L'Oreal Revitalift Pure Vitamin C 12%: a Guru Score of 66%

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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~Nay

"The positives of this product are actually the price point is at £16, but it's in a pipette. It is 12% L-ascorbic acid plus they added in denatured alcohol and fragrance. So unfortunately that product is a hardener."

All 2 takes from Dr. Vanita Rattan

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"The positives of this product are actually the price point is at £16, but it's in a pipette. It is 12% L-ascorbic acid plus they added in denatured alcohol and fragrance. So unfortunately that product is a hardener."

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"For me this is a terrible product. First, they've used the wrong form of vitamin C. Second, they've used denatured alcohol. And third, it's in the wrong packaging, so you actually don't know if this thing is going to work or not. I couldn't see fragrance on the ingredients list but this is pungent, so I don't really trust this product to be honest."

The Budget Dermatologist

724k subs

~Yay

"It has 12% [L-ascorbic] acid, vitamin E, and salicylic acid, which I love because salicylic acid can help get down into the pores. It's a BHA, it's oil soluble, so it has preference to get into the pores and helps unclog them. This is a great option if you want the benefits of vitamin C, you have acne or acne prone skin, you want to unclog the pores, and if you have post acne dark spots, this is such a great option. It's a great price."

All 3 takes from The Budget Dermatologist

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"It has 12% [L-ascorbic] acid, vitamin E, and salicylic acid, which I love because salicylic acid can help get down into the pores. It's a BHA, it's oil soluble, so it has preference to get into the pores and helps unclog them. This is a great option if you want the benefits of vitamin C, you have acne or acne prone skin, you want to unclog the pores, and if you have post acne dark spots, this is such a great option. It's a great price."

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"This also has vitamin E in it, which is another antioxidant that helps stabilize vitamin C and keep it fresh, and salicylic acid to help kind of exfoliate the skin. I think this is actually pretty similar to the La Roche Posay one, a little bit more vitamin C in this, and the price point is just a little bit less. This is 32.99. This one does come in a dropper bottle format and it also contains hyaluronic acid."

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"I love this option if you are somebody with oily skin or acne prone skin because that little addition of salicylic acid is going to help penetrate your pores because it's oil soluble so it's going to penetrate the pores, it's going to help break up that debris, can clear blackheads and whiteheads with that salicylic acid. And then 12% l-ascorbic acid, again a very good dose of vitamin C. This is going to be one of my top drugstore options for oily and acne prone skin."

Dr. Daniel Sugai

722k subs

~Yay

"This is 12% ascorbic acid plus vitamin E and [...] salicylic acid. You can combine or layer with vitamin C and they can even formulate salicylic acid with the vitamin C serum. [...] This is a good one for those who are acne prone, but if you have acne this will not treat acne. So if you're acne prone consider this one: 12% ascorbic acid with salicylic acid. If you're in your mid to late 20s and you want to check out a vitamin C serum, try this out."

All 3 takes from Dr. Daniel Sugai

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"This is 12% ascorbic acid plus vitamin E and [...] salicylic acid. You can combine or layer with vitamin C and they can even formulate salicylic acid with the vitamin C serum. [...] This is a good one for those who are acne prone, but if you have acne this will not treat acne. So if you're acne prone consider this one: 12% ascorbic acid with salicylic acid. If you're in your mid to late 20s and you want to check out a vitamin C serum, try this out."

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"Loral chose vitamin C serum and L'Oreal revital lift will have salicylic acid but I say that's better for those with acne prone skin but once you have acne out on the skin it will not treat that"

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"If you want to use a vitamin C serum, go ahead and use L'Oreal Revitalift vitamin C serum. L'Oreal Revitalift vitamin C serum has salicylic acid in it."

Doctorly

3.59M subs

~Yay

"The formulation is exceptionally stable. They broke the rules with the pH to create a very skin-normal pH for L-ascorbic acid products. L'Oreal has insane R&D, it's world class. Through that it's stable, it's absorbed, and it's functional with a lot of data behind each step. I'm a big fan of that one, especially for someone with acne-prone skin it would be the perfect vitamin C serum if it wasn't for the fragrance. Like, it was this close."

All 2 takes from Doctorly

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"The formulation is exceptionally stable. They broke the rules with the pH to create a very skin-normal pH for L-ascorbic acid products. L'Oreal has insane R&D, it's world class. Through that it's stable, it's absorbed, and it's functional with a lot of data behind each step. I'm a big fan of that one, especially for someone with acne-prone skin it would be the perfect vitamin C serum if it wasn't for the fragrance. Like, it was this close."

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"L'Oreal Paris has brought out products where the formulations seem to supersede every individual ingredient's benefit, showing that formulation matters beyond just listing ingredients."

Dr. Sam Ellis

898k subs

~Yay

"I often get asked about the L'Oreal Revitalift vitamin C serum as well as the CeraVe skin renewing vitamin C serum, and I think these are nice formulations. I've used them before. They're a little bit thicker and a little bit more oily, but I do feel like some people prefer that texture with their vitamin C. [...] They're made by very reputable companies, so I would trust that type of vitamin C, but my personal preference is the water-based vitamin C's."

HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

~Mixed

"But with 10 percent vitamin C you don't really know how much of that is going to be dissolved by the water in your skin. Hopefully you'll get that 8 percent which is the minimum effective level, but with 10 in here there are no studies on how much [...] actually gets dissolved, [...] so it's hard to say. I kind of wish they had put in a higher percentage of ascorbic acid to make sure you were getting above that 8 percent threshold."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Vitamin C

Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.

Source: DermNet

Niacinamide

Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is L'Oreal Revitalift Pure Vitamin C 12%?

A vitamin C facial serum from L'Oreal's Revitalift range, containing 12% L-ascorbic acid along with vitamin E and salicylic acid, designed to deliver vitamin C to the skin.

Is L'Oreal Revitalift Pure Vitamin C 12% worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 66%.

What is L'Oreal Revitalift Pure Vitamin C 12%'s Guru Score?

L'Oreal Revitalift Pure Vitamin C 12% holds a Guru Score of 66%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 6 expert reviewers we have collected.