Bounce Magazine 78

APRIL 2019 | ISSUE #78
Skin care expert Geraldine Walters gives the low
down on the A-Z of what’s in your bottles...
[C] Vitamin C – Nature’s boost to skin health
in all its forms...
It looks like vitamins are going
to be a recurring feature in
this series about skincare
ingredients, so perhaps we
should define exactly what a
vitamin is.
So, keeping it simple, a vitamin is an
organic molecule that is an essential
nutrient your body needs in small
amounts for the proper functioning of its
metabolism.
That is, it’s a substance you must have for
your body to work properly. You have to
get them from what you eat because we
don’t make them ourselves.
As for Vitamin C (probably the best
known vitamin and most researched in
2017), it has a range of super powers but
it also comes in a range of disguises when
it adopts different forms and there are
several different types of vitamin C that are
used in skincare products. For avid label
readers these include: L-ascorbic acid,
ascorbyl palmitate and retinyl ascorbate.
The former has the most scientific research
surrounding its benefits and is deemed ‘the
queen’ of vitamin C. L-ascorbic acid boosts
collagen production and smooths and
firms skin, as well as fending off photoageing.
That is, basically, ageing from ultra violet
light, or sun damage. Ascorbic Acid is a
powerful free radical scavenger and in its
form of Ascorbyl Palmitate, Vitamin C
can inhibit the production of melanin so
reducing pigmentation and brightening the
skin.
Additionally, Vitamin C can boost collagen.
It appears to strengthen the protein’s
strands, making them firmer and more
resilient.
And it’s a myth that any type of vitamin C
in your moisturising serum and lotion will
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