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Caroline Hirons
Esthetician

Caroline Hirons.

Caroline Hirons built her channel around practical product testing across skincare and makeup, from retinoids and toners to concealers and lip products, always grounding her takes in how things actually perform on real skin. Her book 'Skincare' became a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, and her reviews carry that same straight-talking, educator-first approach.

Why Is She A Guru?
A licensed esthetician with three decades in the beauty industry and founder of the Skin Rocks product line.
Founder · Skin Rocks
198Products
186 yay99% approval rate
2 nayA few she would skip
2 hot takesWhere she breaks from the pack

Caroline Hirons's top picks.

The products Caroline Hirons has crowned best in their category, and brings up again and again.

★ Best iconic beauty product
No. 5
Chanel No. 5
Brought up 3 times
Chanel No. 5 is one of the most iconic beauty products of all time.
★ Best affordable acid toner
Glow Tonic
Pixi Glow Tonic
Brought up 3 times
When I first saw Pixi Glow Tonic at a blogger event, I looked at the ingredients list and blogged about it that evening. [...] Then basically I shut down the whole operation for about two months because the demand went through the roof.
★ Best body moisturizer
Creme de Corps Body Lotion
Kiehl's Creme de Corps Body Lotion
Brought up 2 times
I've always in my bathroom for the last 10 years had the Kiehl's body moisturizer. [...] I've never, I can't remember the last time I didn't have one in my bathroom genuinely. It's my favorite because with my face, my body, I'm the same. I just couldn't go without moisturizing from head to toe. It's [...] a real staple that's always been there. If I don't have body moisturizer I'm not getting dressed.

Caroline Hirons's picks, backed by the experts.

When the other experts mostly agree on a product, Caroline Hirons sides with them 79% of the time. Here are three of her picks the other experts back too.

La Roche-Posay
Cicaplast Baume B5
22 of 25 other experts approve it too
The Ordinary
Squalane Cleanser
9 of 12 other experts approve it too
Nizoral
A-D Anti-Dandruff Shampoo (1% Ketoconazole)
8 of 10 other experts approve it too

Caroline Hirons, in short.

What does Caroline Hirons recommend?

Caroline Hirons has reviewed 198 products. Of the ones she gives a clear yes or no to,she approves 99%. The products she rates highest and brings up most are Chanel No. 5, Pixi Glow Tonic and Kiehl's Creme de Corps Body Lotion.

Which moisturizers does Caroline Hirons recommend?

She has reviewed 23 moisturizers and approved 22 of them. The ones she rates highest are Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream, La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5 and Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream.

Which eye makeup does Caroline Hirons recommend?

She has reviewed 21 eye makeup and approved 19 of them. The ones she rates highest are Tower 28 Make Waves Lengthening and Volumizing Mascara, Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze and Lisa Eldridge Something Brown Coffee Brown Eyeliner.

Which serums does Caroline Hirons recommend?

She has reviewed 19 serums and approved 18 of them. The ones she rates highest are The INKEY List Hyaluronic Acid Serum, Bio-Essence Squalane Oil and Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Lotion.

Which cleansers does Caroline Hirons recommend?

She has reviewed 18 cleansers and approved 18 of them. The ones she rates highest are The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser, CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser and The INKEY List 2% Salicylic Acid Cleanser.

What does Caroline Hirons say no to?

She has skipped 2 of the 198 products she has reviewed. The ones she is clearest about are Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Push-Up Lash Mascara and The Ordinary Retinol 0.2% in Squalane.

What does Caroline Hirons recommend for dry skin?

There is a guide to her picks for dry skin: Caroline Hirons on dry skin.

What she reviews most.

Caroline Hirons's hot takes.

Products where her take diverges from the rest of the gurus.

Charlotte Tilbury
Pillow Talk Push-Up Lash Mascara
Caroline Hirons: Nay vs gurus 68% Yay
I didn't like that it's very fanned out effect I didn't do it for me
The Ordinary
Retinol 0.2% in Squalane
Caroline Hirons: Nay vs gurus 79% Yay
I did that with the new Ordinary Retinol, but it's so yellow. There's yellow and then there's this yellow. It's like my book yellow and staining yellow. It's 0.2%, so it's like the [...] equivalent of medicates' Crystal Retinal 20. [...] Yes, it's cheaper, yes by all means try it, but if you're going to go down that road why don't you get a slightly even more sophisticated product and do a dermatologist or a skincare professional and get a prescription?

Every review.

All 198 products Caroline Hirons has reviewed, grouped by product type. Click a product to see the full guru consensus.

