Farmacy Beauty just launched a new vitamin C serum. Very Cherry Bright is a 15% vitamin C serum. Details per Farmacy:
A 15% vitamin C serum powered by a potent cocktail of vitamin C-rich acerola cherry and hyaluronic acid to visibly brighten, firm and hydrate skin.
Benefits
- Brightening vitamin C. Tropical acerola cherry, along with a cocktail of three other forms of vitamin C, brighten and reduce the appearance of dullness, dark spots and fine lines for radiant, youthful-looking skin.
- Hydrating hyaluronic acid. Four forms of hyaluronic acid offer long-lasting hydration!
- Soothing botanicals + peptides. We’ve cherry-picked the ingredients in this clean formula to leave skin feeling calm, comfortable and revitalized. No irritation, no recovery time required.
Key Ingredients
- Natural Acerola Cherry: One of the richest sources of natural vitamin C in the world, this powerful superfruit helps to brighten and hydrate skin. We source ours from local farms in Brazil.
- Hyaluronic Acid (four forms): This potent combination targets different areas of the skin to deliver long-lasting hydration and boost your natural moisture balance.
- Sacha Inchi Peptide: Natural small peptide from the seeds of the Sacha Inchi plant, a known Peruvian superfood. Helps to reduce the look of skin sagginess for a softer, smoother, younger-looking appearance.
This serum comes packaged in an airless pump which I love. Very Cherry Bright has a light hydrating serum texture and it smells lightly like cherries. I was drooling, seriously. The scent is light nothing artificial or too sweet. This has three vitamin C derivatives (3-Glyceryl Ascorbate, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate) along with natural vitamin C in the form of cherries (bitter cherry fruit water, acerola fruit extract). Vitamin C is great at brightening, fighting free radicals plus helping stimulate collagen production. This serum also has four forms of hyaluronic acid including hydrolyzed sodium hyaluronate. I love the hydrolyzed versions as they are smaller and tend to have a nicer less sticky texture on the skin. They penetrate better as well. Vitamin C derivatives are great for sensitive skin as they're not as harsh as ascorbic acid. Less sensitivity reactions occur (if any at all).
Very Cherry Bright also has soothers like calendula & allantoin, plus botanicals like sacha inchi, Indian Gooseberry, sweet almond, rice bran, sunflower, rosemary & vanilla fruit. Sacha Inchi is high in antioxidants (vitamin A & E) and it helps with elasticity and firmness. I loved this lightweight texture of this serum, it's hydrating without being sticky. It does brighten to some degree but the derivatives never work quite as well for me as true ascorbic acid. The benefit to this one is that it has absolutely no irritation or sensitivity (for me anyway) whatsoever. This is going to suit a wide variety if people. It will brighten and it helps firm the skin by stimulating collagen production. So it's kind of like an antioxidant, hydrating and firming serum all in one. I think this is my favorite product Farmacy has launched to date. Farmacy just launched a limited edition cherry cleansing balm which looks like a delicious accompaniment to this serum. I bought mine yesterday.
Ingredients
Water/Aqua/Eau, Glycerin, 3-Glyceryl Ascorbate, Prunus Cerasus (Bitter Cherry) Fruit Water, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Citrate, Propanediol, Malpighia Punicifolia (Acerola) Fruit Extract, Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate, Glucomannan, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Allantoin, Hydrolyzed Plukenetia Volubilis Seed Extract, Physalis Angulata Extract, Sorbitol, Sodium Phytate, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Fruit Extract, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Extract, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Tocopherol, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Glyceryl Caprylate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylyl Glyceryl Ether, Sclerotium Gum, Lithospermum Erythrorhizon Root Extract, Citric Acid, Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate, Pentylene Glycol, Polyglyceryl-6 Caprylate, Butylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Sodium Levulinate, Sodium Anisate, Sodium Benzoate
