Vitamin C Serum for Face with Retinol & Salicylic Acid – Skin Clearing Acne Spot Treatment with Niacinamide, Hyaluronic Acid, MSM – Anti-Aging Facial Serum for Dark Spots and Blemishes

This a wonderfully effective product. My skin gets red and inflamed looking. I'm super sensitive to scented skincare products. For years I used a Camocare Chamomile cream that kept the redness and scaliness in check. After that product was discontinued, I tried 16+ different new products, most too perfume-y, expensive, drying, greasy etc. So happy to find this one, essentially odorless, a couple drops is enough, calmed my skin down in a few days. a few days in I noticed all these tiny round pearl like balls on my skin - the pores on forehead and nose were releasing clogs I didn't know were there, which likely help shrink pores. Age spots on my temples are mostly gone, that took over a year. Sign of the times, price increased to $16.99, up 70% since Jan. 2025 order, when it was $9.99.

UPDATE 6/26/20: I still think this is a good product but I've moved on to my new holy grail product for controlling acne and improving skin tone...tretinoin (Retin-A)! This product changed my life and if you're struggling with your skin I highly recommend looking into it. It is by prescription only. I started using this product 3 months ago, and am currently on my second bottle. This serum is by far my MOST essential, holy grail skincare product. I wish I'd found it years ago. I am 29, Indian, and have oily skin that is prone to comedogenic and hormonal acne. I also battled cystic acne for years in the past. This is a pretty long and detailed review but I want anyone thinking about buying this product to know how my extremely positive experience has been! Before I started using this, my face was very, very congested and broken out, with extreme texture issues all over. I would wake up every morning with tiny whiteheads and/or milia, even with washing my face or showering the night before. I had closed comedones all over my face, especially on my forehead and cheeks. I had been using nose pore strips on a weekly basis since high school. No amount of physical exfoliation (think St. Ives scrub) would make my skin totally smooth. Any new, active acne would take a week or longer to go away. With this serum, I get very little new acne, and mainly only around my period or if I've been lax with my skincare or diet. When I do get a pimple, it disappears within a couple of days. The whiteheads, milia, and closed comedones are no longer an issue at all. My forehead and nose are completely smooth and the texture of the rest of my face has vastly improved. I haven't used a single nose pore strip since I started using this serum in March. I had one particularly stubborn closed comedone in between my eyebrows that had been there for several months, if not a year or longer. After ONE USE of this product, the closed comedone came to the surface (along with many others). After three days, it was completely gone. Skin tone wise, my face has brightened considerably. The skin around my mouth has always been a bit darker and it's evened out quite a bit, although I still have a ways to go. Keep in mind if you're worried this product will "make you break out". Unless you have very sensitive skin or are allergic to any of the ingredients, it's likely not going to make you break out - the congestion under your skin is just coming to the surface. It's not a pretty sight but it's the first step to transforming your skin! I personally only had to deal with this phase for one or two days. If this is a concern of yours or your skin sounds similar to mine, then time your first application accordingly (i.e. on a Friday evening when you don't have to go out that weekend). I would also start with a light application rather than using an entire dropper on your first go. It's totally normal for the areas with thin skin (like around your nose) to be slightly red and irritated the next day. Go easy on those areas until your skin builds a tolerance to it. Start with a few drops and see how your skin handles it. I counted out how many drops I use for my entire face and neck, I use 16-20 (not a full dropper). Starting out I probably used 10-12 drops. Wearing sunscreen is really important while you're using this product because like many actives, it makes you photosensitive. Sun exposure will also worsen PIH, hyperpigmentation, and acne scars, so if these are a concern for you, you should be using sunscreen anyway! I find I get much, much better results if I apply the serum before bed as opposed to in the morning (but I actually started using it AM and PM once I knew my skin could handle it). It's lightly moisturizing which is great for my oily skin and gives my skin a nice glow. Overall I'm very, very happy with this product and I pray they never discontinue making this!