All takes Yay takes Nay takes Against the gurus
Moisturizers23 reviews
Madeca Cream
Centellian24 Madeca Cream
"So, Centellian 24. Um they are owned by a pharmaceutical company. Their famous one is called um Madecassoside cream. Um it's very popular, nice calming, soothing cream."
✓Yay
69%Guru Score
PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion
CeraVe PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion
"When I'm in a rush during the day, something like the CeraVe facial moisturizing lotion can just be great to use. But if it's like before bed or in the evening and I really want to amp it up, I'll go to something like a barrier cream instead. I'm not going to use the barrier cream under all my makeup."
✓Yay
88%Guru Score
Oil-Free Moisturizer
Kate Somerville Oil-Free Moisturizer
"I remember you talking about oilfree nourish, uh deep tissue repair, the OG kids moisturizers that just what a gang of moisturizers that was. I mean truly my pain is that in selling to Unilever they ended up discontinuing and then reformulating you. You didn't need to touch Nourish, there was nothing wrong with it, nothing. There was nothing wrong with oil free, don't touch it."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Nourish Day Moisturizer
Kate Somerville Nourish Day Moisturizer
"I could pop it on as a day cream, no issue. Love it. So many skins could use it. It smelled amazing, it felt amazing."
✓Yay
83%Guru Score
Lotion P50
Biologique Recherche Lotion P50
"Lotion P50 is like... when it comes to skincare it is my p50. I'm not super loyal to much more than a handful of products, and this is one of them. I can make anything work, but this is something I always have stock of, I'm never going to be without it."
✓Yay
76%Guru Score
Barrier Butter Intensive Moisture Balm
Rhode Barrier Butter Intensive Moisture Balm
"I really like the barrier butter from Rhode. It's very nice, it's just cocooning but it's not too thick. I love the Rhode Barrier Butter and it's great, but [...] the scent sometimes throws me and sometimes I want it and sometimes I don't, and it's greasy. There's no, even the light one, it's greasy and the light one peels a little bit unfortunately, but I love the Rhode Barrier Butter."
~Mixed
87%Guru Score
Skin Calming Itch Soothing Cream
Eucerin Skin Calming Itch Soothing Cream
"I buy this Eucerin one for eczema which is really really cheap and you can get like a really huge one."
✓Yay
86%Guru Score
Holy Hydration! Face Cream
e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream
"Elf, I love elf. [...] elf completely, 100% that Holy Hydration range is amazing and they do great dupes."
✓Yay
81%Guru Score
Pinklite Strobe Cream
MAC Pinklite Strobe Cream
"Max strobe cream everyone used. Oh Max strobe cream everyone. You know, Li precursor to things like ve skin NOA and skin and yeah."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Cicaplast Baume B5
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5
"There's a La Roche-Posay, is it called Cicaplast? Is that the big thick one? Yes. I really like that on top of like even just a light moisturizer and then something occlusive on top just to like lock it all in, because I actually do think that my skin is on the drier side probably just from lifestyle and travel."
✓Yay
88%Guru Score
Ceramidin Cream
Dr. Jart+ Ceramidin Cream
"I love Dr. Jart+ Ceramidin Cream, love it there."
✓Yay
64%Guru Score
No. 1 Smoothing Plumping Moisturizer
Chanel No. 1 Smoothing Plumping Moisturizer
"I got a little sample of their moisturizer, it was like a blue-tinted hydra. I [...] put it on, put my foundation on, and I was like, I am amazing, I am unbelievable. [...] I was so buzzing with myself that it became a routine. Every time I got paid, I would go and get it."
✓Yay
68%Guru Score
Gel Moisturizer
Illiyoon Gel Moisturizer
"A really light camide moisturizer by Illiyoon, it's really gel-like and lightweight"
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Eight Hour Cream
Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream
"I don't even have it and it does go a bit smelly after a while, but there's so many uses for it. [...] I used to do it as a teenager, slather it on before bed after a big night out. Eight Hour Cream's got a bit of a... [...] it's quite nice. You can use it as a [...] highlight, grow slick hair, get rid of flyways."
✓Yay
86%Guru Score
Rich Cream
Augustinus Bader Rich Cream
"I love a bit of the Rich moisturizer. [...] I like it. It gives you a glazed donut look, which is good for a glazed donut look."
✓Yay
62%Guru Score
Eye Concentrate Cream
La Mer Eye Concentrate Cream
"I like it. I know I get a lot of use out of it. I love a bit of La Mer Eye Concentrate Cream."
✓Yay
59%Guru Score
Cicapair Sensitive Skin Moisturizer for Redness
Dr. Jart+ Cicapair Sensitive Skin Moisturizer for Redness
"I like it. [...] It depends on the day. I look like I have a glazed donut, but it's good for a glazed donut look. [...] I didn't use the rich one today, I used the normal one."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Magic Cream
Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream
"I use what I know, so I use Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream. I do that every night."
✓Yay
61%Guru Score
Peptide K8 Power Cream
Kate Somerville Peptide K8 Power Cream
"I love the smell, I love the feel, I love what it does to my skin. It's not something that you need if you're young, but if you are 35ish, 40, probably plus, certainly 50 plus, and certainly nearly 55 and a Nana plus, you will see the benefit of this. [...] I kind of use this as a hybrid between a treatment and a moisturizer, so I will do my face, do a serum, maybe I'll put this on, and then I'll put a moisturizer on top because I'm greedy. I love it. I'll always have it."
✓Yay
83%Guru Score
Dewy Skin Cream
Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream
"This is one of my brands of the year without a doubt. [...] There is nothing left, it is done and dusted. [...] Dewy Skin Cream does what it says on the tin. It moisturizes your skin, makes it feel really soft and comfortable, plumps it up and leaves you with a dewy glow. If you don't want to wear makeup you're good to use this."
✓Yay
81%Guru Score
Phantom Volumizing Glossy Balm
Hourglass Phantom Volumizing Glossy Balm
"I love the Hourglass Phantom Volumizing Glossy Balm."
✓Yay
Sponsored
79%Guru Score
Rich Moisturizer Face Cream
Skin Rocks Rich Moisturizer Face Cream
"I generally use fragrance-free because then I'm not going to do any further aggravation. But it is my favorite moisturizer of all time. That's why we made it. My most used product. I'm not even embarrassed by it. The whole componentry of this product is recyclable. If we were to make it refillable, we would bring in a whole other piece of plastic. At the moment, that means you're using fresh plastic, and I don't want to do that. So for the moment, the moisturizer is not refillable."
✓Yay
86%Guru Score
Toleriane Dermallergo Moisturizing Cream
La Roche-Posay Toleriane Dermallergo Moisturizing Cream
"The rock daily moisturizer is fantastic. We use it for touchups after lunch on movies and TV because you can just clean up and it's got a decent amount of shine but it's not overwhelming. You don't want glitter. I'm a woman of a certain age, I'm not going to Coachella, I'm at home with the grandkids. I just want [...] glow, not glitter skin to have some reflection points."
✓Yay
Sponsored
83%Guru Score
Eye Makeup21 reviews
Mascara Pitch Black
Jones Road Mascara Pitch Black
"I would have looked at the brush on the Jones Road mascara and thought I'm not going to like that, but it's actually a brilliant mascara. My only complaint is that it dries out quite quickly, but it gives you lashes and it holds the curl, which is really hard in something that isn't waterproof. I highly recommend it, I will be repurchasing, [...] and I've already bought another one."
✓Yay
85%Guru Score
Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner
Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner
"Eyeliner. Any kind of like Bobbi Brown gel liner. Nice. traditional or Victoria Beckham's minus finance."
✓Yay
82%Guru Score
Something Brown Coffee Brown Eyeliner
Lisa Eldridge Something Brown Coffee Brown Eyeliner
"I love Lisa Eldridge eyeliners. For me, the number one rule is creamy. There's so many that get stuck on your eyelid, and you're like, it's like I know there was a crease there. There's no need to point it out like as you're drawing it. You know, you want something really creamy that's going to glide. You can gently blend if you want to."
✓Yay
83%Guru Score
Brow Wiz
Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz
"Anastasia Brow Wiz soft brown. This has been absolutely mullered. Nothing there. Nothing to turn up. It's gone. Gone. I can't even demo it. Very thin, fine pencil. Very handy for brushing. It wears down quite quickly if you use it as aggressively as I do. That's my fault, not hers."
✓Yay
67%Guru Score
Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascara
Hourglass Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascara
"The Hourglass mascara has a [...] tiny little synthetic brush, though. I don't like the teeny brushes. I like a big brush. I need the volume."
~Mixed
67%Guru Score
Bad Gal Lash Mascara
Benefit Bad Gal Lash Mascara
"Benefit was probably one that I used the most. Bad Gal. Bad Gal. Yeah. At the time, that kind of like real definition and volume."
✓Yay
68%Guru Score
Modern Mascara
Vieve Modern Mascara
"I did love the Vieve one with the really unusual twisty wand."
✓Yay
81%Guru Score
Monsieur Big Mascara
