Garnier vit c serum

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Any good?

I need a new one (just finishing a Revolution one - fine but not amazing). This is half price on Amazon.

Or the Inky one.

For context skin is generally fine (late 40s), the odd hormonal spot and a bit flat. Texture isn't great but I use tret every other day plus a fairly basic cleanse/moisture routine with vit c in the morning.

What's the % and type of vitamin C?
For it to be really effective you should be looking at around 15% vitamin C. The best type is L-Ascorbic.
A lot of serums and creams only have about 3% which is better than nothing but really just allows them to tout it as a vitamin C product when really it's a generic serum with a bit of Vitamin C.
After using lots of pricy ones I'm using the N7 and loving it.

Thanks for this. I checked and the garnier one was fairly low so I've ordered the Inkey List one which is 15%.

I love the Bliss one too but I do like to change up every now and then

Just a point as you seem interested in the science side. N7 uses ethyl Ascorbic acid. This is a stabilised form of L-Ascorbic acid. The stabilisation means the actual amount of effective active is reduced. About 80% of the L-Ascorbic acid will be delivered . So the 15% is reduced to about 12% l-ascorbic acid.

I've heard the Inkey List one is quite good - its main active ingredient is ascorbyl glucoside, which is a derivative of L-ascorbic acid.

Basically it's a gentler, less potent version, which is good in that is less irritating to the skin, so great for sensitive skin and more stable so has a longer shelf life. It absorbs into your skin and is then converted to L-ascorbic acid.

Inkey list also contains a peptide, which is good. I'm not totally convinced that peptides do what they companies claim, but I still add them to my skincare as a 'nice to have'.

Inkey list 15% uses Ascorbyl glycoside. This is a very modified form of vitamin C. It is a far 'gentler' formulation than l-Ascorbic acid. By gentler, read 'weaker'. 15% ascorbyl glucoside is nowhere near 15% Ascorbic acid. Brands know people read things like 'you need 15%' so they use 15% of a weaker formulation.
It can be great for people who have skin that can't tolerate 15% vit c and importantly for manufacturers is that it lasts longer after production befire going off but you need to know what you are using and find stronger if your skin tolerates it

archive.thestrategist.co.uk/article/best-vitamin-c-serums.html

These are all power houses.

That's a great list, but to be fair most of them are ridiculously expensive. I have used the Skinceuticals and Obagi ones in the past, and they are great serums, but I couldn't justify spending that much on something that only lasted me a month or so.

Also the Timeless one, which I used to use, is not available on the Timeless EU website anymore (something about one of the ingredients not being compliant with some EU directive), which is annoying. Yes you can get it on Amazon UK, but I don't really trust some of those second hand sellers TBH.

I now use the Geek and Gorgeous one, which is a brilliant dupe of the Skinceuticals at about a tenth of the price.

@Farmageddon brilliant. That's what we need. People sharing great products. That looks like a good one.

Thanks. I really miss the Timeless one actually, if you can still get it in the UK I would highly recommend it, but I can't unfortunately.

Tbh, I get all my skincare "knowledge" from Nadine Baggott who I trust implicitly. and quote willy nilly. That's interesting about the 12% of ingredient though as my absolute favourite vit C ever was Vichy LiftActiv which sat at 12%, while the 23% I had from Timeless I didn't notice as much difference.