Dr. Jenny Liu, dermatologist: 509 skincare products reviewed

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All 509 products Dr. Jenny Liu has reviewed, grouped by product type. Click a product to see the full guru consensus.

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Serums104 reviews

"I am a firm believer that vitamin C serums are not all created equal. I use SkinCeuticals C Ferulic and I've been using that for 14 plus years now. The vitamin C serum combined with retinoid really gives most people 90% of what they need to really have skin longevity."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Multipeptides & Growth Factor Advanced Lifting Serum

"Allies of Skin is a little more expensive, but their products are so lovely. They have lots of different peptide formulations that are very elegant, and the formulation is amazing. Their peptides are in a dark green bottle, and their copper peptides are in a blue bottle."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Vichy LiftActiv Vitamin C Brightening Skin Corrector Serum

"Aside from the C Ferulic, I think Vichy vitamin C is great, and you just want to make sure that you look for one that's been shown to clinically support the oxidative stress."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Naturium Multi-Peptide Advanced Serum

"Naturium has great peptide combinations that support collagen."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Serum

"If you want to take it a step further, Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Serum as well as RoC wrinkle correction cream or serum are great as the next level up for those who have done maybe more milder retinol and are ready for a stronger topical retinol in drugstores to give you more results for helping to improve fine lines and to support collagen."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

L'Oreal Vitamin C

"L'Oreal also has some good Vitamin C options that have been shown to clinically support oxidative stress."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5

"You can try The Ordinary, they're obviously a smaller size, but for its price, I think it makes economical sense."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Bio-Oil Bio-Oil

"You can certainly try things like almond oil or even Bio-Oil, that may offer some skin hydration and indirectly maybe prevent stretch marks from forming or prevent pre-existing ones from worsening. I don't think it hurts to try, but I would never tell someone to use this oil and you're guaranteed no stretch marks, because that's just not the case."

~Mixed

45%Guru Score

The Ordinary Lactic Acid 10% + Hyaluronic Acid

"The Ordinary has a great lactic acid if you're looking mostly for drugstore options."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel with Hyaluronic Acid

"Hydro Boost from Neutrogena is great, it contains hyaluronic acid."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster

"Paula's Choice vitamin C is also a great option with good formulation."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Power Serum

"Peter Thomas Roth has a really creamy vitamin C that I really love."

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

CeraVe Skin Renewing Vitamin C Serum

"You don't necessarily have to splurge to get a good vitamin C serum backed by science. There are great ones over the counter, and CeraVe's vitamin C is one of them, it's great for brightening and supporting collagen."

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Effaclar Serum

"If you're looking for a serum, I also really like La Roche-Posay, the Effaclar Serum that's in that kind of turquoise bottle. You can put it all over or spot treat where you have the most concerns."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Alastin Restorative Eye Treatment

"I really love it. It's a really great Eye Cream that helps with peptides to really support collagen and then of course some of the retinol products I mentioned earlier in the context of helping with pigment. Eye Cream especially for those who have more aging mature skin can improve just overall the texture of the under-eye skin and along with hydration and the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Pro-Collagen Multi-Peptide Booster for Firming, Smoothing Skin

"Paula's Choice Pro-Peptide Multi-Peptide Booster Serum is lovely. It's lightweight, fast-absorbing, doesn't pill. I use it in the morning on top of my vitamin C and night before my retinoids. I find that for me, serum I can kind of use through my routine more regularly. These are great peptides, pro-collagen peptides that help to improve and support collagen production, amino acids again support skin structure, and then hyaluronic acid. It's fragrance-free, and leaves minimal residue, so really suitable for all skin types, but in particular more mature skin looking for products to help hydrate your skin, support collagen, reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Dr. Idriss Major Fade Hyperpigmentation Serum

"This line targets different pathways in hyperpigmentation. [...] When it comes to treating stubborn hyperpigmentation, [...] you really need to have ingredients that work at different steps. Not only just blocking how pigment is made, but also blocking the transfer of pigment, as well as helping with skin turnover. [...] This one does it. It targets multiple pathways, so great for post-acne marks, uneven skin tone from sun damage, or even if you struggle with melasma. [...] Ingredient-wise, it's got alpha arbutin, kojic acid that helps reduce pigment formation along with niacinamide that blocks the transfer, and then more hydrating ingredients that help with hyperpigmentation products can be irritating. It's a lovely serum, really lovely to use, just all around a great product if you are struggling with uneven skin tone, looking for something that is backed by science, well-formulated, and really elegant."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dewy Flush

"It adds a nice pretty shimmer, but also has 3% niacinamide that really works well. It's a wonderful ingredient and then of course, jojoba oil, coq10 that is non-comedogenic and I think that's what is why it's so lovely. It's hydrating, doesn't cake, and gives a nice pretty shimmer. Of course, it's got centella and watermelon extract. So this is just all around wonderful product that's so pretty. It's buildable and it's got multiple different ways of using it. So highly recommend checking it out if you haven't."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

SkinFix Ceramide Prime+ Whipped Cream with Niacinamide

"This is a lighter texture, so great for those that don't like more nourishing cream textures. It's lightweight but still really barrier supportive. Lovely, spreads really nicely, improves hydration again without the heaviness. It's got 1% ceramide complex, 2% niacinamide, which is the ideal concentration to help with sebum control, offer some skin barrier support benefits, and some antioxidant benefits as well. Heptapeptide-7 that helps to support your skin barrier along with hyaluronic acid and yeast extract. So a lovely texture, more of that moisturizer that supports your skin, fragrance-free. If you're oily, sensitive, or just want something lighter for the summertime, this is the one to use."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Anua Azelaic Acid 10% Hyaluron Redness Soothing Serum

"The azelaic acid here, what that 10% is really doing is it's not really helping with hyperpigmentation but really helping to calm and soothe that skin. And this is really hydrating too, hyaluronic acid as well as this gentle calming complex that really contains a blend of antioxidants that just kind of reduces redness and inflammation at the same time. Even though this is more for those with redness, I actually think this is a great option if you have oily skin but maybe your barrier is temporarily compromised or you have that combination of oily and sensitive skin."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Torriden Dive-In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Serum

"Another great one that is really lightweight, non-sticky, but yet hydrating at the same time is Torriden Dive-In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Serum. This is a great HA serum if you want hydration without any sort of residue. Like when you put it on your skin after it's absorbed, you feel nothing, but yet your skin feels incredibly hydrated. It delivers deep hydration because it's got this complex of five different types of hyaluronic acid of various weights that helps to basically hydrate your skin from the top to kind of the middle layer of your skin along with panthenol that we know is soothing, centella extract and elastin. So this is a great one if you're just simply looking for hydration and don't have much of other concerns like irritation or redness. And this one also is great because it doesn't really peel and so if you wear a lot of makeup, this would be a great one to help hydrate your skin. And it sits pretty nicely under makeup as well."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Beta Glucan and Resveratrol Advanced Hydrating Serum

"One serum that I am obsessed with lately is from Allies of Skin. This beta glucan and resveratrol serum. It's a pretty creamy serum, but I love it. I actually sometimes will even use it in place of my moisturizer in the morning. Even though the texture is a creamy, milky serum, it is a little bit more dense compared to a watery serum. But there's just something about this formulation that is so hydrating. I love the way it feels on my skin. I love the way it makes my skin feel and layers nicely under sunscreen. And when I just use this alone without a moisturizer, my skin actually feels really good. It's got wonderful ingredients, including resveratrol that we know is an antioxidant. It's a splurge, but highly recommended."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

iUNIK Beta Glucan Power Moisture Serum

"The iUNIK Beta Glucan Power Moisture Serum is a lightweight yet deeply hydrating serum that helps really boost moisture at different levels of the skin. It's got that beta glucan that we know is really helpful at hydrating the skin but also supporting the skin barrier. It's a good humectant as well and it's pretty lightweight. You can layer it under sunscreen, under your moisturizer, or in the summertime use it alone as almost like your moisturizer. [...] Aside from beta glucan, it's got other wonderful humectants like glycerin and sodium PCA that are good for supporting your skin moisture barrier. And then adenosine, which is really kind of like a cell energizer that helps improve your cellular function, really used for anti-aging, improving fine lines and wrinkles."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Cetaphil Restoring Ceramide Face Serum

"For something a little bit more affordable in the over the counter and drugstores is Cetaphil, their Restoring Ceramide Face Serum. This is a really lovely one, especially for those with dry and sensitive skin. And it's got lots of great actives that not only helps to soothe and hydrate the skin, support the skin barrier, but also offer some skin rejuvenation benefits at the same time. So, it's got ceramides that we know is really important, but also centella. Centella is anti-inflammatory but there's actually great emerging studies that show centella also helps to stimulate fibroblast and basically support fibroblast ability to make collagen. So in many ways it actually does have skin rejuvenating and basically anti-aging benefits. And also has elotone that we know is hydrating and soothing. This is a great serum to add on for those that are more sensitive or maybe looking for a peptide alternative."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Anua PDRN Hyaluronic Acid Capsule 100 Serum

"Cinnamon PDRN that helps to support skin rejuvenation, promote skin turnover, helps with elasticity, fine lines and wrinkles. And then hydrolyzed collagen along with 11 different types of hyaluronic acid that works to hydrate your skin, keeping your skin plump and hydrated, supporting the skin barriers, improving skin health that again is really important for kind of aging skin, reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. I really love this. [...] I use it in the morning on top of my vitamin C serum and at night before my topical retinoid. [...] It's a great one because it's not irritating. You can easily incorporate it into your existing routine and if you're worried about retinoids, this may interfere with your retinoids, it will not. So this is the beauty of this product, which is why I love it so much."

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

Anua Niacinamide 10% + TXA 4% Dark Spot Correcting Serum

"Really suitable for those that are struggling with dark marks in particular. If you're struggling with like post acne marks and have sensitive skin and worry about ingredients that lighten the skin that may contribute to irritation, I think this is definitely one to really incorporate into your routine. [...] You can use it all over for kind of that more gentle brightening your complexion because that 10% niacinamide would definitely do that. And you don't have to worry about causing white spots or blotches [...] around dark spots, or you can just apply to areas where you have dark spots to spot treat. Either way, I think it's acceptable. And with just how gentle this formulation is, you can definitely use it either way without having to worry about irritation or undesired lightening of your skin. This product is not going to do that."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Eucerin Radiant Tone Dual Serum with Thiamidol

"The dual serum is a lightweight creamy serum that basically contains the active ingredient Thiamidol along with hyaluronic acid as well as a derivative of licorice root that is really meant to help soothe and calm any sort of redness or irritation. But licorice itself does have some brightening properties. I've used it with my retinol at night as well as my vitamin C in the morning and I have not gotten any irritation. When I struggle with hyperpigmentation, I probably just use the serum because it's got the most concentrated active. I have recommended it to many of my patients in clinic that are wanting a skin brightening product without a prescription. The one thing I would have to say is I do wish this line was fragrance-free or at least had a fragrance-free version, but I haven't had any issues being irritated by this product."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Medicube PDRN Pink Peptide Serum

"It's their PDRN Pink Peptide Serum. The color got me at first. I've never seen a serum so pink and vibrant. [...] The ingredients are really interesting and very fascinating, definitely catching on that salmon PDRN trend that is really popular in Korea and has made its way over here in the western side of the world. It actually does contain salmon PDRN with a peptide complex and niacinamide to overall improve skin texture, tone, and help with skin rejuvenation. It's really aimed at improving the quality of your skin, the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, dullness, hydrating your skin, improving overall even tone. It is hypoallergenic and suitable for sensitive skin."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

Torriden Dive-In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Soothing Cream

"Their Dive-In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Soothing Cream is lovely as well. It also contains low molecular weight hyaluronic acid for that hydrating soothing effect without the heaviness. It really helps to prevent moisture loss but does not feel heavy, does not feel like your skin is shiny or greasy. It's got this flexible, stretchy gel-like technology, so I would lump it as a gel cream that absorbs really quickly and layers nicely under makeup. Ingredient-wise, it's very similar to the serum. It's got that 5D complex of hyaluronic acid along with panthenol and allantoin. It's more suitable for combination and oily-prone skin, but if you have dry skin or sensitive skin, I think it makes a great morning moisturizer, especially in the hotter, humid months."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

SkinBetter Science Alto Advanced Defense and Repair Serum

"If you have more sensitive skin, but still want great clinical-backed product that delivers results, try SkinBetter Alto Advanced Defense and Repair Serum. This is another one that has a lot of good data and I said, there aren't that many skincare products that are done with clinical research and SkinCeuticals and SkinBetter are two brands that do. This is another one that many dermatologists and plastic surgeons rave about. It has a lot of different antioxidants. I think 19 combinations of different antioxidants that provides free radical protection, damage from free radicals, helps to brighten the skin, support collagen, improves uneven skin tone, and it's a yellow creamy serum, so really great for dry skin and sensitive skin. It contains a combination of THD ascorbate along with vitamin E and 17 additional antioxidants including green tea and coenzyme Q10. So, another one that really helps to improve signs of skin aging for those that have more sensitive skin."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Vanicream Vitamin C Facial Serum

"Vitamin C Facial Serum from Vanicream is really great for sensitive skin. It's affordable yet accessible, [...] and many derms love Vanicream because it's a really great line for all skin types, but especially if you have eczema prone, rosacea prone, sensitive skin or maybe have a history of allergies to potential skin care ingredients. This line is really made for those individuals. It's made with minimal ingredients and avoiding common potential triggers. [...] This formula contains 5% THD ascorbate, a liposoluble vitamin C, along with ceramides to support the skin barrier. It's more like a milky creamy serum, not watery, so it's hydrating and best for dry and sensitive skin. That 5% THD ascorbate is going to be great in supporting your skin and providing vitamin C benefits. [...] One thing you may notice when you use the serum is that it is white in color, whereas L ascorbic acid, pure vitamin C, inherently has a yellow hue because that's the natural color of pure vitamin C."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%

"The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% is great for oily and acne prone skin. It helps to reduce the appearance of pores, regulate sebum, and calm redness. It is lightweight, but [...] depending on how many serums you use, [...] it could become slightly tacky or [...] have a little bit of a tacky residue, so just be careful if you're layering. With 10% niacinamide, it doesn't mean it's not effective, but it could potentially add irritation, so be careful of that especially if you have sensitive skin. For most people that would use this product, it's probably more geared towards oily skin wanting something to help with controlling sebum, and you're going to find it pretty well tolerated on your skin. I do love the fact that it comes with zinc. Niacinamide and zinc is a great pair because zinc also is anti-inflammatory and helps to modulate sebum and support acne prone skin. [...] If you have oily skin, oily combination, or acne prone skin and you're looking for a serum that helps with pores and regulating that oiliness, this is a great one."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Olay Super Serum

"The Olay Super Serum is one of my favorite ones from drugstores when patients and followers want a relatively affordable, easy to find serum that helps to target texture, tone, fine lines, and firmness. [...] I just love the Super Serum because it is truly a multitasker. Aside from niacinamide, it's got other ingredients that helps to gently exfoliate, improving dullness, helps to brighten your skin, improving uneven skin tone at the same time supporting collagen. So it's really one that it just does it all. And it's lightweight with this kind of pearly sheen that is really pretty, too. And it's hydrating. So this one you can use it day and night. It layers really nicely under makeup, under your moisturizer, and at night too. [...] It's pretty gentle. If you want to use it with a retinol, I think test it out first, but certainly you could make that happen. This would be like the one-stop shop product for those who are looking to simplify their routine with a serum."

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Niacinamide 20% Treatment

"This is high strength niacinamide that helps to do all the things that was mentioned earlier but has few additional products. I've used a serum myself. I think it was fine for me but I'm the type of person who really don't need a separate nice serum. I've had friends who have super oily skin, super textured skin and really swear by this product. This is great for kind of combination, normal skin, oily skin, and potentially could work well for sensitive skin, but with that 20% higher concentration, I think it's just more be careful of the potential irritation. The other thing I love about this product, aside from improving the appearance of pores, helping with sebum regulation, is that it does have other products that helps to brighten your skin. So if you struggle with oiliness, appearance of pores, but also like post acne marks, this could be a nice product to have in your routine. It has acetyl glucosamine that helps to gently exfoliate as well as vitamin C derivative that helps to brighten and root extract that also helps to brighten and calm the skin at the same time. It is not for everyone more suitable for those with acne prone skin, oily combination skin looking to control sebum and maybe helping to evening out skin tone at the same time."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

SkinMedica TNS Advanced+ Serum

"It's from SkinMedica. Their TNS Advanced+ Serum certainly is not cheap. It retails for $295, but the formulation as well as just the level of evidence and clinical studies, really no other product can beat that. This supports skin rejuvenation with a dual chamber system that's really unique where it combines growth factors along with peptides and antioxidants, helps to visibly reduce and smooth appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and even helps with skin sagging and also a little bit of skin tone and hyperpigmentation. You can start to see visible results in just two weeks, up to 24 weeks of use is when they stopped the studies, looking at the data. So it's definitely something that you can use immediately post procedure [...] as well as continue to use even after procedure for continuing those benefits. The chamber system is really interesting. You have chamber one, the TNS MR, which is the advanced formula with basically next generation of growth factors that really supports healthy skin function and innovative peptide complex that helps to nourish your skin. [...] And then chamber two is what they call the RSC system, which is basically actives of botanical extracts and marine extracts."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Elastic Skin Firming & Plumping Growth Factor Serum

"It's called Elastic Skin and it retails for $46. Definitely probably the most affordable product that we're talking about today. This is a vegan derived product formulation that contains growth factors along with other ingredients that helps to visibly lift firm and help to deeply hydrate the skin. And I really enjoy the hydrating nature. It's definitely more of a bouncy serum if you will. It hydrates. [...] There is a slight residue a little bit of a more because of the hydrating nature, so if you don't enjoy any sort of texture on your skin or the residual feel this may not be the best for you, but certainly is a great product for its price. It can easily layer with your retinol or use it as a standalone product. It is designed to support skin barrier health, to visibly firm, and help with anti-aging and skin rejuvenation goals. The ingredients include 6% copper and biohacking peptides that help with visibly lift and support collagen production along with 6% growth factors."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Vichy Neovadiol Serum for Perimenopause and Postmenopause

"This is a dual face serum that is specifically formulated for perimenopausal and menopausal skin that helps to improve skin density, firmness, hydration, and basically all the things that's happening to our skin due to loss of estrogen. It's a lightweight but still nourishing serum with a blend of oil and water, so it helps to nourish but does not feel heavy or have that greasy and shiny look. Ingredient-wise it has Proxylane, which is derived from sugar and is unique to L'Oreal's line of products. It helps to reduce glycation and helps to boost skin firmness and improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. It also has plant-derived extracts along with vitamin B3, niacinamide, vitamin C, and vitamin E to prevent oxidative damage on skin. What I really love is omega-6 and omega-9. These lipids are really essential for our skin barrier health, but because with age we're losing out on that, having that in the skincare can really help to reduce that dryness and better support our skin barrier restoration."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension 10%

"The Ordinary Azelaic Acid 10% really offers more calming and soothing benefits. If you're looking for anti-pigmentation and helping with hyperpigmentation, it's really prescription strength of 15 to 20% that's shown to have the best evidence. But 10% offers probably more calming and soothing benefits. This one is affordable, helps to target maybe helping with some uneven skin tone, dullness, but really has antioxidant benefits as well and also has squalane and the 10% azelaic acid that may offer some barrier support along with glycerin."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Calm Repairing Serum

"Another choice of mine I really love that I sometimes use myself is from Paula's Choice, their Calm Repairing Serum. I really love this one. It's for me when my skin just gets a little irritated, especially during the winter time. This is a great calming and hydrating serum that provides that nourishment that is not super heavy that I can layer on before my moisturizer. This is an antioxidant rich serum that helps to soothe and hydrate sensitive skin, reduce redness at the same time, and strengthen your skin barrier. It contains hyaluronic acid, ceramides, feverfew extract that calms and soothes along with licorice root and beta glucan."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

OGX Damage Remedy + Coconut Miracle Oil Penetrating Oil

"The OGX Coconut Miracle Oil is just really nice. This is a little bit heavier, they do make a lighter version for fine hair, but the regular version, a little bit goes a long way. One of my favorite ways to use it is to coat this to your ends almost like it's a coconut oil treatment before you shampoo. And then for those that do have to wash your hair frequently and worry about the damaging effects of frequent shampoo, you can apply an oil like this one to the ends of your hair, and as you're shampooing, the oil kind of acts as a buffer to protect your hair from the stripping effects from shampoo. So for those that have an oily scalp that may need to wash your hair daily but worry about damaging your hair, this would be a really cool product to use. This oil is really nice, a little bit goes a long way. It contains coconut oil and vanilla bean extract that provides a nice luxurious scent, and then other plant extracts that help to add shine and smoothness."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant C-Firma Fresh Day Serum

"It's got their C-Firma vitamin C serum that is a great antioxidant serum to use every morning. It's got 15% lactic acid along with ferulic acid and pumpkin seed extract for some added radiance."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

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

"The TLC Framboos Glycolic Night Serum is one of my favorite leave-in glycolic acid products. It contains a blend of glycolic and lactic acid along with plant extracts that you can use at night in place of your topical retinoid as part of that skin cycling routine to add some additional benefits like improving skin turnover, improving dullness and dry skin."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant Virgin Marula Luxury Facial Oil

"It contains the Virgin Marula Luxury Face Oil, and this is the core of Drunk Elephant. I believe Marula oil is in the majority of their products and really has some antioxidant, nourishing benefits. Marula oil is rich in Omega-6 and omega-9, so it helps to support the skin barrier. I'm not a fan of oil, but what you can certainly do is you can drop this with the moisturizer or layer on top of your moisturizer. And the other fun thing that people don't know about the way at least a full size from Drunk Elephant, why the products are in the bottle where you push out the product, is you can technically mix and match products. So you could in essence drop the nighttime serum with the moisturizer or even add a little bit of oil onto that cap of the moisturizer and pump out the moisturizer, mix it in, and apply it."

~Mixed

59%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals H.A. Intensifier with Arbutin and Azelaic Acid

"It's a hydrating serum that I think kind of goes beyond just basic hydration. It's really a plumping hydrating serum that contains Proxalin, which is a molecule that's unique to L'Oreal and it's a sugar molecule that's been shown to basically help reduce glycation on collagen and elastin that occurs with aging and that basically damages and makes them less effective. The Proxalin helps to support collagen elastin production along with hyaluronic acid and lactose root that's been shown to help brighten and support skin matrix building, helps to plump and reduce appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. You can use it all over as a hydrating serum with additional benefits or you can apply it and target it to specific areas on your face that you want extra plumping and smoothing, like the nasolabial folds or crow's feet. Highly recommend checking this out."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals Resveratrol B E Serum

"Resveratrol B E is a nighttime antioxidant that really helps to improve radiance and firmness overnight as you sleep. Resveratrol contains 1% Resveratrol which is a great antioxidant that helps to support collagen, improve fine lines, and also helps to improve skin tone and hyperpigmentation. It also contains Boesine and 1% vitamin E that really just helps to optimize your skin repair as you sleep. So highly recommend for anyone that's ready to elevate their anti-aging routine to the next level."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Guava Vitamin C Dark Spot Brightening Treatment Serum

"If you're looking for a lipid soluble vitamin C that helps to brighten your skin as well as protect your skin, you got to check out the Glow Recipe Guava Vitamin C Dark Spot Brightening Treatment Serum. This is kind of like an all-in-one product that contains five different types of vitamin C derivative, including THD ascorbate, which along with pure ascorbic acid really has the most number of evidence when it comes to efficacy and working as an antioxidant, helping to brighten your skin and supporting collagen. It also contains vitamin C derived from guava extract, tranexamic acid that helps to offer some skin brightening properties as well as Vitamin E and ferulic acid. This is a great hydrating serum, really suitable for those that have more dry skin or maybe is sensitive to azelaic acid wanting an antioxidant serum at the same time, helping to target hyperpigmentation. So if you're struggling with hyperpigmentation but wanting an antioxidant serum that is more hydrating, I highly recommend checking this one out."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Tatcha Indigo Overnight Repair Serum in Cream

"Their Indigo Repair Cream is like an overnight sleeping mask, if you will, that you can layer on over your moisturizer or just use on your own as your moisturizer. It's also fragrance free too, so for those a little bit more sensitive skin looking for a good rich nourishing luxurious nighttime moisturizer, I highly recommend checking that one out."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals Phyto Corrective Serum

"The next product from Skinceuticals is a relatively new launch that I've been loving and using consistently for over 3 months now in my evening skincare routine and it's called Phyto Corrective anti-wrinkle peptide serum"

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Mary&May Six Peptide Complex Serum

"The first one is the Mary&May Six Peptide Complex Serum. I love peptides, especially for the evening, for its skin repair and rejuvenation benefits. With my top priority being anti-aging and skin rejuvenation, helping to combat fine lines and wrinkles, I really see the benefits of using a peptide at night because our skin does most of the repair at night. This is a very affordable and lovely serum that contains peptides that really do exactly that, and it really helps to tackle my concerns. It's lightweight and really hydrating and not sticky or tacky, so I feel like it's pretty suitable for all skin types. Ingredient-wise, it's got lots of different peptides, six different peptides as the name implies, that really help to hydrate your skin, support your skin barrier, and support collagen and elastin. That's why I really love peptides, and you can use this with retinol, either together, or as a great retinol alternative. For instance, if you're pregnant and should be staying away from retinol-based products, this would be a great one to have in your routine."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals Tripeptide R Neck Repair Cream

"This is a retinol plus peptide neck cream. I like it because it's gentle. It's actually one with retinol that I am able to tolerate, and if you guys know me, you know that I love peptides and retinol as a great combination for anti-aging skin rejuvenation. I really do love the texture of this neck cream. It is creamy and nourishing but not heavy, and so it's really like my retinol night cream for my neck. That's what I do basically after cleansing at night, I would use this on my neck, and that's pretty much the only thing I would put on my neck. It contains 0.2% pure retinol, slow-releasing, and like I said, this is one neck cream with retinol that I am able to tolerate without issue. Traditional retinol for the face, that is where I actually find it to be quite irritating, but in a neck cream I think the formulation does matter. For me, like I said, I do not break out or get eczema patches when I use this product. The retinol plus 2.5% tripeptide concentrate together helps to support collagen, stimulate collagen, improve skin firmness, soften wrinkles, and basically make the skin more rejuvenated and resilient. It also contains a 5% concentration of glossine complex. Glossine is essentially a compound that has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial properties, and here it helps to make our skin look more resilient, helps it repair itself a little bit better, and helps to support our skin barrier function. It's also really cool that SkinCeuticals actually conducted clinical studies over three months with 20 participants."

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85%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Glow Deep Serum: Propolis + Niacinamide

"If you're looking to add some dew and radiance or continue that with your skin for fall winter you must add the Beauty of Joseon Glow Deep Serum with propolis and niacinamide into your routine. This is a lovely serum I love it for lots of different reasons including the fact that it has a good concentration of niacinamide at 2%, which we actually know is the better concentration between 2 to 4% is really the ideal concentration because it has the most number of studies to show its efficacy. This one not only does contain that 2% niacinamide, also contains 60% propolis which is derived from honey and bees that we know has great hydrating skin barrier support benefits, and together in this hydrating serum really gives you so many benefits including helps to brighten your skin, improving skin texture, skin tone, may even offer some sebum reduction in the sense we know niacinamide one of the benefits is that it helps to temporarily reduce oiliness so for those that are acne prone or struggling with post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation this is something you can add into your routine."

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82%Guru Score

The Ordinary Multi-Peptide + Copper Peptides 1% Serum

"It's been one of my favorites recently and it retails for $30.90. Certainly a little more expensive, but compared to a lot of other peptide and antioxidant serums, this is definitely more on the affordable side. This is a great option for anyone seeking a serum to help with anti-aging concerns, fine lines, wrinkles, skin elasticity, or as a great alternative to vitamin C antioxidant serum for individuals who can't use vitamin C, can't tolerate it, or just aren't interested and want something different but also offer antioxidant benefits. What I love about the serum is that it actually uses evidence-based ingredients for the formulation. There's so many peptides out there and there's a lot of different functions, but for this particular product and what they're trying to address, they actually use some of the peptides that have been shown in literature to help with anti-aging concerns, improving fine lines and skin elasticity. The copper tripeptide has really been shown to improve and support collagen synthesis. Copper we know also has anti-inflammatory, wound healing, and antioxidant benefits, which is why I think this can make a great antioxidant serum to use in the morning."

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89%Guru Score

The Ordinary Soothing & Barrier Support Serum

"With the winter, with sensitivity, my skin has just been not the happiest and I've been relying a lot on this serum to keep it hydrated and reduce inflammation and irritation. That is their newest Soothing and Barrier Support Serum that costs $17. It's a serum that is meant to strengthen and repair damaged irritated skin barrier, calming the skin barrier. It is a pink watery serum that is also hydrating, absorbs really quickly, not greasy, not heavy, really suitable for all skin types. [...] Ingredient-wise, it contains vitamin B12 that has some anti-inflammatory properties and it's what gives the serum its characteristic pink color. It also contains gallic acid derivatives, which is basically another antioxidant anti-inflammatory compound derived from polyphenols that we commonly find in green tea. It also contains ceramides along with 2% niacinamide."

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76%Guru Score

Rescue MD DNA Repair Complex

"This is a serum that you can use on face and body that can help to basically improve the outcome of scars after resurfacing procedure after surgery. It contains Lapalutin which helps to support natural DNA repair along with peptides and other antioxidants like vitamin E and B5 to support the skin, soothe the skin, and really not only expedite healing but also improve outcome. Texture-wise it is a creamy yellow serum that when I put on my skin the night of my laser it definitely did not burn or sting."

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71%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Cicaplast B5 Face Serum

"One of the negative sides I personally find is it does feel a little bit tacky and sticky on the skin, and so with that I personally actually just use it where I need to, to target anywhere that I need want some plumping and hydration. But otherwise, some people really love the texture of this. For me I would say if there's anything negative to say about the serum is that it does for me at least feel a little bit sticky and tacky after it's fully absorbed. The other thing too is it is fragrance, and that's the other thing if people who have sensitive skin or at least sensitive to fragrance, this serum may not be the best."

~Mixed

78%Guru Score

Decorte Liposome Advanced Repair Serum

"It contains their proprietary fermented East extract that helps to promote cellular turnover, improve skin hydration, along with other various different types of plant extracts that really help to reduce oxidative stress, help to brighten the skin. You also have kojic acid and ceramide complex that nourishes the skin barrier. It's an all-around intensely hydrating serum that I think is really wonderful."

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77%Guru Score

Remedy Dark Spots Nightly All-in-One Treatment

"Remedy is a new skincare line founded by a colleague and dear friend Dr. Munmun Shoff. He's such a big influence on the skincare space as a dermatologist. The line is really meant to make professional-grade products accessible to all. The dark spots product is really nice because I feel like there needs to be more products formulated with ingredients that work together synergistically to target hyperpigmentation from various angles at the same time. It minimizes the need to layer on all these products, so you reduce irritation. Remedy for dark spots does exactly that, helps to reduce hyperpigmentation, helps to brighten the skin, improve skin texture and skin calm. The ingredient list is wonderful, and I'm really excited to see it has many of my favorite ingredients to battle hyperpigmentation."

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85%Guru Score

Cocokind Ceramide Barrier Serum

"The Cocokind Ceramide Barrier Serum is a holy grail serum for skin barrier support and hydration, made with wonderful ingredients to not only reduce transepidermal water loss but also hydrate your skin, keep your skin hydrated, plump, supple, and help support your skin's own ceramide production. [...] Ingredient-wise, it is made with five different ceramides along with ceramide precursors that support your skin's internal ceramic protection, along with a blend of fatty acids and humectants like beta glucan. I love the fact that it is a milky emulsion-like serum that is hydrating but lightweight and fast-absorbing, so very elegant and great to use with your other actives [...] in a very non-irritating way. It doesn't really interact with your other actives, so great to use once a day or twice a day or as needed."

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86%Guru Score

U Beauty Resurfacing Compound

"This is the one to use because it really is formulated in a way where it has all the common ingredients that we talk about and recommend in one bottle but in a way that is gentle but yet effective and not irritating. It's got your antioxidants, stabilized vitamin C, stabilized retinol, vitamin E, hyaluronic acid as well as your alpha hydroxy acids. It's creamy and hydrating but not heavy or greasy, very elegant, and [...] super gentle so that you should actually be using it twice a day. It really helps to address most of the skin concerns that we encounter day-to-day with one product. If you're looking for something to really simplify your routine and condense those steps into one, this would be the one to use."

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79%Guru Score

The Ordinary Alpha Arbutin 2% + Hyaluronic Acid

"If you're looking for product recommendations, one is from The Ordinary, the Alpha Arbutin 2% and Hyaluronic Acid serum. That is a great hydrating serum. It contains, as the name implies, 2% Alpha Arbutin along with Hyaluronic Acid. That is a great serum that you can use pretty much all over your face, or you can use it to just spot treat areas of need."

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79%Guru Score

Peach & Lily Copper Peptide Pro Firming Serum

"From Peach and Lily, their Copper Peptide Pro Firming Serum contains 0.2% of copper peptides along with 12 additional peptides and amino acids, and great hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid that's really going to help to plump your skin instantly and keep your skin hydrated. Over time, the copper peptide is going to improve skin firmness, improve fine lines and elasticity, really helping to hone in on your anti-aging concerns."

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88%Guru Score

Goodal Green Tangerine Vitamin C Dark Spot Care Serum

"This is a serum that I have tried myself from Korea and I love this one because it is great for those seeking a vitamin C derivative mostly for skin brightening benefits. [...] It contains ascorbyl glucoside, a sugar form of vitamin C that's a lot more stable but really helps with skin brightening, helping with uneven skin tone, especially if you struggle with post acne marks. It also contains arbutin, which is a more gentle brightening ingredient that helps with uneven skin tone and hyperpigmentation. I also love this one because it contains niacinamide, which does [...] have great antioxidant benefits."

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63%Guru Score

Vichy Mineral 89 Hyaluronic Acid Hydrating Serum

"This is Vichy Mineral 89, which I think of as a hydrating serum with additional benefits, but you can actually use it as a gel moisturizer. It's as lightweight as a gel moisturizer gets. I normally use this as a hydrating serum, but for those with super oily skin especially in the summertime when it's hot and humid, I can see this being a good hydrating gel moisturizer because it's super lightweight and non-sticky. It's got great hyaluronic acid that's going to support your skin barrier, but at the same time that Vichy volcanic water with 15 minerals helps to strengthen your barrier and support your skin barrier without adding stickiness, heaviness, or greasiness. I really only recommend this for those that have super oily skin to use in the hot and humid months. If you have more dry skin, this is better served as a hydrating serum that you could use before a light cream moisturizer."

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91%Guru Score

Olaplex No. 7 Bonding Oil

"Olaplex No. 7 Bonding Oil is great because it's lightweight, it's multitasking in the sense it helps to smooth, add shine, reduce frizz, but at the same time protect hair from UV damage and heat damage, and really adds a nice high gloss finish. It's very lightweight and just applies nicely on the ends. I apply it after I shower before I blow dry my hair, and then I'll actually apply a coat in between hair washing, especially at night, to the ends. I find that it really helps to keep my hair soft and shiny and smooth in between hair washing. [...] I'm really trying to revitalize my dry, damaged hair from all the heat styling and chemical coloring I've been doing to my ends, and I find this oil is excellent because it provides the smoothing, anti frizz, glossy effect to my hair."

