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Hyram
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Hyram.

Hyram is one of skincare's most influential voices, famous for barrier-friendly, K-beauty-leaning reviews of moisturizers, serums, and cleansers. His 4M+ followers love his approachable, confidence-first teaching and the trustworthy picks (like Aestura and Tower 28) that defined a generation's routines.

Why Are They A Guru?
One of the most influential skincare educators on the platform, credited with shaping a generation's barrier-care routines through independent, ingredient-literate reviews.
181Products
117 approved75% approval rate
39 skippedDoesn't pull punches
27 hot takesWhere they break from the pack
The hall of fame

Hyram's top picks.

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

★ Best lightweight moisturizer
Centella Calming Gel Cream
iUNIK Centella Calming Gel Cream
iUNIK has killed it with their Centella Calming Gel Cream. This one I've recommended on my channel so many years, and I have lost count of how many times I've repurchased this one. It is such a lovely gel cream consistency that honestly isn't even a gel cream. It's just like a gel. Super lightweight and amazing for anyone who lives in a humid environment or has really oily skin and you just feel like every single product you use is making your skin look super shiny and greasy. Not only that, it has ingredients like Centella Asiatica, tea tree, all of which are great to help reduce redness and irritation in case you are someone who has more sensitive or redness prone skin, which I really appreciate because I feel like a lot of products out there that are targeted towards people who have redness prone skin tend to be very heavy and greasy, but this one could not be further from that. Ultra lightweight and definitely amazing if you're someone out there who has consistently oily skin like I do.
★ Best cleansing balm
Living Cleansing Balm
Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm
I've gone through so many of this product. It's not even funny, but I keep rebying it. It is the Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm. If you have not tried this cleansing balm, I featured it for years on my channel. It is like a mango smoothie in a cleansing balm formula. So elegant, so nourishing on your face. Your skin feels so soft after using it. However, it is a bit of a luxury cleansing balm. I will forever recommend this and I will forever use it.
★ Best sunscreen
No.1 Clear Filter Sun Essence SPF 50
Numbuzin No.1 Clear Filter Sun Essence SPF 50
I am so obsessed with this sunscreen. I would have so many more empties of this one if it wasn't always sold out. This is the best sunscreen hands down. If you're someone who has more oily skin, you don't want your sunscreen to look super shiny. You want an ultra lightweight experience with a ton of beneficial ingredients for your skin. It really is just the best of the best. And I found myself returning into it so much. I would definitely be consistently using this one every single day.
★ Best moisturizers
Atobarrier 365 Cream
Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream
This one has become a staple in my routine and I honestly have lost count of how many I've repurchased because I go through them so fast. If you're tuned into the Korean skincare scene, you already know about this moisturizer -- it has absolutely exploded in popularity, and for good reason. I really do feel like this is one of the best moisturizers ever made. You might be thinking it's a moisturizer for really dry skin -- yes, but I love using it overnight. Every single time I use this moisturizer overnight, I wake up with just the most dewy, glowy, healthy-looking skin. It really is incredibly transformative and I will forever love this one. If you're someone who wants all the benefits of La Mer but at a $30 price point, this is the one for you. Absolutely incredible formula that I will recommend in pretty much every video, like I have been for the past year.
★ Best lip balm
Peptide Lip Treatment
Rhode Peptide Lip Treatment
I have always been impressed with Rhode Skincare. I feel like those formulas just right out of the gate were so good. I'm still personally obsessed with the lip balm. It's my favorite product from her. I like all of the formulas. The entire formulation philosophy of Rhode Skin is so good, and she's worked with some of the best dermatologists out there to create the brand.
★ Best mattifying sunscreen
Matte Sun Stick
Beauty of Joseon Matte Sun Stick
The Beauty of Joseon Matte Sun Stick changed my life, not even joking. Coming from someone who has used many sunscreens where I get so frustrated afterwards because my skin looks greasy, it looks shiny, white cast, heavy, pasty, when I first used this one I was like, how does my skin look better? Like it looks more balanced. It truly feels invisible. I probably over apply this because when I rub it across my skin I'm like, I genuinely can't see if it's there. It works so well. And if you're someone with oily skin you will definitely love this one. The difficult part about sunscreen comes down to reapplication and being able to just swipe swipe and go. With this product it's so easy because it really is invisible. It's crazy.
By the numbers

What they review most.

Against the grain

Hyram's hot takes.

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

Hyram: Skip vs gurus 65% Approved
With really sensitive, acne, breakout prone skin, I really do not understand why, especially lemon essential oil. Citrus essential oils are some of the most irritating essential oils that you can use. And when citrus essential oils are exposed to UV rays and sunlight, they can oxidize more rapidly, which can lead to skin sensitivity and irritation. So, I just don't understand why it's being used. There's no reason for it. Unfortunately, I have to say for that reason I do not recommend this formula, and I definitely would not be using it on my own skin. This is a product range for people who have the most sensitive type of skin. So, I just don't think that anything is worth the risk.
Hyram: Skip vs gurus 69% Approved
AirPods are definitely not the best thing to wear to sleep because they stick out a lot. They're super uncomfortable and when you wake up in the morning, a lot of times your ears will hurt. Also, the battery life doesn't last that long. So, even if you manage to keep them in your ear for a while, they'll only last 6 hours at maximum. Also, I'm a side sleeper and trying to wear headphones as a side sleeper is damn near next to impossible.
Hyram: Skip vs gurus 61% Approved
I have shat on the Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask for so many years, and it boggles my mind that people recommend it so often, because it really is one of the worst lip products that I've ever used.
Hyram: Skip vs gurus 67% Approved
I had heard a lot of good things about it and I do like Summer Fridays as a brand, so I decided to invest in this as a more luxury eye cream to see if it actually makes a difference. It is an elegant formula and feels very nice applying it on the under eye area, so it delivers luxury on that front. But besides that, I really didn't notice any difference on my under eye areas. I used this one for a long time and finally just gave up after a while because I was like, 'Okay, I don't think this is doing literally anything.' Is it a bad eye cream? No. But contrasting the price point with the actual results, absolute zilch results.
Every take, in full

Every review.

All 181 products Hyram has reviewed, grouped by product type. Click a product to see the full guru consensus.

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Moisturizers34 reviews
"This one has become a staple in my routine and I honestly have lost count of how many I've repurchased because I go through them so fast. If you're tuned into the Korean skincare scene, you already know about this moisturizer -- it has absolutely exploded in popularity, and for good reason. I really do feel like this is one of the best moisturizers ever made. You might be thinking it's a moisturizer for really dry skin -- yes, but I love using it overnight. Every single time I use this moisturizer overnight, I wake up with just the most dewy, glowy, healthy-looking skin. It really is incredibly transformative and I will forever love this one. If you're someone who wants all the benefits of La Mer but at a $30 price point, this is the one for you. Absolutely incredible formula that I will recommend in pretty much every video, like I have been for the past year."
Approved
89%of gurus approve
All 3 takes on Atobarrier 365 Cream
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"In my opinion, the Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream is one of the best moisturizers to ever exist. I've probably purchased it myself like 10 times at least, and I've recommended it in damn near every single video on my channel."
