You’re likely across the many benefits of vitamin C already. And I’m not talking about the beloved Y2K performer of the same name, I’m talking about the essential nutrient, touted for its immune-boosting, anti-inflammatory properties.
But beyond wondrously managing to ward off a cold, vitamin C also works wonders on your skin. Wanna know how? Lets C.
Vitamin C Benefits For Skin
1. Tackles Hyperpigmentation
Quick refresher, hyperpigmentation happens when patches of skin become darker than the surrounding area (courtesy of melanin). It’s a very normal part of life, but this discoloration can lead to your face feeling flat, textured, and uneven.
Vitamin C is widely considered the gold standard in tackling hyperpigmentation. According to A Systematic Review of The Effect of Vitamin C on Melanin Pigmentation, this skincare ingredient has been proven to actually inhibit the enzyme tyrosinase (the one responsible for producing excess melanin). It helps lighten hyperpigmentation over time, stop new patches from forming, and boost cell turnover to reveal more even skin.
2. Antioxidant Protection
While it's busy taming your tyrosinase enzyme, vitamin C is rich in antioxidants—making it a powerful defender against free radical damage.
What are free radicals you ask? They’re unstable molecules (found in UV rays and pollution) that, according to Harvard Health Publishing, degrade collagen in the skin leading to premature ageing and dullness. The antioxidants in vitamin C works have been proven to neutralise these bastards, shielding against daily oxidative stress.
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3. Boosts Collagen
Not only does vitamin C protect against the forces that degrade collagen, it also boosts collagen synthesis as well. According to a paper published in Nutrients, vitamin C is proven to support the enzymes that link with the amino acids to form collagen fibers.
Collagen is foundational in your skin’s skin structure, firmness, and elasticity. Not only does it help the skin appear more bouncy and youthful, collagen helps the skin retain moisture—and hydrated skin often looks healthier, plumper.
4. Promotes Healing
Got some very annoying scars on your face where you went too hard picking at a pimple everyone told you not to? vitamin C can help with that.
It does this via its two strong suits: inhibiting melanin production and boosting collagen synthesis. These processes help make sure that scars will fade in appearance while more collagen in the skin helps prevent scars from becoming more pronounced, plumping up shallow scar indentation.
5. For Brighter, More Luminous Skin
Our vitamin C serum isn’t called Much Brighter Skin for nothing. Vitamin C delivers brighter, more radiant skin in multiple ways.
By inhibiting melanin production and fading dark spots, vitamin C helps your complexion appear brighter, more even overall.
It also speeds up cell turnover for faster shedding of dull, dead surface cells, to reveal the fresher, newer, more radiant layers beneath.
The result is skin that appears more luminous, glowy, and fresh.
Vitamin C Reviews
Don’t just take our word for it. We ask two Real Life Go-To Customers to try Much Brighter Skin (that’s our vitamin C serum)—and tell us their thoughts, feelings, and results.
Meet Suze: “Just have to say wow, wow, WOW,” says Suze. “I had pigmentation/dull skin, and after only just a few weeks of use my skin is remarkably different after using your new brightening serum! Magic in a bottle.”
Meet Beeny: “I have noticed a dramatic reduction in redness, and also my skin seems to be much more hydrated and happy. It's glowing instead of looking dull. I love the simplicity of the Go-To routine, and my sensitive skin loves all of the products with no irritation.”
How To Use Vitamin C In Your Skin Routine
1. Opt For A Serum
We’re not just outrageously biased about the benefits of vitamin C serums—this format actually helps them effectively penetrate the skin.
Much Brighter Skin is lightweight but concentrated, formulated with 10% vitamin C. Its barely-there formula allows this active ingredient to penetrate the skin barrier and actually get to work benefitting your skin.
In a moisturiser, for example, the formula’s bigger, heavy molecules mean that the vitamin C struggles to actually reach the deeper layers in the skin where they’re most effective.
2. Use In The Morning
Vitamin C skincare is going to do its best work when it’s used in the morning. This lets you put its antioxidant protection to work, neutralising free radicals and combatting environmental aggressors which you’re more likely to encounter in the daytime.
3. Don’t Forget Sunscreen
Pair up this powerful antioxidant protection with broad spectrum protection! Follow up your vitamin C serum with SPF to help protect against harmful rays (and the effects of premature ageing, pigmentation, and fine lines—all of which can all zap your skin’s radiance).
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