What Gives Skin a Healthy Glow? The Ingredients Behind Mavala Skin Vitality | Mavala UK

Mavala's Skin Vitality range is built around that idea. It is our answer to dull, fatigued skin, and it works because of a small set of Alpine-sourced and vitamin-rich ingredients, each chosen for a specific job. Here is what is in it and what each one does.

Vitamin C is the best known glow ingredient, and for good reason. It is an antioxidant, which means it helps defend the skin against the everyday environmental stresses, pollution, UV exposure, daily life, that leave a complexion looking dull and tired, and it supports a brighter, more even-looking tone over time. The challenge with vitamin C is that many forms are unstable and lose potency quickly. The Skin Vitality Healthy Glow Serum uses a high concentration of a stable form of vitamin C that behaves like the vitamin C naturally present in skin, so it stays effective in the bottle and on your face.

This is the ingredient that gives the range its name and much of its character. Mavala's vitalizing Swiss Apricot extract is rich in provitamin A, which has toning and antioxidant properties, and it also contains natural organic acids that gently exfoliate. The provitamin A and antioxidants help skin look energised and protected, while the gentle acids loosen the dull, dead surface cells that stop light reflecting evenly. The result is a softer, smoother, brighter-looking surface, without the harshness of an aggressive scrub.

Glow needs hydration underneath it. The Skin Vitality formulas are made with pure Alpine water and enriched with Swiss Mallow flower extract, which is soothing and helps keep skin comfortable. Well hydrated, calm skin looks plumper and reflects light better, which reads as radiance. Dehydrated, irritated skin looks flat and grey no matter what else you put on it, so this quiet hydrating base does more work than it gets credit for.

Cornflower water is the last piece. It is well known for its decongesting and refreshing properties, which is why it is a classic ingredient around tired eyes and dull complexions. In the Skin Vitality range it helps skin look less fatigued and more awake, supporting the fresh, rested appearance the whole range is designed to deliver.

Each Skin Vitality product puts these ingredients to work in a different format, so you can build a routine:

• Healthy Glow Serum: the most concentrated step, with the stable vitamin C, for anti-fatigue radiance. Apply to clean skin before moisturiser.
• Healthy Glow Cream: a daily anti-fatigue moisturiser that gives dull, tired skin a vitamin-packed boost and seals in hydration.
• Alpine Micro-Mist: a refreshing mist to hydrate and revive skin through the day, or to set the routine.
  
  

Vitamin C does not work best alone. Antioxidants behave as a network: paired up, they reinforce one another and protect skin more effectively than any single one can. Skin Vitality combines vitamin C with provitamin A from Swiss Apricot, both antioxidants, while the apricot's natural organic acids gently lift away dull surface cells so the vitamin C works on fresh, receptive skin. The Alpine water and soothing Swiss Mallow keep skin calm and hydrated enough for all of it to show as radiance.

Vitamin C is an antioxidant that helps defend skin against environmental stresses like pollution and UV, which dull and tire the complexion. It supports a brighter, more even-looking tone and a healthier glow over time. For it to work well it needs to be a stable form, which is what Mavala's Skin Vitality Healthy Glow Serum uses.

Mavala's vitalizing Swiss Apricot extract is rich in provitamin A, which gives toning and antioxidant benefits, and in natural organic acids that gently exfoliate. Together they help brighten dull skin and smooth its surface so it looks fresher and more radiant, without a harsh scrub.

Three things create glow: hydration, gentle resurfacing to remove dull dead cells, and antioxidants and vitamins to keep skin looking energised. A vitamin C serum, a hydrating moisturiser and a gentle exfoliating action cover all three. Mavala's Skin Vitality range combines vitamin C, Swiss Apricot extract, Alpine water and cornflower water to do exactly that.

A stable, well-formulated vitamin C is generally well tolerated, and the Skin Vitality Healthy Glow Serum is dermatologically tested and buffered with soothing Swiss Mallow flower extract and pure Alpine water. As with any new active, introduce it gradually and patch test first if your skin is reactive.

Cleanse first, then apply the Healthy Glow Serum to clean skin, follow with the Healthy Glow Cream to hydrate and seal, and use the Alpine Micro-Mist any time through the day to refresh. The general rule is thinnest to thickest: serum, then cream.

Mavala is a Swiss family-owned skincare and beauty house, known for treatment-led formulas developed and made in Switzerland. The Skin Vitality range is part of Mavala's Swiss Skin Solution line and is dermatologically tested. We choose ingredients for what they do and concentrate them at levels meant to make a visible difference.

Written and fact-checked using published dermatological research. Key source on antioxidant synergy: Lin JY, Selim MA, Shea CR, et al. UV photoprotection by combination topical antioxidants vitamin C and vitamin E. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2003;48(6):866-874.