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"This one has become a staple in my routine and I honestly have lost count of how many I've repurchased because I go through them so fast. If you're tuned into the Korean skincare scene, you already know about this moisturizer -- it has absolutely exploded in popularity, and for good reason. I really do feel like this is one of the best moisturizers ever made. You might be thinking it's a moisturizer for really dry skin -- yes, but I love using it overnight. Every single time I use this moisturizer overnight, I wake up with just the most dewy, glowy, healthy-looking skin. It really is incredibly transformative and I will forever love this one. If you're someone who wants all the benefits of La Mer but at a $30 price point, this is the one for you. Absolutely incredible formula that I will recommend in pretty much every video, like I have been for the past year."
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"I only discovered this product about a year ago, but I've been using it almost every single night, applying it on my body, just going ham with it every single time. I love it so much, and I've been recommending it in almost every single video since I first discovered it. The Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream: the very first time I tried this overnight and woke up in the morning to look at my skin, I was just blown away by the results. It really does completely replenish your skin overnight in a way that I've only been able to find with a select few moisturizers that tend to be pretty expensive. Even just in the last year, I've already repurchased it three or four times, that's how much I use it. I am absolutely obsessed. I'm constantly recommending it to people who have more dry skin, people who have eczema. I really feel like this moisturizer is on par with the luxury creams on the market. The formula feels luxurious, it delivers the results, but it's not a crazy price point. If you're looking for an ultra-rich nighttime moisturizer, or you're someone who has really dry, eczema-prone skin and wants to use something during the day, I could not recommend this one more. It will forever be on my skincare shelf."
"That product I still love to this day. It has you know beneficial skincare ingredients though. It also has like betaine, allantoin, glycerin, panthenol. So definitely really good ingredients for deeply hydrating the skin. Hyaluronic acid. I mean this has a really stellar ingredient list."
Approved
81%of gurus approve
"With really sensitive, acne, breakout prone skin, I really do not understand why, especially lemon essential oil. Citrus essential oils are some of the most irritating essential oils that you can use. And when citrus essential oils are exposed to UV rays and sunlight, they can oxidize more rapidly, which can lead to skin sensitivity and irritation. So, I just don't understand why it's being used. There's no reason for it. Unfortunately, I have to say for that reason I do not recommend this formula, and I definitely would not be using it on my own skin. This is a product range for people who have the most sensitive type of skin. So, I just don't think that anything is worth the risk."
Skip
65%of gurus approve
"Their licorice calming cream is pretty much a part of my daily skincare routine now. I've been consistently using it for the past like year to two years. They have amazing quality formulas."
Approved
87%of gurus approve
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"Their licorice calming cream is pretty much a part of my daily skincare routine now. I've been consistently using it for the past like year to two years. They have amazing quality formulas."
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"I've gone through many bottles of this and I love it because it gives that satisfying gel experience but a boost of hydration and moisture. I'm FROM is just a great Korean skincare brand that just feels so luxurious, and their formulas are really out of this world. This moisturizer is no different, not only is it going to give your skin a splash of hydration, but it also has licorice root extract which is great for fading hyperpigmentation and dark spots, balancing the tone of your skin, helping with dark circles, alongside other incredible ingredients that are great for reducing irritation and sensitivity. I always love using this one whenever I'm traveling to like dry climates where I need that moisture but I don't want to feel like there's a heavy thick cream on my face, this is my go-to."
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"I really like how my skin looks. The hyaluronic acid and some of the other ingredients make it feel moisturized but it's not too heavy. It's a very nice lightweight experience and my skin still looks relatively mattified, which not many products can do. The I'm from Licorice Calming Cream is a super nice lightweight gel cream. It feels really good on the skin and was pretty much exactly what I was looking for. That said, it does have fragrance, which I did not want, so that's a downside."
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"I'm going to go in with I'm from licorice calming cream. I got this in Korea and I have been loving it."
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"The I'm from Licorice Calming Cream, incredible lightweight moisturizer that I religiously use."
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"I'm from licorice calming cream it's great for reducing sensitivity and helping with dark spots and pigmentation"
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"It is the I'm From Licorice Calming Cream. This one I found myself repurchasing and returning to so many times because it just makes the skin look so beautiful with a really elegant formula that has also additional benefits beyond just simply moisturizing the skin. When I first started using this one, I was mostly expecting it to be a nighttime moisturizer, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it actually works elegantly as a daytime moisturizer to make your skin look super nourished and hydrated without looking overly greasy. It has a really lovely gel cream consistency that just adds a splash of hydration to the skin, but still sinks in pretty nicely and just leaves this nice very slight hydrated sheen to the skin, perfect for combination skin. The main ingredient it uses is licorice root extract. Licorice root is a great natural extract that helps to fight against hyperpigmentation and dark spots in the skin. And it's also a great ingredient for helping to soothe excess redness and sensitivity in the skin."
"iUNIK has killed it with their Centella Calming Gel Cream. This one I've recommended on my channel so many years, and I have lost count of how many times I've repurchased this one. It is such a lovely gel cream consistency that honestly isn't even a gel cream. It's just like a gel. Super lightweight and amazing for anyone who lives in a humid environment or has really oily skin and you just feel like every single product you use is making your skin look super shiny and greasy. Not only that, it has ingredients like Centella Asiatica, tea tree, all of which are great to help reduce redness and irritation in case you are someone who has more sensitive or redness prone skin, which I really appreciate because I feel like a lot of products out there that are targeted towards people who have redness prone skin tend to be very heavy and greasy, but this one could not be further from that. Ultra lightweight and definitely amazing if you're someone out there who has consistently oily skin like I do."
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85%of gurus approve
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"It's the iUNIK Centella Calming Gel Cream. This has been a staple on my channel for years. I love this moisturizer, but I've gone through three bottles of this recently where I've noticed that every single time I use it, my skin just gets a little bit red and flushed and irritated for a good 10 minutes after I apply it. One of the reasons I love this moisturizer is that it has so many soothing ingredients. It really is the most lightweight moisturizer I've ever used in my life. If you're someone who has oily skin, I highly recommend this. I don't think it's a formulation issue because the formula looks exactly the same. I think it's just a personal issue with my skin evolving."
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"iUNIK has killed it with their Centella Calming Gel Cream. This one I've recommended on my channel so many years, and I have lost count of how many times I've repurchased this one. It is such a lovely gel cream consistency that honestly isn't even a gel cream. It's just like a gel. Super lightweight and amazing for anyone who lives in a humid environment or has really oily skin and you just feel like every single product you use is making your skin look super shiny and greasy. Not only that, it has ingredients like Centella Asiatica, tea tree, all of which are great to help reduce redness and irritation in case you are someone who has more sensitive or redness prone skin, which I really appreciate because I feel like a lot of products out there that are targeted towards people who have redness prone skin tend to be very heavy and greasy, but this one could not be further from that. Ultra lightweight and definitely amazing if you're someone out there who has consistently oily skin like I do."
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"The iUnik Centella Calming Gel Cream is such a lightweight formula and a great price. The amount of centella in it is incredible as well as other soothing ingredients that are great if you're struggling with sensitivity. It kind of has like a cooling sensation to it which is nice, feels similar to like an aloe vera product but it won't result in greasiness or heaviness throughout the day. It's just such a stellar product, awesome moisturizer that I will always recommend to anyone who has oily skin or sensitive skin."
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"If you're someone who wants an ultra lightweight moisturizing experience with a power packed ingredient list that works to reduce excess oiliness control redness and sensitivity repair the moisture barrier all without looking greasy or shiny this is definitely a good formula to go with. It's so beautiful."
