Layering vitamin C.
I did a complete video on vitamin C called the vitamin C tutorial,
but many people wanted to know a simple way to think of with layering.
Now, the first considerations are the product, the type of product.
Most people will be 10% or above.
Mine is 20% and it's more of a, a cream, a lotion.
It could be your final step for many, they're using a serum.
So a full serum, like a dropper type.
It doesn't matter which one you're using, but it will
matter a little bit in layering.
Keep in mind when you're storing something like this, you want to avoid sending.
With all skincare.
I want to avoid extremes of temperature, but particularly a warm environment.
So if you're in a cool.
And there's not a lot of light near your window.
You could keep it near the window for, to keep it cool.
However, you might want to keep it in its packaging and check the packaging.
If no light can get in, that's fine, but you want to keep the activity of the
product because for many they want L a sorbic acid or something very close to
it, and that's not the most stable form vitamin C's not the most stable product.
And the nice part is you're going to be going through it.
Hopefully.
Every two to three months, because it's a staple, where do we apply it?
Full face and neck.
Everyone forgets about the neck.
The under eye is great, and a lot of people can tolerate it a little
bit on the upper lid because we need to remember what it does.
It brightens the skin.
It helps prevent Sunday.
And it helps reverse the appearance of brown spots, fine lines, wrinkles.
It's an antioxidant.
And for many it can help with acne alone.
This is less well known and studied.
So let's go to the layering port part.
So the first thing cleanse the skin.
Now, if someone has actually prone skin, for sure, a salycilic
is fine before using vitamin C.
Someone's using benzoyl peroxide.
I don't like mixing those two.
If you're at that point with your acne, probably a vitamin C.
Isn't something you want to be using until the act is under control,
but the salycilic wash is fine.
And often for people with mild to moderate acne, that's enough to keep that at bay.
For most, you want a little bit of a moisturizing cleanser.
So when the skin is cleansed, now it comes down to.
If you have a full serum, like in a dropper form, uh, the best absorption
is going to be your first step.
Leave the skin moist and apply it.
I like to wait, uh, three to five minutes of people will brush your
teeth or do something in between before applying their next layer.
If they're going to apply the next layer.
For a serum.
Most people are going to want a next layer because it is not that moisturizing.
A lot of times you're going to find hyaluronic acid in a serum
and that's going to want or need.
For the hydration, mine's more of a lotion type and several people make it.
I have, uh, vitamin CS from other companies and they are more moisturizing.
I tend to like that better because you can put other products and things that
hydrate the skin within the ingredients.
Um, and you don't need anything else layered on top, especially
if you don't need sunscreen, if you're not being exposed to the sun.
So vitamin C like one, like I have, might be your final
and only layer of applying C.
And the beautiful thing is you can apply C to the whole face.
So unlike a retinol where you might use that night, because you're not putting
it in certain areas for some, the neck and the under eye are sensitive.
If the serum is what you're using.
Afterwards, at least something moisturizing can go on top.
Most people are using a vitamin C in the day.
So using a retinoid is not really something that, uh, people ask about.
They'll use a vitamin C in the day.
Uh, serum followed by moisturizing component.
That could be a seroma is something as basic as a Sarah mine product.
Uh, your favorite moisturizer or even just a moisturizing sunscreen is fine.
As a final layer.
People ask here in the morning, very commonly about niacin, nice cinema.
And if you're using a straight up Naya cinema, it's absolutely fine.
Uh, In for my patients, they're going to be using the anti-IgE growth factor,
which is a serum and an accelerator within the serum is your nice cinema.
And that's absolutely defined to place after a vitamin C.
So that is a very asked question.
And of course your final step is always going to be your son.
For those using acids, like as a leic acid, the reason you can
do this partly is because your vitamin C should be a lower pH.
If you're on a good one, it should be a lower pH.
So it works well, uh, with acids and you can put either on first, most commonly,
it's going to be a vitamin C serum followed by your as a layer, follow
them by a moisturizer or a sunscreen.
The benefit of putting it on in the morning of.
There is that data saying that it's sun protective, but it's one of the most
common products used because it's one of the most effective and I like it
with vitamin E and Ferulic built in, I hope that helps you layer skincare.
I put a complete video up here on the vitamin C what do you use?
What's your favorite vitamin C stay tuned like this video.
Keep your skin and body beautiful, healthy, and vibrant.