Paula's Choice Resist Antioxidant Concentrated Serum.

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About this product

A serum formulated with vitamin C, vitamin A, and multiple antioxidants including ferulic acid, glutathione, and superoxide dismutase to protect and brighten skin.

Full ingredients

Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, Ceramide NP, Tocotrienols, Tocopherol, Ubiquinone, Thioctic Acid, Tocopheryl Acetate, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Ferulic Acid, Beta-Glucan, Superoxide Dismutase, Epigallocatechin Gallate, Ergothioneine, Glutathione, Xanthophylls, Glycine Soja Seed Extract, Glycerin, Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi Leaf Extract, Lupinus Albus Seed Oil, Curcuma Longa Root Extract, Elaeis Guineensis Oil, Phenoxyethanol

Guru Score

81%

Yay

3 experts · Moderate agreement

What the gurus are saying

The weak forms of vitamin C in this serum matter less than you might think, because the rest of the antioxidant lineup (glutathione, superoxide dismutase, ferulic acid) is strong enough to carry the load. Experts praise the vitamin A and C pairing, but here's the catch: since antioxidants break down in oxygen, the serum comes in a pipette bottle, which means you cannot be certain how potent it still is when you use it. For maximum effect, gurus suggest only buying antioxidant serums in airless pump bottles.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take June 2025

What they liked

Airless pump packaging preserves antioxidant potency

What they flagged

Vitamin C forms are weak and largely ineffective

Type

SerumsDrops & dropper

Key actives

Vitamin CVitamin ECeramidesPeptides

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

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Doctorly

3.59M subs

✓Yay

"Paula's Choice has an interesting one. It's a good one. It's their antioxidant serum, or something like that. [...] It has a lot of those supporting antioxidants in there. I think it has glutathione, it has superoxide dismutase, it has ferulic acid. Interestingly, the forms of vitamin C in it are very low for me. It has tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, whatever, whatever vitamin C, and then magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, which is absolute trash when it comes to vitamin C's."

Mad About Skin

731k subs

✓Yay

"This is a really, really nice product. Paula's Choice Resist Antioxidant Concentrated Serum has multiple different antioxidants in it, including vitamin C, so it could be an antioxidant and vitamin C serum all in one. It's [...] slightly higher on the price point, but you're getting more in that formulation, so I don't think that's a bad thing. This is still definitely value for money. They do two sizes: a 5 ml travel size and a 30 ml."

Dr. Vanita Rattan

1.23M subs

✓Yay

"Let me tell you what's in the Paula's Choice here. We've got tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, which is a fat-soluble vitamin C, plus peptides and ceramides, so they've packed more goodies into this product. It's fragrance free. It's £32 for 30 ml, and this is just the power of being viral."

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BRIDAL SKINCARE MISTAKES

"I really like the Paula's Choice Resist Antioxidant Concentrated Serum."

RATING VIRAL SKINCARE - DR V

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

Ceramides

Ceramides are part of the skin's own barrier, and moisturisers built around them have evidence for holding water in and settling the tightness and flaking that come with a damaged barrier.

Source: DermNet

Peptides

Peptides are short protein fragments meant to signal repair. The evidence for them is thinner than for retinoids or vitamin C, and it varies a lot by the specific peptide, so the category is more promising than proven.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Paula's Choice Resist Antioxidant Concentrated Serum?

A serum formulated with vitamin C, vitamin A, and multiple antioxidants including ferulic acid, glutathione, and superoxide dismutase to protect and brighten skin.

Is Paula's Choice Resist Antioxidant Concentrated Serum worth it?

Yes. All 3 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 81%.

What is Paula's Choice Resist Antioxidant Concentrated Serum's Guru Score?

Paula's Choice Resist Antioxidant Concentrated Serum holds a Guru Score of 81%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.