What’s inside
Every product in this routine, and what each one is for.
Why this pair
You cannot fade a mark on skin that keeps making new ones.
Every dark spot ingredient has the same weakness. It only works on calm skin. A damaged barrier stays irritated, and irritation is the main thing that tells your skin to make pigment. So the serum removes old marks while your skin quietly makes new ones.
The Serum
Fade Theory removes what is there. 2% Alpha Arbutin slows tyrosinase, the enzyme that makes every dark spot.
The Cream
Soft Reset stops the next ones. Ceramides in your skin's own 3:1:1 ratio, plus 5% Niacinamide, so your skin stops reacting.
Together
The tone finally holds. Calm skin makes less pigment. So the marks you fade stay faded.
About this product
Product details
One removes the marks you have. The other stops new ones forming.
That is the whole reason they are sold together. Everything below is just whether it applies to you.
Buy this if
You have dark spots or post-acne marks on skin that already stings, turns red easily, or reacted badly the last time you tried an active on its own.
Do not buy this if
Your skin is calm and comfortable. Buy Fade Theory on its own and keep the 651.
How to use it
Serum on clean skin, moisturiser on top, morning and night. Sunscreen in the day.
The honest truth
Real change shows around week 4 to 8, and older marks need the full twelve. Neither product lightens your skin. And without sunscreen, the sun makes new pigment faster than the serum can clear the old.
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Why we built Glowvé
Pakistani skin kept getting sold serums made for European weather. So we made our own — formulated for our hard water, our heat and our dry winters. And we tell you exactly what's inside and how much, in plain words. No fillers. No fairy tales. Just actives that do the job.
— Team Glowvé
Read the science
The research behind the formulas, in plain language.
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