The INKEY List Vitamin C Serum: a Guru Score of 71%

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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~Yay

"This is how you know it's got an airless pump at the bottom. There are two little dots at the bottom. So, well done. This comes out as a light serum, colorless, absorbs quite nicely into the skin. The other positive is it's got 15% ascorbyl glucoside, which I love. It's a beautiful derivative vitamin C. It's got vitamin E. They put nothing in here to strengthen the skin barrier or to increase cell turnover. But I actually really like this as a simple cheap vitamin C. So if you're thinking about starting vitamin C and you've never done it before, this is a really good place to start. You don't get additional benefits, but you are getting what you pay for, which is better than I can say for a lot of the products I'm looking at right now."

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"This is how you know it's got an airless pump at the bottom. There are two little dots at the bottom. So, well done. This comes out as a light serum, colorless, absorbs quite nicely into the skin. The other positive is it's got 15% ascorbyl glucoside, which I love. It's a beautiful derivative vitamin C. It's got vitamin E. They put nothing in here to strengthen the skin barrier or to increase cell turnover. But I actually really like this as a simple cheap vitamin C. So if you're thinking about starting vitamin C and you've never done it before, this is a really good place to start. You don't get additional benefits, but you are getting what you pay for, which is better than I can say for a lot of the products I'm looking at right now."

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"I like it."

Mad About Skin

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~Nay

"The reason I'm calling this out is because they don't disclose the percentage. There is no point putting a vitamin C on your skin if you don't know what strength it's in. That's because vitamin C is a little bit on the irritating side. You need to know what you're using. If you have a very sensitive skin type, you're going to want to go in for something in a 5 to 10% concentration. If you have a very resilient skin type that doesn't irritate easily, you can go up to a 20% concentration to get the best results. But if you don't know what's in a product, how can you possibly match it to your individual skin's needs? You're just wasting your money and you're running a whole lot of risks. I would avoid any vitamin C that doesn't disclose the percentage. The Inkey List are one of those. I just think, what have they got to hide? The Inkey List aren't particularly transparent. They don't go in big for percentages where it matters. They'll happily share a percentage of an ingredient which doesn't really matter what strength it's in, but they somehow hide the ones where it does matter. Baffling to me. Absolutely baffling. So, I would avoid."

Nipun Kapur

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~Yay

"The inkey list vitamin c is also a good one in low concentration"

All 3 takes from Nipun Kapur

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"The inkey list vitamin c is also a good one in low concentration"

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"The INKEY List Vitamin C is much much better than The Ordinary."

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"You can opt for brands like Inkey List or The Ordinary, or whatever fits your budget."

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Dr. Somji Skin

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~Yay

"You got some good formulations with The INKEY List Vitamin C mixed with hyaluronic acid"

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

Frequently asked.

What is The INKEY List Vitamin C Serum?

A vitamin C serum formulated with 15% ascorbyl glucoside and vitamin E, designed to brighten and support skin health as an introductory vitamin C treatment.

Is The INKEY List 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 71%.

What is The INKEY List Vitamin C Serum's Guru Score?

The INKEY List Vitamin C Serum holds a Guru Score of 71%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected.