Naturium Vitamin C Super Serum Plus
by Naturium · skin_care
Editor's Take
The all-in-one ambition is earned here; the all-skin-types billing deserves more scrutiny. An unusually well-built active mix takes on brightness, lines, texture, and pores.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Performance: 8.8 / 10
- Innovative Ingredients: 8.2 / 10
- Clean Standards: 6.6 / 10
- Formula Sustainability: 7.9 / 10
The Verdict
Naturium promises brighter, smoother skin, softer-looking lines and wrinkles, improved tone and texture in eight weeks, plus protection from environmental stressors. Those brightening, smoothing, pore-clearing, and antioxidant claims have credible backing in a potent mix led by Niacinamide and Ascorbic Acid, with Retinol, Salicylic Acid, Glutathione, and Gold, while the stabilized vitamin C network brings advanced technology. Formula sustainability is respectable rather than unqualified: renewable, biodegradable ingredients carry much of the formula, while Carbomer, Glyceryl Polyacrylate, Isohexadecane, and ethoxylated Polysorbates add fossil-derived or poorly biodegradable chemistry. This is a strong all-in-one treatment for experienced active users who want fewer layers, but the crowded active roster makes twice-daily use ambitious for sensitive or reactive skin, so patch testing, morning SPF, and more restraint than the all-skin-types billing suggests remain important.
Is Naturium Vitamin C Super Serum Plus clean?
DARE scores Naturium Vitamin C Super Serum Plus by Naturium 6.6 / 10 on Clean Standards, the human-health pillar of the Formulation Architecture Model™. That reading comes from the published INCI list read as a system — preservative, fragrance and surfactant choices in context — not from flagging single ingredients in isolation.
What are the key ingredients in Naturium Vitamin C Super Serum Plus?
The formula leads with Water, Niacinamide, Propanediol, Glycerin, Ascorbic Acid, Glutathione. DARE reads the full INCI list below in order, so position and pairing shape how each ingredient contributes under Performance and Innovative Ingredients.
How does DARE score Naturium Vitamin C Super Serum Plus?
Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, Naturium Vitamin C Super Serum Plus by Naturium scores Performance 8.8 / 10, Clean Standards 6.6 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 8.2 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 7.9 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.
Full INCI list
Water, Niacinamide, Propanediol, Glycerin, Ascorbic Acid, Glutathione, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Retinol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Caprylyl Glycol, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Carbomer, Salicylic Acid, Tocopheryl Acetate, Humulus Lupulus (Hops) Cone Extract, Glyceryl Polyacrylate, Potassium Sorbate, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Hexylene Glycol, Sorbitol, Sodium Hydroxide, Sorbitan Oleate, Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Isohexadecane, Polysorbate 80, Polysorbate 20, 1, 2-Hexanediol, Amylopectin, Dextrin, Polydextrose, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Xanthan Gum, Tocopherol, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Disodium Phosphate, Gold, Polysorbate 60, Ethyl Ferulate, Sodium Phosphate
Last updated October 5, 2026