Best Vitamin C for Black Skin

Both collagen and elastin help to keep the blood flow healthy when it comes to your skin. That basically means they help keep your skin plump, smooth and flexible. 

Vitamin C is one of the more effective ingredients to boost and support your skin’s ability to do so. It is also responsible for:

• Antioxidants (which help you skin repair itself)

• Boosting cell turnover (reducing acne by allowing your dead skin cells to remove themselves)

• Increasing collagen production (see above)

• Evening out skin tone (think those scars, blemishes, and dark spots)

Those of us who have been blessed with melanin also know the struggle of dealing with dark spots and hyperpigmentation. That makes proper skin care that much more important. 

Vitamin C also helps protect your skin from free radical damage and oxidative stress. That means it helps keep your skin protected from the sun and pollution. 

Both the pollution and sun cause stressors that break up the collagen and elastin in your skin. 

Vitamin C in products also evens out inflation which can lessen any breakouts you have. Basically, it triggers your skin to heal itself. 

A word of caution: It’s true that not all vitamin C is made equal - and safely. So here are a few things to look for: 

• Look for L-ascorbic (that indicates the vitamin c is both stable and effective)

• Serum is the best form

• Choose Vitamin C that comes in a dark bottles - light can break it down

In addition, avoid these ingredients in any Vitamin C product you purchase:

• Fragrance

• Parabens

• Iodopropynl Butylcarbamate 

• Benzyl Benzoate 

• Formaldehyde 

• Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate

• Zinc Sulfate

• Cyclotetrasiloxane

Here’s to boosting your glow - safely!