- In summary, why you'll need a vitamin C
is if you want brighter, firmer, juicer skin.
- [Videographer] Oh how many times you said juicy skin.
Okay, can you say juicy? (laughs)
- Juicy.
Juicy.
My face is a mango.
Have you seen that meme where it's like he got a fohawk
but it's like really feathery at the top?
It's like what mango pit looks like after I've eaten it.
Hi my name is Liz,
I work in the skincare and wellness team at Adore Beauty
and I work as an e-commerce merchandise and SEO coordinator,
which I think it the longest title at Adore.
So, today we're gonna be talking about The Ordinary
which is one of our more popular brands on site.
That's for a couple reasons.
One, they're super duper affordable
and they're a great way to get an intro to skincare
without having to commit to a full hundred dollar regime.
Send thing is that there's always something
for every skin type concern,
that kinda thing within The Ordinary.
So they have a really huge range of products.
Within the vitamin C campaign
there is more than what we're gonna talk about today.
But the products that we have here
we reckon will cover most skin types
and sensitivity levels.
So we give you a really great overview
for where to start with the vitamin C from The Ordinary.
So, the products we're gonna be talking about today
are the Vitamin C Suspension 23% + HA,
Magnesium Ascorbyl 10%,
Ascorbyl Glucoside Solution 12%,
and we're gonna talk about Ascorbyl Tetraistopalmiate
20% in Vitamin F.
- [Videographer] They are mouthfuls.
- They really are.
Vitamin C in skincare
should be the backbone of your regimen.
And I'm sure that everyone that's talking about
individuals product ingredients
will have a different opinion.
But I truly believe that vitamin C is for everyone.
Vitamin C is great for promoting collagen production.
So if you have any concerns about antiaging,
collagen is gonna keep your skin looking plump,
firm, healthy, juicy, that kind of jazz.
It's also really great from a cosmetic point of view
'cause it's gonna brighten up the complexion.
So if you feel like your skin's looking dull,
maybe a little bit tired,
vitamin C will help to brighten that.
But the sort of skincare-y side of that
is that it's also gonna help to break up
or brighten up pigmentation.
So dark spots, age spots,
whether that be from the sun, the aging process, whatever,
it's gonna help to brighten and even those ones out.
Vitamin C is also really great 'cause it's an antioxidant
so that means it's gonna protect our skin
against free radical damage from environmental aggressors.
So that can be things like pollution
but it can also be the sun to an certain extent.
So really great for maintaining
but also improving the appearance of your skin.
So the first one we're gonna talk about today
is the Vitamin C 23% Suspension + HA.
The HA is hyaluronic acid
which you may know is an ingredient already.
It's gonna help to plump and firm the skin.
So it is a little bit more active than others
but it's also gonna be
a little bit more irritating than others.
If you have a sensitive skin
this is not the one to start out with.
But if you're a little bit more used to vitamin C,
it could be a great way to bump up your existing regime.
This one a water-free
and it's a silicone-free base as well.
So it's more like a light emulsion
so kinda like a moisturizer texture.
Because of this you're gonna wanna wear it
after any water-based serum.
So that includes things like hyaluronic acid or buff A,
but before any oil-based serums
or the rest of your moisturizers.
In general, if you're an oily, a combination,
or a normal skin type,
you're gonna be totally fine with this one.
Next we're gonna talk about
Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate 10%.
This is also a kind of a emulsion-like texture.
So again, after any water-based products,
before any oil-based products.
It's got quite a light fluid-like texture to it.
Now this is a great one because it is a water-based
or water-soluble form of vitamin C.
Which means again, it's gonna be great for those people
with an oily, kind of a combination,
or maybe even a normal skin type.
But it's gonna be a lot less irritating on the complexion.
That means that you can wear this one morning, evening,
or both of those if that's kinda your jam.
This one not necessarily for a sensitive skin
but if you're kind of edging towards sensitive
you can totally use this one and be pretty confident
that you're gonna be without irritation.
Kinda treat this one like kinda of a pre-moisturizer
or a post serum.
So after any water-based serums that you have
but before any oil-based serums
or moisturizers that you might use.
The next one we're gonna talk about
is Ascorbyl Tetraistopalmiate 20% Plus Vitamin F
which is a mouthful.
This also happens to be my favorite
because I'm more of a kind of a dry complexion
and I definitely suffer from a bit of irritation.
I love this one 'cause it's high in terms of efficacy
but low in terms of irritability on the skin.
It's got an oil texture
'cause it's an oil soluble form of vitamin C.
So it's really gonna help to brighten up the complexion
but also plump out and full of juicy, juicy oils.
This one might be really great
for a mature complexion for example.
And in terms of where you're gonna be able to use it
during your routine,
you'll use it after any water-based serums
but before any oil-based serums.
Or at the same time as your oil-based serums,
just before your moisturizer.
Is that confusing?
You might notice
that these are in two different types of packaging.
Now that has a couple of reasons.
The first is the texture of the product.
So these ones might have either an oil-based texture
or water-based texture.
The other reason
is that you always wanna keep your vitamin C products
in kind of a photostable environment.
So these ones are in a dark brown kinda glass situation.
These guys are more of a fluid-like,
like a light moisturizer emulsion texture,
which is why these ones are housed in tubes.
But again, they aren't able to be exposed to the light
so they kind of,
and they're packaged the whole way round.
And again, that's to make sure that the vitamin C
that's inside of 'em stays super duper active
and what's really gonna have an effect
on your skincare routine.
'Cause they're an antioxidant
so as soon as you expose them to the light
they're gonna start to degrade
and become not as efficacious.
The last one we talked about is the Ascorbyl Glucoside.
Now this guy has a more of like a jelly texture to him,
so he's a serum.
You'll use him at the same time
or just before your water-based serums
and before any oil-based serums.
This one is a really great precursor to vitamin C.
So if you haven't used a vitamin C product before,
you may be a little bit sensitive,
this is your man.
The other thing I would say about this one
is it's great for teenage skin.
So if you suffer from maybe an oily or combination skin.
You've got maybe a little bit of hormonal acne
or maybe just the occasional spot here or there,
this guy is gonna mean that it won't irritate your skin.
So it's not gonna cause any extra inflammation
or any extra blemishes.
But it's also gonna help to bright up
any of the what we call post inflammatory hyperpigmentation.
So that's the dark marks that left behind
after you've had a blemish.
He'll help to kinda brighten those up
and get your skin looking even and clear
a little bit quicker.
If you're not a teenager
you can definitely still use this one.
So if you haven't really used any vitamin C products before
and you're not really sure where to start,
this guy might be the one for you.
In terms of when you wanna use vitamin C,
be that morning or night,
generally speaking you wanna use vitamin C in the morning.
And that's because it has that topical brightening effect
to the skin.
So you really don't wanna waste that
if the only thing that's gonna see your skin if you pillow
or your partner.
Now there is an exemption to that and that is the 23%.
That's because this guy
is a little bit irritating on the skin.
If you put it on in the morning
you might find you have a bit of a reddened complexion.
Keep one this one to the evening though
and you'll be totally in the clear.
A lot of people have questions
about whether you can mix vitamin C with niacinamide
also known as B3.
Listen, it's up to you.
The Ordinary says don't do it,
they may cancel each other out.
But certainly nothing bad is gonna happen.
A lot of brands though say it's totally fine.
So, honestly, try it out, see if it works for you.
If it doesn't, separate the two.
So in general,
vitamin C isn't super duper irritating the the skin
but it can be a little more on the irritating side.
You'll find that the Vitamin C 23% Suspension
is definitely on the more irritating spectrum.
So if you're sensitive that's not your guy.
If you got quite a resilient skin,
you'll be totally fine.
If you're super duper sensitive,
I'd say the Ascorbyl Glucoside 12% is your man
or possibly even the Vitamin F Ascorbyl Tetraistopalmiate,
that one.