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66%Guru Score

Prequel Lucent-C Brightening Vitamin C Serum

"If that's not something you can afford, then the one I really recommend that I think is great at not only offering great antioxidant benefits but also brightening benefits is from Prequel Lucent-C Brightening Vitamin C Serum that retails for $23. The reason why I think this is a great alternative is number one it contains pure L-ascorbic acid that we know is that great antioxidant, also contains other blends of antioxidants that together work well at defending against external aggressors. Also contains a great brightening and hydrating ingredients to plump the skin while at the same time reducing the appearance of fine lines wrinkles and supporting collagen. I love the fact that the pH level is 3.2 so optimal pH range for vitamin C stability, while the packaging really supports the stability and reducing vitamin C oxidation. It contains 15% L-ascorbic acid, pure vitamin C. 15% is what's found in SkinCeuticals as well and this is a great concentration of vitamin C that we know works really well. Also contains ferulic acid that really is another plant-derived antioxidant that offers not only additional antioxidant benefits but at the same time helps to reduce vitamin C oxidation. This serum also contains niacinamide that works in different ways at number one brighten the skin helping to reduce appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and niacinamide in some ways is another form of antioxidant."

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82%Guru Score

The Ordinary Marine Hyaluronics

"From personal experience comparing using this to latis and grounde lash I definitely do not have noticeable lengthening of my lashes but at the very least they're healthier less brittle"

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88%Guru Score

Skin Better Alto Defense Antioxidant and Repair Serum

"The two that I recommend, number one is from SkinBetter Alto Defense Antioxidant and Repair Serum that contains lipid soluble THD ascorbate along with a blend of antioxidants. This is a nice creamy serum and really well-liked by my rosacea friends and patients alike and it has great clinical studies. And this line SkinBetter in general is one that is highly recommended by many dermatologists and plastic surgeons alike because of the science and for the formulation. So this is highly recommended if you're looking for a lipid soluble vitamin C serum that is very gentle yet effective."

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84%Guru Score

Isntree Ultra Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid Serum

"It's a fast-absorbing serum that contains [...] deep sea water along with 14 different types of hyaluronic acid and other humectants. Just like the toner, it is lightweight, fast-absorbing, and pretty much leaves behind minimal residue. If that is something that you like and enjoy using, I think this would be a great hyaluronic acid based serum for you. However, I feel like it is very much the same as a toner, so I personally don't feel compelled that you need to have both in your routine unless you're really trying to achieve that skin flooding trend. [...] It's really not necessary to have both. I think just pick one based on personal preference and what you enjoy using more."

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71%Guru Score

Vanicream Vitamin C Serum

"Vanicream's new Vitamin C Serum [...] is wonderful and affordable, retailing for about $19 to $20 in drugstores. Vanicream is a line that was made for those who are eczema prone, have sensitive skin and rosacea, so their ingredients already are devoid of common allergens and irritants that individuals with sensitive skin and rosacea often can't tolerate. This serum is simple and elegant and contains the active THD ascorbate formulation of vitamin C, which is better suited for individuals with more sensitive skin. Texture-wise, this is a lightweight white milky creamy serum. It's [...] stable, [...] absorbs quickly, and is non-sticky, so I think it's really suitable for all skin types. Certainly if you have sensitive and dry skin, I think this is a great one, but even if you have more oily and combination skin, because of how quickly it absorbs, I think it can also be suitable for those individuals as well."

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83%Guru Score

Bliss Vitamin C Plus Tripeptide Serum

"This contains ethyl ascorbic acid and tripeptides that can plump the skin and may help improve collagen production, at the very least improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. It also contains glycerin and licorice that can act as an anti-inflammatory ingredient but also help to brighten the skin. Overall, I think this is just a really nice elegant, fragrance-free milky serum that is hydrating but it's not sticky, it's not tacky. This may be better tolerated by individuals that have more dry and sensitive skin, but if you have combination skin and you're looking for a hydrating serum with brightening benefits and some plumping benefits, I think this can be one that is suitable to use as well. With the ethylated ascorbic acid, it's going to be less irritating too and certainly something you can use twice daily, compared to most vitamin C serums."

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67%Guru Score

Dr. Dennis Gross Vitamin C5

"It really quickly does not feel sticky or heavy so really suitable for all skin types. Certainly if you have more combination oily skin this could certainly just be your moisturizer with additional benefits. For those with more dry skin you can use this under a thicker moisturizer at night or definitely use this in the morning under a more nourishing sun screen. [...] I love the ingredients, I love the way it feels, and I just really love all the benefits that you're getting from this product altogether."

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60%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Light On Serum: Centella + Vitamin C

"Another serum if you're looking for an actual brightening serum with centella is the one from Beauty of Joseon, their Light On Serum that contains centella and vitamin C, and this vitamin C is an ethyl vitamin C, so a vitamin C derivative that has mostly brightening properties along with centella. That is, I think, 68% centella extract. Another really nice creamy but hydrating serum, great to use for those who are looking for a brightening product that is more gentle to help even out uneven skin tone."

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81%Guru Score

Skin Food Royal Honey Propolis Enriched Moisture Nutrient Serum

"Another one that I've talked about previously is from Skin Food their Royal Honey propolis line that also comes with a moisturizer but I am really obsessed with this serum for a couple reasons. Number one it's very watery and lightweight again leaves minimal residue on the skin but yet is very hydrating and it contains 63% propolis extract so again it's just like I envisioning it like a hydrating serum but to the next level with maybe some additional soothing anti-inflammatory and antioxidant benefits and this one I found it to be very gentle so even if you have sensitive skin I think this can definitely be appropriate especially if you're looking for one that can also offer some anti-inflammatory benefits. This is one I highly recommend trying."

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84%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Pomegranate Peptide Firming Serum

"Another great anti-aging serum that doesn't contain retinol or alpha hydroxy acid is from Glow Recipe their Pomegranate Peptide Firming Serum. It's beautifully packaged with a magenta red color. [...] It contains a few different ingredients that can help target fine lines and wrinkles. Number one, it contains a polypeptide complex including copper tripeptide, which [...] has been shown to be one of those peptide complexes that can help improve appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and to support collagen and elastin production. It also contains extracts from pomegranate that is rich in antioxidants along with hyaluronic acid. So just a really nice serum to work into anyone's routine who has concerns of wanting to improve skin aging, fine lines, and wrinkles. With the ingredients it works really well, even layering it with retinol if one wants to."

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64%Guru Score

Vichy LiftActiv B3 Dark Spots and Wrinkle Serum

"I love this serum, it's beautifully packaged, is watery, elegant, lightweight, fast absorbing. It's also fragrance-free. Ingredient-wise it contains niacinamide, glycolic acid, tranexamic acid, along with vitamin C derivative and rice protein, and also Vichy's volcanic water. All of these ingredients are really going to be helpful in targeting concerns of fine lines, wrinkles, hyperpigmentation, whether that is from melasma, excessive sun damage, or even acne, but also at the same time helping to improve dullness and that uneven skin texture and skin tone. I really love this serum for anyone that is interested in combating basically signs of skin aging and dullness, and it's a great one to incorporate into morning and or evening routine and can work synergistically with topical retinol to combat skin aging concerns."

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83%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Mela B3 Dark Spot Corrector Serum

"La Roche-Posay's Mela B3 Dark Spot Corrector Serum is one I recommend frequently. It's a really good one because I love the formula and the other ingredients, and it can really be helpful for addressing uneven skin texture and skin tone that we commonly see with aging skin. The serum is alcohol-free, fragrance-free, and non-comedogenic, so it's suitable for those with more sensitive skin as well as dry skin. It contains 10% glycolic acid, and I would say 10% is a pretty good strength in over-the-counter skincare products. Professionally, when we do peels using glycolic acid, we start off with 25% or higher, going up to 70%, but in skincare products meant to be used as leave-on treatments, 10% is a great concentration when you're looking for that effect of helping improve skin turnover and target fine lines and wrinkles. Aside from the 10% glycolic acid, it also contains tranexamic acid that can help improve hyperpigmentation and has been shown to be helpful for treating post-acne marks. It also contains vitamin B5 that is soothing and calming, and kojic acid that's more gentle."

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69%Guru Score

Naturium Mandelic Acid Topical 12%

"If you're looking for a mandelic acid product, I highly recommend checking out Naturium. They have a 12% mandelic acid topical that contains 12% mandelic acid that's effective but gentle, along with niacinamide that also helps to support the skin barrier, helping with hydration and offering some anti-inflammatory benefits as well as improving dark spots at the same time. So great for those that are more acne prone, struggling with post-acne marks. It's actually one of my favorites for using on darker skin tone and that is what studies have shown too. It's actually very safe to use on darker skin tone to treat post-acne marks, acne, and improving complexion and skin texture and skin tone."

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84%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Resurface Serum

"The Drunk Elephant peptide surfacing serum contains 10% lactic acid with a blend of peptides in a watery oily serum that's very nourishing but not sticky or heavy. I personally love to use it in my routine during the winter a few times a week, replacing my retinoid."

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73%Guru Score

COSRX 23% Ascorbic Acid Pure Vitamin C Serum

"It contains 23% pure vitamin C along with ethyl vitamin C, vitamin E, and ferulic acid in a watery serum, and it does naturally have this yellow hue. Pure vitamin C anything that is above 20% has been shown to actually not enhance absorption and may actually reduce penetration. The first few uses it definitely burned quite a bit on my skin, it got better with use with daily use, and I attribute that burning to the high concentration of vitamin C which definitely can happen. So if you are someone that is already pretty sensitive to pure vitamin C and have a hard time tolerating it, this may not be a good product for you. The burning was transient, it didn't cause any flushing, any redness, or any skin barrier breakdown for me, but I can envision for someone that's sensitive to pure ascorbic acid this probably could be a no-go. Otherwise I think for its price and for its formulation it's a decent serum, great for those maybe with more oily and combination skin."

~Mixed

67%Guru Score

Eucerin Advanced Repair Cream with Polyhydroxy Acid

"I recommend checking out Eucerin Advanced Repair Cream. This is fragrance-free, lightweight moisturizer that absorbs really quickly without leaving kind of that sticky residue where some creams can feel. Ingredient-wise it contains urea, lactic acid, ceramides, glycerin, so wonderful ingredients that help to keep the skin hydrated. Urea and lactic acid also really helps to exfoliate gently, so great for dry flaky skin, those that are prone to keratosis pilaris, so chicken goosebump skin that we often see in association with dry skin and eczema. I personally love using it during the summer time because of the lightweight fast absorbing texture, but certainly depending on where you live, like for me I always use a thicker cream in the winter, a lighter cream lotion that's fast absorbing in the summer. But if you live in a warmer climate all year round this could be a good option for you if you have more dry and eczema prone skin."

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85%Guru Score

Plated Skin Science Daily Anti-Aging Exosome Serum

"It's $267, so definitely not cheap, and it's hard to tell from their website where the exosomes are derived from. Because exosomes are secreted by all cells as well as body fluids, we can find them in blood, breast milk, and amniotic fluid. They're commonly used in skin care and regenerative medicine, usually derived from some sort of stem cells or bone marrow cells. So you can see there is a potential concern for their novelty and ethically where they're derived from. I definitely think more research needs to be done on their efficacy when it comes to skincare formulation and how we can more safely and ethically harvest exosomes. But it's an exciting ingredient, and there is even use beyond skin care with exosome therapy and wound healing and potentially helping with hair thinning."

~Mixed

74%Guru Score

SkinMedica TNS Essential Serum

"One product that really have been recommended by dermatologist and certainly is not cheap is from SkinMedica their TNS Essential Serum. This is one product if you're looking for something that does contain growth factors that has been shown in clinical studies to help do those things I mentioned earlier, is worth investing. It's not for everyone but for that individual who's looking to take their anti-aging or pro-aging skincare to the next level I think this could have a potential in your routine. TNS is a patented technology by SkinMedica that stands for Tissue Nutrient Solutions that essentially contains over 380 growth factors and cytokines that have been clinically shown to help improve fine lines, wrinkles, uneven skin texture, skin tone as well as improved skin firmness."

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69%Guru Score

L'Oreal Revitalift Derm Intensive 1.5% Pure Hyaluronic Acid Face Serum

"L'Oreal their HA serum also has different blends of hyaluronic acid that helps to penetrate skin at different levels to keep your skin hydrated longer"

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75%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Rosaliac AR Intense Serum

"It's for those who have rosacea and sensitive skin, from La Roche-Posay. It has a wonderful hydrating texture and ingredient-wise it contains Neurosensine, a soothing peptide found in lots of their products, along with glycerin and La Roche-Posay Thermal Spring Water that is really helpful for keeping our skin microbiome healthy. It's also green tinted and green helps to offset red. If you were to use this as your moisturizer all over, I think it's too much, I've definitely done that out of curiosity and it does give this white ashy look that's not elegant. But if you use it to spot treat and on top of your moisturizer, it can certainly be very helpful. Clinical studies have shown that this moisturizer can actually augment the benefits of prescription metronidazole cream for those with rosacea, so it's very soothing and hydrating. I love it best because you can use it to camouflage and reduce the appearance of redness where you have it. You would want to put on moisturizer first, then take a pump or two of this product and dab it."

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71%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops

"It's hydrating with that niacinamide which offers wonderful skin benefits, but it can also be used as makeup or mixed with your foundation for additional hydrating and glowy effects to the skin. It's just a really lovely product, seriously a must-have. The smell is just amazingly addicting if you love watermelon, you will absolutely love the scent. It contains watermelon extract which is rich in various different vitamins including vitamin C, vitamin A, along with other phytonutrients that help to hydrate and plump the skin. The niacinamide is great at soothing the skin barrier, offers brightening benefits, improves the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles along with hyaluronic acid. It's a great one to have on hand, and with just this limited edition, I think it makes a super cute gift for anyone."

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68%Guru Score

Innisfree Green Tea Seed Hyaluronic Acid Serum

"Their green tea seed serum, which is actually my first introduction into Korean skincare. This was the very first product that I ever used from Korea. It's a really lovely hydrating serum that contains green tea extract derived specifically from Jeju Island, which is a lovely, beautiful island from Korea that is the right environment for growing wonderful biodiverse species of green tea, and they handpick each of the green teas to produce this serum. It contains green tea extract along with different blends of hyaluronic acid that just makes a great lightweight hydrating serum. Green tea has great antioxidant properties, anti-inflammatory properties, helps to hydrate the skin, repair the skin barrier, and may even offer some anti-aging benefits, so great all around. And if you have oily skin, green tea may help to support or reduce sebum control temporarily, so really suitable for all skin types."

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61%Guru Score

SkinFix Triple Lipid Collagen Activating Serum

"The triple lipid plus collagen and Niemi activating serum is essentially like a peptide hydrating serum with some skin plumping benefits and it also helps to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. It's a lightweight creamy milky serum, not watery but also hydrating and nourishing at the same time, but yet will not leave your skin feeling super greasy, shiny or heavy."

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78%Guru Score

Caudalie Vinohydra Hydrating Hyaluronic Serum

"This is a really nice watery serum so really ideal for those with wanting to have a very like lightweight serum that feels like you have not put anything on your skin"

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81%Guru Score

Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster

"If you want something a little bit lighter or if you have oilier combination skin then check out Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster. It's a really popular one and it's popular for a reason. It's got 10% azelaic acid along with licorice root that's soothing, calming, and may help with hyperpigmentation, and salicylic acid that helps with pore congestion as well as offer some acne control. Together it's a more lightweight serum that absorbs fast, so better suited for oily, acne-prone, and combination skin or individuals that are looking for a lightweight liquid serum to use during the summer time."

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82%Guru Score

Naturium Azelaic Acid Emulsion 10%

"The Naturium Azelaic Acid Emulsion 10% contains ten percent azelaic acid brightening complex along with niacinamide. These ingredients are all great for soothing but also help to brighten uneven skin tone. With the emulsion texture it's like a light lotion, so more nourishing but fast absorbing, not sticky. Really ideal for those with more dry skin who are looking for something that helps to brighten the complexion and help with improving uneven skin tone."

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81%Guru Score

Peach & Lily Power Cocktail Lactic Acid Serum

"This one contains a blend of lactic acid and plant extracts and antioxidants that's very lovely. I use that throughout my pregnancy as my substitute for my topical retinoid. I didn't get irritation. I felt it was very elegant serum that was well tolerated."

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82%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Glycolic B5 Serum

"From La Roche-Posay, their glycolic B5 that contains 10 glycolic acid as well as tranexamic acid and kojic acid, so ingredients that also help to improve hyperpigmentation. And this would be an exfoliating serum too that you can incorporate few times a week to treat anemia skin tone, but also over time improve fine lines and wrinkles."

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84%Guru Score

Necessaire Neck Serum Firming Serum with 7.5% Peptides

"I have actually been trying this one out on my neck just recently started using it I really love the texture. It's a lightweight creamy serum that's more nourishing, more hydrating, and it contains a blend of peptides that is great for the neck skin because the neck has less oil glands and tends to be more sensitive and dry out more quickly. So if you are looking for a neck specific treatment product you certainly give that a try."

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76%Guru Score

VT Reedle Shot 100 Collagen

"Is Reedle Shot worth the hype? In my mind, yes. When used correctly, you can definitely improve skin texture and skin tone, as long as you understand the product and how to best use it and how to progress your journey within the Reedle Shot line. It can definitely help with your skin's overall health and barrier function. The spicules temporarily interact with the top layer of your skin to help skincare ingredients penetrate better, and you may get a brief prickly or tingling sensation because the mechanism is physical, but that tingling does not mean your skin barrier is damaged. I treat it like an active, so I don't recommend layering it the same night as retinoids, exfoliants, or vitamin C, or you will get irritated. I start off with the Reedle Shot 100, once or twice a week, never on the same night as my tretinoin, and after building up tolerance I alternate using tretinoin three times a week and the Reedle Shot three to four times a week at night. With this method I feel like I'm getting more tolerability, less irritation, and improved overall even tone and texture, plus it helps with my post-acne hyperpigmentation."

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59%Guru Score

AXIS-Y Dark Spot Correcting Glow Serum

"Axis-Y, a Korean brand, their Glow Corrective Serum has 5% niacinamide in this creamy serum that is also really lovely."

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64%Guru Score

COSRX 6 Peptide Skin Booster Serum

"The six peptide skin booster serum is my favorite in this category. I think the concept is derived from the popular injectable skin boosters that are super popular in Korea but in a topical form, and I think [...] that means making the skin more hydrated and more radiant at the end of the day, and I think the formula really does that. It's a wonderful formula [...] because it has peptides and I love peptides. It's a multitasking serum that has six different peptides as the name implies that really helps to promote and improve skin elasticity, texture, radiance, and tone and overall skin vitality. Really designed for those who are seeking a lightweight, almost like an essence, a non-sticky essence or serum that really helps to address all of those concerns in one. The six peptide complex targets fine lines, improves radiance, improves tone, helps to improve skin hydration along with niacinamide, which is a jack of all trades that does a little bit of everything for better skin, and then glycerin that helps to hydrate. All of these ingredients really help target fine lines, skin hydration, support skin barrier, brighten the skin and [...] make your skin look so much better."

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82%Guru Score

Abib Glutathione Dark Spot Serum Vita Drop

"This serum has patented glutathione in a system called glutathionome that helps to improve the antioxidant penetration into the skin. With that usually it means better penetration, more stable ingredient, but also potentially less concentration to deliver the same efficacy and hopefully less irritation. And that is my personal belief of why this product works well, but fairly gentle when it comes to helping with dark spots. In addition, it is formulated with niacinamide and vitamin C derivative that works synergistically to help brighten the skin and improve uneven skin tone. So really ideal for those that want to target dark spots, uneven skin tone, hyperpigmentation without the irritation. It has a lightweight texture that absorbs really quickly and it has been tested on sensitive skin to be suitable. It also has centella and panthenol that helps to support the skin barrier and hydration. So, if you're looking for a serum that helps to target uneven skin tone, dark spots while hydrating your skin, supporting your skin barrier that's not irritating, this is definitely one to consider."

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73%Guru Score

Abib Heartleaf Tika Capsule Serum Calming Drops

"This one is great. I think it's suitable for anyone that has reactive skin, reactive and acne-prone skin, or anyone struggling with some skin barrier dysfunction or looking for a product to complement their pre-existing acne treatment to help calm and reduce irritation without contributing to more breakdown of your skin barrier. I feel like this product is really that product. Ingredient-wise, it combines heartleaf that helps reduce inflammation, redness, and acne issues along with Centella that helps strengthen the skin barrier, as well as a beep capsule technology that enhances delivery, making the penetration more effective but also more stable and less irritating. This is a lightweight serum that is non-comedogenic. It helps balance oil production while soothing stressed skin. So I really highly recommend this for those that are acne-prone, oily-prone, sensitive, and reactive at the same time."

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76%Guru Score

The INKEY List Redness Relief Super Solutions 10% Azelaic Acid

"The INKEY List actually have a 10% azelaic acid from their Super Solutions line. This one is 10% azelaic acid but I also really like it because it has like this green tint that may help to reduce some of this redness. So if you're struggling with skin barrier damage, looking for something to calm and soothe the skin, this lightweight cream is really ideal."

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91%Guru Score

Guerlain Abeille Royale Advanced Youth Watery Oil

"The Advanced Youth Watery Oil from Guerlain's Abeille Royale line retails for $145. [...] For me, this product really symbolizes the combination of self-care and science in skincare. I need to find it enjoyable to use; it's relaxing for me, and I really feel good after I use it all over, but it also makes my skin feel really good as well. I'm really impressed by the science and research Guerlain puts into their skincare products. I think a lot of times we may question these luxury brands on the science, but to be honest, Shiseido, Chanel, Lancôme, and Guerlain actually do quite a bit of studies and research in their formulas. This watery oil contains honey from black bees found on the island of Ouessant, which has been shown in laboratory studies to have different composition, [...] as well as honey from other islands from Greece and other countries."

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81%Guru Score

Cetaphil Healthy Radiance Brightening Antioxidant-C Face Serum

"This one is really cool because it's got antioxidants so it's got ethylated vitamin C along with niacinamide for brightening effects."

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72%Guru Score

V Green Vitamin C Ampule 20%

"It's from a Korean line called V Green and it's their new launch, a vitamin C ampule in a pump bottle that has 20 percent vitamin C, but it's really a combination of 14 percent ascorbic acid and then 6 percent of ethylated ascorbic ether, which is more of a vitamin C derivative that's stable and has more brightening benefits, though it hasn't shown in as many clinical studies to have antioxidant or collagen boosting effects. [...] It's a nice watery but slightly oily base serum that's nourishing. I just started using this a few weeks ago, so I will report back in a later video to give you some updates on how I'm liking it."

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79%Guru Score

The INKEY List Mandelic Acid + Hyaluronic Acid

"This is another really lightweight non-sticky treatment serum so it's again really suitable for all skin types but in particular individuals who are more struggling with acne and hyperpigmentation or say if your skin is more on the sensitive side and you're looking for an exfoliant that is not going to be as irritating as glycolic acid I would give this one a try."

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89%Guru Score

The INKEY List Polyglutamic Acid Serum

"Polyglutamic acid is essentially multiple glutamic acids stringed together and it's a very large molecule, great for drawing water to the top layer of the skin. Some argue that polyglutamic acid is four times more potent than hyaluronic acid. It's a great, slightly underrated humectant. This serum contains three percent polyglutamic acid along with glycerin, two wonderful humectants, as well as rice bran extract which has soothing properties, hydrating properties, and even arguably some brightening properties. It's a really wonderfully formulated, lightweight, hydrating serum that is really suitable for all skin types. It's a really nice, lightweight, non-sticky hydrating serum, so great for individuals looking for a hydrating serum that doesn't contain hyaluronic acid. It's great for improving fine lines and wrinkles, temporarily plumping the skin, and improving dry skin as well as dehydrated skin."

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82%Guru Score

Moisturizers81 reviews

Avène RetrinAL 0.1% Intensive Cream

"For those looking for drugstore or retinol options, I really like Avene's retinaldehyde, which is very potent but very gentle for sensitive skin."

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84%Guru Score

AmLactin Daily Moisturizing Lotion 12%

"A good body lotion that most moms can safely use at home for dry skin during pregnancy, or for anyone who has dry skin, is AmLactin, their 12% lactic acid lotion. Lactic acid is 100% safe to use during pregnancy, but for anyone, even if you're not pregnant, I love it. I use it myself regularly to keep my keratosis pilaris at bay. It's a great exfoliating lotion that helps with dry, ashy, dull skin, and you can use it regularly to improve skin turnover, which may reduce the appearance of the stretch marks."

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81%Guru Score

SkinFix Barrier+ Triple Lipid & Peptide Cream

"Skinfix is another great one."

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95%Guru Score

CeraVe Skin Renewing Night Cream

"You can consider CeraVe's night renewing moisturizer, which is lovely."

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76%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Pro Collagen Peptide Plumping Face Moisturizer

"Paula's Choice peptide moisturizer is really lovely too because it does have good collagen supporting ingredients in the formulation, though I don't remember if it has niacinamide or not."

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78%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Interrupter Advanced Moisturizer

"This video is not sponsored by SkinCeuticals, but in my practice I actually recommend their Advanced AGE Interrupter line, the serum and cream, for my GLP-1 patients as well as those who have sagging and want to complement skin tightening treatments, because studies have shown it helps augment the benefits of those procedures and inhibits the glycation process that's accelerated with GLP-1 medications. The serum has great ingredients like proxylane to combat glycation, and the advanced cream is very rich and helps to really improve the skin barrier."

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70%Guru Score

Hada Labo Gokujyun Premium Moisturizer

"If you have more dry skin but want something hydrating that's not sticky, one of my favorite essences or toners is Hada Labo's Gokujyun Premium, the yellow bottle. This is by far one of the most hydrating, elegant hyaluronic acid based serums I've ever used. It literally feels like water, but your skin feels so hydrated. It's got five different types of hyaluronic acid that layer from superficial to deep, and you don't feel any tackiness or stickiness."

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78%Guru Score

CeraVe PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion

"Even CeraVe PM 4% lotion is a great moisturizer for oily skin, and it works really well with salicylic acid to also reduce some of that irritation potentially. You can also use it in the AM to help control your sebum, and the niacinamide will work to help improve the visibility of your pores."

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89%Guru Score

Hada Labo Shirojyun Premium Whitening Lotion

"This light blue and white line is their Shirojyun, a brightening line that's great for those with mild uneven tone who want a brighter complexion. It literally helps to even out the tone in a very gentle way using a blend of ingredients including tranexamic acid, vitamin C, and hydrating ingredients, so it's really suitable for those who struggle with post-acne marks or mild hyperpigmentation."

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76%Guru Score

Colorescience Total Eye Firm and Repair Cream

"But one that I really love actually two. One I really love from um one of them is from color science. They actually make an under eye SPF that is tinted and offers some actual instant brightening benefits because of the pearls in the formula that just kind of brighten the under eye circle while protecting your you know skin from UV damage."

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84%Guru Score

Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream

"This is really like a must-have for anyone that has a compromised skin barrier. This barrier cream is lovely because you can use it as a daily moisturizer or when your skin is kind of needing some help. I love that it is nourishing and rich but non-greasy, which is why I think it is great as a daily moisturizer because those who are oily or acne prone, the fact that it is not super greasy and occlusive makes it less likely to feel like it may be clogging your pores. It's fragrance-free, really rich, nourishing, but not greasy or heavy. It's got these encapsulated lipids, ceramides, squalene, cholesterol, fatty acids, and panthenol that really are all important in helping to reestablish that barrier health."

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95%Guru Score

Avène Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream

"I think it's great for me personally either nightly use as a moisturizer here and there or to slug for oily skin or to put on after retinoids to kind of combat that retinoid irritation. Because of the much thicker texture, it is my preferred post procedure just because I feel like it does a better job at healing the skin when I break skin with a procedure like laser or microneedling. And also with the zinc and copper, I do find it to expedite skin healing a little bit better, which is why I prefer it when post procedure or say if my skin barrier is extra compromised because of the texture and the added ingredients."

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90%Guru Score

Dr. Althea 147 Intensive Soothing Cream

"Dr. Althea 147 Intensive Soothing Cream is lighter weight but still has all the ingredients to help function like a barrier cream, more ideal for oily skin. If you have oily, combination skin and sensitive skin and want something that will help to soothe and calm your skin but not super heavy, this is the one to go. It is light, but still hydrating and moisturizing enough where you're not going to feel like your skin is dry and tight afterwards. It's great for those with oily, combination skin wanting to use this as a daily moisturizer or intermittently as your barrier cream. It's fragrance free and has almost like a cooling effect on my skin with just the texture of it. You can use it as your moisturizer to help combat redness or irritation after your retinoids or after exfoliation. It's got wonderful plant-derived ingredients that help to calm the skin. Seven different types of hyaluronic acid, four different types of ceramides, Artemisia which is mugwort, other plant-derived extracts that are really common in Korean skincare. This is a Korean brand by the way, which I love. These really help to calm and soothe irritated skin. So not only are you getting the important ingredients that help to rebuild your barrier, but also additional plant-derived extracts that calm and soothe. I love the lightweight texture. I often will use this as my moisturizer when I travel."

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84%Guru Score

RoC Advanced Hydration Plus Water Cream

"Rock Advanced Hydration Plus Water Cream is one of the best water creams that I've used on my skin in a long time. It is lightweight but so hydrating, and [...] there's nothing like this in water cream version. It really hits the spot for my skin with the right combination of elegance, lightweightness, but how rich and hydrating it is. It's a great option for those with oily combination skin to use at night. I love this in the morning. It's perfect where I am in Seattle to help tackle my dry skin, keep my skin healthy, but still layer nicely under sunscreen. It's got seven forms of hyaluronic acid and pro collagen amino acids to help target fine lines and dryness and dullness."

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81%Guru Score

CeraVe Moisturizing Cream

"CeraVe Moisturizing Cream is great for the face, the body, babies, the whole family. It's non-comedogenic, so you don't have to worry about clogging your pores. It's [...] creamy and not [...] suffocating, but it is more rich than the lotion version, so I think it's still more suitable for those with more dry skin. It's got a 5% humectant active along with ceramides that are really important for our skin barrier, and shea butter."

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87%Guru Score

COSRX Advanced Snail 92 All in One Cream

"The snail 92 all-in-one cream is definitely going to be a little bit more, it's still tacky like the mucin essence, but meant to really deliver rich hydration. I think this one with the formula is more intended for those who are seeking kind of a deeper hydration. It locks in moisture. It doesn't leave, it doesn't feel heavy, but you are going to kind of get a little bit of that slight tackiness [...] from this snail mucin. So great for those who are still wanting a lightweight formula that doesn't feel heavy but slightly kind of just there's something there that you put on your skin. It's [...] really suitable for those who have really dry skin wanting kind of this more intense hydration and repair. With 92% snail mucin secretion filtrate that helps strengthen and nourish damaged skin barrier."

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74%Guru Score

COSRX Hyaluronic Acid Intensive Cream

"The Hyaluronic Acid Intensive Cream [...] is definitely a little bit creamier and more nourishing than the snail cream. It offers really intense deep hydration and nourishment to the skin. I don't find this one to leave that tacky feeling. [...] It's a moisturizer with hyaluronic acid and plant derived oils meant to provide that deep nourishment. [...] I really love the cream formula and it's very suitable to use with retinoids or with actives to support your skin barrier. It's a great one not only for nighttime but in the morning in particular for those with dry skin in the winter. [...] I've used it in the morning and it works pretty well and layers nicely under sunscreen. It's got a high concentration of plant derived extracts that really helps to nourish the skin along with hyaluronic acid that's intended to hydrate the skin and improve that dry component. This is my personal favorite, and if you want to only pick one, my personal recommendation is this one."

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86%Guru Score

Eucerin Radiant Tone Night Cream with Thiamidol

"The nighttime cream is hydrating and elegant, meant to be used after the serum at night. It contains thiamidol and provitamin B that helps to calm and support the skin barrier. You can layer it under or after the serum at night as part of your routine, using it alongside the serum twice a day and the sunscreen in the morning."

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72%Guru Score

Cetaphil Healthy Renew Skin Activator Hydrating and Firming Cream

"I absolutely love it. It is the skin activator hydrating and firming cream. I'm really talking about the one for the face and neck because I do find of all the textures, even though the formulas are very similar, it's much creamier and more nourishing and that is exactly what I love and need as we transition into fall and winter. It's a nice creamy moisturizer but is not heavy or thick and layers nicely under sunscreen. It has a combination of this unique technology that is a micro dose mandelic acid and encapsulated centella. Centella we know not only helps soothing but actually also has skin rejuvenation benefits. So with these two combinations in their formulation it's proven to really help with crepey skin with fine lines and wrinkles. So really ideal for those that have more mature skin wanting to firm up their skin at the same time using a moisturizer that's nourishing and beneficial for supporting the skin barrier at the same time. That is what I've been using morning and actually at night."

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90%Guru Score

Dr.Althea 147 Barrier Cream

"It's not greasy and great to use on a daily basis. I actually bring this when I travel as my moisturizer. It's really lovely. It layers great with your retinoid. It layers great in the morning under sunscreen. It's fragrance-free. So all around I feel like it can benefit so many different skin types. Regardless of your skin type or skin concern, it's just a great product in general. [...] It's super versatile and can really fit into anyone's skincare routine."

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74%Guru Score

Olay Micro-Sculpting Cream

"If you're looking for a moisturizer with the anti-aging benefits, nothing beats Olay Micro-Sculpting Cream Moisturizer. This is a great one that works well alone if you can't use retinoids for some reason or pairing it with your retinol, retinoid, or tretinoin. It helps to hydrate and tighten the skin, visibly lifts the skin, helps to restore, improve elasticity, helping with texture and tone, and really helps to support your anti-aging regimen. This contains vitamin B3 that does wonders in helping with cellular energy, boosting cellular hydration and metabolism along with hyaluronic acid and that aminopeptide that is really helping to support collagen and stimulating collagen production. The fact that this doesn't have a lot of other ingredients that could be potentially irritating, makes a wonderful moisturizer to use day and night. It's lightweight, fast absorbing, but especially at night, if you're looking for a good moisturizer to complement your retinol, your prescription retinoid, and helping to not only reduce the irritation, but also helping to boost the benefits of your retinoid, this would be one to use or just to use alone."

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75%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Matte Moisturizer

"I really like using this in the summertime in my morning routine, especially when it's super hot and humid outside, and I want something that also offers a little bit of a mattifying property and layers nicely under sunscreen. It [...] provides really great hydration without really feeling like there's much on your skin. It helps to keep your skin barrier protected and supported, and it has a really nice and elegant texture. If you have oily skin, the properties of this moisturizer really keeps you from looking shiny like midday. [...] Ingredient wise, it's got ceramides and niacinamide that helps to support your skin barrier. Niacinamide also offers some sebum control which is really nice especially for oily skin. It also has perlite which is a volcanic mineral that helps absorb excessive oil and then silica too provides that mattifying property. And then of course La Roche-Posay thermal spring water that is really mineral rich and helps to balance our skin microbiome. It's [...] suitable for all skin types, even sensitive skin, because I believe this is fragrance-free."

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87%Guru Score

Versed Dew Point Moisturizing Gel Cream

"This is a great moisturizer for oily combination skin and great even for teens and tweens who need a light moisturizer but don't want anything too heavy or greasy. It really delivers wonderful hydration without the feeling of heaviness. It's lightweight, oil-free, non-comedogenic. So great if you have oily, even acne-prone skin. It really helps to restore that hydration, that water moisture barrier in your skin without feeling like you are really putting on anything at all. It's got green tea extract that offers antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties along with aloe and hyaluronic acid. So a great option for oily combination skin to use in the morning and even at night."

