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Grandeur Beauty True Radienace Vitamin C Serum

True Radienace Vitamin C Serum

This ultra absorbent serum is light weight, pure and potent. With its antioxidant super powers it fights damaging free radicals to reduce premature aging.
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Ingredients overview

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Ingredient name what-it-does irr., com. ID-Rating
Propylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 0
L Ascorbic Acid antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering superstar

Grandeur Beauty True Radienace Vitamin C Serum
Ingredients explained

What-it-does: moisturizer/humectant, solvent | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
  • It's a helper ingredient that improves the freeze-thaw stability of products
  • It's also a solvent, humectant and to some extent a penetration enhancer
  • It has a bad reputation among natural cosmetics advocates but cosmetic scientists and toxicology experts do not agree (read more in the geeky details section)
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L Ascorbic Acid - superstar
Also-called: Vitamin C, L-ascorbic acid;Ascorbic Acid | What-it-does: antioxidant, skin brightening, buffering
  • Works best between a concentration of 5-20%
  • Boosts the skin’s own collagen production
  • Fades pigmentation and brown spots
  • If used under sunscreen it boosts its UV protection
  • Extremely unstable and oxidizes very easily in presence of light or air
  • Stable in solutions with water only if pH is less than 3.5 or in waterless formulations
  • Vit E + C work in synergy and provide superb photoprotection
  • Ferulic acid doubles the photoprotection effect of Vit C+E and helps to stabilize Vit C
  • Potent Vit. C serums might cause a slight tingling on sensitive skin
Read all the geeky details about Ascorbic Acid here >>

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