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"This moisturizer is $16 from the amazing Korean skincare brand iUNIK and has an ultra lightweight gel consistency that works for people who have really oily skin or even sensitive skin because of the incredible ingredients. This formula has 72% centella asiatica leaf water, centella asiatica being one of the best ingredients for reducing redness and sensitivity. It also features 10% tea tree leaf water which is why it's a great option for anyone who has oily skin because tea tree does a good job of reducing excess oiliness, in combination with the niacinamide in the formula, of course the miracle ingredient that really should be in every formula out there. It also has green tea extract so you're not just getting the leaf water, you're actually getting the pure extract to get those incredible soothing and damage repairing benefits. The only thing is that this formula does include bergamot oil, but I've used this product so many times and when it comes to essential oils I always do the sniff test where you can really judge how much of an essential oil is being used in a formula and I really can't smell it in this, so I personally don't have an issue with that. I forgot how good this formula is."
"I've used Aquaphor on my lips many times. I'm someone who has severely dry lips, and Aquaphor, while not the best, is definitely in the top 10 of lip products that I've used to maintain healthy, hydrated lips. Plus, it's super affordable. You can't go wrong with it."
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91%of gurus approve
"When I was able to look at the ingredient list, I was like, 'Oh my god, incredible ingredient list' featuring ceramides, mud mood butter, which is actually like the ingredient that I use in my own moisturizer with Selfless by Hyram, ginger root extract, polyglutamic acid, like just across the board, great ingredient list. I've really enjoyed using that moisturizer. I've always been a fan of that one since I first tried it. I feel like this is a great product to start with, especially if you're someone who has really dry or dehydrated skin. I would say this kind of provides a similar experience to what you would get out of slugging."
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73%of gurus approve
"Tretinoin is a prescription retinoid that is pretty much the most effective ingredient at helping to get rid of deep set damage like premature aging. Tretinoin is the gold standard and pretty much the most concentrated and powerful skincare ingredient you can get to fight against deep set damage. It is incredible and I have absolutely loved introducing it into my routine. I will admit I am not at the point where I'm using it every single day. I can only tolerate it at the lowest percentage around like two to maybe three times per week. Getting tretinoin into your routine is the best way of fighting against the deep set damage that premature aging can introduce to your skin. But a word of caution, if you are someone who really struggles with sensitive or irritated skin, I would definitely not recommend tretinoin unless your dermatologist says so."
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73%of gurus approve
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"Tretinoin is a great prescription retinoid that really helps to get rid of any type of skin damage. It really is like that hero ingredient. It will make your skin freak out when you first use it, you might get some purging, breakout, sensitivity, and that's primarily because it is just such a powerful ingredient. I would use this as proof for why you should use tretinoin, particularly if you're around 30 years old or older. You will love it."
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"Tretinoin is known to be like the gold standard best ingredient ever for fighting darkness and hyperpigmentation in the skin, but it is really, really powerful and has the potential to really sensitize and irritate your skin. Every time I've tried to use tretinoin on my under eye area, even though I have like the lowest dose of tretinoin you can get, I still notice irritation and sensitivity. Even though the rest of my face doesn't react, my under eye area does, which is really frustrating because I know it works, but at the same time, whether it be redness, bumps, or eczema, my under eye area really, really doesn't like tretinoin. For my face, tretinoin has been absolutely incredible and I love using it. But for the under eye area, it's only something that I can use like maybe once every few weeks, if that, because dealing with the sensitivity and irritation afterwards is just not worth it."
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"Tretinoin is a prescription retinoid that is pretty much the most effective ingredient at helping to get rid of deep set damage like premature aging. Tretinoin is the gold standard and pretty much the most concentrated and powerful skincare ingredient you can get to fight against deep set damage. It is incredible and I have absolutely loved introducing it into my routine. I will admit I am not at the point where I'm using it every single day. I can only tolerate it at the lowest percentage around like two to maybe three times per week. Getting tretinoin into your routine is the best way of fighting against the deep set damage that premature aging can introduce to your skin. But a word of caution, if you are someone who really struggles with sensitive or irritated skin, I would definitely not recommend tretinoin unless your dermatologist says so."
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"Tretinoin is a prescription grade skin care ingredient that is one of the most well researched and most powerful ways of getting rid of deep set damage in your skin. It's amazing for treating all different types of concerns whether it be premature aging, acne, acne scarring, dark spots, dark circles. This year I've been using it almost every other day and it really is incredible. It would honestly be a sin for me to not recommend tretinoin as a really effective way of getting rid of acne scarring because it is like pharmaceutical grade treatment, you can't really get better than that. However, if you're someone who has very sensitive skin or very reactive skin, I will say that tretinoin is probably not the best thing for you because even at an extremely low percentage, I will sometimes experience irritation from tretinoin use. If I go a week without using tretinoin and then I reintroduce it into my routine, here comes the flaky skin, here comes the stinging sensations, the redness. It's definitely not for the faint of heart or faint of skin."
"I think this is a great simple eye cream. I've always introduced it on my channel as like a good starter or introductory eye cream to make sure that you're properly nourishing and hydrating your under eye area while preventing damage from occurring down the road. And this eye cream was great when I didn't really struggle with dark circles. But once my dark circles started getting more severe, this one just didn't really do anything anymore. It doesn't necessarily claim to be an eye cream that's going to wipe away your dark circles. It's more focused on moisture, nourishment, and has some great ingredients, but overall, it just leaves a lot to the imagination when it comes to actually brightening any hyperpigmentation or darkness on the under eye area. But it is a good starter eye cream and I still recommend it. It keeps you moisturized, but that's about it."
~Mixed
62%of gurus approve
"The Outset seems to present itself as a brand that's very minimalist, focused on clean ingredients, very clean girl aesthetic, but with a luxurious vibe. Having held the products myself, they do live up to the standard. They feel like a luxurious, high quality product. Even though the packaging is pretty simple, it still feels luxurious. The restorative niacinamide night cream has some good simple basic moisturizing and conditioning agents like caprylic triglyceride, cetearyl alcohol. It has some intriguing oils like avocado oil, sunflower oil, and it's pretty much fragrance-free. There's no added fragrance, no essential oils or perfume. Looking at the formulas for this brand, I do think that they are pretty much in line with what is representative of a healthy, good quality skincare formula that is simplistic but still effective. There's not a lot of frills, no fragrance, nothing over the top, but still a good ingredient list."
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80%of gurus approve
"If you don't know this moisturizer, I have recommended it for years on my channel. Particularly if you're someone who really struggles with dry skin or eczema, you are going to love this moisturizer. Not only because it has colloidal oatmeal, which is like one of the best, if not the best ingredients to help target and soothe eczema, but also has glycerin, squalane, shea butter, and one of the things I love about this moisturizer is you get a large amount. Even if you go with their smaller size, I believe it's like 5 oz and I think they go up from there, you get a lot of product for a really good moisturizer that's going to last you a long time."
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83%of gurus approve
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"First Aid Beauty, I have loved them since the beginning of my channel, and their Ultra Repair Cream is 50% off. If you're someone who consistently struggles with dry skin, eczema, or you also want a body care product, this one kind of does everything. It was one of my very first, or maybe my very first moisturizer I ever fell in love with. It's so good. I've loved it for years."
