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Antioxidant

4 products we review are built for antioxidant — 50% of them serums. The ingredients doing most of the work: vitamin e, vitamin c and ferulic acid. Most are made for normal skin, dry skin and combination skin.

Redness, sensitivity and protection — including the sunscreen that keeps everything else working.

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Top rated

The antioxidant podium.

The ingredients behind it

Key actives in the products that deliver antioxidant — tap one for what it does and how strong the evidence is.

Often paired with

Benefits that tend to come along for the ride.

4 products

Every antioxidant pick.

4 products

La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-In Milk Sunscreen SPF 60
Best overall Trending

La Roche-Posay

Anthelios Melt-In Milk Sunscreen SPF 60

8.2Great

A fragrance-free face-and-body SPF 60 with 80-minute water resistance and a velvety, fast-absorbing feel, at a fair price per ml.

SPF 603$37.99
Timeless Skin Care 20% Vitamin C + E Ferulic Acid Serum
Best value

Timeless Skin Care

20% Vitamin C + E Ferulic Acid Serum

8.1Great

The best-known budget take on the C + E + ferulic formula: 20% L-ascorbic acid for $27.95, if you can keep it from oxidizing.

Serum5$27.95
SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic with 15% L-Ascorbic Acid
Community favorite

SkinCeuticals

C E Ferulic with 15% L-Ascorbic Acid

7.7Good

The benchmark 15% vitamin C + E + ferulic serum, backed by strong data and derm loyalty, at a price many find hard to justify.

Serum5$185
The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG
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The Ordinary

Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG

7.6Good

A budget caffeine and green-tea eye serum that visibly de-puffs for many users, but feels tacky and needs an eye cream on top.

Serum5$9.20