Lancôme Monsieur Big Mascara
"I love Monsieur Big from Lancôme. That one is like a ten out of ten."
✓Yay
74%Guru Score
Telescopic Waterproof Mascara
L'Oreal Telescopic Waterproof Mascara
"My favorite is L'Oreal waterproof mascaras, carbon black, and the Telescopic Waterproof have never failed me ever. I go through tubes upon tubes upon tubes of them. [...] I do a one coat of waterproof to hold the curl. If you apply too much mascara though and it's really wet, the curl will drop, so you do have to really wipe it off first. I let that dry [...] and then I'll follow with stage two mascara."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Make Waves Lengthening and Volumizing Mascara
Tower 28 Make Waves Lengthening and Volumizing Mascara
"Tower 28 Make Waves totally Grail. [...] It like straight out of the tube just gives you pow. I mean I need pal pal Dolly Parton and pal cuz my lashes are like shop shutters I have to curl and then what do you use."
✓Yay
92%Guru Score
Moondust Eyeshadow
Urban Decay Moondust Eyeshadow
"The one that I would buy immediately if it broke or if I ran out is a glitter eyeshadow and I'm wearing it today and it would be [...] Urban Decay Moondust Space Cowboy."
✓Yay
85%Guru Score
Boy Brow Arch Pencils
Glossier Boy Brow Arch Pencils
"Eyebrow pencil, which would be another desert island product. Glossier Boy Brow Arch in the shade cool brown. [...] A lot comes off when you glide it on the face, [...] but it's just a lovely product. It runs out a little fast, that's my only caveat about the product, but I love that one."
✓Yay
76%Guru Score
Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara
Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara
"I like the rare Beauty mascara. Her lashes are very like they that she has space in between her lashes and it helps sometimes the mascara for Christina will clump the spaces and will connect the lash too much. Like a tubing on Christina will make her look like she has spider eyes."
✓Yay
76%Guru Score
Pillow Talk Push-Up Lash Mascara
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Push-Up Lash Mascara
"I didn't like that it's very fanned out effect I didn't do it for me"
✕Nay
68%Guru Score
Brow Freeze
Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze
"I bought the new Anastasia Beverly Hills one, it's like a freeze or something. I bloody love a brow gel, need a brow gel, love a brow gel. That one really gets you."
✓Yay
61%Guru Score
Brow Advance Eyebrow Conditioner
Revital Brow Advance Eyebrow Conditioner
"I've been doing um Revit brow on my brows cuz my brows kind of disappeared in my old age but and actually it's really worked after a few months it's been amazing"
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Lash Clash Mascara
Yves Saint Laurent Lash Clash Mascara
"This is YSL Lash Clash. There's two here, there's an empty one in my makeup bag. [...] I love the brush, it's bulky, it gets in your face, doesn't get in your eye, it's substantial. You can get a big lash. It stays wet enough so that you can go back in and do a second coat when you've done the other eye, that's how I like to do my mascara. I love them. It doesn't dry out too quickly, but it will dry out. It's a mascara."
✓Yay
81%Guru Score
Lash Idôle Mascara
Lancôme Lash Idôle Mascara
"I love Lancôme Lash Idôle a lot, like a lot."
✓Yay
74%Guru Score
Great Lash Mascara
Maybelline Great Lash Mascara
"A younger generation would say things like Maybelline Great Lash. [...] If you were looking at a list of the most iconic beauty products of all time, you would expect to see products like that in it."
✓Yay
81%Guru Score
Lash Clash mascara
YSL Lash Clash mascara
"This is YSL Lash Clash. I like the brush. I like that it gives you fibers and oomph. I need oomph. I don't want discreet mild lashes. What is the point?"
✓Yay
Sponsored
73%Guru Score
Voluminous Panorama Mascara
L'Oreal Voluminous Panorama Mascara
"I'm obsessed with the L'Oreal Paris Voluminous Panorama Mascara and I have to say although I work with L'Oreal Paris, this is an incredible mascara, absolutely incredible. I'm obsessed with mascara, it's one of my obsessions, trying to find the right mascara is the bane of my life because I've got tiny little stubbly lashes [...] and I really don't actually like using a curling wand because I wear contacts as well, I don't know it just doesn't feel right."
✓Yay
Sponsored
72%Guru Score
Other21 reviews
Seamless Skin Enhancing Tint
Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Enhancing Tint
"Foundation mix of the Lisa Eldridge one, but day to day I use um a Korean CC because I like the kind of no makeup look."
✓Yay
87%Guru Score
The Multiple Stick in Trance
NARS The Multiple Stick in Trance
"I have recently got um a Nars multi stick and it again is like a pinky color. I don't normally like it Beverly. No, they usually call something sexy. [...] That's really nice. I've actually got that one on right now and on my eyelids."
✓Yay
74%Guru Score
C-Tetra Advance
Medik8 C-Tetra Advance
"I love Medik8 C-Tetra Advance."
✓Yay
89%Guru Score
Advanced Night Repair Eye Supercharge Complex
Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Supercharge Complex
"I've got to tell you when I got this I thought two things one it's broken because there's no soft ending you want me to poke a plastic which hurts and that's the most sensitive area of your skin it was made by men. [...] They didn't respond but they changed the packaging right 2017 they didn't respond but they changed the packaging."
~Mixed
61%Guru Score
Les Beiges Water-Fresh Tint
Chanel Les Beiges Water-Fresh Tint
"I'd wear my Chanel Les Beiges Water-Fresh Tint. [...] I love Les Beiges. Give anything that makes me look like I haven't just been dug up because in the morning I look this color. When [...] you get to a certain age and you wake up and you're yellow, if you're a Caucasian color right, it goes from your cheek."
✓Yay
77%Guru Score
Three-Step System
Clinique Three-Step System
"My mom and my aunt bought me the Clinique Three-Step System and taught me how to [...] cleanse, tone, and moisturize. It was brilliant marketing from Estée Lauder, really worked well. I mean, it's not entirely true, but [...] I suspect [...] it was probably not as bad for my skin as some of the stuff they sell to teenagers now. [...] It was soft enough for my skin, so I kept up with that."
✓Yay
64%Guru Score
Products
La Roche-Posay Products
"When I saw the dermatologist after I saw the first doctor back in February she got me to change everything and just use the really really mild French brands, Avène and La Roche-Posay and things like that, which I then wasn't reacting to. Now I have to sort of, it's fine, but when I use the cleanser I have to like cleanse my face like four times in order to take everything off. It's fragrance free just in case, which is perfect."
✓Yay
68%Guru Score
Skincare products
Olay Skincare products
"I like some bits from Olay."
~Mixed
76%Guru Score
Halo 2.0
ZIIP Halo 2.0
"I have been doing this for six, six, seven months. I love it. I use it like four times a week, [...] with caveats. I know loads of people work with them, I do not, they have approached me about it and I have said no, and even though I love it so much, the reason I have said no is I don't buy the long-term claims of any nanocurrent electric current device. However, if you want to look better today, you will look better today for the whole day."
✓Yay
81%Guru Score
Facial Soap
Clinique Facial Soap
"The first luxury beauty product I ever bought, I remember it like it was yesterday. I saved up all year, or certainly from the summer onwards, to buy my best friends, my three best friends, a Clinique soap, you know, in the green slidey. [...] I was so chuffed."
✓Yay
76%Guru Score
Sensitive Skin Fragrance-Free Beauty Bar
Dove Sensitive Skin Fragrance-Free Beauty Bar
"I use a Dove Sensitive Skin Fragrance-Free Beauty Bar, stick it in the shower, and wash my bits and pits with it. [...] It's not going on my face anymore, oh no, I don't wash my face with it, but for bits and pits I love it, absolutely love it. [...] I always fly with an unscented, solid, super fatty cleanser because I have to wash my bits."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Beauty Bar
Dove Beauty Bar
"She would wash her face with a bar of Dove or something I mean her skin was great"
✓Yay
74%Guru Score
Skin Food
Weleda Skin Food
"I love Weleda Skin Food, so using Weleda products and just like really non-brand organic face washes, yeah just make sure that my face is washed, make sure it's exfoliated in some way and then just putting that Weleda on. I am always carrying it around with me all the time and I find that you know as long as your [...] skin's properly moisturized, so if you've got that as a base..."
✓Yay
78%Guru Score
RevitaBrow
RevitaLash RevitaBrow
"I've been using RevitaBrow on my brows because my brows kind of disappeared with age, and it's really worked. After a few months it's been amazing."
✓Yay
82%Guru Score
Liquid Gold
Alpha-H Liquid Gold
"I mean this is old school I don't know new school old school Alpha H Liquid Gold. It's just, do love a bit of Alpha H for me. I know that so many toners and stuff have come through since but that for me is just..."
✓Yay
76%Guru Score
Nourishing Shine Drops
JVN Nourishing Shine Drops
"JVN Nourishing Shine Drops [...] is a Best of Beauty winner with hibiscus antioxidant and hemisqualane. It [...] makes your hair stronger and shinier instantly and over time, but without the white cast that heavy squalene can leave. It really does immediately improve the texture of your hair, and over time it's a finishing oil that also makes your hair healthier, better than just covering it in silicone."
