Editor’s Picks: Best Vitamin C Beauty Products for Every Concern

Happy National Vitamin C Day! So what on earth does that mean for you? Well, Vitamin C is your number one ingredient for brighter, firmer, more radiant skin! Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant when taken internally, and when applied topically to the skin, it works miracles.

Vitamin C is an essential step in any skincare regimen as it protects skin health against combined aggressors such as UVA ray exposure, ozone, and diesel engine exhaust. If we venture outside for the day, we will most likely encounter these aggressors which can cause free radical damage to our skin. Equally damaging are the rays from florescent light or ultraviolet light exposure from just sitting by a window in direct sunlight.

Free radical damage can cause a plethora of issue with our skin — from hyperpigmentation to a loss of elasticity. That’s why our skin begs a dose of Vitamin C daily!

We have use dozens of Vitamin C products, and the ones below are the best of the best!

Vitamin C Serum for all skin types:

The Better Skin Co. Mega C Serum $60

(review coming!)

* Brightens dull skin by protecting it from free radicals & reducing redness
* Boosts collagen production, reduces the appearance of fine lines & wrinkles
* Calms inflammation (puffiness) giving skin a healthy glow
* Boosted with Bearberry, Licorice Root and Green Tea extract

Vitamin C powder for Brightening all skin types:

Vitabrid C12 Face Brightening Powder $60

(read our review here)

Featuring a revolutionary form of Vitamin C, this powder can easily be mixed and matched with any of the products in your existing skincare routine.

Stabilized and active vitamin C is released into the skin for 12 hours, leaving it looking firmer and brighter, while also reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Vitamin C Eye cream for Brightening & Firming:

Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare Vitamin C+ Collagen Brighten & Firm Eye Cream $65

(review coming!)

An energizing eye cream that’s infused with a proprietary vitamin C complex to dramatically improve the look of tired, aging eyes.

Vitamin C in an oil formula:

Biossance Squalane + Vitamin C Rose Oil $72

(review coming!)

A bestselling, hydrating vitamin C oil for all skin types that visibly brightens and firms, revealing your most radiant-looking skin—now in the rosy bottle you love.

Vitamin C mask for a pick-me-up:

fresh Vitamin C Glow Face Mask $64

An instant glow face mask powered by a concentrated blend of 50 percent crushed citrus fruits that reveals radiant skin in as little as one use.

Vitamin C Tinted Moisturizer with SPF– A multitasker!

Honest Beauty CCC Clean Corrective with Vitamin C Tinted Moisturizer SPF 30 $22

Skincare and makeup meet in this 6-in-1 multitasker that primes, perfects, protects, blurs, brightens and locks in moisture for up to 12 hours. Honest Beauty’s CCC Clean Corrective with Vitamin C Tinted Moisturizer SPF 30 goes on creamy and blends beautifully to fill in lines, blur imperfections and create a more even tone, priming the way to a one-and-done dewy skin finish and brighter-looking complexion. The non-comedogenic formula uses non-chemical sunscreens to shield against UVA/UVB Rays.

Vitamin C Body Cream for Brighter Skin:

SheaMoisture Papaya & Vitamin C Revive & Brighten Body Cream $9.99

(review coming!)

Say goodbye to dull, uneven complexions and hello to bright, healthy-looking skin! SheaMoisture’s ultra-moisturizing Papaya & Vitamin C Revive & Brighten Body Cream is nothing short of a tropical punch. Blended with papaya enzymes, vitamin C and yuzu lemon, this cream gives you the boost of moisture you need. Ideal for dull, uneven complexions to help promote radiant, glowing skin.

Vitamin C Day Moisturizer with SPF:

StriVectin Super-C Spf 30 Vitamin C Moisturizer $69

Moisturize the brighter way, with Vitamin C, SPF 30 and NIA-114 (StriVectin’s proprietary form of Niacin) in one supercharged formula. Infused with a potent, stabilized form of Vitamin C (THD Ascorbate), this lightweight daytime moisturizer nourishes while visibly brightening and smoothing skin.

Superpower Vitamin C + Retinol for Night Moisturizing:

Kate Somerville +Retinol Vitamin C Moisturizer $98

(review coming!)

This triple-threat skin reset resurfaces, firms, and brightens skin during sleep. The nighttime formula combines gold-standard rejuvenating ingredients with nourishing ingredients to deliver powerhouse hydration and brightening while replenishing dehydrated skin.

Vitamin C Exfoliator:

Murad Vitamin C Triple Exfoliating Facial $79

Vitamin C Triple Exfoliating Facial is a resurfacing vitamin C facial with physical, enzymatic, and chemical exfoliants that gently but effectively and visibly smooth, brighten, and boost radiance for glowing benefits and results that are comparable to a microdermabrasion.