Beyond50Skin: 465 skincare products reviewed

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All 465 products Beyond50Skin has reviewed, grouped by product type. Click a product to see the full guru consensus.

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Serums70 reviews

Olaplex No. 7 Bonding Oil

"They have the Olaplex oil. I find this a little bit on the heavy side, so I have not repurchased it."

✕Nay

66%Guru Score

Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado

"You guys turned me on to this this year. It comes in a duo, so you better really like this because you get quite a bit of it and it lasts forever. If you are a Kiehl's avocado eye cream fan, it's a great time to pick it up. I won't be repurchasing this right now because I have plenty to use and a little bit goes a long way."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Remedy Daily Defense Vitamin C Serum

"This is a new launch from Remedy. Remedy came out with a new vitamin C serum that has the derivative free zeroth ascorbic acid. They gave me the lab sample and I went through it like crazy and I'm still using it and I bought another one. So, this is definitely a favorite for those of you who cannot tolerate L-ascorbic acid. This is a great choice. You know how Remedy stacks their formulas? They always have such amazing ingredients and it also has DNA repair enzymes in the form of phytoplankton which I think is so interesting. Remedy has so many stacked formulas. Like if you buy one of their skincare products, you're getting multiple amazing ingredients."

✓Yay

93%Guru Score

The INKEY List Exosome Hydroglow Complex Serum

"The Exosome Hydroglow Complex by The INKEY List. We've had a lot of chat about exosomes on this channel, and I have to tell you, I'm not 100% sure this formula really worked for me. Was it hydrating? Yes, it was super hydrating. I really enjoyed it, but I don't think it gave me the bang that I was expecting out of exosomes. For me, this was nice, but it's not going to be a repeat purchase."

~Mixed

83%Guru Score

Tatcha Serum Stick

"I've decided that solid skincare just doesn't work for me. The solid stick by Tatcha, this is their Serum Stick. It's hard to get out. And it's just not pretty at all. It's not pretty on my lips. It's not pretty on my cheeks. Super disappointing."

✕Nay

69%Guru Score

Dieux Deliverance Antioxidant and Calming Serum

"This is their Deliverance serum. I had it on the shelf and I was thinking it was kind of more for oily skin types but honestly this has some wonderful calming properties. It has water lily that calms the skin. This is a great anti-redness serum if your skin is irritated and especially if you tend to be a little bit on the oily side and acne prone. So many of you have told me how much you love this serum if you have kind of an oily T-zone."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Dr. Idriss Redness Reducer Serum

"The azelaic acid in here is super calming. [...] I loved my first impression of this serum and it's definitely going to be one that's going to be in my routine regularly, especially during these winter months to kind of keep that redness calm down."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Remedy Healthy Aging Serum

"Remedy for ages is a little bit more gentle than the A-Game 5, but it's still very effective and very tolerated. It has both retinol and retinaldehyde. This is a great place to start."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Medik8 Liquid Peptides Advanced MP+ Serum

"If you're looking for a growth factor serum, Medik8 Liquid Peptides Advanced MP+ Serum is my top pick. You get both the benefits of peptides and growth factors. I love the way this smooths my skin, absolutely gorgeous. Now, is it reversing deep wrinkles? Absolutely not. But for a growth factor serum, top pick for 2025."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

OGX Damage Remedy + Coconut Miracle Oil Penetrating Oil

"Another option for conditioning and pre-treating dry, brittle hair is a few drops of the OGX. This is their miracle oil. Put it in your hands, scrunch it into your hair. I usually sleep in a sleep cap and then wash the next day. And my hair is a lot more silky, a lot more manageable."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Dr. Idriss Deep Puffer Roll-On Serum

"The depuffer by Dr. Idriss is my top pick. It has a roller. You can keep it in the fridge for a cooling effect, but if you have redness, hot flashes, this is amazing for reducing redness quickly. It usually takes my skin about 5 minutes to kind of calm down."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Photozyme DNA Youth Recovery Serum

"One that I discovered this year that I love is the Photozyme DNA Youth Recovery Serum. I use this before I do my red light therapy and it helps so much with redness. [...] The Photozyme DNA repair enzymes has been a great new find for 2025."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Due Deliverance Serum

"For calming, soothing, and pore refining, do deliverance. This is a rediscovery for me. I had kind of put this aside because I thought it was just for oily skin types. Absolutely not. If you have large pores, if you have kind of irritated skin, especially after a breakout, the Due Deliverance Serum is your best bet."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Remedy Dark Spots Nightly All-in-One Treatment

"This is great if you're trying to get rid of dark spots. It has like 10 ingredients that are geared toward mature skin with dark spots. And this is their retinol."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Maysama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum

"I highly recommend you combine your red light therapy masks with the Maysama Green Rooibos Pressed Serum. This is a fabulous serum to boost your results when you're using LED red light therapy. It's tried and true for years."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Edom Milk Marvel Dark Spot Serum

"What I've been using recently because my skin's been a little bit on the irritated side is their Milk Marvel Dark Spot Serum. I love all of their formulas."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Needleless Growth Factor Serum

"That is one product that just doesn't work for me. [...] I personally just didn't see that much of a difference in my skin when I used it. And also, it just wasn't quite hydrating enough for me."

✕Nay

77%Guru Score

Eadem Milk Marvel Dark Spot Serum

"It's the Eadem Milk Marvel Dark Spot Serum. It's a funny name, Milk Marvel, but it's really gentle especially for skin that is a little bit sensitive. If you want to try an exfoliant and you're nervous about exfoliating because you have super sensitive skin, this is a good one to try."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Masama Green Roy Pressed Serum

"I always start out my LED treatment with the Masama Green Robo Serum. It's supposed to help boost the efficacy of your red light treatment. So, I do a two pumps and I like the light."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

The Ordinary Growth Factor 15% Solution

"I got through another bottle of [...] the growth factor serum from The Ordinary. This is their 15% growth factors. This was nice. I would not I would consider buying this again. If you're looking for a growth factor serum and you've never tried one and you want to jump into something that isn't super pricey because growth factors can be so so pricey, I would give this a try. [...] Definitely not going to be on my repurchase list because I have three growth factors that I'm working through right now, but I would recommend it."

~Mixed

66%Guru Score

Prequel Multi-Quench Plumping Hydration Serum

"This is a lovely serum that they came out with re recently. I always want to call this quench, but it's multi-quench. Super hydrating serum. So far, I'm loving it. And I definitely think it's going to be on sale on Prime Day."

✓Yay

63%Guru Score

Peach & Lily Copper Peptide Pro Firming Serum

"This is the Peach and Lily. This is their copper peptides. It was okay. It wasn't fabulous, but it was okay. I enjoyed using it. I have other copper peptide formulas that I like better. So, this was a pass for me. It won't be a repurchase."

~Mixed

88%Guru Score

Bloom Effects Black Tulip Regenerative Brightening Serum

"I've gotten through I think three of these now. This is the Bloom Effects. This is their regenerating brightening serum. Love this. It has exoomes and also brightening products. It's a beautiful brightening serum. If you have not tried Exooazomes, which are basically stem cell secretions, these are from the tulip bulb. So, this is a plant-based Exoome. It's beautiful. Super hydrating. It goes nicely under a lot of your other serums. Unless you have oily skin, you may have to limit the number of serums you use. I've gone through, I think, three of these or in the middle of my third one. So, you know, I love it."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic

"The vitamin C [...] by Skinceuticals is a little bit of a boost in price because it has the additional DNA repair enzymes. It's fantastic. It contains L-ascorbic acid, which is the gold standard for vitamin C formulas, and it also contains CE Ferulic, and it doesn't have that funky smell or that greasy feel that you get with some vitamin C's. [...] This is definitely going to be on my repurchase list."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Allies of Skin 20% Vitamin C Brighten & Firm Serum

"I went through a ton of vitamin C. I went through the Allies of Skin 20% Vitamin C Brighten and Firm Serum. This is their formula with THD ascorbate, tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, which is a vitamin C derivative so it's a little bit gentler than ascorbic acid. I typically have better luck with the ascorbic acid formulas for brightening, so that won't be a repurchase."

~Mixed

79%Guru Score

Bloom Effects Black Tulip Eye Treatment

"This is the eye treatment, Black Tulip Eye Treatment by Bloom Effects, which I've been using lately and absolutely loving. It's a gel formula. And the only other gel formula that I have purchased on repeat on repeat is the one by Dr. Loretta. [...] Otherwise, I typically use a cream, even though I do have a slight tendency toward millia. And this one comes with a little cryo ball, which just feels amazing. So, I've been doing this little sort of mini spa eye treatment any morning that I have time. And I usually don't use these little gadgety things that come with products, but this is next level."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Tranexamic Acid & Arbutin Advanced Brightening Serum

"The next serum I'm going to use is by Allies of Skin. Their tranexamic acid and arbutin serum also for lightening and brightening."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Peptides & Antioxidants Firming Daily Treatment

"Instead of the Alpha Arbutin brightening serum, which tends to peel, I've switched over to their Allies of Skin peptide antioxidant advanced firming treatment. It has 13 brighteners, nine antioxidants, seven firming peptides, and 5% TP teone, not an ingredient I've heard of before. This is new to me. And [ferulic] complex with three biotech algae."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Queen of Thrones Organic Golden Castor Oil 100% Pure Extra Virgin

"The last step in my evening skincare routine is usually a light layer of castor oil. Just like a facial oil in the evening. This just seals the deal. And I do it right before bed. Just a very light layer. It doesn't take much. Queen of Thrones is my absolute favorite. And I've been using this now for about a year. I have extremely dry skin and I have found that most body oils just sit on top of my skin. They just sit there and they just transfer to my sheets. This actually soaks in. So, love this. And also, you should know that if you're using a retinoid that night and then you put a moisturizer and a body oil, you're going to occlude that. And so, it might have a little bit deeper of a penetration as well as your lactic acid."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

The Ordinary Alpha Arbutin 2% + Hyaluronic Acid

"If you're looking for a single ingredient formula, The Ordinary has an alpha arbutin with hyaluronic acid that's a little bit more on the budget friendly side."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%

"We have a Nordstrom exclusive by The Ordinary. This is their skin support set with their [niacinamide] 10%, zinc 1% and hyaluronic acid formula."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

City Lips Effortless Lips Night Oil

"One of my favorite finds recently has been the City Lips Effortless Lips Night Oil. As you can see, I've almost finished. I've gone through two of these. It's their plumping oil. Love this for night time. You can use it during the day, but I find it works better overnight. It just sinks into the lip area. Is absolutely gorgeous. They have two new launches in this line, the pink champagne and sangria, which I'm just getting ready to open and try. I try to use my lip oils at night. And I also find that an oil at night is more penetrating and hydrating, whereas a lip gloss, a lip plumping gloss is a little bit better solution for the daytime."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

The Ordinary Multi-Peptide + Hyaluronic Acid Serum

"Another product that I use is by The Ordinary. I found this difficult to use because it has peptides, it has humectants, I just found it didn't go with my hair care routine because it made my scalp a little bit too greasy. I tried using less product and it really didn't help that much. So, I've kind of only gone through maybe a fourth of this bottle. I don't think that I'm going to finish it."

✕Nay

75%Guru Score

Dermalex Self-Esteem Beauty Sleep Serum

"I am going to be sticking with my Dermalex Self-Esteem Beauty Sleep Serum. I may use it every other week as opposed to every week. It also has glycolic, which is an AHA, it's a small AHA molecule that gets deep into the skin and also helps with skin barrier function, and that's the key to healthy winter skin."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Timeless 20% Vitamin C + E Ferulic Acid Serum

"My first treatment step is almost always a vitamin C formula for lightning and brightening and antioxidant protection especially in my morning routine and I've transitioned from the Timeless which I use this summer at 20% L-ascorbic acid to a little less irritating of a formula for the winter months when my skin is a little bit more sensitive. [...] The vitamin C is L-ascorbic acid which is the gold standard at 15% in this formula and it's a higher percentage at 20% in this formula that's why I transitioned into a lower percentage. I just find in the winter months I tend to get a little bit more eczema which can be really stingy when you put on vitamin C so this is just a little bit more forgiving. Timeless also makes a formula at 10%."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5

"I've taken a quarter dropper of the HA Serum by The Ordinary and their material peptide serum, put it in this little container, shook it up, and I have a concealer ready to go. Giving products a little rejuvenation with some of your more inexpensive serums, a little HA or a little peptide serum, is such a fantastic way to get a little bit more life out of our products."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Timeless Coenzyme Q10 Serum

"Absolutely have been loving their CoQ10, and they're having a 50% off sale sitewide on Timeless."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Merit Great Skin Instant Glow Serum

"This is the serum by Merit, it's their Great Skin Instant Glow Serum."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel with Hyaluronic Acid

"Sometimes I put the Neutrogena Hydro Boost before it just to kind of plump up my skin and then put this on top absolutely perfect for crepy skin."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

OGX Argan Oil

"OGX also makes an Argan Oil I'm going through this one right now and it looks yellow but it's clear because if you have light blonde or if you have gray hair you don't want to use a yellow oil and sleep in it overnight before you wash your hair because it will just stain your hair but this one is clear. I prefer the coconut oil as opposed to the Argan Oil but they're both wonderful products for protecting your hair before wash day."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

True Botanicals Pure Radiance Oil

"Often in the drier months I tend to use a facial oil. I'll either use the one that I'm currently using from True Botanicals or a few drops of castor oil. I found it to be a great addition to my evening skincare routine. I usually let all my skin care soak in for at least a couple hours and I put it on right before I go to bed, a few drops, just swish it in my hands, super light layer, and just pat it on. I've also been using it on my hands and my feet just to soften the skin. It is actually quite amazing the difference."

✓Yay

Notverified

Peter Thomas Roth FirmX Eye Treatment

"This is a finicky product. [...] You need this much and there is a trick to the application: you have to dab, you can't smear, you can't swipe. You have to dab and you have to hold your eyes still, don't make any expression while it's drying down. [...] You dab dab dab with a [...] dry finger to set it. It's really not an easy product to use. It takes a little bit of time and effort to learn about this product. I think that's one reason people don't have good luck with it when they first try it out, they think it's like a concealer and they put it on really heavily."

~Mixed

68%Guru Score

The Ordinary Squalane

"The Ordinary makes a really inexpensive squalane oil. A couple drops of that, a couple drops of your castor oil, and then put it on your rough and bumpy bits."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Do Deliverance Serum

"If you have oily skin I highly recommend their Deliverance Serum if you have oily skin if you have breakout prone skin or if you have redness check out the Deliverance. I use this in the morning to help with redness or in the evening as a serum to help with redness. [...] Using it to clear blemishes, using it to kind of help reduce the redness in my skin, or if my skin is slightly irritated, I definitely love the Deliverance."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

NIOD Copper Amino Isolate Serum 2:1

"I picked up the copper amino peptides. I've been trying copper peptides this year to see if I'm missing the boat on copper peptides and see how they respond on my mature skin. In the past I haven't thought they've worked but I'm game for trying them again. This was in my evening routine to kind of help with the hydration."

~Mixed

73%Guru Score

NIOD Multi-Molecular Hyaluronic Complex

"The first is the multimolecular hyaluronic acid complex which is a combination of low and high weight hyaluronic acid. The lower weight penetrates a little bit more deeply and the higher weight kind of sits more on the surface of the skin to hydrate."

~Mixed

69%Guru Score

Biossance Squalane + Vitamin C Rose Oil

"I finished up a face oil which takes forever to finish up face oil, this is the one by Biossance, they're squalane and vitamin C. The vitamin C in this is a very stable form of vitamin C, Tetra hexyl ascorbate, so it's a nice bonus for your evening skincare routine."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

The INKEY List Niacinamide Serum

"Niacinamide this one's by the INKEY List"

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

The Ordinary Ascorbic Acid 8% + Alpha Arbutin 2%

"The Ordinary Ascorbic Acid 8% + Alpha Arbutin is around $10 and I love it. It's a very simple formula, very affordable. Alpha arbutin is lightening and brightening, and vitamin C is great for boosting your sunscreen protection and just giving you a brighter complexion. This is the one I started with because it's at 8%, a fairly low percentage entry level vitamin C at a great price."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Maelove Fade Away Dark Spot Correcting Serum

"I've been using the Fadeaway this year loving it. This is by Maelove, a new brand to me this year, and I would say they're in the mid-range of prices. This is $40, so this is the one item that is above my affordable price range but I still love it. This one has kojic acid and alpha arbutin."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

SkinMedica TNS Essential Serum

"Back in the early 2000s SkinMedica came out with their TNS recovery complex using growth factors and we're all kind of getting used to the idea of growth factors being a part of many skincare products"

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals Tripeptide R Neck Repair Cream

"For the neck and decollete during your morning routine, the SkinCeuticals Advanced Neck Cream, love this formula, it's just something extra and a little special. It moisturizes the thin skin and gives it a luminosity I haven't found in other neck creams."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Tatcha Luminous Silk Serum

"I've been trying their Luminous Silk Serum, love this. It's kind of a creamy serum. I was thinking it would be a watery serum but it's not, it's a very creamy serum and it has their signature amino acids and peptide blend that is throughout all of their products."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension 10%

"AIC acid in suspension 10% is a tricky ingredient to work with because it is a little gritty. When I was breaking out after I did my laser treatment I got some acne and I was also very red so I was really impressed with this AIC acid. If I have some redness I just layer it in my treatment step sleep in it overnight and I usually wake up with less irritated less red skin. It's a very gentle exfoliator, it's an antioxidant, it helps brighten the skin, it can also inhibit tyrosinase which is an enzyme that causes hyperpigmentation so it has a lot of functions. Some people don't like the fact that this is kind of a chalky formula but I think it's great, just put a little on, let it sink in, put a little facial oil in the evening and you'll wake up with much softer, gentle, less irritated skin. It's also slightly antibacterial so if you do have a breakout it can help with that too. It's a great multitasking formula."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

The Ordinary Soothing & Barrier Support Serum

"The Ordinary's barrier Repair Serum [...] is a great little serum for comforting the skin. It has 10 emollients and 6 humectants, so what's the difference between an emollient and a humectant? We need both to repair your barrier or to help with dry skin. Humectants are just like they sound, they attract water to the skin. Skin needs hydration and water to heal it up. It also needs an emollient, which means that it needs some lipids to create a barrier and protect it. So you need both emollient and humectant if you want to repair your barrier, and this has both. I really highly recommend this. The only caution I have with this is don't use a heavy layer. It's a pretty thick formula, a little bit actually goes a long way, especially if you're going to layer this with other skincare. It does get a little tacky if you use too much, so I would say use this sparingly and do it in layers if you think you want more hydration and more barrier repair. But at night you could layer it up with a few layers, put a facial oil on top, and wake up in the morning feeling so much better."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

The Ordinary Mandelic Acid 10% + HA

"The first one I want to share with you is mandelic acid. I actually recommended this to my friend whose daughter had terrible dry acne. The key with this is it's great for rosacea and dry acne because it breaks up the oil in the skin, it hydrates the skin, and it also kind of reduces the redness. It's a very interesting formula. The one thing that folks who have regular acne or just not dry acne might not like is it feels a little bit oily. It's an oil-free product but it kind of goes on the skin a little bit on the oily side, so it might feel a little uncomfortable on people who have oily acne skin. But if you have dry acne, if you have rosacea, or if you're just very sensitive and have very sensitive skin, this is a very gentle exfoliator. It's antimicrobial, it's antibacterial, it will mop up the oil in your skin and just give that skin a little bit of a break and gentle exfoliation while your skin is healing. And it's a perfect exfoliator to kind of get rid of those dead skin cells very gently."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

The Ordinary Virgin Marula Oil

"Next up is marula oil. Now this is a heavier oil. This is actually made a lot of, um, hair products have marula oil in them and they're used to coat the hair shaft, treat the hair shaft by coating the hair shaft, locking down the cuticle so that the hair doesn't experience damage. You can use the combination of the squalane and the marula to make your own pre-treat hair oil. I've been really into pre-treating my hair with oil before I've been shampooing lately to reduce the frizz, has increased the shine and manageability, and actually has been giving me a lot more body because I'm really protecting that hair before I go into the shower. If you have really fine hair you want to do maybe a few more drops of the squalane and maybe one of the marula. If you have thick hair that's really damaged, go for the marula oil, put some in a little bit of it before you wash your hair and your hair will come out so much softer and more manageable. I think keeping these around in your cabinet is great because they're great for skin care, hair care, and nail care."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Mad About Skin Skin Perfecting Peptide Serum

"The Mad About Skin has an amazing ingredient deck, but it just didn't work for me for summer time. [...] The ingredient deck is beautiful and it's a wonderfully hydrating serum, but [...] it sits a little bit heavier on the skin. In the warmer days of the summer I was having trouble getting this to dry down. I think it's going to be better suited for dry skin and in the winter time."