✓Yay
80%Guru Score
7 Seconds Detangler
Unite 7 Seconds Detangler
"I bought this on a whim in my hairdressers after I'd been for a blow dry a few months ago. Unite 7 Seconds Detangler, [...] I love it. I love it more than the original Evader Cescon spray. [...] It smells lovely and it works a treat. [...] The London water is hard as a brick so [...] you have to go in with something that's a bit more detangling. I spray it with this and I brush through with my big yellow dry by paddle brush then I put a bit of this on [...] and I'll go in a bun and I'm done."
✓Yay
82%Guru Score
Beauty Elixir
Caudalie Beauty Elixir
"I know there's one in my gym bag and I know there's one in my car. [...] I've definitely used up other mists, but this is my most used mist. [...] I'm forever trying to flag to people when it goes on offer in Boots and things like that. [...] It's probably going to be in my forever products. It's obviously a desert island mist just with my brew next to it."
✓Yay
64%Guru Score
States of Skin Complexion Clarifying Accelerator
Sachi Skin States of Skin Complexion Clarifying Accelerator
"This was the accelerator, so you have a kit and you have the serum and then you have another product which is an accelerator which, you know, it kind of accelerates that process of fading high pigmentation marks, sun damage, and retexturizing the skin as well. Now this has a fantastic brightness that works on melasma, and there's a lot of clinical studies supporting these actives. Nothing is just taken off the shelf in that sense."
✓Yay
87%Guru Score
Thermal Spring Water
La Roche-Posay Thermal Spring Water
"This is now discontinued. I [...] always had it to hand because it had a beautiful mister and it didn't sting at all. The reason I use this [...] is when I'm testing retinoids because when you put hyaluronic acid onto sensitized skin it can sting or burn, but this doesn't sting [...] because it's glycerin based with no hyaluronic acid."
~Mixed
72%Guru Score
Amplifier
Skin Rocks Amplifier
"I love the Skin Rocks amplifier. It's clinically proven to amplify vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, peptides and vitamin A, you cannot go wrong. It's your first leave on product, you cleanse, use your acid, then put this on, and it stays put and makes everything that comes after it more effective."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Serums19 reviews
Flawless Brightly Serum
Dr Sam's Flawless Brightly Serum
"I love Dr. Sam's Flawless Brightly Serum."
✓Yay
77%Guru Score
Concentrate Serum
La Mer Concentrate Serum
"Here's my only note I wish that like the dispenser thing like it's it's getting like crusted on the outside like I I wipe it down every Tong like this is my investment"
~Mixed
54%Guru Score
Resurfacing Compound
U Beauty Resurfacing Compound
"I like the sequencing and the simplicity of the Resurfacing Compound and layering the moisturizer on top. I like the radiance it gives me naturally."
✓Yay
79%Guru Score
Copper Tripeptide + Ectoin Advanced Repair Serum
Allies of Skin Copper Tripeptide + Ectoin Advanced Repair Serum
"Copper Tri peptide serum um I love that so much"
✓Yay
81%Guru Score
Hyaluronic Acid Serum
The INKEY List Hyaluronic Acid Serum
"I cannot live a day without a Hyaluronic Acid Serum. I can't."
✓Yay
86%Guru Score
Oil of Olay Beauty Fluid
Olay Oil of Olay Beauty Fluid
"I remember my granny having Oil of Olay as it was called, everyone's granny had Oil of Olay. I still think of it as Oil of Olay. I see Olay and I think oh God it's Oil of Olay in that like bottle, and it was on and you could smell it and the powder of it and how comforting that felt to me."
✓Yay
76%Guru Score
Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5
The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5
"Hyaluronic serum from bobster um Sunday vitamin C MH L eye cream I just like it I like it"
✓Yay
75%Guru Score
Squalane Oil
Bio-Essence Squalane Oil
"I put on this morning some of the [...] Bio Essence [...] Squalane Oil. I've got pretty good skin, my skin's not bad."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Peptides and Antioxidants Firming Daily Treatment
Allies of Skin Peptides and Antioxidants Firming Daily Treatment
"This one is Allies Peptides and Antioxidants Firming Daily Treatment. I've used this one, probably my most used product from Allies. It's designed to help get rid of stress and dullness, which for me is winner winner chicken dinner. Seven brighteners, nine antioxidants, six peptides, and a tetrapeptide complex. You can use it AM and PM. It's a treatment moisturizer. [...] What I love about it is I love the packaging. It's easy to travel with. I can throw it in my airline bag."
✓Yay
85%Guru Score
Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Lotion
Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Lotion
"If you haven't tried it, you should. If you are in any way dehydrated or your skin gets sore in the cold weather or too hot and red in the warm weather, you cannot go wrong. I've got two full size and two travel size. I've used this ever since I first got a hold of it. I got a hold of it before it came out and I said, oh my God, this is amazing. I love it. Then I worked with them on it, but the loving it and the promoting it came way before they contacted me. I still buy it."
✓Yay
88%Guru Score
Ultra Peptide Cream Facial Serum Concentrate
Josh Rosebrook Ultra Peptide Cream Facial Serum Concentrate
"I love Josh, this again is more like a serum treatment, it's a Ultra Peptide Cream Facial Serum Concentrate. If you're not clued up on Josh, seriously Google him, look at his product. [...] I've spoken about the man for years. I love him. Everything he does is with integrity. [...] I have to believe in what the brand is telling us, and I very much believe what Josh Rosebrook tells me, as does my face."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Indigo Overnight Repair Serum in Cream
Tatcha Indigo Overnight Repair Serum in Cream
"It's soothing and nourishing, you put it on and it feels slightly richer than the Skin Rocks moisturizer. [...] It's richer but it's not greasy and it's not heavy and it doesn't make me wake up with whiteheads as some richer moisturizers do."
✓Yay
85%Guru Score
Peptide Pro Resilience Serum Concentrate
Sachi Skin Peptide Pro Resilience Serum Concentrate
"Such a beautiful serum, it is incredibly calming and soothing, it is plumping, it is intensely hydrating, and over time it just helps sort of rebalance and you notice a difference in your skin and how sort of resilient it feels to actives. It's quite juicy, [...] a nice juicy serum, it is very hydrating, and [...] if you've burnt your skin I've even applied it to that. The amount of tests I've done is madness but it will not sting, even when water stings your face."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
B3 Nice 10% Niacinamide Serum
Sunday Riley B3 Nice 10% Niacinamide Serum
"It's basically imperceptible, it disappears. It's great for the summer. [...] It really helps with my diffuse redness, that's surface redness. I recommend it [...] for all age groups and all skin types. It was originally formulated for my daughter who has oily acne prone skin, but we're finding that a lot of our clients who are reaching for it, they're reaching for it for redness, pore size, and then they've heard of niacinamide and they want to try it."
✓Yay
66%Guru Score
Luminous Silk Serum
Tatcha Luminous Silk Serum
"It goes 34% deeper into the skin than water so it's able to carry the active ingredients down deeper to do its best work. It's a stroke of genius."
✓Yay
75%Guru Score
CC Me Vitamin C Serum
Summer Fridays CC Me Vitamin C Serum
"My first memory of the Summer Fridays Vitamin C Serum was being pleasantly surprised. [...] For me it's almost perfection in a bottle. It was different from other vitamin C serums because it was really light, it didn't have that synthetic feel, and it literally goes on the skin and feels like water."
✓Yay
78%Guru Score
Hyaluronic Acid Serum
Dr. Barbara Sturm Hyaluronic Acid Serum
"My first memory of Dr. Barbara Sturm's Purifying Balm was using it at Space NK and the effect it had on my skin the next day—I fell in love with it. It was one of the first products in skincare as a whole that I absolutely became obsessed with. It's a multitasker—you think it's going to be really thick and greasy but actually it's just nourishing and comforting."
✓Yay
66%Guru Score
Gentle Acid
Skin Rocks Gentle Acid
"I would sometimes do Gentle Acid in my routine. I don't have empties of it because I haven't worked my way through a big fat bottle yet."
✓Yay
83%Guru Score
Double Serum Complete Age-Defying Concentrate
Clarins Double Serum Complete Age-Defying Concentrate
"Unbelievably now in its ninth generation and undoubtedly regaining its cult status, it is quite frankly a sensational upgrade rooted firmly in the performance Clarins is known for. Double Serum now targets signs of aging linked to lifestyle think pollution, blue light, sun damage and UV with five new actives and a potent provinal re extract that tackle this head-on. I love the luxe texture, the elevated peptide in squalane formula and the innovative new dosage pump."
✓Yay
Sponsored
64%Guru Score
Cleansers18 reviews
Flawless Cleanser
Dr Sam's Flawless Cleanser
"I love Dr. Sam's cleanser for me because [...] it just takes off my makeup. It cleanses. It doesn't strip. It's so gentle. It never irritates."
✓Yay
87%Guru Score
Vitamin C Cleanser
Joanna Vargas Vitamin C Cleanser