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74%Guru Score

Naturium Niacinamide Gel Cream 5%

"Naturium Niacinamide Gel Cream 5% is another great option. I definitely do feel like that this one from Naturium is a little bit more water-based than the Omega water cream from Inky List, but along with this 5% concentration niacinamide, it is wonderful for those that have super oily skin, wanting sebum control, wanting something that's lightweight, oil-free, non-pore clogging, but also helping with maybe say oiliness or post acne marks. [...] I actually used this one a couple years back when I was in Singapore for two weeks for a conference, and it was [...] hot and humid, and this was literally the moisturizer I used when I was there. It was lovely and just really elegant and layers nicely under sunscreen. So it's got 5% niacinamide along with coconut juice extract that offers great soothing properties helping to support your skin barrier, along with plant derived polysaccharides that again just really helps to hydrate your skin, helps to better retain water within your skin. So another great option for those that have combination oily skin wanting a moisturizer that also has additional benefits."

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83%Guru Score

SkinFix Barrier Balancing Water Cream Moisturizer with Hyaluronic Acid

"If you have more sensitive skin, maybe dry sensitive skin, wanting a lightweight moisturizer that you can use under sunscreen, I'm going to recommend the SkinFix Barrier Balancing Water Cream Moisturizer with Hyaluronic Acid. SkinFix is one of my favorite lines from Sephora that really makes wonderful formulations, especially if you have eczema, dry skin, and sensitive skin. Their formulas are really elegant, but at the same time does a great job at supporting your skin's needs, especially when you have sensitive skin. This one is fragrance-free and oil-free formula that really delivers that burst of hydration at the same time supporting your skin barrier and is really ideal for those that have more dry sensitive skin. It's got a balancing complex that helps to absorb oil and helps to visibly reduce redness with zinc PCA, niacinamide, and green tea. It has a peptide solution that is soothing and calming, helping to really support your skin barrier, and it's a prebiotic peptide that helps [...] support the microbiome of your skin, which is really important especially if you are prone to eczema or have sensitivity already. [...] This is a great one that I would [...] heavily recommend if you have rosacea-prone skin, sensitive skin, eczema-prone skin, and are looking for something that is going to be calming and soothing."

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85%Guru Score

Cetaphil Redness Relieving Night Moisturizer

"The Cetaphil Redness Relieving Night Moisturizer is formulated especially for redness reactive skin that helps to reduce the appearance of redness, calm and soothe your skin but also help to support your skin barrier. I do love that it is a little bit more creamy and nourishing but again not greasy or heavy like your skin is suffocating. [...] I feel like this is one of the few, very few moisturizers when my skin was really sensitive that did not burn on my skin, and that is why I'm recommending it and why I've always recommended it to my patients and viewers. [...] It contains alenone licorice that's calming and soothing along with caffeine that can help to temporarily vasil constrict and reduce the appearance of redness, niacinamide that also supports your skin barrier but offers some hydration component helping to rebuild that skin barrier lipid along with panthenol, ceramides and glycerin. Just a whole list of wonderful ingredients that really help to work on repairing your skin barrier at night as you're sleeping."

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83%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream

"If you don't like the feel of thicker creams, there is a really lightweight gel moisturizer that I gravitate to towards the summer time. It's the Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream. This is a lovely gel cream that is great for summer or great for anyone that doesn't like richer creams or have more like oily and combination skin. But this is a protein-packed moisturizer that does a lot of great things including hydrate your skin, plump your skin, and also help to support your skin in that aspect, but in a lightweight, fast-absorbing formula that is not sticky or heavy and helps to strengthen your skin and improve the overall quality, texture, and tone of your skin. Ingredient-wise, it's got signaling peptides, a blend of various different peptides nine of them actually, to be exact, that helps to improve moisture, improve skin barrier function, helping to restore firmness and elasticity, along with water lily stem cell extract that acts as an antioxidant to help prevent or mitigate some of that external environmental damage, along with soybean ferment extract that is rich in vitamins and antioxidants to help maintain that youthful, resilient skin."

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65%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer

"A wonderful list of ingredients that helps to further strengthen your skin barrier but also support your skin in various different ways, helping with brightening, improving serum production, helping with improving some of the uneven skin texture and skin tone with the niacinamide in there, which is like the jack of all trades. A great thicker balm that is lovely to use."

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88%Guru Score

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

"This is the iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Extreme Cream Anti-Aging, Firming & Lifting Moisturizer, another great one-stop shop if you're really wanting to look for a product that works synergistically that contains retinol as well as peptides and ceramides that isn't irritating that you can use on your face neck and body. This is a really rich but nourishing but fast absorbing cream that really is like a one-stop shop for anti-aging. I love it because it comes in various different sizes like a travel size as well as a big bottle that comes with a pump that you can literally apply on your face neck and chest back of the hands anywhere where you're really seeking to improve the signs of skin aging. It's a great retinol moisturizer but with additional benefits. I really love peptides for anti-aging because peptides and retinol together do provide more synergistic benefits, and this cream has basically made that into one product. I also love the fact that it does come with a refillable formula. Ingredient wise it contains 2% bioretinol that helps improving the signs of skin aging helping to boost collagen as well as 7% lifting peptides that helps to improve."

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88%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Molecular Barrier Recovery Cream Balm

"This is a great rich elegant barrier balm that I think is great actually for a couple things. Number one, post redness laser so Vbeam or broadband light targeting redness, or say after your skin has healed up from microneedling and fractionated laser like after a couple days, this would be great one to further repair your skin, to provide that hydration, nourishment, and help your skin heal faster. Another way you can use it is if you have retinoid uglies or say you overexfoliated, your skin is just peeling and really uncomfortable, this would be a great kind of recovery balm to help your skin soothe, recover faster, and repair any sort of damage that may have been done to your skin from just overuse of skincare products. It contains ingredient wise palm oil, tripeptide 8 that is great at repairing the skin, reproving redness, along with niacinamide, panthenol, squalane, and ceramides. I mean, just a wonderful list of ingredients that helps to further strengthen your skin barrier but also support your skin in various different ways, helping with brightening, improving serum production, helping with improving some of the uneven skin texture and skin tone with the niacinamide in there."

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80%Guru Score

Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Recovery Cream

"Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Recovery Cream is a really nice daily vitamin rich moisturizer that helps to treat and visibly diminish the signs of irritated skin stressed skin dryness that can lead to accentuation of fine lines and wrinkles. It's a nightweight elegant texture that is nourishing but not sticky or thick or heavy. It has an ACCE multivitamin complex that helps to neutralize free radicals and support your skin barrier at the same time, a peptide blend that really helps to reduce that fatigue skin and help to support skin barrier function and also at the same time visibly reducing the dry skin that contributes to appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and then provitamin B5 and niacinamide that we know is calming soothing. Niacinamide also has great barrier support properties, so it's a moisturizer that is great for daily use."

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75%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Lipikar Eczema Soothing Relief Cream

"L Ro POS is another great product they have soothing repair eczema cream that I really love that also contains 1% coal oatmeal that is soothing and calming"

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84%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5

"The La Roche-Posay Cicaplast B5 with trial biome is a China-exclusive reformulation. What's unique about it is the particular formulation, the sense, the texture. They reformulated it specifically for the Chinese population because in China people hate thick moisturizers and they despise putting on moisturizers because they don't like that heavy sticky feel or any sort of residue feel. The reformulation essentially makes it a nourishing lightweight moisturizer. I used it all over as my facial moisturizer for those days that my face needed a little bit more help in SOS, when it's in crisis mode and breaking out, my skin is flaring because of stress hormones. I really love this because it spread nicely but yet it's nourishing and you're getting all the benefits of Cicaplast. So for those that really like Cicaplast but find it too thick for the face, if you can get your hands on this, highly recommend it."

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91%Guru Score

OneSkin OS-01 Face Topical Supplement

"What first caught my attention on this brand is the publication on this peptide in reputable scientific journals and I found it really fascinating and I started using it and then I just fell in love with the texture. I've been using it for 6 months now and definitely have noticed a better quality to my skin barrier. What is in this product is the OS-01 peptide which is a very unique peptide that basically cleans out the old senescent cells. As we age in all of our organs we have cells that basically don't work as well, they get older and also cells that get damaged and kind of build up and that buildup of older damaged cells contributes to aging. [...] In the skin it's the same concept where you have damaged collagen and elastin that build up and that contributes to the loss of elasticity, the creepy skin, fine lines and wrinkles. So this peptide essentially goes in and kind of cleans out the old senescent cells, improves skin turnover and then indirectly promotes collagen and elastin production at the same time improving the integrity of our skin barrier and skin barrier health so our overall skin quality is better and the appearance of our skin looks better as well. In addition it also contains plant-derived oils that have antioxidant nourishing benefits along with niacinamide as well as azelaic acid and hyaluronic acid. I really love the creamy texture of the serum."

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74%Guru Score

Clinique Moisture Surge 100H Auto-Replenishing Hydrator

"Clinique Moisture Surge 100H is a lightweight gel cream that hydrates so well and leaves your skin plump yet at the same time not heavy. What's really cool about it is that in addition to hyaluronic acid, it has aloe vera ferment so they really ferment the aloe vera, making it super lovely and breaking down the ingredients so it has additional hydrating and plumping benefits. You can actually even put it on the ends of your hair to help calm and instantly reduce frizziness and smooth out hair, and you can also put it on your cuticles, so there are a lot of other ways of using this moisturizer if you wanted to."

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74%Guru Score

Avène Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Cream

"The Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Cream is probably one of my favorite absolute favorite products from Avène. It comes in an airless pump and it's such a creamy nourishing moisturizer that when my skin gets sensitized or irritated, whether it's from using too many products or just that time of the month, I can reliably always use this one to calm my skin, to hydrate and nourish my skin without burning, without causing additional sensitivity. It comes in two different formulas, the regular one and also an Ultra Nourishing one that is thicker and more ideal for extra dry skin. This one provides instant hydration, calming and soothing the skin, but at the same time is lightweight and non-greasy, so really ideal for all skin types but especially if you are more like combination skin. The active ingredients include D-Sensinol along with Avène Thermal Spring Water, which has all the wonderful benefits that is the core to Avène products."

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84%Guru Score

IOPE Super Vital Cream

"The Super Vital Cream is rich and creamy but it is nourishing but not heavy, absorbs quickly, and helps to target visible signs of fine lines and wrinkles. It contains super flavonoids along with antioxidants as well as a unique bio-selonoid that is unique to IOPE's formulation, which is basically a retinol derivative that works gently but effectively to target supporting collagen, improving fine lines, improving skin elasticity and radiance."

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86%Guru Score

IOPE Super Vital Emulsion

"The Super Vital Emulsion is like a creamy liquid toner, a little bit thicker, almost like a creamy serum. It's lightweight and nourishing that helps improve hydration, skin firmness, elasticity, and offering radiance. It has a similar blend of ingredients with the super flavonoids along with antioxidants and then Shea butter to add some additional moisturization and nourishment to the skin."

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82%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Lipikar AP+M Triple Repair Moisturizing Cream

"Their Lipikar moisturizer is great for the winter"

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88%Guru Score

Tatcha Water Cream Oil-Free Pore Minimizing Moisturizer

"The water cream is one of the OG best sellers from Tatcha. It is a lightweight moisturizer that hydrates. It feels so lush on your skin but at the same time it's not heavy. It has their fermented hadashi 3, which is a blend of green tea, rice, and algae extract that helps to plump your skin, helps to hydrate your skin, and brighten your skin as well as wild roast extract that serves as an antioxidant and helps to brighten your skin. Highly recommend checking that one out. Great for the majority of skin types but especially if you are more oily prone or combination skin."

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78%Guru Score

Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Brightening Vitamin C Moisturizer

"This moisturizer is the counterpart for those with super sensitive skin who find traditional or other types of vitamin C serum break them out. It's a great way to introduce vitamin C into your routine to get the benefits of vitamin C without having to worry about irritation. I love this moisturizer for a couple reasons: number one, I love the ingredients and the formula, but also I love the pillowy, doughy nature and the rich, nourishing nature of it. It's nourishing but it's not greasy or making your face look super shiny. I've used it both morning and night and find that both times it works really well for my skin, though I'd definitely use this more in the evening if you have super oily skin. This moisturizer is nice and elegant and can layer really well with other anti-aging products without worrying about getting irritated. If you want a moisturizer that goes beyond just moisturizing with additional actives, this would be a great one to incorporate. Ingredient-wise, it has 10% THD-ascorbyl vitamin C, which is a lipid-soluble vitamin C that I typically recommend for those with rosacea, sensitive skin, or who break out easily from traditional pure ascorbic acid. This type of lipid-soluble vitamin C is more stable, brightens the skin, and offers antioxidant benefits."

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84%Guru Score

Strivectin TL Advanced Tightening Neck Cream Plus

"This neck cream from StriVectin, their TL Advanced Tightening Neck Cream Plus, is super duper rich and nourishing. It's really meant for not only the neck area but for the upper chest and the décolletage. They make that claim with the assumption that they've actually tested it clinically with the cream applied on the upper chest area. [...] This one in particular has been shown to not only improve the skin on the neck but also the décolletage area, so it helps to improve the firmness, the creepiness, improve fine lines and wrinkles, but also at the same time improve the texture and tone and dark spots that we get as cumulative sun damage occurs as well as just the natural aging of our skin."

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63%Guru Score

Curel Deep Moisture Spray

"Cúrel actually makes a separate very unique line for Japan and this line is really intended for those with sensitive and dry skin. This spray is really nice to have and I really love it. It's kind of fun to use, especially if you've got young kids. My kids love spraying it, kind of gets them to moisturize in a fun way. This is one that is a great multitasker and really suitable for the whole family. This essentially is a spray moisturizer. Unlike thermal water sprays, when you spray it out it comes out in this fine mist that is actually deeply hydrating and really fits the Japanese philosophy of double moisturizing with a hydrating toner, essentially, but you're spraying on your skin. It is very hydrating and moisturizing at the same time. You can actually use it as a moisturizer if you have oily combination skin and don't desire anything heavy or greasy, or if you have more dry skin you can definitely spritz on your face, pat it in like you would as a normal water-based toner or mist, and then go on with the rest of your skincare routine to provide that double layer of moisturizing. This is such a great multitasker and really something to stock up on, especially for fall and winter. You can actually use it to not only moisturize your face and body but you can also use it in other fun ways."

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92%Guru Score

The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA

"It's their Natural Moisturizing Factors plus HA moisturizer that is super affordable at $6.50. I love this one because I think it's suitable for most skin types. If you have super dry skin you may not enjoy it as much in the winter, but certainly it's a great option for like the summer. It contains wonderful hydrating ingredients including hyaluronic acid, amino acids, natural moisturizing factors like PEA, CA and lactic acid that our skin makes naturally, which helps to hydrate the skin, and also contains lipids like fatty acids and triglycerides that act as emollients to help keep the moisture in. I love the fact that it is a lightweight emulsion, absorbs quickly, leaves minimal residue, is not sticky, greasy or heavy, and it just layers nicely in the morning under sunscreen. So it's suitable for oily skin to use all year round, and then for those that have more dry skin this would make a great morning moisturizer to use maybe in the warmer season. All around just a great, wonderful moisturizer that really is suitable for most skin types and at a very affordable price."

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69%Guru Score

CeraVe Daily Facial Moisturizing Lotion

"It delivers hydration more effectively and also releases it over time, so it provides long lasting hydration. It's fragrance free and paraben free, so it's suitable even for those with sensitive and eczema problem skin. In addition to the three essential ceramides, this lotion also contains hyaluronic acid, so it's a great multi-functional moisturizer that can be used by pretty much everyone, including the whole family."

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83%Guru Score

Mixsoon Bean Cream

"This cream is enriched with fermented soybean extract, and depending on the source, fermentation may give you different actives, but overall what you're doing is breaking down the bioactive into smaller molecules that can provide better skin hydration, maybe offer some brightening benefits, and certainly we do know soy has brightening benefits. This is just a lovely moisturizer that really helps to better hydrate the skin. [...] Texture-wise it's going to be a thicker cream, and the ingredients make it really lovely, not super heavy or greasy. What it contains is lactobacillus fermented soybean extract, [...] as well as fermented barley, which offers a unique different blend of vitamins and minerals and bioactives slightly different from soy, along with fermented pomegranate as well as fermented Korean pear. So lots of great goodies that are fermented that offer a range of different bioactives that help to hydrate the skin, support skin barrier, and offer some brightening benefits. [...] I personally find the Mixsoon Bean Cream to be just slightly more nourishing. It's lovely, fast absorbing, and leaves behind minimal residue. The Mixsoon ingredients, with the fermentation, offer more brightening benefits and also maybe some gentle exfoliation."

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73%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Cream

"This moisturizer is exactly that highly recommend especially in the summer time for those who are oily and or acne prone"

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87%Guru Score

Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion

"My Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion is a little bit more nourishing but still not super heavy, and that's going to help my skin repair itself overnight."

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78%Guru Score

La Mer Eye Concentrate Cream

"La Mer Eye Concentrate Cream retails for $270 for 15 ml. The cream is very rich and creamy. La Mer is really well known for using marine-derived products, namely seaweed, in their formulation. Their signature Miraculous Broth really contains marine extracts in particular a blend of fermented seaweed and other marine ingredients to bring benefit. This eye cream is really meant to hydrate, brighten, and kind of firm the delicate eye area, reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles."

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59%Guru Score

Naturie Hatomugi Skin Conditioning Gel

"It's ideal for those that are oily, combination, or even acne prone. It's lovely, fast absorbing, and not sticky. What it's made out of is this seed which is basically a seed that really helps to hydrate the skin and forms kind of this protective film of water on top of the skin. That is how it's really able to keep the skin moisture barrier supported and protected. So this is a really lovely moisturizer that really helps to hydrate and plump the skin without any heaviness or greasiness. Really great for oily combination skin to use all year round. If you have dry skin, I highly recommend using this in the summertime as your morning moisturizer. The other thing I really love about this moisturizer is that it also contains anti-inflammatory ingredients. The seed also has some of those properties. It also has other wonderful ingredients that I love including THD ascorbate, vitamin C, glycerin, and vitamin E. Just all around a great moisturizer to use. You can even use it after, [...] if you have irritated skin or some burnt skin, you can kind of use this to potentially calm your skin because that gel cream is very calming, soothing, and cooling. With those ingredients it definitely has some anti-inflammatory properties. So just a great moisturizer, lovely, elegant, lightweight. Highly recommend for oily, combination, and acne prone skin."

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81%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant Silk Amino Mega Moisturizing Masque

"This mask is lovely because it helps to really replenish the lost moisture, really helps to smooth and add softness to dried, damaged, and crunchy hair, chemically processed or frizzy hair, but doesn't add buildup. So it's great at conditioning the hair but you won't feel like your hair feels heavy and weighing it down afterwards. Ingredient-wise it contains a lot of great plant-derived oils and butters along with hydrolyzed silk as well as hydrolyzed amino acids."

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79%Guru Score

Versed Weekend Glow Daily Brightening Moisturizer

"This one I've also talked about before, it's from Versed. I actually really love this one, it's the Weekend Glow Daily Brightening Moisturizer, that retails for $19.99 at Target. Has wonderful ingredients, I really really love the texture, it's nourishing, it's hydrating, it supports your skin barrier, yet it's non greasy, it's not going to clog your pores. Versed makes great products that are also vegan, cruelty free, as well as fragrance free. This contains various different types of vitamin C including THD ascorbate, along with other plant derived extracts like carrot extract that fights free radicals and currently has some antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits, as well as other plant rich seed oils that are just really nourishing for your skin barrier. So basically you will use this after cleansing, you've hydrated your skin, you provided some skin barrier support at the same time with active ingredients that can also help to serve as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory actives in that moisturizer."

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86%Guru Score

Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Aqua Gel Cream

"For those individuals that have more dry skin or like myself like dry combination skin I prefer to use this in the morning in the summer under sunscreen. I think it's really nice and elegant. I don't use this in the winter even in the morning I find that it does not offer enough support like my skin needs more of a cream in the winter time but otherwise I think this definitely is fairly versatile and can be suitable for all skin types it just depends on the season and when you use it in your skincare routine."

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86%Guru Score

Purito Deep Sea Pure Water Cream

"The Purito Deep Sea Pure Water Cream contains 50% centella asiatica extract along with 2% niacinamide that can help to strengthen the skin barrier, it's anti-inflammatory, may offer some improvement with uneven skin tone. It's just a really all-around hydrating but yet lightweight cream that you can use but offers good support. It's not like super lightweight where you feel like your skin still feels dry and tight afterwards. It's really lightweight, it's non-sticky, and I sometimes will use this as my moisturizer all over my face when my skin really is irritated and I want just a moisturizer with some active ingredients that can calm and soothe the skin. You can also use this to spot treat areas that are really just irritated."

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80%Guru Score

April Skin Artemisia Squalene Hydra Gel Cream

"It's a really nice one because if you have oily skin prone to dehydration, combination skin prone to dehydration but looking for something that's also lightweight and soothing, that's fast absorbing, that's great to use maybe in the summertime, this is one to try. It contains 80% mugwort extract along with vegan squalene and a really nice elegant formula that absorbs quickly. It's a gel cream so better suited for more combination, oily skin. It is also fragrance-free so certainly can be used by everyone, even those with more sensitive skin and rosacea-prone skin."

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87%Guru Score

Peach & Lily Peptide Pro Firming Moisturizer

"This is a moisturizer I've talked about a lot in the previous video I really love it's from Peach and Lily it's a Peptide Pro Firming Moisturizer that contains a blend of different peptides antioxidants that really helps to improve appearance of fine lines and wrinkles so great moisturizer that's also rich and nourishing but not heavy and definitely contains tremella mushroom along with polyamide acid and other great humectants to help to plump the skin so this is a good moisturizer if you're looking for something with anti-aging benefits highly recommend trying."

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85%Guru Score

CeraVe SA Cream for Rough and Bumpy Skin

"The next moisturizer is from CeraVe, it's their daily smoothing moisturizer for rough bumpy skin that retails for 21 bucks. This is a little different from all the ones I've recommended so far because it's definitely a bigger bottle that comes in a pump and it's really meant to be used for face and body. I'm recommending this one because of the ingredient in here which is 20% urea. To be honest with you, urea is a great ingredient and it's an underrated ingredient. Actually on a regular basis in clinic I prescribe urea to my patients all the time for dry rough bumpy skin, for keratosis pilaris, and especially helpful for like thickened cracked feet. It's one of those ingredients that works really well at hydrating the skin, which is what urea does, and gently exfoliating the skin without that burning and stinging sensation that alpha hydroxy acids can impart. So this is just a great alternative. It's great to use on kids and adults and especially helpful for kids that may struggle with keratosis pilaris on the face who often find an alpha hydroxy acid moisturizer to sting or to be really uncomfortable to use. This would be a great alternative. Texture wise, it's like a lightweight cream that absorbs really quickly, spreads really easily, it's lightweight, hydrating, moisturizing."

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83%Guru Score

Vanicream Daily Facial Moisturizer

"Another similarly textured one, especially if you have a lot of skin allergies or have history of allergic contact dermatitis, is from Vanicream their Daily Facial Moisturizer that retails for 15 bucks. This is a lightweight nourishing lotion formula that is fast absorbing, non-greasy, and contains a blend of ceramides and hyaluronic acid and has minimal ingredients devoid of common allergens including preservatives, dyes and fragrances that could be triggers for contact dermatitis. It's just a really elegant moisturizer all around, but I really recommend it for those that have a history of sensitive skin and allergic contact dermatitis."

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85%Guru Score

e.l.f. Pure Skin Moisturizer

"e.l.f. Pure Skin has wonderful cleanser, toner, and moisturizer, and I'm really highlighting their moisturizer here. It retails for $11.20 and it's non-comedogenic, fragrance-free, and vegan, cruelty-free formula that I think is lovely if you have sensitive and dry skin. It is a rich cream that's nourishing but it's pretty elegant, does not feel super heavy or greasy. Ingredient-wise, it contains oat milk that helps to nourish and soothe the skin, along with niacinamide, allantoin, and hyaluronic acid. Just all around wonderful ingredients that help to keep your skin's moisture barrier supported and hydrated. [...] For that price and for that formula, you just can't go wrong if you're looking for something super ultra-rich and nourishing."

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70%Guru Score

Vichy Mineral 89 72-Hour Moisture Boosting Cream

"I really love the fact that this is a rich emulsion cream but still lightweight and fast absorbing and cosmetically elegant. Ingredient-wise it contains hyaluronic acid, bee's mineral-rich volcanic water, niacinamide, vitamin E, and squalane. It's fragrance-free so really great if you have sensitive skin and dry skin. And with the formula and the finish it's suitable for morning and evening. It's really like my favorite, like Vichy's Mineral 89 serum but in a moisturizing formula that is just all around so nice and lovely and elegant to use, especially if you have dry and sensitive skin for the winter time."

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85%Guru Score

Cetaphil Rich Hydrating Cream

"You have to check out Cetaphil Rich Hydrating Cream for $15. This is an ultra-rich moisturizer that is formulated with wonderful ingredients to help support dry, sensitive skin, especially those with concerns of skin aging like fine lines and wrinkles. It contains hyaluronic acid, three essential ceramides, along with biomimetic peptides that help boost skin hydration and help restore and repair the skin barrier. With this rich formula, I love using it in the evening, especially during the winter, and it really complements your anti-aging routine. For example, if you're using a topical retinoid or even prescription tretinoin, all of us tend to get a little more dry and irritated during the winter when it's dry and cold outside. So this moisturizer makes a great complement because of the rich and nourishing formula, and it really helps to reduce the irritation and dryness that retinoids will impart on our skin."

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83%Guru Score

Versed Skin Soak Rich Moisture Cream

"This is one of my favorite products from Versed. It is quite versatile, it can be used by all skin types. I love that it's almost like an in-between, like a rich gel cream to cream formula, but it hydrates and nourishes but without feeling too heavy or looking greasy. Ingredient-wise it contains azelaic acid and red algae extract, just a blend of wonderful ingredients that helps to nourish, hydrate the skin barrier. For me I love using this in the summertime as my nighttime moisturizer. In the winter I stretch up and use this as my morning moisturizer because it has an elegant lightweight finish but still moisturizing and nourishing enough to keep my skin supported and hydrated during the day. If you're oily combination skin definitely try this out yourself, play around with it to see where it best fits, but I definitely feel like it makes a great nighttime moisturizer and potentially a good option to use in the morning as well."

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84%Guru Score

Cetaphil Healthy Radiance Renewing Cream

"The Cetaphil Healthy Radiance Renewing Cream has a soufflé texture, creamy and rich, so depending on where you live and your skin type it could even be great in the evening. It contains 2% niacinamide, antioxidants and other ingredients that help improve uneven skin texture and skin tone."

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77%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Calm Rescue and Repair Intensive Moisturizer

"I have been using the Paula's Choice Calm line Rescue and Repair moisturizer fairly frequently in the morning. The blend of sunflower seed oil, allantoin and prebiotics in a creamy texture is very hydrating and supportive, but it finishes nicely and does not make your skin feel extra greasy or shiny."

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66%Guru Score

Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream

"Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream is a lightweight cream texture-wise. It absorbs really nicely. It layers very nicely under sunscreen. [...] It does not make you look super shiny or feel greasy."

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90%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Magic Water Cream

"The Magic Water Cream is a gel cream that is very hydrating and contains niacinamide, peptides, and a few other ingredients that can help to offer some sebum control and improve the appearance of pores over time with use. It's ideal for more combination and oily skin. It's not heavy, not sticky, and does not look very shiny. I think it's really lovely and worth the splurge."

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70%Guru Score

Caudalie Resveratrol Lift Lightweight Firming Cashmere Moisturizer

"One I want to share with you guys that I recently found in my skincare stash is from Caudalie and their Resveratrol Lift line. It's a lightweight cream but actually much lighter in texture compared to the Peter Thomas Roth vitamin C that I just used. It is pretty heavily fragranced and that's the one thing I have to say about Caudalie products."

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73%Guru Score

Lancôme Water Bank Blue Hyaluronic Acid Cream Moisturizer

"I also really love and recommend Lancôme's their blue hyaluronic acid cream moisturizer. It contains blue hyaluronic acid and blue hyaluronic acid is new hyaluronic acid essentially made by Lancôme and it's much much smaller in size compared to traditional hyaluronic acid which basically means that you can get deeper into your skin offer more hydrating plumping benefits. But this is a really nice cream, not heavy, very hydrating. I actually have been loving this. Great for honestly normal skin, combination skin, dry skin. I think it's really suitable because it does not leave a heavy tacky feel."

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83%Guru Score

Vanicream 1% Hydrocortisone Itch Relief Cream

"If you're experiencing intense flare of eczema and not to get into see dermatologist immediately, you can certainly try Vanicream 1% Hydrocortisone Itch Relief Cream. Hydrocortisone is a topical corticosteroid and topical corticosteroids are one of the main gold standard treatments that we as dermatologists prescribe for eczema. [...] It reduces inflammation and inflammation is one of the biggest driving culprits for eczema, for that redness, for the itching. So it really helps to calm down the redness, the dry flaky skin and the itching. 1% hydrocortisone is over the counter and is certainly mild, and with that you really can't run into too much trouble using it. But certainly what we worry about here is that it most likely won't do too much. But for those people who are not able to get into see a dermatologist immediately, you can certainly try this, it's pretty gentle, and to see if it can help to temporarily reduce the itching and soothe that inflamed skin. [...] I definitely do not recommend using it all over. I recommend using one of the moisturizers I mentioned earlier as your body moisturizer and then apply this hydrocortisone cream to spot treat areas."

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77%Guru Score

Paula's Choice C5 Super Boost Vitamin C Moisturizer

"I really have loved using this year's from Paula's Choice, their C5 Super Boost Vitamin C Moisturizer, that contains lipid soluble vitamin C, THD ascorbyl along with hexapeptide that really works synergistically to target human skin texture and skin tone. This creamy formula is hydrating and nourishing but not heavy. I love using this as my morning moisturizer, and in the past I even mentioned this could be a good substitute for those who are looking for something that may offer some antioxidant, you know, skin aging benefits without having to use a serum. This could be a really good substitute for that. You can certainly use it in the evening as well, twice a day, whatever your skin needs are. This is a really nice one, really elegant, that has additional ingredients to help target dullness, uneven skin texture and skin tone. It's really ideal for more what I call mature skin, skin that has signs of aging, or those that are looking for a good one to help improve dullness and uneven skin tone."

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68%Guru Score

SkinBetter Science AlphaRet Overnight Cream

"It's not actually irritating and in fact it's the reverse. They've actually compared this product with a traditional over-the-counter retinoid, and [...] patients who use this not only improved better skin hydration but also similar outcomes as far as improving fine lines and wrinkles, and that is also my personal experience. It's a rich creamy retinol serum [...] that is lovely hydrating but not sticky, greasy, or heavy. In addition to the retinoid, the lactic acid also contains peptides along with other antioxidants like vitamin C and vitamin E that just all around a great product to incorporate into your anti-aging skincare routine."

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82%Guru Score

Vanicream Moisturizing Lotion

"Vanicream's Moisturizing Lotion, the light version, is a great one. It's a light lotion but it's actually very nourishing and it's not super heavy or rich, so I really love this one for the summertime for my skin. [...] If you are battling body acne and you're eczema prone, then go ahead and use a more rich moisturizer, because sometimes for certain individuals this moisturizer may be more problematic."

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77%Guru Score

Avène RetrinAL Ceramide Lipid-Replenishing Balm

"I've been enjoying this so much, really use it mostly as my nighttime moisturizer because of the nourishing nature. Even though it is rich and nourishing, your skin does not feel like it's being suffocated, like super occlusive, but kind of just gives you what your skin needs, especially for somebody like myself with more mature and dry skin. I use a prescription retinoid and I tend to get more easily irritated, and this is kind of like the perfect nighttime moisturizer to use. It's got awesome ingredients, includes niacinamide, ceramides, and cholesterol that really work together to help repair the skin barrier and also work synergistically with your retinoid in helping to tackle anti-aging concerns. Great for all skin types. I personally think especially at nighttime because I in general like to recommend more nourishing moisturizers at night, but certainly for someone with super dry skin this can also be used in the morning under sunscreen."

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84%Guru Score

Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion

"The lotion version is actually quite moisturizing but not sticky, not heavy. I personally love it in the summertime as my body moisturizer but also works really well as a facial moisturizer. It's great if you're looking for a one-stop shop product to use on yourself, on your kid, for the whole family. For most other brands like Vanicream's Moisturizing Lotion or CeraVe's Moisturizing Lotion, it's a little bit too light for me. I want something with a little bit something extra so that way my skin feels a little more supported, and I definitely feel like Cetaphil's Moisturizing Lotion does the trick there. It contains wonderful ingredients including niacinamide, panthenol, and glycerin, but it's still pretty lightweight and fast absorbing. So I make that switch to this Moisturizing Lotion in the summertime, and then in the winter I will often use something a little bit thicker and creamier."

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84%Guru Score

VT Reedle Shot PDRN Capsule Cream

"You can follow with the PDRN cream, which helps to lock in moisture. I love the texture, it's very whipped and cushiony, and very hydrating without feeling heavy."

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86%Guru Score

Hada Labo Gokujyun Premium Lotion

"One from Hada Labo, their Gokujyun Premium Lotion, is very hydrating. It's actually a thicker toner, but with five different types of hyaluronic acid, you can easily layer that in on your belly and areas that are prone to stretch marks to keep the skin hydrated."

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87%Guru Score

Shiseido Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Cream

"It is really the ideal type for my skin in this sense. [...] It's rich and nourishing. It's kind of this pillowy soft texture that's silky smooth, but it's not greasy, heavy, or occlusive. It doesn't make your face feel like it's suffocating. In fact, it's also non-comedogenic. So great even if you're a little bit more hormonally or acne prone, which sometimes we can get with changes in hormone with age as well. [...] It's just perfect for nighttime use to help support our barrier when we sleep, but also light enough during the day and layers nicely under sunscreen. I also love that this moisturizer has a little bit of slip. So as you're applying, you can do a little bit of relaxing massage to not only support and lift, but also improve its absorption. The formulation [...] combines traditional east medicine from the west and the science from the west. It utilizes a lot of plant derived ingredients that have strong history in Asia including safflower red which is a trademark ingredient from Japan grown exclusively in Japan to help lift, firm and make your skin tone more even."

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The INKEY List Omega Water Cream

"Product number four is The INKEY List Omega Water Cream. This is definitely another great one for combination skin, dehydrated skin, that is incredibly light, oil-free, and packed with wonderful barrier support ingredients without a heavy finish. Texture-wise, I would say it's very similar to Neutrogena, but just another option I want to offer you guys. I really love that it feels really smooth and also helps to instantly plump your skin. What I love about this product is that it contains 5% niacinamide, so for those that are seeking a little bit of sebum control, or even helping with discoloration, or if you're acne prone and struggling with post acne marks, this moisturizer with that 5% niacinamide, which is a great concentration, kind of helps to indirectly improve those concerns as well. It also has a ceramide complex and betaine, which helps to reinforce the skin moisture barrier. So [...] suitable for combination skin, dry combination skin, oily skin, or acne prone skin struggling with post acne marks."

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75%Guru Score

The INKEY List Super Solutions 10% Urea Moisturizer

"I really like moisturizers with ingredients like urea and alpha hydroxy acid that can act as great humectants and have been shown to help soften the cuticles and repair nails. For example, moisturizers like The INKEY List 10% Urea Moisturizer is a great one. It's lightweight and does not leave a lot of residue on your hands afterwards."

