What is a Vitamin C Serum?

A Vitamin C serum contains a high concentration of vitamin C for topical application to improve your skin’s appearance and to produce more beautiful and radiant skin.

Vitamin C serum does this by evening out skin tone, plumping and smoothening the surface, increasing your skin’s elasticity, and fighting environmental damage.

Why use a natural Vitamin C serum?

There are anti-aging products out there that work wonders. However, they contain toxic chemicals. A natural Vitamin C serum has a powerful anti-aging effect, especially if it is combined with Vitamin E.

I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to pay for all those years of a golden brown tan with early wrinkles around my eyes.

If I don’t want chemically laden products, then what is the answer for a lady looking to fight the signs of years of lifeguarding and teaching swim lessons without a hat?

Vitamin C serum, combined with a natural vitamin E product, is the answer. Why use a natural Vitamin C serum? What does Vitamin C serum do for your face? There are anti-aging products out there that work wonders. However, they contain toxic chemicals. A natural

Vitamin C serum is supposed to have a powerful anti-aging effect, especially if it is combined with Vitamin E.

If you apply a Vitamin C serum every day, you will start to see a visible anti-aging effect. How does this work? As an antioxidant, Vitamin C fights against the free radicals that cause age spots and skin damage.

Vitamin C soaks deep into the skin and slows the deterioration of collagen while increasing the moisture of the skin, so you have smoother skin and less noticeable wrinkles.

Oregon State University’s micronutrient center states that research revealed vitamin C’s ability to stabilize the mRNA of collagen mRNA, which increases the collagen protein synthesis and repairs damaged skin. According to research by Oregon State, two studies found that we should raise our intake of vitamin C from natural sources in our diet because higher vitamin C consumption is an association with less visible wrinkles and improved skin appearance (1,2).

My tip here is to squeeze an entire lemon into a glass of water first thing in the morning. One

cup of raw, chopped red bell pepper packs an impressive 190.3 milligrams of vitamin C.

But what about applying Vitamin C to your face, instead of eating it? What does the research say? There are many studies (3,4,5,6), which found that using vitamin C in concentrations of at least 3 to 10% over twelve weeks led to a decrease in wrinkles. Twelve weeks of vitamin C application also produced smoother skin (3), raised collagen production (6,7), and had a therapeutic effect on structural changes of the skin due to the aging process.

I have applied a Vitamin C serum every morning. I washed my face first, as the instructions directed, and then gently massaged the serum into my face. I paid particular attention to under and around my eyes.

I noticed an almost immediate improvement to the fine lines and dark circles under my eyes. There was also a visible younger glow to my cheeks and skin after just over two weeks of use.

To test the power of a vitamin C serum, I purchased the 20% Vitamin C serum from Asutra, which also contains Vitamin E, ferulic acid, and hyaluronic acid.

Vitamin E is a luxurious boost for the skin on its own.

Vitamin E provides powerful antioxidant properties, which help fight the damaging effects of free radicals. So if you want to diminish the wrinkles around your eyes or fade age spots, for instance, start to apply a vitamin E rich product. The moisturizing powerhouse will restore elasticity to your skin.