# Dr.Althea Gentle Vitamin C Serum

The Original Korean Formula serum from Dr.Althea, 30ml formulated with 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid and Niacinamide, shipped from California or direct from Korea.

- Brand: Dr.Althea
- Product: Gentle Vitamin C Serum
- Price: $21.99
- Availability: Out of stock
- Size: 30ml
- Market: Korean market, the version sold in Korea
- Made in: Republic of Korea
- EAN (barcode): 8809447255101
- Category: Serums & Ampoules

## Key benefits

- Built on 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, a stabilized vitamin C derivative
- Niacinamide runs alongside it, the brightening and barrier-support active
- No parfum or fragrance ingredient on the list
- 30ml serum sold in Dr. Althea's Korean-market packaging, not a US-reformulated version
- Takes after toner and before moisturizer
- 20 ingredients on the manufacturer's own list, in the order Dr. Althea lists them

## How it works

The Gentle Vitamin C Serum is a 30ml serum, used after toner and before moisturizer, morning and evening. The antioxidant it is built around is 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, named fourteenth on its own ingredient list. The same list carries Niacinamide, Adenosine and Allantoin, so the antioxidant is not the only thing on it worth naming. How much of the 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid stays on the skin, and for how long, is decided by the serum format rather than by the list alone. Dr.Althea sells this 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid serum in Korea, and this is that version.

## How to use

1. Use the Gentle Vitamin C Serum after your toner and before your moisturizer, in the morning to begin with.
2. Two or three drops for the whole face, pressed in with the flats of your fingers while skin is still damp.
3. Follow with a moisturizer, then sunscreen. In the morning nothing goes on after the sunscreen.
4. Once a day at first, and build to twice if it suits you. Do not start it in the same week as a new acid or a new retinoid.

## Ingredients

Water / Aqua, Butylene Glycol, Propanediol, Niacinamide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Water, Pentylene Glycol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Tromethamine, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract, Caprylyl Glycol, Xanthan Gum, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Hydrogenated C6-20 Polyolefin, Adenosine, Disodium EDTA, Allantoin, HDI/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer

## FAQ

### Where does this serum go in my routine?

After toner and before moisturizer, morning and evening. Anything thinner than a serum goes on before it, and anything richer goes on after. If you are adding it to a routine you already like, give it a week on its own first, so what you see is the 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid and not three changes at once.

### What else is on the list besides 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid?

Niacinamide, Adenosine and Allantoin. The order they are printed in on this serum's panel is the order on the box, so you can see where 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid sits relative to them. Further down the same panel: Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Extract.

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