VC Essence: The Complete FAQ Guide In 2025

1.What do you know about VC Essence?

VC essence

VC Essence is a skincare product that improves skin texture, skin tone and hydrate it. Do you know what does VC stands for? VC stands for vitamin C that is powerful antioxidant. What is the function of antioxidant? Well, it fight against the free radicals that results in brightness of the dull skin and boost the collagen production. Essence is a watery treatment that is applied before moisturizer and after toner. It can help to absorb the skincare product better in the skin.

2.Differentiate VC essence from a vitamin C serum?

VC Essence

You often heard about the essence and serum, do you know the difference? Well, VC essence and serum both are vitamin C but they are different in formulation, texture etc. Let’s differentiate them in detail.

Feature	VC Essence	Vitamin C serum
Texture	If you find the vitamin C as watery, light or gel like then, that will be VC Essence.	You can find vitamin C serum thick and more concentrated.
Function	The function of VC essence is to keep your skin hydrated and helps in light brightening as well.	Vitamin C serum is an intensive treatment for pigmentation and to reduce the aging.
Absorption	Do you know how fast Vc essence absorb in your skin? It can fast absorb and prepare the skin for other products.	You must be wondering if it is used against aging then must be deeply absorb. Yes, it can penetrate deep into the skin layers.
Ingredients	When it comes to ingredients, everyone excited to know about it? It mostly contains hydrating and calming agents such as hyaluronic acid and fruit extract.	As it fight against the aging process so, antioxidants and vitamin C are used as an active ingredients.
Skin type suitable for	Everyone confused when there are so many products available. So use it if you have sensitive skin, or a beginner skin.	You already know about the serum that it can act on the mature skin so, if you have mature skin, oily or acne prone skin then go for vitamin C serum.
Use in routine	You can use it before toner and after moisturizer.	You can apply it before moisturizer and after toner or essence.
Irritation risk	The risk of using this product is less.	The irritation risk is higher especially if you have sensitive skin.

3.What are the benefits of using VC essence in your skincare routine?

VC essence is a vitamin c product that can brighten your skin tone. Do you know the other benefits of using it that can enforce you to use it in your skincare routine? Let’s unravel the miracles that can create VC essence.

Brighten skin tone:

VC essence helps in brightness of the skin-Picture courtesy: gosupps.com

Are you conscious about the skin? Do you wants a brighten skin tone? Well, VC essence can helps you to fade the dark spots and brightens your overall skin. You will get a shining and glow skin. Do you know if you keep consistency in using it, you will get a radiant skin over time?

Boost collagen production:

Do you know which protein can keeps your skin free from wrinkles? Well, it’s a protein and that protein is collagen. But what’s the function of collagen? It can keep your skin youthful and firm and can reduce the fine line and wrinkles.

Protect against sun damage:

Effect of sun damage on your skin-Picture courtesy: vitalskinderm.com

Everyone go out and exposed to sunrays. Have you ever thought is the sunrays also contains some harmful rays? Yes, the UV rays reach to the earth and hence, your body also exposed to these harmful rays. It creates free radicals that can speed up the process of aging. But UV essence can do magic that fight against the free radicals.

Hydrates and keep your skin firm:

Tighten the skin-Picture courtesy: bodycraft

UV essence contains hydrating agents that can hydrates your skin. If you are in stress or you are living in an area where your skin is more prone to pollution then it can impact your skin but again, you have a magical essence that have antioxidants and can helps in keeping your skin more youthful and firm.

4.What should you be aware of before using VC essence?

Before using a skincare product, everyone wondering is there any limitations or you should aware of while using it? Here are some honest limitations that you must be known before using VC essence.

Lower potency:

Fight against wrinkles-Picture courtesy: sunmay.com

Are you using this essence for your deep pigmentation? You must be aware that VC essence is milder than serum so, it may not show dramatic results if you are using it for deep pigmentation or wrinkles.

Stability issues:

If VC Essence is exposed to light, heat or air then it may get oxidized and can reduce its effectiveness. You may also feel irritation if it gets oxidized. So, it is always recommended to store it properly to get its proper results.

Mild irritation possible:

Dryness of skin-Picture courtesy: revol.pk

This essence is suitable for sensitive skin but yet, you can feel irritation, dryness and redness at your skin. This can be more seen if you are using it with defoliants.

Slow results:

As the concentration of vitamin C is low in this essence and is watery-based so, you must be patience and keep consistency by using it. You can feel the results in weeks or even month.

5.Are VC essence good for sensitive skin? 

VC Essence for sensitive skin

Are you having a sensitive skin and thinking to use the VC essence? Are you still confused? Yes, definitely you can use it. This essence is specially designed for you because:

This VC essence have lower concentration of vitamin C and can helps your skin free from irritation, stinging and dryness.

It contains soothing ingredients like hyaluronic acid and glycerin etc. that can balance out any mild irritation that can cause from vitamin C.

VC essence contains water content, it can prevent your skin from clogging and hence, less chances of reaction occur.