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"If you don't know this moisturizer, I have recommended it for years on my channel. Particularly if you're someone who really struggles with dry skin or eczema, you are going to love this moisturizer. Not only because it has colloidal oatmeal, which is like one of the best, if not the best ingredients to help target and soothe eczema, but also has glycerin, squalane, shea butter, and one of the things I love about this moisturizer is you get a large amount. Even if you go with their smaller size, I believe it's like 5 oz and I think they go up from there, you get a lot of product for a really good moisturizer that's going to last you a long time."
"La Roche-Posay Double Repair Moisturizer is a very popular moisturizer, probably their most popular product. It is a little bit more for people who have drier dehydrated skin. One thing I love about it is that it's fragrance-free and a formula that is really good for sensitive skin."
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86%of gurus approve
"My new favorite moisturizer, the Aestura A-Cica 365 Cream, so freaking good. I've been using it every single night for like months now, I'm not kidding."
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87%of gurus approve
"Tomato oil is such an underrated treatment for dryness and redness, and it also does an amazing job of helping to lift hyperpigmentation out of the skin. So if you're someone who struggles with dark spots or acne scarring, this product also targets that. It has nice niacinamides, ceramides, nourishing seed oils, and truthfully the results speak for themselves because every time I use the serum overnight and I wake up in the morning my redness is gone, my skin looks glowy, any flakiness is gone. I will frequently use this as a spot treatment for any irritated areas. Just across the board, incredible product, incredible brand. They also released their larger size which I definitely recommend to get more bang for your buck. No serum compares to this one. It really is incredible."
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85%of gurus approve
"That blemish lotion is very obvious looking on the skin. The drying lotion is usually something you use overnight. You want to use the Q-tip so you don't get any bacteria into the bottle that could sit in that nice moist environment and compromise the formula because it's not going to help your breakout. The whole reason you use a Q-tip for this product is because it's based so it's naturally meant to separate into two different consistencies and inserting the Q-tip down into it helps to essentially pair the two layers together for application on the pimple. They always specifically say with that product to not shake it up, not to mix it."
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50%of gurus approve
"I use Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream. It's a nice gel cream, which is great when you have oily skin. Using a thick cream on your face will only accentuate the oil production that's going to happen anyway. Serums and cleansers are the best for helping to keep your skin balanced and basically signaling to your skin like hey, no need to create this much oil, you're fine."
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87%of gurus approve
"The ingredient list is very simple: aloe vera, panthenol, hyaluronic acid. The ingredients are good, they work to moisturize the skin, and when it comes to a daytime moisturizer or something you're using while performing and constantly sweating, whatever works to moisturize your skin without feeling super heavy on your face is great. But I don't know if I'd use this moisturizer just because it doesn't really have super calming ingredients. I mean it does have safflower oil, but that does very minimum to calm down the skin, especially if I'm going to be paying $43 for it. I'd prefer for it to have a little bit more of an ingredient list."
~Mixed
68%of gurus approve
"La Mer, they're the brand that if you want to pay the equivalent of a house mortgage for a single product that about sums them up. They're extremely overpriced with some of the worst ingredient lists I have ever seen in skincare formulas ever, and they price themselves based off of this secret ingredient that they use when the majority of their formula you can find in a $3 moisturizer at the drugstore. I will not deny that La Mer feels nice on the skin, but the proof is in the ingredient list and the ingredient list does not measure up. I have tried it many times, did I buy it no, I cashed out on those mini sample sizes for so long, and it's no better than other products. I don't believe the hype."
Skip
48%of gurus approve
"My thoughts on the Tatcha Moisturizer are pretty much exactly the same as the eye cream, it's just expensive, luxurious, and I don't like that there's fragrance in it, but it feels nice."
Skip
71%of gurus approve
"My favorite is probably the Bioma Moisturizing Gel Cream. I typically use their gel moisturizer when I'm in a little bit more of a dry environment but I still want that invisible moisturizer feel on my skin. It does a great job of deeply moisturizing without looking too greasy."
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77%of gurus approve
"Their Bloom Cream Daily Moisturizer features goat milk, niacinamide, and a bunch of other great ingredients that are not only good for calming the skin and reducing sensitivity but really deeply nourishing it as well. If you're someone with drier skin and you really want a nice thicker moisturizer, I would say this is definitely a good one to go with. It feels amazing on the skin."
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82%of gurus approve
"The ingredient list of the Rich Cream is definitely more stacked than the serum. You have a lot of great natural oils like avocado oil, sunflower seed oil, shea butter, green tea, peptides. But I just don't know if anything could push me to pay that much for a skincare product that's going to run out in like 3 months. You could tell me it adds years onto my life and I still wouldn't buy it."
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68%of gurus approve
All 2 takes on Rich Cream
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"When it comes to Augustinus Bader products, I have always stood behind their formulas. I feel that they definitely use really good high-quality ingredients because they do have really good formulas. They're just like super overpriced and I personally would not spend that much on a product. Looking at the ingredients, there's lots of hydrating agents. Glycerin is the second ingredient. There's also squalane which is one of like the best moisturizing ingredients you can find. A lot of good natural extracts, sodium hyaluronate, ginseng, green tea, pomegranate wine peptide complex. Do I look at this ingredient list and do I drool a little bit? Yes, I do. But the price point makes that drool go right back up into my mouth. I just can't stand behind their price points. But their formulas are good."
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"The ingredient list of the Rich Cream is definitely more stacked than the serum. You have a lot of great natural oils like avocado oil, sunflower seed oil, shea butter, green tea, peptides. But I just don't know if anything could push me to pay that much for a skincare product that's going to run out in like 3 months. You could tell me it adds years onto my life and I still wouldn't buy it."
"I am already falling in love and look at the price point, $7. Where has this been all my life? I have my eye on the centella asiatica gel cream. I mean, I always love a good gel cream, but specifically with centella asiatica. I want to see if this one's fragrance free. You guys, this ingredient list is no joke. What I also really like about Purito is that they put the ingredient list in English on a sticker on the outside of the box, so you know this skincare is like legit coming from Japan, which is music to my ears."
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80%of gurus approve
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"I am already falling in love and look at the price point, $7. Where has this been all my life? I have my eye on the centella asiatica gel cream. I mean, I always love a good gel cream, but specifically with centella asiatica. I want to see if this one's fragrance free. You guys, this ingredient list is no joke. What I also really like about Purito is that they put the ingredient list in English on a sticker on the outside of the box, so you know this skincare is like legit coming from Japan, which is music to my ears."
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"I have my eye on the Purito Deep Sea Pure Water Cream. I mean I always love a good gel cream but specifically with centella asiatica I want to see if this one's fragrance free. This ingredient list is no joke. What I also really like about Purito is that they put the ingredient list in English on a sticker on the outside of the box so you know this skincare is like legit coming from Korea. The price point is $7, where has this been all my life?"
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"What I don't love about it is that it does have Menthol, but it's so low on the ingredient list that I'm hoping it's not super strong. So I opened it up and right at the front it says made in Korea, but this is definitely Japanese. The packaging is not Korean. It's so pretty, and I'm trying to see how strong the menthol is. Oh my God, I feel like I'm smelling Vicks. That is so strong. Oh my God, you guys, I feel like I just poured Listerine all over my hands. I feel like my eyes are burning. Even though it feels like a beautiful consistency, the smell is not going away. It's really lingering, and I thought because Menthol is so low on the ingredient list that it would just be a very light smell, but this is strong. I'm so sad, I really wanted this to be good. I mean, I'm sure it's fine, but I know in the past my skin has had not the best reactions to Menthol, and it's just not a great ingredient to have in skincare regardless. At least this product was not expensive, so it's not a huge loss that this one doesn't work."
