Kiehl's 1cc CollaShot Plumping Serum Review on 4 Different Skin Types

Welcome to Just My Type, a monthly series in which Glamour editors test-drive the latest and greatest in makeup, hair, and skin care. No one has time for products that work against their natural features, so we try them across a range of skin tones, skin types, and hair textures. In this month’s installment, our editors review Kiehl’s newest serum launch.

Read on to find out if it was just our type, because it might just be yours too. Creases, wrinkles, and lines can be very sneaky. One day you notice that it’s taking a little longer for your skin to bounce back after a hysterical laughing fit with your friends, and suddenly those laugh lines are just chilling on your face, despite the fact that you are definitely not laughing.

Maybe you’ve recently lost a significant amount of weight. Maybe your hormones are going crazy and taking it out on your skin. Or maybe you’re just stoically watching time pass by.

Whatever the reason, the urge to run to your injector for a dose of filler can be particularly strong once you notice those fine lines transform into deeper creases and skin starts to sag. It’s an expensive habit because once you start and experience looking like a round-cheeked, angelic cherub out of a Renaissance painting, you have a hard time stopping. That post-filler-feeling is addictive, it’s expensive, and it’s something you probably don’t want to start doing until you’re able to keep at it consistently.

So any product that promises it can have an impact on those lines and sagging without crushing your wallet in the interim looks pretty tempting. The good news: we think we’ve found a solid contender to help plump the skin and stave off a trip to the injector with the new Kiehl’s 1cc CollaShot Plumping Serum with Collagen and Peptides. This juicy pink serum looks like bubblegum in a bottle, and it promises to make skin look and feel bouncy, targeting fine lines, wrinkles and areas of sagging skin.

Here, we put it to the test on four different skin types and women of all ages. Read on for our honest takes on the product, how well it played with our various skin types and addressed concerns like fine lines, wrinkles and discoloration. Spoiler alert: It might make you rethink that filler appointment.