- Best for: Protecting against environmental aggressors and stressors.
- Skin type: Normal, dry and sensitive skin types.
- Key ingredients: Vitamin C, vitamin E and ferulic acid.
Why we love it: Delivering an impressively high concentration of its active ingredients to your skin, it includes a 15% L-ascorbic acid content and has a high pH (which, in comparison to its low-pH counterparts, means it can deliver vitamin C through the top layer of your skin without causing redness and irritation). It’s water soluble, feels lightweight upon application and sits nicely under foundation or concealer. What’s more, vitamin C has been paired with vitamin E and ferulic acid, which work to reduce the appearance of dark circles, fine lines and wrinkles. “My dry skin instantly loved this hydrating formula, it gave me a glass skin look and helped even out my complexion. About the only downside was that it felt slightly tingly upon first application, but this definitely got better within a week.” – Denise Primbet, GLAMOUR’s Beauty Commerce Writer.
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Best brightening vitamin C serum
Sunday Riley C.E.O. 15% Vitamin C Brightening Serum
- Best for: Youth-boosting.
- Skin type: All skin types, particularly mature skin.
- Key ingredients: Squalane, glycolic acid and jojoba esters.
Why we love it: An absolute dream to apply, Sunday Riley’s C.E.O Rapid Flash Brightening Serum is super-charged with vitamin C to target signs of ageing, dullness, dehydration, fine lines and hyperpigmentation. It’s also formulated reduce the size of pores over time, so if large pores around your T-zone is something you struggle with, this could be the vitamin C serum for you. “It has a refreshing citrus-y scent, a thick; creamy consistency which feels hydrating on application. Over time, I’ve definitely noticed a change in the brightness of my complexion and plan on continuing using it for the foreseeable,” – Sophie Cockett, GLAMOUR’s Senior European Commerce Editor.
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