Q&A: Vitamin C face serum. Everything you should know about this skin care product
This growing popularity of vitamin C face serum makes us wonder what are actual benefits of this skin care product, what contraindications to using it are and how to apply cosmetics with ascorbic acid correctly. Do you really know everything about face serum containing vitamin C?
Check the answers to the frequently asked questions concerning face serums with ascorbic acid. Learn more and let yourself be surprised by the fun facts you weren’t aware of!
What makes vitamin C face serum different than a face cream?
When compared to a regular face cream, face serum is a more concentrated skin care product, so is the vitamin C added to it. Its undisputed advantage over a regular cream is that serum is lighter and therefore it’s able to penetrate deeply in order to reach the lowest skin layers. As it’s plain to see, face serum is able to work deeper than just on skin’s surface. This can be summarized as following: vitamin C face serum delivers stronger and better effects than a regular face cream.
What are benefits of vitamin C face serum?
- Minimizes all types of skin discolorations.
- Brights up and improves skin radiance.
- Aids in removing dead skin cells.
- Stimulates collagen synthesis, reduces wrinkles.
- Helps combat acne and soothes inflammations.
- Smooths out, revitalizes and revives skin.
- Ensures sun protection.
- Takes tender care of couperose skin.
- Limits oil secretion.
Where’s the place for vitamin C face serum in my daily skin care ritual?
When you finally decide to start using vitamin C face serum, you need to find out: Where’s the place for vitamin C face serum in my daily skin care ritual? Morning or evening? Before of after face cream? This isn’t as complicated as it may seem to be.
Naturally, proper skin care begins where the skin cleansing ends, thus makeup removal is so essential. Vitamin C is absorbed better when skin is well-cleansed. Therefore, no sooner than after applying makeup removing lotion, face scrub and a skin toner should you use a face serum. You have to treat your face with the serum prior to using a cream because, as mentioned earlier, serum penetrates skin deeply and a thick layer of cream may effectively block the serum from doing its job. Once you pat serum into your face, you can reach for a cream that will create a protective layer on skin’s surface.
How often should I apply vitamin C face serum?
Most producers recommend using vitamin C serum every day, but you can also use is less frequently – every 2 or 3 days – and still achieve similar results. After all, we don’t apply face scrub every day and applying face serum to face that was deprived of makeup only defeats the purpose – the serum won’t work in 100%.
It’s also worth realizing that vitamin C face serum is a cosmetic wielding a really huge power. It does stimulate skin therefore in some cases – especially when skin is hypersensitive – using it on a daily basis may cause an adverse skin reaction; i.e. irritations.
Vitamin C face serum: Day or night?
Face serum containing ascorbic acid has to be used systematically – which is the most important rule – and it’s better to do it evening. Applied at bedtime, face serum is more effective because when we sleep skin carries out all self-regenerating processes. In the case of hypersensitive skin, applying serum evening makes a better option because serum used morning can leave skin slightly irritated.
Can I use vitamin C face serum throughout the entire year?
A quality face serum with vitamin C can be used safely for the entire year. What’s interesting, it may appear that the very serum helps you deal with seasonal skin problems such as irritations caused by sun or sun-induced pigmentation marks.
Which form of face serum is better: Oil or cream?
You can find vitamin C in face serum no matter its form (either oil-based or cream-based). The choice depends on our expectations – if you’re going to follow the serum with a cream, better go for face serum which texture is oily. On the other hand, if you want to treat face with oils soon after applying serum, reach for a creamy face serum. Obviously, a time of day you want to apply face serum at also matters. In the morning, you should go for creamy face serum, whereas at bedtime you should treat your skin with something stronger like face serum that has an oily formula.
