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Red Magazine Beauty Awards Winner 2025 - Azelaic Dark Spot Serum
We are so pleased to announce our award for Best for hyperpigmentation in the Red Magazine Beauty Awards Winner 2025. At the end of each year, Red Beauty Awards bring you a curated edit of the very best products they laid their hands on, and for 2025, Balance Me and our Azelaic Dark Spot Serum proved triumphant!
Read the full article here.
We entered this category because our Azelaic acid embodies exactly what this award is about: celebrating effective, science-led skincare that delivers real results. Azelaic acid is a powerhouse ingredient known for its ability to calm redness, even skin tone and target breakouts, making it a game-changer for sensitive and reactive skin. At Balance Me, we believe in creating gentle yet powerful bio-active formulas that support skin health without compromise. The serum has quickly become a customer favourite, and we’re thrilled to have it recognised as a standout product in the Beauty industry.
We believe in our Azelaic acid because of its clinically proven ingredients, gentle yet effective results, and the natural balance it brings to your routine. And the fact that this will be nearly our 80th award shows how much we care about your skin. It’s unique selling point is its powerful results without compromise, proving that high-performance skincare can still be gentle, natural and nourishing, proved by 100% of participants seeing a reduction in pigmentation, resulting in a more even skin tone. So more proven results include
- Proven to reduce pigmentation, strengthen the skin barrier and reduce wrinkles
- Proven to strengthen the skin barrier in 90% of participants
- 80% of participants had a reduction in wrinkles
*Cosmetic In Instrumental Test Report, 10th June-27 August 2024, 10 participants, UK
Our Azelaic Acid is a clinically tested lightweight serum proven to reduce pigmentation, strengthen the skin barrier and reduce wrinkles. The innovative blend of potent actives reduces the appearance of dark spots and acne scarring, whilst helping to prevent future pigmentation, leaving you with a unified, smooth and more radiant complexion. Packed with antioxidant-rich ingredients to provide superior skin barrier protection, including Niacinamide and CelluCapTM Resveratrol, plus plant-based retinoid, Bidens Pilosa, to boost skin elasticity, and cellular turnover, supporting ageing skin without causing skin sensitivity. 100% natural bespoke fragrance of soothing and uplifting essential oils. Featuring Mandarin and Lavender to relax and calm the mind and body, alongside Sweet Orange, May Chang and Ylang Ylang to boost confidence, energise and brighten your mood. It pairs perfectly with our intensive wrinkle cream.
A couple of our favourite reviews include one from VT saying -
‘This is zingy in a jar and my skin is beyond smooth. My sun spots are starting to fade. No wonder you've just won an award for this!’
And from a verified, regular buyer Julie R. -
‘One word, amazing. Only just started using this product but I have noticed an even tone to my skin already. I have very high hopes that my skin will be even better after using for longer.’
Its ingredients include:
Azelaic Acid
An anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antioxidant which helps to reduce the appearance of existing pigmentation and prevents new pigmentation forming. Known to be gentle on the skin, making it perfect for those with sensitive skin.
Bidens Pilosa
A natural plant-based alternative to retinoids to support ageing skin. It boosts skin elasticity and rebuilds the density of skin, to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles whilst also targeting dark spots and pigmentation without the sensitivity commonly experienced with non-plant-based retinoids.
CelluCapTM Resveratrol
A potent slow-release antioxidant and anti-inflammatory which reduces skin damage and boosts the production of naturally occurring antioxidants in the skin. It helps to inhibit the production of melanin early in the pigmentation pathway to prevent pigmentation forming on the skin.
Niacinamide
An all-round crowd pleaser, this wonder ingredient is an anti-inflammatory that boosts the production of Ceramides to strengthen the skin barrier and stimulates collagen production to boost skin elasticity. It also works to target pigmentation and even out skin tone for brighter calmer skin, plus softens the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and reduces oiliness and enlarged pores.