--- title: "Review: Drunk Elephant C-Firma Day Serum" description: Is the Drunk Elephant C-Firma Day Serum worth the price tag? Check out my review of this popular brightening and firming vitamin C serum to learn more. image: https://www.glowgirl.net/hubfs/antioxidant-beverage-blended-1328887.jpg --- [ << Back to Blog ](https://www.glowgirl.net) [Review](https://www.glowgirl.net/tag/review) # Review: Drunk Elephant C-Firma Day Serum ![Image of Rachel Sheldon](https://www.glowgirl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Glow%20Girl/IMG_2756.jpg?height=60&name=IMG_2756.jpg) ###### Rachel Sheldon ###### Share [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://www.glowgirl.net/drunk-elephant-c-firma-review%20&body=Check%20out%20https://www.glowgirl.net/drunk-elephant-c-firma-review&media=https://www.rachelsheldon.com/hubfs/antioxidant-beverage-blended-1328887.jpg](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://www.glowgirl.net/drunk-elephant-c-firma-review%20&body=Check%20out%20https://www.glowgirl.net/drunk-elephant-c-firma-review&media=https://www.rachelsheldon.com/hubfs/antioxidant-beverage-blended-1328887.jpg) ![](https://www.glowgirl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/antioxidant-beverage-blended-1328887.jpg?height=420&name=antioxidant-beverage-blended-1328887.jpg) It's no secret that I'm a *little* obsessed with Drunk Elephant. I've [written about their Babyfacial](https://www.glowgirl.net/glow-girl/review-drunk-elephant-t.l.c.-sukari-babyfacial) ([twice actually](https://www.glowgirl.net/glow-girl/herbivore-blue-tansy-mask-vs-babyfacial)) and [TLC Framboos night serum](https://www.glowgirl.net/glow-girl/review-drunk-elephant-framboos-glycolic-serum), both raving reviews. Curious to see if the rest of Drunk Elephant's products lived up to the hype, I purchased some sample sizes to try them out.  First up to be reviewed is the Drunk Elephant C-Firma Day Serum.  ## The Stats ### Product Drunk Elephant C-Firma Day Serum ![drunk elephant c firma](https://www.glowgirl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/drunk%20elephant%20c%20firma.jpg?width=300&name=drunk%20elephant%20c%20firma.jpg) ### Price $80/1oz ([Sephora](https://www.sephora.com/product/c-firma-day-serum-P400259)) ### Active Ingredients - 15% L-Ascorbic Acid - Pumpkin Ferment Extract ### Claims "A super-potent vitamin C day serum that is packed with a powerful antioxidant complex, essential nutrients, and fruit enzymes that all work together to firm and brighten the appearance of skin." (via Sephora's website) ## My Review ### Application Like most vitamin C serums, the C-Firma day serum is orange in color and thin in texture. It sinks in quickly and I don't find that it balls up under makeup or leaves any strange texture or color, so it's fine for daily use. Overall, I thought the application was really nice for a vitamin C product. ### Packaging I've raved already about how cute and practical the Drunk Elephant packaging is, but here I go again. I love the clean, minimalist style of the packaging and the sanitary pump applicator. Especially for vitamin C products, it's important that they don't have exposure to light, since this can ruin their effects. So the fact that the C-Firma serum comes in a completely opaque white bottle means that not only will it look cute in your bathroom, but it'll preserve the effects of the active ingredients. ### Results This is where things get a little bit...unimpressive. I haven't been the biggest advocate of vitamin C products in the past, never really sticking to one for a long time or seeing results. The C-Firma serum isn't much different. It didn't break me out, which is nice, and it feels good on the skin. It has a *slight* brightening effect, but that could also be due to other AHA products I've been using. It's a nice serum, and if I was gifted it I would certainly use it again. But I just don't see myself spending my hard-earned money on it when there are other, better products out there that give my skin a glow.  ### Bottom line: Will not repurchase Even though I liked this serum well enough, I will not be repurchasing it once I finish my bottle. Other people love this product and claim it's transformed their skin, but for me it just didn't do enough. I don't think the results justify the hefty price tag, so I would rather spend my money on my beloved TLC Framboos serum instead.  If you're in the market for a life-changing vitamin C serum, I'd say save your money. There are plenty of budget-friendly dupes out there, including[ The Ordinary Ethylated Ascorbic Acid 15% Solution](https://theordinary.com/product/rdn-ethylated-ascorbic-acid-15pct-solution-30ml) which has the same percentage of vitamin C as the Drunk Elephant serum and comes in at a mere $18 for 30mL. There's also the popular [Glossier Super Glow serum](https://www.glossier.com/products/super-glow), which is slightly pricier at $28 for 15mL but still cheaper than Drunk Elephant. If I decide to travel down vitamin C road again in the future, I will probably purchase The Ordinary's version.    ### Update on 3.22.19: > **TLDR:** I've completely changed my mind about this product and will 100% repurchase it! So after I posted my initial review of the C-Firma serum, I still had about half the bottle left and, not one to let good product go to waste, I set out to finish it. In my research for the review, I discovered a tip that Drunk Elephant recommends mixing C-Firma with B-Hydra, which I hadn't tried yet. So I figured, what harm could it do? And that's when the true magic happened. I'm not sure exactly why, but while by itself the C-Firma serum didn't do much to impress me, mixed with the B-Hydra serum and applied every morning under my daily moisturizer, this combo started to work its magic. After just a few days of applying this concoction in the morning, my skin began to look noticeably healthier. It had a lit-from-within glow and I noticed my acne scars started to slowly fade. I found myself using less and less makeup as my skin looked so wonderfully healthy that I didn't want to cover it up.  To test the hypothesis even further, I also stopped using my other glow-giving products, like my Drunk Elephant TLC Framboos Glycolic serum and my Herbivore Blue Tansy mask. I wanted to be sure that C-Firma was what was causing my glow - and lo and behold, it was! I've been using a ratio of 1:1 (1 pump of C-Firma to 1 pump of B-Hydra) every morning for the past few weeks and it has completely changed my mind about this product.  ### (New) Bottom line: Will repurchase! (with Drunk Elephant B-Hydra Serum)   [Topic: Drunk Elephant Skincare Review](https://www.glowgirl.net/drunk-elephant-skincare-review) ### Leave a Comment ![Image of Rachel Sheldon](https://www.glowgirl.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Glow%20Girl/IMG_2756.jpg?height=150&name=IMG_2756.jpg) #### Rachel Sheldon Hi, I'm Rachel! Welcome to my blog. ###### Blog posts ## Related Articles. 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