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Timeless · Skin · Serums

Timeless 20% Vitamin C + E Ferulic Acid Serum

Twenty percent L-ascorbic acid with vitamin E and ferulic acid on a short list. It does what it says until it turns orange, and owners say some bottles arrive that way.

1 ozSerumL-ascorbic acidVitamin EFerulic acidFragrance-free
$27.95 MSRPAmazon price not shown
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Buy it if

  • You want plain L-ascorbic acid at a stated strength
  • You want help with dullness and an uneven look
  • You want no added fragrance

Walk past if

  • You will not finish it quickly; owners report it oxidizes
  • You want tidy packaging; owners say the pump squirts everywhere
  • You react easily; a few owners report bumps or breakouts

What's in it

The ingredients that do the work, from the maker’s label.

L-ascorbic acidVitamin EFerulic acid

Sulfate-free →Fragrance-free →

Not in it: fragrance, essential oils, drying alcohol, sulfates. Nothing on our flag list.

Full ingredient list, from the maker

Water, Ethoxydiglycol, L-Ascorbic Acid, Propylene Glycol, Alpha Tocopherol, Polysorbate 80, Panthenol, Ferulic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Benzylalcohol, Dehydroacetic Acid

Known issue

Owners report pump bottles that squirt the watery serum everywhere, and bottles that arrive yellow or orange from oxidation.Walmart and MakeupAlley reviews

What owners say

Filled by the research pass: two or three owner reports from named venues, each linked, each with the date it was read.

If it's not right

The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%$6 MSRPTen percent niacinamide with zinc PCA in a water-based serum. Cheap enough to try, and sticky enough that owners complain about what it does under the next layer.CeraVe Moisturizing CreamNo maker list price for this sizeThree ceramides, cholesterol, hyaluronic acid and petrolatum in a thick cream for face and body. The plain standard for dry skin, developed with dermatologists according to the maker.

Sources

  1. Maker page: ingredient list, 1 oz list price, skin types, no fragrance statement.
  2. Walmart reviews, 1.7 fl oz and larger: a pump that sprays uncontrollably, leaks, oxidation at the lid and an empty bottle.
  3. MakeupAlley reviews: quick oxidation in older bottles, some who keep it cold, and a few reports of bumps or breakouts (read from a search excerpt)

Ingredient lists from the maker's label, not our measurements.