In Appreciation of: Kat Burki’s Vitamin C Intensive Face Cream

It is with great honour that we induct this hydrating, brightening, skin-strengthening cream to our Beauty Hall of Fame

By: Shannon Peter

The Synopsis

You might be fooled into thinking that a moisturiser’s sole role in your skincare routine is to add a dose of hydration. Sure, we need it to do that, and we need it to do that well. But in this day and age, a moisturiser can (and really should) do so much more. Happily, few formulas excel quite like the award-winning Vitamin C Intensive Face Cream, £116 for 50ml, from Kat Burki, the nutrition-led, science-backed skincare line that’s just made its way into our iconic Beauty Hall.

The Rise to Fame

For the uninitiated, Kat Burki is the authority on the important relationship between nutrition and skin health. After 20 years of education and research in Health and Nutrition, she couldn’t quite believe just how lacking the traditional skincare offering was – so, she took matters into her own hands. Her goal? To create skincare products that didn't just focus on one hero ingredient but on the entire delivery of ingredients as a whole, attending to the actual root cause of skin concerns, treating and healing the skin on a much deeper level. Something she new, from copious amounts of research, was the best course of action.

She calls it Whole Nutrition Skincare; fundamentally it’s about taking what we know about the importance of what we put into our bodies, and applying those same principles and insights to what we put on to our bodies. Her products come completely backed by science; as a renowned expert in biochemistry – especially nutritional biochemistry – her formulas use the latest and greatest scientific breakthroughs for optimised performance and results.

The Credentials

A remedy for dull, lacklustre skin, Vitamin C Intensive Face Cream is charged with plenty of powerful ingredients that work synergistically to deliver the whole nutrition your skin needs. There’s green tea and ocean minerals to counteract skin stress, as well as antioxidants and colloidal silver to help with radiance and support that all-important skin barrier. As for the headline ingredient, it contains 15% encapsulated vitamin C (the encapsulation helps skin tolerate such a high concentration), an ingredient known and loved for its ability to boost glow. Add to that the power of reishi mushroom, a trending ingredient for skin renewal and rejuvenation that works in synergy (ingredient synergy is a signature facet of Kat Burki's formulation philosophy) with vitamin C, both reinforcing each other's efficacy. Like we said: this is a moisturiser that does a whole lot more.

The Star Quality

The roll-call of knockout ingredients makes this cream worthy of a space in our Beauty Hall of Fame alone, but we also love the texture. Rich enough to give skin that comforted, hydrated, bouncy feel, but lightweight enough that it sinks in before it even has a chance to meddle with your makeup, consider your moisturiser bugbears solved.

But you needn't just take our word for it – Kat Burki Vitamin C Intensive Face Cream has been the recipient of many industry awards, most recently New Beauty's Reader's Choice Award in the Best Moisturiser category. Perhaps it's about time you saw what all the fuss is about?