DARK SPOT CORRECTING RADIANCE RECOVERY SERUM

Charlotte Tilbury Dark Spot Correcting Radiance Recovery Serum is a targeted serum for uneven tone — the marks left by sun, age, hormones and old blemishes, plus shadowed under-eyes. Charlotte Tilbury built it around their Precision-Fade Evenskin™ Technology with vitamin C and tranexamic acid, and states it is suitable across every skin type and tone.

What it actually does

• Targets several kinds of discolouration. The brand lists sunspots, age spots, hormonal pigmentation, post-blemish marks and under-eye darkness as what the formula is aimed at.
• Precision-Fade Evenskin™ Technology. Charlotte Tilbury's own complex, described as working on every category of dark mark the serum addresses.
• Vitamin C with tranexamic acid. This pairing is what the brand credits with both easing existing discolouration and heading off new patches.
• Biomimetic Barrier Shield Technology. Included to reinforce the skin barrier and slow water loss, so the brightening work isn't happening on a compromised barrier.
• Brand clinical testing. Charlotte Tilbury reports that in an independent six-week test on 69 people, dark spots appeared 52% reduced; in a six-week test on 34 people, post-blemish marks appeared 53% reduced. In a six-week consumer trial of 209 people, 91% agreed their skin had a glass-like glow. These are the brand's own trial figures, and individual results differ.
• Formulated without a long exclusion list. No parabens, phthalates, hydroquinone, oxybenzone, coal tar, retinyl palmitate, formaldehyde or formaldehyde-releasing agents, triclosan or triclocarban, and under one percent synthetic fragrance. Vegan and cruelty-free.

How to use

1. Apply to clean, dry skin in the morning and again at night.
2. Cover the face and take it around the eye area too — Charlotte Tilbury directs it at under-eye circles and redness as well as spots.
3. Follow with Charlotte's Magic Cream Moisturizer, sold separately.
4. In the morning, finish with Charlotte's Invisible UV Flawless Poreless Primer, also sold separately.

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