✕Nay

68%Guru Score

Maelove Super Smooth Resurfacing Serum

"I thought I would try the Maelove Super Smooth Resurfacing Serum. I definitely have some dullness lately. I'm actually due for a dermaplaning routine but I haven't done one in well over a month. I'm going to do some chemical exfoliants as opposed to manual exfoliation like dermaplaning, as I get breakouts especially when I'm stressed along my mouth and jaw and chin area. This is a good one. I wouldn't use this every day, I do have sensitive skin, but it's a good resurfacing serum and it's not all that expensive. Just a half a dropper, and if you're using this during the day, 110 percent you need to use sunscreen, because AHA and BHA can make your skin a little bit sensitive. The serum is really nice, brightening and hydrating."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Hydration Booster x10

"This just escalates your moisturizer to the next level. Especially if you have dry skin like I do, and sometimes a single layer of moisturizer just isn't enough. Put on a layer of this underneath, then let it soak in. Your skin will plump right up, and then you can add your moisturizer as a slightly occlusive layer to protect your barrier. Absolutely love this in combination with the peptide night cream. These are unbeatable for sensitive, dry skin."

✓Yay

Notverified

Dr. Idriss Major Fade Hyperpigmentation Serum

"This is one that is super hydrating. It also helps work on anti-pigmentation with the digosal galic acid and, I believe, tranexamic acid."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Vitamin C Serum with Peptides

"I love their vitamin C."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Educated Mess Golden Hour Gold Stabilized Vitamin C Serum

"My favorite from them is their vitamin C formula and it is stabilized by gold, which seems a little bit bougie, but it gets around the problem of vitamin C stabilization."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Neck Contouring Serum

"One of the products that launched last year, the DRMTLGY Neck Contouring Serum. This is kind of a spin-off of the Peter Thomas Roth Fermex and it's supposed to just kind of shrink wrap your neck. I could never get this to work. So, for me, this is a skip."

✕Nay

Notverified

DRMTLGY Vitamin C5 Serum

"Number one reason is it has perfume in it. I can't think of another product that actually has perfume in it from the dermatology. So I'm not sure why they put perfume in here. It must be because it's masking a scent is the only reason I can think. But it does have five different vitamin C derivatives. If you can't tolerate [L-ascorbic] acid and you don't mind a little bit of fragrance in your products, you might want to give this a try. But just for me personally, I can't really recommend a vitamin C formula that has fragrance in it. Just doesn't make sense to me personally."

✕Nay

63%Guru Score

Dermelect Self-Esteem Beauty Sleep Serum

"The Dermelect Self-Esteem Beauty Sleep Serum has been in my skincare routine on and off for about 2 years now. It is a great overnight exfoliating treatment. You will wake up with such soft skin. It has a little bit of salicylic acid for just refining pores overnight and it has glycolic acid. Glycolic is a smaller molecule that gets deeper into our skin layers to help with collagen building. So if you're looking for some anti-aging benefits as well as some pore refining, and you want to get in your ascorbic acid, either a second dose of it or you want to skip it in the morning, this is a great alternative. I do have to have a fairly intact barrier to use this product. It will give a bit of a tingle so definitely do patch test. And I have a discount code, so it brings it down to a really reasonable price."

✓Yay

Notverified

City Beauty City Lips Night Oil

"This is the lip oil the new night lip oil by City Beauty and they're kindly sponsoring this portion of the video and it just hydrates my lips like nobody's business"

✓Yay

Notverified

Drunk Elephant C-Firma Fresh Day Serum

"I tried a small sample of the vitamin C from Drunk Elephant. This is their C-Firma Fresh and this is the one that you mix the two products together to get a fresh vitamin C. I have to say this was definitely a fail for me because the products never mixed very well. It was always slightly granular and gritty, so definitely not a fave for me. This has to go in the fail category."

✕Nay

70%Guru Score

Prequel Lucent-C Brightening Vitamin C Serum

"She also launched a vitamin C, this is an L-ascorbic acid vitamin C formula at 15% so it's at the gold standard, it's at that sweet spot for vitamin C. I have now worked my way up to a 15% love this, no irritation. Like all vitamin C's it's slightly runny. The odor, it has kind of that typical vitamin C odor, some people call it the hot dog smell but it's not too strong. It also tends to sink into the skin fairly well but comparing it to my Holy Grail by Dermatology, their CF, I find that this sinks into the skin a little bit faster, a little bit more easily and layers a little bit better with my skin care. She's included instead of the vitamin E as her antioxidant, she's included Ergothionine, another powerful antioxidant. I think she's kind of made her mark by including a different antioxidant than the typical one that we see, vitamin E. I think if you have slightly normal to dry skin you're going to appreciate this more and if you have oily skin you're probably going to be happier with the vitamin C from Dermatology because it's just a little bit less viscous."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant T.L.C. Framboos Glycolic Night Serum

"If you want something a little bit less potent, try the TLC Framboos. I received this in PR a couple months ago in their travel size, and it's one of the few travel size items in the collection that I actually really like. If you have never tried glycolic acid, I think the glycolic is pretty a low percentage in this formula because I had absolutely no irritation. If you're trying a new chemical exfoliant, it's always wise to do a patch test, especially if you're not sure how your skin is going to react."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Sunscreen57 reviews

IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream SPF 50+

"This is a lovely balm. It's hydrating, you can sheer it out, it's comfortable to wear on the skin. But I did have some issues with the shade match, which is one reason why I haven't been wearing it as much. The Laura Mercier and the Clinique give me more of a natural look, which is the kind of look that I'm going for. That doesn't make the It Do-It-All Balm bad at all. There's so many of you that love it out there, and it does look beautiful on the skin, especially when you can get the perfect shade match. It gives lovely hydration. But now we have more choices, and for me personally these two balms have moved higher on my list because they give me a little bit more of a natural look."

~Mixed

66%Guru Score

Dr. Jart+ Cicapair Tiger Grass Color Correcting Treatment SPF 30

"It works as a beautiful kind of corrector, color corrector for redness. If you just kind of tap it in, it just kind of blends to a skin tint. I really like it. This will last you forever, especially if you're just spot treating in areas where you have redness after you put your base sunscreen on. I don't think I could get enough of this to count as an actual sunscreen. I just kind of use this as a color correcting sunscreen. It's on the thick side. If you've had a procedure done, it's kind of nice to kind of cut down that redness when you're out and about."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Colorescience No-Show Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50

"I much prefer the no-show mineral and a touch of the secure if my skin is feeling a little flushed and red."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

The Outset Hydra Sheer 100% Mineral Sunscreen SPF 30

"Love this. It is only SPF 30, but honestly, there are those days when you're just not outside that often and you want something to sit beautifully under your makeup. This is their Hydra Sheer. Absolutely beautiful mineral sunscreen."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Merit The Uniform Tinted Moisturizer SPF 50

"I also love the new drop that they did. This is their Merit the Uniform. You can prep it with their skin care."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Live Tinted Skin Tint SPF 50

"This is a lovely sunscreen and it's very similar to the in beauty project and for my mom and I once in beauty project switched their glow screen to the three different shades they have a light a medium and a dark now the light shade is just too light for us. So this is a great substitute. So if you're looking for a great sunscreen with a little bit of glow and you loved in beauty project the light but you can't use it anymore because it's too light, this is a great substitute."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Ciele Tint & Protect SPF 50+ Tinted Serum Foundation

"I love a skin tint for mature skin. It just gives that beautiful light but skin perfecting coverage. I'm going to use the CL today. I'm in the shade light number three. And I finally found the dropper to this, thanks to you guys. You just pull the cap off and there the dropper is. I like to apply this on the back of my hand because I have more control over how much product I'm using. I like to apply with my fingers. I just tap it in. And then my next tip is to use a brush. I learned that this summer to use a brush to whisk away some of the product so you get true skin peeking through."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Tatcha Silk Sunscreen SPF 50 Weightless Mineral Sunscreen

"Tatcha's Silk Sunscreen. This is their reformulation. Definitely love this. Not sure it's going to be on repurchase because there are so many beautiful mineral sunscreens out there right now. But I have a full playlist of my favorite sunscreens this year. I love this. I highly recommend it. This has a slight tint to it, but doesn't seem to interfere with my tinted serums."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

EVY Technology Daily Defense Face Mousse SPF 50

"She finished several EVY Technology sunscreens, which she says are great for outdoor activities."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun: Rice + Probiotics SPF 50+ PA++++

"This is their matte formula to their iconic probiotic rice sunscreen that went viral a couple years ago. This is supposed to be the matte version. And unfortunately, this didn't work out for me at all. It peeled under makeup. And on its own, it also just felt so drying. I thought it would be great. I mean, I do have dry skin, so I thought it would be great to have a sunscreen that was a little bit drier on those days when I want to use a heavier moisturizer, but honestly, this just didn't work out whether I used it by itself or under makeup. It just peeled and made my skin feel super dried out."

✕Nay

92%Guru Score

Bloom Effects Tulip Dew Sunscreen Serum SPF 50

"Another sunscreen fail is by Bloom Effects. This is their new release, their body mineral SPF 50. Unfortunately, this product came separated and continues to separate. Sunscreen formulas should not separate. They should be cohesive because you want the SPF factor that is on the label. And if they're separating, you honestly don't know if you're getting an even coverage of that SPF factor. So, unfortunately, this is a fail for me. Although, I do love it as a body moisturizer. It's so hydrating and gorgeous, but I do not rely on it for sunscreen protection. Another problem with this is the packaging. As you can see in here, it doesn't quite exactly close. So, it's always exposed to a little bit of air and it leaks. The oil that's separating often leaks around the lid. So, unfortunately, this is a Bloom Effects fail for me."

✕Nay

82%Guru Score

OneSkin OS-01 Body SPF

"The second sunscreen is a new find for me. It's the body sunscreen by OneSkin. Now, this is only SPF 30 and I just put it on the exposed portions of my body. Usually my hands, kind of my arms in the summer and my décollete sometimes. [...] This is a mineral sunscreen, but I will call out that it does have the octyl salicylate in it, which some are considering a chemical filter, but it's not necessarily recognized as that by the FDA. Another dose of those peptides definitely helps. I love the sunscreen. Have had no irritation from it. Who wouldn't want another dose of the OS1 peptide?"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Tower 28 SunnyDays SPF 30 Tinted Sunscreen Foundation

"It just didn't work for me. It's too thick and heavy to actually wear as a sunscreen. It has kind of a silicone base that just makes it super heavy. It's whipped and it feels nice going on, but I just can't wear enough of it to get the correct coverage to wear as a sunscreen. The tint is a pretty good match for my skin tone. It would probably work best for me just as a skin tint. So, unfortunately, it was a fail for me."

✕Nay

64%Guru Score

RMS Beauty Sun Coverup Super Tint SPF 50

"Compared to the RMS Beauty Sun Coverup, which is SPF 50, but even after shearing this out, it's blending into my pores. It really looks terrible. I think even if it was the perfect shade match would just to look too heavy and too cakey."

✕Nay

74%Guru Score

Naked Sundays SPF 50

"There's one that you guys just recently recommended to me, Naked Sundays with SPF 50."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Mineral Sunlow Broadspectrum SPF 43 PA+++

"I love the iNNBEAUTY PROJECT their glow screen. It just gives my skin a little pick me up and is so pretty. It doesn't dry down matte. It definitely has a glow to it, but it is my perfect shade match once I get this blended out. And it's been one of my favorites ever since I picked it up. And I picked up my backup recently at the Sephora sale."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

EltaMD UV Daily Tinted

"A tinted sunscreen that I'd written off years ago was the EltaMD because it made my skin look too Oompa Loompa. [...] I was given this after my facelift, and it is a close match for my skin tone. It's close, but it's a little bit too opaque for me. [...] It's a little bit hard to work into my skin. [...] I'd rather reach for the In Beauty Project. It's a little bit better of a match."

✕Nay

72%Guru Score

Dr. Dennis Gross All Physical Lightweight Wrinkle Defense Broad Spectrum SPF 30

"I'm hoping this formulation is an improvement on past years because in the past, this has definitely left a white cast on my skin. You know what? I think this is going to be much better. It even has a different texture to it. And I'm not seeing the white cast that I typically do. I bet once this dries down, this is going to be beautiful. Whether it leaves a slightly shiny finish, hard to say, but you can also go through a beauty blender if you have that shiny finish and you don't like it, or even a makeup brush and kind of tamp it down or tap it down to get rid of the shine."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Colorescience Sunforgettable Total Protection Glow Screen SPF 50

"I accidentally picked up their glow formula. I'm not a fan of their flex formula. I feel like it gives me too much coverage and I kind of like some skin peeking through. Now, I have used their glow formula in the past. It's not my favorite as far as the glow because it is super glowy, but it is a great skin tone match for me. And if you like that kind of bronzy glowy look for the summer, you're going to love this."

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

Ultra Violette Mineral Sunscreen

"Ultra Violette Mineral Sunscreen is an elegant formula, kind of runny and thin like the Tatcha, but a little bit warmer, neutral to warmer toned, whereas the Tatcha runs a little bit pink and is a little cooler. [...] This formula also has more of a satin finish once it dries down, whereas the Tatcha is more of a dewy finish."

✓Yay

57%Guru Score

DRMTLGY SPF 30 Radiance Powder

"Another sunscreen I picked up this year and I'm absolutely loving is the one by Dermatology. This is their sunscreen powder. And I just use this kind of like I would a beauty blender to reapply a very light layer throughout the day or to cut down the shine on some of my sunscreens that are a little bit too glowy."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Allies of Skin One SPF 50 Invisible Sunscreen Gel

"I love their products they are on the pricey side and I was really excited because they came out with a clear sunscreen and it is a chemical formula but unfortunately this is so greasy on the skin it doesn't sort of set to my skin and set up like most sunscreens you put them on they might be a little tacky a little greasy or a little bit dewy at the beginning and then you let them sit for like 5 or 10 minutes and they adhere to the skin but unfortunately this one never does it just sits on top of my skin and the amount that you have to use to get the teaspoon that you need for your face is just way too much and it just ends up being a greasy mess so unfortunately this was a fail for me."

✕Nay

66%Guru Score

Murad Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50 PA++++

"Murad is one of my long-term Holy Grail mineral sunscreens, and they are having their traditional 30% off Black Friday Cyber Monday sale. Comparing it to the Tatcha, the Murad is a little bit thicker, more cream-like, with a slight tint a little more on the yellow side. Neither one leaves much of a white cast once they dry down."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Hydrating Tint Lotion SPF 30 Fragrance-Free

"This was way too drying a formula on my mature skin, definitely difficult to spread and didn't perform like a skin tint in my opinion."

✕Nay

70%Guru Score

Tula Radiant Skin Brightening Serum Skin Tint SPF 30

"I actually expected it to be a little bit lighter weight. The finish is a three out of five, it's a bit heavier than I would have expected, a little bit more greasy than radiant. As far as texture I gave it a two out of five, it's quite stiff and hard to spread. It has seven antioxidants, five skin soothing ingredients including babol cell communicating red algae and vitamin C in the form of derivative Tetra xal deal ascorbate, a very stable form of vitamin C. But this only got 13 out of 20 points because of the texture and the fact that it was so high pigmented it was not very spreadable, which I expect in a skin tint. So it kind of brought the score down because the skincare ingredient deck is fabulous in this formula."

✕Nay

63%Guru Score

Supergoop Protect Tint Daily SPF 50

"The one was by Supergoop, the Protect Tint. This launch has caused a lot of confusion, people thinking it's a sunscreen with tint or is it a complexion product with sunscreen because they're very different. The complexion products with a bit of sunscreen in them are more opaque and you honestly cannot apply enough as you can see here on my hand to get the type of coverage that you need for a sunscreen. So that's where this lies, it is a complexion product with tint."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Biossance Squalane + Zinc Sheer Mineral Sunscreen SPF 30

"It was beloved by many but they pulled it last year sometime and now they have a relaunch. For very deep skin tones it will leave a slight ashy tone that you'll need to cover up with the touch of makeup. I hope the formula is as good as it was before. I have heard some rumors that it's not quite as great but I'm definitely interested in trying this relaunch once I get through the 15 or 20 sunscreens that I'm currently going through."

~Mixed

68%Guru Score

Fenty Skin Hydra Vizor Invisible Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30

"I also reviewed the Fenty Skin Hydra Vizor that recently launched and I found that a lot nicer of a complexion product than I did the Kosas."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Peter Thomas Roth Max Vitamin Defense Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50

"Of course it Blends in beautifully for all skin tones"

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40

"It's very serum-y formula. I'm just going to use three drops. It blended in beautifully. It's just a little bit of coverage to even my skin tone. [...] I think it's light too. I did go in store to get color matched, and the one that matches my skin tone [...] was light two. I really like this."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

The INKEY List Polyglutamic Acid Dewy Sunscreen SPF 30

"This is the one by The INKEY List, their Polyglutamic Acid Dewy Sunscreen SPF 30. It is really moisturizing, I like it a lot and I don't have any irritation from it. It dries down beautifully and it is super moisturizing and absolutely of course no white cast. It has the typical US filters, so if you're looking for a hydrating sunscreen that gives you a lot of moisturizer and you're not going to be out and about and you don't need that high sunscreen protection, this is a great one to try."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Good Molecules Sheer Mineral Sunscreen SPF 30

"It's an all mineral sunscreen and it has fairly significant white cast. It would be pretty tough to get a couple layers of this even with some dry down time. What I've noticed about the sunscreen is it separates so you have to shake it before every time you use it, which I find is kind of a pain. So personally I find this sunscreen really challenging to get enough coverage without the white cast and it also tends to separate, so it's a little bit more troubled than it's worth in my opinion."

✕Nay

75%Guru Score

Naturium Dew Glow Tinted Moisturizer SPF 50

"Narium has come out with some amazing products in the last year. This is their Dew Glow Moisturizing SPF 50 with traditional sunscreen filters. What's cool about this is it has a little measuring cap so you just measure out your sunscreen in the cap, which I think is so convenient. It is a fairly thick formula but it has the traditional US filters and it dries down beautifully. It goes on fairly white but once it soaks in, again, super hydrating. What makes this one a little bit unique is it has vitamin C, which is an antioxidant and known to help with boosting sunscreen protection. I really like the way it dries down, obviously no white cast, and super hydrating."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Kinship Self Reflect Probiotic Zinc Oxide Broad Spectrum Sunscreen SPF 32

"Kinship was highly recommended by you guys. It's definitely a glowy sunscreen. It's SPF 32 so a little bit on the low side for me, kind of one of those days I wouldn't spend too much time outside. It's a fairly thick consistency and it does take a little while to dry down. You're going to have a little bit of flashback, it's a pretty thick application. But it does dry down, it is glowy. Once this dries down it does have a very minimal white cast. It's very moisturizing and just a touch of glow. I did notice a little bit of pilling which is really disappointing because I had really high hopes with this. I've noticed on my community page that a couple of you have commented that you're having the same experience with pilling."

