CeraVe
is a great brand trusted brand makes great products. If you are a beginner in the
world of vitamin c serums.
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you want to consider this one CeraVe Vitamin C Serum is affordable. it's a great start I’d say it's not the most sophisticated. I don't know if I would
say now that CeraVe Vitamin C Serum on my top five list, but it is up there because of its affordability
its ease of use if you're choosing a vitamin c serum you want to go for
something with vitamin c or ascorbic acid is the most potent active form levels
10 or 20 there are formulations that are over 20 but you're at risk for irritating
your skin.
vitamin c is a powerful antioxidant that fights free radicals from
pollution tobacco smoke so UV light UV radiation, so you want to go slow with it.
if you're starting off with it and if you go less than 10 percent, you're not
going to get its benefits as much as if you hit, I’d say 10 is the sweet spot
and this one is 10.
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CeraVe Vitamin C Serum |
Why use a vitamin c:
Why
use a vitamin c serum first of all vitamin c as we talked about is an antioxidant.
It can help glow up your skin helps with brightening your skin. So, it can
lighten dark spots I’ve actually lightened some freckles on my face by being
consistent with the vitamin c serum just as of 2021.
I just started doing
vitamin c serums I knew that they were good, but I just didn't have the will or
energy or interest to incorporate it in my morning routine. you want to use it
in the morning because I think vitamin c orange juice drink it in the morning with
your breakfast use this in the morning. So that you can protect yourself from the
environmental elements that can damage your skin this does not replace sunscreen
though you still want to have sunscreen on at the very end of your skincare
regimen so usually what you do is you cleanse put your serum on like this
moisturize.
if you're dry then a sunscreen if you're not so dry just put a
sunscreen right over the vitamin c comes in different forms too, they can have
other formulations like in rocks vitamin c serum. it's a different stable form and
these newer forms are more stable than ascorbic acid and the critique of ascorbic
acid is that it's very potent and active but it's very unstable especially in sunlight
heat. So, if you have these stronger ones your bottles might last longer, they might
do better. When you're out in the sun they won't oxidize and turn color and if
some of these newer formulations may even dive down into the second layer of
your skin the dermis and it might influence collagen production and increase collagen.
So, they say a lot of times these vitamin c serums they can help with fine lines
and wrinkles like a retinoid.
So, I was convinced I started this in the morning I
tried to do it every day as much as possible. CeraVe is known for its Ceramides
this has its Ceramides still it has moisturizing ingredients like glycerin
which is a humectant that draws in water also has dimethicone which is another great
ingredient in my moisturizers. I’ve seen it in other videos like rocks retinol Olay
re generous retinol 24 also has dimethicone all of these moisturizing serums or
retinoid these all incorporate dimethicone just like my hand moisturizer. so, this
one has dimethicone in it also has vitamin e which helps stabilize your vitamin
c and when you look at the ingredient list you always want to see what kind of
vitamin c, you're using this it's very easy versus Vichy.
you know I’ve heard
people say it's very inconvenient in dealing with these ampoules you got to
break it off with uh tissue you're dealing with glass you put a little applicator
on this one here just convenient right ready to go nice twist off cap. this is
a really nice product but you have to use it I’d probably recommend using it up
within two months three months max but two months of using this up because if
you don't if you take too long using this this will oxidize quickly despite
having this in a stored in a cool area.
I leave this in my bathroom drawer, and I
take it out apply it put it away even though it's in a pretty. It’s in a very
well protected package here or tube it's not like those glass bottles are
translucent this still will oxidize pretty quickly so keep in a cool area. if
you have a skin care fridge you could put this in it's so again very nice
introductory vitamin c serum but be careful use it up quick hide it put it in
the fridge if you want stay tuned for a Vichy review because the advantage of the
ampoules is that you don't have to deal with oxidation. you can use this in two
to three days done you go on to another preserved bottle of this.
What did I think of the vitamin c
serum by CeraVe?
I
give it a three and a half Chaka’s out of five or a seven out of ten. I like
that it has glycerin as a three essential Ceramides that makes CeraVe so well-known
has 10 ascorbic acid which is great.
I think that's a really nice start for beginners
what you want to shoot for if you're starting off because using more a higher
concentration could lead to uh irritation, I knocked off points because of the quick
oxidation it does change color very quickly on their website they did mention
that it can still be effective for six months after that you should probably
toss a bottle if you still have some left.
I do like that it does feel
moisturizing it is light it is very easy to use ease of use it's all in this
nice tube here where you don't have to work with you. don't have to use glass
ampoules that are the pain in the but to work with.
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