Mad Hippie Vitamin C Serum: a Guru Score of 68% from 7 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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Dr. Daniel Sugai

720k subs

~Yay

"After using it for several months I have to start using this a little faster now but this is a great brand."

All 2 takes from Dr. Daniel Sugai

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"After using it for several months I have to start using this a little faster now but this is a great brand."

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"If you're in your 20s and you want something affordable like Mad Hippie love is a great one the glow maker that's a really nice Vitamin C Serum it has vitamin C or ascorbic acid 15% vitamin E and ferulic acid and Mad Hippie is a nice intro solid Vitamin C Serum if you're in your 20s and you want to save some money go for that one start off with that it's a great solid one"

Dr Dray

2.69M subs

~Mixed

"This brand you can often buy at Whole Foods. Sodium ascorbyl phosphate is a stable form of vitamin C and newer research suggests that it may actually be helpful for people who have acne because it acts as an antioxidant so it helps to theoretically cut down on the oxidation of sebum. [...] But in contrast to ascorbic acid, it's not known whether or not it actually gets into the skin and elicits collagen synthesis and leads to a wrinkle smoothing effect. It's a kind of like a precursor to ascorbic acid, which if you remember from my Vitamin C Serum videos, ascorbic acid is not the most stable ingredient, so there are these stabilized derivatives but then there's always the question of like does it actually do anything. Anyway, it does appear to help cut down on acne and may be helpful via the sebum oxidation thing."

The Budget Dermatologist

723k subs

~Nay

"This one is 33.99 so it's kind of pricey for a vitamin C derivative that isn't my top pick."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

~Yay

"I really enjoy this one. It's a very light texture, like water light texture. It uses sea buckthorn in there as well as niacinamide, which makes it kind of nice and light and easy to fit into the routine."

Dr. Shereene Idriss

1.72M subs

~Mixed

"Mad Hippie is a Vitamin C Serum that retails for $33. I hate the dropper, but it is a much more stable product compared to ascorbic acid. It's also combined with vitamin E, ferulic acid, and hyaluronic acid. The texture is a little slimy—I do not love this texture, but it goes away pretty fast. It leaves a slight tacky residue and it has more of a floral scent. I think they tried to mask the scent slightly with this one."

HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

~Yay

"The other Vitamin C Serum that I love is MAD Hippie, the glow maker. I love these both so much. I kind of use them interchangeably. You could choose one or the other. They're about the same price point."

Kelly Driscoll

90k subs

~Yay

"I really like this one because it's so gentle because they're not using that pure form of vitamin C ascorbic acid. This is a derivative or a stabilized form of vitamin C. It's not going to oxidize, you don't have to keep it in the fridge. [...] It actually is a really nice brightening serum. Personally, I think it brightens the skin really nicely, not only if you have dull and uneven complexion, but I think it can be a helper product for brightening hyperpigmentation too. I think just overall it will rejuvenate that complexion for you, and then of course we've got some antioxidant protection in here as well. [...] The derivatives and the stabilized versions of vitamin C can be sidekicks, they can be supportive ingredients in your skincare routine to your other collagen stimulating ingredients. But for sure where this one particularly shines is for brightening."

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All 2 takes from Kelly Driscoll

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"I really like this one because it's so gentle because they're not using that pure form of vitamin C ascorbic acid. This is a derivative or a stabilized form of vitamin C. It's not going to oxidize, you don't have to keep it in the fridge. [...] It actually is a really nice brightening serum. Personally, I think it brightens the skin really nicely, not only if you have dull and uneven complexion, but I think it can be a helper product for brightening hyperpigmentation too. I think just overall it will rejuvenate that complexion for you, and then of course we've got some antioxidant protection in here as well. [...] The derivatives and the stabilized versions of vitamin C can be sidekicks, they can be supportive ingredients in your skincare routine to your other collagen stimulating ingredients. But for sure where this one particularly shines is for brightening."

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"It does not linger at all, it's just very generically herbal and goes away so quickly so I'm not too bothered by that at all. My experience with this, I have to be honest with you, it is not irritating to my skin at all. I really do like everything about this. It just feels really easy to add into your routine because it doesn't have that odd texture, it's not really oily or moisturizing, it's not siliconey, you don't have to really worry about pilling with this. You would just slot this into your regular serum point in your routine so it's really kind of effortless. You don't have to think about it too much. With vitamin C you kind of have to think about it a lot more especially when you're first starting to learn how to use it. You don't have to learn how to use this, you just use it like any other serum in your skincare routine. No refrigerator, no oxidization, no fuss. I think it's great for beginners especially but it's also great for sensitive skin that cannot tolerate any L-ascorbic acid. There's certain percentages that I can't go over sometimes I only spot treat it, depends on where my skin is at. This just takes all of that out of the equation and makes things really easy while still delivering really good benefits."

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

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is Mad Hippie Vitamin C Serum?

A vitamin C serum using a stabilized derivative form of vitamin C rather than pure ascorbic acid, designed to brighten and protect skin without requiring refrigeration.

Is Mad Hippie Vitamin C Serum worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 68%.

What is Mad Hippie Vitamin C Serum's Guru Score?

Mad Hippie Vitamin C Serum holds a Guru Score of 68%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 7 expert reviewers we have collected.