A massive, blotchy brown spot that my makeup wasn't even close to concealing. While browsing around a makeup store one day with particularly unflattering florescent lights, BAM. After spending a month stateside, we set off on another extended trip -this time to Australia and New Zealand, where the ozone loner is extremely thin and the sun shines with mega-watt power. It can be triggered by hormones (including birth control) which is why it's sometimes referred to as a "pregnancy mask." Lucky me.I got to wear the world's most unflattering pregnancy mask smack dab in the middle of my forehead for over a year without even being pregnant.īackstory: Taylor and I backpacked through Southeast Asia during the late summer of 2016, and I was less careful about using sunscreen on that trip than I should have been.
Vitamin c serum before and after skin#
Melasma is a brownish discoloration of the skin that appears primarily on areas that receive heavy sun exposure. It also helps if it's mixed with other antioxidants and vitamins which not only benefits the skin further - but helps keep the vitamin C fresher longer.Y'all, that title isn't clickbait. The Vitamin C serum I'm talking about for this week's edition of Bridal Beauty really did help reverse my Melasma, which I had previously read wasn't possible without some type of hormonal change. To which I now say, boo-yah, Web MD.įor those of you who are blessed-and-highly-favored enough to not know what melasma even is, let me break it down for you. Remember: Light and oxygen will cause it to oxidize quickly and that means you're not getting the benefits for skin aging.
How long has your vitamin C cream/serum been sitting around in a warehouse? How do you know it hasn't lost potency or worse oxidized.
I did some investigating to see what the deal is with topical vitamin C for skin health and anti-aging and here is what I found: Vitamin C is good for your skin, how come so many of us never experience all those wonderful benefits we read about? Why, after the vitamin C cream or serum bottle is empty, are we still disappointed with the look of our skin? You can see my before and after pictures. And, I'll show you what type of Vitamin C skin care products really Do work. Well, after years of trying tons of vitamin C skin care products, (with no dramatic changes or benefits) I finally found out why. But how come we never see any dramatic improvements? Vitamin C for skin aging: We've all heard how wonderful it is.