You can layer it with moisturizer to create gentle routine.

6.Should you use VC essence in the morning, night or both? 

Usage of VC Essence

Are you using VC essence but confused about the time or addition of it as your skincare routine? Are you thinking if it should be used in the morning, night or both? Well, let’s discuss it.

Time	Recommendation	Why
Morning	Yes, you can use Vc essence in the morning.	As the Vc essence have antioxidants that can prevent your skin from free radicals caused by sunrays, pollution or caused by any other environmental factors. It should also be applied after sunscreen in order to boost the effectiveness of the sunscreen.
Night	You can also use VC essence in the night as well.	In night, your skin can goes to repair mode. The vitamin C content in Vc essence can helps in collagen production, cell generation and fading dark spots.
Both (morning + night)	If your skin can tolerate then you can use it in morning and night.	By using it twice a day with consistency, you will get enhanced benefits in a short time.

7.What are the best ways to use VC essence?

If you are using VC essence then proper way of using it is necessary to get good results. Here are few steps that should be followed while using it.

Start with a clean face:

Washing and cleansing of face-Picture courtesy: slmdskincare.com

In the first step, you should wash the face and gently clean it with cleanser. After that, for drying the face, pat the dry and clean towel.

Use a toner ( optional but helpful):

Apply tonner-Picture courtesy: Nordstrom.com

Check your VC essence ingredients. If this essence lack a toner then apply hydrating toner that will balance the skin Ph and prepares your skin for better absorption of vitamin C.

Apply Vc essence with clean hands:

Apply VC essence-Picture courtesy: lizearle.com

Take few drops of VC essence with clean hand. You can pat it for sometimes. You must make sure to naturally absorb it into your skin. Don’t rub it harshly.

Wait for absorption:

If you are using other skincare products as well then don’t rush to apply them. Wait for 1 to 2 minutes to completely absorb the VC essence. This will penetrate vitamin c to absorb deeply in to the skin layers.

8.Enlist the ingredients used in the manufacturing of VC essence?

There are various ingredients used in the manufacturing of VC essence. These ingredients helps in soothing, hydrating and lightening the skin tone. These are as follows:

Ingredients	Components	Function
Active brightening agents	The most common brightening agents used in Vc essence are vitamin C which is sodium ascorbyl phosphate and ethyl ascorbic acid.	These are the sources of vitamin C which can helps you skin in brightening, boost the production of collagen and reduce the fine wrinkles. It is also act as an antioxidant that can fight against the free radicals.
Hydrating agents	The hydrating agents used in the manufacturing of Vc essence are hyaluronic acid, glycerin and propylene glycol.	These components are used in the retention of water content in your skin. The hydrating agents boost the hydration and hence, better absorption of the skincare products occur.
Botanical extracts	If you want to get extra skin benefits then you can use citrus fruit extract, aloe Vera extract and green tea extract.	The citrus fruit extract is natural source of vitamin C. aloe Vera extract can sooth and hydrates your skin. The green tea extract has antioxidants and calming effect.
Skin soothing ingredients	You can use niacin amide which is vitamin B3  and tocopherol which is vitamin E.	The niacinamide helps in brightening the skin texture and tocopherol is vitamin E which can boost antioxidant effect.
Ph adjuster/ stabilizer	You can use citric acid and disodium EDTA as Ph adjuster and stabilizer.	The citric acid can helps to adjust the Ph and disodium EDTA helps in preservative system of the Vc essence.
Preservatives	You can use phenoxyethanol and potassium sorbate.	The phenoxyethanol and potassium sorbate is used as preservatives and prevent the growth of microbial growth in Vc essence.

9.How to manufacture the VC essence in industries? 

If you are manufacturer of VC essence and wants to manufacture large batch of VC essence then you should follow these steps.

Ingredient preparation:

You should weight all the ingredients and then stored it in a storage tank. The ingredients should be:

Phase	Ingredients
Water phase	Water and glycerin etc.
Oil phase	Plants oil etc.
Active phase	The active phase should contain vitamin C and other heat-sensitive ingredients
Additives and preservatives	Sodium sorbate etc.

Water phase preparation:

Water phase preparation

You should use deionized water and add humectants like glycerin in a mixing tank. The humectants should be water soluble so that you will get homogenous mixture. If there is solid humectants added, then the mixture should be heated at the specific temperature.

Oil phase preparation:

If you are using oil based ingredients or the plant oils are used then you should dissolve or disintegrate the components in a separate tank. The temperature should give will be as same as in the formation of water phase. Mix it till you get a homogenous mixture.

Emulsification or homogenization:

Preparation of emulsification or homogenization

To homogenize or mix the oil phase and water phase together then stirring is necessary. For the formation of uniform base, you can use vacuum homogenizer or high shear mixer. You should keep the process going on until get fully emulsified and smooth mixture.

Cooling phase:

Now, you should keep the mixture for cooling. When you find the mixture cooled, you should add heat sensitive ingredients like vitamin C, niacinamide, hyaluronic acid and fruit extract etc.