~Mixed

87%Guru Score

Innisfree Daily UV Defense SPF 36 Sunscreen

"This is a sample of the chemical sunscreen by Innisfree SPF 36. Again it goes on like a traditional sunscreen, super creamy, super moisturizing. Once it dries down it has absolutely no white cast, looks absolutely beautiful on the skin. And again a great pick if you're looking for a sunscreen with chemical filters. I also wanted to mention this one also has a bit of a fragrance."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Youth Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid SPF 50

"The Paula's Choice, this is the Youth Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid, this is supposed to be pore minimizing, which I have found to be true. It dries down somewhat matte and it goes on like a serum, but it does tend to minimize pores once it dries down."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Murad City Skin Age Defense Broad Spectrum SPF 50

"My favorites are the Murad City Defense and the Clinique Pep."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Bubble Solar Mate Daily Mineral Sunscreen with Broadspectrum SPF 40

"All of these have gotten really decent reviews"

~Mixed

73%Guru Score

Black Girl Sunscreen Moisturizing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 30

"If you prefer a matte sunscreen, I've been recommending Black Girl Sunscreen. It's easy to find at the drugstore, and everyone I've recommended it to says it's a thumbs up. If you're looking for something more on the matte side, or you live in a humid environment, or you have slightly oily skin, Black Girl Sunscreen is the way to go."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen SPF 40

"My two top picks for sunscreen from Sephora are a mineral sunscreen, the Mirad City Skin age defense four pluses SPF 50 mineral sunscreen which is soothing and calming to the skin, and another favorite is the one I travel with all the time, the Unseen Sunscreen by Supergoop, and this is a chemical sunscreen."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Eevee Daily Face Mousse SPF 50

"If you're running out the door during a daytime body routine you need to throw in some sunscreen my favorite is the Eevee Daily Face Mousse SPF 50 tricky to get but I love it my entire family uses it I've chatted it up on this channel forever"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Eucerin Daily Hydration Moisturizing Body Cream SPF 30

"The Eucerin Daily Hydration Moisturizing Body Cream SPF 30 is a moisturizer and sunscreen in one, so if you don't find that your treatment step is moisturizing enough you can also throw on this. It's very moisturizing and it has SPF 30 sunscreen. If you're going to be out and about for too long you want to make sure you reapply this, but this is a great sunscreen for the body. I keep this in my purse at all times and I am always reapplying this when I'm out and about."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

d'Alba Piedmont Waterfall UV Essence SPF 50

"The other one that I'm decluttering is the d'Alba Piedmont Waterfall UV Essence SPF 50. This also pills. The reason I'm decluttering this, I know, don't recommend it is the pilling."

✕Nay

66%Guru Score

ThinkSport Sunscreen SPF 50

"I don't recommend it. The pilling, the last sunscreen I'm definitely tossing out because I can't stand the white cast is the ThinkSport. I've tried a couple of the ThinkSport products this summer and the white cast is just beyond, beyond, and they're sticky and they're gooey."

✕Nay

72%Guru Score

First Aid Beauty Weightless Liquid Mineral Sunscreen SPF 30

"The mineral sunscreen by First Aid Beauty was a real bust this summer. I have liked First Aid Beauty in the past but this sunscreen is a real challenge to use. It's got a terrible white cast, it leaves a really greasy feel, and it's just an unpleasant sunscreen to use. That was one of the biggest sunscreen fails I had this summer."

✕Nay

65%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46

"One of their best sellers is their tinted version. However, that is just a little bit too on the orange side, on the pink side. It just doesn't match my skin"

✕Nay

86%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Luminous Eye Corrector SPF 41

"The Luminous Eye Corrector was a fail for me at first. When it came out, I [...] applied it the typical way, a few dots, warming it up, stippling it in with a brush, and every single time it creased by midday, settling into the fine lines in my crow's feet area and under my eye. I [...] tried it and tried it and couldn't get it to work. But I found a fix: I prep my under eye first with a small amount of The Ordinary's Volumeane, which is supposed to be a plumping product, just tapped in. That's let me use concealers that normally crease on me, including this one, with minimal to no creasing throughout the day. Also, the applicator on this [...] is slightly tricky, it definitely dispenses too much product, so give it a half pump, put it on the back of your hand, [...] and apply a very small amount to the outside and inside corner, then tap it in. Warmed up with my finger after the Volumeane prep, it's now one of my absolute favorites."

~Mixed

86%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Broad Spectrum SPF 45 Untinted Sunscreen

"This is a combination sunscreen, so that means it has chemical and physical filters. That may be the reason this never stings around my eye area. I have never had a problem. I do have sensitive eyes. I get redness, irritation, and itching around my eye area. I always have. And this doesn't bother my eyes at all. It's honestly one of the sunscreens that's constantly in my sunscreen wardrobe."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Matte Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46

"This is their matte universal SPF 45. Never would have tried this without your recommendation. It's what I'm wearing today as a base complexion product. As you can see, it's a great skin tone match for me. I put on my untinted SPF 45 and then just use this sparingly as a complexion product and just buffed it in with a makeup brush."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Hydra Stick SPF 34

"Another sunscreen fail for me is the Hydra Stick. This is SPF 34. And again, it's more of an application issue. It goes on fairly white and it just is a little bit on the greasy side. Even for my dry skin, this is definitely not a product that I would reach for."

✕Nay

66%Guru Score

Prequel Sun Barrier Mineral Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50

"The SPF 50 mineral sunscreen with 18% zinc oxide starts out with a very promising sort of neutral peachy tint and it dries down with a very slight white cast. The problem that I found with this sunscreen is it tends to pill once I have a couple layers of it on and let it dry down. Anything that I apply over it, it tends to peel a little bit, which is really disappointing because I had really high hopes with this. It does have a little bit of a white cast, which is a bit of a disappointment to me. I have noticed on my community page that a couple of you have commented that you're having the same experience with pilling."

✕Nay

57%Guru Score

EltaMD UV Clear Broad-Spectrum SPF 46

"I was so excited to use and try their UV Clear, this is the broad-spectrum 46, but this just didn't work for me. It wasn't moisturizing enough and ended up kind of peeling, and it just never, the white cast just never really settled down. So this was a pass for me."

✕Nay

82%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Daydream Broadspectrum SPF 40 Moisturizer/Sunscreen

"Another Dermatology sunscreen that I tried earlier this year is their Daydream formula SPF 40. It's in one of those pump tops, it's a really thick formula and it just didn't work out as a sunscreen for me. I didn't give it a very good review in the spring because the white cast really lingers. It's very thick, it's very emollient, and it just kind of feels greasy to be perfectly honest. But I am going to give this sunscreen another try in the cold or windy snowy months because it's very emollient. I think it's going to be very skin protective as well as helping with sun protection."

✕Nay

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La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk Sunscreen SPF 60

"This is a very popular sunscreen, it's been around for several years. It's made by La Roche-Posay, SPF 60, 80 minute water resistance, so this is a great face and body sunscreen. It doesn't bother me on my face but I do avoid my eye area. It says it's been tested for sensitive skin but I do keep this away from my eyes and use something else on my eye area when I use this. But this is a great sunscreen all around for the entire family, face and body sunscreen."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

EltaMD UV Physical Broad-Spectrum SPF 41

"I love both of these sunscreens. The physical gives me a little bit of tint, it's probably not going to work for anyone beyond Fitzpatrick 3. I tended to step away from EltaMD because I had such an issue with their first physical sunscreen that it just left my face really orange, but I think they've done a great job in reformulating this. I love the physical and love the combination sunscreen."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Tula Protect + Glow Daily Facial Sunscreen Gel SPF 30

"This is a beautiful sunscreen it gives a gorgeous glow. Given that it's a chemical sunscreen I was really expecting it to be a higher SPF, it is only SPF 30 and I believe it's only water resistant up to 40 minutes, but I love this. It gives a subtle glow to the skin it's so pretty. If you find this a little bit too glowy you also have in the kit your matte sheer powder that you can put over it."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

MD Solar Sciences Solar Stick SPF 40

"The MD Solar Sciences Solar Stick SPF 40, [...] the color science is all mineral. [...] This is a great product for two purposes. If you have really sensitive eyes and you want to wear a chemical sunscreen on the rest of your face, you can use a stick, especially a very gentle mineral stick, around your eye area. That way you still get coverage around the eye area, which is very important to protect. [...] We're always getting sunburned right in this area and you get lots of discoloration here. So if you have trouble protecting your eyes and wanting to keep sunscreens that are irritating away from your eyes, the MD Solar Sciences Solar Stick might be just the right one for you. Another way you can use this is to touch up throughout the day. This is very dry touch, it's not tacky at all. It doesn't remove my makeup, maybe a slight bit, but [...] once my makeup dries down, you can use this during the day to touch up over your makeup if you're going out midday and you just need a quick way to retouch."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Moisturizers38 reviews

IT Cosmetics Do-It-All Balm

"This was my surprise winner from the Skin Tints video, and I just didn't expect to like it as much as I did. This is still my benchmark, basically my skin but better. It's not overly glowy, it has a natural finish, it's easy to apply, which is important for me as someone who just likes a quick natural makeup look in the morning. I just found myself reaching for this over some of my favorite skin tints. If you want a glow and you need hydration, the IT Cosmetics Do It All Balm is just what you need. I have been enjoying this and I think I will enjoy it even more in winter months."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Dieux Instant Angel Lipid-Rich Firming Moisturizer

"If you want to do the face basting technique with Dew products, the Instant Angels is very nourishing and probably best for very dry skin."

✓Yay

91%Guru Score

IT Cosmetics Do It All Sheer Tinted Face Balm

"By midday, this looked just as beautiful as it did during my application in the morning. And even medium coverage had no creasing, no lines. That's really rare for my skin, especially around the temple area and the eye area where I tend to crease. It stayed fresh and hydrated and skin-like and comfortable all day long."

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

Hourglass Phantom Volumizing Glossy Balm

"These are one of my favorite balms. They live in my purse. I know it's easy to go through them quickly, but I just think they're so pretty."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

The Ordinary Rice Lipids + Ectoin Micro Emulsion

"This light moisturizer is really runny, super runny. I wonder if this would just do better as a toning step. Not necessarily a traditional toner, but just to kind of start off my skin care."

~Mixed

78%Guru Score

Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream

"The Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream -- I have been loving this. It's almost empty. I've been using it all fall and all winter. It was a new find during the fall extravaganza when I went in to see what was new at Sephora for skincare. I found this, heard you guys talking about it, and I love it, too. The Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream is gorgeous. I use it as a hand cream. I use it as a nighttime cream. I'm doing the tria laser and my skin's getting a little bit dry and peely -- this has been perfect. [...] I've been using this as a hand cream [...] and I'm very happy with it, but it's not really designed for a hand cream. [...] I've been putting the Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream on top of a retinol hand cream to kind of lock in that moisture."

✓Yay

95%Guru Score

iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Extreme Cream Anti-Aging, Firming & Lifting Moisturizer

"I tried the iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Extreme Cream way back when it was trending, maybe about eight months ago, maybe even longer now, and something in there just didn't agree with my skin, so I kind of shied away from the brand."

✕Nay

88%Guru Score

The Outset Nourishing Squalane Daily Moisturizer

"I also love their squalane moisturizer. Not on the Sephora site yet, but I just wanted to let you know that this is a sneaky little skincare brand that if you get a hold of it, I think you're going to love it."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Water Cream Moisturizer

"The water cream is great for oily skin."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Prequel Half & Half Peptides & Ceramides Fluid Moisturizer

"I'm trying Prequel's Half and Half. This has ceramides and peptides and is at a great budget price. This is the one that I used this morning. It's hydrating and super lightweight."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

The INKEY List Peptide Moisturizer

"The Inkey List has a Peptide Moisturizer which is just perfect at a great price for an evening moisturizer. It's middleweight. I would not use this in the summer. It might be a little bit too heavy, but I would not use this in the depth of winter. It's just that perfect fall moisturizing texture for all skin types."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Educated Mess Sake Bomb Targeted Peptide Hydra Burst Moisturizer

"Another moisturizer that I'm absolutely loving and I'm a bit surprised by is the Educated Mess Sake Bomb. This texture looks creamy, but watch the way it melts into the skin. Absolutely beautiful lightweight moisturizer. It's one of those daily moisturizers that you can use year round depending on your skin's need. If you have normal to slightly dry skin, you can use this in the fall. I would say in the summer, those of you with oily skin probably are going to find this a bit heavy. And in the winter, those folks with oily skin are probably going to really enjoy this. It just sinks right into the skin. I just love this squalane based formula because that is what my skin needs in the fall. It's a little creamier than both the prequel and the educated mess. Just a lovely moisturizer to have in your skincare wardrobe that you can use year round."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream

"Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Merit Great Skin Priming Moisturizer

"Next up is the Merit's Priming Moisturizer. That way I can skip the makeup primer step in my skincare routine. This is a duo, a moisturizer and a primer in one."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

SkinFix Barrier+ Restoring Gel Cream

"Unfortunately, the Skin Fix, this is their gel moisturizer. Just doesn't work for me. It tends to pill with a lot of my other skincare."

✕Nay

77%Guru Score

OneSkin OS-01 Face Topical Supplement

"The OS1 topical supplement with their proprietary peptide blend seems to do something that no other topical skincare product does. I will keep it in my skincare wardrobe. It will be on repeat purchase, but it is a bougie product, so I'm going to introduce it on occasion just when I feel like my skin needs a boost. This is a beautiful topical serum and supplement if you want to get your skin to behave and look younger and firmer."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Augustinus Bader Rich Cream

"My friend Mary at Skin Obsessed Mary is literally obsessed with their Rich Cream. She has used this for years, swears by it."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Lancôme Cream Skin

"The one I've been relying on is the one you guys recommended by Lancôme, their Cream Skin. I would not mind finding one that's a little bit more nourishing than this for winter time."

~Mixed

73%Guru Score

Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream

"One of my all-time favorite luxury brands is Tatcha, love their Dewy Skin Cream. They are having a sitewide sale of 25% off, which I'm definitely taking advantage of."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Prequel Advanced Relief 10% Urea Moisturizing Milk

"I've been loving the Prequel body products, their urea lotion and their body lotion, love them both. My entire family loves them both. They haven't announced their sale yet but it's coming up."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Lan Cream Skin Refiner

"I've been using the Lan cream toner"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Geek & Gorgeous Happy Barrier Cream

"This moisturizer just wasn't enough for my super dry skin so for me this won't be a repurchase but if you have normal to maybe slightly oily skin this might be a great nighttime moisturizer for you. This does have their proprietary blend of growth factors so if you wanted to try some growth factors in an actual moisturizing cream you might want to give this a try. Geek Gorgeous is also a very affordable brand."

✕Nay

74%Guru Score

Suaka UHA Urea Moisturizing Lotion

"I got through one of my favorite hydrating toners and I know it's one of your favorites, the Suaka UHA Urea Moisturizing Lotion. It's always in my skincare routine, usually in the summer months because it's a little bit lighter formula, and lately I have been loving it."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Avène RetrinAL 0.1% Intensive Cream

"I've been able to tolerate 0.1% very easily. My favorite retinaldehyde formula at 0.1% still remains the Avène formula because it doesn't have that yellow cast that most retinaldehydes at the higher percentages do."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Dr. Jart+ Ceramidin Cream

"I tried a little sample of Dr. Jart+ Ceramidin Cream. This has a lot of dimethicone and it doesn't sit well with some of the sunscreens that I use. I found that it caused a lot of pilling. So I tried it as a night cream and I just don't like the texture. My skin kind of feels smothered when I use this, so this is going to be a pass for me."

✕Nay

65%Guru Score

Tatcha Water Cream Oil-Free Pore Minimizing Moisturizer

"The water cream is probably better for normal to oily skin types."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

CeraVe Daily Facial Moisturizing Lotion

"One for a replenish ing moisturizer is the cesium multiaction cream it's espcially made for postprocedure"

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Jordan Samuel Skin Moisture Recovery Cream

"If I'm doing this in the evening I usually reach for the Jordan Samuel Moisture Recovery Cream, which is beautiful for rehydrating the skin and improving your barrier repair."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Geek & Gorgeous Hydration Station Moisturizer

"Geek and Gorgeous also has another moisturizer around $10 that I'm really excited to try called Hydration Station. It has glycerin and also ectoin. Ectoin is an amino acid derivative, an ingredient that's great for skin barrier protection and also helps with hydrating skin. The Hydration Station looks fabulous."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Verso Dew Point Moisturizing Gel Cream

"And they also sent me duplicates of their moisturizing gel cream"

✕Nay

70%Guru Score

Suaka Suada Ura Moisturizing Lotion

"This is the Suaka Suada Ura Moisturizing Lotion. In some concentrations Ura can be slightly exfoliating, but as usual [...] a single ingredient has multiple functions. In this case the Ura in this is definitely moisturizing and hydrating."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA

"The other one was from The Ordinary, their Natural Moisturizing Factors. This is not going to be a repurchase for me. It's just not hydrating enough for my dry mature skin and it just didn't do the trick. I felt like I always had to reapply and reapply, so this will not be a repurchase for me."

✕Nay

69%Guru Score

Aveeno Calm + Restore Oat Gel Moisturizer

"Another option for all skin types is the Aveeno Calm + Restore, also great for your second cleanse."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Peach & Lily Glass Skin Water Gel Moisturizer

"The one that I've been reaching for almost on a daily basis is the Peach and Lily Glass Skin Water Gel Moisturizer. This is a lovely lightweight moisturizer. It has hyaluronic acid, it has chamomile, it has glycerin and kiwi fruit and peach extract, just a nice lightweight beautiful moisturizer. Great for skin barrier, great for hydration."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Peptide Night Cream

"The Peptide Night Cream. Love this. It is a beautiful fluffy mediumweight moisturizer that is perfect for every skin type. One of my absolute favorite moisturizers. It sits by my bed. It is worth every penny."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Advanced Neck Repair Cream

"It is beautiful on the neck area. It reduces crepey skin. There is a list of ingredients as long as my arm. This combination formula just makes the skin of the neck absolutely luminous. I have said in the past that if you do not like this product, I will buy it from you. I am not kidding. I also use it on the back of my hands just to give them a beautiful luminous look before I go out in the evening."

✓Yay

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DRMTLGY Soothe and Recovery Cream

"This is their Soothe and Recovery Cream, which I tend to pass on and only use occasionally as a hand cream. [...] A lot of people love it, and it works well for normal to oily skin. It's one of those lighter formulas that actually works pretty well for a boost of hydration when you don't need something intense, that rare moment when I don't need an intense boost of moisture. But this is a great all around moisturizer if you're looking for something on the lighter side. It was a launch last year."

~Mixed

79%Guru Score

Neostrata Triple Firming Neck Cream

"It does have some perfuming ingredients. [...] It's a very strong fragrant smell, perfuming smell, but apparently you need to watch out for these type of ingredients if you're smelling a perfume even though the product says fragrance free. This for me just doesn't work, it lingers and I just don't like to have a scent on my skin throughout the day. [...] I much prefer the Advanced Neck Cream by Dermatology. These are both hydrating products and [...] they do have a few skin loving ingredients, but to be honest for the price, [...] this comes out to about thirty-one dollars an ounce and it's loaded with peptides whereas the active ingredients in this are pretty slim."

✕Nay

77%Guru Score

Cleansers36 reviews

SkinFix Barrier+ Ceramide + Ectoin Hydrating Gentle Gel Cleanser

"It's a very light foaming cleanser. A little bit goes a long way. It's definitely super gentle. My skin feels hydrated."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

SkinFix Eczema Foaming Prebiotic Cleansing Oil

"Love this. Their eczema plus body oil wash."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Hairstory New Wash

"New Wash is a very popular product. [...] It's basically a co-wash, so you use it on the nights when you're doing conditioning washes. I would use it on the night when I was doing a bond repair treatment, alternating with a regular hydrating shampoo [...] so I didn't strip my hair. My hair gets dried out so easily, especially living here in Colorado. So I like the idea of a co-wash. [...] But New Wash just left my hair like straw. I got through it because I would just put a really conditioning, nice conditioner on afterward, but this is a no-go for me. I know people that love it, so I'm probably in the minority there."