"Joanna Vargas Vitamin C Cleanser -- that's one of the ones that smells amazing. There are a lot of ones that we have, we have friends for sure."
✓Yay
70%Guru Score
Sensibio H2O Micellar Water
Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water
"If I'm doing somebody's skin from scratch, probably more on an editorial shoot versus like a celebrity job, I would do Bioderma Sensibio H2O. I'd pass it with the Bioderma on a cotton round. I would put a little bit more pressure in the areas on the face where makeup tends to cling, down the side of the nose, forehead, any little crevices. Then I would mist wipe any excess away."
✓Yay
96%Guru Score
Squalane Cleanser
The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser
"The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser, it's like a cream but it's almost a cleansing oil at the same time. There's nothing quite like it."
✓Yay
82%Guru Score
Vinoclean Micellar Water
Caudalie Vinoclean Micellar Water
"I was leaving remnants of my makeup on even when I thought I've taken it all off, even though I've double cleansed twice. The micellar water, and it's the Caudalie one that I use, takes off the remnant so that my skin is squeaky clean in order to be able to then put on moisturizer."
✓Yay
71%Guru Score
Hydrating Facial Cleanser
CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser
"I'm a little bit more fickle with cleansers, I'll try things and then there's things that I'll try that I'll come out in spots like around my hairline and I'm like absolutely not. [...] I love your gel cleanser, that's definitely my favorite texture. I love something foaming to get my makeup off."
✓Yay
85%Guru Score
Illuminating Oil Cleanser
Emma Lewisham Illuminating Oil Cleanser
"I used to go to Mecca and buy a whole lot of different products, and I never really got stuck on anything. There was a balm that was quite famous, but I felt like it stuck stayed on my face, and that inspired the oil cleanser that we have. So it actually cleanses off, it doesn't leave an oil on your face. Your oil is definitely different."
✓Yay
83%Guru Score
2% Salicylic Acid Cleanser
The INKEY List 2% Salicylic Acid Cleanser
"I'm quite oily, so salicylic acid, and again I'm plugging it, but I'd be in serious trouble because [...] I profusely sweat throughout the day."
✓Yay
83%Guru Score
Hydrating Foaming Cream Cleanser
Cetaphil Hydrating Foaming Cream Cleanser
"I do like it man. I'm not being funny, most of the people I've called got on here are mates and I take care of most of my mates so it's fine, don't worry."
✓Yay
83%Guru Score
Renewing SA Cleanser
CeraVe Renewing SA Cleanser
"There's a gentle exfoliating one, it's like a BHA. I love it, I love this."
✓Yay
75%Guru Score
Foaming Facial Cleanser
CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser
"I use honestly any any soap I don't care and people send free cleansers and I use them but I'm less good about purchasing. I did purchase at boots though because I ran out of the theater and they don't have bar soap at the theater. CeraVe has a nice Foaming Facial Cleanser. Yeah I love it. I fell in love with the body. Just anything. I like a pharmacy shop so when I'm here I go to like Christ Street Pharmacy where it's just more, it's not just a basic CVS, just anywhere I can go."
✓Yay
79%Guru Score
Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm
Clinique Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm
"I use Clinique Take The Day Off, [...] that's the best thing for that kind of stage makeup. It's grease, it really is."
✓Yay
77%Guru Score
Living Cleansing Balm
Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm
"This is Then I Met You and I have three Living Cleansing Balms. [...] It's bright orange, it's beautiful, it smells like a dream which is important to me on cleansing. It destroys makeup, it destroys SPF. The reason I've used these the most is because [...] with Then I Met You I can use these to remove makeup and SPF but I can also use them as a skin cleanser, so if I'm traveling [...] I can use these as a one-stop shop if I want to."
✓Yay
87%Guru Score
Rice Wash Skin Softening Cleanser
Tatcha Rice Wash Skin Softening Cleanser
"My favorite cleanser brand as a whole of all time. [...] I love love love Tatcha Harper cleansers by far my favorite thing that she makes. I've used them for years to the point now I could say over a decade."
✓Yay
85%Guru Score
Pure One Step Camellia Cleansing Oil
Tatcha Pure One Step Camellia Cleansing Oil
"I've used them for years to the point now I could say over a decade the nourishing oil cleanser is easily my favorite. [...] In terms of makeup removal, SPF removal, giving your face a little quick cleanse in the morning, it's delicious. Again, not the cheapest."
✓Yay
70%Guru Score
Matcha Cleanse Daily Clarifying Gel Cleanser
Tatcha Matcha Cleanse Daily Clarifying Gel Cleanser
"Love tattoo Harper cleansers have done for years"
✓Yay
71%Guru Score
Cream Cleanser
Skin Rocks Cream Cleanser
"The Cream Cleanser is the one that I made for me of which I have four and a jumbo. [...] Cream Cleanser is for you if you have a balanced skin, [...] if you have [...] slightly drier skin, if you're more dehydrated. [...] With all cleansing products, unless it's really stripping, unless it's something super foaming, super soap based, cleansing really comes down to texture preference in the end. [...] If you like the feel of it, use it."
✓Yay
Sponsored
84%Guru Score
Gel Cleanser
Skin Rocks Gel Cleanser
"The Gel Cleanser is great for you if you have slightly oilier skin or you're combo skinned or you're a bit younger than me. This is not your average Gel Cleanser. This goes from a gel to an oil to a milk. You don't have to use a face cloth with it. I obviously do. It will remove all your makeup."
✓Yay
82%Guru Score
Blush & Bronzer16 reviews
Pomelo Peach Blush
Haus Labs Pomelo Peach Blush
"I also love [...] Lady Gaga's [Haus Labs] ones, which are really nice. [...] They've got a really iridescent dew."
✓Yay
81%Guru Score
Airbrush Flawless Bronzer
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer
"Bronzer, Charlotte Tilbury, flawless bronzer, just the big big like mama bronzer with my big brush. [...] I do love that."
✓Yay
82%Guru Score
Mineralize Blush
MAC Mineralize Blush
"If we're going to go really classic MAC Mineralize Blushes, they're still just so good."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Cream Bronzer in Biscuit
Westman Atelier Cream Bronzer in Biscuit
"I love the Westman Atelier bronzing drop. I love the Westman Atelier bronzing stick. I just brown line straight across my forehead, blend it out. I've been sunbathing for an hour. Heaven. Heaven."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Nectar Light Up Highlight Stick
Westman Atelier Nectar Light Up Highlight Stick
"This is Nectar Light Up Highlight Stick. [...] It's very light. Just a bit of a shimmer stick to be honest. You would think it's nothing special, but then when you use it, it kind of stays in place. You get a shimmer and a glow, not a glitter. I love it."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Warm Wishes Soft Matte Powder Bronzer
Rare Beauty Warm Wishes Soft Matte Powder Bronzer
"Sunblaze Summer Feels. Good names. I would like both of those. I'd like to be blazed in the sun and I'd like some summer feels... feels feels very nice."
✓Yay
79%Guru Score
Flush Blush Trio in Stockholm
Merit Flush Blush Trio in Stockholm
"At the moment I really love the Merit little blush bombs in terracotta, that's what I'm wearing today. Love that. Absolutely love that. Again, just dewy and creamy dewy."
✓Yay
85%Guru Score
Luminous Silk Bronzing Powder
Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Bronzing Powder
"I would say at the moment the Armani Luminous Silk Bronzer, the huge pan one. It's got a massive mirror which is handy. And also it's got a little bit tiny bit of shimmery glow in it, but it's not like sparkle. [...] But it again it's very illuminating."
✓Yay
75%Guru Score
Double-Take Creme and Powder Blush Duo
Patrick Ta Double-Take Creme and Powder Blush Duo
"I'm obsessed with Patrick Ta's Cream Blush powder blush duo. [...] I like the really light pink one, I think it's like the lightest pink one. It's baby."
✓Yay
68%Guru Score
Hey Shine Highlight
KJH Brand Hey Shine Highlight
"KGH Brand Hey Shine Highlight in light pink because [...] I'm anti-primer. If you prime the face with highlighter, meaning put highlighters in as many places as you can, that light bounces off of the face, so imperfections [...] become less visible because the light is bouncing back. Therefore you need less foundation or less concealer. [...] I can also mix that highlighter with my red lipstick to create a shimmery blush."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Les Beiges Healthy Glow Bronzing Cream
Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Bronzing Cream
"My favorite luxury product would probably be the cream bronzer from Chanel. I do love a cream bronzer from Chanel, and there's something about Chanel like it's never going to be bettered in terms of packaging. It's the best packaging in the world, it's the best marketing in the world."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Sunny Serum Instant Face Bronzer
Isle of Paradise Sunny Serum Instant Face Bronzer
"We just launched the Sunny Serum, which is an instant face bronzer. It sold out instantly at Sephora. [...] We really believe in it. It suits every skin tone, and I think with that kind of product at that kind of price point, it's doing really well. We've had to restock it gradually and it's looking fantastic."
✓Yay
79%Guru Score
Blush
Milk Makeup Blush