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"The smell is so strong, it feels like I just poured Listerine all over my hands. My eyes are burning. Even though it feels like a beautiful consistency, the smell is not going away. I thought because Menthol is so low on the ingredient list that it would just be a very light smell, but this is strong. I'm really sad because I really wanted this to be good. I know in the past my skin has had not the best reactions to Menthol, and it's just not a great ingredient to have in skincare regardless. At least this product was not expensive, so it's not a huge loss that this one doesn't work."
"It is not cheap. This product is so expensive and because it's a more lightweight moisturizing cream, you end up using a lot on your body, which means you'll go through this product really quickly. It is very expensive. Unless you want to pay that price point, I would say this product is definitely not worth the hype."
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68%of gurus approve
"I love this product if you're someone who struggles with super dry hands where they could crack and bleed you have like eczema I definitely recommend this one cuz this is really good product."
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79%of gurus approve
"Smash I love that product it's such a good cleansing oil"
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80%of gurus approve
"The one that I consistently use and love is the Coconut Water Cream. I've talked about this product literally since the beginning days of my channel. I used it so many times this year it still stands as the most lightweight moisturizer I have ever used in my life. As someone who struggles with really oily skin, I highly recommend checking this one out if you do as well. Plus it has a nice blurring effect where my skin always looks super smooth and just very even afterwards."
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70%of gurus approve
All 3 takes on Coconut water cream
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"This is the First Aid Beauty Coconut Water Cream, one of my favorite moisturizers for summertime."
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"The one that I consistently use and love is the Coconut Water Cream. I've talked about this product literally since the beginning days of my channel. I used it so many times this year it still stands as the most lightweight moisturizer I have ever used in my life. As someone who struggles with really oily skin, I highly recommend checking this one out if you do as well. Plus it has a nice blurring effect where my skin always looks super smooth and just very even afterwards."
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"For events like this where I know I'm going to be really sweaty, I'm going in with my favorite moisturizer, the First Aid Beauty coconut water cream. It is the only moisturizer that lasts through any type of sweat that my skin exudes."
"Great moisturizer for combination skin it has kind of like a thicker gel cream consistency that adds a nice sheen and glow to the skin but doesn't get overly greasy throughout the day with some really good ingredients for calming sensitivity and redness in the skin plus they recently released their jumbo size which is great for reducing packaging so if you're someone who loves this product definitely check out the bigger size."
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86%of gurus approve
"The CeraVe PM moisturizing lotion is one of my favorites. It's an affordable one that's very lightweight but still gives a nice protective layer over the surface of your skin. So whether you have dryness or oiliness, you can do both."
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85%of gurus approve
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"This is one of my favorite moisturizers from CeraVe because it's a very light gel that works great if you have more oily or combination skin like me. It doesn't feel heavy on the skin. My skin feels and looks so much more moisturized but it's not too greasy or shiny. I've used this one for a while and I highly recommend it."
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"The CeraVe PM moisturizing lotion is one of my favorites. It's an affordable one that's very lightweight but still gives a nice protective layer over the surface of your skin. So whether you have dryness or oiliness, you can do both."
"The Aveeno Calm + Restore Oat Gel Moisturizer has always been one of my favorites. If you have combination skin and you want a very lightweight moisturizer but still want your skin to appear dewy, this one is your best friend. I use this one constantly during the day and even overnight. It's a great one."
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89%of gurus approve
"She's using a CeraVe moisturizer, love it. Super simple but effective."
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85%of gurus approve
All 2 takes on Moisturizing Cream
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"The CeraVe moisturizer, obviously we love CeraVe over here. Need I say more?"
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"She's using a CeraVe moisturizer, love it. Super simple but effective."
"My personal favorite is the CeraVe Healing Ointment. That way you can make sure that your skin is properly being protected from water loss overnight and you don't have to use the single-use hydrocolloid patches every single night."
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87%of gurus approve
All 3 takes on Healing Ointment
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"My personal favorite is the CeraVe Healing Ointment. That way you can make sure that your skin is properly being protected from water loss overnight and you don't have to use the single-use hydrocolloid patches every single night."
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"The CeraVe Healing Ointment is one of those products that's so multifunctional I find myself using it like everywhere on my body, but I really do enjoy using this as a lip product particularly overnight when I'm already applying a really rich moisturizer. When I apply this over the top it does a good job of keeping my skin moisturized throughout the night whether it be on my face or on my lips. One of the best parts of this product is that it is so cheap. If you buy the smallest bottle that they have and use it exclusively on your lips it'll last you literally like three years and it's $5. However, I'm not going to put it in the top category because it's just not easy to carry around. Most of these other products I can put in my pocket and I'm fine but this one is bigger. Also it's very simple, so if you're wanting a nice treat-yourself experience, if you're wanting a nice fragrance, any of that stuff you're not going to get it. It's not an elegant product by any means. But I always recommend it to people who are like I just need something to really moisturize my lips. This is a great one because you can use it anywhere."
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"I'm gonna go in with the CeraVe Healing Ointment. I haven't slugged in like a week so I feel like my skin is definitely needing it. I had drinks earlier today so I think my skin definitely needs some hydration after the dehydration that alcohol takes away from your skin overall. It makes your face super greasy."
"The Bioma Moisturizing Rich Cream has a ceramide complex that works to repair your skin's moisture barrier so you won't have to experience dryness in the long run."
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81%of gurus approve
"Great soothing ingredients if you're someone who struggles with redness and irritation, as well as peptide complexes. This is just such a stacked ingredient list, especially if you're looking for something to moisturize your skin throughout the winter and really focus on healing or repairing your skin barrier. This is great for that. Of course, in addition to the benefits that bamboo has for fighting against aging, but I love how lightweight it is. This is really like a versatile formula that you can use both during the daytime and nighttime because it gives your skin that splash of hydration, but not overly greasy or heavy. I'm really excited to continue using it."
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79%of gurus approve
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"It's a simple serum. It's basically just like some hydrating ingredients, hyaluronic acid and stem cells. I would definitely totally feel comfortable using this if it was gifted to me. Would I go out and purchase it myself? Probably not."
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74%of gurus approve
"It's a significantly lower price point than the Tower 28 spray. The formulas are very comparable to each other. However, I kind of hate the Tower 28 packaging and I really like the Prequel packaging instead. This one has such a finer mist compared to the Tower 28 one, which is a little bit of a harsher, more direct, intense spray. This one is a very fine mist. The downside of a fine mist is that you end up going through it a lot quicker because there's more of the mist kind of lost in the air. Even though this one is more affordable than the Tower 28 spray, I do think they last about the same amount of time because the Tower 28 spray is a little bit harsher, which means you're getting all the formula delivered to your skin as opposed to the Prequel spray, which is kind of just half of it is kind of floating through the air. I personally really enjoy the Prequel packaging because the Tower 28 one is just a little bit too intense and jarring, especially when I spray it on my face in the morning."