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82%Guru Score

Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Moist Cream

"This cream has got more emollient and inclusives, namely plant-derived oils for example safflower oil, apricot kernel oil, and argan oil that really offer better occlusive properties to really help reduce transepidermal water loss. With that it's going to be more suitable for those that have combination to dry and dry skin, and that is what I really love and what I use during the winter time mostly in the morning. It's a cream but it's still really lightweight so I think it's really great to use in the morning under sunscreen. But for me as someone who prefers something ultra rich and nourishing at night, I find this to not be enough. And so if you have super dry skin, you may not also find this to offer enough support for your skin. But otherwise I love using this in the morning in the winter time. In the evening I would probably use this during the summer time if I were to use this as my evening moisturizer. [...] It's fairly versatile and it's elegant and lightweight but you just have to play around with it to see when and which time of the year would best suit your skin."

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82%Guru Score

Hada Labo Gokujyun Aging Care Firming Lotion

"It is my ideal evening moisturizer especially for my drier skin in the winter here it's great to put on top of your topical retinoid"

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84%Guru Score

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Hada Labo UV White Gel SPF 50 PA++++

"If you hate the feeling of US sunscreens because they're heavy, and want something that offers great protection, is more oily and acne-prone friendly, and simplifies your routine all in one, the Hada Labo UV White gel SPF 50 PA++++ is your girl. It's a gel cream, lightweight, and for me with more mature skin this would be like a summer moisturizer and sunscreen in one, but for someone more oily or acne-prone this could be an all-year-round product. It is so lightweight, hydrates without heaviness, has no fragrance and minimal additives so it won't irritate, absorbs really quickly, and leaves no white cast, with wonderful filter technology from Japan giving broad spectrum UVA and UVB coverage. [...] It truly simplifies your routine, combining six different functions in one, like a lotion, plus a serum, plus a moisturizer, and sunscreen, and [...] it can also be a base for makeup like a primer. It also has a little bit of vitamin C that helps defend against environmental oxidation as well as brighten and improve uneven tone. This is just a lovely product, my go-to in the morning."

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79%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Luminous Eye Corrector SPF 41

"Dermatology has an under eye product too that is basically sunscreen with a little bit pigment but also instant brightening kind of concealing effect at the same time"

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86%Guru Score

ISDIN Eryfotona Actinica SPF 50

"This sunscreen literally has been shown in clinical studies to reduce keratosis, so pre-cancerous changes. When they use this sunscreen regularly, some of that pre-cancerous change, the AKs actually go away. So not only is it sun protection, but may actually work synergistically and reduce the amount of sun damage one has, which is quite incredible. It's a pure mineral sunscreen along with the DNA repair enzyme. It also has vitamin E that's an antioxidant. It's a liquid kind of texture, absorbs really quickly and leaves minimal white cast. It's great for those with more immature skin, wanting to not only protect their skin, but also reduce some of the pre-existing sun damage that you have."

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81%Guru Score

Kosas DreamBeam Silicone-Free Mineral Sunscreen SPF 40

"This is lovely because it has no white cast, it's all mineral formulation, it's creamy, blends nicely, got this nice kind of dewy finish that is just lovely, really beautiful. And also because it contains tint, it's great for those that struggle with hyperpigmentation because the iron oxide helps to defend against visible light. It's got nano zinc particles that blocks UVA and UVB, ceramides, peptides, hyaluronic acid, allantoin. It's almost like skin care and sunscreen mixed together. It's really amazing and blends nicely without leaving a cast."

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75%Guru Score

Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Watery Sun Gel SPF 50+ PA++++

"The Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Watery Sun Gel that's SPF 50 and PA4 pluses. Really high broadspectrum protection that is lightweight and it's all mineral vegan and layers nicely under makeup and won't peel. It's infused with hyaluronic acid, aloe vera. It's got allantoin and minerals, zinc oxide is the main filter here that really is hydrating but leaves minimal white cast and it's just a really nice one if you want a daily sunscreen or even a little bit of a blurring effect as like almost a primer before makeup."

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84%Guru Score

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

"The La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk SPF 60 is really one of my go-tos, especially for the summer time because I love how fast absorbing and lightweight it is and the higher SPF and water resistant nature. You're getting great broadspectrum coverage along with antioxidant. It is a chemical filter, but I've never had any issues. It does have glycerin that's hydrating. I would say with this texture, I do find it more suitable for those that have oily and combination skin."

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77%Guru Score

Eucerin Radiant Tone Sunscreen SPF 30

"This is just a great moisturizer and sunscreen in one. The sunscreen is SPF 30. It contains active ingredient timodol. It is a chemical filter not mineral based. [...] The texture is a light cream. It's very comparable to a standard lightweight cream, [...] that goes on really nicely, very smooth, and does not leave a white cast."

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84%Guru Score

Eucerin Anti-Pigment Sunscreen SPF 50

"The anti-pigment sunscreen is pretty heavily fragranced, which is the only thing I don't like. But otherwise, I really do love that sunscreen. It is creamy. It is hydrating. And it actually not only blocks UVA and UVB, but also visible light. So it's got advanced filters that unfortunately we just don't have approval of in the US. It's SPF 50 and it contains diamode. It is lovely and great to basically protect your skin from ultraviolet radiation at the same time helping to reduce dark spots, PIH and hyperpigmentation."

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81%Guru Score

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

"What I really love is their Cicapair Tiger Grass Color Correcting Treatment because it is green tinted, helps to neutralize redness. It contains actives like Centella and niacinamide, and also there is an option with mineral SPF that kind of offers some protection at the same time. So if you're prone to redness, have rosacea skin, want a sunscreen, a color correcting product that you can use as a sunscreen and potentially moisturizer, this is almost like that one stop shop that is great to wear alone as well as under makeup."

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84%Guru Score

CeraVe Hydrating Mineral Sunscreen SPF 30

"CeraVe Hydrating Mineral Sunscreen SPF 30 is a great alternative if you find that one to leave more of a white cast, or if you're looking for just a good mineral sunscreen to use on a daily basis. This one is going to be more hydrating, 100% pure mineral, also fragrance-free, suitable for sensitive skin, rosacea prone skin, as well as kids and babies. It's got a more moisturizing formula. A lot of mineral pure mineral sunscreens tend to feel a little more drying or cakey on the skin. This one doesn't, I think because of the other ingredients in it, so it's more hydrating. From my personal experience and feedback I've gotten from my patients, comparing this one to another, the CeraVe one is less likely to leave a white cast. I do find it a little bit more elegant. The downside is that it is not water resistant, so it's going to be more suitable for daily use. It's great if you even have acne prone skin. It's not comedogenic, but does leave a little bit more of a dewy finish. So, great to use alone or under makeup."

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76%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Anthelios Mineral Ultra Light Face Sunscreen SPF 50

"This is pure mineral sunscreen SPF 50. Water resistant up to 40 minutes, but the ultra light fluid texture literally absorbs instantly without feeling like there's anything on your skin. Plus, it's got mattifying properties. So great for oily, combination skin, especially during the summer time. Great to use on a regular basis, too, not just summer. And it also is great to wear alone or under makeup. It's pretty elegant. Really ideal for those that are oily combination or if you have sensitive skin and just want a sunscreen with more mattifying instead of dewy finish. Ingredient wise, aside from the mineral filters, it's got La Roche-Posay thermal spring water and then silica that helps provide that lightweight and mattifying feel."

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72%Guru Score

Coppertone Every Tone Invisible Finish Face Sunscreen SPF 50

"This is a great broad spectrum for face sunscreen that I think you know it may be worthwhile switching to in the summertime, but this is really lovely because it's lightweight, elegant, and has a sheer tint that helps to even out skin tone. It is also non-comedogenic and fragrance-free as well as water resistant up to 80 minutes. If you're the person who prefers like a separate face sunscreen than body, this one would be great to use in the summertime because of that water resistant nature, higher SPF. So, even if you're sweating a little bit more, it's going to hold on to your skin and kind of provide that continuous UV protection a little bit better than just some of the ones that may be SPF 30 for daily use. This blends in really nicely. It's great to wear alone or under makeup. In addition to the chemical filters, also contains glycerin that hydrates. It's definitely a little bit more hydrating, kind of on that dewy finish. This one would be a good one that you can use in the summer if you're going to be outside a little bit more because of that water resistant nature."

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74%Guru Score

Vanicream Broad Spectrum SPF 50

"For those that are looking for options for kids or just have ultra sensitive skin, rosacea prone skin, Vanicream is a brand I typically recommend to my patients. They have a lot of great products suitable for rosacea, eczema prone skin, or those that just have a lot of sensitivities or allergies. Their Broad Spectrum SPF 50 is pure mineral and it has nonnano zinc oxide that helps to prevent sunburns and protects against UVA and UVB. It does take some time for it to blend in and you do kind of have to rub it in well. It can potentially leave a white cast on your skin, which just depends on your skin tone and how long you let it sit on your skin. For me it kind of leaves a little bit of a brightening effect on my skin, but if you have super dark skin it may look a little ashy. It is non-comedogenic and water resistant up to 80 minutes. It's a great product, more suitable for those that have rosacea and super sensitive skin, and it's also nice for kids."

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80%Guru Score

Sun Bum Mineral Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50

"I do find that it's better for those with more dry, dry, sensitive, rosacea prone skin. This creamy texture is definitely a little bit more hydrating."

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84%Guru Score

Anessa Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk

"This is one of the OG Shiseido Anessa Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk, SPF 50 and PA4 pluses. It gives you broad-spectrum UV protection, which is really ideal especially if you have more sun out now. It's an ideal sunscreen that contains hybrid chemical and mineral filter, so it's going to protect your skin, feel and look elegant without leaving a white cast. I don't feel like it's ever irritated my skin, but certainly if you have sensitive skin, give it a try first before you put it all over. It's great especially now in the summer time where the weather's hotter and we're spending more time outside, so it offers better protection. I believe it is also water resistant too. Shiseido makes really wonderful skincare products and their sunscreens are amazing and really one of the most popular ones in Japan as well. The sunscreen contains a hybrid of chemical filters along with zinc oxide, which is the mineral-based filter, marine collagen and green tea extract that helps to hydrate and add some additional antioxidant protection, hyaluronic acid and water-soluble collagen that really helps to act as a humectant and temporally hydrate the skin and improve skin hydration. All around, really lightweight sunscreen that is just perfect for the warmer months."

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76%Guru Score

Nivea UV Super Water Gel SPF 50 PA+++

"The first one is Nivea UV Super Water Gel SPF 50 PA+++. You may have heard me talk about this before, but it's one of my favorites to use. It comes in a pump that's easy to dispense. You can use it on face and body. And even though Nivea is a German brand, they make some amazing Japanese Asia exclusive products that you only buy in Japan or Asia that's really popular. And this sunscreen is definitely one of them. It's lightweight, non-greasy formula. Feels like you have like water on your skin, absorbs really quickly and also can double as a makeup base for use on the face as well. It could be suitable for sensitive skin because it is fragrance-free. Offers high SPF protection, SPF 50. So really kind of is like one-stop shop to use on face and body. It is also water resistant and has this elegant texture like I said that is hydrating but also nonsticky and fast absorbing and will not leave a white cast. So ingredient wise aside from the advanced chemical filters that we don't have here. It also has hyaluronic acid that helps to moisturize the skin and then additional plant extract to soothe and offer additional antioxidant protection along with vitamin E. So, just a great all-around sunscreen."

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83%Guru Score

Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen for Body SPF 40

"So, if you have oily skin or really like that primer-like texture with that slip, then you're going to love the Super Goop Unseen Sunscreen for body that's SPF 40."

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68%Guru Score

Colorescience Sunforgettable Total Protection Face Shield Flex SPF 50

"I really love is a tinted mineral sunscreen. I recommend Colorescience Sunforgettable Total Protection Face Shield Flex SPF 50. This is a 100% mineral sunscreen containing zinc oxide, but it's tinted. What's really cool is that the color will kind of blend into your skin tone once you let it absorb, so it really leaves no white cast. I believe it's also water resistant, up to 40 or 50 minutes. This is a great one because in addition to the tint that blocks against visible light that contributes to hyperpigmentation, so if you struggle with melasma or hyperpigmentation, this is a must. It also contains niacinamide that helps to support our skin barrier and helps to brighten dull complexion, along with bisabolol which is derived from chamomile that's soothing and calming. The tint is kind of like a medium coverage, almost like a light tinted moisturizer or a light foundation. In the summer time, if I want some coverage but don't want to feel like I'm wearing a full face foundation, I'll go in with a first pass non-tinted sunscreen and then layer this on top to provide some additional protection but also pigment and coverage. This is a great one if you're looking for a light medium coverage that's tinted but is still very elegant, not heavy but offering great protection."

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83%Guru Score

Colorescience All Calm Clinical Redness Corrector SPF 50

"The all calm clinical redness correcting SPF 50 is like a three-in-one mineral sunscreen that also color corrects and also offers skin barrier support. This is 100% pure mineral, offers broad spectrum UVA and UVB coverage, contains zinc oxide and titanium dioxide, and has a neutralizing green tint that helps to instantly offset some of that redness along with niacinamide and antioxidants to support your skin barrier."

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84%Guru Score

Biore UV Aqua Rich Sunscreen Protective Mist SPF 50

"The Biore UV Aqua Rich Sunscreen Protective Mist SPF 50 is a nice fine mist with SPF 50 and PA4 pluses that provides protection against UVB and UVA. It's a lightweight non-greasy formula that's really easy to spray and get a fairly uniform mist on wherever you're spraying. It's designed for quick and easy application hands-free, and its non-aerosol formula ensures that you get even control. When you spray it, it does not impart a sticky texture on your skin nor does it weigh your hair down or make your scalp really greasy and oily. [...] It's not sticky, it's pretty elegant, absorbs really quickly, and is also water resistant. I really love using it before I go outside, especially spraying on my hair to make sure that my color treated hair is protected from UV damage."

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78%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Daily Tinted Fluid Sunscreen SPF 40

"The texture is slightly thicker than the Korean version but still very much lightweight and non-greasy, and it still contains all the original ingredients like rice extract, probiotics, and Niacinamide. It still delivers that hydration without feeling thick or heavy, and it's still great for sensitive skin."

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66%Guru Score

Bumble and Bumble Hairdresser's Invisible Oil Heat/UV Protective Primer

"One amazing product that offers both heat and UV protection is from Bumble and Bumble, their Hairdresser's Invisible Oil Heat/UV Protective Primer. This is essentially like a lightweight cream that you apply on damp hair that offers heat and UV protection. It's great because it has their signature six oil blend along with UV filters, so this is like a one-stop shop."

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84%Guru Score

Round Lab Birch Juice Moisturizing Sunscreen SPF 50 PA++++

"It was such an elegant sunscreen, moisturizing but not heavy, give you this dewy subtle dewy finish that was just beautiful. It has advanced filters and so in my mind I feel like it's really suitable for those that have more like dry normal dry skin, but for oily skin friends you probably would love this for the winter time. [...] It is fragrance-free, it is hydrating but not heavy, it's elegant, and so for those that are looking for something a little bit more have a little bit more nourishing properties. It absorbs very quickly but with the subtle glow dewy finish. [...] Ingredient wise, it's chemical filters, has birch tree sap along with birch tree extract and niacinamide, so just wonderful soothing ingredients that I think is just so lovely."

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90%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 SPF 50

"One of my absolute favorites is La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 SPF 50. It's currently exclusive to Europe and Asia but you can find it on platforms like Stylevana. UVMune 400 is a new filter that L'Oréal patented and discovered, it was like nine years in the making. Basically what it does with that 400 is it blocks long wavelength of UVA up to the 400 range. The significance of that is we don't really have great filters that can block UVA. We know the longer the wavelength the deeper it can penetrate into the skin to cause hyperpigmentation but also eat up collagen and basically contributes to creepiness, fine lines and wrinkles. So this is a really cutting edge filter that blocks that long end of UVA that basically gives you broader protection against UVA that basically damages our skin and contributes to skin aging."

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84%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant Umbra Sheer Physical Daily Defense SPF30

"Purely mineral I believe it's the non-tinted version but leaves no white cast"

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65%Guru Score

Trader Joe's Daily Facial Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 40

"This has a primer-like texture that absorbs really quickly with a mattifying finish, yet at the same time it doesn't make your skin feel dry and tight. It's really good for its price. This is a chemical sunscreen that helps block UVA and UVB. It also contains ingredients like silicones that offer that primer-like finish and mattifying finish, as well as jojoba esters and shea butter that add some moisturization, but it doesn't feel heavy. This is really nice for those with combination or oily skin that want a mattifying finish, and those looking for a good moisturizing sunscreen to continue using into fall and winter without your skin feeling like it's going to lose water. For my combination dry skin, I really enjoyed using this when it was warmer to offer some mattifying properties, or I would use it in the winter after a good moisturizer. This is a great product that can be used all year round, and for its price and the elegant finish, it's totally worth getting."

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82%Guru Score

Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen SPF 40

"I feel like you just can't go wrong gifting sunscreen, and there's one that is really nice and lovely to gift which is Supergoop Glow Screen SPF 40. This is a lovely one because it kind of gives that shimmer glow and it's got this light tint that's really really nice to add during the winter time when it's kind of dark and gloomy outside. It contains hyaluronic acid, vitamin B5, niacinamide, and sea lavender, great ingredients that just makes a really elegant sunscreen that leaves no white cast."

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68%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer SPF 30

"If your teen kind of needs a moisturizer and sunscreen in one because they're a little more on the dry side, check out La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer SPF 30. This is a great multitasker. Honestly, I feel like this moisturizer and sunscreen in one has a place in everyone's routine. It just depends on when you use it. Like the season, for me, I would use it probably in the summertime because my skin is on the dry side if I don't want to use an extra moisturizer. But for a teen who is super oily, this could be their moisturizer and sunscreen in one for the morning. It is a cream, but it's lightweight, absorbs really quickly, it's not shiny, it's not greasy, it doesn't clog pores. It's got that good SPF 30 that is really ideal for daily use. It really gets them into the habit of applying sunscreen regularly, especially for teens who are struggling with acne. We really want them to make sure to use a sunscreen daily to combat the inflammation UV damage may bring on their skin that may worsen acne, as well as worsen post-acne marks. Ingredient-wise, it's got chemical filters, but I never found this to be irritating on my eyes or on my skin, as well as niacinamide that's calming and soothing, as well as prebiotic thermal spring water that is found in all La Roche-Posay products."

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85%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Anthelios Clear SPF 60

"This is for my teens who are super shiny and greasy and oily. I even recommend this to my male patients who find that sunscreens are too greasy and oily if they're looking for a sunscreen this is the one that I recommend because literally this has a great mattifying finish after you apply it give it like 10 to 30 seconds let it absorb it feels like you have not put anything on your skin it's really nice it's lightweight, oil free and has great broad spectrum UVA and UVB coverage. I believe it's also water resistant so great to use in the summertime as well. In addition to those chemical filters and antioxidants also has silica that helps to absorb excessive sebum."

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84%Guru Score

Kiehl's Better Screen UV Serum SPF 50 Facial Sunscreen with Collagen Peptides

"This has been really a sunscreen that I've been grabbing more days than not. It really has a nice hydrating texture with that dewy finish but at the same time is not shiny, doesn't pill, looks great under makeup or alone. When we talk about elegant sunscreens in the US there aren't that many, and I feel like I really talk a lot about mineral sunscreens, but this one does offer a great dewy finish at the same time it's hydrating but not heavy or sticky. Ingredient wise it has broadspectrum UV filters, it is a chemical sunscreen, doesn't leave any white cast, offers SPF 50 broad spectrum UVA and UVB coverage. It does have collagen peptides, which at the very least is helping to sit on top of the skin to plump the skin, help to hydrate, reduce appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. But I'm not recommending it because of the collagen peptides, it's just really I love the texture and how hydrating it is. If you have combination to dry skin like me or you're looking for a hydrating sunscreen, this is great."

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90%Guru Score

Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence SPF 50+ PA++++

"This is a cult favorite, it is super lightweight, has wonderful filters that block UVA and UVB, it's broad spectrum, absorbs really quickly. It is also water resistant up to 80 minutes, so great to use especially during the summertime or if you're looking for a nice gel texture sunscreen that absorbs really quickly without leaving greasy residue. I highly recommend it if you're acne prone, oily, or have combination skin, or if you have more dry skin but looking for something that is not super rich and creamy during the summertime. This is what I typically use during the summer for my kind of dry combination dry skin. Aside from some unique filters that we don't have in the US, it also contains hyaluronic acid that helps to hydrate the skin, along with royal jelly that also helps to hydrate and moisturize the skin and support the skin barrier. It does contain fragrance, so if you are sensitive to that then you want to be careful, but otherwise it really is a lovely sunscreen, really a must try Japanese sunscreen if you haven't."

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86%Guru Score

Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Natural Sun Cream SPF 50+ PA++++

"This is another great all mineral vegan sunscreen that offers broadspectrum protection, also is suitable for like daily use or under makeup as your like makeup primer, absorbs quickly, is lightweight, and it is hydrating. It contains a blend of hyaluronic acid also aloe vera extract, and also contains ingredients that help to strengthen the skin barrier and also I feel like does have a slight pore blurring effect, which is why I think it can be a great sunscreen to use under makeup as your primer. It is a little bit more dense, but once you let it absorb it's very hydrating with a semi-dewy finish. It's very hydrating, great to use, absorbs quickly, is not sticky, so just another option for those who are looking for a vegan sunscreen that is really lovely for daily use."

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78%Guru Score

AXIS-Y Complete No Stress Physical Sunscreen SPF 50+

"This is a great daily sunscreen, actually one that I find to spread the easiest and one that I feel like leaves the most amount of no white cast. It's SPF 50 and PA4+, and contains really wonderful ingredients. Aside from the zinc oxide mineral filter, it also contains 2% niacinamide, which is a wonderful concentration that has a really wide range of benefits including antioxidant benefits, maybe skin brightening benefits, helping to control sebum, and that kind of range is 2 to 4%, great for acne-prone skin and helping to support the skin barrier. It also contains mugwort extract along with allantoin and hyaluronic acid that can help to support our skin moisture barrier, are soothing and calming. I don't believe this one is water resistant, so it's more just like for daily use. I find it to be very elegant. Texture-wise it spreads very nicely, it is very silky smooth."

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64%Guru Score

Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Moisture Airy Fit Daily Sunscreen SPF 50

"This one is great for those that have more dry or dry sensitive skin. [...] It's probably the most dense, most nourishing but still very lightweight and fast absorbing. It does not make your skin feel like it's suffocating, it does not look shiny or feel heavy. It still has a semi-dewy finish. [...] This is probably the most nourishing, so I think it's best suited for those with sensitive and dry skin to use on a regular basis, but it's still very lightweight and honestly compared to a lot of the US sunscreens it is still by far very elegant and not heavy. Ingredient wise, aside from the chemical filters, it does contain a wonderful blend of plant derived extracts, rice extract as well as plant derived oils that offer the support that it's intended to do for those with more dry and sensitive skin. Black rice extract has rich antioxidants."

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82%Guru Score

Round Lab Birch Juice Moisturizing Tone Up Sunscreen

"I personally don't really like that look but if you want kind of a more even smooth tone with slightly more dewy finish this would be like a good sunscreen to try"

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62%Guru Score

ISDIN Eryfotona Ageless Tinted Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50

"A tinted mineral sunscreen to protect my skin not only from ultraviolet radiation but also visible light that can potentially drive hyperpigmentation. I've been playing around with the ISDIN Eryfotona Ageless, and I really love that one because it's also waterproof, so if I need to go outside for some reason I'll put that on. I think mineral sunscreens are just nicer to put on your skin, less irritating compared to chemical."

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85%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Sunscreen Milk SPF 100

"My go-to for the summer for face and body for myself my husband and my daughter is La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk face and body sunscreen broad spectrum SPF 100. I love this one because number one not only are you getting broad spectrum high protection it is also water resistant up to 80 minutes but I love it for the absolute elegance. It is so elegant, fast absorbing. After it's absorbed I don't really feel like I applied it, especially on my body. My body is one that sweats a lot, you're outside it's humid, the last thing I want is my skin to feel sticky, and this sunscreen does not give me that feeling which is why I love this so much. It's also non-comedogenic which is why I also love it for the face and body. For the face in particular, if some people feel sunscreen break them out, I find that this one at least for me has not caused that issue. Ingredient wise it is a chemical filter so what that leaves is no white cast. It also has La Roche-Posay's Cell Ox technology."

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84%Guru Score

Colorescience Sunforgettable Total Protection Brush-On Shield SPF 50

"One I really like is from color science because it comes in like they're all mineral filters but comes in like a non-tinted as well as range of different shades"

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67%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Hydrating Tint Lotion SPF 30 Fragrance-Free

"One moisturizer I absolutely love for oily skin friends is from nutrium their nice camide 5% gel cream because first of all it is a gel cream that absorbs very quickly but at the same time keeps your skin hydrated"

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70%Guru Score

Cetaphil Derma Control Oil Absorbing Moisturizer with Sunscreen SPF 30

"The Cetaphil Derma Control Oil Absorbing Moisturizer with SPF 30 is great because it's lightweight, fast absorbing, but again contains ingredients including zinc and mattifying particles that basically helps to control sebum while at the same time creating this smooth mattifying finish so that way your skin doesn't look immediately shiny afterwards. So great to use to keep your skin mattified throughout the day."

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84%Guru Score

Supergoop Protect Tint Daily SPF 50

"I love this one because number one it comes in 14 different shades so lots of different options almost just kind of like makeup in skincare and in a sunscreen form. Sometimes when a sunscreen comes in tinted there's only one shade or a few shades and it's hard sometimes to find one that is really ideal for your skin tone that won't look too dark or too ashy, so really love the options here. It is predominantly mineral sunscreen with a few other chemical filters, it's a hybrid but it's predominantly zinc oxide. It comes in 14 different shades and it's one that I would say does have fairly decent coverage, like light coverage but yet at the same time is buildable so you can definitely layer on more if you want more coverage. It has this really smooth, nice finish and is really suitable for all skin types. Ingredient-wise it does contain interesting ingredients including ectoin, which is an amino acid based ingredient that has some antioxidant and skin barrier protection benefits."

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78%Guru Score

Vichy Capital Soleil SPF 50

"One is from vichi and it's their um Capal sole I think is how you say spf50 this is a really nice lovely sunscreen because it actually has vitamin C and other antioxidants"

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84%Guru Score

EltaMD UV Clear Broad-Spectrum SPF 46

"For those looking for an elegant mineral sunscreen, whether because you're super sensitive or chemical sunscreen breaks you out, I highly recommend EltaMD UV Clear Broad-Spectrum SPF 46. Pure mineral zinc oxide filter along with niacinamide, vitamin E, and hyaluronic acid that is just really lightweight, leaves no white cast, suitable for oily acne-prone skin as well, great to wear long or under makeup. This is one I highly recommend. EltaMD makes really nice, elegant mineral-based sunscreen."

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82%Guru Score

Heliocare Oral Sunscreen Capsules (Polypodium Leucotomos Supplement)

"This is a supplement that's been shown in clinical studies to reduce UV damage and sunburns. It's derived from a fern from South America called polypodium leucotomos. It is not a replacement for sunscreen, however when taken with sunscreen on top of some protective clothing, it's essentially an oral antioxidant supplement that can offer additional protection against damage. You can think of it as a practical way to reduce the risk of skin cancer, but also I use it in aesthetic dermatology in the sense that it helps to reduce melasma flares during the summer time, and certainly if you want less sun damage for anti-aging concerns this would be a great one. You can take it every day, but I find it to be for me most doable when I know I will often take one when I know I'm going to spend all day out, and this is additional protection for my skin. You essentially just take one to two as needed when you need to."

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79%Guru Score

e.l.f. Suntouchable Whoa Glow SPF 30

"If you're looking for a great sunscreen that gives you that shimmer healthy glow that hydrates your skin that primes your skin with makeup that offers good coverage against UV and visible light damage, this elf one is affordable, effective, and a really nice elegant product to try."

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85%Guru Score

Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Airy Sun Stick SPF 50

"It does provide more of a dewy finish so if you're looking for something mattifying I would not recommend using this product but if you're looking for something with a dewy finish that makes your skin feel a little more hydrated I think this would be one to use. As far as sunscreen sticks in general you want to make sure that you're going over each area at least four times to get that adequate protection. Overall I feel like this is a fine product to have on hand mostly for reapplication. I definitely do not recommend using sunscreen sticks in general as your first layer of sunscreen of the day."

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86%Guru Score

Isntree Purple Protector Sunscreen SPF 40

"I really love how how nicely it sits on my skin"

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85%Guru Score

Isntree Yam Root Milk Tone Up Suncream SPF50+ PA4+

"I love this one because I find that there aren't that many elegant tinted mineral sunscreens from Asia. I really recommend tinted sunscreens for anyone that's struggling with hyperpigmentation, especially if your darker skin tone, because we know that visible light plays a huge role in perpetuating that hyperpigmentation, and the tint, the iron oxide that gives it the tint, is one that effectively blocks the visible light. Aside from just the formulation and mineral filters that is great if you have sensitive skin, it also contains panthenol and yam root extract that are both nourishing and supporting the skin barrier. I love the finish, it applies very smoothly. It's smooth, soft and has this silky finish that really makes it great to wear alone and offers just a very light coverage or great for priming your skin for makeup. The formula is just the elegant finish, so if you're looking for a smooth silky finish that's mineral based sunscreen that's also tinted, highly highly recommend checking this one out."

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78%Guru Score

Cetaphil Redness Relieving Daily Facial Moisturizer SPF 40

"I really love this entire line, especially the nighttime moisturizer. [...] This moisturizer and sunscreen is lovely because it doubles as a moisturizer and sunscreen, but for those who have super extra dry skin you can use this on top of your moisturizer to offer additional not only sun protection but skin moisturizing benefits. I love the ingredients in here: number one, it contains all mineral filters so really ideal for those who have sensitive skin. Also contains antioxidants like vitamin E along with soothing ingredients like aloin, licorice, and caffeine that can help to calm irritated and sensitive skin. Also has this light tint that can maybe help to reduce or offset some of the redness in those that do have rosacea and sensitive skin. It's a great moisturizer to use in the winter time, a lovely product that protects your skin at the same time while helping to keep your skin hydrated and less irritated."

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84%Guru Score

Neutrogena Pure Screen Mineral UV Tint Face Liquid

"This is a great tinted pure mineral sunscreen. I really like this one from Neutrogena first of all because it contains four different shades that can really blend in nicely depending on your skin tone, so it offers a range. And it's got mineral filters that are less irritating. And it's got ingredients that are hydrating but also really has a nice elegant smooth silky finish. I really have been loving this in the morning under makeup. It offers very sheer coverage but can be used alone or under makeup as a primer. For those individuals who are seeking a tinted sunscreen with more shade options that also has a really nice elegant hydrating dewy finish that's not drying or cakey, I highly recommend checking this one out."

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88%Guru Score

Thank You Farmer Sun Project Skin Relief Sun Cream SPF50+ PA++++

"One I recommend checking out is from Thank You Farmer Sun Project Skin Relief Sun Cream that comes in PA 4 pluses and SPF 50, blends advanced chemical filters with centella, and is a lightweight cream that's fast absorbing with a semi-dewy finish that does not feel heavy. Overall it's just a great one, especially if you have normal skin or combination skin looking for something more lightweight to use. Great to use even in the winter time, and it is also hypoallergenic and vegan."

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80%Guru Score

Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Pure Mineral Relief Daily Sunscreen SPF 50+ PA++++

"It's a daily sunscreen that is SPF 50 and PA4 pluses, costs about 1760 yen. It contains mineral filters, black rice, rice bran oil, niacinamide, and other plant-derived extracts that are nourishing. I feel like it's the most dense texture-wise, but it's still very much lightweight and easy to spread, and leaves no white cast. It's fragrance-free, free of color and drying alcohol, so great for those with dry and sensitive skin. Finish-wise it still gives a semi-dewy finish, it's definitely not mattifying."

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85%Guru Score

Avène Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+ Tinted Compact

"This actually offers quite a bit of coverage, I would say light to medium coverage, so great for those wanting to have some coverage that has good SPF protection. My favorite way of using this is just reapplication because it comes with a sponge that you don't need to touch your face. The [...] only thing I have to say about the tinted is I just wish it came in more shades."

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

Cetaphil Sheer Mineral Face Liquid Sunscreen SPF 50

"If you have sensitive skin, we all know it can be very challenging to find a mineral-based sunscreen that leaves no white cast, that's fast absorbing and fairly elegant. But Cetaphil Sheer Mineral SPF is one that I've tried from drugstores that's actually quite decent. It offers SPF 50 protection, broad spectrum UVA and UVB, and it's 80-minute water-resistant, so great to use especially in the summer time. It contains prebiotics along with vitamin E. It's a liquid formulation that you kind of shake up and dispense, and once you apply on your skin and let it fully absorb, it feels very lightweight and absorbs really quickly and does not leave a white cast. So definitely something to check out if you're looking for a mineral-based sunscreen that is non-tinted that's not going to feel heavy, shiny or sticky. That is one that I think is great, especially in the summer time, where sometimes water-resistant sunscreens can just be ultra thick or just leave that white cast. This one has not, and so that is a great one to try if you have sensitive skin."

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77%Guru Score

TOCOBO Bio Watery Sun Cream SPF 50+ PA++++

"This similarly like tokobo has the blue one that is really nice but I don't think I don't find it as mattifying because I did my test myself too because I also have the one from beauty of the sun it's not as mattifying but is like less dewy than the Disney tree one"

~Mixed

80%Guru Score

Vanicream Sunscreen SPF 30

"I like to choose sunscreens that are fragrance free, really just lightweight on the skin, lightweight textures not too greasy, and then I do like to choose mineral based sunscreens for that reason as well. The Vanicream is incredibly gentle, gentle enough even for babies and children to use, and it's great for sensitive skin. It's free of dyes and all those other things that can irritate the skin."

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71%Guru Score

Cetaphil Mineral Sunscreen Stick

"Cetaphil makes sunscreen sticks that I believe are water resistant and fragrance free so more ideal for babies and kids that have sensitive skin. If you're looking for one for kids this would be great, it can also be a good one to use on yourself as well if you have more sensitive skin or just looking for a mineral based sunscreen stick that's also water resistant. It is going to be more on the hydrating side, it doesn't have a mattifying finish at all, but it's fairly affordable for you guys to check out."

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82%Guru Score

CeraVe Sheer Mineral Sunscreen Stick SPF 50

"CeraVe makes sunscreen sticks that I believe are water resistant and fragrance free, so more ideal for babies and kids that have sensitive skin. This is going to be more nourishing, more hydrating. It doesn't really leave much of a white cast on my skin. If you're looking for one for kids this would be great, but it can also be a good one to use on yourself as well if you have more sensitive skin or just looking for mineral based sunscreens in stick form that's also water resistant. It is going to be more on the hydrating side, it doesn't have a mattifying finish at all, but just another option that's fairly affordable."

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77%Guru Score

Coola Scalp & Hair Mist SPF 30

"You can certainly try scalp sunscreen. The two brands I've tried are Sun Bum as well as Coola. In general, I tend to find sunscreen for the scalp to be very greasy, so it's one of those things where if you use it, I do recommend washing it off at night just to avoid any buildup that may contribute to inflammation."

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64%Guru Score

Missha Waterproof Sun Milk SPF 50+ PA++++

"It's very much liquid but compared to the first two it's not as runny, but it's still very lightweight and breathable, and it dries with maybe a slightly more dewy finish, but still pretty much on the mattifying spectrum with just slightly more hydration, I think because of what the glycerin imparts on the formulation and along with the vitamin E. It's great all around to use for all skin types, even for those with dry skin. If you use this over a moisturizer, you're not going to find this very drying. It's great as a makeup primer, suitable for oily, combination, normal skin. It's another one if you're looking for something that is nice and elegant that will not leave your skin feeling dry, looking shiny, heavy feeling, or sticky."

