How to Find the Right Antioxidant for You

By now, you should be well aware of the benefits of antioxidants for skin. Need a quick update? Simply put, our skin is exposed to a range of external aggressors day in and day out, with free radicals taking a (not so) pretty close place on this list. These free oxygen radicals often try to attach themselves to our skin's collagen and elastin—you know, those protein fibers that help us look younger? Once attached, free radicals can destroy these essential fibers, leading to premature signs of skin aging. One of our skin's best lines of defense is foods containing antioxidants, as they can help neutralize the effects of free radicals. The benefits don't end there! Products containing antioxidants can also help revive a dull complexion and make it glow—and who doesn't want glowing skin?!

Types of Antioxidants

Before we get into how to find the right antioxidant for your skin type and lifestyle, it's important to shed some light on the different types of antioxidants available.

Vitamin C, also known as L-ascorbic acid, leads the way as one of the best-in-class antioxidants in anti-aging skin care. (Don't believe us, read this!) Available in creams, serums, and a host of other skincare products, vitamin C helps fight free radicals and the premature signs of skin aging. Other common (and not so common) antioxidants found in skin care formulas include ferulic acid, vitamin E, ellagic acid, phloretin, and resveratrol, among others. Want to find the best antioxidant formula for your skin? SkinCeuticals makes it easy!

Top Antioxidant SkinCeuticals Products

• Skin Problems: Fine lines and wrinkles
• Skin type: Dry, Combination or Normal
• antioxidant: KE Ferulik

A favorite of dermatologists, this antioxidant-rich daily product contains vitamins C and E, as well as ferulic acid. The serum is great to wear under sunscreen every morning to help neutralize free radicals caused by environmental aggressors. It can also help visibly improve the appearance of skin that may show signs of skin aging such as fine lines, wrinkles, loss of firmness, and photodamage.

• Skin Problems: Uneven skin tone.
• Skin type: oily, problematic or normal.
• antioxidant: Floritin CF

If you have oily skin, you can choose this Antioxidant Day Serum. Formulated with phloretin, vitamin C and ferulic acid, this serum helps neutralize free radicals and improve uneven skin tone. Like CE Ferulic, you can wear this serum under your morning SPF sunscreen to protect your skin's surface from environmental aggressors.

• Skin Problems: Uneven skin tone.
• Skin type: oily, problematic or normal.
• antioxidant: Phloretin CF Gel

If you prefer a gel texture over a traditional serum texture, this SkinCeuticals product is for you. Formulated with phloretin, vitamin C and ferulic acid, this daily vitamin C gel serum helps improve skin's appearance and protect it from the nasty free radicals that cause skin ageing. Use under your favorite broad spectrum sunscreen every morning!

• Skin Problems: Accumulation of photodamage, loss of radiance, loss of firmness.
• Skin type: Normal, dry, combination, sensitive.
• antioxidant: Resveratrol BE

For those who prefer to apply products containing antioxidants at night, Resveratrol BE may be suitable. This antioxidant nighttime concentrate contains resveratrol, baicalin and vitamin E to help neutralize free radicals for visible radiance and firmness.