By Editor Rosie Green
The secret beauty ingredient I’ve used for over a decade that’s made my skin look like this at 50
READ MORE: My skin used to look like this. Then I discovered a beauty ingredient raved about by dermatologists that I’ve used for a decade… and now I look like this at 50: ROSIE GREEN
By ROSIE GREEN FOR YOU MAGAZINE
Published: 08:00 BST, 5 July 2025 | Updated: 08:00 BST, 5 July 2025
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SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic smells a little funky, the bottle isn’t much to look at and the brown liquid is sensorially unsatisfying: think overflow from a rusty tap. Yet I have used this vitamin C serum daily for more than a decade. Yes me, a beauty editor who is constantly inundated with new products. Why such loyalty?
Well, it’s because it is recommended by practically every independent dermatologist and skin expert I’ve spoken to. And it seems to have a place in every other beauty editor’s skincare arsenal. Plus it crops up as a favourite in interviews I’ve done with luminous-skinned A-listers.
The science behind it is also credible. C E Ferulic is first and foremost a vitamin C serum and it has the wonder ingredient at a potent level and in a powerful form: 15 per cent l-ascorbic acid. Vitamin C is clinically proven to diminish dark spots, ease fine lines and brighten the skin.
But there are lots of vitamin C serums, so what makes this one special? Well, it also contains one per cent alpha tocopherol (vitamin E) to help retain moisture and promote radiance. Plus 0.5 per cent ferulic acid, which works to reduce inflammation (great for rosacea and acne-prone skin), even skin tone and stabilise the vitamin C.
Basically, it’s a triple threat to ageing.
SkinCeuticals CE Ferulic
Now, 20 years after its launch, the patent on its formula (which includes ferulic acid and vitamin E) has expired, meaning beauty companies everywhere are free to create products with the same highly efficacious ingredient combination.
Hot off the blocks are new copycat offerings from DoSe and Elf as well as Boots’ new ingredient-led Modern Chemistry range, which lands in stores on Monday (but is already available to buy online) and features 10% Vitamin C/Ferulic Acid Serum for £13. Race you there…
Boots Modern Chemistry Glow 10% Vitamin C Serum With Ferulic Acid
DoSe By VH Triple Vitamin C 23% Serum + Ferulic Acid
Elf Skin Bright Icon Vitamin C + E.+ Ferulic Serum
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