Garnier Vitamin C Brightening Serum

Holy moly! My new holy grail. This product is so affordable too. From the get go I loved how this felt on my skin, not greasy, nice and light and i woke up the next morning with visibly brighter clearer skin. Ive got a few problem dark spots on my face and acne scars and I'm definitely noticing a reduction in these! I would recommend using this under makeup too as it is quite smoothing. I would say this is suitable for all skin types! I like this better than $80 serums I have tried

Great product comes in a glass bottle with a dropper. The scent is very fresh and has a slight lemony scent to it with a tad scent of yuzu. Does absorb in the skin well and does not feel sticky after waiting to dry, leaves the skin shiny and hydrating pairs well with a few dark spot moisturisers and over 5 days skin looks brighter and skin texture looks slightly even

I am on my 9th day today. 1st night - after my shower, I applied one entire dropper for my face as instructed. I was waiting for it to dry up, (initially, I thought, how much longer do I need to wait? 2 minutes passed, I could still see the sheerness. I touched it, and to my surprise, it's ALREADY DRY AND ABSORBED, this was the only Vitamin C that it's like combined or with the effect of a moisturiser alone! So that made me happy). *I said to myself, "Oh, the fragrance is intense. This will be stingy for my dry face or if I have breakouts. TRUST ME, the smell is intense, but the product is not that stingy compared to other brands I have tried. It is strong - yes, however, it is a good smell. 1st day of waking up with it, I had exactly two pimples that were noticeable because they were in the healing and drying stage, so for me, I said this could be the perfect timing to see if there would be any improvement. Honestly, I can't tell if it got lighter on the first day, but I continued. 2nd night after showering, I did the same. I applied it while my skin was still dumped, and at this stage, I am still uncertain, but I stick to it because of the moisturising effect I am getting. I still don't notice any changes. 2nd day of waking up with it, I noted that the pimple on my forehead was surprisingly lighter than the night before. Of course, I said to myself, "Hmmm, it cannot be just like that", So I am not 100% giving all the credit to Garnier. :D 3rd night after the shower, I applied it, and this time I wanted to see changes FOR MYSELF. I took many photos that night in all angles you can imagine and all light and no lights settings, with and without flash, to see if there would be improvements. 3rd time waking up with it, after seeing it in the mirror, I said to myself, "Now, we are talking. Could you be a game changer??" 4th night after a shower was the same routine. By the time I woke up the fourth morning with it, both of my pimples were hardly noticeable. This has got me thinking if this were all just an accident, or is it because I am using it and my next layer is from La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo (+) Anti Acne? Could it be it was a great mix?? Now, I am confused but happy with the results. I stuck with the routine I developed and continued to do so. Now I am on my 9th day, and tonight will be the 10th night that I will shower and will apply it, and let me tell you one thing, I will not hesitate to skip and say goodbye to my current Vitamin C with much $$$ and replace it with this. It's surprisingly effective on me. Whether it is because of the mix I use, I will recommend this based on my experience. I loved using it. It surprised me on the first application and still does to this day. So yes, I think I have found my perfect face-regime solution.

I am blown away with how fast this Garnier Vitamin C Serum has worked! I’m a new mama and often wake throughout the night - I would do anything to bring back the life in my skin, especially face. My skin really has brightened and doesn’t look so “dull/tired”!! I have been this after my shower and before my daily makeup. I also love that a little bit goes a long way - 1 squirt is enough for my whole face. I would recommend this product to my friends for sure!

I was so excited to try this as my skin has been so dull and lifeless lately. But this did not really do anything for my skin.

It’s a cute little bottle and it smells like expensive skincare. Vit C products are all the rage at the moment so I was hoping this would really make a noticeable difference to my skin.

While it did feel nice on my skin and my skin looked glowy when wearing it once it was off my skin was dull looking again. More time trying this product out might lead to success so I am going to continue to give this a go.

I was fortunate to be able to trial the Garnier Skin active Vitamin C Anti-dark spot serum. I definitely think the serum had a brightening effect and worked to reduce some dark spots around my chin from acne scaring, although I have a brown pigmentation spot on my cheek I was hoping to fade but it didn't have much of an effect on that. The product did leave my skin a bit dry although we are coming into winter so my skin has a tendency to do that. I also found I had no issue if I applied a Moisturiser afterwards. The product has appealing packaging and is easy to apply with the dropper although I used through a third of the bottle in this trial applying morning and night so I'm unsure if it is economical. The product has a slight floral fragrance and is the right consistency for the dropper. I will continue using the product as I am interested to see if it has further results.

I went into this without having previously tried any of Garniers’ skin care, I more so associated them with hair care. I must say from the first try I was hooked! It smells amazing. Has a dropper applicator to make life easy. Has the expected consistency of a serum but didn’t run all down my face like other serums have. I’ve now used it every day, morning and night, I find I wake up in the morning and my skin feels very fresh and bright. I’ll be using this in my regular routine from now on!

This serum is made by Garnier, so you know it has a reasonable price and should be easily accessible in supermarkets etc. It comes in a cute frosted glass bottle so you can see how much is remaining. The serum is smooth and thick, easy to apply from the dropper and absorbs quickly into the face. I don't like the smell - it smells like artificial lemon fragrance and is totally unnecessary. I would've preferred no scent at all! However even with the added fragrances there has been no irritation on my sensitive eczema-prone skin, which is a huge plus.

I haven't seen any noticeable difference in my skin in the past 2 weeks (I have a few dark spots from old pimple scarring that haven't faded yet), but maybe it requires more time. In terms of skin brightness, again I haven't seen a huge difference. I will definitely keep using the serum as it has no bad effects and may improve my skin condition over time

This is a great product and I have had a lovely time using it.

I like the bright white, yellow and orange packaging, which is made of cardboard so is completely recyclable. The packaging also states to recycle the glass serum bottle meaning only the dropper is going to landfill. The packaging has very clear instructions, claims about what the product does and when you should expect to see results. I really liked the “What’s inside” section which lists every ingredient and why it is in the product which was very informative. I also love the clear glass serum bottle which is labelled clearly again with the instructions as well as leaving plenty of space to see the product and how much you have used. There’s nothing worse than not knowing when you are going to run out of something!

The dropper lid is easy to unscrew from the bottle and doesn’t leak but a lot of serum sticks to the outside of the dropper, so you need to wipe off excess product on the bottle rim before applying to your face.

The serum has a thick consistency and is cloudy white in colour. It smells slightly sweet, but I couldn’t recognise the scent. It reminded me of some of the Garnier sheet face masks.

The instructions are clear that you are to apply a full dropper of serum to a clean face before applying face cream. A full dropper easily spreads across your whole face using your fingers, but you need to allow a little time for it to absorb properly before applying any other products as it can feel quite sticky while it dries.

It is clear before and after I have put on my face cream on that this product gives you a dewy brightened appearance. Even after a bad night’s sleep this helps you look immediately more radiant. It also feels quite refreshing to put on.

I was glad to find that I didn’t have any skin irritation or reactions to this product which I have had with other vitamin c products – it’s clearly designed with sensitive skin in mind.

I have noticed a slight reduction in dark spots, but I think I will need to try it for the full 8 weeks to see substantial results. However, I don’t think one bottle would last anywhere near that long so you may need to buy 2 or even 3 bottles to get the full results.

I would highly recommend this product to anyone looking to reduce dark spots and acne scarring but personally would wait till the product was on special and buy two or three at once to get the full effects.