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Vitamin C Serum

Vitamin C Serum
Vie de Mer
Benefits
  • Anti-Wrinkle
  • Firming
  • Lifting
  • Plumping
  • Regenerating
  • Anti-Pigmentation
  • Scar-Repairing
  • Brightening
  • Antioxidant
  • Anti-Dark Circles
  • Hydrating

Vie de Mer Vitamin C Serum is a potent brightening and volumising serum, formulated around a 25% Vitamin C Peptide Complex to target hyperpigmentation, stimulate collagen synthesis and restore a more even, luminous complexion.

The Vitamin C Peptide Complex combines pure Ascorbic Acid with citrus-derived bioactives and peptides — delivering antioxidant protection, evening skin tone, improving texture and visibly plumping the skin by stimulating collagen production and enhancing cellular turnover.

Spilanthes Acmella Flower Extract — rich in alkylamides — reorganises and tightens the dermal structure to visibly reduce wrinkle depth and enhance firmness as a plant-based, non-invasive lifting active.

Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid penetrates deep into the epidermis to bind water from within, improving elasticity and plumping dehydration-induced fine lines.

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Vie de Mer Vitamin C Serum is a potent brightening and volumising serum, formulated around a 25% Vitamin C Peptide Complex to target hyperpigmentation, stimulate collagen synthesis and restore a more even, luminous complexion.

The Vitamin C Peptide Complex combines pure Ascorbic Acid with citrus-derived bioactives and peptides — delivering antioxidant protection, evening skin tone, improving texture and visibly plumping the skin by stimulating collagen production and enhancing cellular turnover.

Spilanthes Acmella Flower Extract — rich in alkylamides — reorganises and tightens the dermal structure to visibly reduce wrinkle depth and enhance firmness as a plant-based, non-invasive lifting active.

Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid penetrates deep into the epidermis to bind water from within, improving elasticity and plumping dehydration-induced fine lines.

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  • - + Who it is for
  • - + How to Apply
  • - + Ingredients
  • - + Smell & Texture
  • - + About the Brand
  • - + Who it is for
  • - + How to Apply
  • - + Ingredients
  • - + Smell & Texture
  • - + About the Brand
Who it is for
Green tick
For you if

Dull Skin

Pigmented Skin

Uneven Complexion

Loss of Volume

Loss of Firmness

Wrinkles

Dehydrated Skin

Red Cross
Not For you if

Sensitive Skin

Rosacea

Active Acne

Essential Oil Intolerance


Not sure? Consult an expert.

How to Apply
Lightly massage 2 pumps of the Vitamin C Serum into clean skin over the entire face, neck and décolleté until the product has been completely absorbed.
Ingredients

Scroll down the page for a full breakdown of the active ingredients.

Water (Aqua), Vegetable Glycerin, Ascorbic Acid/Orange/Citrus Limon/Citrus Aurantifolia Polypeptides, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Spilanthes Acmella Flower Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydroxypropyl Guar, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Pentylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Levulinic Acid, Cocamidopropyl Pg Dimonium ChloridePhosphate, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool.

Please note: The ingredients listed in this product are subject to change as the formulation is updated. We aim to update the INCI list as soon as possible, but we encourage you to read the ingredient list on the product itself to ensure it's suitable for your personal use.

Smell & Texture

Smell: Citrus notes with a clean finish.

Texture: A lightweight, silky fluid that absorbs quickly.

About the Brand
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Vie de Mer was founded in Paris from the belief that skincare should unite purity with proven performance. Frustrated by mass formulas that sacrificed potency, the founders built a small-batch laboratory dedicated to cold-press technology. By preserving the full strength of marine and botanical actives, they created artisanal French skincare that adapts to the skin’s evolving needs.

This is skincare you can feel working from the first use. Potent cold-pressed actives visibly plump, smooth wrinkles, and brighten, while every ingredient serves a clear purpose. Crafted in small batches, the formulas balance elegance with efficacy, delivering French precision and results that bring lasting transformation to daily routines.

