Balancing & Clarifying Serum

A multi-active solution designed to reduce signs of skin congestion by minimizing excess shine, and improving pore appearance for clearer-looking skin.
Balancing & Clarifying Serum provides visibly clearer skin, by helping to reduce the look of pores, excess oil, and uneven skin texture. The formulation offers a simple way to treat multiple concerns, offering a total of seven key benefits for blemish-prone and congested skin. While especially suited to oily and combination skin, it is tested and suitable for all skin types.

Balancing & Clarifying Serum minimizes excess shine, and helps reduce the look of enlarged pores, which can be common concerns for oily skin types. It also provides all-day hydration and strengthens the skin barrier to help balance skin’s oil and water content, to avoid drying or stripping the skin. In addition, Balancing & Clarifying Serum helps to improve uneven skin texture for smoother-looking skin, while also reducing visible post-acne marks and promoting skin radiance to make skin look clearer and brighter.

As part of The Ordinary's range of Multi-Active Solutions, Balancing & Clarifying combines seven key technologies to achieve these benefits:

- Sarcosine and L-Carnitine: Naturally occurring molecules that reduce the appearance of oiliness and shine.

- Polylysine: A patented molecule that also reduces the appearance of oiliness and shine. It has a unique three-dimensional branched structure that is composed of 48 naturally-derived lysine amino acids.

- Adenosine: Helps reduce the appearance of pores and textured skin.

- N-Acetylglucosamine (NAG): An amino sugar that offers similar exfoliation properties to direct acids. Through this exfoliation, it helps target signs of congestion, while also targeting the look of uneven skin tone.

- Ectoin: Protects the skin barrier against water loss and helps maintain skin hydration. The ingredient ectoin is an amino acid derivative produced via fermentation from ectoine - a naturally occurring molecule found in a wide range of bacteria that live in extreme conditions.

- Lactococcus Ferment Lysate: Works to help support the skin barrier. It is a mixture of fragmented molecules derived from the breakdown of the bacteria lactococcus lactis.

- TARGETS: Signs of Congestion, Dryness, Textural Irregularities

- SUITED TO: All Skin Types

- FORMAT: Water-based Serum

- KEY INGREDIENTS: Sarcosine, L-Carnitine, Polylysine, Adenosine, N-Acetylglucosamine, Ectoin, Lactococcus Ferment Lysate

- Testing shows Balancing & Clarifying Serum:

- Provides visibly clearer skin by helping reduce signs of congestion including the look of pores, excess oil and uneven skin texture

- Reduces the look of enlarged pores

- Minimizes excess shine

- Improves skin texture

- Reduces the appearance of post-acne marks

- Provides all-day hydration

- Strengthens the skin barrier

- Boosts skin radiance



ph 5.5-6.5 | ALCOHOL-FREE | OIL-FREE | SILICONE-FREE | VEGAN | CRUELTY-FREE
How To Use



Shake well before use. Apply a few drops to the face in the morning and evening.

Always patch test before use. If irritation occurs, rinse off, cease use, and consult a physician. Use only as directed on unbroken skin. Patch testing prior to use is advised. Keep out of reach of children.

We supply only 100% original The Ordinary products — no fakes or substitutes.
This product is exclusively available in Pakistan through us — avoid customs delays, high import costs or risk of counterfeit.
Ideal for Pakistani skin concerns: sun damage, pollution, ageing, volume loss, under-eye hollowness, and sagging due to climate or lifestyle.
For customers seeking effective, non-invasive skin volumizing and lifting without needles, this product is a strong, affordable option.