You know you’re onto a winner when you start getting compliments on a product, right, left and centre.

That’s what happened after we started using this new vitamin C-powered serum from Victoria Health’s own skincare line, Garden of Wisdom. (Affectionately known as ‘G.O.W.’, and very well worth exploring for its powerful and effective mix-and-match products, at not-silly prices.)

Now, C-Deep is called a ‘serum’ but this is actually more akin to a facial oil – so we’ve been using it at night, on skin that’s seen a bit more sun than it usually does in our ongoing quest to get plenty of vitamin D; there MIGHT have been a bit of collateral skin damage, as a result.

A couple of nights with this layered under night cream, and the difference was already obvious – much, much brighter skin. By the end of a week, skin seemed evened out a bit (even though that’s a bit sooner than we’d normally expect with any product).

Most vitamin C serums are based on L-Ascorbic Acid, which is water-soluble, and can be somewhat unstable. But in this case, the vitamin C derivative is Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, which VH tell us ‘has been modified to be soluble in oil or lipids and enters the skin faster and deeper than any other form of vitamin C.” Which maybe explains those speedy results.

The power vitamin is suspended in squalane, which has a light oil texture – and once you’ve got your head around the fact it behaves like an oil, it’s nothing but a pleasure to use – no discernible scent, but feels nourishing in its own right.

Regime-wise, it’s joined our skincare line-up – definitely a keeper.

£18 for 30ml – buy here

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