Written by OSEA Staff | Published September 16, 2024
Getting soft, plump skin and minimizing the appearance of aging takes a superstar skincare routine. So how do you find the right products and ritual for you?
There are lots of ingredients that tend to float around the skincare community, and one popular pair known for making skincare dreams come true is vitamin C and hyaluronic acid. Layering hyaluronic acid and vitamin C together can boost their individual benefits, which helps you achieve the healthy, hydrated skin you deserve. This guide explores how each of these ingredients work separately and why they’re a winning combination.
What Does Hyaluronic Acid Do?
Hyaluronic acid is a humectant, meaning it attracts and locks in moisture. Essentially, this substance creates a moisture barrier, keeping thirsty skin hydrated. Naturally, this makes it the perfect ingredient to add to your skincare routine.
Applying a hyaluronic acid serum results in softer, more youthful looking skin. Just a few drops of our Hyaluronic Sea Serum goes a long way. Hyaluronic acid, snow mushroom and Japanese miru seaweed work together to strengthen and support the skin’s moisture barrier, giving you super soft and hydrated skin. It’s clinically proven to not only provide an instant boost of hydration, but also minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and visibly enhance the elasticity and firmness of the skin in just 2 weeks.*
After your hyaluronic acid serum, layer on our Seabiotic® Water Cream. This nourishing formula is packed with seaweed, prebiotics, probiotics**, hyaluronic acid and more for a silky-smooth, radiant look. Clinically proven to boost skin hydration by 173%, this next-level water cream provides an impressive 72 hours of deep hydration.
For tired eyes, try our Ocean Eyes® Age-Defying Serum. Gently roll the applicator under your eyes and experience the powerhouse blend of hyaluronic acid, caffeine, seaweed and peptides that reduce the appearance of eye puffiness, dark circles and crow’s feet. With clinical testing, 97% agreed that the skin around their eyes looked healthier, smoother and more awake after 2 weeks of use.***
How Does Vitamin C Help the Skin?
Vitamin C is an antioxidant found in lots of fruits and veggies, most notably citrus fruits. It also occurs naturally in the skin. But with years of exposure to UV rays, vitamin C levels tend to decrease. Supplementing depleted vitamin C in your skincare products reduces the appearance of dark spots, discoloration and fine lines and wrinkles. This leaves you with smoother, visibly brighter skin.
Give yourself a vitamin C boost with our Anti-Aging Sea Serum, which contains Vitamin C Derivative (3-o-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid), a stable form of Vitamin C that helps improve skin radiance. Enriched with moisturizing ceramides, smoothing vitamin B3 and firming natural peptides, this formula improves the look of skin elasticity and minimizes the appearances of fine lines to keep skin glowing and looking youthful. After just one use, 91% of users agree their skin felt softer and looked dewy and hydrated.****
Can I Layer Hyaluronic Acid and Vitamin C?
Clearly, both of these ingredients are a win for soft, hydrated skin and a dewy glow. So can you layer a vitamin C formula with a hyaluronic acid serum? Of course!
While vitamin C is effective when used on its own, the magic really happens when you use vitamin C and hyaluronic acid together. While hyaluronic acid works hard to hydrate, reinforce your skin barrier and plump up the look of your skin, vitamin C is keeping signs of aging at bay for perfectly smooth, radiant skin and a healthier looking complexion.
The main concern with this combo seems to come from how they’re applied. It’s generally recommended that you use hyaluronic acid serum on slightly damp skin and vitamin C on dry skin. After rinsing off your cleanser, simply massage your hyaluronic acid serum first on damp skin and allow it to soak in. Once dry, top with your vitamin C serum and finish off with a moisturizer.
*The probiotic in this formula is nonviable. This means it is not a live organism.
**Based on a third-party clinical study conducted over 4 weeks on 30 women ages 43-64 (including; expert skin grading, instrumental measurements & consumer perception study).
***Based on a third-party consumer perception study conducted over 4 weeks on 31 women ages 37-65.
****Based on a third-party consumer perception study conducted over 4 weeks on 32 women ages 37-65.
