6 Amazing Uses Of Vitamin C For Skin

Benefits of vitamin C

Consider vitamin C as your new skin friend and flaunt bright, radiant, and spotless skin in no time. If you’re still not convinced, these benefits of using vitamin C might change your mind:

• Helps fade away dark spots: Vitamin C helps reduce the appearance of dark spots and hyperpigmentation.
• Minimises the signs of ageing and corrects dullness: Topical application of vitamin C helps minimise the appearance of wrinkles and get rid of skin dullness.
• Boosts collagen growth: Ageing slows down the production of collagen in the skin. Vitamin C helps boost this collagen production, and protects this precious protein from further damage.
• Reduces oxidative stress: Vitamin C’s antioxidant properties fight free radicals damage caused by UV light and air pollution (cigarette smoke, smog, etc.) to prevent oxidative stress, which can appear in the form of dullness, uneven skin tone, dark spots, or premature ageing.

Uses of vitamin C for the skin

There are various uses of vitamin C for the skin and we’ve listed them here for you:

• Use as a micellar water

Vitamin C uses extend to the good old face-cleansing micellar water. Vitamin C micellar water helps remove makeup gently yet efficiently while brightening the skin at the same time. Isn’t it amazing!

Pro tip: Use vitamin C-infused micellar water as the first step of double cleansing method and for best results, follow it up with your vitamin C cleanser. 

• Uses of vitamin C as a facewash

Kickstart your day with a vitamin C cleanser as your regular face cleansing buddy to help drive away dirt, dust, and impurities from your skin and add an instant boost of freshness and radiance. For best results, use this cleanser twice a day.

• Uses of vitamin C as a face serum

You can also use vitamin C as a face serum that come loaded with the goodness of this powerful antioxidant. Include vitamin C face serum in your morning routine to reduce dark spots, acne marks, and correct hyperpigmentation and dullness. To elevate your skincare game, include vitamin C night serums in your night-time routine to prevent dark spots’ reappearance from the first usage. 

Vitamin C serum uses also includes brightening and rejuvenating the skin. However, the benefits of vitamin C serum don’t end here. The non-oily and non-sticky formula of vitamin C face serum easily blends into the skin and doesn’t leave any residue on the skin.

• Uses of vitamin C as a sheet mask

Thanks to the efforts of skincare experts, you can now pamper your skin with a vitamin C sheet mask and give it extra care and attention. These sheet masks help fade away dark spots, increase the water content in your skin, brighten dull skin, and provide it with extreme luminosity in just 15 minutes.  

• Uses of vitamin C as a moisturising cream

In the skincare galaxy, vitamin C serum cream and vitamin C night cream are two of the strongest warriors against your skin woes. These vitamin C moisturizers take care of your skin throughout the day (protects from sun damage) and night (brightens dull skin, exfoliates dead skin cells, and nourishes your skin) while you catch up on your beauty sleep. 

• Uses of vitamin C as a sunscreen

When vitamin C is used in a sunscreen formula, it becomes extremely potent and helps protect against sun damage and fade away dark spots. Choose a broad-spectrum vitamin C sunscreen (for instance serum sunscreen), which blends into the skin easily and doesn’t leave a white cast or residue. If you wear makeup, go for a sunscreen spray  enriched with vitamin C and reapply over your makeup as and when required.

With this article, the list of amazing uses of vitamin C for the skin is now yours. So, read the benefits of vitamin C and learn how to utilise its goodness through creams, serums, sheet masks, sunscreen, and more. Browse through the wide assortment of Garnier skincare products and skincare tips to get the most out of vitamin C and flaunt healthy, nourished and glowing skin. 

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