Summer’s Hottest Beauty Product? This Skin-Smoothing Scrub Made With Real Sand From Bora Bora

When it comes to skin care multitaskers, vitamin C has long topped the list of science-backed ingredients that come recommended by dermatologists. As helpful for those looking to fade unwanted hyperpigmentation as it is for those who want to prevent signs of sun damage from popping up in the first place, the antioxidant can be incorporated into your routine in a number of ways. That’s exactly why TruSkin has introduced a face scrub to its lineup of vitamin C-infused products, which counts celebrities like Alexandra Daddario, Khloe Kardashian, and Kyle Richards among its fans. The Vitamin C Gentle Face Scrub joins TruSkin’s number-one best-selling Vitamin C Serum to add some exfoliating benefits to your skin-brightening routine.

Fast Facts:

• Key benefits: gently exfoliates, brightens uneven skin tone
• Key ingredients: vitamin C, aloe vera, Bora Bora white sand
• Fragrance-free
• Cruelty-free
• Vegan

Before getting into the details of the face scrub, it’s helpful to know what makes vitamin C such a prized ingredient in the first place. As a quick refresh, vitamin C is an antioxidant, which means that it’s able to help neutralize free radicals (those unstable molecules that are produced by things like exposure to pollution and sun) that can cause cell damage that ultimately leads to health problems and skin damage. Not only does vitamin C protect the skin, but it has also been shown to improve the efficacy of your sunscreen, support skin firmness and elasticity by stimulating collagen production, and brighten unwanted hyperpigmentation.

TruSkin’s latest launch takes vitamin C in the form of sodium ascorbyl phosphate and yuzu lemon, and incorporates the active ingredient into a face scrub. To support vitamin C’s ability to enhance the skin’s brightness and clarity, the face scrub includes teeny, tiny granules of white sand from the beaches of Bora Bora to slough away dead skin cells that can contribute to dullness and clogged pores without harshly tearing at the skin. To help make the physical exfoliator more sensitive skin friendly, TruSkin kept its face scrub free from synthetic fragrances, and included plenty of soothing and moisturizing ingredients like glycerin, aloe vera, sea buckthorn oil, squalane, and sunflower seed oil. Because of its exfoliating properties, you’ll want to use the face scrub after you’ve already removed your makeup with a traditional cleanser, and you’ll also want to avoid overusing it (TruSkin notes that you can use the face scrub two to three times each week, either in the morning or at night).

Interested in trying out the scrub for yourself? You can pick it up on Amazon now for just $15.