DRMTLGY Vitamin C5 Serum: a Guru Score of 63% from 2 experts

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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~Nay

"This one I wanted to love so much. [...] It's got the five vitamin C versions in here but it's got too much fragrance in here. So if they took the fragrance out this could be an awesome product, I'd hands down recommend it. Or if you're not sensitive to fragrance it's great. If you're not. But I am and yeah, can't use it."

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"I wanted to love this one so much. I love the vitamin C derivatives they're not well studied or research but you know if you're going to go with a derivative throw them all in there and that's what they did and I love that. However they also added fragrance lemon fruit and orange fruit extract and the scent is too much it's too overwhelming."

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"This one I wanted to love so much. [...] It's got the five vitamin C versions in here but it's got too much fragrance in here. So if they took the fragrance out this could be an awesome product, I'd hands down recommend it. Or if you're not sensitive to fragrance it's great. If you're not. But I am and yeah, can't use it."

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~Nay

"So I'm not sure why they put perfume in here. It must be because it's masking a scent is the only reason I can think. But it does have five different vitamin C derivatives. If you can't tolerate [L-ascorbic] acid and you don't mind a little bit of fragrance in your products, you might want to give this a try. But just for me personally, I can't really recommend a vitamin C formula that has fragrance in it. Just doesn't make sense to me personally."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Vitamin C

Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.

Source: DermNet

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Ceramides

Ceramides are part of the skin's own barrier, and moisturisers built around them have evidence for holding water in and settling the tightness and flaking that come with a damaged barrier.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is DRMTLGY Vitamin C5 Serum?

A vitamin C serum with five different vitamin C derivatives designed for skin brightening.

Is DRMTLGY Vitamin C5 Serum worth it?

The gurus are split. 0 of the 2 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 2 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 63%.

What is DRMTLGY Vitamin C5 Serum's Guru Score?

DRMTLGY Vitamin C5 Serum holds a Guru Score of 63%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.