This little bottle has quite a bit of hype around it too - with thousands of Google reviews. Vitamin E helps boost vitamin C’s UV protection power and ferulic acid helps stabilize it (while also giving you an extra boost of antioxidants).īeyond its ability to brighten and firm up your skin, this blend has been proven to reduce oxidative damage caused by ozone pollution, diesel engine exhaust, and UVA/UVB rays by up to 41 percent. These two extra ingredients play super well with our golden child. Product size: 30-milliliter (mL) bottleīefore you gawk at the price, there’s a reason this little bottle wins almost every award out there: it features the holy trinity of vitamin C (15 percent pure vitamin C here), vitamin E (1 percent), and ferulic acid (0.5 percent).Standout ingredients: vitamin E, ferulic acid.Only products that passed vetting made this list. We also put every product on this list through a thorough vetting process to make sure the companies aren’t making any unsupported health claims or engaging in shady business practices. We made sure to include a range of prices so that people with all kinds of budgets have access to this rock star ingredient. We looked to reviews to make sure these products are *actually* loved by real customers. We gave priority to formulas with good supporting ingredients and clean formulas, although not all on this list are considered “clean.”
We chose products with L-ascorbic acid, tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, ascorbyl palmitate, and magnesium ascorbyl phosphate for maximum effectiveness. There are several different forms of vitamin C, some more potent and stable than others. Our priority was the superstar ingredient: vitamin C. Here’s what we took into consideration when making our picks: With so many vitamin C products on the market, we had to narrow it down somehow.