The Top 6 Vitamin C Serums for 2025

Here’s a summary of the reviews for Vitamin C serums across different skin types from the competition:

Combination Skin (Dewy Serums):

• Clarins Bright Plus Face Brightening Dark Spot Serum: Liked for its feel but disliked for its floral fragrance and dropper.
• Dr. Althea Gentle Vitamin C Serum: Gentle formula but felt tight after drying.
• L’Oréal Paris Revitalift Derm Intensives 12% Vitamin C + E + Salicylic Acid Serum and Olay Super Serum: Emollient and liked for their exfoliants but edged out by other Olay and La Roche-Posay serums.
• Melano CC Essence: Longtime favorite but had a delayed delivery.
• Mad Hippie Vitamin C Serum and RoC Multi Correxion Revive + Glow Daily Serum: Nice consistency but sticky when dried.
• TruSkin Vitamin C Facial Serum: Texturally unappealing and tacky.

Oily Skin (Liquid Serums):

• Buttah Vitamin C Serum, Dr. Brenner C Serum, Dr. Dennis Gross Vitamin C Lactic 15% Vitamin C Firm & Bright Serum: Made skin greasy.
• Geek & Gorgeous 101 C-Glow: Affordable but sticky.
• Maelove The Glow Maker: Tacky texture and medicinal smell.
• Obagi Professional-C Serum: Quick absorption but had waste issues and mixed odor reviews.
• Paula’s Choice C15 Super Booster: Made skin look shiny and sticky.
• Prequel Lucent-C Brightening Vitamin C Serum: Thin, adhesive feel with an unpleasant smell.
• SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF: Preferred the CE Ferulic formula, difficult packaging.

Dry Skin (Sheer Lotion Serums):

• Biossance Squalane and Vitamin C Dark Spot Serum: Greasy film left behind.
• CeraVe Skin Renewing Vitamin C Serum: Hydrating but caused tingling and redness.
• Derma-E Vitamin C with Hyaluronic Acid: Artificial scent.
• Drunk Elephant C-Luma Hydrabright Serum: Non-absorbing and pilled under moisturizer.
• Kiehl’s Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate: Felt too heavy.
• Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Power Serum: Good consistency but bad smell.
• Vanicream Vitamin C Serum: Lack of fragrance, glowy effect but disliked packaging.

Each product had its pros and cons, with factors such as texture, scent, and absorption playing key roles in their evaluation.