PH adjuster:

Skin has a specific pH and the mixture pH should also be adjusted according to your skin. For this purpose, Ph adjuster that are citric acid and sodium citrate should be used.

Filtration:

Filtration procedure

You should pass the VC essence through the cartridge filter. The purpose of using this filer is the remove the large particles or any particulate matter from the solution and you will left with a smooth and clear solution of VC essence.

Filling and packaging of VC essence :

Filling of VC essence into bottles

You should fill the VC essence into bottles by using filling machine. The bottles should then be labelled with an essential information and finally pack them in a customized boxes.

10.Do you know the machines involved in the manufacturing of VC essence?

Raw material preparation

Stainless steel storage tank:

Stainless steel storage tank-Picture courtesy: homemakeit.com

First of all, precisely measure all the ingredients used in the manufacturing of VC essence. Then the ingredients like water, vitamin c, oil, preservatives etc. are stored in a storage tank.

Mixing and emulsification

Homogenizer:

AIPAK homogenizer

This machine is the heart of preparation of VC essence. Why? Because it has heating system that can heat, mix and form a homogenous mixture of water, oil and other ingredients. The homogenizer is also used to reduce the particle size and improves the product consistency.

High shear mixer

AIPAK High shear mixer granulator

For the dispersion of particles in a medium, you should use high shear mixer. By using this machine, you will get a uniform mixture having dispersed ingredients. It can breakdown particles to produce a uniform mixture of VC essence.

Heating jacketed tank:

Heating jacketed tank-Picture courtesy: chn.com

The breaking down or mixing of water, waxes and oil can be done by using heating jacketed tank. By the combined effort of temperature and pressure, all the oil component and waxes are mixed in better way.

Cooling and additive blending

Cooling system/chiller:

Cooling and chiller system

The cooling system is used for cooling the mixture. When it get cooled, you can add heat sensitive ingredients like vitamin C, preservatives etc. into the mixture.

Micron cartridge filter:

Micron cartridge filter

The VC essence is then processed through micron cartridge filter, the products may still have impurities so, it can filters out the product and smooth and clear product or VC essence is to be left.

Holding And Transfer Tank

Cosmetic product holding and transfer tank

The above mixture of VC essence is stored in a holding tank. It holds a large batch of VC essence without contamination. The mixture is then transferred into the filling line with the help of transfer pump.

Automatic Liquid Filling Production Line:

AIPAK liquid filling production line

In liquid filling production line, it can automatically wash, clean, dry, fill, seal and cap the bottles. The bottles usually used is amber, dark or opaque bottles. The bottles are first washed ultrasonically, then exposed to high temperature for drying purpose. When these bottles completely dry, then VC essence is filled in the bottles. After precisely filled the bottles, sealing and capping procedure occur.

Labelling Machine:

AIPAK Labelling machine

The filled bottles are then labelled with a brand name, ingredients, visual aids etc. on the one or two sides of the bottle. This ensures the safety and satisfaction of the consumers. The clear information on the bottles can enhance the product value in the market as well.

Cartoning Machine:

AIPAK cartoning machine

The bottles are then placed and packed in a customized boxes or cartons with the aid of cartoning machine. The cartoning machine can hold variety of cartons and has a capability of forming different styled boxes for VC essence. In this way, your brand and your product can get popularity in the market.

11.How to store the VC essence to maintain its effectiveness?

For the effectiveness of VC essence, proper storing condition is essential. Below is the tips that should be followed to get the 100% results of VC essence.

Storing way of Vc essence	How to store
Keep it in a cool and dry place	You should keep the Vc essence in cool place. Also store it in a place where humidity content is lower. Never refrigerate the Vc essence because some ingredients may lose its effectiveness if exposed to extremely low temperature.
Protect from light	Mostly Vc essence is filled in UV protected bottles so, always keep the bottles inside the drawer to protect the content from sunlight or brighter artificial light.
Always close the cap tightly	Do you know vitamin C breaks down if exposed to oxygen? You should always close the cap immediately to reduce the oxidation of vitamin C.
Watch the expiry date	You should always watch the expiry date on the bottle. Try to finish the Vc essence in 3 to 6 months for best results.
Check for signs of oxidation	You must know about the oxidized product of Vc essence. If you find the product color changed, may smell metallic or texture becomes watery or separated then you should discard it.
Don’t touch dropper with skin	If you find the vitamin C essence in bottle having dropper, then you should not touch the dropper to your skin because if touched, then contamination can occur. To avoid this, do not touch it and keep the product fresh in the bottle.

Conclusion:

In 2025, the global demand for skincare products has increased and continue to increasing so, this mini blog has answered all your queries. If you are skincare conscious, brand owner or production manager, this blog is worth reading for you. It has provided you all the information regarding VC essence, the ingredients, manufacturing procedure and the machinery involved in its production. AIPAK Engineering is providing you customized solutions and machines that can meet your business expectations and consumer satisfaction both in safety and skincare innovations. If you have still any query, feel free to ask!