In general, you gotta find that all the products
from The Ordinary are pretty affordable
but they're gonna range from about ten-ish dollars
for the Vitamin C 23% + HA
all the way up to about the 25 double mark
for the Ascorbyl Tetraistopalmiate.
If you're using these every day
you'll find that they'll probably last you
around the two to three month mark.
If you're using it maybe every other day,
they'll probably be around kind of four to six month mark.
With vitamin C you don't want really wanna make them last
much longer than six months
because although the back of the product
might say they're efficacious,
they will start to degrade the longer you have it
in your skincare cupboards.
So these are not one to keep for a rainy day,
use them every day.
So vitamin C has lots of different names
if you're looking at it on the back of an ingredients list.
And that is because it's a famously really unstable product.
So, it's really difficult to keep a formulation active
and so scientists,
the big guys over at The Ordinary,
have discovered a couple different versions of vitamin C
that are gonna keep things active
but have different solubilities
Some things will dissolve in an oil,
some things will dissolve in a water.
And that was to kinda help you
to decided which one's best for you
based on your skin type.
In general, if you see ascor, ascorbyl, ascorbic,
anything like that in your ingredient's list
that's gonna be some form of vitamin C.
The Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate 10%
has kind of a light moisturizer kind of texture.
Slightly off-white will be great for kind of all skin types
but it will include obviously this kind of
oily, combination, normal skin types.
The Vitamin C Suspension 23% has an even lighter texture.
It's kind of a little bit a gloopy guy.
And when you're rubbing it in
ya might feel a tiny hint of grittiness.
That's 'cause it's kind of an encapsulated system.
I don't know if that's true,
could be just making it up.
It does have a slightly gritty texture
so if you get that don't freak out, totally normal.
And it totally massages into the skin
so you won't really notice it
but it's just that you need to be aware of.
My default alloy is just rub everything into my hands.
- [Videographer] Yep, rub hands.
- And then I'm like greased up like Russian bear fighter.
The Ascorbyl Glucoside Solution is more kind of,
it's like a jelly-like serum texture I guess.
This is what makes it great for all skin types
including oily skin types.
But it really goes into like pretty much nothing
when you actually massage it into the skin.
It's more like a, feels like a water on the skin almost.
Yeah, it's kinda gloopy.
It's not as watery as a hyaluronic acid.
And the Ascorbyl Tetraistopalmiate 20% Vitamin F
is probably my personal favorite
'cause it's more like an oil texture.
That means it's gonna be super hydrating on the skin
and it's gonna leave you feeling juicy and fresh.
The Ordinary fills their products by weight, not by volume.
So if you get your product and you think,
"This is a little bit empty."
I promise you it's not, it's done by weight.
- [Videographer] Like when you get a bag of chips.
- Yeah, and you're like, "It's all there."
And you're like, "Oh, the air has to be there."
'Cause otherwise you get like crushed chips.
So summarizing super briefly.
Magnesium Ascorbyl, good for oily, normal,
or combination skin types
maybe who are on the sensitive side.
Vitamin C 23% Suspension + HA,
definitely good for those people
who've tried a vitamin C before,
maybe around the kind of normal combination
or oily spectrum,
but you're not dry and you're not sensitive.
Ascorbyl Glucoside, good for anyone.
If you've got teenage skin.
If you've got inflamed skin.
If this your first time with vitamin C,
he'll be great for you.
And the last one is Ascorbyl Tetraistopalmiate
20% Vitamin F.
This guy is great for a mature skin type,
a dry skin type,
or anyone who has a sensitive skin type.
If you want a broader view
of what The Ordinary have within their range,
beauty editor Joey has a whole video about that
so you can check that one out as well.
Bouncy dance.
- [Videographer] Can you also sing the vitamin C song?
- It is the graduation song?
♪ We will never ♪
(laughs) No.
The Seven Disco song.
- [Videographer] Yeah, pretty much.
- That's now.
A few years behind me.
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