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62%Guru Score

Shiseido Anessa Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk

"It's very light, very watery, it dries very quickly, it does not feel sticky and it does impart a mattifying finish so it can be great to wear alone under makeup as a makeup primer. But because it has a more mattifying lightweight finish it may be better suited for those with oily or combination skin. This is fragrant and I find the scent to be quite strong. I personally don't like it. If you're not bothered by it then it's fine, but if you have allergies or sensitivities to fragrances then you may want to avoid it. It's got this kind of strong fruity floral scent, so that would be the only thing I don't like about this sunscreen."

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68%Guru Score

Versed Guards Up Daily Mineral Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 30

"This is a really nice elegant purely mineral sunscreen so if you have sensitive skin or looking for a good elegant mineral sunscreen highly recommend trying this one. It does contain a light tint so the iron oxide is great at protecting against visible light something that we know can contribute to hyperpigmentation especially if your skin is of color. The tint is very light coverage even though it's just one shade I find it to be for the majority universally flattering. [...] Texture wise it's really elegant once you apply it and absorb to your skin it feels like you're wearing nothing at all it's not sticky it's not heavy doesn't make for oily skin individuals feel like shiny and for dry skin individuals you certainly want to be applying a moisturizer underneath your sunscreen anyway and of all the moisturizers I've used with this sunscreen I've not had any problems with it pilling so really suitable for all skin types."

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60%Guru Score

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

"It's a lightweight SPF 50 chemical sunscreen that leaves minimal to no white cast and has that kind of lightweight texture with a dewy finish. The filters are different from the Korean version because it's compliant with our FDA, using chemical filters like avobenzone, homosalate, octinoxate and octocrylene along with niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, panthenol and rice extract. Some people have reported that because of the slight differences in filter the texture is slightly off, but I've tried both the US and Korean versions and I have not noticed a significant difference. I think both are equally elegant. Both are suitable for oily combination skin if you're looking for that dewy finish. It is hydrating, not heavy, great to use alone."

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92%Guru Score

Abib Quick Sunstick Protection Bar SPF 50+ PA++++

"This was my first introduction to the brand and I fell in love with the brand through this sunscreen stick. It is a clear sunscreen stick with SPF 50, PA4 pluses, so broadspectrum UVA and UVB coverage, and it glides on really smoothly, leaves no white cast, and this really pretty dewy finish that you can wear alone. I usually like sunscreen sticks for reapplication or over makeup. It does not mess up my minimal makeup. I would say I like sunscreen sticks in general as reapplication. But certainly, if it's the only thing that you will wear, then definitely just make sure that you are applying adequate coverage. This makes reapplication on the go so easy. That dewy finish really gives a nice glow. It's suitable, I would say, for me, my opinion, with the finish better for like normal to dry skin."

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89%Guru Score

Abib Airy SunStick Smoothing Bar SPF 50+

"The last product from Abib is the Airy SunStick Smoothing Bar. This sunscreen stick is really ideal for the summer for a couple reasons. Number one, it is water and sweat resistant, so it sticks on your skin better. Since we're outside more, it's sweaty, it's hot, we're swimming, so that SPF protection tends to stick on your skin better. Two, it's got a soft mattifying finish, almost like a primer texture. So great for oily and combination skin, but I feel like all of us tend to just be a little more shiny and greasy in the summertime. So when you're using this, not only are you reapplying your sunscreen, keeping your skin protected, but you're also kind of cutting down that shine and greasiness, which is really ideal in the summertime. Ingredient wise, it's got chemical filters, but the chemical sunscreens from Korea, I've just never really had an issue with it bothering me around my eyes. And with that stick formulation, that wax base, it tends to stick on your skin better, so it doesn't really run into your eyes with sweat or water. It really is okay to use around the eyes. From my experience, I've never had sunscreen stick, even chemical filters from Korea, to cause burning or irritation."

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82%Guru Score

Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica Water-Fit Sun Serum SPF 50+ PA++++

"This is just another wonderful lightweight elegant sunscreen that is serum like texture-wise it absorbs really quickly it is not heavy at all does not leave any white cast does not leave any sticky residue"

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90%Guru Score

The INKEY List Polyglutamic Acid Dewy Sunscreen SPF 30

"I absolutely adore this sunscreen, I think it's probably my favorite product to be honest with you guys from the INKEY List and it's their polyglutamic acid sunscreen. I really love the texture, it's super nourishing but yet kind of dries down with this semi-dewy matte finish, and the polyglutamic acid really helps to support your skin moisture barrier. It is fragrance-free, it's got a good amount of SPF protection at SPF 30, and also it's pretty affordable for about $15. I love the finish and I love the fact that it layers really nicely under makeup or wearing it alone. Ingredient-wise, aside from the chemical filters, it contains 8% tree of polyglutamic acid, squalene, and glycerin, so all wonderful ingredients that really is going to support your skin barrier and keep your skin hydrated."

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70%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Matte Sun Stick SPF 50

"It has chemical filters but really great filters that protect against UVA as well as UVB. The filters include tinosorb S and tinosorb T, which are great UVA and UVB filters. It also contains silica powder that helps to absorb sebum, creates a pore blurring and mattifying finish. It's airy, it's lightweight, helps add photo protection while mattifying your skin at the same time, so really great for those with oily or combination skin that are seeking a light mattifying finish, helping to protect their skin at the same time while reducing that shiny greasy look. This is also fragrance and essential oil free, so suitable for those with sensitive skin as well."

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72%Guru Score

Jumiso All Day Airy Fit Sunscreen SPF 50

"It's fragrance as well as alcohol free. It also contains niacinamide along with glycerin and vitamin E as well as soothing bamboo stem extract. Texture wise it's going to feel more like a light cream or lotion but still fast absorbing, not sticky, not heavy. It does not leave any white cast on your skin and it does layer nicely under makeup. It does provide a little more dewy finish, but your skin is not going to look super glowy or wet. I think this one would be great for anyone that's looking for more nourishment, like those with dry skin looking for a lightweight sunscreen for the summer time, or someone who's looking for a moisturizer and sunscreen in one. This is one of my personal favorite sunscreens."

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80%Guru Score

Cleansers51 reviews

Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Light Cleansing Oil

"It's a great lightweight cleansing oil that really kind of rinses off, melts away makeup, sunscreen, debris without really any residue."

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76%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Hydrating Gentle Cleanser

"The La Roche-Posay Toleriane Hydrating Cleanser is a gentle one that I feel like does a pretty good job at removing the debris from overnight. If you wear a lot of heavy makeup and mascara, it's not going to do such a good job, so this is why I recommend using it in the morning or as the second step for those who double cleanse. For people who just have moisturizers on from overnight or like nonwater resistant sunscreen, I do feel this does a pretty decent job. It's a really nice creamy one that's gentle but still effective at removing the basics. It's got ceramides, glycerin, niacinamide, and Thermal Spring Water, so all wonderful ingredients to kind of hydrate and support your skin barrier that's often disrupted with cleansing."

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81%Guru Score

Prequel Non-Drying Glycerin Cleanser

"This is a Non-Drying Glycerin Cleanser. This contains 50% glycerin which I feel like is really underrated. A lot of people, the first thing we think of is hyaluronic acid, but glycerin actually does a great job at hydrating the skin as well. [...] It does a pretty decent job again with removing most basic stuff without overdrying your skin. So really ideal for those that struggle with dry skin too. Aside from the glycerin, it also contains inulin, which is a probiotic that supports our skin barrier along with arginine amino acid that again is also supportive for skin barrier and then aloe and oat extract."

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85%Guru Score

Heimish All Clean Balm

"The Heimish All Clean Balm is a really nice cleansing balm that removes everything, including all the water resistant makeup, so I'm not aggressively scrubbing at my lashes either. It contains shea butter and coconut extract along with white flour complex. And I feel like this one rinses out pretty nicely."

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73%Guru Score

Manyo Factory Pure Cleansing Oil

"I love the Manyo Factory Pure Cleansing Oil, [...] the yellow bottle, that was like one of the best sellers from all of Yamibuy. I really honestly, in general, I really look to Korean skincare when it comes to cleansing balms and cleansing oils. Like I said, I do find that most of them rinse off really nicely, don't even need a second step."

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89%Guru Score

COSRX Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser

"My personal favorite from COSRX is the Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser. I think this is really nice, at least for me, like a great gentle cleanser to use in the morning. [...] Using a gentle cleanser in the morning is the best way for me to remove everything but not be super aggressive, kind of create a clean slate in a really nice and gentle way. And this is exactly what this cleanser does. It is a gentle low pH. Low pH is just more suitable for our skin because our skin naturally has a lower pH, so less disruptive of the skin barrier, but really designed to remove buildup and impurities while still maintaining the skin's natural barrier. I think this is great for those that have more oily combination skin and acne prone skin, but certainly dry skin. In the summer time it can make a really wonderful cleanser. A great cleanser to use morning, a great cleanser to use at night on its own or kind of as a second step for double cleansing. It's a very gentle, non-stripping formula, suitable for really all skin types, but in particular, in my opinion, better for oily and combination skin. Ingredient wise, it's got tea tree leaf oil."

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61%Guru Score

Anua Heartleaf Plus Vitamin E Pore Control Cleansing Oil

"This has anti-inflammatory calming joba seed oil that helps in a non-pore clogging way, it mimics skin's natural sebum but helps at the same time cleanse. So you don't have to worry about it contributing to more clogged pores. And then also grape seed oil that is also an antioxidant at the same time. So for those who are oily acne prone looking for an oil based cleanser, a cleansing oil that helps to remove makeup and product buildup without contributing to clogged pores, I highly recommend checking out this product."

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62%Guru Score

Anua Rice Enzyme Brightening Cleansing Powder

"It's a physical exfoliant and I would caution those that are sensitive because you are rubbing this powder on your skin that is removing some of that dullness. If you're super sensitive or you have really active redness, it's something you may want to hold off on or try the mask version instead. But this is one of the best rice powder cleansers that I've really used in the sense it really makes my skin feel more supple and soft and hydrated after using. It has great ingredients that helps to brighten the skin as well with time, over time with use, and great for an instant pick-me-up in brightening your skin tone. It contains rice powder and extract that helps to gently brighten your skin, alpha arbutin which is a derivative of hydroquinone that offers brightening benefits, and then ceramides. This is a great product. You can use it like a cleanser or like a mask. [...] It's one that gives you great benefits but at the same time is really fun to use."

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67%Guru Score

Kate Somerville Eradicate 3% Daily Foaming Cleanser

"I've been trying the Kate Somerville Eradicate 3% sulfur, mostly just because it's always been on my radar to try and there aren't that many sulfur based cleansers out there. So far it's been working well. I apply it on my T-zone and let it sit for 2 minutes before rinsing. This one does foam a little bit, which is why I just keep it in my T-zone. I don't use it all over, but somebody who's more oily or acne prone could use this as a great all over product or just kind of spot treat. It's still pretty gentle. I don't feel like my skin's super dry. Acne cleansers, especially sulfur and benzoyl peroxide, can be dry and irritating, but this one contains 3% sulfur as well as honey and rice bran extract and oat extract, so it has some calming and soothing ingredients to kind of offset the irritation that acne cleansers in general can bring on."

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77%Guru Score

Shiseido Perfect Cleansing Oil

"I been loving the Shiseido Cleansing Oil. It is a beautiful, elegant oil, definitely worth the splurge, that really cleanses everything, helps to remove all the layers of sunscreen I've applied during the day, my waterproof mascara and everything without stripping the skin. It's a great first step of double cleansing. Or if you're just looking for a good cleanser or cleansing oil in particular, but worried about it either not working well or removing or leaving residue on your skin or breaking out, this one is one that you don't have to worry. Literally rinses out beautifully. It can be used as a standalone just cleanser or if you double cleanse, highly recommend it. It's just such a great product and I think it's a popular one in Japan for a reason. Contains botanical oils and green tea extract to support your skin barrier and effectively cleanse at the same time."

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71%Guru Score

DHC Deep Cleansing Oil

"It's another cult classic favorite, one that a lot of people first think about when they think of cleansing oils. Certainly it's been around a long time. It's really great at breaking down oil, sebum, makeup, debris from the skin. [...] I do find that [...] with one pass it's able to effectively remove all of my eye makeup, at least for me personally. It's great at hydrating and softening the skin without leaving residue. Ingredient wise, it contains an antioxidant rich olive oil that's great at emulsifying, removing all of the makeup and debris, along with vitamin E and rosemary leaf oil. It's just another great, relatively affordable one. It comes in a pretty large bottle, so one pump, a little bit goes a long way."

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89%Guru Score

Tatcha Pure One Step Camellia Cleansing Oil

"I really do think of all the products today, this is by far from me personally the prettiest, the packaging is so beautiful, really lovely to just hold and look at. Tatcha really is founded on the concept of skin care as a ritual and it's self-care and I really do feel that this bottle embodies that. But it also works really well at dissolving makeup, sunscreen, and residue and rinses off really nicely without any sort of feeling on your skin, doesn't clog pores, and really makes your skin hydrated and soft. Really great for all skin types, including sensitive skin. It contains camellia seed oil, which is a really popular skin and hair care ingredient in Japan, rice bran extract, vitamin E, and then Tatcha's signature ingredient, the Hadasei-3 complex, which [...] is a fermented ingredient of rice, algae, and green tea that helps to soothe and protect your skin, especially in their toner and moisturizer. The essence really helps to soften and improve the penetration of your ingredients, and also acts as a gentle exfoliant. This is a really nice one if you're looking for a pretty packaged bottled oil and part of that ritualistic self-care as the first step of your routine."

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70%Guru Score

SkinFix Barrier+ Ceramide + Ectoin Hydrating Gentle Gel Cleanser

"I'm using one that's sent to me from SkinFix and I really been loving it. This is a pH balance cleanser that really helps to remove buildup, debris, sunscreen, light makeup without disrupting your skin barrier. You can use it in the evening as your one-stop shop only cleanser or it can be a great second step of double cleansing depending on what your needs are. I do find that this doesn't foam a lot, it kind of has a light foam but really does a good job at just removing the buildup from the night before. Afterwards my skin doesn't feel stripped, it doesn't feel dry or tight. It does contain SkinFix's patented L3 complex, which is a biomimetic compound that delivers intense repair to the moisture barrier that you essentially strip from cleansing. I think that's why you don't feel like your skin feels stripped because of the ingredients. And ectoin, which basically binds to lipids to keep them in place and protected, and then chamomile that's calming and soothing. This is a nice one, really great for all around all skin types, but highly recommend if you have sensitive or dry skin."

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85%Guru Score

Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water

"The Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water is really popular, very gentle yet effective at removing everything without causing more irritation on your skin."

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96%Guru Score

Vanicream Gentle Facial Cleanser

"Vanicream Gentle Facial Cleanser is a great one if you have sensitive skin, if you have dry skin, rosacea prone skin, or just to use in general because it gives a really nice cleanse. It does not lather nicely, but again will not make you feel like you're stripping your skin after using it."

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92%Guru Score

CeraVe Acne Foaming Cream Cleanser with 4% Benzoyl Peroxide

"I am a big fan of benzoyl peroxide at night. What I like to do is use CeraVe's benzoyl peroxide cleanser as my second step. I mostly focus on areas that tend to break out, like my nose and chin. I leave that on for a few minutes and rinse off. You could do that nightly or a few times a week in place of your regular cleanser if you struggle with hormonal acne around perimenopause and menopause."

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76%Guru Score

CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser

"I also really love CeraVe. They have one that is called The Gentle Foaming Cleanser that really foams nicely so you get a good lather, but at the same time it's not stripping."

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80%Guru Score

Arencia Fresh Green Rice Mochi Cleanser

"The green tea one does contain witch hazel which really helps to kind of tighten your pores. Witch hazel is an astringent so it helps to remove kind of additional residue, not the best if you have super dry and sensitive skin. That's the only thing. Otherwise I do feel like this cleanser, if you just use it a few times a week, I think it's something that's really fun to do if you want a deep cleanse. Otherwise it's one of those where it's nice and fun to have but not necessary. It's nice and fun to incorporate but not something that I would recommend using regularly into your skincare routine."

~Mixed

62%Guru Score

Clinique Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm

"I love the Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm. It's a great makeup removing cleansing balm. I love it for the first step of my skincare routine at night that gently removes everything without stripping your skin barrier at the same time. When you rinse it off it leaves minimal residue."

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78%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant Beste No. 9 Jelly Cleanser

"Their number nine jelly cleanser is a gel foaming cleanser that really cleanses as well but doesn't strip your skin barrier. It's got oin and then cantaloupe fruit extract and it's got this really fun orange color."

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57%Guru Score

CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser

"This is a great one to use especially during the winter time it really helps to gently cleanse without stripping the skin barrier and really gets them into the habit of cleansing their skin especially if they're starting to develop acne. This one is made with ceramides, hyaluronic acid and glycerin."

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85%Guru Score

The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser

"My favorite cleanser from them is the Squalane Cleanser that costs $9 because it is multifunctional. It works really well without stripping your skin. It comes in a creamier emulsion texture, and it really is great at removing the basics of makeup, sunscreen, and sebum without feeling like your skin is stripped. For anyone who is looking for just one cleanser without needing to double cleanse to remove all of that, this would be the one to go with. It contains squalane, natural moisturizing factors, and lipophilic esters that help [...] to soften your skin and reduce the harm essentially to your skin barrier that cleansing does naturally. It doesn't leave a lot of residue on your skin and it's not comedogenic, so it's really suitable for all skin types. If you're looking for a one-stop shop cleanser that is effective yet gentle at the same time, I would definitely pick this one."

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82%Guru Score

CeraVe Renewing SA Cleanser

"The CeraVe Renewing SA Cleanser is great, it contains salicylic acid along with ceramides, hyaluronic acid, and niacinamide that really helps to gently exfoliate, remove surface sebum, unclog pores. Great to use on face and body, great for those with oily and combination skin for acne-prone skin."

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75%Guru Score

PanOxyl 10% Benzoyl Peroxide Wash

"If you're struggling with body acne, something that's a little more affordable is the PanOxyl 10% benzoyl peroxide cleanser that you can incorporate in the shower as part of your body skincare routine to really mitigate that acne flare from sweat and heat that we can get during the summer time."

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84%Guru Score

Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash

"Neutrogena their oil-free cleanser in that orange bottle that iconic one, those are all great and fairly affordable options."

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61%Guru Score

Cetaphil DermaControl Oil Removing Foam Wash

"One product that I've consistently recommended to my oily skin patients as well as follow on social media is from Cetaphil their DermaControl line. I do really love this line for individuals that have oily skin and the cleanser is the oil control foam wash. Number one, if you have oily skin, I do find that a foaming cleanser is nice in the sense you feel like you're getting that clean, but with this cleanser you're not over stripping your skin barrier. There's some cleansers out there where if you have oily skin, after using it you feel like my face is still oily or there's residue. You definitely don't get that feel with this cleanser. But at the same time it also contains glycerin that's going to help hydrate your skin along with zinc gluconate, which is a great ingredient. It's anti-inflammatory and also helps to offer some temporary sebum control."

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81%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Cleansing Oil

"If you are looking for a gentle cleanser that is helping to cleanse your skin effectively at the same time minimizing dryness and irritation, I love the one from La Roche-Posay, the Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Cleansing Oil. In fact, I think my family and I have gone through like two bottles of it. I love it for myself and for my kids. It's just a lovely oil cleanser but that foams readily so you feel like you're getting a good cleanse but at the same time it is very gentle and does not strip your skin barrier. It's even been tested and suitable for individuals that have cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy because we know in those patients they tend to have more skin sensitivity and dryness. Ingredient-wise, it contains La Roche-Posay's famous thermal spring water that we know helps to balance the skin microbiome, shea butter that's very rich and nourishing, niacinamide and glycerin that are all wonderful ingredients to help support your skin barrier. [...] I use it on myself as well as my kids in the shower and when they bathe and it's super gentle, even suitable for babies 2 weeks and older. So just all around a really nice cleanser that you can use for yourself as well as the whole family."

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89%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Moisture Barrier Cleanser

"This is one of my favorite products from them. There's just something about this cleanser like it is so [...] elegant. It makes my skin feel so good after I use it. It is kind of this milky lotion to foam that gently cleanses your skin like feels more hydrated and refreshed afterwards in a really good way. It has ceramides in there, pre and postbiotics to help support your skin barrier. It does a gentle cleanse but at the same time imparts this hydration on your skin so your skin does not feel stripped. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a gentle cleanser to use in the morning or as the second step of your double cleansing. For anyone that has dry and eczema prone skin, highly recommend checking this cleanser out."

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71%Guru Score

CeraVe Acne Control Cleanser with 2% Salicylic Acid

"My second step of double cleansing is actually using a medicated acne cleanser and this is even more important when I travel because I break out more. I just have a ton of these little CeraVe Acne Foaming Cleanser in my bag and basically just replenish them when I run out. These are samples from clinic so they're really convenient. I love them."

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84%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Hydrating Gel Cleanser with Hyaluronic Acid

"Neutrogena their Hydro Boost gel facial cleanser is really really nice gentle gel cleanser that cleanses your skin but has nice formulation that also boosts your skin hydration that usually is stripped with cleansing. I love the fact that this is fragrance-free so suitable even for those with more sensitive skin. It's lightweight, it cleanses, it has this nice gentle lather and rinses off really nicely without leaving much residue behind."

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78%Guru Score

Farmacy Green Clean Makeup Removing Cleansing Balm

"Farmacy Green Clean Makeup Removing Cleansing Balm is [...] a really elegant cleansing balm where a little bit goes a long way. It's gentle yet at the same time very effective at removing all the makeup, sunscreen, and layers with sunscreen which I tend to put on throughout the day, [...] and I tend to wear a lot more water resistant makeup which tends to be harder to get rid of with just a traditional cleanser. I double cleanse every night and I find that this one is really great for removing everything with just one pass, and afterwards my skin doesn't feel overly stripped, dry, or tight, nor does it feel like there is extra greasy oily feel on [...] it. Ingredient-wise, it contains sunflower and ginger root oil that helps to cleanse and melt away all the summer impurities, along with turmeric and Moringa extract that can help to clean impurities and debris, along with papaya enzyme, which is a gentle fruit-derived enzyme that has some mild exfoliation benefits. It's a great cleansing balm to use alone or as a first step of double cleansing."

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82%Guru Score

CeraVe Makeup Removing Cleanser Balm

"CeraVe makes really great gentle fragrance-free products. This balm works really well at dissolving makeup, sunscreen, sebum, and debris. It also contains ceramides and jojoba oil that are nourishing for the skin. You can use this as the first step to remove everything and then as the second step go in again with a gentle facial cleanser to remove any residue as needed."

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59%Guru Score

Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water

"I wear waterproof eye makeup and mascara, so I find that double cleansing is the most effective yet gentle way of removing all of that. I recommend going with something affordable like a micellar water, and the one I'm suggesting is from Garnier, their Micellar Cleansing Water, for about $4.99. It's a gentle micellar water you can put on a cotton pad and gently massage on your face and eyes to remove all the makeup and buildup. If you don't wear a lot of makeup and water-resistant sunscreen, you can skip this."

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66%Guru Score

Neutrogena Stubborn Texture Daily Cleanser

"If you have somebody that you know struggles more with like oily and acne prone skin, the Neutrogena Stubborn Texture Daily Cleanser is packaged in red from their stubborn acne line, and it's fragrance-free. It is more of a gel cleanser that lathers nicely but again not super drying at the same time. It contains 1% salicylic acid that can help to gently exfoliate and help to improve like roughness, clog pores, pore congestion, and it's ideal for those that are more like oily and prone to acne."

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71%Guru Score

Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser

"The Cetaphil gentle cleanser comes in different versions, but if you have super sensitive skin the creamy one is great. It's got prebiotics, vitamin B5 and other ingredients, so it's very gentle and hydrating at the same time and your skin doesn't feel stripped after using it."

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80%Guru Score

Burt's Bees Dissolve Cleansing Balm

"This cleansing balm is really nice. It does a really good job and after you wash it away it does not leave a shiny oily film on your face, so it saves you needing another cleanse and reduces dehydration and damage to your skin barrier."

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83%Guru Score

SkinFix Barrier+ Foaming Oil Cleanser

"A great oil cleanser that helps to effectively remove makeup debris without stripping your skin."

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80%Guru Score

SkinMedica AHA BHA Exfoliating Cleanser

"Another one is from SkinMedica, a little pricier. They have an AHA BHA Exfoliating Cleanser that contains a blend of alphahydroxy acids including lactic acid, glycolic acid, as well as salicylic acid that's fairly gentle and great to use on a daily basis."

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84%Guru Score

Avène XeraCalm A.D. Lipid-Replenishing Cleansing Oil

"I love it because number one it comes in a fairly large bottle that you can pump for dispense and two I have used it on myself and my whole family in fact I love this one for bathing my kids especially removing like water resistant sunscreen"

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85%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Omega Cleansing Balm

"This is a great cleansing balm if you are a fan of double cleansing, which I personally love. I love this balm for a couple reasons: number one, it's got great ingredients, Omega 3, 6, and 9, as well as jojoba oil and other plant-based ingredients to help nourish the skin. And with the texture and formulation, it is wonderful and gentle but yet effectively able to dissolve the waterproof makeup that I wear on a regular basis, as well as the layers of sunscreen and water-resistant sunscreen that I often reapply on my skin throughout the day. Now, this is pretty rich and creamy, and I do find that it tends to leave a little bit of residue. So with that said, I don't think it's great if you're looking for a one-stop shop cleanser to use, if you only want to pick one cleanser, there are certainly other cleansing balms I find that leave minimal residue that can be used alone. But this one, because it leaves a little bit more residue, it's great for double cleansing. So the first step of double cleansing, you definitely want to follow up with a water-based cleanser afterwards. But in general, I think it's great for removing makeup, first step of double cleansing, and for those with more dry skin."

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75%Guru Score

Cetaphil Hydrating Foaming Cream Cleanser

"The Cetaphil Hydrating Foaming Cream Cleanser comes in a big bottle with an easy to dispense pump. It's fragrance free, paraben free, hypoallergenic, and contains wonderful ingredients including niacinamide, B5, vitamin E, glycerin, and prebiotic aloe. What I really love about this is the formula, as the name implies it's creamy but yet foams nicely. When you wash it off you don't feel like your skin is super stripped, dry, or tight. For individuals who don't wear a lot of water-resistant sunscreen or makeup, this can be your one-stop shop of cleansing to use at night before you sleep. I find that for the majority of the times when I don't wear a lot of makeup and wear water-resistant sunscreen, this is enough to thoroughly remove everything. If you're looking for a good effective cleanser that's going to remove things that are easy to come off but won't leave your skin feeling super stripped, or you're just not into double cleansing but want a good gentle cleanser, this is a great option."

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82%Guru Score

Cetaphil Gentle Clear Complexion Clearing BPO Acne Cleanser

"I used to use Neutrogena's clear BPO cleanser, which is more really for oily combination skin, and so Cetaphil was really the first one to come out with a creamy benzoyl peroxide cleanser. If I were to compare this one against other options, I have to say Cetaphil's one really wins as the most creamy, most hydrating cleanser. I mean it's so creamy and hydrating that I view it as more of a treatment, like a cleansing treatment that you leave on for a few minutes, and not so much as a cleanser. So you definitely, if you have makeup, sunscreen that you want to remove, you definitely don't want to use this because you're not going to feel that you're removing things effectively. What I typically do with any benzoyl peroxide cleanser is to double cleanse using a cleansing oil or a balm, and then this would be my second step as my water-based cleanser. You just leave it on for a few minutes and then you rinse off. That few minutes will allow it to work, but it's really creamy, hydrating, not irritating. So if you have acne-prone skin but also dry or sensitive skin, or have tried out quite a few benzoyl peroxide cleansers and have found them to be still quite drying, then I recommend giving this one a try."

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86%Guru Score

Murad Soothing Oat and Peptide Cleanser

"It's from [Murad] and it's their Soothing Oat and Peptide Cleanser certainly this is one that is great for sensitive and eczema prone skin"

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80%Guru Score

Murad AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser

"Otherwise Murad has a combined BHA nah Gel Cleanser"

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88%Guru Score

Versed Day Dissolve Cleansing Balm

"The Day Dissolve Cleansing Balm retails for $17.99 and is a great, really affordable cleansing balm that lasts many months because you only need a little bit. A little bit goes a long way at being able to remove sunscreen, makeup, and impurities. I love the fact that this cleansing balm leaves minimal greasy residue. You can even use it in the morning as your cleanser if you choose to, but I use it as the first step of my double cleansing routine. [...] My skin feels nourished, it doesn't feel stripped, but yet it's able to effectively remove everything. This contains vitamin E and lots of great plant-derived oils. It's effective and it's simple. Versed's products are devoid of synthetic fragrance, so that's another thing I really love about it. If you have more sensitive and rosacea-prone skin, this is a line that I find most of their products to be fairly suitable for."

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79%Guru Score

CeraVe Micellar Cleansing Water

"I use this to cleanse my skin with a cotton pad and if I didn't have this I would probably make my own. I've talked about this in my previous travel skincare video where I would basically pre-fill a Ziploc bag with a cotton pad soaked in micellar water from home and then just use that essentially like my makeup wipes but it's a lot more gentle."

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61%Guru Score

Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil

"If you're looking for something more budget friendly, then you can't beat the Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil. I mean, I think this is actually less than 10 bucks. A bottle goes a long way. This is one of Japan's top selling cleansing oil and super popular now. [...] This is a lightweight mineral-based oil cleanser that helps to effectively remove everything. [...] The texture is [...] more of a watery oil cleanser, but it still works really well. I do find that for my eye makeup, I do kind of have to go in it with it twice, but still, nevertheless, it's a great one to remove like makeup and sunscreen from your skin and rinses off really nicely without residue. [...] Ingredient wise contains a mineral oil along with other blends like olive, sesame, and jojoba to nourish the skin. So I think just for the price point and also just the efficacy really nothing can beat this."

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89%Guru Score

The INKEY List Oat Cleansing Balm

"The Inkey List Oat Cleansing Balm is very nourishing and really good at removing water resistant mascara from my face without leaving a lot of residue, so you can use it alone as your night cleanser."

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75%Guru Score

Banila Co Clean It Zero Original Cleansing Balm

"This cleansing balm has a special place in my heart because it is the very first cleansing balm that got me into double cleansing. I love it for a couple reasons. Number one is it's really gentle and effective at removing waterproof mascara and eyeliner that I wear on a regular basis, and also it doesn't cause irritation, at least for me, for my eyes. And two, when you rinse it off it leaves minimal residue. Even though it's on the pricier end, for its value and how much you get in a 100 milliliter standard jar, it took me about over 6 months to get through it and I double cleanse on a daily basis. So I just love it. It's a great one if you're looking for a cleansing balm. If you've never tried it, I highly recommend trying this one."

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68%Guru Score

The INKEY List 2% Salicylic Acid Cleanser

"I have used their BHA cleanser that contains two percent salicylic acid. It's a fine one, it's just not on my favorite list mostly because the formulation for me I don't feel like it's the best suited for my skin and my skin is more kind of on that dry side. But that one is a great alternative if you for some reason can't tolerate benzoyl peroxide and you're looking for an acne fighting ingredient and you have mild or comedonal acne because it does sud or foam more readily. I personally feel like it's better suited for those with more oily or acne prone skin."

~Mixed

83%Guru Score

AcneFree Oil-Free Acne Cleanser

"It's from AcneFree, an Oil-Free Acne Cleanser that contains 2.5 percent benzoyl peroxide. I find that for benzoyl peroxide concentration, 2.5 to 5 percent is really the sweet spot, the higher can just lead to more irritation and doesn't necessarily work better. This is an oil-free gel cream cleanser, and what I do is rub it on all over my face, avoiding my eyes and really around the corners of my mouth. What I actually do is leave it on for a few minutes, and when that is sitting on my skin, it's working. This is actually a method called short contact therapy, which I've talked about previously, where short contact of an active ingredient can help in targeting the concerns. Here it's fighting acne, inflammatory acne, and acne-causing bacteria. So what I typically do is leave this on my face for about a few minutes and brush my teeth with my electric toothbrush, and when I'm done, it's time to wash everything off."

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82%Guru Score

Haircare42 reviews

T3 Hair dryer

"I use T3 and then I also been loving the ref dryer from Japan which is amazing. Really takes down the frizz level and make your hair so soft and smooth."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

K18 Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask

"I will add in probably you know in that routine like once a week a bond repair treatment like K18 or something like that."

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82%Guru Score

CeraVe Anti-Dandruff Shampoo with Zinc Pyrithione

"I love CeraVe anti-dandruff shampoo with active ingredients like zinc pyrithione, but it's going to be way more gentle on your hair."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Nioxin Scalp Recovery Cleansing Shampoo

"I may replace that with like a shampoo that supports scalp health like Nioxin for like those who struggle with hair grain or hair thinning."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer

"The Dyson one, it tends to make my hair stick together and tangle more for some reason. [...] I really do think that this one, [...] my hair loves it more for some reason."

✕Nay

85%Guru Score

Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Heat Styling Spray

"I love the fact that it's kind of like a nice leave-in conditioner, but in no ways is it heavy or will it weigh my hair down. It's not greasy. I just love the texture. It's so lovely. It's got this tri-protection technology that protects against UV, environmental stressors, and heat, as well as time-release peptides to help condition your hair keeping your hair soft, as well as an antioxidant complex that offer additional protection for hair. I apply it on damp hair and then blow dry, so I'm getting that heat protection and then of course UV protection throughout in between hair washing."

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78%Guru Score

K18 Peptide Prep pH Maintenance Shampoo

"Swap two K18 Peptide Prep pH Maintenance Shampoo for $39 which honestly is not bad and in fact this is one of my personal favorite detox shampoos. I use it once a week regularly."

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84%Guru Score

L'Oreal EverPure Sulfate-Free Clarifying Shampoo

"It's safe for color treated hair and processed hair, but also leaves hair feeling refreshed without drying. It's got menthol, citric acid that helps to balance the scalp pH along with a sulfate-free detergent that cleanses without stripping. This is a great affordable yet elegant drugstore clarifying shampoo that I often recommend on my Instagram and TikTok to my followers. I think it's really worth checking out if you're just looking for one that's gentle and you have chemically processed or color treated hair."

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82%Guru Score

OGX Repair & Protect Bond Protein Repair Heat Protectant Spray

"It's got that bond complex from OGX. So at the same time in addition to protecting your hair from heat also offers some maybe repair or at least soothing smoothing down the cuticle so your hair feels softer, shinier, maybe help to amend some of the damage that you're maybe doing while you're styling your hair. So this is a great alternative and I feel like for $11, you just can't lose for that price."

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71%Guru Score

K18 Heat Bounce Conditioning Heat Protectant

"This is a great one because I'm always in the market for a good lightweight heat protectant that helps to make my hair feel better too, and does something for my hair aside from just protecting it from heat. This one from K18 is a lovely one. Not only does it protect your hair from heat of styling, it also helps to reduce breakage and strengthen your hair fibers because it's got that biomimetic K18 peptide. Love the texture because it's light. It's nourishing but not heavy. So it also helps to soften and smooth your hair at the same time. So you're protecting your hair but also doing something good for your hair at the same time. Ingredient wise, it's got the K18 peptide, heat activators, polymers that help to basically do its job and then conditioning agents that help to smooth and soften your hair. I apply it on damp hair, but I believe you can also spray it on dry hair before you curl. So it's pretty versatile in that sense."

