What is Vitamin C?
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is one of the most powerful, popular, and academically researched effective antioxidants in the cosmetic world. Since it cannot be naturally synthesized by the human body, it is of great importance to apply it topically to the skin through carefully formulated cosmetic products. Formulas prepared in Lacinia laboratories using Vitamin C derivatives with the highest stabilization and strongest absorption help protect the skin against oxidative stress and slow down the wearing effects of time on the skin. An effective source of radiance and energy, this precious component is considered one of the indispensable pillars of modern skin care rituals.
Benefits in Skin Care
Vitamin C supports the reduction of color inequalities and dark appearances on the skin, ensuring a more homogeneous, bright, and smooth skin tone. Lacinia's special Vitamin C complexes protect the skin from the negative effects of free radicals while also contributing to a tighter, plumper, and younger appearance by cosmetically supporting the building blocks of the skin. It instantly awakens dull, tired skin and gives it an energetic, healthy look.
- Brightens the Skin: It softens the appearance of dark spots by evening out the skin tone, offering a clear, smooth, and healthy glow as if coming from within.
- Vitalizes and Refreshes: With its immense antioxidant property, it instantly adds energy to tired skin, creating a refreshed and vitalized skin texture.
- Provides a Tightening Appearance: It helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and achieve a much plumper feel by gently supporting the skin's natural elasticity cosmetically.
How to Use?
Lacinia Vitamin C serums and intensive care creams are generally applied to cleansed and toned skin in morning or evening routines. In daytime use, thanks to the antioxidant protection it provides, it supports the cosmetic effectiveness and performance of sunscreen; therefore, applying it in the morning followed by a broad-spectrum sunscreen is a perfect care ritual. Warming a few drops of serum in the palm and gently tapping it into the skin both increases the absorption of the product and helps the skin feel refreshed and relaxed.
Who Can Use It?
Balanced and well-formulated Vitamin C products are generally suitable for all skin types. It is an extremely ideal cosmetic ingredient especially for skin that looks lifeless, dull, experiences color inequality, and observes loss of elasticity due to environmental factors. Lacinia's special Vitamin C products, which act without tiring the skin, are offered for the daily use of anyone who wants to vitalize, brighten their skin tone, and start the day radiantly.
Things to Consider
High-concentration acidic Vitamin C products can make the skin slightly more sensitive to the sun; therefore, the regular use of sunscreen throughout the routine should definitely not be neglected. It is recommended for very sensitive and reactive skins to acclimate their skin to this ingredient by using it gradually and every other day. When using it at the same time as other strong active ingredients such as AHA, BHA acids, or retinol, it is a much more balanced approach cosmetically to divide them into different routines (such as one in the morning and the other in the evening) in order not to overwork the skin.