Start Your Skincare Brand: a Private Label Vitamin C Serum
Over the past several years topical skin serums have become increasingly popular with vitamin C and retinol serums leading the pack. All of this chatter around serums, specifically vitamin C serums, may have you wondering if they deserve all of this hype or not. This blog will explore the benefits and potential drawbacks of vitamin C serums. Tag along to find out if vitamin C serums truly are beneficial to your skin. Lets go!
How is Vitamin C Used for Skincare?
Vitamin C is found naturally in the skin from the epidermis to the dermis. The vitamin C naturally found in our skin encourages collagen production, and helps protect us from UV rays and pollution (Source). As we age, the levels of Vitamin C in our skin begin to decline.
Excessive exposure to UV light and other pollutants will also expedite vitamin C loss in the skin. Using a dependable Vitamin C serum can help to replenish vitamin C to the skin as you age, and become exposed to more UV. Vitamin C serums, like most serums, should be applied topically on the face after cleansing and before moisturizer for best results.
Private Label Vitamin C Benefits
Vitamin C has many benefits for our skin when applied topically. Here are just a few:
UV protection
Lets be clear... private label Vitamin C serums are NOT sunscreen! Although they do help to protect your skin from sun damage, they can not be used as a substitute to sunscreen/SPF. Sunscreen works by absorbing UV light, which stops UV rays from soaking into your skin, and topical vitamin C prevents sun damage to the skin though its antioxidant properties by reducing the free radicals that damage the skin (Source).
In studies performed on humans, Vitamin C with the addition of vitamin E have showed benefits of reduced UV exposure (Source). When looking to find a good private label vitamin C serum, look for vitamin E as an ingredient to reap the benefits of UV protection through vitamin C. Genie Supply offers a great luxury private label vitamin C serum that includes vitamin E as an ingredient which helps the vitamin C to penetrate into the top layer of skin.
2. Reduce the Appearance and Prevent the Formation of Wrinkles
One of the most desirable effects of a skincare product is reversing the signs of aging. Luckily private label vitamin C serums can help with the effects of aging too! Vitamin C found in the skin helps to regulate collagen production (Source). Collagen is an essential protein found in our skin that makes us appear younger and more fresh (less wrinkly).
Since vitamin C regulates collagen production, using a private label vitamin C serum helps our skin to appear younger and fresher. Studies have shown that vitamin C helps stabilize the collagen in our skin and, in turn, boost its synthesis (Source). Collagen synthesis allows for more collagen proteins to actively repair and hydrate the skin. Multiple observational studies have shown a notable decrease in wrinkles and skin roughness in participants using vitamin C topically or 12 weeks or more (Source).
3. Wound Healing
As many you may already know the disease scurvy is caused by a lack of Vitamin C in our bodies. One of the defining symptoms of scurvy is poor wound healing. Based in this information, it makes sense that Vitamin C in our bodies assists in the wound healing process. Although studies based on topical application of vitamin C on humans have been inconclusive, the lack of vitamin C in the skin slows down the wound healing process (Source).
Studies have conclusively shown that application of vitamin C to the skin of a deficient person helps to speed up the otherwise slower healing process (Source). So what about vitamin C application for those who are not vitamin deficient? Well, like mentioned above, vitamin C does increase collagen synthesis and collagen is an important factor in wound healing, as it allows for repair of the skin.
Some researchers have claimed that the reason we don’t see noteworthy benefits of vitamin C on wound healing is because wound healing is a complex process in our skin and collagen is just one factor in the healing process (Source). While studies have been somewhat inconclusive about vitamin C speeding up wound healing, researchers can definitively state that it does not slow down or impede the process of wound healing (Source).
So if you do have a wound in an area that you normally include in your skincare routine, don’t be afraid to use your favorite private label vitamin C serum as usual. It may even help speed up the wound healing process!
4. Pollution Protection
Just like with UV exposure and age, pollution can contribute to a decrease of vitamin C naturally found in the skin. Specifically ozone, which is a prominent pollutant in the Earth’s atmosphere, causes the vitamin C and collagen synthesis to decrease when it has long term contact with the skin (Source). Pollutants from smoking are also harmful to the skin because they reduce collagen synthesis, and make the skin appear wrinkled and dry.
As mentioned previously, vitamin C works to synthesize collagen production. Collagen is an essential protein that allows our skin to stay hydrated and heal. It is almost always a good idea to protect your skin from pollutants to fight off early signs of aging. A topical private label vitamin C serum is a great pollution protectant that also offers all of the benefits mentioned previously and more!
Why Private Label Vitamin C?
It can be difficult to determine which private label vitamin C serum is best for your business and your customers. When deciding which private label vitamin C serum is best for you, look for a serum that also contains vitamin E to help boost its ability to penetrate the skin. Private label vitamin C serums are a great place to start a business as they offer many benefits (discussed above) and work well with a diverse group of skin types.
When starting a skincare business it is a good idea to start with a product that works well on many different skin types so that your potential customer base is larger. Genie Supply does offer a great private label vitamin C serum that also contains vitamin E to help it penetrate the skin. Our luxury vitamin C serum offers all of the benefits mentioned above with all clean ingredients! Genie also offers multiple different clean formulas with vitamin C as an active ingredient.
Head over to our green and clean catalog to view all of our clean formulas that contain vitamin C.
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