Dark spots and uneven skin tone? Don’t know her.
While celebrity-founded beauty brands can be hit or miss, the ones that take off tend to be really good. Case in point: Scarlett Johansson’s The Outset, which Page Six editors can’t stop raving about.
So, when the clean-beauty brand recently dropped a lightweight serum that promises to fade the telltale dark spots of my reckless, sunblock-adverse youth, I was among the first to slather.
What happened next was genuinely surprising. On days I went without makeup, people started saying to me — unsolicited — “Your skin is glowing!” (I don’t even hear that after getting a spa facial.)
The “Lost in Translation” star has exceptionally sensitive skin, which prompted her to set out to find — or create — skincare that would not cause a reaction. As a result, everything from her brand is extra gentle.
That includes the Total Clarity Dark Spot Serum, which is made with a sensitive skin-friendly vitamin C alternative, which, for me, has been even more effective than the C serums I’ve tried before.
The texture is very lightweight and fluid, almost like water. It’s applied after cleansing and toning, and before moisturizer. (One dropper’s-worth covers my entire face.)
But what else was even more astonishing was this: As a writer, I obviously spend a lot of time exposed to blue light from laptops and digital devices. It makes my skin lackluster and even ashen, at times.
(The National Institute of Health has even documented that blue light “accelerates the aging process and produces cutaneous hyperpigmentation,” i.e., uneven skin tone and spots.)
Total Clarity Dark Spot Serum uses natural ingredients like Wild Butterfly Ginger to protect against blue light — and it’s undoubtedly given me some glow back by protecting against those premature aging-inducing rays.
It also has Photosomes V (plankton-derived enzymes), which help brighten sun-damaged skin, and gentle, plant-based AHAs to get your skin cells to turn over. Plus, it even contains skin-soothing aloe vera.
Frankly, if I use it straight out of the shower, when my pores are more open, at times I get the teeniest bit of tingle. However, my skin is pretty sensitive, and it’s more like, “Ah, I feel you working your magic!” rather than any level of ouch.
Are my dark spots completely gone? No, there’s not a real miracle that doesn’t involve a time machine yelling at my younger self. Are they very much lightened, faded, and growing less visible by the day? Yeah, baby.
Give it a try, that ScarJo glow might hook you, too.
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This article was written by Erica Radol, Page Six Commerce Reporter. From identifying the top anti-aging skincare secrets the stars trust to dishing on the latest fashion collabs to finding a great deal on all of the above, Erica has a knack for reporting on – and even testing – Hollywood’s bestselling fashion and beauty products. Before joining Page Six in 2025, she wrote about entertainment, lifestyle and shopping trends for Us Weekly, The Daily Beast, Entertainment Tonight, Well+Good and Hearst.