I've been using this product for a little over two weeks so far which I don't think is enough time to fully review the product, but I did want to share what I've noticed so far and will update my review later on. I'm in my late 40s with fair, oily skin with some wrinkles but still deal with occasional breakouts and sometimes red, sensitive skin. I am new to serums but knew that I wanted to introduce vitamin C and retinol into my daily routine. This serum appealed to me because it had a lot of ingredients that are good for the skin plus salicylic acid which would help with my breakouts. The reviews were positive and I checked them against ReviewMeta where they passed as being natural. Often I find Amazon reviews for beauty products as being fake so I always check reviews now to make sure they're real, or as real as can be determined by an algorithm, anyhow. The serum has a faint scent of tea tree oil and citrus. I don't find it unpleasant and it dissipates quickly for me, but I'm not usually bothered by fragrance. I wasn't sure how much serum to use so I started with 5 drops. The serum is a bit sticky and I could not easily spread it across my face and neck with only 5 drops. Shaking the bottle seems to help it spread more easily but the instructions do not say to do that. Instead of using more product, I find that leaving my face just slightly damp after washing it makes the serum easier to apply. This is the approach I use now and it seems to work. I noticed a reduction in redness after a couple of uses but since I had started using a new retinol moisturizer at the same time, I wasn't sure if it was due to this serum or not. I stopped using the new moisturizer so that I can better gauge the results from using this product. The redness is still reduced using just this serum, but I will wait a month to see if this is still the case. I had some milia in the outside corner of my left eye and read that retinoids can help get rid of this. I made sure to carefully apply this serum to that particular area to see if it would work. After 5 days, I noticed what felt like a tiny piece of grit when applying this serum to where the milia was. Upon closer inspection, it was the milia now freed from my skin! That tiny white bump is now gone and this serum is the only thing I've used on that area so I give it credit for getting rid of the milia. A couple of breakouts I have are clearing up, but I can't say it's clearing up any more quickly than what I normally use for that. I'll have to wait and see if this helps prevent future breakouts or reduces them. So far, I like this serum and have noticed a reduction in redness and it got rid of some milia. I plan to continue to use this product for a longer time to see if I notice other benefits to my skin.

It is as good as the previous reviews say. I tried everything and nothing was as effective as this one. Smells nice too. My new favourite product for acne!

Benutze es seit zwei Wochen, anfangs ca 2Tage hat es auf den Wangen etwas gebrannt das hat dann nachgelassen. Ich kann definitiv feststellen das es etwas mit der Haut bewirkt, die Haut fühlt sich etwas gespannt an und momentan habe ich ein paar trockene Stellen im Gesicht die aber auch weniger werden. Ich weiß das man grade bei Retinol etwas länger warten muss bis die Haut sich daran gewöhnt hat und man am Ende das Ergebnis sehen kann. Ich kann auch jetzt nach zwei Wochen Anwendung (täglich morgends abends/ Sonnenschutz nicht vergessen!) eine positive Veränderung sehen und spüren. Ich werde es wieder kaufen.

Please do not stop making this wonderful serum. I used to use a similar one some years back and the company changed the recipe, it no longer had the salicylic acid in it, I have been without it for maybe 5 years now. This was a disaster as far as my skin was concerned. About 10 days ago, I discovered this brand. While the UK reviews here on Amazon are underwhelming, do read the ones on Amazon.com, I concur with those. In a week my skin has turned around dramatically. Sadly, this morning I picked my bottle up but I had clearly had not screwed the lid on last night after applying it at bedtime, it dropped and went everywhere in my bathroom. I have come to order another bottle and it reminded I should write a review that this is a great product. I am 61, I do not suffer from breakouts, but had greasy sallow skin in my youth, which has left some open pores, and this serum closes them up. I was also a sun worshipper when younger and have some sunspots. This serum does all that is required to make my skin glow, retinol for fine wrinkles & sun damage, salicylic acid to close and tighten my open pores while speeding up cell renewal plus vitamin C for glow and free radical protection. Please note, I normally allow at least 12 weeks to see how a new product works, so that it has time to work through the renewal of skin cells coming to the surface. I can after a week see this is what my skin loves and there is a definite turnaround in how it is looking, I, therefore, expect after 12 weeks when all cells have come to the surface & grown & regenerated when using this serum, to see a great end result. There is very little scent, it does not sting or nip, despite the fact I use a light glycolic toner before its use, and it sinks into my skin easily before I apply my other products. I am so pleased to have found this serum.

Very good product. Good value for money. Had a bout of dry skin for several months and tried many serums n face creams to no avail. After reading so many positive feedback comments, I thought why no give this a try and it has helped to brighten my complexion and smoothen out the bumps n dryness. Give it a try n you will not regret it!! 6 stars !!!

El producto llegó antes de lo esperado y en excelentes condiciones, no tiene caja pero venía sellado y con protección plástica. Me gusta mucho como me deja la piel, he notado en solo 8 días algo de reducción de manchitas pequeñas y claras, así que espero que siga trabajando bien. Eso sí no huele muy bonito, huele como a muchas hierbas en caldo 😂 pero el olor se quita en cuanto se seca y no da problemas. Es un olor muy "natural" por decirlo de algún modo. En general me parece un muy buen producto.