C-Firma Fresh vs T.L.C. Framboos: The Day Serum or the Night Serum?

C-Firma does not exfoliate in any meaningful sense; its L-ascorbic acid, ferulic acid and vitamin E form an antioxidant system aimed at the look of brightness and firmness, with pumpkin ferment offering only gentle surface smoothing. Framboos is an exfoliant outright: glycolic, tartaric, lactic and citric acids at 10 percent with 1 percent salicylic acid, dissolving the look of built up surface dullness. Confusing the two jobs is the most common buying error in this catalogue.

C-Firma is a daily morning product at pH 2.5 that must be followed by sunscreen and, once mixed, used steadily while it is fresh. Framboos is a night product used two or three nights a week at first, kept away from the retinol cream's nights, and followed by moisturizer. One asks for consistency, the other for restraint, and a routine that respects both gets more from each.

C-Firma is a light, slightly tacky liquid that suits most skin types that tolerate strong vitamin C, with reactive skin the standing exception. Framboos is a clear gel whose acid strength leans toward normal, combination and oily leaning skin with texture to work on; dry and sensitive skin uses it less often, cushioned with B-Hydra, or skips it for the Protini and peptide side of the line.