Vitamin C is the Skincare Ingredient Everyone is Searching For

According to Cult Beauty, the question “what does vitamin C do for your skin?” was searched for in record-breaking numbers on Google this year.

When it comes to healthy, zit-free skin, there are thousands of brands out there offering different formulas to fix all our skincare problems. As it turns out, the solution is a lot simpler than we thought and it comes down to these three things: SPF, retinol, and Vitamin C.

Skincare products that are infused with Vitamin C can do absolute wonders for your skin. The ingredient is difficult to work with as it degrades when let out the bottle, but thanks to modern technology, there are now a range of user-friendly Vitamin C-infused creams and serums that work magic on zit-prone skin.

Getting Vitamin C in your diet is essential for healthy skin but according to Linda Blahr at SkinCeuticals, our skin is the last organ to digest Vitamin C, hence why applying it directly to your skin in the form of cream is more effective.

“L-Ascorbic acid (better known as Vitamin C) is essential for humans as we cannot synthesise it by ourselves,” she explains.

“You can implement Vitamin C in your daily diet by eating vegetables & fruits with a high concentration of Vitamin C. However, the skin is the last organ addressed within the digestion process, so there is a need for ‘topical Vitamin C’ formulations that work efficiently within the skin’s metabolism.” 

Who would have thought it? Vitamin C could be the one missing ingredient from your perfect skincare regime.