Volition Beauty Strawberry-C Brightening Serum ($42 USD for 30ml)⠀
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Volition Beauty sent this over to me to celebrate this serum's birthday 🎂 ⠀
Food for Thought: Strawberries contain 14% more Vitamin C than Oranges!⠀
🍓Claim 🍓 𝟸𝟶% 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢-𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗 𝙲 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚑𝚢𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗-𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗.⠀
🔑 Key Ingredients
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🍓𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗, 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜.⠀
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🍓𝙺𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚍𝚞 𝙿𝚕𝚞𝚖 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝 - 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗 𝙲 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍, 𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗. ⠀
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🍓 𝙷𝚢𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝙰𝚌𝚒𝚍 - 𝚑𝚢𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗. ⠀
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💭 Thoughts - I’m diggin' it so far, seriously. I love that it doesn’t have the off-putting, hot-dog water smell that so many Vitamin C serums are notorious for. It evokes a faint scent of cucumber, actually. It’s very light and sinks right into my skin. Others I’ve talked to said it was a bit on the sticky side for them, but I didn’t experience that. I also love that it’s a very hydrating step before my moisturizer. For me this was just a really great antioxidant serum, I didn’t experience any brightening or fading of hyperpigmentation overall, I have been having bad luck with Vitamin C serums as of late.
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🔬 Where they could have done better? ⠀
Packaging. Some brands obsess over this, others direct their energy elsewhere. Either way it's not necessarily an exact science- and I’m glad it’s in an air-restrictive glass bottle, but the pump applicator is not the best vessel for this Vitamin C. Not only that, but I'm pretty in order for Vitamin C to maintain its potency it needed to be in dark, opaque packaging. I feel like if you give the packaging the same applicator as Snow Mushroom Water Serum or Hibiscus Unspottable Oil, this product will be perfect. As is, however, I'm just not in love with it.⠀
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I think Volition Beauty is so cool because of how they involve their members in bringing products to life. They do this through fans submitting ideas and their voting process uses campaigns to let the community decide which product should come to life. That is so neat and engaging!⠀
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