Vitamin C is a powerhouse ingredient that offers numerous benefits for your skin. When applied to your skin for several weeks it can help promote collagen production and add brightness to dull skin, this vitamin plays a vital role in maintaining radiant skin. And who wouldn’t want that?

First and foremost, vitamin C helps to support elasticity and firmness of your skin. This can reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, giving you a more youthful complexion.

Secondly, vitamin C acts as a powerful antioxidant, helping to combat the damaging effects of free radicals we’re exposed to daily. The antioxidant power helps neutralise free radicals and tackle other skin concerns such as the appearance of premature ageing and dullness.

Additionally, vitamin C can work to lighten darker patches and dark spots on your skin known as hyperpigmentation. As a result, your skin appears even in tone, smoother, brighter, and more radiant.

At TEMPLESPA, we offer a range of skincare products enriched with vitamin C to help you achieve a healthy and glowing complexion. We have a vitamin C product perfect for your skincare routine, but first, let’s dive into the benefits of this wonder ingredient:

 

Boosts Collagen Production

Collagen is a natural protein crucial for maintaining the elasticity and firmness of our skin. As we age, our collagen production decreases, leading to fine lines, wrinkles, and sagging skin. Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a powerful antioxidant that when applied topically, over a period of weeks, can help to boost collagen production, counteracting the visible effects of ageing.

Increased collagen levels improve skin elasticity, making it more resilient and less prone to sagging. This results in a firmer looking complexion, while also targeting wrinkles and fine lines. Moreover, vitamin C promotes a more even skin tone by working to decrease the appearance of dark spots and hyperpigmentation.

Support Against Free Radicals

As an antioxidant, vitamin C helps to combat the harmful effects of free radicals. These free radicals can lead to oxidative stress, damaging skin cells and accelerating signs of ageing. Free radicals weaken collagen and elastin fibres, causing wrinkles, fine lines, and sagging skin. However, vitamin C can counteract these effects by scavenging free radicals and reducing their impact.

 

Reduces Hyperpigmentation

Vitamin C is known for its ability to reduce hyperpigmentation, such as dark spots and uneven skin tone. Studies show that vitamin C effectively treats dark spots and evens out skin tone. Regular application is a brilliant way to help reduce the appearance of hyperpigmentation.

Look for products with stable forms of vitamin C, like L-ascorbic acid or ascorbyl glucoside, as they are more potent and less likely to degrade. For best results, apply a vitamin C serum or cream onto clean, dry skin every morning and follow up with a broad-spectrum sunscreen to protect your skin from further UV damage.

Brilliant Against Anti-Ageing Effects

Vitamin C is a powerhouse ingredient in anti-ageing skincare. It offers numerous benefits, including reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, improving skin firmness and texture, and enhancing overall skin. Vitamin C reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles by plumping the skin, smoothing out fine lines and wrinkles for a more youthful appearance.

Using skincare products containing vitamin C over several weeks also improves skin firmness and texture by reducing collagen and elastin breakdown and maintaining elasticity and firmness. This is achieved by the high levels of antioxidants. 

To maximise anti-ageing benefits, vitamin C can be combined with other potent ingredients. For example, pairing it with hyaluronic acid provides intense hydration, plumping the skin and reducing the appearance of wrinkles. Similarly, using it alongside retinol enhances collagen-boosting effects, resulting in smoother, more youthful skin.

 

Where To Find Vitamin C Skincare

Onto the fun part: how can you get your hands on vitamin C skincare? Here are our top products for a glowing, radiant, and youthful complexion:

We love an exfoliating product, and a toner like our GLOWCOLIC is perfect for an instant smooth and even-toned texture. Alongside AHAs like glycolic acid, the vitamin C in our exfoliating toner comes from orange fruit and grapefruit extracts, which are a natural rich source to boost radiance.

To boost your exfoliation further, MOST REVEALING Glowing Skin Oxygen Peel is a fun mask to apply as it switches from a cool orange gel to bubbles that nibble away at dead skin cells with a fusion of acids. Again, another fusion of natural fruit extracts boosts the vitamin C levels in this product!

A vitamin C serum is a classic option to incorporate this ingredient into your skincare routine. LET’S CONCENTRATE Skin Glowing Serum features ascorbyl glucoside, a more stable form of vitamin C, which works by being released when in contact with an enzyme on our skin, meaning a slow, prolonged release for long-term results and benefits!

Finishing any skincare routine, before your SPF of course, is a moisturiser, and MOISTURE TO GLOW Radiance Moisturiser is a perfect option. A silky gel texture that glides onto the skin and brings vital radiance and energy to dull, lacklustre skin.

You’ll also spot vitamin C across a few of our other skincare and body care products:

And many more...