Best and Worst Skin Brightening Products

If radiant skin is your goal, see which products will get you there (and which ones won't get you past the starting line)

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The Worst: No. 4: Ambi Fade Cream, $4.99

TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 6.8*
Why: "I have now given up on this fade cream," says one reader who saw "little to no results" after several months of use. "This cream did absolutely nothing for the hyper-pigmentation on my cheeks," says another reader. "I put on my first application as instructed and hours later my face starting burning and my face was red completely," another reader tells us. Readers say that they "broke out horribly" and it "didn't lighten anything to boot!" Plus, it feels "greasy" and "you have to use additional moisturizer because you only use it on affected areas," they complain.

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