✕Nay

68%Guru Score

Remedy Derm Dissolve Cleansing Balm

"The one I'm using right now is Remedy. It's very gentle, takes the day off without stripping my skin."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cleanser

"This is their ultra facial hydrating cleanser. It gets a little bit foamy as you massage it into the skin, which is not my favorite texture for a cleanser, but it does not strip the skin. The key ingredients in the cleanser are two of my favorites, [squalane] and glycerin. And there are no fragrances and no essential oils, which is key for me for keeping my skin barrier intact, especially in the winter months. I do not want fragrance and essential oils to irritate my skin."

~Mixed

74%Guru Score

PSA Skin Reset Cleanser with AAI and Manuka Honey

"For a regular creamy cleanser, PSA Skin Reset Cleanser with AAI and Manuka Honey is my new discovery for 2025. Love this."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Due Ethereal Facial Cleansing Oil

"I would say this is my number one favorite oil cleansers."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Merit Great Skin Double Cleanse Face Wash

"Unfortunately, the Merit cleanser, their new cleanser, their by face cleanser, it's too drying for my dry skin. If you have normal skin or if you have oily skin, I think you're going to like this. I think you're going to like it a lot. There's nothing not to like about it except that it's just too drying for my skin, especially to use as a double cleanse. It is by phase, which means it does have oil and water. The problem is it just strips my skin a little bit too much. This might be something I could get away with more in the summer, but definitely not for me fall and definitely not going into winter."

✕Nay

70%Guru Score

Hada Labo Cleansing Oil

"I just purchased an all-time favorite oil cleanser. This is the one by Hada Labo. Kind of fun to go back to an old favorite. I like to use an oil cleanse to get all my sunscreen and makeup off in the evening. Hada Labo is a great budget buy."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Prequel Non-Drying Glycolic Acid Cleanser

"This has glycolic which is great for collagen boosting but for me personally is slightly sensitizing. So I can only do this once a week and sometimes once every other week."

~Mixed

79%Guru Score

CeraVe Renewing SA Cleanser

"My repeat purchase is going to be [...] the CeraVe SA Renewing Cleanser. I used this before dermaplaning to degrease my skin. It's very reliable. It has a little bit of salicylic acid, so if you dermaplane or do face shaving, this is the perfect cleanser that's not going to strip your skin, but it's going to remove those oils so that you don't get any catch when you're dermaplaning."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil

"A pass for me is going to be the new Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil. This just did not cut all the makeup and the sunscreen with a couple cleanses. It didn't emulsify all that well and also the packaging is super flimsy."

✕Nay

83%Guru Score

Naturium Purple Ginseng Cleansing Balm

"I highly recommend the Naturium Purple Ginseng Cleansing Balm. This is a great budget price. Does everything a cleansing balm should. Emulsifies all the makeup and the sunscreen and rinses your skin clean without leaving it dry and stripped."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

True Botanicals Ginger Turmeric Cleansing Balm

"This is their ginger and turmeric cleansing balm. This one will not be a repurchase for me. The amount of essential oils in this is a little bit too much and it doesn't quite emulsify enough for my particular..."

✕Nay

75%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Ginseng Cleansing Oil

"I tried two oil cleansers. One that I've loved for ages, the Beauty of Joseon. This is their oil cleanser. Love an oil cleanse for dry, sensitive, mature skin. This left my skin nicely hydrated."

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

Remedy Rich Cream to Foam Cleanser

"This is a creamy cleanser, very slightly foaming. It didn't strip my skin or sting my skin, so I'm giving it a three out of three for a total of a score of six. It did okay. I did need to come in with a second cleanse once or twice, but this is just your average cleanser. Nothing super special about it, especially for dry, sensitive skin. This wouldn't be the first one I reached for."

~Mixed

78%Guru Score

Regelica Cleanser

"Regelica does have fragrance, and that was kind of a negative for me, but it didn't have an irritating, long-lasting, powerful fragrance, so that really wasn't an issue for me. But what was an issue is it stung like crazy. It's also slightly foaming, which isn't my favorite, and it definitely left my skin dry and stripped. This gets a zero out of 10 for me, and the sting was so bad that I had to wash it off immediately."

✕Nay

61%Guru Score

Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water

"I love their micellar water, very gentle on my mature, dry, sensitive skin."

✓Yay

96%Guru Score

Dr. Idriss Soft Wash Complete Daily Cleanser

"My favorite second cleanser, or double cleanser, because you can use it for both a single and a double cleanse, which I do in the evening, is the Soft Wash by Dr. Idriss. I typically was reaching for this in the morning because it's a little bit lighter."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Do Skincare Baptism Cleanser

"You know how I love Do Skincare, but their new cleanser launch Baptism just isn't for me. It strips my dry sensitive skin. If you have normal to oily skin, you're probably going to love this. It's a gel type cleanser, which is perfect for normal to oily skin. There are a few jelly-like cleansers that I can use for my dry skin, but typically a jelly type cleanser doesn't work for me. It just leaves my skin too dry. So this is a personal fail for me, but it's very gentle. It comes in both unscented and scented form, which I was pretty excited about because a lot of times companies won't take the time to do that."

✕Nay

66%Guru Score

Murad AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser

"This is made with jojoba beads, a gentle exfoliator with AHAs and BHAs, it's the Murad AHA/BHA Cleanser. It's meant for the face, but I accidentally picked it up thinking it was for the body and fell in love with it, and aestheticians I've talked to since then always recommend it for a gentle body exfoliation treatment. After you do this step, out of the shower and towel off and put your lotions on, your skin is so baby soft. It also now comes in a jumbo size, which I just picked up during Murad's 30% off sale."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm

"This is a balm cleanser by Elemis and you guys wanted me to try this but unfortunately the scent is too potent for me. I usually gravitate toward unscented products and this is just way too strong, it's super perfumey. So I gave it a few tries but I'm not going to finish it up just because my skin in the cooler dryer months gets a little bit irritated and dried out and I don't want to run into a problem with the fragrance from this formula. So this won't be a repurchase for me. It's completely individual for me whether we like a scent in our skincare products or whether we don't. For me this worked great and emulsified great, it got the makeup off but it just was a little bit too scented for my personal preference."

✕Nay

68%Guru Score

CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser

"If you have oily skin you might reach for a cleanser like the CeraVe cleanser, especially if you're breakout prone."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Bloom Effects Royal Tulip Cleansing Jelly

"This is their cleansing jelly, it's basically a jelly to oil cleanser. You can use it as a first cleanse or as a second cleanse. If you have dry skin it definitely emulsifies the makeup with two cleanses. I love it. I would not use this as a single cleanse. [...] If you're just going to be using this, use a micellar water first to get all your makeup and all your sunscreen off and then come in with this, especially if you have dry skin. This is going to be a perfect second cleanse. It emulsifies beautifully and it just cleanses like nobody's business and leaves your skin super hydrated. It's super moisturizing and best for dry skin."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Good Molecules Instant Cleansing Balm

"I love the Good Molecules Cleansing Balm -- for just a basic cleansing balm it rinses super clean, is super affordable, and you can get it at Target."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser

"I used to use Cetaphil years ago on the recommendation of my dermatologist but it always felt like it stripped my skin. They have done some reformulations and I love their gentle cleanser. It's great for a second cleanse in the evening or a gentle morning cleanse."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant Beste No. 9 Jelly Cleanser

"Another fail in the cleanser category was by Drunk Elephant. This is their Beste No. 9 Jelly Cleanser. Once again, very similar to the Neoc Cleanse, it just was slightly stripping. If you have normal to oily skin, you'll probably love this cleanser."

✕Nay

57%Guru Score

Pixi Cleansing Oil

"An absolute favorite find in the cleansing category was the Pixi Cleansing Oil. I always like to start my evening skincare cleansing with an oil or a balm cleanser just to get all the makeup, skin care, and all the gunk off my face before I come in with a second cleanse. This was one of my favorite finds, super affordable. If you're looking for a good oil cleanser to get rid of all that makeup before you come in with your second cleanse, I highly recommend the Pixi Cleansing Oil."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser

"I used to recommend The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser for someone who wanted a single cleanser for their first and double cleanse. I don't recommend it anymore, it has been slightly irritating for my sensitive skin. If you love it, keep using it, but for me personally the alternative is much more gentle."

✕Nay

82%Guru Score

Geek & Gorgeous 101 Mighty Melt Cleansing Balm

"My budget recommendation for a balm cleanser that's easy to get your hands on and pretty inexpensive is the Geek & Gorgeous 101 Mighty Melt Cleansing Balm. It gets the job done and rinses really nice and cleanly. It breaks up all the makeup and the sunscreen. It works perfectly."

✓Yay

94%Guru Score

Vanicream Gentle Facial Cleanser

"I grab a very gentle sensitive skin cleanser, the Vanicream Gentle Facial Cleanser. It's definitely geared towards sensitive skin. Top ingredients are water, glycerin, and oat, so very soothing to the skin, not drying at all."

✓Yay

92%Guru Score

Versed Day Dissolve Cleansing Balm

"This is a cleansing balm by Versed. Basically a balm cleanser is just to remove those traces of makeup and sunscreen that you might have built up. This one has eucalyptus oil, which maybe is irritating for some, and vitamin E, which is a great antioxidant. But basically the focus of a cleansing balm is really just to get that makeup off, cleanse your skin, dissolve that sunscreen, and give your skin a thorough cleaning and remove any buildup from makeup."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Essential Cleanser

"The goat cleanser was one of my holy grails, but it has been bumped for a few new cleansers that I've been trying, but this is a lovely cleanser. I do reach for it on occasion. It might be slightly too drying for me in those deep winter months. But if you're looking for a perfect all-around cleanser, definitely recommend the goat cleanser."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Prequel Non-Drying Glycerin Cleanser

"This cleanser is based with glycerin and I absolutely love it. I personally use this as a second cleanse because I prefer to use a first cleanse either a balm or an oil cleanser to break up that sunscreen and get rid of all that makeup, so for me this is the perfect second cleanse. It is huge and really affordable. It's a nice gentle cleanser great for all skin types. You can use this head to toe, you can use this on your body, you can use it on your face, so all around a fantastic cleanser."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

true Botanicals Balm Cleanser

"For my first cleanse I use the true Botanicals Balm Cleanser. A Balm Cleanser is a nice cleanser to use when you want to do a relaxing routine, it's nice for massage. This breaks up all the makeup and all the sunscreen."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Molecular Silk Amino Hydrating Cleanser

"Right now I'm using the Molecular Silk Amino Hydrating Cleanser by Allies of Skin. This is definitely a luxury cleanser. You certainly don't need a luxury cleanser, but it is wonderful. It's a jelly type cleanser but it leaves my skin super hydrated. It's very gentle."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Other34 reviews

Dermaflash LUX

"Dermaflash is new to me this year because I started micro-needling and using other stronger treatments, but my mother-in-law has been using it for years and raving about it. Unlike the Stack Skincare tool which is a scalpel with some guards, the Dermaflash is completely guarded with sonic vibration and two levels. It has been the perfect replacement for my Stack tool and so much more gentle. It gets the peach fuzz off, makes my makeup go on so much smoother, and removes dead flaky skin cells. It's my number one recommendation for dermaplaning at the moment, especially if you have sensitive skin or you're using other devices in your routine and don't want to irritate your skin."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Tria FRX

"I've been trialing the Tria FRX for six months and I was blown away by my results. This has become a permanent part of my skin care routine. Lasers create a microscopic injury to the skin and the wound healing response creates the change. There is some downtime - I personally get a little redness that dissipates within a few hours. The Tria has three levels so you can work your way up to what your skin can tolerate. I can highly recommend it."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Kenra Volume Spray 25

"I've used Kenra 25 since I was a teenager. I don't go anywhere without it, it lives in my purse, it lives in my suitcase, and I have it on every bathroom counter. They say it's really heavy, like a super hold, but if you just use a little of it, it's lightweight and you can really scrunch around with it. This is a ride or die product for me, I have every size of it."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

The Ordinary Volufiline 92% + Pal-Isoleucine 1%

"I did a video sharing how I was prepping my under eye for concealer using Volufiline. This is by The Ordinary. It is supposed to be a plumping product, but I gave it a try as an under eye concealer prep, and I have been able to use all the concealers that typically crease in my under eye, and they last throughout the day with minimal to no creasing. You don't need a lot of this. The applicator is slightly tricky and definitely dispenses too much product, so give it a half pump. I put it on the back of my hand, just a half pump, and apply a very small amount in the outside and inside corner, and then I tap tap tap it in. If I warm this up with my finger and apply the Volufiline before the concealer, it brightens and it doesn't crease. This tip has actually turned this into one of my favorite concealers."

✓Yay

61%Guru Score

Banish Banisher 3.0

"I just gave up micro needling altogether. I was thinking that maybe my skin was too sensitive for micro needling and I kind of put it away for a few years. But over the last few years, I've decided to reconsider it. And now the Banish Banisher 3.0 comes with the replacement heads and not having to throw away the tool every time you're done with a session. I just think that's a great improvement."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

K18 Astro Lift Volumizing Spray

"I use it with those Velcro rollers that I've shared with you before, and I really like it. It gives me nice volume. It gives my hair a little shine. It also the rollers come out nice and smoothly. If you have tried the K18, this is their Astro Lift Volumizing Spray. It definitely helps my really dry, brittle ends and also gives me a touch of volume. So I'm a fan on this and I already have my backup."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

RMS Beauty Lip2Cheek

"Armis Beauty, this is their Lip2Cheek. It's a very dull color. [...] It's a very muddy color. There's no shine to it. It's hard to get out. And it's just not pretty at all. It's not pretty on my lips. It's not pretty on my cheeks. Super disappointing for their Lip2Cheek."

✕Nay

56%Guru Score

Colorescience Sunforgettable Total Protection

"My favorite refind in the mineral category has been Colorescience. This is their original Sunforgettable. Love this mineral sunscreen. I had totally forgotten about it and retried it again this year. It is moisturizing. It is a mineral sunscreen, non-irritating and SPF 50."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Peter Thomas Roth Instant FirmX Temporary Eye Tightener

"Unfortunately, I can't use it because it causes a little bit of burning in my under eye area. Kind of not worth it for me. I would rather use the original formula if I'm going to use a product like this before makeup prep. It just doesn't cause that irritation. On the pricey side, I would say."

✕Nay

68%Guru Score

Make Up For Ever Aqua Resist Pencil in Ebony

"The darker liner is ebony and the lighter liner is sand. And these are both by Makeup Forever."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Superstar Lips

"I did get through one of my favorite lipsticks. This is the one by Charlotte Tilbury, their Superstar Lips."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Sleep and Glow Omnia Pillow

"I use that Sleep and Glow pillow. I bought it about 5 years ago now. I really love my Sleep and Glow pillow for helping me learn to sleep on my back. It's helped my neck tremendously."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

NuFACE Trinity Pro

"And I enjoy it. And I am going to turn down the sound because sometimes they have um copyrighted sound on their um"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Enhancing Tint

"The Lisa Eldridge is iconic. It's been out for years. It gives a beautiful satin finish. It [...] kind of dries down to a matte satin finish. Love it. It's going to stay in my skin tint rotation because it's just that lightweight, no makeup makeup look that I absolutely love."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Merit Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Stick

"I first ran across the concept of a solid skin tint when I tried the Minimalist Stick by Merit. Honestly, I don't reach for it that often. I use it more as a concealer stick, just dot it on little pigments or little red spots that I have and go on about my day."

~Mixed

67%Guru Score

OneSkin Facial Prep

"This gets a maybe a two for sting factor. It really only stung my face when I was very sensitive. When I wasn't sensitive, it was fine, but it completely left my skin stripped. It gets a zero for moisturization. I know it has its magical OS1 peptide, which I rave about. But for me, their cleanser too foaming, too stripping, and not quite comfortable enough for my sensitive skin."

✕Nay

70%Guru Score

Living Proof Triple Bond Complex

"It's definitely my number one conditioner of 2024. If you have really curly hair you can use a small amount and massage it into your hair to cut down the flyaways and give your hair some control, and you can also use it as a wash out formula which I absolutely love. A little goes a long way and my hair has never felt softer, I'm really surprised by this product. [...] If you're looking for a hair bonding product to deal with those frizzy ends, my number one recommendation still is the Living Proof Triple Bond Complex, but I have to say I'm reaching for it a lot less often because I'm using the Comeback Kid by Fenty for general scalp health."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Make Up For Ever Aqua Resist Color Pencil

"I tried about three or four different light colored liners and I ended up with the Aqua Resist Color Pencil from Make Up For Ever. This is the best one. It goes on like a cream and it also dries down and doesn't budge throughout the day. I am not a fan of putting product in the waterline, but when I want to give my eyes just a little bit of pop this is what I reach for."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Latisse Latisse

"I'm back to using my Latisse. I've never had any problem with it."

✓Yay

61%Guru Score

Kenra 25 Dry Texture Spray

"I'm going to be sticking with Kenra products. This is their dry texture spray. Love this. You can piece out your hair so easily after using this."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Face Glaze

"I'm going to start with Face Glaze, this is by iNNBEAUTY PROJECT. This is a new product to me, and I actually love this. I'm going to use it as my base complexion. In fact, all of my base complexions are going to be a type of highlighter."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

BBL Broadband Light Laser

"It could be called the sitc con laser they're all these different terms but they're all intense pulse light they treat different depths the BBL is a deeper treatment"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Bloom Effects Royal Tulip Nectar

"They also have a jelly nectar which you can use in place of a facial oil at night love that I'm about halfway through that"

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Grande Cosmetics GrandeLASH-MD

"I used Grande lash didn't really help much"

✕Nay

47%Guru Score

FOREO BEAR

"I love my little Foreo Bear. I honestly prefer the little one over the Bear Plus, it kind of contours my cheek a little bit better."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Rare Beauty Find Comfort Body Collection

"I've really been curious about the Rare Beauty Body Care line. Ali Gins did a review and said it was pretty heavily scented. I smelled it in store and it wasn't too bad, if you like fragrance this could be one of your absolute faves, but for me personally I like my body care products to be fragrance-free."

~Mixed

75%Guru Score

Oral-B Round Electric Toothbrush

"I bought so many electric toothbrushes but this is a game changer. It is not cheap but I've never had my teeth feel so clean. I just thought oh this little head that's too small won't really get everything clean, no no no no no no. If you want clean fresh and beautiful glowing teeth you need to get the Oral-B. That is one of the toothbrushes now I cannot live without. I've always had an electric toothbrush but that one I can't live without."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

The Ordinary Matrixyl 10% + HA

"This is more of a serum texture. I really like this for a morning routine when I need just a little bit more hydration and I want to throw some peptides into my skincare routine. This is around $10 and I love it. It's a very simple formula, very affordable, but perfect for just after cleansing."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

The Ordinary EUK 134 0.1%

"The Ordinary EUK 134, this is a very highly potent antioxidant. Antioxidants help protect our skin from all the aggressors throughout the day. The aggressors cause these free radicals that cause skin damage, so we want to do in our anti-aging skincare routines everything that we can do to prevent free radical damage which causes aging. This is a very powerful one. If you want a very simple skincare routine, clean your skin, put a few drops of this on, and put your sunscreen on and you're good, literally that would be the simplest skin care routine that I can think of because antioxidants also help boost your sunscreen protection. It is one of the more powerful antioxidants out there, and those free radicals are cell damaging, and you want to do everything that you can to prevent cell damage to help slow down that cell damage and protect your skin."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

NIOD Hydration Vaccine

"The Hydration Vaccine is something I've been dying to try for my winter skincare routine. It's a balm moisturizer that has over 20 soothing, calming, and moisturizing ingredients in it. It's alcohol-free and fragrance-free, so I'm really looking forward to giving that a try."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

The Ordinary Argireline Solution 10%

"This is the ordinary serum, the Argireline. I'm going to have to declutter this. This is definitely a fail for me. It irritates my skin even when my skin isn't normally irritated, so I'm definitely decluttering this. The Argireline is sort of that Botox in a bottle, but this formula either has too high a percentage. I find it drying and irritating, especially around my eye area. I'm definitely retiring the Argireline Solution."