"Milk makes a nice blush that's just it's so easy it's so easy and it moves nicely and it absorbs so it's not sitting on top"
✓Yay
70%Guru Score
Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush in Happy
Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush in Happy
"If I was to go for it, I would go for Rare Beauty. The solid one, not the liquid one. The one in the really bright pan. It's got a spongy texture, kind of creamy, really pigmented. And you build it up. And it lasts. It gives you like a blurred finish as well. And you can't go wrong with it. Just put it out there, if you wear [...] too much, you look like you've just literally laid down in red paint, so just calm down."
✓Yay
Sponsored
78%Guru Score
Forever Bronzing Powder
Dior Forever Bronzing Powder
"I like the Dior one. It's great because it never will go patchy. It's buildable. It's not one of those drying bronzing powders. No, it's fab. I have to say. Very good."
✓Yay
Sponsored
84%Guru Score
Hypershine Highlight Kit in Light Pink
KJH Brand Hypershine Highlight Kit in Light Pink
"This is the Hypershine Serum, so I'll show you really what this does. [...] You basically [...] get one of these shades depending on which shade you pick. I'm going to use the copper because I think copper is a really really good middle ground shade for like many many many people. You could also pull off the pink and you could also pull off the gold."
✓Yay
Sponsored
84%Guru Score
Lip9 reviews
Pillow Talk Magic Lip Oil
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Magic Lip Oil
"Charlotte Tilbury Magic Lip Oil. Done. Dusted. Gone. I've used it since it came out. I love it. Some people don't. I do."
✓Yay
81%Guru Score
Hydrobalm Tinted Lipstick in Juice
Westman Atelier Hydrobalm Tinted Lipstick in Juice
"So far my two favorites unsurprisingly are lip products. Fine comfort lip butter in loved from Rare and Juice Westman Atelier Hydrobalm Tinted Lipstick. Love those."
✓Yay
76%Guru Score
Find Comfort Lip Butter in Loved
Rare Beauty Find Comfort Lip Butter in Loved
"So far my two favorites unsurprisingly are lip products. Find Comfort Lip Butter in Loved from Rare Beauty and Juice Westminatelier Hydrobalm Tinted Lipstick. Love those."
✓Yay
68%Guru Score
Lip Oil
Clarins Lip Oil
"I've got a Clarins Lip Oil on and you've got a really great shade."
✓Yay
78%Guru Score
Artist Color Pencil
Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil
"The Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil in Endless Cacao lip liner [...] is obviously on my personal list. It's so synonymous with me that they may as well just give me the commission -- they should just call it Katy."
✓Yay
90%Guru Score
Classic Lip Balm
Carmex Classic Lip Balm
"Back on the Carmex, hard to go wrong with the Carmex. The only thing I don't like about Carmex is the round applicator because it still got the round one. I would like a triangular shape. [...] I've tried like the expensive ones, I've tried the very expensive lava ones and all of those really expensive ones for this, but like a cheap Carmex does the job. Yeah, it's pretty much the same. I don't want to put my finger in an expensive pot. I just want to put it on and it's done."
✓Yay
52%Guru Score
Ruby Woo Lipstick
MAC Ruby Woo Lipstick
"That shade I think it was like one of their most successful collabs that they did which is which was such a buzz to me"
✓Yay
75%Guru Score
Lip Butter Balm
Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm
"I like the Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm just to have -- I'll always have one in my bag."
✓Yay
Sponsored
71%Guru Score
Pout Preserve Peptide Lip Treatment
Ole Henriksen Pout Preserve Peptide Lip Treatment
"I like the Ole Henriksen Pout Preserve Peptide Lip Treatment in the tube, which I will use as a gloss as well."
✓Yay
Sponsored
84%Guru Score
Body & Tan8 reviews
Almond Sublime Softening Shower Oil
L'Occitane Almond Sublime Softening Shower Oil
"The L'Occitane Almond Sublime Softening Shower Oil smells like the body cream, but it's an oil that turns into a milk as soon as you put it on so you don't come out feeling oily. It's best applied on dry skin, because [...] if your hands are wet when you're applying it, it starts to emulsify. I love the smell, I've used and loved this for years."
✓Yay
87%Guru Score
Eucalyptus Body Wash
Necessaire Eucalyptus Body Wash
"Necessaire Eucalyptus. I love it. I love something that smells of eucalyptus. It also does the job. It cleans. It's multi oil nourishing cleanse. I've never felt this was an oil. I always feel like this is a proper shower gel. And it just smells like that fresh spa-zingy eucalyptus. I love."
✓Yay
76%Guru Score
Glow Getter Multi-Oil Body Wash
Naturium Glow Getter Multi-Oil Body Wash
"I love Naturium shower gels. They're so satisfying, like big pump bottles, you know, they feel really good."
✓Yay
90%Guru Score
Body Serum
Necessaire Body Serum
"Necessary Body Serum. It's quite light, very light, very airy. There's nothing I hate more than putting on a body cream and then your clothes feel sticky. I don't have that problem with this."
✓Yay
82%Guru Score
Glowing with Shea Butter Body Lotion
Dove Glowing with Shea Butter Body Lotion
"I'm mainly a cheap Dove kind of gal, Neutrogena sort of girl."
✓Yay
76%Guru Score
Creme de Corps Body Lotion
Kiehl's Creme de Corps Body Lotion
"I've always in my bathroom for the last 10 years had the Kiehl's body moisturizer. [...] I've never, I can't remember the last time I didn't have one in my bathroom genuinely. It's my favorite because with my face, my body, I'm the same. I just couldn't go without moisturizing from head to toe. It's [...] a real staple that's always been there. If I don't have body moisturizer I'm not getting dressed."
✓Yay
87%Guru Score
Deodorant
Dove Deodorant
"Or there's a specific Dove cream yeah"
✓Yay
82%Guru Score
Summer Silk Nourishing Body Lotion
Summer Fridays Summer Silk Nourishing Body Lotion
"Again, I'm not wasting it on my tree trunks. [...] This is tits and above all the body creams I've shown you so far. I love this, very rich. It does rub in well, but there will be more of like a glow residue left. So if you like something that dries really quickly, go with U Beauty. If you want something that's scented and it's all about the experience and the scent, you're going with Summer Fridays."
~Mixed
78%Guru Score
Concealer7 reviews
Beautiful Skin Radiant Concealer
Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Radiant Concealer
"I've been using Charlotte Tilbury concealer at the moment."
✓Yay
65%Guru Score
Triclone Skin Tech Concealer
Haus Labs Triclone Skin Tech Concealer
"The one I've been using for a very long time is the Haus Labs Triclone concealer. [...] It's such a good brand. It's so under the radar. And it shouldn't be because it's Lady Gaga. But [...] it's a proper serious pigmented makeup artist line. Also, where I always discover it is makeup artists. They pull it out and I'm like, 'Yeah, there you go.'"
✓Yay
77%Guru Score
Future Fluid All-Over Cream Concealer
Milk Makeup Future Fluid All-Over Cream Concealer
"I'm loving the Milk gel concealer. Yeah, the blue one. I think that's really good."
✓Yay
65%Guru Score
Hydro Grip Gel Concealer
Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Gel Concealer
"It feels nice though. It looks nice and I'm hydrating. [...] My whole face is basically a hydration cushion at the moment. So, we like that. Very nice."
✓Yay
87%Guru Score
Face Flex Concealer and Complexion Enhancer
Sarah Creal Face Flex Concealer and Complexion Enhancer
"This won an Allure Beauty Award last year. [...] Like this gives more coverage than I would have expected to be honest. I'm going in with the fingers."
✓Yay
79%Guru Score
Born This Way Concealer
Too Faced Born This Way Concealer
"Born This Way Concealer from Too Faced because it is so malleable you can shear it out beautifully when you mix in your own like other emollients. It's honestly great on mature skin if you're [...] in the right hands with the right touch, mature skin loves it. It's one of the only products on the market that you can apply over a powdered face and do touch-ups, so for bridal it's truly iconic."
✓Yay
75%Guru Score
Soft Matte Complete Concealer
NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer
"I'd go concealer. I'd go NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer, it's in a little jar. Controversial take: I think that's better than the Creamy Concealer. [...] Creamy Concealer is the dog's to everyone, but the one in the pot is so much more superior. [...] You just take a tiny little bit, [...] dab it on a brush, and it looks amazing."
✓Yay
93%Guru Score
Retinoids7 reviews
Vitamin A Pommade (Retinol Ester)
A313 Vitamin A Pommade (Retinol Ester)
"I'm a [tret] girl. I use A313 in the winter. Some people say it doesn't work, but I [...] find it works. As a dry skin girl in the winter, it's just enough."
✓Yay
62%Guru Score
Retinol 0.2% in Squalane
The Ordinary Retinol 0.2% in Squalane
"I did that with the new Ordinary Retinol, but it's so yellow. There's yellow and then there's this yellow. It's like my book yellow and staining yellow. It's 0.2%, so it's like the [...] equivalent of medicates' Crystal Retinal 20. [...] Yes, it's cheaper, yes by all means try it, but if you're going to go down that road why don't you get a slightly even more sophisticated product and do a dermatologist or a skincare professional and get a prescription?"
✕Nay
79%Guru Score
Ursolic Acid and Retinol Overnight Reform
Sachi Skin Ursolic Acid and Retinol Overnight Reform