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78%Guru Score

Nizoral A-D Anti-Dandruff Shampoo (1% Ketoconazole)

"With anti-dandruff shampoos, if you have dandruff you definitely want to use it more often, maybe two to three times a week, but if you don't have dandruff you can just use it once a week to keep your scalp healthy. I prescribe prescription ketoconazole 2% to my patients but 1% Nizoral is great, though it can be drying on hair."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Nutrafol Hair Growth Supplement

"There are a few vitamin supplements that I recommend to my patients if they ask me for recommendations that can potentially support their hair regrowth journey and that's Nutrafol and the Viviscal. Both of those do contain biotin but it's not the biotin that's actually helping. It's their proprietary blend of active ingredients that is supporting that hair regrowth."

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63%Guru Score

Head & Shoulders Classic Clean Shampoo

"Even Cerave antidandruff shampoo or head and shoulders but you want to use that regularly to help with reducing dandruff"

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74%Guru Score

Viviscal Hair Growth Supplement

"There are a few vitamin supplements that I recommend to my patients if they ask me for recommendations that can potentially support their hair regrowth journey and that's Neutrofol and Viviscal. And both of those do contain biotin but it's not the biotin that's actually helping. It's their proprietary blend of active ingredients that is supporting that hair regrowth."

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65%Guru Score

Neutrogena T/Gel Coal Tar Shampoo

"If you actually can find their T/Gel which has tar and coal, which is also great anti-inflammatory, that really helps to cut down itching. I will often have them even rotate between the two. The benefit here is again salicylic acid really helps to kind of dissolve that buildup of the white mucous scale, remove that thickened scale, help to reduce inflammation. And this T/Gel one has 3% salicylic acid which is really great concentration. So what I have my patients do is just use that few times a week as they're washing their hair in place of their normal shampoo. And this one is fairly gentle. I don't find it to be extremely dry on hair, but certainly if you do have dry hair and also have dandruff, this is where going back to adding some oil, even conditioning your ends before you shampoo can be really helpful."

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84%Guru Score

Neutrogena T/Sal Therapeutic Shampoo

"Because of the inflammation and the buildup of thick scale, we really want a shampoo that has keratolytic properties, so helping to exfoliate and remove that dead skin buildup. One of my absolute favorite is actually Neutrogena T/Sal Therapeutic Shampoo with salicylic acid."

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84%Guru Score

Head & Shoulders Zinc Pyrithione Anti-Dandruff Shampoo

"Head and Shoulders have a wide range of different 1% zinc pyrithione shampoos that I find to be a little more gentle on hair overall. I do find that zinc pyrithione shampoos, they're less drying on hair. They are not as effective for treating active psoriasis flare, so this is where zinc pyrithione from Head and Shoulders is great for maintenance, and then when you have an active flare, this is where I would recommend using the ketoconazole and nizorol shampoos more regularly."

~Mixed

78%Guru Score

Rogaine Minoxidil 5% Foam

"Minoxidil, or goes by the brand name Rogaine, is the best most evidence-based product without a prescription to truly effectively stimulate hair growth. I recommend the foam because it's far less irritating. If you put the solution that has propylene glycol in it, it can cause irritation and may flare dander of psoriasis. The foam is a little bit greasier and is also easier to apply, so less likely to drip down and cause unwanted hair growth. The percentage for everyone, regardless if you're female or male, is the 5%. 5% has been shown to be safe and more effective for both men and women. I just tell all my patients to get the most affordable 5%, whatever formulation you prefer, and then just use that regularly."

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86%Guru Score

Vichy Dercos Anti-Dandruff DS Shampoo

"I really love this for those that have a little bit more harder to control dandruff. The difference between this one and the other two that I just talked about is if you have more severe dandruff and want something a little extra because the ingredients is different. It contains 1% selenium disulfide and selenium disulfide is much stronger and more effective at killing off the malassezia, and also contains salicylic acid and glycerin. I love this one because for those that do have harder to control dandruff you can use it on a regular basis to treat your dandruff but also minimizes relapse for up to six weeks and at the same time does not dry out your hair. If I'm struggling with dandruff a little more frequently then I will use the Vichy. Highly recommend this one if you have dry hair oily scalp or more moderate dandruff to use on a regular basis for better control."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Vanicream Free and Clear Hair Shampoo

"I love Vanicream but I have to tell you their Free and Clear line for shampoo and conditioner isn't the most elegant, at least for me. Like it just didn't deliver."

✕Nay

71%Guru Score

Head & Shoulders Bare Shampoo

"The bare line is minimal ingredients, I believe only has like nine or eleven ingredients total, so really suitable for those looking for kind of a minimalist hair care product but at the same time helping to fight dandruff. This one also contains zinc pyrithione. I really love the fact that when it rinses through it's moisturizing for my hair, effectively treating mild dandruff at the same time not damaging my hair. This one does contain fragrance, I believe I definitely smell something. So if you are not for fragrance-free hair care but also looking for a gentle anti-dandruff shampoo to use, I really recommend checking out this one from Head & Shoulders."

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83%Guru Score

Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo and Conditioner

"This is a great one if you like me have damaged hair dry hair looking for some hair rejuvenation and damage control and repair. It's got this bio protein care complex that helps to rebuild and strengthen damaged hair fibers along with amino acids found in your hair to really better support healthy hair strands, namely glutamic acid serum that really helps to nourish and provide strength to your hair fibers and also moisturizing agents that really help to coat the hair making your hair feel instantly soft and smooth. What I really love is the fact that not only is it pretty affordable, it really does instantly help to soften and keep my hair soft and smooth in between hair washing."

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86%Guru Score

Dove DermaCare Anti-Dandruff Shampoo

"If you have super dry hair and want something even more nourishing, check out Dove DermaCare Anti-Dandruff Shampoo. Of all the shampoos with zinc pyrithione, this one [...] is probably the most nourishing. [...] It still contains the active ingredient zinc pyrithione to fight dandruff, but as you're rinsing it through it is quite conditioning for the hair."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

OGX Renewing + Argan Oil of Morocco Shampoo

"I really love this one, especially for those that have dry and damaged hair like me."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

K18 Molecular Repair Hair Oil

"I really like K18, they're biomimetic hair science Molecular Repair Hair Oil. This one is great because it reduces frizz, you can use it on wet or dry hair and also offers great heat protection. Word of caution: few drops goes a long way. I made the mistake of literally drenching my entire palm and then my hair, which is pretty coarse and can eat up quite a bit of oil, but it felt really greasy afterwards. So all you need is a little bit. It's really great to use like after you shower, a few drops before you blow dry to offer heat protection, to reduce frizz, but also again before you wash your hair to kind of coat your hair and offer some additional protection. Ingredient-wise, it contains K18 signature K18 peptide that really helps to reinforce your hair structure, reconnecting the broken bonds, along with avocado oil, and then semisin and sin that essentially is like emollient, help to smooth your hair cuticles, reduce flyaways and surface that protective barrier."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray

"Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray is a heat-activated treatment meant to really reduce frizz in high-humidity environments and provides that glasslike appearance with up to 72 hours of humidity resistance. I rediscovered it in 2024 and have been loving it. I like to pair this when I do my gloss treatment to give my hair that extra boost of shine. [...] It makes my hair so shiny, gives it that glasslike appearance but so soft. It's ideal for anyone with [...] frizzy hair that gets even frizzier when it's hot and humid out, [...] but I don't have frizzy hair and I even use it in the wintertime because it just makes my hair so soft and so shiny. [...] You spray this and it's lightweight."

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81%Guru Score

L'Oreal EverPure Bond Repair+ Shampoo & Conditioner

"Product number six is a shampoo and conditioner kit, the L'Oreal EverPure Bond Repair. This is another drugstore bond repair line that I highly recommend, and [...] I absolutely love the shampoo and conditioner because it's safe on color treated hair. [...] The shampoo is my favorite because it's such a gentle, hydrating, nourishing shampoo that I would use even without the paired conditioner. On days when I do my hair cycling routine, [...] I alternate between shampoos, and on a day where I just need to gently cleanse my scalp without drying my hair, I'll use this shampoo. [...] I love how soft and silky my hair feels after it's rinsed out. The conditioner is lightweight and doesn't make my hair heavy. I prefer more of a dense conditioner, but nevertheless this one still makes my hair feel very soft and manageable, and helps to detangle it and make it look shiny too."

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76%Guru Score

Redken Acidic Bond Repair Shampoo

"The heart of this bonding concentrate is basically citric acid which is pH balanced but making it effective, and citric acid is the core ingredient here that helps to repair the bonds that are broken within the hair. So you really have a nice shampoo that I love it because it cleanses your scalp at the same time, and when you rinse it off your hair feels amazingly soft and manageable and smooth and not tangled up."

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84%Guru Score

Redken Acidic Bond Repair Conditioner

"When you rinse it off your hair feels amazingly soft and manageable and smooth and not tangled up, and it's got that conditioner that helps to smooth down cuticles making your hair stronger, smoother and shinier. So you can actually just use these together regularly to improve the overall quality and the feel of your hair."

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80%Guru Score

Trader Joe's Shea Butter and Coconut Oil Hair Mask

"I think you can't go wrong with $4 and a good conditioner conditioning mask that after make your hair feel pretty soft and shiny and less frizzy"

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79%Guru Score

Trader Joe's Shea Butter and Coconut Oil Hair Serum

"For $5 you can't go wrong, especially with this texture and the ingredients. I think it's a great steal. It adds shine and helps with conditioning and moisturization, and it also offers heat protection. If [...] I'm needing a little bit of additional protection before I curl or straighten my hair, this type of hair serum can really offer [...] that. Not only are you getting additional nourishment to your hair, but you're also getting that heat protection. Ingredient-wise, it contains shea butter and coconut oil, argan oil, and vitamin E along with plant-derived extracts that are rich in vitamins and antioxidants to support your hair throughout the day and protect it against environmental stresses. It's pretty lightweight, at least for my hair, so I can easily just throw it into my hair care routine in between hair washing to keep my hair feeling soft and shiny."

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67%Guru Score

Pureology Hydrate Shampoo

"The Pureology Hydrate Shampoo is more of a creamy shampoo that protects your hair color and helps to deeply moisturize at the same time. It contains jojoba oil, green tea, as well as sage extract that can stimulate your hair follicles."

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79%Guru Score

Living Proof Clarifying Detox Shampoo

"The living proof Clarifying Detox Shampoo is another one that's fairly effective at cleansing but not super harsh and aggressive on hair. What's unique about this shampoo in addition to activated charcoal is that it also contains magnetic polymers as well as naturally derived keratin agents that help to more effectively attract buildup, and that keratin agent helps to bind up heavy metal that can be found in hard water. So if you live in a place that has really hard water, that residue can really make your hair feel dry and brittle. Using a clarifying shampoo like this one once a week can kind of remove that buildup. What I love about this shampoo [...] is it's safe on color treated hair."

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78%Guru Score

L'Oréal Bond Repair Conditioner

"I really like the L'Oreal Bond Repair Conditioner that contains the 7% citric acid as well. I think it's really nice, but it is definitely lightweight. So for my hair, I often crave on repair days something thick and more nourishing."

~Mixed

74%Guru Score

K18 Airwash Dry Shampoo

"This is a non-aerosol dry shampoo, so when you spray it on, it actually feels like you're spraying water onto your scalp, but your scalp doesn't feel wet. And it doesn't come out in that aerosol spray, which means you're not getting those white flakes that traditional dry shampoos leave on your hair. For me, I find that to be the worst because it literally looks like I have dandruff on my scalp, which is sometimes the reason why I don't enjoy using dry shampoo on my scalp. No matter how much I shake up aerosol dry shampoos, that first spray always comes out with just a bit of white particles and flakes. But this one doesn't do that, and I'm obsessed with it."

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86%Guru Score

Shiseido Fino Premium Touch Hair Mask

"This is a dense, rich nourishing hair mask really meant to revitalize dry, brittle, chemically processed, damaged hair. It's really dense and creamy and really meant to help soften your hair, strengthen your hair, make your hair super soft, less frizzy and shiny. [...] You have to spend some time with it, [...] I recommend at least leaving this on for 20 minutes or longer. If you just leave it on for 5 minutes, you [...] really won't feel like [...] it does much. [...] The longer you leave it on your hair, the better the results would be. What is unique about this mask is its ingredients in the formula, something [...] we don't see here in the US. It uses a blend of royal jelly extract that helps to really nourish hair, revitalize hair, and offer some repairing benefits. It also contains other lipids ingredients like amino acids that help to strengthen hair and really make the hair soft and smooth and shiny. It's just a very dense mask, very nourishing. [...] My hair is coarse, and I find it really helps to instantly soften my hair and add shine. If you have fine hair you may have to test it out, but I don't really feel like it should weigh your hair down. I've seen other people with fine hair testing out this product and I've seen nothing but good things from their experience."

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80%Guru Score

Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo

"The one that I always use is from Living Proof, their Perfect Hair Day PhD dry shampoo. This is just a great refreshing, I really love this scent, makes me feel instantly refreshed when I use it. It helps to absorb any excessive oil, sebum, and odor from your scalp. I spray it the night before before I sleep, so it's best to use it at night before you sleep. It's really easy to use and I love the fact it doesn't leave any visible particles, especially with my darker hair. I feel like sometimes other dry shampoos can leave like this white powder on my scalp and make me look like I have really bad dandruff. This one does not. So it works really well, I love the scent, and it instantly helps to absorb any excessive oil and debris and also kind of gives a temporary volumizing effect. So if you're looking for a dry shampoo, highly recommend trying this one."

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82%Guru Score

Nutrafol Root Purifier Scalp Shampoo for Thinning Hair

"I actually love this shampoo when I need to wash my hair back to back and so I alternate between different shampoos"

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

The INKEY List Salicylic Acid Exfoliating Scalp Treatment

"One I really recommend is from The INKEY List, their Salicylic Acid Oily Scalp Treatment. That is essentially a pre-washed exfoliating treatment that you will apply on your scalp and then you jump in the shower and wash that off. It contains 2% salicylic acid as well as panthenol that's hydrating, so overall a great scalp treatment to use. And again, just like facial exfoliants, you don't want to overdo it. At most, like once or twice a week depending on your scalp type. In general, these type of exfoliating treatments with salicylic acid is better suited for those that have more like flaky, oily scalp, dandruff-prone that needs kind of that type of additional exfoliation to remove buildup. If you have more eczema-prone, dry scalp, this is probably something not that you can't use, but you definitely want to just limit the use."

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84%Guru Score

Olaplex Clarifying Shampoo

"The Clarifying Shampoo from Olaplex is one that I find to be effective at removing buildup and so something that I would use maybe once or twice a month depending on how much products I put within my scalp."

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85%Guru Score

CeraVe Fragrance-Free Hydrating Hair Care Shampoo and Conditioner

"Gentle formulations that I find to be more conditioning on the scalp and less stripping of scalp's natural sebum. This contains niacinamide as well as panthenol and hyaluronic acid. This is also fragrance free, so another great option not only for daily use for those with oily scalp but also if you have eczema and dry scalp. This would be one that I really recommend."

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84%Guru Score

The INKEY List Caffeine Stimulating Scalp Treatment

"Studies using caffeine along with other antioxidants have shown to keep scalp healthy and thereby support hair growth and give the perception of fuller hair. What I do love about this serum, number one it's really lightweight, so for individuals who are seeking a serum to keep your scalp healthy to support you on your hair growth journey I think this is a great one to use. Along with caffeine it also contains lactic acid, green tea, and panthenol, so ingredients that help to hydrate the skin, support the skin moisture barrier, antioxidants that are going to keep your scalp healthy. Because of this formulation it applies really nicely and doesn't impart any greasiness to the hair, so something that can be used more regularly which I can't always say for all the other scalp serums that exist on the market."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Other28 reviews

Alastin Regenerating Skin Nectar

"One of my favorite ones is expensive but has a lot of great data. I love it pre and post procedure. From Alastin, there is the Nectar that's great to use after resurfacing laser that boosts collagen and complements those procedures that help to jumpstart collagen banking."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

ZIIP Halo 2.0

"I really love Zip for microcurrent, but just keep in mind that any result is temporary and you really have to keep doing it regularly to get that continued lifted, tightened look."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Vichy Mineral 89 Prebiotic Recovery and Defense Concentrate

"Vichy Mineral 89 is simple, a great hyaluronic acid product that's non-irritating."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

The Ordinary Volufiline 92% + Pal-Isoleucine 1%

"The Ordinary launched this product called Volufiline 92% and Pal-Isoleucine 1%, and this is the name that shows up on the bottle. There is data, but very limited and questionable. The best one we have is from the actual manufacturer. They looked at this product specifically, it's a 5% Volufiline cream on 28-year-old women applying it to breast tissue. They used it for about 50 plus days and the average result was a 2.2% increase in breast volume with some good responders seeing maybe 8%. Again, very small. It was not a peer-reviewed study. When it's made by the manufacturer, you don't really often have access to how the study was set up, did these patients do anything else like actual breast surgery during the study, did they use anything else. We don't know, but they applied this cream and there was this improvement."

~Mixed

61%Guru Score

Olaplex No. 6 Bond Smoother

"I did take a break from Olaplex for a while, mostly because I was so about K18, and then recently reintroduced their hair mask and their leave-in, I think it's number six treatment. It's almost like a leave-in conditioner, and I've absolutely been loving it."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Lift Active C10

"This would be a really good one to try ... great if you are acne prone"

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58%Guru Score

Medik8 C-Tetra Advance

"Medik8 C-Tetra Advance is a very powerful yet gentle vitamin C formulated with THD ascorbate. [...] It's going to help brighten and provide antioxidant benefits, is lightweight, non-occlusive, and great if you're looking for a more fancier version with higher potency. [...] This formula contains 20% THD ascorbate, so a higher concentration and more potent, potentially offering better brightening or antioxidant benefits, [...] but nevertheless, I still don't find it very irritating. If you have sensitive skin, THD ascorbate formula because of the lipid solubility in the creamy version is going to be less irritating."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals Silymarin CF

"In the summer I've been tolerating it fairly well. It's really designed for more oily and acne prone skin because of the formula. You're getting the right formulation with vitamin C 15% active vitamin C, L-ascorbic acid, along with 0.5% ferulic acid that is an additional antioxidant, and 0.5% silymarin. Silymarin is derived from milk thistle and what it does is an antioxidant that helps to reduce oil oxidation. As part of acne pathogenesis, when UV and external environment causes oxidative damage on sebum, that actually leads to pro-inflammatory cytokines, so in part why we say UV exposure flares acne."

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82%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals Triple Lipid Restore 2:4:2

"This is a creamy but yet not heavy or greasy moisturizer. The 2:4:2 really kind of stands for the ratio of lipids that specifically formulated for mature skin. So it has a right ratio of ceramides to cholesterol and fatty acids that really helps to better support our skin barrier especially with aging. This is a great one because aside from just mature skin, it's actually been shown to reduce that retinization period. So that period where our skin freaks out when we first start a topical retinoid because of this right ratio of lipids. It actually reduces the retinization period by a week in their clinical studies. It's creamy and nourishing but not heavy. I particularly like it for the evening but definitely if you are really dry and looking for something that's even suitable to use in the morning, this would be a really good one. Aside from that lipid ratio also contains vitamin E. One thing to just be careful is it does contain a little bit of fragrance, essential oil. So if you're super sensitive to that, maybe not be the best fit for you, but otherwise, I love recommending this."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Rejuran Healer PDRN Injectable

"PDRN stands for poly deoxy ribonucleotide. It is essentially a DNA fragment. And the original, the best that's been studied is actually derived from salmon sperm DNA. [...] It's really rich in nucleotides, which is one of the building blocks of life for DNA that helps to support cellular regeneration, maybe collagen production, wound healing. So a lot of great repair and regenerative properties. It was first really used in wound hair therapy and regeneration medicine. Now it's taken kind of the cosmetic world by storm and helping with skin repair, skin rejuvenation, making the skin look more youthful, glassy, smooth, hydrated, helping with reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and has also been used for post-procedure recovery to expedite recovery."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

VT Reedle Shot 100

"I'll be honest I haven't used it enough to really kind of give me my final verdict but I'll tell you I'm not a big fan of anything that causes sting and burning sensation of my skin"

✕Nay

72%Guru Score

Avène Thermal Spring Water

"There are so many different ways you can spritz to calm irritated skin right on the spot and then follow with the moisturizer. You can spritz on eczema-prone skin to calm eczema as well as rosacea-prone skin. If your skin feels hot and overheated, this is a great way to calm that down. You can even use it to set makeup. So there are so many different ways of using this Thermal Spring Water. It's a really nice on-the-go product to kind of instantly calm and soothe and hydrate your skin, as long as you pat that watery in and then follow it with the moisturizer."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Bellafill Bellafill

"The most common brands that we hear about especially in the US is Juvéderm, Restylane, and Bellafill. There are a lot of other brands too that are available and some that are not available that are commonly used in Asia but those are the most common brands that you may hear your injector or your dermatologist mention or talk to you about."

✓Yay

55%Guru Score

Alastin Restorative Neck Complex

"If you're looking for a retinol-based neck cream for fine lines and wrinkles and creepiness, this is one I highly recommend. Another one of my all-time favorite neck creams that doesn't contain retinol, especially if you're even more sensitive than I am to retinol, but works really well at stimulating collagen and helping with firming the neck, is the Alastin Restorative Neck Complex. This technology I've mentioned it many times in my previous videos, but basically Alastin has TriHex technology that's been shown under clinical studies with biopsies to basically go in and clean out all the damaged collagen and elastin, which actually when they're damaged by sun or just with age, it kind of stays in our skin and basically is like garbage taking up space and leading to more loose skin, fine lines and wrinkles. So this neck cream with the TriHex technology of peptides goes in and clears out and basically gets rid of the garbage while at the same time stimulates our body's own collagen and elastin, protecting and supporting collagen and elastin, improving fine lines, wrinkles, helping with creepiness and improving the firmness of our neck skin. This does not contain retinol, it contains the TriHex technology I mentioned along with oats that's soothing as well as niacinamide which has brightening, great skin barrier support, anti-aging benefit."

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85%Guru Score

Shiseido Ultimune Power Infusing Concentrate

"This is a lovely, beautifully elegantly packaged line. The serum is beautiful, the moisturizer is wonderful as well. I personally really love the serum, and not only because I've used it myself, it's also really lovely to gift to a mom, a friend, a relative during holiday times or when you feel like it. This is probably Shiseido's bestselling product from all the lines that they have. This line itself really utilizes plant-derived extracts in helping to add radiance to the skin, support collagen synthesis, improve skin renewal, skin tone, evenness, and hydration. And definitely Shiseido has done clinical studies to back up these claims. I believe the numbers are crazy but this bottle serum is sold every seven seconds around the world globally, so definitely a wonderful product that is worth exploring and worth trying if you haven't. It contains fermented roselle extract that increases skin's ability to hold on to water. There's heartleaf extract, another really popular ingredient that again helps to soothe and hydrate the skin, support the skin moisture barrier. There's reishi mushroom, but we know mushroom is very beneficial."

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Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Multi-Recovery Complex

"It retails for $125 for 50ml. This is the iconic little brown bottle that we all see everywhere, it's kind of what I think of first when I think of Estée Lauder skincare products. It's actually really popular in Asia; in China, [...] this is like the product to get. Estée Lauder is a very well-respected cosmetic company, they definitely make wonderful formulations that work well, and [...] they actually do quite a bit of research, but certainly at this price point it's not for everyone. As for the formula: it's really ideal for those seeking a nighttime serum to tackle anti-aging concerns, namely fine lines, wrinkles, uneven skin texture and skin tone. [...] It contains hyaluronic acid, which is fairly ubiquitous, to help hydrate the skin. It also contains a tri-peptide 32 that helps support skin renewal and rejuvenation and may help support collagen synthesis. It also contains their exclusive ChronoxY technology, we don't really know exactly what's in it, but essentially it's a blend of ingredients that helps support skin self-repair and self-renewal overnight as you sleep to address those concerns of skin aging. It also contains antioxidants like vitamin E and caffeine, along with lactobacillus ferment, which is great for hydrating and brightening the skin, along with other floral and plant-derived extracts. So just a really nice, elegant serum to use at nighttime."

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65%Guru Score

Grande Cosmetics GrandeLASH-MD

"Grande lash contains a prostaglandin analog, a common one is called isopropyl cloprostenate. There are many other ones, but this is a common one and it can be a problem because consumers don't know that, and when they're using it they may not be expecting this irritation and hyperpigmentation that may occur. The irritation and hyperpigmentation have been reported so much that the FDA has actually issued warning letters to the brand basically informing them they need to be fully transparent. There have also been class action lawsuits against brands like Grande lash. There are over-the-counter non-prescription analogs that do exist that work very similar to Latisse, maybe not as strong, but the common irritations, hyperpigmentation and other side effects exist."

✕Nay

47%Guru Score

Latisse Latisse

"The predominant benefit of using Latisse is that you're going to get longer looking lashes. When your lash is in that growing phase it has more blood supply and nutrients, it may grow thicker and may appear fuller, but usually that's not the case. In general you're going to have longer looking lashes. From personal experience I did use Latisse for like a year many years back and that's what I experienced: my lashes fell out less, grew longer, but weren't really fuller. One of the side effects is that prostaglandin can actually induce pigment or melanin synthesis, which is why one of the side effects that we warn patients about when prescribing a prostaglandin serum like Latisse is that you may get brown eye color. So if you have like green or blue eye color, your eye color may actually turn brown to some degree, and that may be permanent, though usually it's reversible. If you have light colored lashes it may darken them as well. When it comes to effectively lengthening eyelashes, nothing is going to beat prostaglandin. Regardless of what other serums that don't contain prostaglandin market and claim, nothing is going to be as effective. However, prostaglandin does come with side effects that can be more serious, including irritation, since eyelid skin is very thin and delicate and anything we put on there could potentially cause irritation, reaction, redness, and dermatitis."

~Mixed

61%Guru Score

Alastin Restorative Skin Complex

"This is like the very first peptide treatment that I ever used and I feel like after this it really sparked my interest in incorporating peptides into my skincare routine which I have for the past like 7 to 8 years. Alastin contains a blend of trademark called TriEx technology so containing tripeptides and hexapeptides and has been shown in clinical studies and as well as on skin biopsies to really basically go in and kind of clean out the garbage, so the kind of the damaged collagen elastin that's just sitting there taking up space preventing new collagen and elastin from forming. So going in cleaning out the junk and then stimulating new ones to form. And the peptides here is actually a series of three and six peptides are found on collagen one and actually the tripeptide is actually a segment of the Matrix metalloproteinase peptide itself. And so I love this one because not only for the ingredients but also for the clinical studies that it has demonstrated efficacy."

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82%Guru Score

Revision Skincare C+ Correcting Complex 30%

"Another one is from Revision C+ Correcting Complex that contains 30% lipid vitamin C and that one is great. It has a unique formulation that not only offers great antioxidant support but also has been shown to help with hyperpigmentation. So another great one that's been clinically studied and better for those that have maybe sensitive skin or looking for an antioxidant serum that also offers skin brightening and helping with hyperpigmentation."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Canopy Humidifier Starter Set

"If you're looking for a bedside humidifier I recommend the Canopy Humidifier. This is small, it's really convenient to keep next to your bed to help keep your skin and nose hydrated and moisturized. It's very easy to clean, easy to operate, and it comes with a filter that you change out every 6 weeks and there are refillables that you can purchase and change out very easily."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Rare Beauty Find Comfort Body Collection

"Rare Beauty just came out with a body line"

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo

"La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo contains 5.5% micronized benzoyl peroxide formulated in a more gentle way along with lipohydroxy acid, which is a more gentle form of salicylic acid that can also help to exfoliate. It's in a light lotion texture that's very easy to apply, absorbs very quickly with minimal residue. I do recommend spot treating one or two pimples if needed, rather than applying benzoyl peroxide all over the face, since the ingredient itself is usually of a very irritating nature and very few people will be able to tolerate that, especially if they're already using a topical retinoid. If you have one or two zits that is just really bothering you or you have important events coming up, spot treating with benzoyl peroxide can more quickly shrink them down."

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67%Guru Score

Glytone Enhanced Brightening Complex

"For those with more mature skin so dryness fine line wrinkles uneven skin tone due to excessive sun exposure and sun damage, the Glytone Enhanced Brightening Complex contains glycolic and azelaic acid and has a creamy texture that's going to leave your skin feeling hydrated and nourished. The lower concentration of glycolic acid is going to help to hydrate the skin over time, help to smooth the skin, reduce dullness, and help to improve the appearance of fine lines. Together with the azelaic acid, it's going to help improve hyperpigmentation and overall add some brightening benefits and improve uneven skin tone. This product can be used twice daily and because of its formula and the texture, it can be layered together with your vitamin C serum at night as well as your retinol at night. [...] You want to take it slow, gradually maybe start off once a day and then see if you can work your way up to twice daily. This is a good one for more sun damaged skin."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Dove Sensitive Skin Beauty Bar

"Gentle soaps like the ones from Dove sensitive bar soap can be a great way to cleanse, and because most of us don't sweat as much and don't get dirty as much in the winter anyway you really don't need soap"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF

"The first step after cleansing is always for me in the morning a vitamin C serum and I just happen to have a small bottle of Phloretin CF from SkinCeuticals. I bought this one because number one it's so hot and humid here that I like Phloretin CF better than C through. A lot of people tend to like a lighter serum for the summer."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

COSRX Propolis Light Ampule

"From COSRX, the Propolis Light Ampule. Propolis has some anti-inflammatory, potentially skin-plumping, anti-aging benefits. I've been using these because I really enjoy the lightweight nature of these serums and the way they feel, helping to keep my skin hydrated. It really does not leave your skin feeling sticky like some hydrating hyaluronic acid-based serums can do. So nice to have, but not necessary."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Romand Juicy Lasting Tint

"This has a juicy glossy finish with long lasting color that is very natural but yet buildable. It's really nice because I love the fact that it's super hydrating and so smooth, glides on your lips really nicely. You can apply layers and it won't get cakey or chalky or flaky, which is great because my lips do tend to get dry. It feels nonsticky, creates this really nice glossy finish, but the color stays surprising for a long time. I love the fact that you can build on it, it's really hydrating for your lips as well, and it comes in a wide range of shades."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Masks & Peels23 reviews

Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant

"My favorite ingredient is salicylic acid because it clears out the pores, removes debris, and prevents buildup. It's way better than other acids, like alpha hydroxy acid, because it penetrates oil and penetrates your pores more readily. The key is not to overdo it, because when you do, you're not going to clear out your pores faster, you're only going to irritate your skin, so pick a product, use it consistently, and be patient because the process takes time. One of my favorites is the Paula's Choice 2% BHA liquid exfoliant, applied where you're bothered by it a few times a week."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Cetaphil Derm Control Clay Mask

"You can think about adding a clay mask at home. Clay doesn't shrink your pores, but what it does is temporarily suck out the sebum, temporarily reducing the appearance of your pores. This is something that if you use it too often can be drying, so it's definitely going to be more suitable for those with oily skin who struggle with dilated pores, using it once a week. One of my favorite products is actually from Cetaphil, they have a great clay mask that is also very gentle."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 6% Mandelic Acid + 2% Lactic Acid Liquid Exfoliant

"They also have Paula's Choice a 6% mandelic acid plus 2% lactic acid that is also great for kind of helping with uneven tone and those who are acne-prone. I'm loving the fact that there are more products with mandelic acid because it's just such an underrated product and really ideal for those who are more sensitive, acne-prone, and struggle with hyperpigmentation, too."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Olaplex No. 8 Bond Intense Moisture Repair Mask

"This is a really nice rich moisturizing hair mask, and I use a hair mask like once a weekish. That is great for damaged hair, kind of helping to repair those bonds and really just making your hair buttery soft. So great for anyone like me who have overly processed damaged dry hair. I love using this."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Biodance Bio-Collagen Real Deep Mask

"This includes four of the really popular Biodance Real Deep Mask hydrogel sheet masks. You know, the one that you leave on overnight and you peel off, revealing really nice dewy glass skin. I love using this especially when I'm traveling. I find that travel, international travel, makes my skin so dry and just jetlagged. And then also before an important event, it's really fun because you're getting your skin really set up for like a nice event looking glowy. Makeup applies really nicely afterwards. There's actually four different types in addition to the pink. There is the Hydrera that's the blue one for hydration. There is the refreshing sea kelp, which is more for oily skin maybe. And then there is the radiant vita niacinamide that is great for brightening. So you get the pink, the blue, the green and the yellow. It's really a quick self-care fix, making someone feel really cared for with that luxury feel without a really super expensive price point."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Laneige Water Sleeping Mask

"This is the OG sleeping mask and probably what Laneige is really known for. It's a lightweight gel mask that you'll apply in place of your moisturizer or on top of your moisturizer, but it's meant to be left on overnight to do its work as you sleep so you don't wash it off. [...] You can use it as needed like a few times a week or nightly as your nighttime moisturizer if you choose. It's got this hydrolyzed mineral water and beta glucan that is really unique in maximizing skin hydration absorption, helping to soothe and moisturize your skin as you sleep. You can use it so many different ways. You can use it as needed for dullness or hydration, or [...] when you're traveling, putting this on in flight can really help to reduce that dehydration that your skin gets while you're flying."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Kate Somerville ExfoliKate Intensive Exfoliating Treatment

"The benefit of physical exfoliation is that your skin does feel much softer after using it immediately. It's got lactic acid along with fruit enzymes like from papaya, pineapple, and pumpkin to help gently exfoliate, silica that provides a physical exfoliation for that polished feel, along with aloe and honey as more soothing and hydrating ingredients. So a great overall fairly expensive but a nice chemical and physical exfoliant that you can use like once a week."

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75%Guru Score

SkinFix Redness Recovery and Antioxidant Peptide Treatment Mask

"The Redness Recovery and Antioxidant Peptide Treatment Mask is a really interesting [...] cream gel mask that you put on like a lanes overnight sleeping mask. [...] You can either use this on top or in replacement of your moisturizer. What it does is helps to calm and soothe red inflamed irritated skin. I really love it for those who have rosacea flares where their skin is just beat red hot and uncomfortable and burning. The cool cream gel texture really helps to calm and soothe, in addition with the ingredients too to actually help hydrate the skin, repair the skin barrier, but at the same time actually reduce the symptoms and the visible component of the redness. I really love it for rosacea patients to use regularly a couple times a week to help support their skin and repair the skin, or as needed when they're really having those bad flare up moments. Ingredient wise it contains honey and peptide complex to help calm, smooth and reduce visible redness along with green tea extract that acts as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory component that also supports the skin against additional environmental aggressors. I've actually had patients tell me they will put theirs in the fridge for extra cooling effect."

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79%Guru Score

Briogeo Don't Despair, Repair! Deep Conditioning Mask

"I love the Briogeo Don't Despair, Repair! Deep Conditioning Mask. I really feel like it's very dense and nourishing, just what my hair needs because I have more coarse hair. It really helps to repair hair, add resilience and strengthen hair. It contains rose hip oil, algae extract, almond oil and biotin. It's not really rich in protein, so if you find that protein-based conditioning masks make your hair really brittle, I highly recommend checking this one out."

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91%Guru Score

Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Universal Daily Peel Pads

"Dr. Dennis Gross is really well known for bringing that professional grade chemical peel treatment in office but at home, and their Universal Daily Pads is what I recommend. Even though it says daily exfoliation, exfoliation should be done on a once or twice weekly basis, but nevertheless this is a great user-friendly exfoliating treatment that you can incorporate into your routine to help brighten your skin, improve the appearance of pore size, skin texture and skin tone, and really is great as part of an anti-aging regimen for those who are looking for additional products to complement your pre-existing ones like peptides and retinol. The pads make it so easy to use. It comes in basically a packet of exfoliating pad and a neutralizer. The exfoliating pad is infused with alpha hydroxy acids like glycolic, lactic and malic acid that we know will help to remove dead skin, help to improve skin turnover over time, improve brightening your skin, helping to improve hyperpigmentation, improving the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. You basically just swipe that all over your face, really easy to use, limits any potential risk, and then after a certain amount of time you take the neutralizer and swipe that again to basically stop the reaction. It's so easy to use. It also has chamomile and green tea extract that helps reduce any irritation."