✕Nay

72%Guru Score

ZIIP Halo 2.0

"I've been using the Zip Halo for five years and it's my favorite microcurrent device. What I love is the gels don't dry out and the app has amazing programs especially for mature skin with multiple wavelengths to try different effects. It does depuffing, contouring, and gives your skin a little lift, like a little instant skin perfecting routine. The silver gel is my absolute favorite, and the superior set includes the device, three travel size gels, and a full size gel product."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Typology Glow Drops

"Typology has glow drops, which is a concentrated illuminator traditionally used for the high points of your face. [...] I'm going to use this a little bit differently and use it along my eyelids for a little bit of a shadow. I love a light shadow over the mobile lid to make my recessed eyes pop. [...] It's an easy, harmonious way to bring in the eye area into this minimalist makeup look without doing a complete shadow."

✓Yay

Notverified

Foreo Bear Mini

"At level three it does for me personally cause muscle contraction so I can only only use it on level one it also you can't turn off the vibration with this so you always get a bit of vibration during your microcurrent routine"

~Mixed

61%Guru Score

Eye Makeup33 reviews

Merit The Minimalist Mascara

"My very favorite mascara is Merit. They now have a new mascara out that's fabulous too, the Clean Lash mascara in brown, so I'm loving this even more. It's one of my absolute favorite mascaras. Merit wins the day when I'm just traveling around for everyday makeup because it's so easy and so fast, and it's one of my favorite brands for a very natural look."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Giorgio Armani Liquid Eyeshadow

"Last year I picked up the Armani duo, I'm probably going to pick it up again. This year they have sparkle and cashew, cashew is a matte and I actually don't have an Armani liquid shadow in matte. I think I'm going to pick up the Armani liquid shadows."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Westman Atelier I Want You Mascara in Brown

"I'm trialing the Westman Atelier mascara but it just doesn't look amazing on me. I only used it today because I could not find my Merit Clean Lash. I will probably be putting this in my fails and faves and I have a feeling it's going to be a fail."

✕Nay

76%Guru Score

Hourglass Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascara

"My favorite Hourglass mascara now comes in espresso and the ultra black original. I'm going to use espresso. It's so exciting that they came out with a brown. I love brown mascaras. And I especially love this formula. One of my favorite mascaras of all time."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Merit Brow 1980 Pomade

"This is the Merit Volumizing Pomade in the color taupe. It's one of my quick go-to brow products these days. Loving it."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Palette Trio

"I purchased an extra one. And instead of going through the extra hassle, I love this palette so much that I wanted to share it with you. And this is basically for those of you who are fairly light complexed. And I did a full face of this palette, like all my makeup only using this palette. And it looks so pretty. The reason is those powders are ethereal. They're so lightweight. They're just like fairy dust and they look so pretty on the skin. You do have to prep your skin and I prepped my skin with the merit skin care."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

RMS Beauty Eyelights Cream Eyeshadow

"A makeup fail also from RMS Beauty, unfortunately, is their cream eyeshadow. I cannot get this to work on my mature eyes. It's just too metallic. It has a very metallic sheen, and that just doesn't set well with my mature upper lids. They're slightly crepey. They're very recessed. I think I'm going to pass this on to someone in my family who likes that more metallic look, the very young look. This one just isn't for me and my minimalist makeup vibe."

✕Nay

70%Guru Score

Tarte Tartelette In Bloom Amazonian Clay Palette

"I'm going to use my Tartelette In Bloom palette, an iconic palette, and I'm going to do a little bit of the Flowerchild over the mobile lid. And then come in with one of the darker colors in the corner. Just super super easy three-step shadow."

✓Yay

93%Guru Score

Merit Solo Shadow Matte Eye Color in Studio

"It's the Solo Shadow in the color studio by Merit. These shadows tend to dry out. I've been trying really hard to take care of this. Make sure that lid snaps because I'm absolutely loving this color. I never thought I would love this deep of a plum color. But if I top it off with a satin color over the mobile lid, I've been loving it."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Merit Brow Gel

"This is seriously a no mess up Brow Gel. It's a little bit more pigmented than the other product. This gel seems like it's a little bit wetter than the first brow product. I think the Merit brow product is a little bit more pigmented."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Thrive Causemetics Brilliant Eye Brightening Eyeshadow Stick

"Thrive came out with some new Shadow sticks this year and I was really excited to try them but unfortunately the colors for me are just a little flat they're definitely matte and they settle in my fine lines every single one of them the colors just kind of once they settle in after a few hours they just settle and they kind of dry and they're just not all that flattering so the Thrive eyeshadow sticks are going to be a pass for me"

✕Nay

61%Guru Score

Benefit Gimme Brow+ Volumizing Eyebrow Gel

"I've just become disenchanted with the Gimme Brow+ by Benefit."

✕Nay

78%Guru Score

Hourglass Eyeshadow Palette

"I'm using a little bit of my Hourglass Eyeshadow Palette, this is one of my favorite skintones and I combine two and three."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

ILIA Limitless Lash Mascara

"I'm also going to be using the Ilia mascara, one of the number one mascaras of 2024."

✓Yay

99%Guru Score

Thrive Causemetics Liquid Lash Extensions Mascara

"The Thrive Causemetics Liquid Lash Extensions Mascara is a cult classic for a reason. I did include it in my tubing mascara roundup this year and it kind of ranked in the middle somewhere. What I have found is that I need a lash comb with it. If I use the comb through and then remove the little bit of residual that I get, it doesn't transfer. I've also let it stand open for a little while, since I learned that tubing mascaras when they're very wet, if you leave them open for a little while and they have the opportunity to dry out just a touch, they apply so much better. [...] Along with picking up a lash comb, that's been the perfect combination. I'm getting less fallout, and I like the look a lot better because it's more of a natural look as opposed to the spidery look I was getting. The comb just helps comb out the additional clumps and smooth everything out."

~Mixed

87%Guru Score

Benefit Precisely My Brow Pencil

"I used to use the gel from Benefit, but I have found that I like the look of the pencil so much better these days that I'm moving over to their pencil. This pencil also comes with a spoolie which is really nice so you can kind of fluff it out. You can just get some color and brush it in and fluff it out, or you can just do a single lash by using the really fine end and just doing a couple strokes to fill in your sparse spots. You can fill in kind of with some color and then go back in and if you have any sparse spots just do a few lashes. Then I use the spoolie to kind of brush it up because that natural brow look is in right now, brows filled in and brushed into shape."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara

"I've been using the Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara, and it gives a very nice light coverage for that fluffy lash natural look. Sometimes I'll come in if I get some clumps with my lash comb, which just kind of helps lift the lashes and get rid of any clumps, [...] so it refines that look."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara

"I'm going to use the Rare Beauty mascara"

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze

"I've added a little bit of the Anastasia Brow gel to give this more of an evening look"

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Tarte Tarteist XL Tubing Mascara

"The Tarte mascara only got a one out of five for application. It was messy to apply, it transferred, and I had to do a bit of cleanup. For appearance, a one out of five. It was clumpy, it didn't really look like it extended my lashes much at all. It didn't have that nice sleek individual lash look like I would expect a tubing mascara to have. For smudging, it got a three out of five. It did smudge and have a little bit of fallout, not too bad. For washability, it got a three out of five. It didn't take too long to wash off, a little bit less long than the Elf and the Milani, but the wash off wasn't what I expected for a tubing mascara."

✕Nay

66%Guru Score

e.l.f. Lash 'N Roll Mascara

"The e.l.f. mascara [...] got a five out of five for application, separated each lash, they looked really nice. For appearance I also gave it a five out of five. I love this for a more natural look. The Milani was more spiky and shiny whereas the e.l.f. was a little bit more natural looking and it definitely extended my lashes. [...] As far as smudging, the smudge factor it did smudge a touch, it got a three out of five, not as much as the Milani but it did smudge a little bit. For washability it did not do well with washability. It took a lot for me to get this off, it wasn't easy to wash off, it didn't necessarily come off in exact tubes, so it also got a two out of five for wash off."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Milani Highly Rated Lash Extensions Tubing Mascara

"The Milani got a two out of five score on the application. It applied very wet and it took a while to dry down. It would transfer when I blinked so I had to do quite a bit of cleanup. The lashes are long, they're a little bit on the spiky side, not very natural looking, so a four out of five on the look. On the smudge ability, I waited a few hours in between each kind of like a midday, like if you would just rub your eye. This only got a two out of five on the smudge factor. It did smudge off if you touched your lashes. If you don't touch these, the fallout is very minimal, but if you have to touch your lash, which I happen to do because I have allergies and I just naturally get itchy around the eye area, so for me a mascara is number one if it doesn't have a high smudge factor. Washing off, this was a bit of a surprise. The wash off took five swipes. I doused each eyelash in water, kind of got them saturated like if I was in the shower, and then I wiped them off to see if the tubes came off."

✕Nay

65%Guru Score

Anastasia Beverly Hills Dip Brow Pomade

"I picked up the Anastasia, this is their dip brow and soft brown. Super amazing brow gel. You just need a little bit, goes a long way, gives a nice soft look to the brow, and it holds your brows in place."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Glossier Brow Flick in Brown

"I also love the Glossier Brow Flick in Brown. This is a product where you can use just the fine tip of this pen to draw in a single brow, and I use this if I'm doing a no makeup makeup day and I just have a sparse area that I want to fill in. This is a great product. Now the end of the wand is getting a little frayed so it doesn't quite do the thin line that it used to, [...] but it works great. It just fills in those sparse spots."

✓Yay

60%Guru Score

Too Faced Sex Espresso Natural Eyes Palette

"I'm very minimalist when it comes to eyeshadows. I have a love for my favorite natural eyes by Too Faced. These are lovely satin colors that work well on mature skin, especially if you have recessed hooded eyes. If you put these over the mobile lid they just give the lid that pop that it needs when you have very tiny small eyes or recessed eyes. If you do not have the Too Faced Naturals Eyes palette, it definitely needs to be in your arsenal as one of your basic palettes."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Natasha Denona Eyeshadow Palette

"I tried to replace it with the Natasha Denona palette here, some of a couple of their satins, but it's not even close. In fact, I'm going to be decluttering this because a lot of these shades look a little bit too yellow and green on my skin. They are not flattering at all."

✕Nay

70%Guru Score

Bimatoprost Lash Serum

"I had never had such beautiful lashes"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

ColourPop Eyeliner

"The ColourPop eyeliner didn't work for me. It's too stiff and it just kind of pulls and tugs, and it's very uncomfortable on my waterline. I'm not going to get rid of it by any means, but it isn't one that I'm going to reach for again and again, and I'm definitely not going to be repurchasing it. It's just a little on the stiff side. It's creamy, but I like it a little bit more shimmery, and this is definitely more on the matte side."

✕Nay

67%Guru Score

Tower 28 Make Waves Lengthening and Volumizing Mascara

"Of course you guys know my new find is the Tower 28 mascara. I love them both but this is my Holy Grail that I can't live without."

✓Yay

92%Guru Score

Revive Lash and Brow Stimulating Serum

"I had never really heard of the concept of a lash growth serum. I went whole hog into the prescription bimatoprost and I know it comes with risks and I have since changed to a non-prostaglandin lash serum and that's what I'm trying right now is Revive Lash. I've been using this for 3 months and I have a video coming up in a few weeks on my experience with this. I have purchased a lash serum either a prescription or over the counter since around 2015 and I am so excited to finally have lashes."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Palette

"The Hourglass Ambient Light Editing Unlocked Palette was the number one pick for pressed powders, and I'm not surprised. I love my Ambient Light -- it's one of my favorite powders of all time. I'm just getting ready to hit pan and will be repurchasing. There's something special about the Hourglass Ambient Light blushes that just look so gorgeous even on mature skin."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Benefit Bad Gal Bang Mascara

"A little bit of mascara, I'm going to use my Benefit Bad Gal Bang. I love this, I can almost put it on without looking. It's just one of those quick and easy mascaras. It's just quick, it's easy, it doesn't flake during the day, I don't have any transfer, and it's just very reliable."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara

"I'm going to use a little bit of my Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara. This has been my go-to daily mascara, a very natural look."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Lip30 reviews

Supergoop Glow Gloss SPF 40 Lip Balm

"SPF 40 for a lip product is hard to find, and I've already gone through two. They have a trio on sale, I'm definitely picking it up, it's absolutely a no-brainer. These live in my purse all summer long, especially after the lip cancer scare I had a few years ago."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Naturium Phyto-Glow Lip Balm

"Super neutral. I think it could actually go over a lot of my lipsticks just for a touch of color. [...] That's hard to get out. Also very sheer."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Tower 28 ShineOn Lip Jelly

"The lip jelly by Tower 28 in the color oat. This is going to be a very neutral color. I think it could actually go over a lot of my lipsticks just for a touch of color."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Revie Beauty Effortless Lips

"This is her Effortless Lips in the color rose. I was shocked when I tried this. It was recommended by a friend and I tried it the other day and I actually felt confident. I thought it was really pretty and I just felt a little bit more sophisticated."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Saie Slip Tint Dewy Tinted Moisturizer

"I was completely late to the party on this. So glad I finally tried it. Really hydrating. Looks great on mature skin. If you have a light layer, beautiful skin peeking through, no makeup makeup. You can actually build this to almost a medium coverage if you want a little bit more. It works great on mature skin because it is super hydrating."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

The Outset Lip Oasis Glossy Treatment

"Right now, they only have the Lip Oasis, which I raved about all year long. It's kind of my second choice, a lighter choice than the Edim. I would say that's more my spring summer lip balm. If you like a lighter lip balm, but something that still moisturizes your lips and does a great job at hydrating, I cannot recommend enough the Lip Oasis."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Merit Slick Tinted Lip Oil

"I'm a fan of their shade slick glass."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Edom Lip Balm

"Edom, a new skincare brand to me this year. I fall in love with so many of their products. Their Lip Balm is my top Lip Balm of the year."

✓Yay

91%Guru Score

OneSkin OS-01 Lip SPF

"The lip balm goes on a little bit white, so you'll have to kind of get this to settle in a little bit, but it has SPF in it, which is great. SPF year round is perfect for your lips. This is a nice thick formula. It does take a second because of the white cast. It's a mineral-based lip balm. Does take a half a second for it to kind of get rid of that white cast, but it works beautifully over lipstick and under lipstick. I've used it both ways."

~Mixed

80%Guru Score

Merit Signature Lip Lightweight Lipstick

"And then for my lips today, I'm going to use my nude lipstick in Maxwell from Merit. This is a limited edition. It's so beautiful."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Remedy Lip Balm

"I can't do it. So for me, it just leaves the key thing a Lip Balm has to have. It can't have that film that like after you're done talking or if you're drinking something, it can't have that film that kind of coats the inside of your mouth by accident. And that's what the remedy does for me personally."

✕Nay

70%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Lip Silk SPF 40

"I'm also dedicating to wearing a lip SPF. This is the one by DRMTLGY, a newer release, SPF 40. [...] But wear your SPF on your lip area, and even better, a tinted one. [...] Find an SPF that has a bit of tint. I even sometimes load an SPF first and then do a lip gloss over."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Dr. Idriss Barrier-Based Lip Peel

"Dr. Idriss uses a very gentle mandelic acid AHA exfoliation product to gently exfoliate the lips. Now, it's not going to make your lips exfoliate overnight. You kind of have to repeatedly use this for a few weeks, but it's excellent in getting those crusty bits off your lips. The Dr. Idriss line has the gloss separate from the exfoliating product. The efficacy of the mandelic acid for my very dry Colorado lips is in this product. If I get those crusty sort of flat skin-like crusty bits, this takes care of it in about a week just to help exfoliate that. This is a very gentle AHA."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Dr. Idriss Lip Balm

"The Dr. Idriss lip balm, the lip balm that goes with the lip peel, is lovely. I'm giving it a four out of five. It's a nice hydrating lip balm and it lasts. It doesn't have the scent that this one has, but it also isn't quite as thick and long lasting."

~Mixed

62%Guru Score

Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm

"A huge disappointment that I was so excited to buy during Black Friday were the Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm quad set. These smell terrible, I can't wear them, they just have a terrible fragrance to them, and they're really not all that moisturizing. I was really excited to try these because they were kind of getting a little bit of a viral buzz. I think they were a bit overhyped honestly. I wouldn't repurchase these unfortunately."

✕Nay

75%Guru Score

Jones Road Lip Pencil

"I love the color, it's like a pretty color, I really love this and it would go with most of my lip products I think beautifully as a lip liner, but it smells like pencil. It just makes my lips smell like pencil, so unfortunately this too was a fail for me."

✕Nay

69%Guru Score

Lanolips Lip Sleep Mask

"I much prefer Lanolips Lip Sleep Mask"

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask

"One of my holy grails for lips is their sleeping mask. I absolutely love this, I always have one near my bedside, and I have the minis that ride around in my purse."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

K Skin Lip Balm SPF 30

"A lip product that I recommend for daytime is the new K Skin Lip Balm SPF 30. It's really hard to find a lip balm with SPF 30 that's super moisturizing. This is fantastic and has replaced my Vanac cream Lip Balm SPF 30 that I believe has been discontinued."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Iconic Nude Lip Liner

"I picked up Charlotte Tilbury's Iconic Nude Lip Liner. Using the technique of outlining the lip on only the cupid's bow and only the center lower portion of your lip, so you overline that area but you don't overline any further out or you get that kind of clown mouth that looks kind of ridiculous. You can't have a lip gloss on your lips if you're going to use this lip pencil or else it just doesn't apply. I made several mistakes and there was nothing there. You have to have moisturized lips, but don't put on a lip gloss or a heavy layer of your sleep mask before you start this process or your lip pencil won't show up. Overlining done, not too bad, I think I did okay. I don't think it's too crazy looking."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Aquaphor Lip Repair Stick

"I use the lip balm underneath the eyes and this makes your concealer stay 10 times longer it doesn't get all creased up and crazy believe it or not and it doesn't break down the makeup. He uses it in the under eye area, he uses it in the marionette and he also uses it over the lip. The reason he uses this is because he works with models who need budge proof makeup that doesn't crease and who work long hours so he needed a look that lasted throughout the day that didn't have to be continually touched up. The concept of using the Aquaphor allows the makeup to be pliable throughout the day preventing creases."

~Mixed

67%Guru Score

Fenty Beauty Overnight Lip Mask

"Compared to some of my other favorites like the tatcha and the Len and the Fenty oh my gosh this just doesn't Stack Up unfortunately"

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Tinted Lip Oil

"I was so excited about when they first came out and they actually dry out my lips. This lip oil does have a beautiful color palette but once it dries down it just completely dehydrates my lips. So this is not going to be a repurchase. I purchased two and I'm using them up and then just putting a clear lip gloss or even a different color lip gloss over the top just to kind of use them up, but the Rare Beauty lip oils won't be a repurchase for me."

✕Nay

68%Guru Score

Tarte Maracuja Juicy Lip Plump

"The smell is a very strong coconut smell and it's slightly sticky and not very hydrating, so unfortunately this was a fail for me. I'm not going to continue to use it because the scent is just a little bit too strong. It didn't give enough hydration and the scent profile was just not something that I prefer."

✕Nay

56%Guru Score

Lineage Lip Sleeping Mask

"I prefer the Lineage, it's a little bit thicker and creamier for evening time. I live in Colorado, it's so dry. I do run a humidifier, but sometimes it's just not enough in the evening, so I always slather my lips up."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Dermelect Smooth Upper Lip and Perioral Anti-Aging Treatment

"I'm about two-thirds through the Dermelect Smooth Upper Lip Periorbital Anti-Aging Treatment. I've never used a dedicated product for the upper lip, but we do get those barcode lines and anything I can do to soften that area I'm all about. This does have some dedicated hydrating ingredients that probably will plump up the nasolabial folds and upper lip lines. It contains arbutin, Matrixyl 3000 which is a peptide complex, retinol, and GABA to tighten, as well as hyaluronic acid. It goes right above the lip area and along the nasolabial folds. I haven't noticed a huge difference, but it is slightly plumping. That said, I do have a little problem with the applicator. This little rollerball keeps kind of coming off, and the product comes out really quickly, so you need to be very gentle if you're trying to dispense a small amount. It comes out very quickly and you can't lock it, so when I store it a lot of the product gets into the cap. There are a few packaging problems with this in my opinion."