At the core of every formula is cold-press technology, a method that avoids heat to preserve the molecular integrity of antioxidants, peptides, and enzymes. Where traditional processing breaks actives down, this approach keeps them stable and potent. Marine and botanical extracts remain at full strength, delivering higher absorption, stronger repair, and better tolerance backed by clinical results.

The Benefits

  • - + Anti-Wrinkle
  • - + Firming & Lifting
  • - + Plumping
  • - + Micro-Needling Effect
  • - + Anti-Pigmentation
  • - + Scar-Repairing
  • - + Brightening (Energising)
  • - + Antioxidant
  • - + Anti-Dark Circles
  • - + Hydrating
Anti-Wrinkle

Anti-wrinkle skincare is focused on both preventing and visibly reducing the formation of lines by targeting the structural and dynamic causes of wrinkles within the skin. Fine lines and deeper wrinkles develop as collagen and elastin decline, cell turnover slows and repeated facial movements create creases that become etched over time. Advanced formulations address these mechanisms through a combination of elastin-stimulating actives, smoothing peptides that help relax the appearance of expression lines, and deeply hydrating ingredients that plump the skin from within. By reinforcing the skin’s architecture while softening surface contractions and improving elasticity, anti-wrinkle skincare delivers a visibly smoother complexion.

Firming & Lifting

Firming & Lifting skincare is designed to restore strength, structure, and definition to the skin, creating a visibly tighter, more sculpted appearance. As the skin loses collagen and elasticity over time, it can begin to soften and sag, losing its natural contours. Advanced formulations work to rebuild this support from within—boosting firmness while helping to visibly lift and redefine the skin. The result is a smoother, more toned complexion with enhanced bounce and resilience, where facial contours appear sharper and elevated.

Plumping

Plumping involves using active ingredients to boost the production of key structural components like collagen, the dermal-epidermal junction and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), giving your skin more volume and density. Collagen provides structural support and firmness, while the dermal-epidermal junction, a thin connective layer, ensures smooth, wrinkle-free skin by facilitating cell communication. GAGs, like hyaluronic acid, keep your skin hydrated and plump from within. By stimulating these components, active ingredients help restore your skin's plumpness and radiance.

Micro-Needling Effect

Micro-needling effect skincare is designed to stimulate the regeneration of new, healthy skin by activating the skin’s natural repair mechanisms—without the need for needles. Through controlled micro-stimulation, these formulations encourage accelerated cell turnover and boost collagen and elastin production, resulting in firmer, smoother, and more youthful-looking skin. This regenerative process not only softens fine lines and improves skin density, but also helps reduce the appearance of pigmentation and scarring by promoting the renewal of more even, uniform skin. By continuously supporting the formation of fresh skin cells, this approach refines texture, enhances clarity, and reveals a complexion that appears more resilient, radiant, and visibly rejuvenated over time.

Anti-Pigmentation

Dealing with pigmentation means targeting melanin overproduction to reduce dark spots and prevent new ones. Melanin production can be triggered by UV exposure, pollution, hormonal changes (like during pregnancy), and inflammation (from acne or cuts). This excess pigment is then transferred to surrounding cells in epidermis called keratinocytes, which then moves to the skin's surface, causing visible dark spots.

To treat hyperpigmentation, a personalised and consistent approach is needed. Our anti-pigmentation products include lightening agents to block tyrosinase (the enzyme that creates melanin), antioxidants to fight free radicals, and ingredients to speed up skin cell turnover, removing pigmented cells. Using broad-spectrum sun protection is crucial to prevent new pigmentation during treatment.

Scar-Repairing

Anti-Scarring skincare targets the textured scars left by acne breakouts. These scars form due to inflammation disrupting collagen and elastin fibres leading to uneven healing and indented areas. Anti-Scarring actives harness growth factors and exfoliating actives to stimulate cell repair and regeneration, optimising the skin's healing process to reduce scar formation. They also effectively diminish older scars, improving overall skin texture and leaving you with a smoother complexion and significantly reduced scar visibility.

Brightening (Energising)

Brightening skincare involves using active ingredients to boost your blood circulation, detoxification and cellular energy. Improved blood circulation brings more essential nutrients and oxygen to your skin, while detoxification helps eliminate cell waste and impurities that can make your skin look dull. Certain active ingredients also enhance your skin's metabolism and regeneration. These combined actions restore your skin's vitality and radiant appearance, giving you a fresh, energised complexion.

