Thank you for this video, Kelly! I love antioxidants. Right now I am alternating between two from Garden of Wisdom: their MariTyme Gel that features pycnogenol, green tea extract and beta glucans and their Advanced Telomere Repair and AntiAging Serum featuring resveratrol, grape seed extract, pomegranate seed oil and glutathione. I find them very soothing and comforting on the skin -- they make my skin feel complete or more complete, if that makes any sense. The Telomere Repair serum has a natural scent that reminds me of celery a little bit; the Marityme Gel does not have a scent. Tried PC Vitamin C Booster but felt it didn't really do much for me then it oxidized before I got a chance to completely empty the bottle. Am wanting to try Vitamin X by Regimen Labs -- it looks terrific. Have a great week!
I have sensitive skin and really love the Geek and Gorgeous C-glow, it’s really a fantastic fragrance-free product with 15% ascorbic acid, vitamin E and Ferulic acid and never caused me any irritation. It’s really fresh and takes at least 3-4 months to oxidise if you keep it in the fridge. And let’s not forget how incredible affordable it is, highly recommend it!
I wanted to try this one as well, but I can't seem to use any kind of straight ascorbic acid. With super sensitive skin and rosacea, the best vitamin c I've been able to use is magnesium ascorbyl phosphate. It's definitely not as strong as ascorbic acid, but it's less activating on the skin which is a good thing with rosacea!
Love this concept - thank you! My favourites are Vitamin C and niacinamide. Like you I LOVE the Amore Pacific Vintage Single Extract Essence. I treated myself to one last year but, my goodness, I still cringe at the price paid! That said, the results were wonderful.
Hi Kelly my skin just doesn't tolerate ascorbic acid - the low ph watery formulations burn/sting and the water free formulations turn my skin orange - not a good look on ultra pale skin lol. Instead I use retinoids and other antioxidants for the benefits mentioned - retinoid and niacinamide for collagen boosting and other ingredients for protection from pollution etc. As an all round excellent morning antioxidant serum the Niod survival 0 is a favourite and one of the more affordable Niod products. For a budget buy the IL Q10 serum is really good, or the resveratrol and ferrulic acid from TO. Many of my favourite multi benefit serums include antioxidants eg the purito unscented centella serum, the cosrx cica serum or the Klairs fundamental watery oil drop. I also get some antioxidants from my toners or essences, as ferments can have a decent antioxidant profile also. Despite the heavy focus on youtube around vitamin c serums as the "best" antioxidant, it is possible to get a wide variety of antioxidant benefits from other ingredients. Best wishes.
Hi, Kelly! Great video and lots of good products! You hooked me on that Amorepacific vintage essence, I wish I treat myself someday😁 I used to love vit C, but now that I'm a retinoid user - it can irritate my skin sometimes. Looking for gentler alternatives, I found NIOD Survival 0. I think you'll love it. For such a potent mix of antioxidants it is so gentle.
Great introduction 👍 I've already started with vitamin C in my morning routine to boost my SPF but now I have so many more ideas. I've got the Isntree green tea on order 😊
Have you ever tried magnesium ascorbyl phosphate / MAP derivative of vitamin c? It's stabilized and much more gentle on sensitive skin. My favorite is actually the vitamin c serum from 100% Pure. I used to use a lot of their products but stopped all their products after I moved away from essential oils. However, I've never found any other vitamin c that I could use without irritation (and I tried a ton!!), and decided to go back to their vitamin c serum and it's great! It's also very hydrating in a stable water based formula, in addition to being irritation free on my very sensitive rosacea skin that can't handle any amount of ascorbic acid. Yes, MAP is slower to work than ascorbic acid, but for those with very sensitive skin or with rosacea like me, you may love this one! It really does work with all the vitamin c benefits just a little slower and with no warming/burning/activation on the skin.
I used to have several antioxidant products I use in the morning, but then I moved on to using just 1 which was NIOD’s Survival 0 and then finally settled on Regimen Lab’s Vitamin X.
Thanks for introducing me to isntree green tea products. I think I’ve seen them before but I always confused them w innisfree which has fragrance. I just checked isntree ingredients, no red flags, and I can’t wait to try it.
It’s over a year but my fave is ‘pycnognol’. I think I’ve been using it since 2020. Love! Texture is wonderful. It’s actually one of my favourite serums. I would keep this if I had to declutter and bin several others.
Kelly Sitting here watching you I had an AH Ha moment. The rusty Orange -Red color is like our own melanin, That's how our skin protects itself. I'm in health care, wound care is very much American Old-school. Had a LPN argue with me that Hyaluronic acid in wound jelly would eat the good undamaged skin if you got it on the skin surrounding the wound. LOL its hard to help people and you know you can heal them. Its skin care !!!!
Thanks for the recommendations, Kelly! Have you ever tried the Ordinary's "EUK 134 0.1%" and "Resveratrol 3% + Ferulic Acid 3%"? I've heard those are pretty strong antioxidants too, but are on the oily side.
Kelly please do a whole video on Tretinoin. Has it made any major changes to your skin? Love Stratia night shift but want to move up to Tretinoin. Thanks🥰
I don’t know if I have a favorite antioxidant. Haven’t thought much about it. I do use vitamin c & niacinamide daily. I could see green tea becoming a favorite because at least three of the products I use, include it high on the ingredients list.
Such a good video!! You are on a roll Kelly. Do you like the packaging of the AmorePacific essence? I have heard it spills easily and a lot of people don’t like it
Lovely roundup as always! Kelly have you tried isntree's green tea serum? They added additional EGCG as well as hydrating ingredients and I think you would love it- I love mine! They also came out with a gorgeous green tea cleanser as well! Would love to hear your thoughts
Great video, I really enjoyed this. I would love to see a review on the new Timeless 10% Vitamin C serum. I’d love to know if your sensitive skin can tolerate it
i’ve gotten super into mugwort from your recommendations, i think my favorite is my tried and true centella and 2-5% niacinimide for antioxidants. didn’t love my experience with ascorbic acid, too finicky and i didn’t see any brightening effect
Hey! Love your videos. Can you do a review on LUMENE NORDIC-C overnight brightening sleeping cream. Heard it’s cheap alternative of the Augustinas Bader cream.
Some days I do forget to put my Vit C back in the fridge. but can leaving it out and going back and forth from room temp to cold affect the formula over time?
Hi Kelly have u tried the timeless vit C serum? I also have sensitive skin and on prescription tretinoin. It didn't irritate my skin and exacerbate the dryness from tretinoin.
Same here… I love Timeless! It’s the only L-ascorbic acid I’ve used that hasn’t irritated my skin. And it lasts a long time if you keep it in the fridge 😎 worth every penny!
I feel you! Tret/retinol works really well for my skin but vit c isn't gonna work for my skin long term! It's done wonders for other people I know but sometimes you just gotta follow what your skin tells you!