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

OneSkin OS-01 Lip Sleep Mask

"I always have my OneSkin lip with me, I am always carrying lip products because my lips get so dry here in Colorado. I always have one or two of these floating around, and these are my absolute two favorite lip products for keeping my lips soft and flaky free."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Tatcha Kissu Lip Serum

"I am a longtime fan of their lip masks, but I don't know. What do you guys think about this glitter?"

~Mixed

75%Guru Score

City Lips Lip Oil

"I've been using the Lip Oil. It's been so dry, winter is definitely not over here, and it's been really good."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Tower 28 Beach Please Lip and Cheek Cream Blush

"If you haven't tried the Tower 28 cream blushes, I love them for mature skin because they're soft and creamy and they just don't settle in lines at all. I like this, it gives me a very seamless look. Like, I honestly can't tell the difference in where my cheek starts and my under eye begins."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Body & Tan25 reviews

OneSkin OS-01 Body Topical Supplement

"The OneSkin body product for crepey skin is pretty expensive, but I used it for three months and the before and afters were crazy. I did not expect this at 60, but it actually helped get rid of the crepey skin, especially over my knees. To make it last longer because it's so pricey, I put a layer of Hydro Boost on first so my skin is already moisturized, which helps it glide on better and lets my skin accept all the peptides in it. It has a proprietary peptide that helps with senescent cells. Pretty cool product, pretty expensive product, but awesome."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Hyaluronic Acid Body Lotion

"I've used Hydro Boost, the fragrance-free one, for five or six years, and it's one of my favorite drugstore body products. It's like a water gel cream and it's super hydrating. I put a layer of it on first, under my more expensive body products, so my skin is already moisturized and can soak everything up, and the pricier products glide on better. This is a great prep, especially if you have really dry skin. I share it with tons of family members and I can't recommend it highly enough for a drugstore body lotion."

✓Yay

93%Guru Score

Necessaire Eucalyptus Body Wash

"This is one of the body products I absolutely love, the Necessaire body wash. This one is in the eucalyptus scent, I prefer the bergamot [...] scent, but this is a beautiful body wash."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Necessaire 0.1% Retinol Body Lotion

"The second retinol product that I absolutely love is their body retinol. This competes with one of my absolute favorites by Necessaire. I think this one is slightly more hydrating. It's a little thicker and it's a little more occlusive than the Necessaire. Both are beautiful products."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Oak Essentials Dew Body Butter

"I also put on the Oak Essentials dew body butter. A little bit of overkill, but why not? Lovely body butter. I like them both. They're very lightly scented and not too overpowering."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Versed Press Restart Gentle Retinol Body Lotion

"The gentle retinol body lotion is fantastic. [...] If you're looking for something budget that actually is lovely and works, try this. If you want to kind of bump things up because this also has AHAs and BHAs. So, it has the 1% or 0.1% pure retinol, then 10% AHA, peptides, vitamins, and glycerin. This is kind of closer to the Iota, kind of a one and one for your retinol night. So, these are both great formulas for the body."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Kate McLeod Daily Stone Deep Moisturizing Lotion Bar

"It's their stones that they sell, which kind of seems really cool, but I just have trouble with these. I'm just not a fan of solid skincare, body care, and facial care. So, these were a fail for me."

✕Nay

73%Guru Score

Naturium Glow Getter Multi-Oil Body Wash

"The Naturium Glow Getter is perfect for winter months and exfoliation in the shower."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Necessaire Deodorant Gel

"I've been using the Necessaire Deodorant with absolutely no trouble. I was using another deodorant that has some fragrance, but I've backed off, especially as my underarms have been a little bit on the itchier side."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Topicals Slather Exfoliating Body Serum

"Another body product that I've been shouting about for years is the one by Topicals. This is their Slather. It also is a great active body lotion. It has retinol, lactic acid, urea, and squalane. Great for mature skin to help with that crepey, flaky skin."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Fenty Beauty Skin Butter Drop Shimmering Whipped Oil Body Cream

"Fenty Skin. This is a body care body butter. I love this. It's really nice. I got this is my second one I think that I've gotten. So, definitely recommend the Fenty body butter. This is in the scent butter drop. And it's a whipped body oil. That's probably why my skin loves it. It's a whipped body oil."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Iota Supercloud Body Serum

"I have been trying a new serum that I absolutely love. It's by Iota. This is the body serum called Supercloud. It has niacinamide for skin brightening, copper tripeptides for collagen support, and it doesn't interfere with the peptides in this. You can use both. It's a double dose of peptides. Completely different type of peptides. [...] It also has hyaluronic acid for hydration, squalane for an anti-inflammatory. It's also hydrating and an emollient, ceramides for barrier repair, mandelic acid for even skin tone, and maltobionic acid for smooth texture, as well as probiotics for the microbiome. This is an all-in-one topical. If you are not going to try the one skin, this would be my second recommendation. This is an amazing product. It has basically everything that your skin needs to combat that fragile skin that we're getting. You could use it morning and night, top it with a moisturizer, and again, call it done."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Necessaire Vitamin C Body Serum

"I tried the Necessaire Vitamin C formula to be honest I didn't find this super hydrating and I didn't have any change in the lightening and brightening of my body skin so this won't be a repurchase for me personally. I was trying to replicate the skin care of my face for the skincare of my body by trying to get a vitamin C formula in the body but I think this just isn't strong enough to take care of the pigment on my legs."

✕Nay

73%Guru Score

Bioderma Atoderm Shower Oil

"I got through a huge tub of the Bioderma. This is their oil-based body wash. I love an oil-based body wash because it just leaves my skin so hydrated. I actually think I prefer it."

~Mixed

75%Guru Score

Naturium Skin Renewing Retinol Body Lotion

"I got through the one by nutum"

~Mixed

74%Guru Score

Gold Bond Age Renew Retinol Overnight Body & Face Lotion

"Gold Bond, you guys turned me on to this. I had absolutely no idea about this product until you guys introduced it to me. It has retinol, it has urea, and it has peptides. This is a great drugstore product. It is affordable. It's super creamy but it dries down beautifully. It leaves your skin super soft and silky. I don't really have to wait that long before I can jump into my pajamas in the evening. I definitely love this cream. The reason I think it's really special is because it does contain both retinol, a gentle exfoliating ingredient, and urea. Now I'm not sure the urea is at the 10% that's the one thing I wonder. They put it in here, but I'm wondering if they put it in here as a token or if it's actually doing some exfoliating work for us. I would love to know the percentage of the urea in this. But I still love this product and it's been kind of a game changer. It's lovely."

✓Yay

93%Guru Score

Verso Firm Ground Retinol Body Lotion

"I'm actually on my second bottle of the Verso Firm Ground Retinol Body Lotion and I love this. It's very similar to the Dermatology, I would say it's a little bit lighter weight. This is probably more hydrating than the Verso, but they're both wonderful and they both contain retinol."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant TLC Glycolic Body Lotion

"I finished up a couple body products the first one is by Drunk Elephant, this is their AHA Alpha hydroxy acid blend with glycolic and lactic. Now this just didn't give me any kind of a wow factor. I've been trying lots of body lotions for you guys, this will be a pass for me on repurchase."

✕Nay

62%Guru Score

Nécessaire Body Exfoliator

"A body peel that both viewers and I loved was by Necessaire. Their body peel does a beautiful job of exfoliating, leaving the skin soft and smooth."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Fragrance-Free Body Lotion

"I put it on damp skin right when I jump out of the shower"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Necessaire Body Peel Resurfacing Serum

"If you're looking for a body peel treatment, Nécessaire came out with their body peel late in the year, definitely love it. It's a serum-like texture, you put it on after showering, rinse it off the next day, it doesn't irritate the skin and just gently exfoliates."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Alpha Skin Care Renewal Body Lotion 12% Glycolic Acid

"I did not like their renewal body lotion. This is an exfoliating body lotion. It just didn't do anything. It went on my skin, it layered up and it just kind of sat there and it was tacky, didn't dry down well. I really don't feel like my legs were moisturized afterward any more than they were before. I committed to it, I used the entire bottle because there was a recommendation from you guys for this. It has a glycolic-based exfoliating formula. It is budget friendly, but it just didn't work for me personally."

✕Nay

73%Guru Score

Soft Services Retinol Body Serum

"The retinoid of choice that I've been using is by Soft Services, but this is a 0.25% retinol. I haven't gotten any skin irritation, but I'm considering picking up the 1% because there are times throughout the winter that my body just starts erupting and sort of itchy, rashy patches and I have used the necessary through those patches in the past and I may just pick that up to have on the back burner in case this is just a bit too much. But I do believe that using retinols throughout the winter months is just as important as using them the rest of the year."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Exfoliating Renew Body Lotion

"I still like it because it's a great exfoliation product at 12% lactic acid. If you have an open cut or something like that somewhere, it's going to give a tingle. And if you have dry, sensitive skin, it might give your body a tingle. I use it as an overnight exfoliating mask and then rinse it off in the morning because it does have a bit of a detectable scent. Kind of that typical lactic acid smell that you get in the higher percentage lactic acid products. My skin is soft and silky by morning. For my sensitive skin, dry skin, I would do this maybe once or twice a week for body exfoliation."

✓Yay

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Soft Services Retinol Hand Cream

"A definite hand cream favorite [...] is the Soft Services Retinol Hand Cream. I think it's 0.2% retinol, but it never irritates my hands. I've been putting the Apto barrier 365 over it and then putting [...] cotton gloves on at night for a great overnight mask. [...] This has been a great find."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Tech19 reviews

iRestore Elite Low-Level Laser Hair Regrowth System

"The iRestore Elite is the closest I've found to the original laser cap that uses all laser diodes. It combines LED and laser diodes with 500 diodes total including 300 lasers and 200 LEDs, using three red light wavelengths of 625, 655, and 680 nanometers. It's only a 12-minute treatment and comes with a battery pack to attach. I have been finding this to be a very comparable device at a much lower price, in the $1,500 to $1,900 range compared to all-laser devices that start at around $3,000."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

NIRA Precision Laser

"I've tried and reviewed the NIRA, which is a nonfractional home laser. The time commitment I put into this, well over a year, and the results that I got just really weren't worth it for me. [...] It didn't give me enough bang for my buck, so I decided to bump up to a fractional laser instead."

✕Nay

56%Guru Score

NEWA Cordless RF Wrinkle Reduction Device

"I reviewed the NEWA and it didn't give me enough results for the input of time for me to continue using it. My skin had already gotten to the point of sag, droop, collagen loss, bone loss, and fat pad loss that a home radio frequency device just wasn't going to turn that ship around. It's honestly the device that's last on my list at the moment, though I've thought about reintroducing it in a very targeted area."

✕Nay

69%Guru Score

Tria Laser

"The Tria is an FDA-cleared at-home fractional laser, a 1,140 nanometer non-ablative fractional laser, the same category of laser technology used in fractional clinical laser treatments, just adapted and FDA-cleared at a lower energy level for safe at-home use. After an 8-week treatment and then a 12-week treatment on her forehead over 6 months, the texture in her brow area was much smoother, she had lumps and bumps before, and the furrows and lines were so much smoother. She's calling the 6-month Tria laser treatment a win and will continue to use it. She doesn't think this device is for everybody: if you're looking for in-office clinical results like an ablative or fractional clinical laser treatment, you're going to be disappointed. It works better for people who've had an in-office treatment and want to maintain it, or who have more subtle signs of photoaging. If you have long-standing deep signs of photoaging, deep wrinkling, really severe dark spots, and lots of texture, this probably isn't the device you want. She recommends the Tria as an anti-aging home skin care device for those more subtle signs of aging, and says it fits perfectly into her maintenance routine in between office treatments."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

NuFACE Trinity Facial Toning Device

"I've also tried the Newface, multiple iterations of the Newface."

✕Nay

60%Guru Score

Foreo Bear Microcurrent Device

"I have abandoned all of my other microcurrent devices. I've tried the Forio, many iterations of the Forio."

✕Nay

65%Guru Score

Maysama Prana LED Light Therapy Mask

"Another mask I can confidently recommend is the Mysama Prana Mask. This has different features than the CB2. Number one, you can separate out red light therapy. So if you just want to do red light therapy and not do near infrared light therapy because you have certain pigmentation concerns, this might be the mask for you. Number two, it has the feature of pulse light. Pulse light claims to have multiple benefits. Number one, the pulsing action is supposed to actually improve the skin care. This comes with a serum that they advise that you use it with. I've also used it with the DNA repair enzymes. Love it. Also, the pulse light can help with heat dispersion, so when the lights go on and off, they give the ability for the skin to cool just a bit, which may be a consideration for someone with melasma."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

CurrentBody RF Radiofrequency Skin Tightening Device

"Looking in the under chin area where I use the CurrentBody RF Radiofrequency Skin Tightening Device, I'm not seeing a significant difference in either fullness or an improvement in laxity. With my head turned to the right, I honestly see no difference in the before and after pictures in the laxity in my under chin area nor the fullness."

✕Nay

75%Guru Score

NuFACE Mini Microcurrent Device

"I know they have tons of different features and attachments but I just never really got into that so I stuck with the microcurrent Minis. This is my second one. The first one kind of fritzed out. I didn't have great customer service trying to get that repair, and it only lasted a year. Honestly, I haven't reached for my NuFACE Mini in probably over a year. I purchased this around last holiday season and used it a couple times and haven't picked it up. The reason is the globes to me are not comfortable. The way you have to hold it is not comfortable to me, and they're kind of too large to get the contouring that I like to do during a microcurrent session."

✕Nay

66%Guru Score

Maysama Aura LED Mask

"My favorite number one mask that I have used so far is the one by Maysama. It covers the lip area, hallelujah. Number two, it has a new feature called pulse light. Pulse light isn't new in the LED light therapy industry but it is new to masks and as far as I know it's the only mask that has pulse light. Pulse light is supposed to help the products that we put on our face before we use LED. I always use my Myama green Robos tea on all of my LED masks before I start my treatment. It has been clinically shown to boost your effects of LED. I love the Maysama mask because it is a perfect fit for my face. The Omnilux mask is a little bit too big and the current body mask is a little bit too small but this one is just right fit, I'm like Goldilocks here. I'm also really enjoying the pulse light. I feel like the pulse light is definitely making a difference. The redness that I get, I have kind of chronic redness that creeps up, is kept at bay most efficiently by this mask."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

FOREO Bear Mini Microcurrent Device

"The Foreo Bear Mini, I actually really like this. The globes are farther apart so I can kind of get some contouring in the under cheek area and the jawline really easily. It's portable and this is water resistant, where none of the other devices are, so it's really convenient. It's really tiny and it has several modes. The only thing with Foreo is I find it's hard to deal with the app. The app and I just don't seem to get along, and you have to register your device. If you lose the QR code when you first start, it is a pain in the butt to figure out how to link your device to the app because it won't even charge up, so that is a drawback to the Foreo products. The [...] microcurrent [...] on this is pretty intense, and adjusting it isn't as easy on the app as I had hoped."

~Mixed

70%Guru Score

CurrentBody LED Light Therapy Mask Series 1

"This was the very first LED mask I ever used. It's a smaller mask, so if you have a smaller face this might be a great mask for you. I was very happy with the results that I got from it, and there is nothing wrong with your basic LED mask, this one is one of my absolute go-to favorites. CurrentBody is a great reputable brand that has been around for quite a while, they have good technology behind their light system and it's a very reasonable price, plus you get 20% off using my code."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

NuFACE Mini Plus

"New face Mini Plus is new to me. I purchased it in the Ulta sale, it's on sale at NuFACE and Ulta [...] for 175. [...] I'm just learning about all the features of this device. I don't like to share my opinion until I've used a device for at least three months, and I haven't used this one for three months yet. [...] It also offers nanocurrent. If you've been curious about NuFACE and you're NuFACE loyal, check this out, it's at 175 now. But you do not need multiple devices. [...] If you already have a microcurrent you love, you can skip this."

~Mixed

80%Guru Score

Omnilux Men's Mask

"I can actually drink my coffee with the Omnilux Men's Mask, so for me the masks were the best solution."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

CurrentBody Skin LED Light Therapy Mask Series 2

"The CurrentBody CB Series 2 is silicone, form-fitting, and super comfortable with lights under the chin area. It has three different wavelengths: the traditional 633 red light, the 830 near infrared light, and a 1072 nanometer wavelength for around the mouth and under eye area, which are big concern areas for mature skin. I love this mask because it's super form-fitting and comfortable. I tried it with girlfriends and they all chose the comfort of this one over the Aura. The quick 10-minute treatment is super easy to use."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Omnilux Face Contour Red Light Therapy Mask

"Omnilux is another one of my favorite skincare device brands. I don't see any specials on it this year, I was hoping they might have a deal on their LED red light therapy patches, but unfortunately not this year."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

ZIIP Gold Gel

"This is the ZIIP Gold Gel. Love this. It's one of my favorites because for mature skin, it's very hydrating while you're doing your ZIIP routine. My absolute favorite one."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

CurrentBody Laser Hair Removal Device

"I just recently started using the CurrentBody, this is a Laser Hair Removal Device whereas the IPL removed about 80% of my hair, this device removed closer to 90%. I do have a couple treatments to go, maybe I will get 100% hair removal, but I really love this device. But it is pricey compared to the more economical IPL device. So it kind of depends on your budget and kind of depends on your goals. If you're happy with 80% hair removal then I would go for the IPL. If you're like I want to get rid of everything or close to everything then I would go for the laser device by CurrentBody."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

NIRA Pro Laser

"Looking at the left side of my neck, the lines on the side of my neck in the after photo definitely look a little smoother. From my 60-day trial, which admittedly is quite short, possibly the lines that aren't as deep might respond better to the NIRA Pro. Another possibility is that I haven't considered a confounding factor, perhaps I just need to use it for a longer period of time on the deeper lines to see results."

~Mixed

69%Guru Score

Foundation18 reviews

L'Oreal True Match Nude Hyaluronic Tinted Serum

"This one is actually fascinating. You would think it was the budget option because at checkout it's about half the price of the IT Cosmetics, but ounce for ounce it comes out almost exactly the same, about $53 per ounce compared to about $54 per ounce for the Do It All Balm. It does come with a little puff applicator, but I still prefer applying it with a brush. It actually has more skincare ingredients than the Do It All Balm. I expected it to be a little bit more hydrating, it is hydrating, but it doesn't have that dewy finish, it's a little bit more matte. It leaves a beautiful finish on the skin, it slightly covers up my imperfections and it feels a little lighter on the skin. The L'Oreal Balm is that perfect in between, a slight budget buy. If you've never tried a balm before, I think this is the one you should probably try, and if you have normal skin and want a little bit of coverage without a lot of glow, this is the one I'd recommend. For my personal favorite, it's the L'Oreal Balm. It gives me enough coverage, it's not too dewy, it doesn't give me that overglow feel that sometimes I can get in these warmer months."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Kylie Cosmetics Skin Tint Blurring Elixir

"The Kylie skin tint went on beautifully, but by the end of the day was a little bit too drying on my skin and settled into some lines and gave me some dry patches. However, when I used the face basting moisturizer technique before applying it, the results improved. On the Kylie blurring elixir side, it's better with the hack, though I do see some more texture compared to the Armani side. It's apparently a viral thing on TikTok because mature women are enjoying it, which is not what you would think from a Kylie Cosmetics release. I was using shade 2.5."

~Mixed

78%Guru Score

Giorgio Armani Longwear and Care Skin Tint

"The Armani skin tint went on beautifully but by the end of the day without the face basting technique was a little bit too drying and settled into lines with dry patches. When I applied it with the face basting moisturizer prep technique, the Armani side looks so much better with no settling into lines and no dry patches. I was using shade F3, a little bit warmer than I typically wear. The face basting hack worked very well for this product."