Antioxidant

Antioxidant skincare is dedicated to protecting the skin against oxidative stress—one of the primary drivers of premature ageing and cellular damage—while preserving overall skin integrity and vitality. These formulations rely on potent molecules such as vitamin C, vitamin E, and polyphenols, which neutralize free radicals generated by UV exposure and environmental aggressors before they can compromise cellular structures like lipids, proteins, and DNA. Beyond defence, many antioxidants also support repair processes and enhance collagen stability, contributing to improved firmness, brightness and resilience. The result is skin that is not only shielded from ongoing damage but maintained in a healthier, more luminous state over time.

Anti-Dark Circles

Anti-Dark Circles is a targeted approach for brighter eyes. These products address all types of dark circles: vascular (blue), pigmented (brown) and hollow (shadow).

Vascular dark circles: These blue circles result from poor blood and lymph circulation. Anti-dark circle actives such as caffeine, constricts blood vessels and boosts circulation, effectively reducing their appearance.
Pigmented dark circles: These brown circles are due to melanin accumulation, often influenced by genetics and sun exposure. Lightening actives work to diminish these pigmentation marks, revealing a more even skin tone.
Hollow dark circles: These shadows appear with aging as fat diminishes and skin sags. Peptides stimulate collagen and elastin production, plumping and firming the eye area.

Hydrating

Hydration is a fundamental part of healthy skincare, focusing on maintaining and restoring the skin’s water content. Well-hydrated skin appears plump, smooth and radiant, while dehydration can lead to dullness, tightness, fine lines and increased sensitivity.
Hydrating the skin can work through a fascinating mix of ingredients with different roles. Humectants like hyaluronic acid and glycerin act like water magnets, pulling water into the skin to instantly plump and smooth, while Natural Moisturizing Factors (NMFs)—such as urea, amino acids and sodium PCA—mimic the skin’s own hydration system, helping it hold onto water and stay balanced from within.
Adding humectants like hyaluronic acid to your routine will restore your skin's healthy glow, minimize fine lines, and provide a plumping effect.

  • - + Anti-Wrinkle
  • - + Firming & Lifting
  • - + Plumping
  • - + Micro-Needling Effect
  • - + Anti-Pigmentation
  • - + Scar-Repairing
  • - + Brightening (Energising)
  • - + Antioxidant
  • - + Anti-Dark Circles
  • - + Hydrating

Active Ingredients

  • - + Spilanthes Acmella Flower Extract
  • - + Vitamin C Peptide Complex
  • - + Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid
Spilanthes Acmella Flower Extract

Known as a natural alternative to injectable wrinkle treatments, Spilanthes Acmella Flower Extract offers fast-acting firming and smoothing benefits. Rich in alkylamides, it works by reorganising and tightening the dermal structure, visibly reducing wrinkle depth and enhancing skin firmness. This botanical active targets the skin's mechanical tension, softening expression lines without compromising natural facial movement. Ideal for those seeking a plant-based, non-invasive approach to visible ageing, it supports a lifted, plumper looking complexion.

Vitamin C Peptide Complex

A brightening and rejuvenating blend, the Vitamin C Peptide Complex combines various types of Vitamin C to deliver powerful antioxidant protection and targeted skin renewal. This complex works to even skin tone, improve texture, and stimulate collagen production, visibly plump the skin and reduces hyperpigmentation. Rich in fruit-derived actives and peptides, it enhances cellular turnover while supporting a firmer, plumper, and more luminous complexion.

Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid

Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid (LMW-HA) is a smaller, more penetrative form of hyaluronic acid. Unlike high molecular weight forms that primarily hydrate the skin’s surface, LMW-HA has the ability to penetrate deeper into the epidermis, where it attracts and binds water to maintain optimal moisture levels from within. This deep hydration helps improve skin elasticity, firmness and smoothness, while reducing the appearance of fine lines and dehydration-induced wrinkles. Additionally, it enhances overall suppleness, making the complexion look plumper and more resilient. It is ideal for dehydrated, dull or mature skin, and especially those in need of long-lasting hydration and improved texture.