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89%of gurus approve
"Whenever I'm struggling with dark spots or hyperpigmentation and no other product is working, I always pull this bad boy out at the end because I know that it will always work. I actually prefer using the mini size because I don't need to use very much because of how power-packed the formulation is and how well it works at being able to erase dark spots and hyperpigmentation in my skin. And that is due to the absolutely incredible ingredient list that it has. It has tranexamic acid, alpha arbutin, one of the most powerful ingredients out there for brightening dark spots, glutathione, an ingredient for correcting hyperpigmentation that's really viral in Korea, turmeric extract, azelaic acid, licorice root extract. I remember the very first time I ever looked at this ingredient list, and I truly did not know how they're able to compile so many power-packed ingredients into one formula. This is definitely the most power-packed formula for dark spots that I have ever used. For anyone out there who has more sensitive skin, please tread lightly because this is a very powerful formula."
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86%of gurus approve
All 3 takes on Faded Brightening Serum
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"Whenever I'm struggling with dark spots or hyperpigmentation and no other product is working, I always pull this bad boy out at the end because I know that it will always work. I actually prefer using the mini size because I don't need to use very much because of how power-packed the formulation is and how well it works at being able to erase dark spots and hyperpigmentation in my skin. And that is due to the absolutely incredible ingredient list that it has. It has tranexamic acid, alpha arbutin, one of the most powerful ingredients out there for brightening dark spots, glutathione, an ingredient for correcting hyperpigmentation that's really viral in Korea, turmeric extract, azelaic acid, licorice root extract. I remember the very first time I ever looked at this ingredient list, and I truly did not know how they're able to compile so many power-packed ingredients into one formula. This is definitely the most power-packed formula for dark spots that I have ever used. For anyone out there who has more sensitive skin, please tread lightly because this is a very powerful formula."
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"The Topicals Faded serum is one of the most powerful formulas I've ever used to the point that I have to use it very inconsistently because it works really well but it's really really strong. I use this product to spot treat any areas where I am struggling with scarring. The ingredient list is jam-packed it has tranexamic acid, alpha arbutin which is a really powerful bleaching agent to help get rid of that excess pigment where you experience the breakout, AHC acid, licorice fruit extract. When I've had a consistent scar that won't go away, whenever I use this product it can zap it so quickly and works really really well. One turnoff of this product for me is that it's kind of expensive, but because I spot treat using this product I use barely any so one of the big bottles literally lasts forever. They recently released a mini version which I think is a perfect way of getting this product for a more affordable price point, getting that treatment without wasting any product. It is a really really good one."
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"The Topicals Faded serum is definitely the most powerful serum I've used for brightening dark spots. It features ingredients like niacinamide, alpha arbutin, and AIC acid, but the nice thing about this one is that rather than a serum consistency, this one is basically like a moisturizer and a serum in one. It has a bunch of really rich nourishing ingredients to give you that nice moisturizer feel. I enjoy using this one before I go to bed and I'll just slather it all over my face and it's always done a great job of lifting those pesky marks that won't go away. The thing I will say about this one is that when I say it's powerful, that is not to be understated. This product is intense, and the maximum frequency I think I've ever experimented with this product is two times in one week. Honestly, one time a week was like enough for me because while it works very well, it definitely leaves my skin a little bit more sensitive to the touch, a little bit red and irritated afterwards. It's not anything that's bad or a super big red flag, but it's just indicative of how strong this formula is. So I would say if you are getting this one, don't mess around."
"One of the first products that impressed me from Rhode is their Peptide Glazing Fluid. The reality is peptides are expensive. They're oftentimes formulated into very high price point products, which is why I appreciate that this is a lower price point, but it also has really unique ingredients like marula oil. It has a unique consistency, but you look at the ingredient list and it's still simple. It's not overly excessive. It's not like they're throwing in a ton of ingredients to just unnecessarily load up the product. And it's free of common irritants, fragrance, essential oils, drying alcohols for a good fair price point."
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70%of gurus approve
"The Medik8 Liquid Peptides Advanced MP+ is one of the best I've ever discovered for just like a really good snatching and also plumping effect. It has amazing peptides to fight against premature aging, reduce inflammation and excess puffiness. I went and got this and it's actually been doing really well for my skin. It's super light."
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88%of gurus approve
All 2 takes on Liquid Peptides Advanced MP+
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"The Medik8 Liquid Peptides Advanced MP+ is one of the best I've ever discovered for just like a really good snatching and also plumping effect. It has amazing peptides to fight against premature aging, reduce inflammation and excess puffiness. I went and got this and it's actually been doing really well for my skin. It's super light."
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"Their liquid peptide serum is so amazing. It's one of my most recent introductions to my routine, but based off my research it's like the internet's best serum for anti-aging and plumping and softening the skin. Every time I use it I am blown away. It's typically a little bit more pricey, but if you want to find an incredible product for fighting and preventing premature aging I would definitely recommend it."
"Snail mucin is an incredible skincare ingredient for the skin that helps with resolving dehydration a broken moisture barrier. It helps to fight damage and premature aging within the skin. There are just so many benefits to it. And a lot of people get weirded out when it comes to snail mucin I get it. It's a little bit strange but people in Korea have been using it for I mean centuries right it's been around a really long time. And the data that we have around it is just pretty much all good."
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89%of gurus approve
"The Neutrogena Hydro Boost serum is a little bit simple, but she uses the fragrance free version which I absolutely love. It's compensating for the drying side effects of the salicylic acid solution."
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80%of gurus approve
"True Skin Vitamin C Serum is one of the most famous if not the most famous skincare product on Amazon. Super popular with amazing reviews and after using it myself I have to agree. I think it's just a good basic stellar vitamin C serum that you can use every day that will work great for helping to prevent those issues you're experiencing. This one primarily uses sodium ascorbyl phosphate but if you look at the reviews and see the before and afters and just the overall customer experience, it has a cult following, it's super popular and very effective. I think a great product that you can introduce into your daily skincare routine. Is it as elegant as other serums? No, but it gets the job done. And I would say the vitamin C in it is a little bit more powerful than what you would find in some other ones."
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80%of gurus approve
"I have to say this serum I love it. It feels so lightweight on the skin. It does almost feel like a lightweight moisturizer but it's so mattifying. I don't feel like there's anything heavy on my skin. Everything from their range I'm obsessed with and so far it feels so nice on my skin. I'm definitely going to keep using this one."
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78%of gurus approve
"It's a very simple ingredient list with loric acid, magnesium aoral phosphate, orange seed extract and panthenol. The ingredients in the formula itself are pretty good. But this product doesn't really have any like acne fighting ingredients. If he's already willing to dish out $93 on a product, I feel like there would be a better one to go for because it's just very well researched and very very good."
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67%of gurus approve
"As far as my favorite for a dedicated lactic acid product, The Ordinary 10% Lactic Acid serum works really well, gives me the results I want, and it's a great price point. You literally cannot beat The Ordinary; they have the best prices out there."
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88%of gurus approve
"Beauty of Joseon is already like a really good price point, these serums are like $14, you can even find them for like $10. Beauty of Joseon has like some of the highest quality skincare ingredients out there in beautiful formulas that are already accessible."
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81%of gurus approve
All 4 takes on Glow Serum: Propolis + Niacinamide
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"Beauty of Joseon is one of my favorite skincare brands ever. This serum is a freaking amazing product, and I haven't used it in a while so I'm definitely going to get it because I need more of this."
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"Propolis is awesome for providing that deeper nourishment but it also has niacinamide in it as well. It has sodium hyaluronate, turmeric, tea tree, centella asiatica, lotus seed extract. If you've ever used propolis before it can feel very heavy on the skin and I never noticed that with this serum. If you're someone who struggles with dehydration or you want to add a little bit of glow to the skin, this is an awesome formula to test out. This serum is a win."
