If you’ve built a skincare routine of any kind, chances are that Vitamin C has made its way in there already.
Thanks to its radiance-boosting and brightening properties, it’s a firm favourite with skincare aficionados everywhere. Not just a superhero for facial skincare, the hero ingredient has some pretty impressive benefits for your body, scalp and hair too.
Here’s some of the Vitamin-C rich products to put on your radar:
FACE
This wake-up call for your face contains a suits-all Vitamin C molecule that’s a total complexion game-changer. Say hello to vitamin C’s underdog cousin ‘MAP’ – or Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate to you and I. Just as hardworking, but without causing the irritation that can sometimes occur with regular vitamin C.
Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate is the star ingredient of the Tired Faace Mask, loved for its skin-perking benefits. MAP is created by combining ascorbic acid (pure vitamin C) with a magnesium salt, to help improve its stability in water-based formulas. MAP is also lipophilic making it stable in oil-based formulas too. And it’s this which allows it to penetrate deeply into skin, offer greater hydration and even fights breakouts.
Tired Faace Mask
£27.00 for 100ml, Available at Wearefaace.com
This potent mask packs a punch when it comes to perking up skin. Alongside a roster of skin brightening ingredients like vitamin C and lactic acid, Faace’s Tired Faace Mask contains a punchy 5% caffeine extract.
SCALP & HAIR
It’s universally acknowledged that vitamin C is a true skincare superstar, but what benefit does it have for your locks?
- Helps fight bacteria on the scalp to ward off dandruff
- Helps to promote hair growth*
- Brightens dull, lacklustre hair without stripping colour
- Can promote hair growth while strengthening strands
- Protecting hair against environmental aggressors
fiils Pomelo range
Powered by pomelo, a citrus fruit packed full of vitamin C, Fiils Pomelo Shampoo and Conditioner helps to boost hair health, leaving it shinier and stronger.
Fiils Pomelo Shampoo Refill (£12 one-off, or save 20% when you subscribe) Available from fiils.co
Pomelo essential oil helps reduce dandruff and promote hair growth while jojoba oil adds moisture and shine.
Fiils Pomelo Conditioner Refill (£12 one-off, or save 20% when you subscribe) Available from fiils.co
As well as strengthening Pomelo, this softly scented conditioner boasts calming tea green and moisturising sunflower seed oil.
Free from SLS, silicones and fragrance, the all-natural formulas are housed in a sustainable refill pouch. The pure essential oils used in the concentrated formulas are also sustainably sourced and expertly hand blended to give you the best hair yet, whilst helping you to do your bit for the planet.
* https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19416266/
BODY
If there’s one ingredient you want to be reaching for when lathering in the shower, or moisturising your skin – it’s Vitamin C. The punchy vitamin not only hydrates skin, but can also boost circulation, help to heal surface damage and help to firm skin by encouraging collagen production. If the benefits didn’t help to sell this as an all-round skin superhero, then the fruity, tropical scents found in the likes of Guava and Orange certainly will!
Dr. Organic Guava Wet Skin Moisturiser
£7.99 for 150ml, Available at www.drorganic.co.uk
Bursting with Vitamin C (more than 4x an orange!), Organic Guava helps to instantly lock in moisture for an intensive burst of long lasting hydration. Once you’ve hopped out the shower, layer wet skin in this moisturiser and towel dry as normal.
Dr. Organic Guava Body Wash
£6.99 for 250ml, Available at www.drorganic.co.uk
Start the day with an uplifting, energising burst of exotic guava fruit. Its indulgent aroma captures the passion of the tropics, alluring the senses while refreshing the body.
