40 Beauty Products Our Editors Discovered in 2021 and Now Can't Live Without

"If you Google the best vitamin C products on the market, one of the first results is the SkinCeuticals CE Ferulic. And let me just say, I love this product. However, I don't love that it smells like actual hot dog water, and I wanted a serum with a thicker consistency. So I turned to another SkinCeuticals product: the Phloretin CF Gel ($166). It has nearly as much concentration of L-ascorbic acid as the traditional C E Ferulic, but with a much nicer smell (meaning essentially none) and a smooth, hydrating gel formula. I've seen essentially the same brightening results without having to deal with the smell of meat water in the morning." — Aviel Kanter, director, branded content