THE ORDINARY Vitamin C Suspension 30% In Silicone 30ML

Vitamin C is an effective antioxidant that brightens the skin tone and reduces the appearance of signs of aging. Due to Vitamin’s C rumoured properties, I decided to give it a try.

I wanted to try a product, which contains a potent dose of this ingredient and that’s why I chose The Ordinary and their 30% suspension cream. This water-free formula provides 30% pure L-Ascorbic Acid which remains completely stable due to the absence of water.

This is what it looks like in its packaging:

There is an instructions booklet included inside the box.

The brand description:

Anything but ordinary, this water-free formula provides 30% L-Ascorbic acid (a pure form of vitamin C) that remains completely stable thanks to the absence of water. When applied topically, this form of vitamin C has been shown to brighten complexions and defy multiple signs of skin ageing and the addition of very light silicones in this formulation means that it feels super-smooth on the skin. Simply apply at bedtime (you may experience a tingling sensation in the first weeks of use) and wake up to the skin you’ve been dreaming of.

Want to brighten your skin and defy signs of ageing (we’re talking discolouration, fine lines and dark circles) overnight? You need The Ordinary’s Vitamin C Suspension 30% in Silicone. In its pure form of L-Ascorbic acid, vitamin C is an effective antioxidant that has been shown to visibly brighten skin and reduce signs of ageing when applied topically. This waterless formula provides skin with a very high concentration (30%) of pure L-Ascorbic acid that remains completely stable due to the absence of water. The addition of very light silicones means that this formulation feels gorgeously smooth on the skin, although a strong (but non-irritating) sensation can be expected during the first 1-2 weeks of use until the skin’s tolerance to a high concentration of vitamin C is improved (the formula can be mixed with other creams and serums to reduce this sensation if needed). Ideally applied at night, this fabulous formula works hard while you do the opposite, leaving you with smooth, bright and even skin when morning comes around.

Ingredients:

Dimethicone, Ascorbic Acid, Polysilicone-11, PEG-10 Dimethicon

Here is what it looks like on my skin:

The cream is easily spreadable and I didn’t feel any tingling sensation, unlike the warnings mentioned.

However, it has an extremely greasy texture and the liquid never absorbed into my skin.

I have a very oily skin and this cream was extremely uncomfortable. After washing it off my face several hours later – since it remained on the top of my skin, I could see pimples coming up.

Since I didn’t want to throw the product away, I mixed it with a body cream and used it like this after bath or shower all over my body, while avoiding the face and neck area.