Brightening C Complex

Year-round skin and complexion formula

Description
Winter, spring, summer, and fall, your skin faces year-round
exposure to environmental elements.
Extreme wind, heat, or cold can weaken the complexion,
causing the appearance of sags and wrinkles. And no matter
what season or what time of day, the weather has the
ability to do damage, prematurely aging your appearance.
These ravages can cause undesirable visual changes in the
complexion, including texture changes and discoloration, as
your skin is bombarded with free radicals.
The powerful, vitamin-C-enriched formula of Brightening C
Complex begins working quickly to moisturize and strengthen
the skin’s natural defenses, improve texture and firmness,
smooth fine lines and wrinkles, and brighten the complexion.
Benefits
• Contains antioxidants for optimal skin health
• Improves the appearance of skin year-round by supporting
the skin’s natural defenses
• Daily anti-aging treatment helps smooth the appearance of
fine lines and wrinkles
• Brightens skin tone for increased radiance
• Unique anhydrous (water-free) formulation glides luxuri-
ously across skin, encapsulating a powerful form of vitamin
C and delivering incredible complexion-enhancing benefits

Recommended Use
Gently apply to the face, neck and décolletage twice daily after
cleansing.
Key Ingredients
• Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate—is a powerful antioxidant essen-
tial for collagen formation, a key structural protein of healthy
looking skin – also supports the look of volume and resiliency,
resulting in beautiful skin.
• Cyclopentasiloxane—One of many silicone types and
known for its ability to lubricate and promote shine.
Cyclopentasiloxane is also a skin-conditioning agent,
emollient, and solvent.

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• Dimethicone Crosspolymer—A luxurious and high-tech polymer that provides

unique velvety texture and dispersion, helps protect and maintain vitamin
C potency in the formula, and acts as a fantastic carrier agent for the other
ingredients, resulting in a high-performance product with a high-quality feel.
• Tocopheryl Acetate—The most common of the forms of vitamin E, used
topically for its antioxidant properties and as a soothing agent, to enhance skin
moisturization to protect the skin.
• Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Oil—A source of
vitamins, especially vitamin C which protects the
complexion against free radicals and contributes a
fresh smelling essence to the product.
• Phenoxyethanol—A preservative shown to have
positive antimicrobial effects on the formula. The use
of phenoxyethanol is shown to be more effective in
combination with citrus oils.
• Retinyl Palmitate—Is a form of vitamin A with a small molecular structure
capable of penetrating into the surface layers, improving appearance of uneven
pigmentation, the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, overall skin texture,
tone and color, and hydration levels.
• Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil (Sunflower)—As a calming and soothing oil and
acts as an emollient.

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