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

Hourglass Illusion Luminous Glow Foundation

"At the end of the day, I did have minimal creasing around the nasial labial folds. And overall, the wear throughout the day stayed very elegant, natural looking. It held on to that soft glow finish without becoming overly greasy or overly drying out."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Hourglass Veil Hydrating Skin Tint Foundation

"I typically wear the Hourglass Veil. This is one of my favorite skin tints."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Typology Tinted Serum Number One

"This is a very sheer serum concealer. So, if you need some significant coverage, you're probably not going to like this. But, if you just want a minimal coverage concealer that blends in with the skin, absolutely no creasing, this is perfect. Love these both. Super complimentary and this just does the trick for a nice minimalist makeup look with absolutely no creasing in the under eye area or the crows feet area. Lasts all day long. The end of the day, I'm so shocked that these two are still there. They don't wear the way I expected them to for a skin tint. I expected them to be gone by midday or at least showing a lot of breakthrough. But Typology for me lasts a good 6 to 8 hours and still looks fresh by the end of the day. I've been so impressed by this. I've been reaching for it every time I want to wear a tinted serum. Love this. Super lightweight, super beautiful coverage. I can't talk enough about it."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Gel Tint

"You can tweak this formula to make it work for you whether you have normal or more dry skin. It's a skin tint that needs a bit of skin care, and it's a nice bonus to have a few skincare ingredients in your tinted moisturizer or your skin tint. This also has a little bit more coverage than I would prefer in a skin tint. I definitely like the beauty blender application technique because it's just a little bit more of skin peeking through no makeup makeup look. But if you like a medium coverage, you're probably going to like this and you would probably do best to apply it with your fingers and then maybe blend it out a little bit with a brush. I scored this a three out of five on texture because it claims to be weightless and it definitely isn't weightless on the skin. Even with my dry skin, I can feel this product by the end of the day. And if you have oily skin, you're definitely not going to like the fact that this feels a little bit heavy on the skin. Or if you live in a humid climate, you're probably going to not like the fact that this has a little bit more weight than it claims to have. So it gets a three out of five for texture. Hydration, definitely a five out of five. My dry skin loves this without any additional moisturizers to kind of boost it up."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Summer Fridays Sheer Skin Tint

"I'm going to apply a little bit of skin tint from Summer Fridays. This is one of my favorite skin tints."

✓Yay

64%Guru Score

Tarte Maracuja Tinted Moisturizer

"If you're a fan of the maracuja tinted hydrator this gives a beautiful satin finish"

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Maybelline Super Stay 24-Hour Skin Tint

"I was actually pleasantly surprised by this formula. It gets a 4.2 ranking on Ulta and the cost is super reasonable at $11 an ounce. [...] As soon as I opened this product I did smell alcohol and alcohol denat is the fourth ingredient, which may or may not be a problem for some of you. [...] As far as coverage, [...] it's not as light as I'd expect for a skin tint, but of course it is claiming to be very longwearing and when it's longwearing it's going to have a higher level of pigment. The finish is radiant, it's not too glowy, it looks super healthy on the skin, not greasy, not tacky. [...] The texture [...] felt nice, it wasn't too heavy, very lightweight, easily blendable. [...] They added in a vitamin C derivative, a sorrel glucoside, and in studies this is shown to be beneficial for skincare."

~Mixed

75%Guru Score

Kosas BB Burst Tinted Moisturizer Gel Cream

"Kosis BB burst was a new launch this year it was a bit of a bomb during my tinted moisturizer review"

✕Nay

57%Guru Score

Tirtir Mask Fit Red Cushion Foundation

"I'm not going to recommend the Tirtir Mask Fit Red Cushion because number one it is full coverage, so if you're into minimal coverage this isn't going to be for you. [...] The reason that I personally can't recommend it is the fragrance, it's not dissipating the way I would have hoped and I feel like I could smell this fragrance all day long and that's just not my preference. [...] If you're okay with fragrance and you don't mind full coverage, then the Tirtir Mask Fit Red Cushion would be right up your alley if you're into full coverage makeup."

✕Nay

55%Guru Score

U Beauty Super Tinted Hydrator

"It does leave some skin peeking through but it gave a little bit more coverage than I would probably want from a tinted moisturizer. As far as finish, [...] it definitely did a great job at evening out my skin tone and my skin looked dewy but it might be just a little bit too glowy, probably because of those emollient oils. As far as wear, [...] it lasted the 6 hours that I expected it to with little to no breakup. The total score for the U Beauty Super Tinted Hydrator was 20 out of 25."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Kosis BB Burst Tinted Moisturizer Gel Cream with Copper Peptides

"At around the 3-hour mark it started to break up settle into my pores and actually when I was holding my phone to my face it would transfer to my phone so as far as wear it didn't wear well at all"

✕Nay

68%Guru Score

BK Beauty 101 Foundation Brush

"I'm going to set the face glaze highlighting gel cream [...] so that it's more seamless with my skin with my 101 Brush by BK Beauty, just by tapping it in. I just find setting it in just makes it look slightly less glowy and gives it more of a natural look."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

NARS Light Reflecting Advanced Skincare Foundation

"The NARS Light Reflecting Foundation is loved by many of you, and if you can find the right shade, it's a wonderful complexion product. I had trouble finding the right shade, they all run a little bit too warm for me."

~Mixed

75%Guru Score

Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue Tinted Moisturizer

"This is just a little bit too drying for my very dry skin, but if you have combination skin, normal skin, oily skin, I think you're going to love this. This is one of the top sellers of all the complexion products in the US, and it just didn't suit me."

✕Nay

75%Guru Score

Trinny London BFF Serum D-Stress Tinted Moisturizer

"My second least favorite is the Trini London skin tint the reason is this really doesn't act like a skin tint you don't get that veiled effect that you want with the skin poking through"

✕Nay

65%Guru Score

Haircare17 reviews

Rogaine Minoxidil 5% Foam

"I have used Rogaine 5% Minoxidil foam for 17 years. I did a trial where I stopped using it to see what would happen, and my hair fell out, it was crazy. I do use other products to supplement it now, but this is the foundation of my hair loss program."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo

"Living Proof is also one of my favorite dry shampoos, it's a great deal if you love this. I already have two backstocked so I'm not picking it up, but if you need to stock up this is the time to do it."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

RevitaLash Advanced Eyelash Conditioner

"This is the best deal I think in the whole sale, this BOGO on the Revitalash serum. It does contain prostaglandins, so if you're prostaglandin sensitive or prefer not to use them, you need to know that, but if you're a Revitalash fan, this is a fantastic deal."

~Mixed

61%Guru Score

OGX Repair & Protect Bond Protein Repair Heat Protectant Spray

"I was really looking forward to using this. Super affordable. It not only has bond repair, it has heat protectant. So, I was really excited because heat just makes my gray hair turn yellow almost instantly. I have to cool style it all the time. So, I was really excited to use this, but unfortunately the scent is just so so so strong. And unfortunately, it doesn't dissipate. I don't mind a bit of scent in my hair care products as long as it kind of fades away, but this doesn't. It is super strong and it really didn't do the bond repair job that, let's say, the Living Proof does for me or the Astro Lift, even though it's not marketed as a bond repair product. The scent was just too overpowering."

✕Nay

71%Guru Score

Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Advanced Clean Dry Shampoo

"My favorite dry shampoo again is Living Proof, this is their Advanced dry shampoo. I can't tell you how many of these I've used. I buy them in travel sizes to take along with me on vacations. It's my number one dry shampoo, absolutely love it. A little bit goes a long way."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Heat Styling Spray

"I've been trying the new heat protectant spray now. I have to go very light with this because it's a little heavy on my fine hair. If you have a heat protectant spray that's very light on the scent, which this is, let me know down in the comments. I'm looking for one. So far this is my favorite. Usually they do sit a little bit heavy on my hair and weigh them down."

~Mixed

78%Guru Score

K18 Peptide Prep pH Maintenance Shampoo

"This is the K18 Peptide Prep. Now this is not a cheap product, but it's actually one of the few clarifying shampoos they call it a detox shampoo that just kind of gets rid of all that buildup on your scalp and on your hair from all the products that you use throughout the week. Now I use this every other week. It took me forever to get through it. The only complaint I have is it turned into kind of this gel-like stuff toward the end of its use. I didn't use it up quickly, it took me a while to get through this, but the one thing that I loved about it is it clarified my hair and got the gunk out without making my hair feel stripped and dried out. So I am thinking about repurchasing this, but it's a little on the pricey side."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Olaplex No.4P Blonde Enhancer Toning Shampoo

"I've used this for over a year and repurchased it. I love it, gives my hair a little bit of a bounce. Usually this kind of gives my hair a little bit of a curl. I did like their purple shampoo."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Pureology Color Fanatic Multitasking Leave-In Spray

"I've moved to their Color Fanatic, this is a top coat that you can put on, and I actually prefer this. It's only available online in my area."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

K18 Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask

"I've also started using a bond repair. I didn't have great luck last year with the K18 bond repair."

✕Nay

82%Guru Score

Fanola No Yellow Purple Shampoo

"The traditional purple shampoo that I use is Fanola, I've used it for years, it's my number one recommendation for toning down the yellow if you have gray hair."

✓Yay

95%Guru Score

Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer

"I have the Dyson. You don't need the Dyson, but I use it on the diffuser setting and I also have a cool button that I can use. So I dry it upside down after my skincare is done, [...] or I'll just leave my cap on and let it air dry. [...] On those days when I'm in a bit of a rush, I'll go ahead and diffuse my hair out on cool, so then when I'm all done I flip it up, it's got some bounce, it's got some curl."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Shark Beauty HyperAIR Hair Dryer

"This is on my wish list. I accidentally picked up the one that doesn't have the diffuser and I really wanted this diffuser. They have two sets of the Shark Beauty HyperAIR Hair Dryer. I have gray hair which yellows very easily so I'm always having to dry my hair on cool setting or just air dry it, but apparently this has heated air plus ionized air so it's an ultra fast drying technology that doesn't cause heat damage. I'm very curious to see how this does with my gray hair to prevent yellowing. I picked up the wrong one so I'm going to exchange this during the sale for the one that has the diffuser in it."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

The Ordinary Multi-Peptide Serum for Hair Density

"Speaking of hair serums, the one that was the fail this summer was The Ordinary scalp serum. It just didn't do anything. It's very heavy, it weighed down my hair. None of the other serums that I've tried, the Hail, Vegamore, or my Rogaine foam, as long as I apply it correctly just to the scalp, the part areas that I create, and apply it in very small amounts, none of that weighs down my hair. It just really encourages healthy scalp and hair growth. However, I didn't find that this was very easy to use. It made my hair kind of sticky and tacky. So as a scalp serum, this is going to be a pass for me."

✕Nay

69%Guru Score

OneSkin OS-01 Hair Peptide Scalp Serum

"The one thing that I did add over the last six months to this routine is the OS-01 peptide scalp serum. They came out with this at the end of the summer. And this is one of my absolute favorite adjuncts to the Rogaine. So this is a scalp serum with the OS-01 peptide that also helps with senescent cells. Skin cells are dying all over, accumulating, causing inflammation. So this helps with inflammation, also with healthy scalp. And I got through two of them, and I already have a backup."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Necessaire Rosemary Mint Shampoo

"I have to say that I can't recommend the Necessaire Rosemary Mint Shampoo that came out about six or eight months ago because honestly it feels like it's irritating my scalp. It might be the rosemary in here so I'm going to have to put this aside."

✕Nay

78%Guru Score

Vegamore Scalp Serum

"I did not find that the vegamore scalp serums did anything to grow my hair or increase growth but they were conditioning scalp conditioning"

~Mixed

70%Guru Score

Retinoids17 reviews

Medik8 Crystal Retinal 24

"I've been able to tolerate the retin by Medik8. This is their 24 Crystal Retinal, their strongest that they make, but I've honestly been able to tolerate it even over the Tria laser treatments. I'm on level three and I've been doing it about five times a week."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Peter Thomas Roth Retinol Fusion PM Night Serum

"The retinol infusion by Peter Thomas Roth is a very gentle retinol. If you have oily skin, you're not going to like this because it's a little bit on the oily side. But this is a great choice if you have dry, flaky, red skin, but you still want to incorporate a retinol and you want something gentle."

~Mixed

64%Guru Score

Medik8 Crystal Retinal 6

"If you're looking for something that's a little bit more on the serum like texture, consider Medik8. They have crystal retinol 3 and 6. They also give you that choice so you can control the amount of retinol in your formula. Obviously, 3 is a little bit lower, 6 is a little bit stronger, so you kind of have that choice and you can kind of tweak it to your skin's readiness. Both of these formulas are exquisite formulas, well put together, and come with a bit of a higher price tag, but they are also great multitaskers. Clinical grade powerhouses. This is for those of you who are experienced retinoid users and you want the strongest option over the counter before you go on to a prescription formula. Very elegant formula. Actually quite well tolerated. I can use this formula without a ton of irritation. I may not be able to use it 7 days a week, but I can definitely use it up to 4 days a week."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Geek & Gorgeous A-Game Retinol 10

"Another great option at a very affordable price is the Geek and Gorgeous A-Game 10. This is a retinol formula. Once again, very lovely formula at a little bit lower price. The one thing you will notice about both of these formulas is they are quite yellow. That means the retinaldehyde in here is at a pretty high percentage. And if you start to get irritation with either of these formulas, of course, you can easily back down to a lower percentage in the Geek and Gorgeous formulas. So they have these sliding scales so it's really easy to find the exact retinoid for your skin readiness."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Maelove Moonlight Retinaldehyde Serum 0.1%

"It doesn't create that tightened skin feeling that's so uncomfortable when you have that kind of dry winter skin."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Shani Darden Retinol Reform 1% Encapsulated Retinol

"Shaunie Darden's retinol reform is considered a starter retinol. It takes a couple inversions in the skin to turn to retinoic acid. The formula is beautiful. It's creamy. It feels lovely on the skin. It is at a more luxury price. And if you want changes faster and more efficiently, that's where using a retinol or retinaldehyde kind of starts to make more sense."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Prequel Retinal Renew Retinaldehyde Gel 0.1%

"The first one I want to recommend is the new release by Prequel. The ingredients in this formula include ceramides, peptides, it also has squalane. So, a lot of barrier support within a retinol formula. I wouldn't bump up to the 0.2. Just stick with their 0.1 formula."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Geek & Gorgeous A-Game Retinol 5

"Geek and Gorgeous A-Game Retinol 5 has a meaningful amount of retinol retinaldehyde. It also is fragrance-free, super popular with educated skincare users."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Medik8 Crystal Retinal 1

"Medik8 Crystal Retinal 1 has a low percentage retinaldehyde which only requires one conversion in the skin to transform to retinoic acid, so it's a little bit more efficient. It's a great starter retinoid product. The formula is beautiful. It's creamy. It feels lovely on the skin. It is at a more luxury price."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Agency Custom Tretinoin Formula

"I just don't feel the need to spend that extra on the consultation plus the compounded formula. And I will be stopping my agency subscription."

✕Nay

Notverified

Agency Future Formula with Tretinoin

"I've been through so many jars of my Future Formula. Future Formula is the prescription formula of tretinoin that Agency compounds for me personally. I've been on a journey to increase my tolerance for retinoids and I started out at 0.002%, and now I'm up to 0.025%. So I'm continuing on my retinoid journey and enjoying the products that Agency is delivering me month to month. It's a subscription formula that you can do online for personalized prescription skincare."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Agency Tretinoin Eye Formula

"I was really excited to try this, a little bit leery that it would really irritate my under eye area. I've used the hydroquinone and retinoate retinoid formula from dermatology without any problem, but this contains 0.002% tretinoin for the under eye and I was all about it. I love it. It's a very silky formula, never had any irritation with this whatsoever, and I love the way that it felt and hydrated my under eye overnight. If you're not familiar with Agency, they are an online compounding prescription dermatology service and I have had great luck with them. If you're interested in trying them, I'll put a link down below. If you want to try tretinoin and you can't take the higher percentages, they can compound a formula for you at a really, really low percent. My very first percent for my face was 0.009, so they start you out low and they could have compounded it with even a lower percentage."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

The Ordinary Retinal 0.2% Emulsion

"Both Paula's Choice and The Ordinary have recently come out with two new retinoid products both at 0.2% retinaldehyde. This is the highest percentage I've seen on the market, maybe Medicaid might have one at this percentage but I believe this is the highest that you can go before you head into prescriptions. And remember retinaldehyde is about 11 times more effective according to studies than retinol, and of course it's not as effective as prescription tretinoin or retinoic acid. But sometimes my skin just can't tolerate my prescription and I think it'd be interesting to see if it can tolerate the 0.2% retinaldehyde. I've been able to tolerate 0.1% very easily."

~Mixed

83%Guru Score

Naturium Retinaldehyde Cream Serum 0.5%

"Nerium's retinaldehyde cream serum 0.5% is a fabulous, affordable retinaldehyde. Retinaldehyde is only one vitamin A conversion from the prescription formula, so it's not surprising that a lot of people are picking this up."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Biossance Squalane + Phytoretinol Serum

"I've used their serum and now I'm going to be using their cleansing oil"

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Retinol Body Complex Cream

"This one is slightly more hydrating. It's a little thicker and it's a little more occlusive than the Necessaire. Both are beautiful products, but if you're just looking for a basic retinol product for the body, this is a fantastic one. It's always in my body care rotation."

✓Yay

Notverified

DRMTLGY Retinol Complex 0.5%

"It's fairly thick it has a lovely texture and it contains shea butter which is one of my favorite body butters and it also dries down really nicely"

✓Yay

Notverified

Eye Care13 reviews

The INKEY List Caffeine Eye Cream

"I just didn't notice any changes in my eyes despite the fact that caffeine is supposed to help with the under eye area. [...] So this is not going to be a repurchase."

✕Nay

72%Guru Score

NIOD Fractionated Eye Contour Concentrate

"This is the NIOD Fractionated Eye Contour Concentrate, with I think over 40 ingredients that are supposed to be great for the under eye area. I just find this greasy. You can't put any concealer or makeup over it without it looking sort of greasy. And I even overnight this, and this really just doesn't do what I expected it to do. And it is on the pricey side, and it has a ton of proven ingredients, which makes me wonder why it's not working. So this is not going to be a repurchase."

✕Nay

79%Guru Score

OneSkin OS-01 Eye Topical Supplement

"I used it repeatedly for over a year and then I started using the eye cream and the face cream because I'm a huge eye cream person anyway and the very first time I used it I got on that day and I ordered another one. It's got that consistency that I like, the thickness. It's everything that I wanted in a cream. So I'm kind of hooked on it."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Lumify Redness Reliever Eye Drops

"I went through Lumify, these are the eye drops that I used to brighten my eyes. I was going through a bottle of those every couple of months."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Jordan Samuel Skin Performance Eye Gel

"And then I also love the jordan samuel eye gel"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Dieux Forever Eye Mask

"I use the Dieux Forever Eye Masks together with the eye cream, you just slip the Forever Eye Masks over the Tatcha Silk Peony, and you have beautifully hydrated and bright eyes in the morning."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Good Molecules Caffeine Hydrogel Eye Patches

"I was listening to Beth, and she has been using the Good Molecules under eye patches. These are a little bit big, but I like them and they definitely help hydrate the under eye. The caffeine that's in them is super helpful in reducing puffiness. They're her favorites, so it's always just a nice treat to get rid of some of that morning puffiness and hydrate your under eye before you do your makeup."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Do Forever Eye Masks

"I love the do eye masks, I've used them forever."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Then I Met You Snail Mucin Eye Cream

"This product was so smoothing and calming that I started using it day and night, which is unusual for me because I typically only use an eye cream in the morning. After I finished the first tube, I started the second tube. I honestly cannot say that that's ever happened with an eye cream before. I usually take a break and try something new, but going from one empty tube to the next tube is very rare. The biggest thing for me was how consistently good my under eye area looked and felt when I was using the product. It was hydrated, it felt soothed, especially during my allergy flare-ups. My under eye area looked brighter and just more refreshed. I do think the hydrating properties gave me a little subtle plumping effect and made some of those tiny little dehydrated lines look a lot better. This one just seems to be a bit different. It will remain in my routine until something bumps it out of place. I honestly don't see that coming down the pipe. I think it is actually worth its weight in gold."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

DRMTLGY HPR Eye Cream

"It's a retinoid, so you always want to patch test. It may cause some redness and irritation and flaking because it's causing those skin cells to rapidly turn over, which can cause some irritation when you first use it. So, I did not experience that, but I have had a couple comments where people have had some irritation when they start using this product. So definitely do your patch test, but if you can tolerate it, this is one of the best products in the entire line, especially for the undereye area, which is so challenging to treat."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Advanced Eye Cream

"This is their DRMTLGY Advanced Eye Cream. Love this. Some of you find this a little bit irritating because it does have hydropenic cologne retinoate, which is a vitamin A derivative. Go slow. Just put a little bit on once a week, and then if your skin can tolerate it, especially in that thin under eye area, increase to twice a week and so on. A little hack you could do is put a little bit of the barrier night mask on in your under eye area and then pop on the DRMTLGY Advanced Eye Cream. That might be a great way to build up your tolerance more slowly."