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75%Guru Score

Medicube Collagen Night Wrapping Mask

"You apply it like a mask, it's a creamy thick gel-like texture that you want to apply liberally all over your face. You do want to let it dry before sleep otherwise it gets everywhere on your pillow and gets messy. [...] You can apply it on top of your nighttime skincare routine and then next morning remove it for that dewy radiant look. It contains collagen to help temporarily hydrate and boost and add firmness to your skin, promoting better skin turnover and supporting your skin turnover as you sleep. [...] It helps to enhance the penetration and absorption of your other skincare products. It enhances the benefits of your skincare products you apply beforehand and helps to lock in hydration so that when you remove it the next day your skin is better hydrated, which is why it looks more radiant, dewy, and glasslike. It contains hydrolyzed collagen that helps to hydrate the skin and strengthen your skin's natural barrier, along with hyaluronic acid and niacinamide, as well as peptides that may work to support your skin barrier and maybe over time help improve fine lines and wrinkles."

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64%Guru Score

Laneige Bouncy & Firm Sleeping Mask

"I've been using the past month or so and really have been loving the Laneige Bouncy & Firm Sleeping Mask. Laneige is really the OG, they really brought it and popularized sleeping masks. I have to say of all the ones I've tried this one is by far my favorite for a few reasons. Number one it contains ingredients like peony plant extracts and collagen complex, and it really helps to target dehydrated skin, dry skin, fine lines, and wrinkles. The texture I love even more so than the other ones, it's a little bit more water-based, more creamy and rich and very nourishing. So I really feel this sleeping mask is more ideal for mature skin, dry skin, those that have sensitive skin or are concerned about uneven skin texture and skin tone wanting to refine that with an overnight mask treatment that you can do a few times a week. Overall this sleeping mask is really ideal and suitable, it tends to revitalize and rejuvenate and firm skin so dry skin, mature skin, sensitive skin."

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73%Guru Score

Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Recovery Mask

"It's the multivitamin power recovery mask from Dermalogica. It's a creamy mask that you leave on, and it's a creamy mask that has various different antioxidants, blend of vitamins that is supposed to hydrate and nourish your skin. It's super creamy and really ideal for dry skin. It has a light kind of citrusy floral scent that's very refreshing. You leave it on for like 10 to 15 minutes."

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76%Guru Score

Isntree Chestnut BHA 2% Clear Liquid

"This one is great because number one it does contain BHA, so even though BHA we think of it more for like pore congestion acne oiliness, it does also offer some chemical exfoliating benefits. It is a chemical exfoliant so it does help with hyperpigmentation, especially acne related, as well as dullness and uneven skin texture and skin tone. [...] It also contains tannin which is derived from chestnut and this is a polyphenol, so rich in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, along with hyaluronic acid, also really great at hydrating the skin, supporting the skin barrier, overall improving skin hydration, skin texture and skin tone."

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88%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant T.L.C. Sukari Babyfacial

"This is a chemical exfoliant mask that you would put on your skin maybe once a week at most twice a week. It really helps to remove dullness, kind of exfoliating, getting rid of that dead skin buildup. As the weather warms up you can kind of pick up the rate of exfoliation that we may have slowed down during the winter. It's just a great product to kind of treat yourself once a week. Ingredient-wise it contains a blend of glycolic, tartaric, lactic and citric acid combining at a concentration of 25%, which I feel like over the counter in a nonprofessional treatment product is a really good concentration that's going to get you some good results, gentle exfoliation and removing that top layer of dead skin to help brighten your complexion and improve uneven skin texture and skin tone. It also contains 2% salicylic acid that can help to target pores, oiliness and any acne, blackheads and whiteheads. So this combined really helps to target both skin texture and skin tone. It also contains chickpea flour which helps to brighten the skin and support the skin barrier, along with matcha."

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72%Guru Score

Peter Thomas Roth Therapeutic Sulfur Acne Mask

"The Peter Thomas Roth Therapeutic Sulfur Acne Mask is great for those with more oily combination skin because aside from the 10% sulfur it also contains niacinamide and bentonite clay that really helps to suck up some of the surface sebum and temporarily reduce surface shine, and at the same time with that sulfur helps to fight acne and inflammation in general. If you're using a sulfur mask I don't recommend using it more than like twice a week I think that is definitely sufficient, anymore it's going to cause irritation. [...] Sulfur is one of those things that are really nice to have as a good alternative but shouldn't be your first line for acne treatment. So if you're ready on an established acne routine like adapalene or prescription medications and wanting something a little extra that may help better improve your acne, I think this would be a nice one to incorporate. It also has some mild exfoliating properties and so great for temporarily reducing shine, maybe helping with clogged pores, and then you can also use it on your body as well and use that a few times a week to overall improve acne. It [...] can be a great complement to a well-established acne routine."

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87%Guru Score

Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Extra Strength Daily Peel Pads

"The one I recommend is from Dr. Dennis Gross, their Alpha Beta Extra Strength Peel Pads. Extra Strength because this is the one that comes in red color. This one is extra strength and it contains a triple acid blend of glycolic, malic, and salicylic acid that can target pores, fine lines, wrinkles, and dullness, and at the same time also with witch hazel and green tea that are antioxidant benefits and anti-inflammatory. With the extra strength it's a little bit stronger, so not that you can't use it if you have sensitive skin, but you would want to be careful. In general with these peel pads I recommend using at most one to two times a week. You can do that as a part of skin cycling where if you choose to use this product you basically would avoid any other irritating actives on your skin afterwards. It can be a really great addition for anyone that's struggling with uneven skin texture and skin tone."

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84%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Strawberry Smooth BHA and AHA Salicylic Serum

"If you have all of those as your skin concerns, for example Glow Recipe they have a Strawberry Smooth BHA and AHA Salicylic Acid Serum, which combines AHA and BHA to more effectively target your concerns."

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70%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Calm 1% BHA Sensitive Skin Exfoliant

"The Paula's Choice Calm line has a 1% salicylic acid that I think is great to spot treat the T zone area if you have congestion and acne. It's gentle enough to spot treat with."

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84%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask

"Azelaic acid can help with brightening the skin, improving post-acne marks, hyperpigmentation, and salicylic acid is a great product for unclogging pores and helping with acne. All around this is just a really elegant product to use, almost like a treatment for me with my hormonal acne kicking back up postpartum leaving post-acne marks. I really loved using this a few times a week almost in place of my chemical exfoliant because the 1% azelaic acid itself is a chemical exfoliant. If you have more oily skin, I can certainly see that you could probably use this more frequently. I recommend leaving it on like a sleeping mask, finishing off the rest of your routine and avoiding other chemical exfoliants, any other serums that have alpha or beta hydroxy acid, and certainly probably want to avoid your topical retinoid, then just finish off with a lightweight moisturizer and apply this on as like a sleeping mask or just in place of your moisturizer depending on your skin needs. This would be like a moisturizer and treatment in one."

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87%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Glycolic Acid Overnight Peel

"I have one on hand from Neutrogena, the Hydro Boost Glycolic Acid 10% Peel. This is fragrance-free, and that's the other thing too when it comes to putting stuff on the lip I definitely recommend going with fragrance-free products if possible, just because we know fragrance can be a risk of irritance on the lip. And if your lip is already dry and chapped, you just want to lessen any potential allergens that may be in the product."

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83%Guru Score

Versed Doctor's Visit Instant Resurfacing Mask

"A little bit goes a long way and you certainly can use this twice a day on top of your vitamin C or with your retinoid and it's minimally irritating. This is something that I highly recommend checking out, a product that is really affordable and effective for those who are struggling with uneven skin tone. [...] Doctor's Visit Instant Resurfacing Mask retails for $17.99. [...] It has a Jello-like texture but it is a gentle chemical exfoliant that you leave on for two to three minutes and then you rinse off. Because it's washed off and not a leave-on treatment, it's a great one if you have extra sensitive skin but want to improve dullness and dead skin buildup. [...] You apply it like [...] a mask, leave it on, and after a few minutes rinse off. Ingredient-wise it contains 2 percent lactic acid, 2 percent glycolic acid, 0.15 percent salicylic acid, and 1.2 percent papaya extract. Fruit extract can work in a more gentle way to help remove dead skin buildup. It has a lot of great ingredients but in lower concentration so it's not going to be as irritating. [...] Because it's washed off, you can use this a couple times a week to help remove dead skin buildup and improve your skin radiance."

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82%Guru Score

Dr. Jart+ Sheet Masks

"I put on a sheet mask. I used one from Dr. Jart+."

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81%Guru Score

Eye Care18 reviews

Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum: Ginseng + Retinal

"If you're into Korean skincare, I really love Beauty of Joseon, their Revive Eye Serum, which contains ginseng and retinol, a great combination for supporting the under eye skin."

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95%Guru Score

RoC Retinol Correxion Line Smoothing Eye Cream

"One of my personal favorites is RoC, their retinol correction eye cream, which has great data behind it. It's really gentle, and it helps not only with fine lines but also helps bulk up collagen in that area."

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83%Guru Score

Medik8 Crystal Retinal Ceramide Eye Cream

"Similarly, Medik8, their Crystal Retinal eye cream is another one I like. It contains retinaldehyde instead of retinol, but has very similar benefits, and over time it stimulates collagen and helps to ever so slightly thicken the under eye skin."

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83%Guru Score

ISDIN K-Ox Eye Cream

"Two eye creams I really like, one is from ISDIN, their Ko-X eye cream, which is really meant for vascular puffiness. It's got ingredients like vitamin K and caffeine, two of the few ingredients that have been studied to show benefits for the vascular component of dark circles, so these can be really helpful. It also contains peptides and hyaluronic acid that hydrate your under eye area at the same time, and the metal roller is really nice because it helps massage, and if you keep it in the fridge, it's cooling on contact and helps add additional vasoconstriction with use."

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71%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Eye Gel Cream

"If you're just looking for something hydrating, Neutrogena Hydro Boost is a great one. It's a lightweight eye cream that I think is excellent for morning use, it goes pretty well under sunscreen and makeup, and it has hyaluronic acid to help boost and plump the eye skin so it reduces the appearance of fine lines."

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82%Guru Score

The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG

"Another one is from The Ordinary. It's got caffeine and green tea extract. Again, helps to temporarily depuff and improve the vascular component of dark circles."

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77%Guru Score

RoC Multi Correxion Revive + Glow Eye Balm

"Another product I really love is from RoC and this is an eye balm that I think is just really easy to glide and apply. And I've learned this hack from other makeup artists, too. It's a great way to prevent your concealer from creasing. It's really nice. It's very hydrating. It's got one of the better vitamin C's that I think is for the under eye and that is THD ascorbate, the lipid soluble vitamin C that I often recommend to my more sensitive skin patients that is great at brightening the skin along with peptides to offer some kind of hydration and supporting collagen."

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77%Guru Score

Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Eye Cream

"Another one I really love is from Neutrogena, their Rapid Wrinkle Repair Eye Cream that is also fragrance-free and very hydrating."

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71%Guru Score

RoC Retinol Correction Eye Cream

"One that I really love and have always recommended so many times on my social media is from Rock, their Retinol Correction Eye Cream that's got a lot of patents, years of clinical data, really hydrating."

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79%Guru Score

L'Oreal Caffeine Eye Cream

"L'Oreal Caffeine Eye Cream [...] comes in a roller, contains caffeine, and helps your vaso constrict along with hyaluronic acid. [...] You can keep that in the fridge. And the metal roller gives a really nice cooling massage temporarily helps your vaso constrict."

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84%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Advanced Eye Cream

"The SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Advanced Eye Cream is really creamy. It's got wonderful ingredients more geared towards [...] active concerns like crow's feet. I just love the hydrating nature, to be honest."

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85%Guru Score

Eucerin Radiant Tone Eye Cream with Thiamidol

"I do love that it comes on a roller tip, which basically helps to depuff and the massage component also helps to reduce some of that puffy under eye look. Contains Thiamidol, shea butter, hyaluronic acid and a few other plant-derived extracts. It's like a lighter cream. It's not super rich or nourishing. It's not meant to tackle fine lines, but I really do love the fact that I can usually use it and it keeps my under eye pretty hydrated and does not cause makeup to run or to crease. And you can use it twice a day."

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74%Guru Score

Trader Joe's Supreme Hydrating Eye Cream

"For its price and if you're just looking for a simple hydrating eye cream to really help support your under eye area, this one can be a great one because it's really affordable and it's fragrance-free so suitable for sensitive skin. Ingredient wise it contains wonderful ingredients like peptides and caffeine, a lot of my favorite ingredients that I personally intentionally look for when it comes to selecting eye creams. Peptides can support collagen reduce the appearance of puffiness and so can caffeine to temporarily vasoconstrict and reduce dark circles and puffiness. So certainly a great one to use especially for its price if you are just in the market looking for a good eye cream to keep your under eye area hydrated."

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73%Guru Score

Mirad Retinal Resculpt Eye Cream

"I love the creamy bouncy texture, it's very nourishing and hydrating. Retinol or retinal is equally effective as retinol in targeting fine lines and wrinkles, and here it's got encapsulated retinal that is two to 2.5 times more effective. That means it's effective but also lessens the irritation and provides that skin plumping and helps to support and build collagen. Aside from the encapsulated retinal, it also has ginseng root extract that helps to improve sagging and helps to temporally lift and plump the under eye skin that we know is really delicate, as well as oat firming film that helps to visibly improve the signs of fine lines and wrinkles and lift. I've been loving not only the nourishing nature of this night cream but also the ingredients in here, and I would specifically use this at night to help address and prevent signs of aging."

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84%Guru Score

Olay Retinol 24 Eye Cream

"Olay Retinol 24 their retinal eye cream is also pretty lightweight."

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66%Guru Score

Shiseido Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Eye Cream

"I really do love this eye cream because it does help to improve all aspects of our concern, but yet it's still elegant that it won't cause problems or [...] interact with your makeup. This is a rich cushiony eye cream that really is designed to visibly hydrate the skin, improve fine lines, wrinkles, as well as appearance of dark circles and dullness around the eyes. It really helps to deeply hydrate thereby improving the appearance of fine lines but at the same time brighten the skin so that way dark circles are less visible. So it's a great option for anyone who is looking for a nourishing but still elegant textured eye cream that works well both morning and night to really improve aspects of the skin around the eyes."

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62%Guru Score

Shiseido Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Eye Cream

"It's designed to target the perorbital concerns like retinol for wrinkles, hyaluronic acid hydration and then a blend of other ingredients that can help to address puffiness as well as upper eyelid sagging. Now that is very unique because many of the eye creams are just really meant or have been tested only on the under eye. This one has been shown to be effective for upper and lower eyelids. I really love the texture because it's nourishing and rich, hydrating, but not greasy or heavy. And it actually layers really nicely under makeup. It helps my concealer not cake because it keeps my under eye hydrated. I love the fact that it comes in this really cute metal roller that helps you apply the product. And as you're massaging it, the cooling tip and that roller really helps to depuff the eyelids at the same time. In addition to retinol, hyaluronic acid contains a blend of plant derived extracts including but not limited to matsu, angelica root, and olive root, all together working synergistically to reduce appearance of undereye bags, signs of fatigue, helping to re-energize the skin, making the skin visibly look more lifted, hydrated, and overall you looking less tired and just more refreshed. I love the fact that it's been clinically proven to reduce the appearance of eye sagging, wrinkles, and dark circles in just one week. And it's also ophthalmologist and dermatologist tested."

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Abib Collagen Eye Patch Jericho Rose Jelly

"This isn't really stimulating collagen or helping with long-term improvement or permanent improvement of fine lines and wrinkles, but by instantly improving that skin barrier function, you're going to improve that dryness and thereby the appearance of fine lines and superficial wrinkles are going to go away temporarily. It's very refreshing and almost like cooling. I love using this before an event just so that way my under eye looks more hydrated and makes makeup and concealer go on more smoothly. Ingredient wise, aside from the hydrolyzed collagen, it also contains rose extract that supports moisture retention along with niacinamide and caffeine that improves dullness under the eye, and caffeine is going to vasoconstrict temporarily, so it helps to improve puffiness and dark circles temporarily. It really is cooling, it hydrates, it adheres well, it doesn't slip. So before an important event, if you want your eyes just to look a little bit more brighter and the under eye area to be more hydrated so makeup goes on more smoothly, I highly recommend giving this a try."

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79%Guru Score

Toners14 reviews

The INKEY List Polyhydroxy Acid Toner

"The Inkey List has a great Polyhydroxy Acid Toner."

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81%Guru Score

Tirtir Milk Skin Toner

"And then of course there's TIRTIR's milky toner too. I think all of these products are wonderful, you don't need to use them seven times in succession, honestly one time is all you need, and if it's got a bit more density and body to it, you can layer it after your serum to replace your moisturizer in the summertime."

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73%Guru Score

COSRX AHA/BHA Clarifying Treatment Toner

"This is a great gentle exfoliant that helps to refine skin texture and promote smoother and clearer skin. The combination of AHA and BHA is really ideal for those who are seeking exfoliation and who have a little bit more acne or clogged pores at the same time want to brighten their complexion or improve post acne marks. I would say this is pretty gentle. So for someone who is acne prone and wanting to use something that can help with their texture and tone, I think this is definitely something that you can use a little bit more regularly depending on your skin type. It's kind of like a mist that combines mild concentrations of AHA and BHA. Glycolic acid is one of the active ingredients along with betaine salicylate, which is basically a derivative of salicylic acid, along with apple fruit water and willow bark water. Willow bark is a natural derivative of BHA."

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79%Guru Score

Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner

"It's a great one and it's a simple product. It may just look like water because the packaging is very clear, almost looks like you're putting on water, but it's really lightweight. [...] It absorbs really nicely. It's very elegant, but at the same time, it's amazing how this clear bottle of water, if you will, really helps to rebalance your skin after cleansing. It helps to reduce irritation and the fact that it's really suitable for all skin types, sensitive and acne prone skin. Ingredient wise it contains 77% heartleaf which is a really popular K beauty ingredient that helps to calm and soothe redness inflammation while at the same time supporting your skin barrier. Panthenol and betaine which are gentle hydrating ingredients that really helps to keep the skin barrier moisturized and hydrated without adding heaviness or irritation. You can use regularly if you're super sensitive skin or use it if you have become sensitized because you just overdid it with retinoids or exfoliants. It's a product that works well for those who are sensitive and acne prone, and also works well with other products in your routine without causing that irritation."

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87%Guru Score

TEER Tier Milk Skin Toner

"I love the ingredients in here. It's really nice if you are looking for a product that is vegan, helps with skin brightening, skin hydration, especially in the fall and winter time. [...] I love this product. I've been incorporating it into my skincare routine on a regular basis probably since fall and I continue to use it. I really love the fact that it makes my skin so hydrated and soft. I predominantly use it in the evening after cleansing before my serum. I love it and I can see why this product is viral and I highly recommend it for those who have not tried it."

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84%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Cloudberry Bright Essence Toner

"The Cloudberry Bright Essence Toner is enriched with antioxidants so it not only helps to protect your skin against environmental aggressors but also helps to brighten your skin as well as help to hydrate and also enhance the penetration of the rest of your skincare products like serums. It contains Cloudberry concentrate that is rich in vitamin C, vitamin E and other antioxidants along with coenzyme Q10 that we know is an antioxidant powerhouse, so together it really helps to protect your skin from free radical damage. At the same time it also contains 5% glycerin and rice water that helps to moisturize and brighten your skin. Vitamin C itself is also a really great brightening agent. It has a nice texture that absorbs really quickly. Usually what I do is I would just pat this product on after cleansing, let it absorb, and then before it absorbs completely I'll move on to my serum, moisturizer, and then sunscreen if it's in the morning or just moisturizer at night."

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77%Guru Score

The Ordinary Glycolic Acid 7% Toning Solution

"Consider adding some glycolic acid into your nail care. Glycolic acid being a chemical exfoliant helps to facilitate that kind of turnover of skin and glycolic acid is a great humectant to help hydrate. Studies have actually shown that higher strength glycolic acid peels can help to rejuvenate dry and brittle nails and even improve and thicken nails that are caused by medical conditions like psoriasis. Aside from it being a humectant and improving turnover, it also may facilitate the penetration of other moisturizers and other ingredients that you would put on your nails after, and overall just enhancing that nail rejuvenation process. After washing your hands at night, you would take the Ordinary Glycolic Acid 7% Toning Solution and either drip some on a cotton pad or you can put it on a Q-tip for more precise application."

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76%Guru Score

Peach Slices Acne Exfoliating Toner with Salicylic Acid Acne Treatment

"The Peach Slices one with the different blends of acids and lower concentrations along with other soothing ingredients potentially is a more gentle formulation. If you struggle with pores or post acne marks, it would be very helpful in improving those concerns."

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84%Guru Score

Isntree Ultra Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Toner

"I particularly enjoyed using this because it's so lightweight and fast absorbing. It leaves minimal residue behind, so if you're seeking a toner that has that finish, this is a great one. For me in particular, I always worry about toners when I use it before serum, like how it would interact with my pure vitamin C serum, and so this one because it absorbs so quickly, I don't feel like it really interfered in any way, like hindering the absorption of my vitamin C. If you're like me and use a pure vitamin C serum, I usually like vitamin C to be the first thing that is applied on my skin, because sometimes pure vitamin C can just be so finicky, but this one, like I said, it absorbs so quickly it's almost like you really didn't put anything on your skin. So I feel like you can definitely cleanse, put this toner on, and then follow with your vitamin C serum and don't have to worry about this toner diluting or interfering with your vitamin C."

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84%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Green Plum Refreshing Toner AHA + BHA

"Another toner I've tried great if you're more maybe oily combination skin is the one from Beauty of Joseon and it's their Green Plum Refreshing Toner, again very watery and it contains a blend of alpha hydroxy acid and beta hydroxy acid, 2% glycolic and 5% salicylic acid. A light refreshing toner."

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73%Guru Score

COSRX Hydrium Watery Toner

"I do find that they make great essences and toners and it's their peptide booster for those individuals who can't get over that sticky tackiness. This is one that is a must try. It is super watery, super lightweight. You pump onto your palms like two pumps, you pat it all over your skin after cleansing, absorbs really quickly and because it's so lightweight it's very versatile in the sense I find that many people can benefit from this product. I also love the ingredients, especially for those who are tackling anti-aging concerns. It has a blend of various different peptides including copper tripeptide. Copper has been huge and I think it's going to continue to grow in popularity because number one it's antioxidant, it's anti-inflammatory, has wound healing properties and also has been shown as one of the few peptides that can truly help to support collagen synthesis. With how watery and lightweight this product is, it's really helpful for tackling fine lines and wrinkles. It also has niacinamide in there and also various different blends of amino acids. So just all around a wonderful lightweight product, really easy to incorporate into your morning and evening routine."

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77%Guru Score

The INKEY List Glycolic Acid Toning Solution

"One that comes to mind that's very affordable and very easy to use is from The INKEY List, the Glycolic Acid 10% Toner that contains 10% glycolic acid but is pretty gentle, and it's something that you can just either apply with your hands to the affected area or gently swipe with a cotton pad to where you need to use it. The benefit of using a lactic glycolic acid treatment like this is it also helps to brighten your skin, may help to plump your skin, reduce appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, dullness, uneven skin texture and skin tone. This toner also contains 5% witch hazel which acts as an astringent, so it helps to temporarily reduce sebum and surface dehydration as well, so it's great especially if you have more oily prone skin."

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78%Guru Score

Medik8 Press and Glow PHA Toner

"I recommend the Medik8 Press and Glow PHA Toner. That's super gentle. You actually apply it like a toner pad. It contains 5.5% glucono lactone, which is one of the polyhydroxy acids. It's really gentle, and for someone with more eczema, rosacea, and dry skin, I think this is really nice to incorporate into your routine a few times a week. Polyhydroxy acids are more considered [...] a humectant, but over time it can certainly slowly improve that skin texture and skin radiance. This is something I really love if you have sensitive skin."

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85%Guru Score

Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Hyaluronic Toner

"One of my favorite products from Haru, the Black Rice Hyaluronic Toner, and it's unscented, so even ideal for sensitive skin."

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82%Guru Score

Retinoids13 reviews

Medik8 Crystal Retinal 6

"Medik8 has a great retinal ingredient as well that has long-standing history, great data, very stable, and less irritating."

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84%Guru Score

Olay Regenerist Retinol 24 Night Moisturizer

"Olay has great gentle options for drugstore retinol."

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70%Guru Score

RoC Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle Night Cream

"If you want to go with a more potent one, you can check out Roc, their retinol correction cream that is pretty concentrated, and I find that it can be a good one to use on stretch marks. They're pretty expensive and they're smaller bottles, so you may have to go through a couple of them, but that could be another good option."

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76%Guru Score

Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Retinol Pro+ Regenerating Cream

"Neutrogena's Rapid Wrinkle Repair is one of the great gentle retinols you can get over the counter. I think you can do very little harm to your skin by using a drugstore retinol like this."

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83%Guru Score

Olay Retinol 24 Peptide Night Moisturizer

"This is a great moisturizer with retinol to help tackle the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and skin aging. Not just for perimenopausal, menopausal skin, but just in general, especially if you are a beginner because it's got a nice gentle formula, but still works well. It's nourishing, but not heavy. I would say it's more suitable for maybe combination slightly oily skin. For me who have more dry skin, especially in the winter time, if I put this on, I actually will put on a thicker moisturizer. Otherwise, I wake up feeling a little bit more dry and tight. But overall, it's a really gentle formula. So great for those who are like permenopause, menopause, looking for a gentle retinol that maybe you can even layer on top of those serums that I mentioned or just use alone. But if you feel that your skin feels a little more dry, then by all means put on a thicker moisturizer afterwards and totally okay to do that as long as it doesn't have like additional actives like retinols so that way you're not doubling up on the actives. It's a wonderful product I recommend for anyone looking for a gentle retinol to help tackle some mild fine lines, wrinkles, and skin aging."

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76%Guru Score

CeraVe Skin Renewing Retinol Serum

"Another one I really like that [...] helps improve the concerns of skin texture and skin tone, and is also lightweight and fast absorbing, is the CeraVe Skin Renewing Retinol Serum. It also contains licorice root, and this one is also great if you don't struggle with acne anymore. It's mostly concerned with things like pore congestion and post-acne marks, so this can be very helpful."

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84%Guru Score

Versed Press Restart Gentle Retinal Serum

"From Versed, their Press Restart Gentle Retinal Serum is great because I love the fact that it is fast absorbing. It leaves minimal feel on your skin like you don't feel like you put anything on your skin, so it doesn't leave your skin feeling heavy, greasy, or add to that shine. [...] It also contains encapsulated retinol that's very gentle, so even if you have oily skin, you may be a little bit more protected from getting irritation. [...] This would be a great one if you have oily skin, are new to retinal, and wanting to try something. This can definitely give you some good benefits over time."

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84%Guru Score

RoC Retinol Correxion Max Hydration Cream

"RoC is another brand that pours a lot of research and development into their formulation. They have over 30 plus patents and 100 plus clinical studies. This cream, what is really worth highlighting is the fact that with the hyaluronic acid, it really helps to plump the skin and reduce instantly the signs of sun-in wrinkles or appearance of that by just keeping the skin hydrated and plump. Texture-wise, there is definitely a more noticeable difference in the nourishing texture compared to the first two. This is definitely more of a cream. It's still not super occlusive but definitely more ideal because of that texture for those with more dry and sensitive skin looking for something a little extra so that way your skin feels supported. Sometimes with the other moisturizers that are more lightweight, for those with more dry skin you may feel that your skin just wants something more extra. But this one because of the more nourishing texture could just be enough for those with sensitive and dry skin and using this alone without needing to add additional moisturizers on top. With the creaminess of the formula, I think it's definitely better suited for those with more dry, dehydrated, and sensitive skin."

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87%Guru Score

Differin Adapalene Gel 0.1%

"Adapalene used to be a prescription, but now it's over the counter. It is really the only retinoid in drug stores that helps to treat and prevent acne. [Benzoyl] peroxide cleanser and adapalene gel is really the dynamic duo that most dermatologists recommend when it comes to over-the-counter treatments. With adapalene, how it works is it helps to improve skin turnover. It's also anti-inflammatory and indirectly antimicrobial. So with that, it helps to treat and prevent acne at the same time while improving pore congestion, blackheads and whiteheads. And because it improves skin turnover, it also helps to improve post-acne marks. This is really one of the most important acne topicals to have over the counter when it comes to treating acne."

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91%Guru Score

Naturium Retinaldehyde Cream Serum 0.5%

"I do have one from drugstore that I really really love and that is from Naturium, their new retinaldehyde cream serum that's 0.5%. This was just a lovely rich creamy serum with retinaldehyde that's encapsulated, which means that it is formulated in a way that is more stable, allows for better steady delivery, but also less irritating. And I really appreciate the fact that Naturium actually have done testing of this product at various temperatures to ensure its stability, which is one of the biggest concerns that we have when it comes to retinol. Now, retinols are often unstable and actually a study has been shown, it's kind of scary, but a lot of the retinols degrade when they're even on the shelf before you use it on your skin. So I really love the formula, love the creamy texture. It's really great for individuals who are looking for a good effective retinoid that's over the counter that helps to tackle fine lines and wrinkles in a gentle manner."

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84%Guru Score

RoC Retinol Capsules

"RoC is a very well-respected brand in the retail space with years of research and over 25 patents on their product formulation, so a brand that I trust makes effective yet gentle retinols. I like these capsules especially if you are a beginner and you're worried about using too much product that may contribute to irritation. These capsules are great for a couple reasons: number one, it ensures the freshness and the stability of the retinol; two, it helps you to dose the right amount each time so that way you're not using too much that may lead to irritation. These capsules are also biodegradable. Formulation-wise, it contains retinol and an antioxidant that's very similar to vitamin E, so it works together synergistically to combat signs of skin aging. Texture-wise, it's very lightweight, fast absorbing, and non-sticky, so it's a great one to use for all skin types, especially if you have sensitive skin."

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82%Guru Score

Vichy Lift Active Retinol 0.2%

"Vichy's new retinol product from their Lift Active line [...] contains 0.2 percent retinol which is a fair concentration but not one that is overly potent. [...] When it comes to choosing retinols over the counter go with reputable brands that are often going to have more money and research into [...] product formulation, so certainly Vichy is one brand that is well respected and backed by science. Not only does this contain 0.2 percent retinol that is a decent concentration that's effective, but it also contains peptides that work really well alongside retinol to help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles along with their prebiotic extract. The formulation also helps to ensure stability because you press on the tip to dispense. It's fragrance free so if you have sensitive skin and worry about fragrance this is a great one to try. It's a white milky serum that's fairly lightweight, fast absorbing, and non-sticky, so I personally feel that it's really ideal."

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84%Guru Score

COSRX Retinol 0.1% Cream

"This is a great one if you're looking for a beginner friendly retinol or for those who have super sensitive skin. [...] The 0.1% concentration is on par with most formulas in drugstores for effectiveness. [...] This is a great one to use for those who want to maybe get on anti-aging treatment earlier on for prevention or for very mild concerns of fine lines, wrinkles, uneven skin texture and skin tone. [...] It's a creamy formula, and for those with oily skin, [...] you can use it without having to put on another layer of moisturizer. [...] For those with dry skin, you can certainly use moisturizer on top of it, but it's such a creamy moisturizing base that you can definitely use it alone. I've used this on my neck to test the gentleness of it, and I certainly did not break out or get irritated. So I feel pretty confident about recommending it for those who are beginners or have super sensitive skin."

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83%Guru Score

Body & Tan12 reviews

Versed Press Restart Gentle Retinol Body Lotion

"Or even Versed, it's pretty gentle."

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81%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Retinol Skin Smoothing Body Treatment

"Paula's Choice has a Retinol Skin Smoothing Body Treatment that is a really nice one. It contains pure 0.1% retinol concentration along with shea butter and evening primrose oil along with some antioxidants. This is a great one with antioxidants and it's got a really nice silky smooth texture that really helps to improve your skin tone and texture. It's a great one for helping with brightening your skin, but also I love it for the anti-aging benefits if you want to use that for your body too."

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85%Guru Score

Necessaire Body Peel Resurfacing Serum

"The Necessaire Body Peel Resurfacing Serum [...] does have a higher concentration of exfoliating acids that can, if you do it like maybe once a week or few times a month, more greatly improve your skin turnover and help with exfoliating some of the dead skin and brighten your skin. But again because of the higher actives it could be a double-edged sword, so always test. This is a really nice one if you want to splurge on something that's a little bit more elegant that can make your skin look more soft, feel softer, and look brighter. It does contain 12% [...] blend of AHA, BHA, and PHA, so namely 10% AHA, 1% salicylic acid, and 1% PHA to help improve turnover of your skin. It also has 1% of a healing peptide helping with dissolving dead skin cells and improving skin renewal, and then 1% resveratrol which could help with skin brightening. It does have a little more sticky nature and so even the brand says you can mix it with like a body lotion to help minimize that stickiness. Because of the nature of the high concentration, use with caution, especially for more sensitive skin."

~Mixed

75%Guru Score

Eucerin Advanced Repair Hand Cream

"Eucerin Advanced Repair Hand Cream is a really hydrating, moisturizing but fast absorbing and leaves minimal residue so that way after using it you don't leave imprints of things that you touch with your hands. Ingredient wise it contains ceramide 3, essential ceramides that really help to restore our skin barrier along with alpha hydroxy acid that can gently exfoliate, helps to hydrate at the same time and reduce the buildup of dead skin that may contribute to thickened skin that can easily crack. One thing to keep in mind is that any moisturizer that contains alpha hydroxy acid, if you put on skin that has pre-existing cracks and fissures it will burn temporarily, so just be careful of that. Otherwise this is a great one to have on hand to use regularly to keep the skin on your hands soft and hydrated."

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80%Guru Score

First Aid Beauty KP Bump Eraser Body Scrub with 10% AHA

"This product is actually really nice and I'm recommending it because it's more gentle compared to some of the other scrubs that I have used or have seen in the past. It's marketed for helping with body bumps, keratosis pilaris, and in general, [...] if you use this regularly by removing and scrubbing away the dead skin buildup it can help because dead skin is what clogs up the hair follicles and leads to those bumps. For individuals that [...] have mild KP or have strawberry legs, certainly using this as long as you're gentle, and this product overall is pretty gentle, is not going to inflame your skin and make it worse."

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69%Guru Score

Necessaire Body Serum

"Necessaire have a body specific serum that can help to target skin texture and skin tone on the body. When it's formulated for the body it's going to be way more appropriate, and body care products are definitely going to be more economical and intended for widespread use so you're definitely going to get something that you won't run out in just like a week or two when you're using facial care products on body."

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82%Guru Score

Naturium Skin Renewing Retinol Body Lotion

"Like for example nutrium and verse both have launched body specific retinal products"

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74%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant TLC Glycolic Body Lotion

"It's a wonderful body hair product from Drunk Elephant and it's their TLC Glycolic Body Lotion that retails for 28 bucks. This one is really nice for anyone that's seeking a great effective moisturizer without leaving that heaviness and stickiness. This has wonderful ingredients to help smooth poring skin, help with keratosis pilaris, shaving bumps, strawberry legs, and also helps to hydrate and nourish skin at the same time. Ingredient wise it contains a blend of AHAs including glycolic, lactic, citric, and tartaric acid that really helps as a chemical exfoliant to improve skin turnover, and that is what's really effective at improving keratosis pilaris, dry ashy dull skin. Along with marula butter and shea butter that acts as emollient and occlusive, it helps to nourish the skin, soften the skin, keeps your skin hydrated without feeling heavy, sticky, or greasy. So highly recommend checking this one out for anyone looking for a body care specific product."

