Vitamin C is now  we know one of the good thing about vitamin C is anti aging produce more collagen reduce pigmentation overall it's one of the best ingredients in the market and to be incorporated with your skin care however from time.

Five mistake using your vitamin c serum

Do see people using their vitamin c serums wrongly  so ladies and  gentlemen here are five mistakes you might be doing when using your vitamin c serum 

First Mistake  is The Timing

 Vitamin c serums have been generally advised to be used at night because  vitamin c oxidizes when it's exposed to sunlight so a lot of people have been using vitamin c at night before they are moisturizer now vitamin c if you use at night works great it helps  with pigmentation helps improve collagen and generally it is more plus points however vitamin c also has one very important characteristic it's an antioxidant hence you should use your vitamin c during the day time now why is that because every day even despite using  your sun screen when you walk out side you are exposed  to Uv  radiation and  this is where vitamin c comes in to play when you apply your vitamin c serum before your  sun screen it provides a layer of antioxidant to fight against to free  radicals from the Uv  radiation then that is how you will maximize the use of your vitamin c i am gonna highly encouraging everyone to start using your vitamin c during the day time. 

 Second Mistake

The  second mistake that i generally see the wrong order because vitamin c is acidic and vitamin c is generally quite sensitive to changes in temperature changes to your skin's pH and as well as sun life vitamin c should not be used after certain ingredients which are too acidic or too alkaline so because of that you should always use your vitamin c immediately after a minute apply the vitamin c on once the vitamin c is fully absorbed after one to two minutes then that's  where you apply your moisturizer or your other serum on top of  the vitamin c so always  make sure that the vitamin c is the first serum that goes on your skin and should not be the last thing goes on your skin.

Concentration

The third thing concentration even though we want to start vitamin c and we want the best of the vitamin c however sometimes we go a little bit too gung ho and use too high of a concentration if you are new to vitamin c and you've never used any vitamin c products always start with a low dose anywhere between five to ten percent make sure it doesn't  go above double digits and after a couple months once your skin loves the vitamin c and your skin is used to vitamin c and that's when you start pushing the boundaries and going in to the teens means from 10 to 20 but if you really love you vitamin c should not go above 20 percent because any concentration above 20 percent might be too  strong for your skin and  as you know too much of a good thing is bad for you so keep the  percentage below 20 but  always start slow number four using  oxidized vitamin c  now this mistake even i have done it  before sometimes vitamin c can be a little bit expensive and you want  to save it and vitamin c once you open the bottle and once you expose it to air and sun  what happens is it starts to oxidize pretty quickly generally in two to four weeks time your vitamin  c would have a  different color however you still can continue using your vitamin c unless yes turn bright  orange or  brownish in color and once it has turned to that particular  color you have to stop why is that what happens if you use over oxidized vitamin c first of all it is not as effective  because majority of vitamin c has already oxidized and it has changed so we are dealing with something with a lesser efficiency but what's  more important is the  second phenomenon  that happens it is staining of your skin staining  of your skin means that because you apply a  darker vitamin c your skin  becomes more dull and darker over time so even though vitamin c  is meant to brighten your skin when you're using an over oxidized vitamin c it stains your skin but don't worry because the staining is temporary and after you have stopped using the over oxidized vitamin c the staining will disappear now the last  point i have to make and this  is a very controversial point it's stop using vitamin c when  you have  lots of doctors out there which recommend using vitamin c when you have acne because it's  antioxidant and when you have acne it's your skin is inflamed hence  you need to put vitamin c on your skin to fight the inflammation however ladies gentlemen do you know that  vitamin c has a dark side to it is also pro oxidant now antioxidant helps fight free radicals helps protect your skin against the nasty Uv radiation and sorts but  pro oxidant damages your skin now why is that vitamin c pro oxidant under certain circumstances vitamin c triggers your body to produce or triggers your skin to produce  more free radicals and in what case do they trigger your skin to produce more free radicals when  it's exposed to iron now iron is everywhere and  especially when your skin is inflamed and there is bleeding there's  iron in your blood hence when the vitamin comes in contact with your blood it produces  more free radicals and the free radicals will then further damage your skin causing your skin to have minor cuts and then the bacteria will start to proliferate using vitamin c when you  have active acne does not reduce your acne but it makes it worse we have  seen it time and time again in our clinics whereby when someone uses vitamin c when you have active acne  the acne becomes worse this is a disclaimer vitamin c doesn't harm everybody's skin when  they have acne only some people however my recommendation is to skip pure vitamin c if  you have active acne so avoid a pure L ascorbic acid  when you have active acne but you can then pair it together with other sorts of antioxidants example you can use a combination of  a vitamin c and vitamin e if you have active acne because the vitamin e and vitamin c will help boost the antioxidant properties of one another and the vitamin a retinol will help reduce the amount of sebum being produced by skin or other wise you can use the vitamin c and vitamin e ferulic acid way a couple of brands in the market actually have it and that works for acne but avoid  putting pure vitamin c serums on your active acne  so there we have it ladies and gentlemen five vitamin c serum mistake that you might be.