✓Yay

Notverified

Tatcha Silk Peony Eye Cream

"For lightening and brightening in the morning, I can't pass up the Tatcha Silk Peony Eye Cream. Beautiful eye cream for nice hydration in the morning. It probably doesn't work as well under makeup as the Dr. Loretta gel, but this is great for no makeup makeup days for hydrating and brightening the under eye."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Brightening Eye Masks

"They are so hydrating and they are huge, they can cover the under eye area plus a little bit of your crow's feet area and they have caffeine to help with deep puffing in the morning."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Masks & Peels12 reviews

Sunday Riley Good Genes All-In-One AHA Lactic Acid Treatment

"The first exfoliating product that I ever used was Sunday Riley's Good Genes. It made such a difference in my skin, and that is the lactic acid formula. They now have a glycolic formula too."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel AHA Exfoliating Solution

"I will definitely be backing off the multi-acid peel by Prequel. This is actually a little bit too heavy duty for my sensitive skin in the winter, but definitely a great body peel body exfoliant. If your body can tolerate it, go for it."

~Mixed

84%Guru Score

Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Universal Daily Peel Pads

"These are great for travel. I don't think I'd use them on the regular, but if you're traveling, maybe you try these. I guess these are a like, but not a fail, not a fave. They're okay. And I would say I would rather use the exfoliating milk marble by Dr. Edm as opposed to these pads, but they are good for travel."

~Mixed

75%Guru Score

Edom Cashmere Peel

"Another wonderful peel exfoliating product that I've recently found is the one by Edom. This includes gluconol lactone, which is a PHA, polyhydroxy acid, super gentle."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant

"If you get the occasional mature skin breakout, you can't go wrong with Paula's Choice 2% Liquid Exfoliant, it'll have your breakout cleared up in no time. But don't forget to keep your skin really hydrated, even though you're having breakouts, you don't want to dry it out too much, so make sure you're still using a great moisturizer."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Clarins Cryo-Flash Cream-Mask

"The Clarins Cryo-Flash Cream-Mask is a 10-minute icy cold gel cream face mask. Its highlighted ingredients include MGA, a menthol derivative, organic evening primrose extract, and horse chestnut essence. I find menthol a little bit irritating to my skin, so this probably wouldn't be one for me. It seems like a brightening mask, especially for circulation, but I think it would be a little bit too intense for people with sensitive skin."

✕Nay

66%Guru Score

Dr. Idriss Major Fade Flash Mask

"Pillow Talk Derm sent me a couple extra of their Major Fade Flash Mask. This is a glycolic wash off mask, unlike the TLC by Drunk Elephant, the Framboos, this is a glycolic serum that you leave on overnight, this one you wash off. It's pretty potent. When I first started using it I could only use it for a couple minutes and then I had to wash it off, and then I built my tolerance up and I used it on my face and neck and decolletage to about 8 to 10 minutes once a week. So I highly recommend this if you can tolerate glycolic, this would be one definitely for you to try. Glycolic acid is an AHA and it gets a little bit deeper, it's a smaller molecule, gets a little bit deeper, so it helps with collagen and elastin building. I received one of their travel size a couple months ago, and it's one of the few travel size items in the collection that they gave me that I actually really like. I think the glycolic is a pretty low percentage in this formula, because I had absolutely no irritation. If you're trying a new chemical exfoliant, whether it's a wash off mask or a leave on serum, it's always wise to do a patch test, especially if you're not sure how your skin is going to react."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Tatcha Rice Polish

"This comes out in a powder which you emulsify with water. So you don't want to use this directly on the skin. Emulsify it, create the little foam, and then apply it to your skin. For those of you with sensitive skin, don't put this directly on your skin and emulsify it in your hands first because it will feel a little bit too grainy and irritating for sensitive skin."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

The Ordinary AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution

"The Ordinary's peeling solution is a very intense AHA BHA serum. I believe the concentration of glycolic is higher in this formula than the dermal formula. I start off with a very small amount of this, and definitely patch test if your skin isn't used to this type of exfoliating treatment."

~Mixed

58%Guru Score

Josh Rosebrook Hydrating Mask

"The Josh Rosebrook Hydrating Mask is a thick balm textured mask where a little bit goes a long way. I've only been using this a couple times a week and it just melts right into your skin. [...] I do a gentle exfoliating routine, put that on, let it dry down just a bit, and then coming in with the Josh Rosebrook mask it just melts into my skin and I wake up with baby soft smooth skin."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Barrier Repair Mask

"The Barrier Repair Mask. This is a fairly recent launch. Really deep, hydrating, nourishing treatment, especially in the winter months. That's coming just around the corner for me. And I know I'm going to be using this that'll be on my nightstand."

✓Yay

Notverified

DRMTLGY Tingle Exfoliating Pads

"They are a BHA at 2% salicylic acid and they help lower the pH of your skin. If you wanted to boost the effectiveness of your vitamin C, this is definitely an advanced skincare hack. I actually personally can't do it right now because my skin's a little bit on the sensitive side, but if you have really tolerant skin and you want to boost the effectiveness of your vitamin C by dropping the pH, definitely recommend a quick swipe of the tingle pads before you put on your vitamin C."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Blush & Bronzer9 reviews

Merit Flush Balm Cheek Color in Beverly Hills

"This is one of Merit's flesh blush minis, in the color bespoke. These are absolutely fabulous blushes and I do like to reapply them because they're not the most long-lasting, but they are like the most natural, and sometimes I throw them on my lips too."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Merit Flush Blush Trio in Stockholm

"I'm going to top that with the Merit Flush Blush in Stockholm."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Merit Daylow Highlighting Balm

"I have a new favorite highlighter, this is the one by Merit. I also discovered this late in the year and it has replaced the Westman Atelier The Lit that I liked so much. I just love this for a little touch of highlight and it's so subtle but so pretty. Definitely a new Holy Grail highlighter find for me."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Jones Road Miracle Balm

"The Jones Road Miracle Balm was a miracle bust for me. I have tried and tried and tried and I just can't get it to work. It feels so heavy on my skin. It never sinks into my skin, it never looks natural. Even the little bit that I use, [...] I can feel it on my skin. It's just not a texture that I enjoy. [...] I think it's more the sheen of the fact that this is more of a petroleum-type product as opposed to the actual pigment in the formula. [...] So unfortunately the Jones Road Miracle Balm was a miracle bust for me."

✕Nay

59%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Matte Beauty Blush Wand

"This blush is really pigmented and a little goes a long way. I actually love the result of this coral. The demarcation is fairly noticeable. I'm going to blend this out a little bit and then continue on with the rest of my makeup."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Blush

"Even though this is a cream type blush, I just don't like the way it applies. It doesn't shear out nicely and it's just for me almost too pigmented, and then you get to a point where you can't really shear it out much more. It's a little bit greasy feeling."

✕Nay

76%Guru Score

Youthforia BYO Blush

"My top pick for a two-in-one lip to cheek product in 2022 was Youthforia BYO Blush, and it looked like it was going to be my top pick for 2023 too, until Tower 28 released Beach Please."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Omnilux Contour Face and Neck Chest Mask

"I chose to use the masks number one because they both give the correct dose for the anti-aging benefits that we're looking for, they're both super convenient and portable. The neck and décolletage mask is a little bit smaller, it has fewer diodes, but it's smaller, so if you have a smaller face you might prefer that. If you have a slightly larger face, then you might prefer this one, which does have more diodes. But in my personal opinion they're slightly interchangeable because they have the correct dose. Even though the Omnilux mask has more LED red light bulbs, it doesn't necessarily mean that you're getting a different dose because it's a little larger, and if you have a larger face it kind of goes around the side and definitely gets the side of your face and part of your ear."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush in Happy

"The happy is a warmer tone than each of the others. It's cream based so it looks beautiful on the skin and blends in. The happy is a little bit more opaque than I anticipated."

~Mixed

77%Guru Score

Mists & Essences7 reviews

Josh Rosebrook Hydrating Accelerator Moisturizing Facial Mist

"One of my absolute favorites. This is the Josh Rosebrook Hydrating Accelerator Mist. I already have a backup ready to go. I'm not sure that a lot of you have heard about the Josh Rosebrook brand. It's kind of a niche brand, kind of an indie niche brand, but if you get a chance to try some of their products, I prefer their unscented products to their scented products, but this is one of my absolute faves. I think I've used it now for gosh, four or five years, so definitely in my holy grail status."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream Mist

"Now, the Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream Mist. This was recommended by you all and also a great fine mist. You can use it during the day. You can use it right after cleansing kind of as a prep for your skin. I'm loving this."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Maysama Green Rooibos AOX Vaporizator Mist

"I am late to the party on the green robos mist, but I love this as a hydrating mist."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Hydro Plump Biome Mist

"Another new launch that I would recommend you skip is the Hydro Plump Biomist. And basically, because of the way it applies, it leaves too much water on the skin. It's not a fine mist that you can use after you do your skin care or throughout the day. It's just too wet. I suppose you could use it as a replacement for the hydration booster if you wanted something a little bit lighter. If you have super oily skin, this might work for you. But just realize you're probably going to have to pat it in just because of the way it sprays. It's just kind of a heavy spray. It's not a fine mist."

✕Nay

62%Guru Score

COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence

"I love the COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence, I've been babbling on for several months now about how much I love it and that it's almost replaced my moisturizing lotion. It has multiple ceramides, it has niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, glycerin. It's very hydrating and very lightweight."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

I'm From Mugwort Essence

"I tried a little sample of I'm From Mugwort Essence, definitely enjoy this for a hydrating toner would definitely consider this a repurchase."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Sunday Riley Pink Drink Firming Resurfacing Essence

"I love the Pink Drink. I tried to pick one up every summer and it's a fermented mist and fermented just means that they've concentrated down the active ingredients usually antioxidants and it just is a bit more bang for your buck. Love this, super hydrating. As I said, I usually pick one up every summer."

✓Yay

63%Guru Score

Powder & Setting7 reviews

Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder

"I just have a little mini of the Laura Mercier translucent powder. So, I'm going to powder my brows. And apparently, this soaks up some of the oils so that the products we're going to put on next stay better."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Hourglass Veil Translucent Setting Powder

"I like the Hourglass. This is their veil powder. So, there are lots of ways that you can tweak this formula to make it work for you whether you have normal or more dry skin."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Tula Filter Blurring Primer

"My favorite makeup primer of the year is by Tula, this is in the color Luna and it is a bit of a color changing product but if you want to layer it under your makeup just for a little bit more of a long lasting effect it's fantastic and I actually use it as a complexion product on its own."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Diffused Light

"My favorite bronzers this year were surprisingly a powdered bronzer. They're two bronzers in here and they're ambient lighting powders by Hourglass and they're these two colors. You also get a Diffused Light which I use as a highlighter. As far as bronzers go, these have been my go-to for just creating a little bit of shadow and contour to my face."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter

"I'm going to use Charlotte Tilbury's Hollywood Flawless Filter as my complexion base. I would adjust this for your skin tone since this comes in multiple colors. [...] Mine is in Fair and it has a lot of yellow undertones. The Hollywood Flawless Filter gives a little bit more coverage and isn't as sheer as other options, but it also gives me a more tanned look. [...] Make sure you get in your under eye area because this is going to be the only complexion product that you're going to be using for concealer and you want to give that blended look from your cheek to your under eye."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Hourglass Vanish Airbrush Primer

"Also love their Vanish Primer, I was really surprised by this. It definitely gives your skin a nice dewy look before you apply the skin tint."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Hourglass Veil Primer

"This is going to take two pumps. This is super moisturizing."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Tools7 reviews

BK Beauty Angie Hot and Flashy Brush Collection

"They do have the Angie Hot and Flashy set, which is fantastic, I love it too. You get all the brushes you could actually need for a makeup look."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Clean Skin Club Clean Towels XL

"The clean skin club towels. I've gone through two boxes, one and a half boxes of these. I'm not quite done with my second box. They came out with a new version of this called healthy aging which I absolutely love. I have tried the other skincare towels and I'm still going through them and they will be in my next empties, fails, and faves video. But I always return to these. These are the absolute best. If you don't like the feel of a washcloth, if that's too rough for you, which it is for me, if you don't want your laundry soap and softener in your skin, I used to use a makeup eraser towel. I just find that this gives my skin just a whole lot less irritation. So I have switched over to those I think gosh three years now. And the clean skin club towel company is amazing. They are just so reputable. I just find them one of the best companies that I work with."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Beautyblender Original

"These are pricey. I was really surprised and I really do like the original Beautyblender best."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

BK Beauty 107 Brush

"I'm going to use my BK Beauty 107 to give this all a blended look and blend it into my ear along my nose and my hairline."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

BK Beauty Angled Brush

"I like the BK Beauty brushes both the Angled Brush for a little blush application and the fluffy brush to kind of blend the foundation these are my favorite I have very sensitive skin it's the softest one that I've found."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

BK Beauty Travel Brush Set

"If I had to pick only two sets out of all the BK Beauty sets, it would be the travel set, which unfortunately is not on sale."

✓Yay

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Lily Silk Mulberry Silk Pillowcase

"Lily silk was kind enough to gift us a second set of pillowcases for our guest room"

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Toners6 reviews

The INKEY List Polyhydroxy Acid Toner

"You can also use instead of something with glycolic and salicylic and [L-ascorbic] acid a polyhydroxy acid. The Inkey List makes a really nice one."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

The Ordinary Saccharomyces Ferment 30% Milky Toner

"The top two milky toners this year, a lighter formula by The Ordinary, their Saccharomyces Ferment. Great for spring and summer."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Numbuzin No.4 Hydrating Glow Mineral Toner

"I'm so excited to try it"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

CeraVe Hydrating Toner

"One of my absolute favorite finds last year was the CeraVe Hydrating Toner. This is definitely an absolute fave. It has niacinamide, it has ceramides, it has hyaluronic acid. Super for right after cleansing to kind of pack in some hydration. Tap on a couple layers of this before you move on with your skincare. If you have super hydrated skin, super dehydrated skin, it really helps pack in a punch of moisturizer. I like this a little bit better than the Sukiyaki suada Ura moisturizing lotion for winter months. Love them both but this is my favorite for the winter and definitely is going to be a repurchase."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

The Ordinary Glycolic Acid 7% Toning Solution

"The Ordinary Glycolic Acid 7% Toning Solution is a cult classic that always pops up on favorites lists. I've tried it, I like it, but I have other glycolic toners that I like better. If you're looking to try a glycolic toner that doesn't cost a lot, this is definitely one to try out."

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

Fresh Rose and Hyaluronic Acid Deep Hydration Toner

"It has a slight rose scent, so this is something that I sort of have passed on during the summer and I'm going to declutter this. It is a lovely hydrating toner but it's just not for me."

✕Nay

62%Guru Score

Concealer5 reviews

Hourglass Vanish Airbrush Concealer

"I'm going to use Hourglass Vanish Airbrush Concealer, one of my favorites, and this is in the color cream. And just do the two dot technique. And just tap it in. And I'll just put the residual over my mobile lid concealer set."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Merit Minimalist Concealer

"I am not seeing any creasing whatsoever. Both the Make and the Merritt stick held up really well under this skincare prep."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Dark Spot Concealer and Serum

"One of my all-time faves by IT Cosmetics is their Bye Bye Dark Spots. I just tap this in with my fingers in the under eye area and then over the mobile lid. Cover up those veins a little bit. Cover up that redness. I think this color might be a little bit too light for me. I don't like a really light shade in my under eye area anymore. I know people think that brightening really just brightens up the under eye, but I like it to blend in with my foundation a little bit more than this does. So I will be changing in color on this."

✓Yay

60%Guru Score

Tower 28 Swipe Allover Hydrating Serum Concealer

"I know a lot of you love this and if you prefer a more medium to full coverage in the under eye area you're going to probably really love this but I like a very light serum texture which I know isn't everyone's jam but I like skin peeking through even if there are a few flaws in my under eye area. This was just a little bit too much coverage for me and it also dries down pretty matte even if I hydrate my under eyes. I find this formula just a little bit too matte even when I shear it out use some hydration products before it. It just is a little bit too much coverage and settles in my lines just a little bit more than I would prefer."

✕Nay

73%Guru Score

Tarte Shape Tape Concealer

"I'm not doing too heavy of a look today because my skin is slightly irritated. [...] I'm just going to blend that in just for a little bit of improvement to the redness around my eyes."

~Mixed

71%Guru Score

Balms & Ointments2 reviews

Prequel Barrier Therapy Skin Protectant Cream

"This is their Barrier Therapy Skin Protectant Cream. [...] If you want a one-and-done, you don't want to think about your body care, you just want to get out and put on one thing. [...] It's got niacinamide, copper tripeptides, hyaluronic acid, squalane, ceramides, mandelic acid, maltobionic acid for smoothing texture, and prebiotics. This is your all-in-one. It has a slightly funky smell, but it's just the products in here. I love this. If I just want a no-brainer, just want to jump out of the shower, throw something on, and know that I'm doing a really good job at protecting the skin barrier on my body, this is the one I've been reaching for."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Vaseline Original Healing Jelly

"If you're putting Vaseline over your retinoid, you may get a stronger irritation from it. If you do all your active skincare and then put a barrier occlusive layer on like Vaseline, you will be locking in that active skincare, which may intensify the effects. Vaseline as a buffer for retinoids yes, but make sure you're putting it on first and then your retinoid. Vaseline in the place of a facial oil yes, it can be a wonderful step as the very last step in your evening skincare routine to lock in your skincare. Once again, do realize if you have active skincare on underneath the Vaseline, it could be driving those active ingredients further into the skin and intensifying the effect of your active skincare. Vaseline overnight for your cuticles and your nails, definitely a thumbs up. It can help repair your hangnails overnight. It also helps with transepidermal water loss if you end up with really dry, brittle nails. A little Vaseline can go a long way. Vaseline for chafing has been known to help with chafing for years, and in those summer months when you've got a little bit of chafing, it's the perfect antidote."

~Mixed

86%Guru Score

Fragrance1 review

Violette_FR Boum-Boum Milk

"This is by Violette_FR. Their Boum-Boum Milk. Super super hyped these days, so I had to try it. Now, I don't believe this is fragrance-free, but it is essential oil free. And it is a type of ferment with probiotics, so it works really well to protect the barrier. This is also so light that you can mist it throughout the day to help reduce that feeling of tight skin and keep your skin nice and flexible."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Ingredients1 review

Allies of Skin Retinaldehyde

"The first product I ever tried from them was their retinol AL. They have a beautiful retinol formula."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Nails1 review

Dazzle Dry Nail Polish System

"The two salons that I go to on occasion for a pedicure around here both use Dazzle Dry, which is one of my favorite nail systems. They're just not as harsh on your nails as gels."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

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