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A surprisingly well-thought-out brightening serum that stacks four complementary actives into one watery formula and sells for under twenty dollars. It isn't the most luxurious vitamin C on the market, but for Indian-mar…
A stable, effective 10% vitamin C serum from a 67-year-old pharmaceutical brand at under $27. The 3-O-ethyl ascorbic acid and nonapeptide-1 deliver visible brightening backed by clinical data. The heavy fragrance load — …
A sensibly-formulated vitamin C serum using stable sodium ascorbyl phosphate rather than the more volatile L-ascorbic acid, buffered with hyaluronic acid, aloe, vitamin E, and green tea. It's gentler than prestige altern…
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