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There's Nothing Ordinary About The Ordinary

If you follow the world's top bloggers, vloggers and beauty gurus, you'd know that most of them are talking about a beauty brand called The Ordinary.

Truthfully, there's nothing ordinary about The Ordinary. There is a long, long waiting list for its newly released foundations is about 250,000 long. What is that??? Well, if your two foundations have gotten rave reviews from Wayne Goss and they cost $6, we understand why there's such a big demand for it.

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The Ordinary is made by the Canadian company Deciem, which has several brands under its umbrella. 

What makes The Ordinary extraordinary?

The products are not just well-priced; they're cheap. The Ordinary’s most expensive product right now is a serum at $28.90. The Advanced Retinoid 2% is $14.90.

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The 100% Plant Derived Squalene is priced at $12.90. The Vitamin C Suspension 23 percent + HA Spheres 2% costs $6. The 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil is priced at less than $10. The 100% Cold Pressed Moroccan Argan Oil is at $10.90.

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Those who have only dreamt of using skin care with ingredients like niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, lactic acid and glycolic acid but couldn't because, well, these things are expensive can now buy from The Ordinary.

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All products from Deciem, including The Ordinary, are free of parabens, sulphates, mineral oil, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, animal oils, benzalkonium chloride, coal tar dyes, formaldehyde, mercury and oxybenzone. They don’t test on animals or sell their products in mainland China.

In a previous interview, Deciem founder Brandon Truaxe reportedly said, "The beauty industry is a scam."

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Thus, The Ordinary's skin care products contain one or two ingredients only. You can get The Ordinary from deciem.com (they ship worldwide). Disclaimer: We got ours from Instagram resellers.

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If you're interested in the brand, look at Deciem's Website or follow them on Instagram @deciem. Send them a DM on Instagram if you have any questions about your skin care regimen. They usually reply really quick too!