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Can I use vitamin c with retinol?Updated a year ago

You can absolutely use vitamin C with retinol! In fact, we highly recommend it for beautiful, clean skin. However, you have to use them both at the right times.

Different pH levels and general potency mean that using one after the other can compromise results while increasing the chances of irritation. Instead, we recommend you use vitamin C in the morning under sunscreen and retinol at night. This will keep them separate, and will also allow your vitamin C serum to give your skin a photoprotective boost.

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