Vitamin C is an excellent skincare ingredient for Oily, Wrinkle-Prone skin because it works as an antioxidant, helps support collagen production and can help protect against environmental damage that contributes to skin aging. Vitamin C can also help decrease tyrosinase activity, an enzyme involved in melanin production, making it particularly useful for ORPW (Oily, Resistant, Pigmented, Wrinkle-Prone) skin because it targets both pigmentation and aging concerns.
The challenge is finding a vitamin C serum that works well on oily skin. The best formulas are lightweight, noncomedogenic and low in oils, heavy emollients and pore-clogging ingredients. Avoid vitamin C serums that feel greasy, oily, sticky or slimy on the skin, especially because sunscreen needs to be layered over vitamin C every morning.
Very oily skin types often prefer oil-free vitamin C serums, while oily and acne-prone skin can benefit from formulas that also contain salicylic acid. The vitamin C serums in this collection were selected to provide antioxidant, collagen-supporting and skin-brightening benefits in formulas better suited to Oily Baumann Skin Types.
