Medicube Deep Vita C Ampoule 2.0

Somewhere at the back of most bathroom cupboards there is a half-used bottle of vitamin C the shade of weak tea. Pure ascorbic acid is the most direct form of the vitamin and the most fragile one, and that bottle is what happens when those two facts meet. This ampoule answers the problem with its size.

Ten grams, sealed, with ascorbic acid second on the list behind water and 14.5% of it in the water phase. The texture glides, dries fast and leaves nothing tacky.

• A tone that picks up light again: pure vitamin C works on the flat, washed-out surface. Two weeks in, the face throws light back instead of swallowing it.
• Dark spots that stop standing out: the active works upstream of the pigment itself. The edge of an old mark softens, and the mark settles towards the tone around it rather than sitting on top of it.
• A surface that reads denser: skin looks more regular under low side light, and the pores along the cheek stop drawing attention to themselves.
• Redness kept down: alpha-bisabolol rides along with an active that has a reputation for stinging, and it is what makes a nightly course bearable.

Dicaprylyl carbonate and phenyl trimethicone come high on the list and account for the dry finish and the slip, which is unusual at this strength.

Step 6 · Serum

in the evening, after the toner, on a face that is properly dry. Water left on the skin speeds up the oxidation.

• Tip the dose into your palm.
• Press your hands onto the face rather than spreading it with fingertips.
• Allow two minutes before the cream, long enough for the acidity to settle.
• Stand the ampoule away from the window and finish it quickly once it is open.

Ten grams is a course, not a cupboard staple: two or three of them across a year, whenever the tone asks for one. A morning application works as well, provided sunscreen follows it. Our catalogue holds this reference as 10 g while UK listings commonly show three ampoules sold together, so check the pack size against the price before you order, and if a nightly dose at this strength sounds like more than your skin wants, the Deep Vita C Capsule Cream lets you set your own.

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Eau, Acide Ascorbique, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Propanédiol, Dipropylène Glycol, Butylène Glycol, Phenyl Trimethicone, Diisostear

Partial list. The composition printed on the pack is authoritative. If you have an allergy, write to us before ordering.