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62%Guru Score

First Aid Beauty KP Smoothing Body Lotion

"First Aid Beauty's KP Smoothing Body Lotion has 10% AHA, predominantly lactic acid, but it also contains urea, which is another great ingredient and can help improve clogged pores and keratosis pilaris as well. In addition, it also has soothing oats, so it's more nourishing and soothing. I think it's really great for those with more dry skin that are struggling from keratosis pilaris."

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75%Guru Score

Naturium Smoother Glycolic Acid Body Lotion

"That is the Smoother Glycolic Acid Exfoliating Body Wash that contains glycolic acid as well as five percent of other alpha hydroxy acids. So regular use of that can be helpful. The key is just avoiding any leave-on exfoliants because those tend to be way more irritating."

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77%Guru Score

Paula's Choice 5% Niacinamide Body Serum

"Another product I really like that I found to be very helpful for my body hyperpigmentation that is very gentle is from Paula's Choice and it's their 5% body serum. I really like this one because this is fragrance free, contains 5% niacinamide so an effective yet lower concentration that is not going to be as irritating compared to like say 10 or 15 or 20, as well as B5, vitamin B5 panthenol, that's soothing. It is a creamy serum that is also highly hydrating, so really ideal for the underarm skin. And you can use this twice a day to over time help lighten up the uneven skin tone."

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77%Guru Score

Vaseline All Over Body Balm Jelly Stick

"If you're an individual who is very active and you find that the running, the exercise and the repetitive motion really induces skin on skin rubbing, then consider using a barrier cream or even like petrolatum or anti-chafing stick to help to protect the skin and reduce that frictional component. One of the most effective is just using petrolatum. I really like this one from Vaseline, it's the all over body balm that's 100 percent petrolatum or petroleum jelly."

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80%Guru Score

Mists & Essences12 reviews

Aestura Atobarrier 365 Hydro Essence

"Another one that I think is really nice, especially if you tend to be more like oily and sensitive at the same time, is the Aestura Atobarrier 365 Hydro Essence. This one is really nice because also it's so soothing, very supportive of your barrier, but not heavy and very hydrating and does contain this complex of ceramides and betaglucans that really helps to reinforce that barrier function while minimizing the irritation and really enhances that skin resilience."

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86%Guru Score

Neogen Dermalogy Real Ferment Micro Essence

"The Neogen Dermalogy Real Ferment Micro Essence is really nice because it's super light, watery, but really has wonderful ingredients that help to hydrate, balance, and also fermented ingredients that help to kind of improve texture and tone long term as well. [...] Some people call it like the dupe to SK-II, but essentially it's a fermented essence that's really nice. It has high concentrations, like 28% of various blends of fermented yeast extract that helps to nourish and hydrate the skin, and when I say nourish, it's more adding that hydration back. And then 17% birch juice and 9% rice extract, which we know is great for brightening the skin. What I love is that this is very multifunctional in the sense that you can use it regardless of your skin type, but it's really ideal for oily and combination skin because with the fermentation you get naturally derived moisturizing factors, what we call NMF, what our skin makes naturally to hold on to water. [...] You're also going to get lactic acid from that yeast fermentation, so that's one of the bonuses. And then you've got brightening ingredients that help remove any sort of dullness as well."

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92%Guru Score

Rejuran Turnover Ampoule

"The Rejuran Turnover Ampoule is derived from the same brand that made the Rejuran healer injectables, which are skin boosters used in office. It contains topical high purity PDRN for collagen rejuvenation and repair, and is really great for calming the skin, helping post-procedure, supporting your skin barrier, maintaining post-procedure results, improving hydration. [...] It's even suitable for sensitive skin and reactive skin types. It contains what they call CPDRN trademarked [...] at 0.5% basically derived from salmon sperm and it stimulates fibroblast activities, helping to promote collagen and improve elasticity. It also contains adenosine that enhances skin elasticity and reduces the signs of skin aging. [...] If you want to really use the OG, the most effective one that you can use at home that really mimics the in-office skin boosters from salmon sperm, this would be the one to get."

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74%Guru Score

Topicals Faded Brightening and Clearing Mist

"Topicals Faded is a pretty gentle body mist that you can spray on areas that you struggle with darker spots and it will target those hard-to-reach areas. The ingredients are pretty gentle and certainly I think can be used on a more regular basis as tolerated. Ingredient wise it's got a lot of nice brighten ingredients that are fairly gentle including kojic acid, niacinamide, alpha arbutin, tranexamic acid and does have a little bit of glycolic acid but my understanding is the concentration is fairly low and it's not going to be irritating even if you do use it on a more regular basis. But depending on your skin type always test before you use more widely."

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80%Guru Score

Tower 28 SOS Daily Rescue Facial Spray

"Tower 28 SOS Daily Rescue Spray is a hypochlorous acid spray that has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, as well as soothing benefits that really can benefit a lot of people. This makes a great gift for teens who are starting to get irritated or acne prone. Maybe they're pretty active and don't always have time to shower immediately after sport practice or after the gym. They can simply spray all over their face, on chest, back, or body, wherever they're prone to breaking out, before applying moisturizer and sunscreen. It's really quick and easy to use. You can put it in your gym bag, and I love the fact that it comes in multiple sizes - one that's smaller, great for travel, even mid-flight on the plane, and a larger bottle they can keep in their backpack or bags."

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82%Guru Score

SK-II Facial Treatment Essence

"This is the essence that we think of when we talk about SK-II and certainly it's not cheap, and I feel like this is one time of the year that I would use the sale to buy this product like for my mom or for aunties. This is a famous product and really when we talk about fermented skin care, the first brand that comes to mind that really kind of started it all is SK-II with their Pitera trademark ingredient which basically contains a fermented blend of yeast, particular galactomyces ferment. The story behind SK-II is really interesting but basically sake brewers that immersed their hands in the fermented yeast water that makes sake, doctors and scientists noticed that their skin was visibly brighter, smoother, less wrinkly compared to even their face and rest of their body. And so basically that's how they discovered this yeast fit essentially and made that into SK-II. So this is basically the ultimate toning treatment essence that you apply on your skin and it contains 50 different micronutrients from this ferment including various different blends of vitamins and minerals."

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81%Guru Score

Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Water Essence

"This serum is a little bit thicker in viscosity compared to other ones, so when you apply it the first thing I noticed [...] is it's a little more sticky. It's still fairly lightweight and fast absorbing, but once it's absorbed it does leave a little bit of a film on your skin. For some people they really like that, for others maybe not as much. [...] If you have really dry skin I think this Essence, because of the viscosity and just being a little bit thicker in texture, you may enjoy it more versus if you have really oily skin but want something to help reduce dehydration."

~Mixed

75%Guru Score

VT PDRN Essence 100 Elasticity and Wrinkle Care

"I really like the VT PDRN Essence, which has vegan PDRN along with ginseng, plus ten different types of hyaluronic acid and nine types of peptides. I'm getting great barrier support and collagen support even though I'm not using tretinoin in that step, so instead of additional irritation from other actives, I'm just getting better recovery, hydration, and skin supportive ingredients."

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76%Guru Score

COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence

"This is like the one that really made snail mucin popular here and it is kind of like this fun sticky serum that you pump out that is hydrating. [...] It has this fun pumping action and stretchiness to it. But at the same time this formula when it's applied on your skin is very light and hydrating and really does not leave much of a tackiness or residue or film on your skin. It is made with 96% snail mucin. Snail mucin is really popular ingredient from Korean skincare and the mucin is rich in a lot of antioxidants, polysaccharides, other actives and bioactives that really helps to repair and strengthen the skin barrier. It has lots of great properties all the way from antioxidant to repair to even improving the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. So it's suitable for all skin types. [...] Even if you have oily, acne-prone skin, the texture is not going to be really heavy or thick and certainly the ingredient doesn't hurt if you have acne."

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78%Guru Score

Shiseido Eudermine Activating Essence

"Essences are a huge part of Japanese and Korean skincare culture and they're almost like a watery toner essentially but not used quite the same way. They're put on immediately after cleansing before serum and they do a couple things. Number one, it helps to soften the skin, add back additional hydration to the skin. Two, it helps to actually improve penetration of skincare ingredients through a couple mechanisms because you're rehydrating the skin, but often they will contain ingredients. In particular, in Japanese skincare, essences often contain fermented ingredients that naturally help with [...] fermentation with acids that will actually naturally improve skin cell turnover and thereby enhancing the penetration of ingredients that you use afterwards. This is a really elegant lightweight essence that number one promotes skin moisture balance, improve radiance and dullness and again with ingredients in here improving skin turnover and thereby enhancing the penetration of the products that used afterwards. It helps to visibly improve fatigue making your skin look more bright and energized and refined and ingredient wise contains two types of hyaluronic acid and this is really important because then you can penetrate various layers of the skin improving moisture retention."

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Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Probiotics Barrier Essence

"This is a nutrient-rich essence really designed for firming and plumping, really helping to protect your skin barrier at the same time delivering hydration and nourishment. What I think is really unique of this essence, which I haven't seen in other essences, is this golden ratio of lipids for ultimate skin barrier repair. By that I mean the ideal ratio of 3:1:1 of ceramides to cholesterol to fatty acids. These are natural lipids in our skin that often are deficient with dry skin or as we age or in the winter time due to environmental aggressors. And with this golden ideal ratio in this essence, what it really allows is for the essence to better restore and repair our skin barrier, making it more replenished, plump, glowy and dewy, and more hydrated."

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87%Guru Score

Skin Food Royal Honey Propolis Enriched Essence

"It's from Skin Food, it's a Royal Honey Propolis Enriched Essence that retails for a little more expensive, $18.83, but gosh it's just a really nice elegant hydrating serum that contains honey and bee-derived ingredients. Honey and propolis have great humectant properties, great at hydrating the skin, has some antioxidant wound healing, potentially supporting collagen production. This one is again just very lovely because it's very hydrating but does not leave tackiness or stickiness. Great to layer on top of vitamin C or under your moisturizer with other products."

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85%Guru Score

Acne10 reviews

COSRX Acne Pimple Master Patch

"If you haven't tried COSRX pimple patches, highly recommend it. There's nothing special about their patches to be honest, but if you've like me have used many patches, many different ones from various brands, you can just tell some are just made with better quality. And that is why I recommend these. They're just better quality. The texture of their patches, the thickness of their patches in a good way, the way they stick on your skin is just so much better. COSRX makes patches of different sizes, and that is also what I love because not all acne and breakouts are the same size. But these ones stay on better. They're great if you're like a picker sometimes like me that can't help keep touching your acne. It's great to protect your acne. Sometimes it helps to draw out additional pus but also help it heal better and faster. [...] I use it when I travel. I use it when I have acne that's red inflamed. [...] I think they're so much nicer quality compared to some of the other ones."

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75%Guru Score

Avène Cicalfate+ Concentrate Blemish Control Serum

"It's from Avène and it's their Cicalfate+ line, the Cicalfate+ Concentrate Blemish Control Serum. I discovered this product and I really have been loving it and I still use it regularly, but really used it twice a day in summertime because I tend to break out more with the sweat and the heat and hormonal acne. I really love this product. I love how effective it was for me but also at the same time how gentle it was. I really recommend Avène as a brand that formulates beautiful, elegant products for those that struggle with eczema-prone skin, rosacea, and sensitive skin. They do it in such a way that is very thoughtful, fragrance-free, but also in their packaging and details in the sense that most of the products are packaged in a sterile way, so it really reduces or removes the need for preservatives, which some individuals with sensitive skin can have issues with. All of the products contain their thermal spring water, which has been shown by like 150 studies to soothe and calm sensitive, eczema-prone skin, and it is really the core of their hydrotherapy center."

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86%Guru Score

Dr.G R.E.D Blemish Clear Soothing Cream

"Ingredient wise it contains zinc oxide along with centella and panthenol as well as green tea, so antioxidants you've got your panthenol and centella that are soothing and hydrating. It's lightweight, it absorbs really quickly but it doesn't cake. [...] It doesn't leave a white cast and actually has once it's absorbed this hydrating and semi-dewy finish which I love. This has been one of my favorites because if you struggle with mineral sunscreens, if you hate that feeling of your skin feeling dry and tight, this one doesn't cake."

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74%Guru Score

Cetaphil Gentle Clear Mattifying Acne Moisturizer Salicylic Acid Treatment

"I really love this one because it is hydrating lightweight really ideal for oily and acne prone skin but also offers some mattifying properties and contains ingredients that are gentle but at the same time helps to target acne concerns and post acne marks. It is a lightweight gel cream that absorbs quickly and offers some mattifying sebum control properties. Great to layer under sunscreen. Ingredient wise it contains 0.5% salicylic acid that helps to target pores and congestion, gently exfoliates, and also contains prebiotic complex that helps to support your skin barrier along with cica acid and licorice which helps to soothe and calm the skin but also at the same time along with cica acid helps to brighten the skin and improve uneven skin tone from acne. So great one if you struggle with acne, oiliness, and post-acne marks."

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80%Guru Score

Hero Cosmetics Pimple Patch

"I know I tend to break out when I travel so these are just really convenient. It protects your skin and it actually offers additional UV protection. These acne patches can offer a little bit of it. It's great to help suck out those juicy pimples. I have one on right now and I just brought the hero patch with me. I always keep these in my travel bag just like I do with sheet masks."

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83%Guru Score

Lion Pair Acne Cream

"I personally love it because it is very different than the traditional acne treatment that we have here in the US, at the very least the way it targets acne, the active ingredients. It's a cream that you can basically spot treat areas of acne, and the way it's formulated and just the active ingredients, how they work, it's pretty gentle and honestly suitable for all skin types. It's at the very least a great adjunct to the topicals that we have right now like adapalene, benzoyl peroxide, or salicylic acid, and it helps to target acne without adding additional irritation. [...] It contains 3% ibuprofen picol, which is an anti-inflammatory, [...] and at 3% concentration it actually has been shown in Japanese publications to be really helpful as an over-the-counter ingredient in treating inflammatory acne. It also contains 3% of an antimicrobial ingredient called isopropyl methylphenol. The two together is great at targeting those red ingredients, so not your usual blackheads or whiteheads, but the ones that are red that may be painful, that are swollen, that are tender. This cream would be great for them, and at the very least may help to more quickly shrink them down."

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86%Guru Score

Neutrogena Stubborn Acne Hydrocolloid Patches

"Neutrogena's stubborn acne line has come out with acne hydrocolloid patches that basically make smaller ones but also larger ones that will cover like a good part of your cheek and chin. These are great for individuals that really break out in large areas and have multiple acne going on. I wanted to treat all of that surface area without having to apply like five or six different patches at the same time. This is relatively affordable, I think it's about like $10 in drugstores."

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83%Guru Score

Vichy Normaderm SOS Acne Rescue Spot Corrector

"One of my personal favorites [...] is from Vichy the Normaderm SOS Acne Rescue Spot Corrector that contains 10% sulfur along with glycolic acid and niacinamide that can work together to not only target acne but also find it to be fairly gentle, lightweight and fast absorbing. It can be used on a more widespread basis and not as irritating as some of the other spot treatment sulfur products that I personally have tried in the past. It's a great one if you have either a pimple that you want to dry really quickly that you can just dot on to spot treat or apply to particular areas that you struggle a little bit more with acne that can also at the same time treat acne, maybe prevent acne and certainly help to reduce some of that post acne marks as well."

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80%Guru Score

De La Cruz Sulfur Ointment Acne Treatment Maximum Strength 10%

"I can't talk about sulfur without talking about the viral De La Cruz acne treatment with 10% sulfur. I think it's good for a few reasons. Number one, it's super affordable and does contain 10% sulfur, which is of the higher concentration. It's in this creamy ointment-like base that you apply on your skin and you use it as a mask, leave it on for like 10 minutes and then rinse off. Like any sulfur mask, it helps to reduce inflammation, fight acne-fighting bacteria, and over time with use can improve acne. The benefit of masks in general for treatments like this is that you definitely have the contact time that's there, but not long enough that's going to cause irritation, but enough to work. The formula is very easy to apply. It's oil-free but has a wash water-washable base that you can literally dot on particular spots if you want to treat particular spots or all over your face or particular areas of your face."

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81%Guru Score

The INKEY List Super Solutions 5% Benzoyl Peroxide

"I love this one because number one it contains an effective concentration of benzoyl peroxide, which is between 2.5 to 5 percent. I find that benzoyl peroxide because it can be really irritating, the formulation does matter in improving tolerance, and this one is such a gentle creamy cleanser that almost applies like a thicker lotion. It doesn't foam, so it's really great for individuals that have more dry and sensitive skin. [...] I think it's a great one to use if you have acne-prone skin and if you're using a topical retinoid and you worry about getting irritation, but still really want to get the benefits of benzoyl peroxide in your acne routine to help treat acne. You can use this cleanser and then because it's washed off, you can certainly use your tretinoin or even apply it afterwards without having to worry about irritation or interaction. Also because it's washed off, you don't have to worry about the benzoyl peroxide bleaching fabric. The only thing that you want to be cautious of is that because this cleanser is really creamy, it doesn't really do an effective job of cleansing and removing impurities, so [...] you may want to consider removing your makeup and sunscreen first."

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84%Guru Score

Lip10 reviews

The Ordinary PHA 5% Exfoliating Lip Serum

"It's a hydrating serum, but certainly over time can help remove some of that chapped flaky skin on your lip that builds up over time. You apply it like a serum, just one little tiny drop all over my lip. It doesn't burn, doesn't stain. It's a great one if you're looking for something that gently exfoliates that doesn't stain, or if you struggle with flaky skin or retain dead skin or uneven tone. Using a gentle product over time can definitely help with that. Ingredient-wise it's got 5% gluconolactone, which is a PHA, glycerin and other wonderful hydrating and soothing ingredients. You can use it twice a day. I definitely would recommend applying more of an emollient over that because as a serum, if it just dries, that may pull more water out of your skin, or I feel like my lip doesn't feel hydrated or protected enough. So I always recommend following a serum that would dry more readily with some sort of emollient or petrolatum product afterwards."

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70%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Lip Balm

"Also love [Paula's Choice]. Their lip pop lip care product with peptides that's also in a kind of ointment creamy rich balm-like texture that's hydrating."

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80%Guru Score

Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask

"Their lip mask is kind of the lip version of the sleeping mask. It offers different flavors, with ingredients like hyaluronic acid, vitamin C, and antioxidants that provide that hydrating component that makes your skin noticeably softer and smoother by the morning. [...] It comes in lots of different fun, collectible flavors that are really fun to use, giving your lips that little bit of TLC."

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73%Guru Score

Aquaphor Lip Repair Stick

"I really love and recommend Aquaphor Lip Repair. This is a fragrance-free formula, so even suitable for sensitive skin, that really helps to reduce dryness and chapped lips. Helps to kind of heal in moisture and is really designed for all skin types but particularly sensitive skin. The formula includes nourishing vitamins, shea butter as well as chamomile essence to calm and hydrate the lip. So making it a great option for kind of like a balm texture for daily use and also it's very small. So you can easily put in your pocket, put in your bag, just take it out when you need and apply without your hands. You don't have to use your hands. Just apply that product directly on your lip and you're all set."

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67%Guru Score

Vaseline Lip Therapy Original

"Vaseline is one of the most inert safe products you can put around your lips. It's one of the best things for lips, especially if you struggle with dryness, chapped lip, and have sensitive skin because it's just petroleum jelly and doesn't have any preservatives. So that is always kind of my safe default recommending to patients to use on their lips to keep their lips protected and moisturized."

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80%Guru Score

Tower 28 Beach Please Lip and Cheek Cream Blush

"The Beach Please Lip and Cheek Cream Blush is just a really pretty color. I love this one in red which is actually really subtle, and I love the fact that it's just really hydrating and subtle but gives you just like a little pop of color, great to wear daily. [...] The other ones I've tried is like a pink color and [...] a sun-kissed peach color that is very subtle, great not only as blush but also on the eyelid as like a creamy eyeshadow. It's hydrating, it contains aloe vera extract, green tea extract, and castor seed oil, and it's very creamy. I love the fact that you can use it on your lip, it almost kind of doubles as like a lip balm or lip gloss, and then just dab it on your cheek for a little bit of pop of color like a dewy finish. So really pretty yet subtle at the same time."

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90%Guru Score

Vaseline Rosy Lip Therapy

"Vaseline Rosy Lip Therapy essentially is the Vaseline petrolatum with a pink pretty hue that contains light rose fragrance. For somebody who has sensitivities to fragrance this may not be ideal, but it is very pretty. Petrolatum is one of the most effective ingredients in helping with healing dry and chapped lips. With this price you can buy a lot and gift an abundance so people can have around the house to use as needed for dry and chapped lips. Petrolatum is just such a simple, cheap, yet effective product to have around the house to heal anything that's chapped, especially the lips during winter time."

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71%Guru Score

Aquaphor Lip Repair Stick Plus Sunscreen

"Aquaphor has one that is like in a petrolatum base I think it's like Aquaphor with chemical sunscreen so that's really nice"

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72%Guru Score

Sun Bum Sunscreen Lip Balm SPF 30

"Sun Bum is one I recommend for those who want flavoring in their lip protection because if you're really bothered by the taste I think you have like banana or coconut flavors so that way it's not as poor tasting."

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65%Guru Score

OneSkin OS-01 Lip SPF

"It's a lip balm, but with additional SPF protection and that unique OS01 peptide that's been shown to help reduce senescent cells and improve skin longevity. So you're not only protecting your lip, but also fighting and reversing some of the signs of skin aging on the lip. I love the fact that it has zero taste when you put it on. It is a little bit white and pasty, but once you rub it in, that whiteness goes away and it doesn't look like much except for a balm texture. It gives a glossy finish, which is exactly what I like, a clear gloss-like texture. The lip is often neglected, but we see tons of sun damage and skin cancer on the lip. If you're looking for a good lip SPF that works well, helping to revitalize your lip at the same time and doesn't taste anything, you must check this one out."

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80%Guru Score

Balms & Ointments7 reviews

Vaseline Original Healing Jelly

"Petrolatum is simple, safe, and effective, and that is why we as dermatologists love it and recommend it so much. It is highly refined despite its original source, and it has not been shown to cause any harm to humans or be carcinogenic. One of the best things of petrolatum that is unparalleled is its occlusive nature. It can reduce up to ninety-nine percent of water loss through the skin. It's really able to effectively trap moisture within the skin, keeping the skin hydrated and allowing it to heal. It lacks fragrance and water, so microbes can't grow on it, making it great for those who have eczema-prone skin or sensitive skin who don't deal well with fragrances or certain preservatives. And petrolatum doesn't burn on skin like certain lotions or creams would when the skin barrier is significantly inflamed and damaged. I honestly love telling parents to use this on their babies and kids after bathing, and it helps to soothe the skin, reduce chapped dry skin, and helps to reduce itching while helping the skin repair. It is really great for all skin types, and petrolatum has not been shown to increase acne or clog pores. It is definitely appropriate for all skin types."

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86%Guru Score

Protopic Protopic (Tacrolimus Ointment)

"There's also topical calcineurin inhibitors. So these are the medications called Protopic or Elidel by brand name and they work like corticosteroids but don't have the side effects with long-term use, so that could be skin thinning or causing acne, and those are great medications to use as maintenance or even alternating with your corticosteroids. I often will have my patients use corticosteroids like Monday through Friday and then the topical calcineurin inhibitors on the weekends, or say really hitting hard with the topical steroids and then using the calcineurin inhibitors as maintenance. There's a lot of different regimens."

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83%Guru Score

CeraVe Healing Ointment

"I personally find that texture-wise CeraVe is actually the lightest so you can either go with that because you don't want something super thick."

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92%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Gel B5 Skin Protectant 21%

"It's very similar to the cicaplast balm but this one actually is a gel. It's actually very nice and hydrating. It's really intended to be used on skin like post procedure but it is just so nice to use all over. You can't really go wrong with using this product. I've seen other dermatologists talk about using it like almost as a hydrating eye cream because it's very lightweight, fast absorbing, fragrance-free. It contains 21% glycerin so great hydration along with panthenol and other ingredients, so just a really nice hydrating gel that I feel like applies very smoothly and keeps your skin very soft and supple."

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84%Guru Score

Eucerin Aquaphor Healing Balm

"I never leave the house when I travel without my Aquaphor balm. This is just such a multitasker. I basically keep this in my bag or in my backpack and I really don't take it out, really restock it if it's expired or when I run out because I essentially use this as a moisturizer, as a hand cream, as a lip protectant, multiple things. So I almost always carry this with me when I travel. I love this, it's great to use all around, a great multitasker. I can use this multi-purpose as I mentioned, I can slug with this if I need to or if I want to."

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81%Guru Score

Aquaphor Healing Ointment Advanced Therapy

"I really like this one because number one it comes in a really big jar so it's really economical. It contains 41% petrolatum along with a mineral oil and panthenol which are great ingredients that help to seal in the moisture, it's soothing, and you can find this in different sizes so the big jar that you can just literally scoop out a little bit after bathing and put it on from head to toe, you can find it in a smaller tube as well as a tiny size that you can keep in your pocket and in your purse. I often will use that for chapped lips. You can certainly use it like a moisturizer, which is usually what I recommend to my babies with eczema during the winter. I find it to be a little too greasy to use in the summertime but certainly can be used all year round, or you can use it to spot treat areas of dryness so chapped elbow, dry fingertips, chapped lips, and can even be helpful as a barrier cream, like for example it can be used in the diaper area to reduce irritation or diaper dermatitis. The only thing to note is that it does contain lanoline, so if you have history of allergic contact..."

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89%Guru Score

Cetaphil Healing Ointment

"I do find those two to be not as occlusive enough. I honestly, when it comes to lips, I much rather prefer just 100% petrolatum or Aquaphor. I find that these two really add the most long-lasting occlusive protective benefits to my lips compared to the other two. The other two I feel like it look just a little bit more lightweight, so not so much great for the lips based on my personal opinion, but I love it for other places like chapped flaky skin on the face or say like chafing on the underarms. It works really well, but it's not as sticky or heavy."

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65%Guru Score

Tech5 reviews

Omnilux Face Contour Red Light Therapy Mask

"I love Omnilux. Their LED mask for the face definitely can get stimulation of superficial collagen, improving the glow, fine lines, and that little bit of plumpness. And if you're going to get one for your face, you might as well get one for your neck and chest because these areas often age faster as well."

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75%Guru Score

iRestore Professional Hair Growth System

"I actually use the iRestore Professional laser hair regrowth helmet postpartum to help reduce postpartum hair thinning, so it's really great for men and women. These laser hair devices work through a process called photobiomodulation using light energy to stimulate growth and having effect at the cellular level, and here it's stimulating hair follicles to regenerate. It's really ideal for those who have mild early onset of hair thinning. It can be used for predominantly male pattern hair loss, female pattern hair loss, but any type of hair loss like telogen effluvium as long as it's not a scarring type of hair loss. All these devices, they're not cheap and you have to invest in the time and energy. You have to use them about 3 to 5 times a week and each session is anywhere between 10 to 25 minutes, and you don't really see results until 3 to 6 months into use. The results can vary. The iRestore I really like because you do have, I think, a 12 month money back guarantee."

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82%Guru Score

NuFACE Trinity Facial Toning Device

"I think we definitely still need more literature on the true efficacy and as far as comparing LED devices to microcurrent I definitely feel there's more evidence in LED light devices. The other thing too is you have to use almost like a lubricant, a gel ideally that is from the same company so that works the best. This is something that I would use intermittently really kind of before a big event so that way my skin just looks tighter, looks more lifted and most importantly helps to depuff. As far as the actual time, if you're wanting to use that as your device you have to use it I believe like 5 minutes so it's definitely much shorter, and then you have to use it I think like 5 to 6 days a week for about 4 to 6 weeks before you kind of jump into the maintenance. So overall the time commit I think is probably very similar, it's just that I don't personally have the time to every day or at least five out of the seven days a week to use a device 5 minutes on my face. So for me personally I much rather invest in the LED mask that has more evidence and it's also just a little bit more friendly for me with my schedule."

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60%Guru Score

CurrentBody Skin LED Light Therapy Mask Series 2

"I really love CurrentBody's Series 2 LED mask, which has red, infrared and near infrared light that penetrates deeper to help better stimulate collagen. It's more about consistency, but after a few months of consistent use it definitely does help and add a little bit."

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89%Guru Score

CurrentBody Skin LED Hair Growth Helmet

"When it comes to LED helmets, I do recommend the CurrentBody Skin LED Hair Growth Helmet because it is backed by clinical trials and science. First of all, it is FDA cleared, which means it's passed safety tests to be used at home. Can be used alone or to complement your current hair regrowth treatment, and it contains 122 red light LEDs to penetrate the scalp to stimulate hair follicles, encouraging thicker and healthier hair. Clinical trials have shown that 100% of the users experienced hair regrowth, with an average 33% increase in hair density over six months. Now certainly there's no shortage of LED devices for hair regrowth on the market, but they're not all created equal. Aside from the number of bulbs, the energy that is delivered also matters, and what sets CurrentBody apart is the energy that it delivers. It delivers three times more powerful light energy than some of the competitors, so it actually delivers 18 joules per centimeter squared of red light energy, while some competitors may only deliver six joules per centimeter squared. And for me personally, I love that it's a helmet that provides adequate coverage for my entire scalp, so you know that all the hair follicles on your scalp are being treated with an equal amount of energy, unlike some of the handheld devices."

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83%Guru Score

Concealer3 reviews

Tower 28 Swipe Allover Hydrating Serum Concealer

"If you're looking for a good concealer that doesn't cake, but does a great job, Tower 28 is the one I recommend. This brand really has been established for sensitive skin, and they make makeup with skin care ingredients. This concealer is really lovely. It's got pretty decent coverage that is buildable, doesn't cake, and I use this concealer on my under eyes and I go one shade lighter, which really actually helps to brighten and highlight at the same time. It's got this serum-like lightweight texture that is medium coverage, buildable, and really hydrating. So if you're looking for a good concealer that doesn't cake and hydrates and is suitable for sensitive skin, this one is the one to try."

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73%Guru Score

NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer

"Another concealer that's all-around great, not only for the under eyes but also for camouflaging broken blood vessels around the nose or acne and post-acne marks, is the NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer. I love this one. It's really hydrating, and I also use it on my under eye. It doesn't crack or cake up readily and works really well for pimples or post-acne marks. When you match the color correctly to your tone, you don't need multiple different shades. Some people use a lighter shade for their dark circles and a different shade for their pimples, but this one I just use one color: custard. It works really well for my under eyes as well as everything else on my face to correct my complexion. Ingredient-wise, it contains a botanical blend derived from berries, like different plants and fruits, along with vitamin E. It helps to hydrate, and I think that's why it leaves such a nice elegant finish. So I highly recommend it if you're looking for an all-around great concealer to use on the face."

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86%Guru Score

IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye Full Coverage Anti-Aging Waterproof Concealer

"This is a great concealer if you're looking for concealer that helps to camouflage dark circles broken capillaries fine lines and wrinkles, make you look more refreshed, less tired, but doesn't crease and doesn't accentuate the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, especially when you set it with powder. It is super hydrating, it's super pigmented so a little bit goes a long way. You don't need a lot because often when you use a lot of concealer that is when it can easily crack and kick up. This one, because it's super richly pigmented, has what they call the expression proof technology that essentially prevents it from kicking and cracking so that way it doesn't make you look older and doesn't make you look like you have more wrinkles than you really do. This technology contains a blend of ingredients that helps to essentially hydrate the under eye area which already is pretty delicate, so hydrolyzed collagen peptides, hyaluronic acid and vitamin E. All around a great under eye concealer that's hydrating that won't make you look older, a little bit goes a long way, doesn't crack, and it's just a really elegant under eye concealer that I highly recommend."

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73%Guru Score

Powder & Setting2 reviews

IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Pores HD Powder

"This powder really impressed me and I've been loving it. How I use it and why I love it is because number one it really helps to set my eye makeup. I on a regular basis will just basically put on concealer and then powder my eyebrow lids and under eyes to help draw in my brows, eye makeup, and obviously mascara and prevent things from running. What really kind of seals the deal for me is that it really helps to set the stage and prep my skin where regardless what type of pencil I use, it really helps to allow the pencils to draw all really nicely smoothly and create a long lasting effect. And when I use it on my lids and under eyes it helps to again prevent things from running."

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83%Guru Score

Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder

"It's super popular, it lasts for a long time, really great at controlling shine and kind of has this pore blurring effect and also creates kind of this no flash effect when you are filming or photographing. So just really nice to use regularly or for special events. [...] A little bit goes a long way and I basically just set my eyebrow, my eyes, my T-Zone on a regular basis when I film or when I have special events, and then certainly you can use it all over too. Ingredient wise it contains vitamin C and vitamin E, great antioxidants, also has skin conditioning powder as well as pore blurring powder that really kind of helps to coat the pores and reduce their appearance and gives that kind of silky smooth skin finish. Highly recommend if you're looking for an awesome, amazing, long lasting setting powder."

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84%Guru Score

Blush & Bronzer1 review

Omnilux Contour Face and Neck Chest Mask

"You can certainly walk around with this device. I use it in the morning or at night after I wash my face on clean, dry skin, do my treatment, and then dampen my skin with a little water essence so I can finish off the rest of my skincare routine. Result wise, the biggest difference I've noticed on my skin is actually the reduction of my neck wrinkles. I have tech neck from always being on my phone and computer, and over the past five to six months with consistent use of the neck mask, because my skincare routine hasn't really changed significantly, the wrinkles on my neck have definitely softened up a lot more than before. It's hard to gauge how much change has happened on my face just because I had minimal concerns to start with and because I feel like I take good care of my skin it's really hard to notice improvement, but the goal with treatment is overall maintenance and keeping my skin as healthy and youthful as it can be."

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81%Guru Score

Foundation1 review

Tirtir Mask Fit Red Cushion Foundation

"It contains red propolis, which is a honey bee-derived product, and xanthin hibiscus extract that helps to nourish and maintain the skin barrier with great antioxidants to support the skin along with other plant-derived ingredients that promote hydration and help improve your complexion. If you're looking for a great foundation cushion to use on a daily basis or for important events, I think this is a great one for a natural finish that still offers really decent coverage that lasts all day."

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55%Guru Score

Nails1 review

Dr Dana Nail Renewal System

"Dr Dana has a nail renewal kit that comes with three items: basically that glycolic acid nail treatment and a pen that you can easily brush on as well as a nail buffer that we use afterwards and then a post treatment oil that you will brush on. You can basically have that whole rejuvenation process already pre-made for you that's really easy to use and can easily follow and do this regularly for nail rejuvenation. I just love how user friendly and not intimidating this kit is. Even though the concentration of glycolic acid here is not disclosed in the kit we're just really relying on it as the active ingredient to promote skin turnover help hydrate the nail. My favorite part of this kit is actually their buffering tool. I love using this to take down any unevenness of my nail plate any bumps or ridges but it does in such a gentle way. The texture of the buffering tool wand is very light and so that way you're filing down some of that evenness but you're not going to cause a lot of abrasion and micro tears to your nail plate as you're smoothing it down."

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81%Guru Score

Supplements1 review

Verisol Collagen

"If you're looking for skin-specific collagen, then Verisol collagen is the one to get. Those are the specific trademark type 1 collagen that's unique for skin absorption that will improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. What it's really done for me when I take it consistently is improve my skin barrier function and hydration, and I think wrinkles look less."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Tools1 review

Lily Silk Mulberry Silk Pillowcase

"There are more luxurious ones by Lily Silk as well."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

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