"It is a sort of enzyme acid blend that is beautiful that works fantastically overnight to resurface, we texturize and fade dark marks. Once you pair the two together, double whammy. [...] I love that you called it overnight reform because [...] when it came out there was a lot of shouting in the freaks group in a positive way, [...] like oh my God, has everyone got this? [...] I mean I love the pack, I love that it's so easy to follow."
✓Yay
82%Guru Score
A+ High-Dose Retinoid Serum
Sunday Riley A+ High-Dose Retinoid Serum
"I really like, really really like this eye cream. What made A+ Retinol stand out from the others and still does is that it has instant gratification for me. It's hydrating, you can use it under makeup—all of the usual criteria that I want from an eye cream—but it also has light reflective properties. That's not the reason I think it's great, it's the added bonus, so when you put it on your eyes go oh you don't look like you've got two piss holes in the snow."
✓Yay
65%Guru Score
Retinoid 3
Skin Rocks Retinoid 3
"This is our strongest retinoid, it's borderline illegal, it contains 0.21% of retinaldehyde and adapalene. We went all out with this, it's an unbeatable formula if you want a retinoid."
✓Yay
83%Guru Score
Retinoid 2
Skin Rocks Retinoid 2
"I only have one Retinoid [...] 2 refill [...] because I'm testing other things. [...] My skin adapted and I needed something with a bit more kick. [...] Our retinoid is fantastic. This is 0.05 of retinol HPR. It's a beautiful retinoid. I wanted the formula when we made this. I wanted the formula to be like using a moisturizer, not like using a sticky cloying retinoid that makes your pillows yellow and actually doesn't make you look a bit jaundiced. That's not what we do."
✓Yay
78%Guru Score
Retinoid 1
Skin Rocks Retinoid 1
"I've been using Skin Rocks Retinoid 1 for a couple of years on and off while I'm testing everything else. [...] It's my no brainer nighttime treatment, so it's maintenance. [...] If I can't be bothered, I'm gonna wash my face, and if I can be bothered, [...] I'll put this on and that's pretty much me done."
✓Yay
82%Guru Score
Sunscreen7 reviews
Aloe Soothing Sun Cream SPF 50+ PA+++
COSRX Aloe Soothing Sun Cream SPF 50+ PA+++
"The COSRX Aloe Soothing Sun Cream SPF 50+ PA+++ is one of my favorites. It's so good, and it's not expensive at all."
✓Yay
79%Guru Score
City Skin Age Defense Broad Spectrum SPF 50
Murad City Skin Age Defense Broad Spectrum SPF 50
"I use a Murad one though, on a day-to-day basis. It's a Murad SPF 50, plus, plus, plus."
✓Yay
83%Guru Score
Hydris Moisturizer with SPF
Fenty Beauty Hydris Moisturizer with SPF
"What's amazing is she made an SPF for a Black skin. I mean, it's not that hard, just don't put mineral in it. [...] This is perfect on any skin because it's not a mineral SPF, so it doesn't leave that white cast you get with mineral formulas on darker skin tones."
✓Yay
69%Guru Score
Invisible UV Flawless Poreless Primer SPF 50
Charlotte Tilbury Invisible UV Flawless Poreless Primer SPF 50
"I love this too. Invisible UV's flawless poreless primer, smooth looking skin plus daily defense SPF 50 PA4 Plus. [...] It's an SPF 50, really really nice applying. It's own after your skincare or under foundation. [...] This is [...] chemical based, it does not leave a cast on darker skin tone. [...] There is glow from this. If you're really oily combination and you wake up feeling like you're a bit greasy, you're not going to appreciate it the way you do if you're a tad older."
✓Yay
84%Guru Score
Skin Shield SPF 30
Emma Lewisham Skin Shield SPF 30
"Skin Shield SPF 30 is an incredible long-term project. It's expensive and the testing in New Zealand and Australia [...] is the highest in the world, so to come out with this first is really important. The number one thing for any skin concern is SPF, so if you want to solve hyperpigmentation, it's not a silver bullet but you need to have patience, perseverance, and precaution being SPF. We knew we had to sell the two together."
✓Yay
81%Guru Score
Supreme Screen Hydrating Facial Sunscreen SPF 50
Ultra Violette Supreme Screen Hydrating Facial Sunscreen SPF 50
"This is my most used SPF of the last two years. [...] I'll always use it until they bring out something better which I don't know if they can. It gives me a glow. [...] I always say if in doubt buy an Aussie SPF, it's fantastic."
✓Yay
92%Guru Score
Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer SPF 30
La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer SPF 30
"I just love it. I count on it. I keep it in my purse. I put it on all day long. [...] It makes anything look fresh, makes everything look fresh."
✓Yay
Sponsored
85%Guru Score
Haircare6 reviews
No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner
Olaplex No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner
"Olaplex number five bond maintenance conditioner there."
✓Yay
76%Guru Score
Damage Shield pH Protective Shampoo
K18 Damage Shield pH Protective Shampoo
"K18 Damage Shield pH Protective Shampoo. I love. I've loved all of these."
✓Yay
83%Guru Score
A-D Anti-Dandruff Shampoo (1% Ketoconazole)
Nizoral A-D Anti-Dandruff Shampoo (1% Ketoconazole)
"If you've got fungal acne, which is nothing but my son Max had it, so it is a thing, but we have a name for it and we use an antifungal shampoo that you can buy in any CVS, wash your forehead with it, gone. It's Nizoral, and then there's hormonal breakouts which are generally under the skin and red and don't come to a head."
✓Yay
81%Guru Score
Modern Hairspray
Sam McKnight Modern Hairspray
"My Modern Hairspray because I can do anything with it. I can set hair with it. It's heat protection up to 230 degrees. We're constantly improving things because we could only get the heat protection up to 180 or 200 [...] before, so the new batches have better heat protection."
✓Yay
83%Guru Score
Airwrap Long Complete Styler
Dyson Airwrap Long Complete Styler
"I'm obsessed with my air wrap. It makes like it makes I can achieve this round brush look but like in 10 minutes like so fast. [...] You can brush the back of your hair, you don't put so much tension on your hair and you can use that brush attachment. [...] I love it, it really is good for you, like when you're doing your own hair it just makes it so much easier."
✓Yay
75%Guru Score
Flourish Shampoo for Thinning Hair
Virtue Flourish Shampoo for Thinning Hair
"I don't really know that a shampoo does that much for thinning hair. [...] It was okay. Obviously I only used one bottle's worth so I don't want to do it a disservice, but you're not going to find that a shampoo fixes your hair if you're going bald. [...] It didn't have any sodium lauryl sulfate in it, which I'm not great with, so it was fine, [...] but I wasn't like wow this is amazing."
~Mixed
75%Guru Score
Powder & Setting6 reviews
All Nighter Setting Spray (reformulated)
Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray (reformulated)
"I still really love the Urban Decay All Nighter. Even though they've changed formula, yes, now that they have reformulated it better. So now for a while it was a bit weird and I noticed it wasn't right. And then I think they've brought out a slightly better one now. [...] But I like it again."
✓Yay
66%Guru Score
Translucent Loose Setting Powder
Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder
"I like the [...] one from Laura Mercier. I think those are like a good stunning foundation and a good finishing powder."
✓Yay
85%Guru Score
Ambient Lighting Powder
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder
"It's technically a talc free powder, but it has this soft ambient powder look, which is actually my preferred from Hourglass. The Ambient Lighting Powder, I like that one. I feel like Hourglass, that's the one thing, I want one line that is for everyone because I have to do three different products to get everything. You're basically looking for a baked powder that has a soft luminous candlelit glow to it, and I like the Ambient Lighting Powder from Hourglass."
~Mixed
85%Guru Score
Fixing Spray
Kryolan Fixing Spray
"If I'm feeling really festive before I gloss I'll do a layer of Kryolan Fixing Spray. [...] You'll be able to eat through dinner and you'll be fine."
✓Yay
82%Guru Score
Veil Translucent Setting Powder
Hourglass Veil Translucent Setting Powder
"I would look for a very fine powder so a powder that has been milled to the point where the particles are tiny because then they won't cake. A really fine powder for example might be Hourglass Veil Translucent Setting Powder, that's very fine."
✓Yay
87%Guru Score
Skin Fetish: Glass 001 Legendary Glow Setting Spray
Pat McGrath Labs Skin Fetish: Glass 001 Legendary Glow Setting Spray
"I love a nice dewy misty spray and I like that. [...] It's like a creamy mist and it goes on your face. Just want to look wet. [...] It is so dewy. You know people say you look a bit greasy, I come in with powder. I'm like I don't care."
✓Yay
Sponsored
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Eye Care5 reviews
Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Eye Cream
Shiseido Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Eye Cream
"Favorite eye cream? I'm actually using a Chaseedo one at the moment and I'm liking that one."
✓Yay
63%Guru Score
Auto Correct Brightening and Depuffing Eye Contour Cream
Sunday Riley Auto Correct Brightening and Depuffing Eye Contour Cream
"This one is probably my most used of all time because it does help with puffiness, fine lines, wrinkles. But what it also has, it [...] has light reflective properties. So [...] when I put this on my eyes glow and it lifts them. So if you are someone who, like me, shows their tiredness in your eyes, you put this on. [...] It takes me from just looking like I've been dug up to actually quite presentable."
