C E Ferulic by SkinCeuticals is an antioxidant serum that is used to prevent photoaging, sun damage, and free radicals, and it defend against environmental aging. The product contains 15% L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C), 1% alpha tocopherol (vitamin E), and ferulic acid, a newer antioxidant, which helps increase the benefits of the vitamin C and E.
As an antioxidant treatment, I’ve been using Paula’s Choice Skin Recovery Super Antioxidant Concentrate, which goes on nicely and it’s not overly expensive, but as I’ve said before, I can’t see a difference in my skin from it. Since antioxidants are there to prevent damage, you aren’t necessarily supposed to see results, but that’s no fun! I had read awesome reviews about the SkinCeuticals CE Ferulic online, and people claimed it made their skin glow like crazy. Their husbands were telling them they looked ten years younger, and their pores and wrinkles appeared minimized. Of course I’m skeptical about fanciful claims, but since I use an antioxidant serum daily anyway, I really wanted to try the CE Ferulic.
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I was able to get some little sample vials from a friend, so I didn’t have to shell out the pricey $138 or so to get the fullsize product. The ingredients of SkinCeuticals CE Ferulic are: Water, Ethoxydiglycol, L-ascorbic Acid, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Laureth-23, Alpha Tocopherol, Phenoxyethanol, Triethanolamine, Ferulic Acid, Panthenol, Sodium Hyaluronate. The sixth ingredient is Laureth-23, which is a pore clogger, so normally I would never try this product on my acne-prone skin, but the hype surrounding it was too great to pass up!
Results from CE Ferulic
I used CE Ferulic daily (or every other day) for several months in the morning. After washing my face, I would apply a few drops of the serum, wait a few minutes, then apply moisturizer, sunscreen and foundation. The product smells bad (like hot dogs) but the scent goes away after a few minutes. I like the way the product goes on my skin – it’s slightly dewy but not overly oily, and since it’s not very hydrating, I still need to wear moisturizer over it due to my dry skin.
After a few months, I saw…..No difference in my skin! My skin looks like it always does and the texture, tone, and small wrinkles have not changed at all. Since my skin was pretty okay to start with, I guess that’s why I saw no results, and plus the product is supposed to Prevent, not Fix your skin. For all the people that saw great results, maybe they had current sun damage, and this helped with that, or maybe they hadn’t been using other good anti-aging products before, so that’s why this gave them visible results, or maybe they were just lucky.
CE Ferulic made me break out
Here’s the sad part about CE Ferulic for me – it made me break out almost every day! I’m not sure if it was from the Laureth-23 or something else in the serum, but I would end up with one or two little red bumps or little white clogged pores almost every day. I kept using the serum anyway because I wanted to share the results with you, and I was curious to see if I would end up with a visible improvement in my skin. If you’re not acne-prone, this product shouldn’t be a problem at all, though.
Is CE Ferulic worth it?
Due to the cost and the acne, I’m personally not going to continue with CE Ferulic. As an antioxidant serum, I believe it’s a great product, it will enhance the protectiveness of your sunscreen (you still need to wear sunscreen), and it will help prevent future skin damage. Since so many people rave about it, some people really do see results, but even if you don’t see results, it’s still preventing damage, which is great.
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March 10th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
I was reading about how good the CE Ferulic is on Makeupalley. People were saying how it makes your face glow, but it’s so expensive, so I don’t know if it’s worth it. But I totally want to try it.
April 15th, 2010 at 10:16 am
Hi – Have you tried their Phloretin? I like it better than CE Ferulic. It’s a different antioxidant and it contains C also — doesn’t make me break out or look shiny or yellow like CE Ferulic and I do see a difference when I use it. I haven’t bought it in a while ’cause of the price but I have used it in the past.
Let us know if you test it out!
April 15th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Maria,
I haven’t tried the Phloretin yet but want to try it. But alcohol is one of the main ingredients, and I don’t want to dry out and damage my skin, and of course the price is prohibitive as well! Otherwise it sounds great!
October 7th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
You can make your own version of this. I make a very simple c serum but I’ve seen diy recipes which also include the ferulic and vitamin e.
October 12th, 2010 at 9:53 am
There’s actually ferulic acid (in addition to vitamin C and E) in Paula’s antioxidant serum (renamed “Resist”). Don’t know if it was previously in there, but it for sure is, now. I had actually stumbled upon an article one day extolling virtues of ferulic acid (the article mentioned the insanely overpriced SkinCeuticals). Ran to get P.C.’s serum, flipped it over and there it was.