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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No. 5: Shiseido White Lucent Concentrated Brightening Serum, $120

TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 8.3*
Why: If you feel "hopeless" about your post acne scars or sun spots, readers say this product is "made for you." One reader loves how it "glides on with a silky, not greasy, texture" and says her dark spots are "noticeably disappearing." Another reader says this serum is "definitely effective": "Usually when I tan too much, I use the brightening serum and after a week of usage I return to my original skin tone," she says. One reader whose dark spots got lighter after two weeks said she stopped using it and noticed they were re-appearing, so she "started using it again" because "it does do what it claims!"

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