✓Yay
66%Guru Score
Essential Real Eye Cream for Face
AHC Essential Real Eye Cream for Face
"If I'm traveling, if I'm going on an airplane and I don't want to take a big tub of my moisturizer, this can be used all over the face. I love that it says what it does: real eye cream for face, concentrated eye cream for the whole face. [...] I don't tend to go heavy on the demands of an eye cream. I want it to moisturize, I want it to be light reflective if possible, I want my fine lines and wrinkles to calm down. [...] AHC is also affordable, nice, and available like Boots, Amazon."
✓Yay
81%Guru Score
Silk Peony Eye Cream
Tatcha Silk Peony Eye Cream
"I love my eye cream because this is my favorite. [...] I love it, I love it."
✓Yay
67%Guru Score
Eye Cream
Skin Rocks Eye Cream
"My eyes have been problematic. [...] There is a tiny amount of diamond powder in here to [...] give you an iridescent glow. [...] It's a fantastic Eye Cream. [...] You don't need more than [...] a tiny amount. Skin Rocks Eye Cream. I know this sounds like an ad for Skin Rocks. [...] The proof is in the pudding. This is what I use. Everyone says what do you really use? And I'm like, Skin Rocks. So I have other things that I'm working through that I test, but this is what I really use."
✓Yay
88%Guru Score
Masks & Peels5 reviews
Ready Steady Glow Daily AHA Tonic
Ren Ready Steady Glow Daily AHA Tonic
"List for me would be um Ready Steady glow toner"
✓Yay
71%Guru Score
Sheet Masks
Dr. Jart+ Sheet Masks
"Dr. Jart+ Sheet Masks on a night as well, I love them."
✓Yay
81%Guru Score
2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant
Paula's Choice 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant
"I do like a lot of Paula's Choice, and their BHA is really good."
✓Yay
88%Guru Score
Alpha Beta Universal Daily Peel Pads
Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Universal Daily Peel Pads
"The Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Peel Original Formula pads are luscious. I remember thinking dermatological science, and I loved the orange—weird but that was my first impression. What made the peel pads different from everything else that was out at the time and still are different to this day is that he has patented the whole formula. You get one pad and then you get a second pad, and no one else can copy him."
✓Yay
70%Guru Score
Exfoliant
Skin Rocks Exfoliant
"Your exfoliant Skin Rocks is incredible. [...] They're the only exfoliant that I can use, well two others, that don't make me red for like a week after."
✓Yay
82%Guru Score
Mists & Essences5 reviews
SOS Daily Rescue Facial Spray
Tower 28 SOS Daily Rescue Facial Spray
"After I pass with the Bioderma on a cotton round, [...] I would mist and wipe any excess away with the Tower 28 SOS Daily Rescue Facial Spray."
✓Yay
83%Guru Score
Glazing Milk Ceramide Facial Essence
Rhode Glazing Milk Ceramide Facial Essence
"I love a bit of Rhode, I love the Rhode milk, it's lovely. Yeah, they've done well, I think clever, clever marketing, good marketing team. The formulas are lovely, and she's going to people that know formula, like Ron Robinson and Beyond."
✓Yay
74%Guru Score
Universal Skin Solution Dermal Spray for Face and Body
Prequel Universal Skin Solution Dermal Spray for Face and Body
"I love it for rosacea. I've been using hypochlorous acid [...] over the last four months and healing has sped up definitely. Things after Botox as well and filler, giving quick sprits of that after, I feel like things are healing a bit more and calming and soothing."
✓Yay
81%Guru Score
Hydrating Accelerator Moisturizing Facial Mist
Josh Rosebrook Hydrating Accelerator Moisturizing Facial Mist
"Josh is the king of sourcing the best ingredients. [...] There is so much in this it's mainly herbal flower extracts, leaf extracts. I mean I can't even keep up, it's divine. This is the Rolls-Royce version of the mists we've been talking about."
✓Yay
90%Guru Score
Deep Moisture Spray
Curel Deep Moisture Spray
"This is my most used mist of the last year and over. It's [...] just fantastic. I can't say enough about it. The key is it is glycerin based, not hyaluronic acid-based, so it won't sting on sensitized skin. It's an ultra fine moisturizing spray for an instant boost of hydration."
✓Yay
92%Guru Score
Foundation4 reviews
Triclone Skin Tech Foundation
Haus Labs Triclone Skin Tech Foundation
"Best foundation for me at the moment is the Haus Labs. I loved that. My skin is not really dry, but it's not really oily. And I tend to look good in most foundations."
✓Yay
77%Guru Score
More Than a Pretty Face Skin Caring Foundation
Polite Society More Than a Pretty Face Skin Caring Foundation
"I've been using Polite Society because it's like a gel base. It's a gel cream, you can sheer it out. It's more gelatin, it's not truly a gel cream but it operates like a gel would."
✓Yay
79%Guru Score
Luminous Silk Foundation
Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation
"I use Armani foundations which I just absolutely love."
✓Yay
67%Guru Score
Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20
Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20
"I go on with Laura Mercier, which I've been addicted to the Tinted Moisturizer. As long as your skin's properly moisturized, if you've got that as a base, it works really well."
✓Yay
64%Guru Score
Balms & Ointments2 reviews
Medicated Ointment for Diaper Rash
Triple Paste Medicated Ointment for Diaper Rash
"I actually use something called Triple [...] Paste and [...] it's really great for long flights or when my skin is irritated, like after injections. When you want grease, [...] Triple Paste has a different preservative system than Sudocrem. I think Triple Paste works better for that purpose than Sudocrem, which is just made for bottoms."
✓Yay
79%Guru Score
Original Healing Jelly
Vaseline Original Healing Jelly
"If my skin was really dry or dehydrated, I'd lock in all that moisture and hydration with a layer of Vaseline, so I'd do it every so often. I don't think you need to do it every night like everyone's doing. You're really greasy. [...] Frankly, you don't need Vaseline. I think people mistake glass skin for just looking shiny, and they think Vaseline gives you that, but it's so shiny."
~Mixed
86%Guru Score
Fragrance2 reviews
Molecule 01
Escentric Molecules Molecule 01
"Escentric Molecules is the one, number one is the one thing that I always have, but I've been recently really obsessed with using a body oil after a body cream."
✓Yay
80%Guru Score
No. 5
Chanel No. 5
"My relationship with Chanel No. 5 is very personal. It's basically the longest relationship of my life to be honest. I had to write a love letter to Chanel No. 5 for a piece I wrote for Stylist, [...] and it was about why Chanel No. 5 is so great. It meant a lot to me, and [...] I would have been really upset if somebody else had done it. It won, so yeah that meant a lot to me."
✓Yay
85%Guru Score
Primer2 reviews
Skin Nova Instant Radiance Primer
Vieve Skin Nova Instant Radiance Primer
"I use a primer to give a good glow. And I love Vieve Skin Nova. I like skin dew mixed with Chanel's illuminating primer. [...] But if you use too much skin dew, you do look like the tin men."
✓Yay
83%Guru Score
Halo Glow Liquid Filter
e.l.f. Halo Glow Liquid Filter
"I have been trying the elf 30 tint face tint that just came out it's good lightweight liking wear it as like a foundation and liking it so far"
✓Yay
86%Guru Score
Tech2 reviews
DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro
Dr. Dennis Gross DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro
"The Dr. Dennis Gross LED mask, I've been using it every day. I just love that it's 3 minutes. I put it on and it's 3 minutes and then it's done and then I'll Chuck on just the most hydrating skin care. [...] My skin loves it."
✓Yay
69%Guru Score
LED Light Therapy Mask Series 1
CurrentBody LED Light Therapy Mask Series 1
"And here's the kicker: this mask is 31% stronger than any other LED mask out there based on independent studies. The mask can seamlessly fit into your routine for optimal results. I'd recommend using it three to five times a week for 10 minutes. And the best part: it's cordless, so you can use it anywhere, anytime. Cleaning, reading, listening to a podcast, or watching the telly. This is a fantastic product for anyone who's looking to improve their skin's texture and tone."
✓Yay
Sponsored
91%Guru Score
Toners2 reviews
Watermelon Glow PHA+BHA Pore-Tight Toner
Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow PHA+BHA Pore-Tight Toner
"My favorite product from there is and my most used is their Watermelon Glow PHA+BHA Pore-Tight Toner. It's one of the only exfoliants I can use that's gentle and I can actually see an effect from."
✓Yay
74%Guru Score
Glow Tonic
Pixi Glow Tonic
"When I first saw Pixi Glow Tonic at a blogger event, I looked at the ingredients list and blogged about it that evening. [...] Then basically I shut down the whole operation for about two months because the demand went through the roof."
✓Yay
66%Guru Score
Acne1 review
Salicylic Acid 2% Solution
The Ordinary Salicylic Acid 2% Solution
"I'm not being funny most of the people I've called got on here are mates and I take care of most of my mates so it's fine don't worry or Barber steim enzyme yeah then I love the control acid or osia floral water I'm using what a brand yeah it's great when I'm not using the control cuz obviously I don't use it every day of course"
✓Yay
77%Guru Score

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