.
PDRN: small DNA fragments that enter skin cells to help improve energy-levels, enhance healing and restores cells to a more youthful and rejuvenated state.
Moringa Seed Oil: cools irritation and moisturizes skin gently, perfect to help refresh damaged and irritated skin for long-term healing.
Probiotics (Bacillus): probiotics help replace damaged cell populations on the skin surface to help fight against damaging pathogens, strengthening the skin barrier and combating disease.
Centella asciatica: hydrating and cooling plant extract that helps boost moisture content and refresh the skin barrier, reducing redness and irritation.
Heartleaf extract: traditional herbal remedy that helps cool inflammation and naturally hold water in the skin barrier for improved, gentle texture.
Who Should Avoid?
This gentle serum has very few irritating agents, making it a good option for a variety of skin types. The presence of various oils may be slightly irritating to acne-prone skin; making it more suited for dry skin and fine lines. It also contains both salmon roe and salmon PDRN, making it not suitable for vegans or animal-product averse users.
The Results
This serum comes as advertised with a full, little bounce ball in it that gently drifts around the jar. Upon shaking it, the ball immediately vanishes into a creamy-amber serum that provides a blend of moisturizing oils and botanical extracts. I have normal skin type, but fine lines and am always looking for good hydrating serums – so this one caught my eye. After you shake the serum, it takes several days for the bounce ball to slowly reform – so it's not a fun daily shaking serum (this disappointed me a lot for some reason). But for glowing and hydration – this is a great addition to any skincare routine.
With no irritating actives, it works in almost any routine and is ideal for dry skin and fine lines – due to its deep, hydrating qualities. With the addition of probiotics, with each use you can feel your skin barrier getting stronger and more refreshed – making it quite delightful to use. For my skin type, I could see the difference in glow and deep hydration; but there is a common complaint that some can’t feel any difference with using the serum.
After using this serum for two weeks, I delightfully kept it in my routine for good – due to its great balance with other actives and deep, long-lasting hydration. The balance of Korean beauty comes from products that produce rapid and visible results against products that gently improve skin health and provide valuable nutrients for holistic care. This serum falls more into the second category – perfect to help fill space for genuine skincare and improved texture. You likely won’t see dramatic changes to skin with this serum (although it has a characteristic niacinamide glow), but over time you can see the subtle improvements to skin shine, strength and moisture.
Final Thoughts
This serum gives great benefits for gentle and holistic skin health. It has a really fun design (although the bounce ball vanished too quickly to maximize enjoyment), has holistic skin benefits and provides a quick-absorbing and natural shine. As mentioned, I wouldn’t highly recommend it for very acne-prone skin (due to the inclusion of a variety of oils) and would mostly recommend it for dry skin types and fine lines.
Looking for more of Frankly? Check out the range on Arktastic! With a variety of careful, holistic formulations fresh from South Korea.
Excited for more PDRN? Check out our report on the scientific research into PDRN and its real-time benefits. Or check out our review of the fun, sparkly Medicube PDRN Caffeine Wrapping Mask.
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