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It’s safe to say that most women want a radiant, clear and even-toned complexion. After all, who doesn’t love flawless, glowing skin that’s free of blotchiness or dark spots?
But it’s important to note that luminosity is not about having pale or fair skin. Dermatologists will tell you that you are born – and stuck – with your skin tone. You can never go a shade or two fairer than what nature has given you.
What does a brightening beauty product do then? It doesn’t whiten your skin. Instead, it brightens it. How? By smoothing out skin texture, removing hyperpigmentation and plumping up skin so it can better reflect light to give your complexion a luminous glow. The result: you’ll fresher and more youthful.
Here, we break down the latest brightening skincare to give you a gorgeous glow. The best thing about them: they are hydrating and gentle enough for sensitive skin.
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Why women of all skin tones should use brightening skincare – and no, it's not to whiten your skin
Chanel Le Blanc Essence Lotion ($97)
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The Chanel Le Blanc Essence Lotion is a three-in-one treatment that softens, hydrates and plumps skin, improving its natural tone and texture and leaving you with a soft glow.
The refreshing, milky lotion strengthens skin against external attacks and boosts vitality, as well as refines skin texture and softens fine lines. It also contains a vitamin C derivative to brighten.
For an instant healthy glow, massage the Chanel Le Blanc Essence Lotion over your face for about 10 seconds after patting it in.
Shiseido White Lucent Overnight Cream and Mask ($120)
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This rich skin-brightening cream wraps your skin in a moisturising, protective bubble and helps to repair damage sustained during the day while you sleep, so you wake up with glowing skin.
The brightening Shiseido White Lucent Overnight Cream and Mask inhibits the overproduction of melanin and fights collagen carbonylation (which causes skin to appear sallow). It also boosts cell turnover, improves radiance and soothes inflammation.
Giorgio Armani Beauty Crema Bianca Supreme Brightening Concentrate, ($590)
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This hardworking brightening serum does everything. It contains a cocktail of active ingredients to reduce the appearance of hyperpigmentation, encourage skin renewal, regulate melanin production and stimulate the production of skin proteins to boost skin elasticity. It also has pearl extracts to boost luminosity and a salicylic acid derivative to gently exfoliate and refine skin’s texture so it can better reflect light.
After just a few weeks of using the Giorgio Armani Beauty Crema Bianca Supreme Brightening Concentrate, your complexion will look clearer and more radiant, while fine lines and other imperfections will appear less obvious. It’s truly do-it-all skincare that’s worth its higher price tag.
Diorsnow Perfect Light Skin Perfecting Liquid Light SPF25/PA++ ($150)
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Designed to be use after your serum, the Diorsnow Perfect Light Skin Perfecting Liquid Light SPF25/PA++ works on the inner layers of skin to improve the tone of your complexion and treat hyperpigmentation, while simultaneously creating a translucent veil over your face for an immediate glow.
It uses Japanese angelica root and an edelweiss complex to brighten skin, lighten dark spots and prevent the overproduction of melanin. Optical correcting micro-pearls and powders help to combat sallowness and dullness, blur imperfections like fine lines and enlarged pores, and give you a rosy radiance.
Clarins White Plus Targeted Spot Brightener ($60)
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Dark spots are a form of hyperpigmentation, which occurs when your skin overproduces melanin. Not only does it cause your complexion to look uneven, it also compromises your skin’s ability to reflect light, which makes your complexion look dull and lifeless.
The Clarins White Plus Targeted Spot Brightener is an easy to use roll-on treatment that targets localised dark spots with a vitamin C derivative, reducing its intensity, size and number. The brightening spot treatment also has a soothing effect on skin.
Drunk Elephant C-Firma Day Serum ($114)
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The Drunk Elephant C-Firma Day Serum is a potent vitamin C day serum that’s packed with a powerful antioxidant complex, essential nutrients and an anti-aging chronopeptide to firm and brighten, fight cellular damage and even out skin tone.
It’s infused with fruit enzymes to dissolve surface dead skin cells to smooth your complexion. And one of its benefits is to hydrate and plump skin. Used over time, it will help to correct sun damage to give you a healthier complexion.
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