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"Beauty of Joseon Glow Serum, oh my gosh absolutely yes. I love all the Beauty of Joseon serums, they're all great. I've tried that one too. They're awesome."
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"Beauty of Joseon is already like a really good price point, these serums are like $14, you can even find them for like $10. Beauty of Joseon has like some of the highest quality skincare ingredients out there in beautiful formulas that are already accessible."
"This is The Ordinary Alpha Arbutin 2% serum for $28. $28 for an Ordinary product is actually crazy because I think this product is $10, and on this sketchy website they want to sell it for $28. Hell no."
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"This is a peptide cream that firms the skin, helps fight against premature aging, and deeply moisturizes. The combination of firming, aging-focused ingredients with the unique texture is the reason why it's so popular. It truly is a very unique formula, and it was really hard to find a dupe for."
~Mixed
65%of gurus approve
"It has mass aside which is great for reducing sensitivity, niacinamide, peptides, like it just has so many different types of good ingredients all loaded into one formula. Yes, it's $39, definitely one of the more expensive products that I recommend on my channel, but definitely well worth the price. If you're someone who just wants a good hydrating serum that will give you that splash of hydration that you need, this is a great option."
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64%of gurus approve
"The Peach and Lily Glass Skin Refining Serum does such a good job at smoothing over the skin making it truly have that glasslike appearance. As opposed to the B.E. Hydra serum from Drunk Elephant which has a good ingredient list but is really only focused on hydration, the Peach and Lily serum has great hydrating ingredients, it has mass aside which is great for reducing sensitivity, niacinamide, peptides, like it just has so many different types of good ingredients all loaded into one formula. It's $39, definitely one of the more expensive products that I recommend on my channel but definitely well worth the price."
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73%of gurus approve
All 2 takes on Glass Skin Refining Serum
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"The Peach and Lily Glass Skin Refining Serum, ah smash, I love that product so much. Whenever I've used that serum I'm like, oh my God, this actually does such a good job of smoothing over the skin, but also has an incredible ingredient list."
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"The Peach and Lily Glass Skin Refining Serum does such a good job at smoothing over the skin making it truly have that glasslike appearance. As opposed to the B.E. Hydra serum from Drunk Elephant which has a good ingredient list but is really only focused on hydration, the Peach and Lily serum has great hydrating ingredients, it has mass aside which is great for reducing sensitivity, niacinamide, peptides, like it just has so many different types of good ingredients all loaded into one formula. It's $39, definitely one of the more expensive products that I recommend on my channel but definitely well worth the price."
"I used to recommend this all the time as a moisturizer when it's really not meant to be used as a moisturizer. A lot of people like using it as like a moisturizer without feeling super heavy on the skin or just getting a nice splash of hydration to the skin, but that splash does not come cheap because it is $49 for this serum. It's really hard to find a dupe for because of how unique it felt on the skin in the way that it kind of smoothed over the skin while simultaneously hydrating it. The ingredient list is good but is really only focused on hydration."
~Mixed
55%of gurus approve
"I think the concept is creative but when I used it on my skin I was like oh my God, it looks like I dripped gasoline on my face. It's just shiny and reflective. I know it has such a cult following and I find the concept really interesting because it's a cool formula, but between the experience and the fragrance in it I'm not a huge fan of that, which is a shame because I love Glow Recipe. They have some really good formulas but that is my least favorite formula from their line for sure."
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63%of gurus approve
"The Q10 Serum is great for preventing antioxidant damage throughout the day that comes from pollution dirt sun exposure. It's a great skin protectant that feels absolutely amazing on the skin."
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82%of gurus approve
"My top product for dry or dehydrated skin is the Cocokind Ceramide Barrier Serum. I discovered this one when I was doing my 60 second brand review videos and I saw this looked at the ingredients and I was like the ingredients in this product are so good why have I never tried it and I started using it and sure enough it is a really good formula. The $22 serum has ingredients like propanediol to help increase the moisture retention squalene one of the best moisturizing oils out there glycerin sunflower seed oil and ceramides to help make sure your skin is healed and protected so it can hold on to moisture and then the reason I really fell in love with the product it has PHA and lactic acid both of which are exfoliants that are particularly really good for dry skin. Lactic acid and PHA are humectants which means they're able to retain moisture from the environment in your skin which is super good if you have dry skin but they're also the best exfoliating ingredients out there if you struggle with dryness or dehydration they're very gentle but super effective of getting rid of those dead skin cells on your face and it's hard to find a good product for dry skin with exfoliating ingredients because they're usually targeted at either oilier skin or they're so powerful that people with dry skin might over exfoliate themselves with this one you won't have to worry about it. It's just such a well-rounded ingredient list. Because it has lactic acid and PHA I would recommend using this at night time."
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87%of gurus approve
"The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 would be a similar product because it's a relatively similar ingredient list but without the irritants and for like a tenth of the price."
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71%of gurus approve
All 2 takes on Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5
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"The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 would be a similar product because it's a relatively similar ingredient list but without the irritants and for like a tenth of the price."
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"I personally don't believe that hyaluronic acid serums are necessary in a skincare routine because 95% of the products you find on the market have hyaluronic acid in them already, so there's no reason to really have a dedicated one when it's already a component of the majority of skincare products out there. I would recommend instead going in with a serum that has a plethora and bigger range of beneficial ingredients for the skin in addition to hyaluronic acid. But you know, this product has a cult following for a reason and I'm not mad at it."
"The ingredient list looks really intriguing. It has ingredients that help to have a regenerative effect for the skin to help produce more healthy skin cells. The other ingredients are glycerin, propanediol, ferment and fruit extracts, and it's fragrance free. Compared to most other luxury skincare formulas that I see on the market, this ingredient list is actually really really good. It's definitely on the very pricey end, but I am not one to buy expensive skincare products, I never have been, but this ingredient list really caught my attention."
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67%of gurus approve
"I used to use baking soda and coconut oil as a scrub every day until it broke out bad. I have no idea what the obsession is with coconut oil on the face because it is extremely comedogenic it will break the majority of people out. Raw coconut oil is not a good ingredient for the face. I do not recommend it."
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"When I first got into skincare my ex recommended that I use tea tree oil on my face to get rid of some breakouts I had. I went out and bought a bottle and used about two or three full droppers to my entire face. Within five minutes my skin was on fire. I could not use any products on my face afterwards because it was so red and burning and stinging. It was not a fun experience."
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"The Skin and Lab Vitamin C Brightening Serum is really good, particularly if you're someone who wants to fade hyperpigmentation in the skin, protect your skin throughout the day, help fade dark spots. It has a 15% concentration but it's still pretty gentle on the skin, and it has a form of vitamin C that is protected against air and light exposure, so definitely a good one to check out."
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80%of gurus approve
"I'm not a huge fan of the Medicube one because it does have fragrance. I wish they made that formula without any fragrance. It really does bother me when Medicube decides to use fragrance in their formulas because they have so many good formulas and I absolutely love the Medicube device. But yeah, that serum I just can't get behind because of the fragrance."
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63%of gurus approve
All 3 takes on Age R Booster Pro
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"I'm not a huge fan of the Medicube one because it does have fragrance. I wish they made that formula without any fragrance. It really does bother me when Medicube decides to use fragrance in their formulas because they have so many good formulas and I absolutely love the Medicube device. But yeah, that serum I just can't get behind because of the fragrance."
