The Pink Foundry15% Vitamin C Brightening Serum

A 30 ml serum from Indian brand The Pink Foundry. The brand lists 15% vitamin C as 3-O-ethyl ascorbic acid, and the bottle label adds 7% Transcutol-P, 1% phloretin, 0.5% ferulic acid and rice water extract. The brand says the Transcutol is there to help the vitamin C absorb. That 7% is above the 2.6% that the EU's consumer safety committee assessed as safe for leave-on cosmetics. EU rules do not govern products sold in India, but the figure is worth knowing if you compare labels. The brand store sells it for 699 rupees against a 799 rupee MRP. The page names Encube Ethicals in Goa as the manufacturer, Confira Laboratories as the marketer and India as the country of origin. The store page did not show a star rating for this product when we checked, so it is listed without one.