Ultra C10+ Firming Serum Reviews

This serum really excited me on initial look. Made by an Australian cosmeceutical brand it contains asorbic acid and peptides packed in a daily serum = ticks all my boxes!!
Ultraceuticals Ultra C10+ Firming Serum gets so much right but then so much wrong. 

The packaging is perfect. Its a air tight lid lock container with a covered sunlight protective container. This is exactly how vitamin c should be- no exposure to light or air and lockable. The serum is easy to press down on and delivers the perfect amount for application to skin. The serum is light in colour and quite runny in nature. On application to the skin it plays well and is easy to spread around. I use two pumps. Just enough. However the serum feels sticky and very tacky for along time on my skin (combination).  It takes quite a long time to dry and at times feels like it doesn't fully absorb into skin. I need to put a moisturiser over this to help it set and absorb. Although apparently it contains an ingredient to help the ingredients deliver to the cellular level. The serum also appears to tint my skin a slight orange colour as well as my hands. (With continued daily use). 

Ultra c10+ has so many great ingredients in this power packed serum. So much going for it. There is pure ascorbic acid- at the top of the list which is fantastic as well as super pumped up peptides Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7. Just great stuff. Unfortunately and where this fails for me is the alcohol denat. It is the second ingredient meaning it's super high up- even before the ascorbic acid. This serum also smells so strongly of alcohol and on application I can feel and smell it. Its so disappointing.  I'm a big believer that this ingredient makes this serum irritating and dries my skin out. I also believe its partially why my skin struggles to absorb this product. 

I finished the 30ml serum which lasted three months with daily use. That's impressive. I did notice some radiance and plumping of skin but I use vitamin c daily so most serums do this. While aimed for all skin types the alcohol in this made my skin dry and then caused it to be more oilier causing breakouts in my skin.  Plus it just sits on my skin throughout the day never feeling like its absorbed properly. I also don't like having an orange tinge to my skin. 

Unfortunately I'm disappointed by the added ingredients and won't buy again. It could be such an amazing product.  I prefer the vitamin c products that don't contain alcohol denat or smell like this.  Many that also absorb better on my skin. 
Skip this one - plenty vitamin c serums without alcohol in ingredients on market. 
Made in Australia.
Animal testing free.
Ingredients Aqua), Alcohol Denat., Ascorbic Acid, Ethoxydiglycol, Glycerin, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Propanediol, PEG-8, Butylene Glycol, Sodium PCA, Caprylyl Glycol, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Caproic Acid, Dextran, Oligopeptide-1, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Lactate, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Anogeissus Leiocarpus Bark Extract, Carbomer, Polysorbate 20, Menyanthes Trifoliata Leaf Extract, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7.