  • - + Spilanthes Acmella Flower Extract
  • - + Vitamin C Peptide Complex
  • - + Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid
Vitamin C Peptide Complex

An advanced synergy of stabilised vitamin C, bioactive fruit extracts, and skin-repairing peptides, the Vitamin C Peptide Complex is formulated to address multiple signs of ageing and photodamage. At its core is ascorbic acid, the most bioavailable form of vitamin C, renowned for its ability to neutralise free radicals, stimulate collagen synthesis, and inhibit tyrosinase activity, which helps fade hyperpigmentation and promote a more even, radiant complexion.

Complementing this are botanical extracts from Citrus limon (lemon), Citrus aurantifolia (lime), and Citrus sinensis (orange), which are rich in natural flavonoids, fruit acids, and enzymes that support gentle exfoliation, cellular renewal, and antioxidant protection. These extracts also provide a natural source of AHAs (alpha hydroxy acids), improving skin texture and luminosity by accelerating the removal of dull, surface cells.

The inclusion of peptides enhances this complex’s performance by encouraging fibroblast activity, supporting skin density, and reinforcing the extracellular matrix. Peptides act as messengers, prompting the skin to repair and regenerate itself, thereby reducing the appearance of fine lines and improving skin elasticity over time.

Together, these ingredients form a multi-functional complex that addresses both oxidative stress and structural ageing, making it ideal for dull, uneven, or mature skin. With consistent use, the Vitamin C Peptide Complex helps restore clarity, firmness, and a visible glow.

Spotlight

Vitamin C Peptide Complex

An advanced synergy of stabilised vitamin C, bioactive fruit extracts, and skin-repairing peptides, the Vitamin C Peptide Complex is formulated to address multiple signs of ageing and photodamage. At its core is ascorbic acid, the most bioavailable form of vitamin C, renowned for its ability to neutralise free radicals, stimulate collagen synthesis, and inhibit tyrosinase activity, which helps fade hyperpigmentation and promote a more even, radiant complexion.

Complementing this are botanical extracts from Citrus limon (lemon), Citrus aurantifolia (lime), and Citrus sinensis (orange), which are rich in natural flavonoids, fruit acids, and enzymes that support gentle exfoliation, cellular renewal, and antioxidant protection. These extracts also provide a natural source of AHAs (alpha hydroxy acids), improving skin texture and luminosity by accelerating the removal of dull, surface cells.

The inclusion of peptides enhances this complex’s performance by encouraging fibroblast activity, supporting skin density, and reinforcing the extracellular matrix. Peptides act as messengers, prompting the skin to repair and regenerate itself, thereby reducing the appearance of fine lines and improving skin elasticity over time.

Together, these ingredients form a multi-functional complex that addresses both oxidative stress and structural ageing, making it ideal for dull, uneven, or mature skin. With consistent use, the Vitamin C Peptide Complex helps restore clarity, firmness, and a visible glow.

Why I love it

  • I love how Vie de Mer packs each formula with potent, cold-pressed actives to plump, smooth wrinkles, and brighten. Every ingredient has a purpose, and you can feel the results.

    X Natalie K-F

    Founder, Embassy of Beauty

  • Vie De Mer Vitamin C Serum 30ml
    Vie de Mer

    Vitamin C Serum

    $154

    Vie de Mer Vitamin C Serum is a potent brightening and volumising serum, formulated around a 25% Vitamin C Peptide Complex to target hyperpigmentation, stimulate collagen synthesis and restore a more even, luminous complexion.

    The Vitamin C Peptide Complex combines pure Ascorbic Acid with citrus-derived bioactives and peptides — delivering antioxidant protection, evening skin tone, improving texture and visibly plumping the skin by stimulating collagen production and enhancing cellular turnover.

    Spilanthes Acmella Flower Extract — rich in alkylamides — reorganises and tightens the dermal structure to visibly reduce wrinkle depth and enhance firmness as a plant-based, non-invasive lifting active.

    Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid penetrates deep into the epidermis to bind water from within, improving elasticity and plumping dehydration-induced fine lines.

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