All-In Vitamin C + Lactic Loaded Serum

All-In Vitamin C + Lactic Acid serum is beneficial for all ages, all skin types, and all skin tones.

Anyone who wants to simplify their skincare routine without having to give up ingredients should use All-In Vitamin C + Lactic Serum with its 6 active ingredients.

Vitamin C is especially useful for those with sun damaged skin or vitamin C deficient skin. 

Neither vitamin C nor lactic acid are sensitizing on their own but the lower pH of this product can cause sensitivity. We recommend doing a patch test before use.

All-In Vitamin C + Lactic Acid serum is a lower pH acid-based serum with a high concentration of 2 acids that might not be appropriate for all skin types.

This product is not recommended for those with rosacea, melasma or other skin issues. We recommend checking with your dermatologist before starting any new skincare.

Those with sensitive skin may be able to use All-In serum with caution. We recommend doing a patch test and waiting 24 hours to see how your skin reacts. If you experience redness, tingling, stinging, or burning that lasts longer than a few minutes or is uncomfortable, please discontinue use.

If you have a mild reaction, you can try to acclimate your skin to using All-In serum by using it once a week to start and building up frequency slowly over time. 

We are working on a sensitive skin version of this product.

All-In Vitamin C + Lactic serum combines the active ingredients of 3 separate serums and can replace multiple products to streamline your skincare routine.

We recommend using All-In serum once a day, either in the morning OR in the evening as the first step after washing your face. If you use a retinoid at night, we recommend using All-In Vitamin C + Lactic Acid Serum in the morning to avoid any irritation from using 3 acids too close together. Our Active8 lotion layers beautifully over All-In serum and can be used morning or night.

If you use All-In serum in the morning always follow with sunscreen as the last step of your morning routine.

No, the ingredients in All-In serum can be combined/layered with any other skincare ingredients.

All-In serum contains Vitamin C and you may have heard that Vitamin C shouldn't be combined with peptides or niacinamide but this is a myth. The theory is that acids can break the bonds that hold peptides together making them ineffective but the conditions needed to break the bonds (high heat and strong acid) just don't exist on our skin or in our skincare products. Niacinamide is a stable antioxidant that has been shown to work synergistically with Vitamin C so they can be safely used together. 

There is still an ongoing debate over whether copper peptides (the blue ones with free copper) can be safely used with vitamin c but we believe they can be used together as long as the vitamin c isn't at a pH below 2.5 Our vitamin C serum is formulated at pH 3.4 so it can be used with copper peptides. If you want to be extra cautious you can use them at opposite times of day.

Here's Angie's deep dive video on Vitamin C & copper peptides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEvlM6u8D_M

Yes, our All-In Vitamin C + Lactic Acid serum is milky and white-ish when first manufactured. Most vitamin C serums are watery and clear (or turning a shade of yellow as they oxidize) but because we add Lactic Acid to our Vitamin C serum, it has a thicker consistency and a translucent white color. 

The thicker texture makes our serum easier to dispense and spread.

All-In Viitamin C + Lactic serum contains ascorbic acid (the most active form of Vitamin C) which can oxidize over time and with exposure to light and air. We do everything we can to keep the ascorbic acid stable for as long as possible by formulating it at a lower pH and packaging it in an opaque airless pump bottle. 

Your All-In serum should be shelf stable for up to 4 months. If you're not going to use your serum right away it can be stored in the freezer and defrosted when ready to use. Your serum is still usable and 80-90% effective if it turns light to medium yellow. If it turns dark yellow, orange or brown it's time to discard and get a fresh bottle.

You might also see some oxidizing around the opening of the pump nozzle. This is normal oxidization when ascorbic acid is exposed to air. Simply wipe it away with a damp tissue or cloth.

All Angie's Actives products are fragrance-free meaning we don't add masking fragrances or fragrant botanicals that can irritate skin. That said, each product may have a scent due to the natural smell of the raw ingredients. If there is a scent, it will usually dissipate quickly after application.  

The ascorbic acid and ferulic acid in our All-In serum have distinctive scents that are sometimes describe as "hotdog water" or a "burnt" smell. This is normal and can't be removed from the serum, but because of the addition of Lactic Acid and Resveratrol our serum has less of that signature scent than most Vitamin C serums on the market. 

If you experience tingling that doesn't dissipate quickly or is uncomfortable, you may need to give your skin time to adjust to using a lower pH acid serum.

To do this, start by using half the normal amount of serum and only applying once or twice a week for the first month.

After a month, assess your skin to see if you're ready to increase by adding in another day per week. Continue on for another month or until skin is acclimated.

Gradually work up to using All-In every day by adding in 1 day per month until skin is completely acclimated.