Nature Derma
Dullness & uneven tone

Dull skin isn't tired.
It's oxidised.

Sunlight and city air create free radicals that damage the surface all day. Vitamin C is the antioxidant that neutralises them — and, over weeks, evens the pigment that makes skin look flat.

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10% Vitamin C3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic AcidHyaluronic AcidFragrance free
10% Vitamin C Serum
01 · The active

So what does vitamin C do on skin?

Two things. It is an antioxidant: it gives up an electron to the unstable molecules that UV and pollution create, before they can damage collagen and cell membranes. And it interrupts the enzyme that makes excess pigment, so dark marks fade and tone evens.

The catch with vitamin C has always been stability — plain ascorbic acid oxidises in the bottle and turns orange. This serum uses 3-O-ethyl ascorbic acid, a form that stays stable and converts to vitamin C in the skin.

Vitamin C
FORM
3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid — stable, water-soluble, skin-converted
DOES
Neutralises free radicals; slows excess pigment production
SUITS
First-time vitamin C users, dull or uneven skin, all skin types
02 · Why skin goes dull

Indian cities are hard on skin. That is the whole reason it looks flat.

Strong UV most of the year and high particulate pollution mean the skin surface is under constant oxidative load. The visible result is a loss of clarity — skin that reads grey or sallow in daylight — plus patchy pigment where UV has triggered melanin.

Exfoliating brings a short-lived glow by removing the top layer. It does nothing about what is happening underneath.

AM
When vitamin C earns its place — under sunscreen
~4 wks
For one layer of skin cells to reach the surface
03 · The pathway

Two things make skin dull. Vitamin C works on both.

STEP 1Surface · all day
Free radicals form

UV and pollution split molecules in the skin into unstable fragments that damage whatever they touch.

Serum texture
ACTS HERE
Vitamin C donates an electron and neutralises them before they reach collagen.
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STEP 2Deep layer · melanocyte
Excess pigment is made

UV also switches on tyrosinase, the enzyme that builds melanin — patchily, which is what uneven tone is.

ACTS HERE
Vitamin C slows tyrosinase, so less new excess pigment is built.
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STEP 3Surface · ~4 weeks per layer
Cells rise and shed

Treated cells take about four weeks to reach the surface. Nothing rushes this — which is why results are counted in weeks.

Aloe and hyaluronic acid hydrate
Hyaluronic acid and aloe are in the formula so the serum hydrates as it works; a dehydrated surface scatters light and looks duller than it is.
04 · The number

Why 10% is the right place to start

Higher percentages are not better for skin that is new to vitamin C — they sting more and are no faster at the antioxidant job. Ten per cent of a stable form does the work with very little tingle. When your skin is used to it, our 20% Vitamin C + E + Ferulic serum is the step up.

10%stable vitamin C — the strength gentle enough to use daily from day one.
05 · The alternatives

What else is on the shelf

10% Vitamin C Serum3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic AcidIn this formula
Acts onSteps 1 & 2 — antioxidant plus pigment
Trade-offGradual. Brightness in weeks, marks in months.
L-Ascorbic AcidAlternative
Acts onSteps 1 & 2 — the classic form
Trade-offOxidises fast in the bottle; low pH stings sensitive skin.
NiacinamideAlternative
Acts onStep 2 — blocks pigment transfer
Trade-offNo antioxidant defence of its own. Good alongside, not instead.
Exfoliating acidsAlternative
Acts onStep 3 — sheds the top layer faster
Trade-offShort-lived glow; can thin the barrier if overused.
Kojic AcidAlternative
Acts onStep 2 — slows pigment
Trade-offCan sensitise; best in a rinse-off like our face wash.
06 · The honest timeline

What actually happens, and when

WEEK 1
Hydration, not much else
Skin feels smoother from the hyaluronic acid. The antioxidant work is happening but is invisible.
WEEK 3–4
Clarity returns
One layer of cells has turned over. Skin starts to look brighter in daylight — this is the change most people notice first.
WEEK 8–12
Tone evens
Enough treated layers have reached the surface for patchy pigment and post-acne marks to look softer.
MONTH 3+
Deeper marks
Older, deeper pigmentation needs this long. Consistency and daily SPF decide it, not strength.
07 · How to use it

Three drops, every morning

01
On clean skin
After cleansing, before moisturiser. Morning is when the antioxidant defence is needed.
On clean skin
02
Press, don't rub
Three drops across face and neck, patted in. Let it settle for a minute.
Three drops
03
Then sunscreen
Always. Vitamin C boosts what sunscreen does; it does not replace it.
Then sunscreen
NON-NEGOTIABLE
Sunscreen every morning. UV is what creates the free radicals and switches on excess pigment. Without SPF you are undoing the serum by lunchtime.
08 · Questions

Before you start

Start the day defended.

10% stable Vitamin C with hyaluronic acid and aloe. Gentle enough for the first bottle. 30 ml.

Evens tone · not a lightening product
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