Take your vitamins
Skin experts agree that antioxidants like vitamin C are beneficial in protecting your skin from the sun and the environment as well as stimulating collagen production. Here are a few products to consider:
If you have sensitive, reactive skin, be cautious when using any sort of acids, including L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C). Get your daily antioxidant dose by incorporating True Botanicals Antioxidant Booster into your skin care regimen. $90, https://true botanicals.com. Dermatologist Dr. William Kwan recommends SkinCeuticals
Phloretin CF Gel to his darker-complected clients who, he says, “tend to have oilier skin.” $165, https://www. skinceuticals.com. For dry, dehydrated skin, try a gentle mega-moisturizing option like the Biossance Squalane + Vitamin C Rose Oil. $72, https://biossance.com. If your skin is having an identity crisis, giving you acne one day and dryness another, help your skin find its true self by balancing and nourishing it with Vintner’s Daughter Active Botanical Serum. $185, https://vintnersdaughter.com. If you want all the antioxidant goodness from a potent vitamin C serum but without the solvents and fillers, try clean but uber-effective Marie Veronique C +
E+ Ferulic Serum. $90, www.marieveronique.com. If fine lines and texture are your biggest skin concerns, Kiehl’s
Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate boasts 12.5 percent vitamin C and hyaluronic acid, a hydrating powerhouse that holds up to 1,000 times its weight in water. From $62, www.kiehls.com.