vitamin c

The Ordinary Vitamin C suspension 23% + HA spheres vs. The Ordinary Vitamin C suspension 30% in silicone

The Ordinary makes a handful of Vitamin C products. Let's compare and contrast two of them, and determine which one we like better.

When companies sell very similar versions of a product, I get confused (like CeraVe Facial Moisturizing Lotion PM vs. Skin Renewing Night Cream). Ugh, why they just make one good version so we don’t have to do the research? So what’s the deal when it comes to The Ordinary Vitamin C Suspension 23% + HA Spheres 2% vs. Vitamin C suspension 30% in silicone? Should we just fork over the extra dollar to get a a higher concentration of vitamin C? But if that’s the case, why would they…

The (new) ordinary: How do you add new products into your skincare routine?

I asked Deciem for advice on how to incorporate new The Ordinary products into my skincare routine. Here's what they recommended.

Do you remember PEMDAS? It’s an acronym that we used in math class to remember the proper order of operations: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction? Or, Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (Poor Aunt Sally, what did she ever do to deserve being excused?).