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"I love using a gouacha or my Medicube Age R Booster Pro or even my Neura Laser Pro device to help reduce puffiness, make my skin look a little bit more awake, and tighten the skin a little bit."
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"I figured out that I have to use the air mode with the edge of the device and not rubbing it directly on my skin. Just a nice gentle glide. So much better. When I first started using this one, I was so ready to not hop on the bandwagon because you guys know I am the last person to buy into hype. Usually, if a product's really overhyped, I am not afraid to be the one person that's critical of it. But I have to say, this has won me over. I feel like there's a reason it is so viral and why so many people use it. This is going to be a part of my nighttime skincare routine forever."
"It's their popular Pure Radiance Oil. It's $120, which does not surprise me, True Botanicals is a more luxury brand. This oil specifically has a ton of natural extracts like green tea, avocado oil, marula oil. It's really packed with a bunch of really beneficial natural extracts and seed oils. Here's my issue though: starting off your skincare routine with a face oil can be counterproductive to the rest of the products that you're going to be using in your routine because what they essentially do is create a seal over top of the skin to make sure that you're withholding any hydration that your skin already has and preventing any water in your skin from escaping. But if you're wanting to use like exfoliating ingredients or hydrating ingredients, with the barrier that a face oil puts on your skin it's going to make it more difficult for those ingredients to be able to deeply penetrate your skin and for you to get the full benefit of whatever active skin ingredients you're using, which is why usually face oils are best to apply as the last step of your skincare routine."
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"It's their popular Pure Radiance Oil. It's $120, which does not surprise me, True Botanicals is a more luxury brand. This oil specifically has a ton of natural extracts like green tea, avocado oil, marula oil. It's really packed with a bunch of really beneficial natural extracts and seed oils. Here's my issue though: starting off your skincare routine with a face oil can be counterproductive to the rest of the products that you're going to be using in your routine because what they essentially do is create a seal over top of the skin to make sure that you're withholding any hydration that your skin already has and preventing any water in your skin from escaping. But if you're wanting to use like exfoliating ingredients or hydrating ingredients, with the barrier that a face oil puts on your skin it's going to make it more difficult for those ingredients to be able to deeply penetrate your skin and for you to get the full benefit of whatever active skin ingredients you're using, which is why usually face oils are best to apply as the last step of your skincare routine."
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"I'm always a little bit hesitant about oils because I feel like it's just better to use a moisturizer but like she said she does have dry skin and that's typically who oils are really meant for so I'm not mad at it."
"This is the best serum that I have used all year long. The best age targeting serum that I have used this year is the Allies of Skin Multipeptides & Growth Factor Advanced Lifting Serum. I truly do not have words for how incredible this serum is because within a week of first using it it completely transformed my skin. My skin's texture, the plumpness, the tightness, the glow, I have never been so blown away by how quickly I notice results from a product. I've never seen a product not only work so well but also have such an incredible ingredient list. It has 9% peptide complex, super impressive, and peptides are not cheap so 9% is already extremely impressive. It has 3% growth factors, which are essentially amazing for helping regenerate healthy youthful skin cells and is kind of like the newest best ingredient category for anti-aging skincare. The serum also has a ton of soothing antioxidant rich natural extracts like centella asiatica and shea butter. Allies of Skin has always been one of those brands that I am so impressed by their ingredient lists and formulations. They truly bring luxury formulas to a whole new level."
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"When it comes to a product for aging, I have never been so blown away by the results I saw from this serum. I instantly was like I'm going to be repurchasing it."
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"This is the best serum that I have used all year long. The best age targeting serum that I have used this year is the Allies of Skin Multipeptides & Growth Factor Advanced Lifting Serum. I truly do not have words for how incredible this serum is because within a week of first using it it completely transformed my skin. My skin's texture, the plumpness, the tightness, the glow, I have never been so blown away by how quickly I notice results from a product. I've never seen a product not only work so well but also have such an incredible ingredient list. It has 9% peptide complex, super impressive, and peptides are not cheap so 9% is already extremely impressive. It has 3% growth factors, which are essentially amazing for helping regenerate healthy youthful skin cells and is kind of like the newest best ingredient category for anti-aging skincare. The serum also has a ton of soothing antioxidant rich natural extracts like centella asiatica and shea butter. Allies of Skin has always been one of those brands that I am so impressed by their ingredient lists and formulations. They truly bring luxury formulas to a whole new level."
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"I've gone through so many of this product. It's not even funny, but I keep rebying it. It is the Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm. If you have not tried this cleansing balm, I featured it for years on my channel. It is like a mango smoothie in a cleansing balm formula. So elegant, so nourishing on your face. Your skin feels so soft after using it. However, it is a bit of a luxury cleansing balm. I will forever recommend this and I will forever use it."
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"I've gone through so many of this product. It's not even funny, but I keep rebying it. It is the Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm. If you have not tried this cleansing balm, I featured it for years on my channel. It is like a mango smoothie in a cleansing balm formula. So elegant, so nourishing on your face. Your skin feels so soft after using it. However, it is a bit of a luxury cleansing balm. I will forever recommend this and I will forever use it."
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"This was actually the very first cleansing balm I ever tried, and since then I have used many, many different cleansing balms, many of which are really good. But this one will always take the cake as the best one I have ever used in my life. It is like a mango smoothie on your face. One of the reasons I love it is that it always leaves my skin so soft and supple afterwards. It doesn't leave that slick siliconey feel that so many cleansing balms leave on your skin, even after you've gone in with your water-based cleanser. It's ultra moisturizing. It takes off sunscreen and even a full face of makeup. It has so many incredible ingredients and the big size lasts a really long time. The only downside I will say for this one is that it is pretty expensive. It's not the cheapest cleansing balm out there. But it is a product that I've repurchased more times than I can count and I will continue to purchase even though it's expensive, and you guys know how much of a penny pincher I am when it comes to skincare. This will be worth it every single time."
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"I took quite a long time for me to start using other cleansing balms after I was using this for years and years because I just love it so much. It really provides that luxurious cleansing balm experience while having an incredible fragrance that smells like mango sticky rice. It also has a great ingredient list that uses natural oils like olive oil, grape seed oil. I've repurchased this more times than I can count. I literally constantly have it with me wherever I travel to the point that I have not two but three different sizes ready to go. The only downside is that it is a premium price point, definitely not cheap. However, it does last a good amount of time. You really don't need to use much for the face and I would say on average this lasts me about four to five months. If you're wanting that luxurious experience, I could not recommend this cleansing balm enough."
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"The Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm, the cleansing balm that I literally mention in countless videos, is the best cleansing balm I have ever used in my life."
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"It is by far the most luxurious cleansing balm formula I have ever used. Using this to remove makeup and sunscreen feels like a mango smoothie dream on your face. The ingredient list is really impressive with olive oil which is great for removing makeup and sunscreen, grape seed oil, seabuckthorn oil which is a great antioxidant, and Babas Su oil which is rich in fatty acids that strengthen the skin's microbiome. It does have fragrance, so if you have extremely sensitive skin where you react to even fragrance in a cleansing balm formula then I wouldn't recommend using it, however if you're not, it's only going to be on your face for 60 seconds and you're ready for the most amazing cleansing balm experience ever. This has always been my top recommended cleansing balm. Usually people with drier skin types enjoy this cleansing balm rather than oilier skin types just because it has such a rich formula that does make your skin feel very soft, nourished and moisturized afterwards even after using a water-based cleanser. However I have combination skin that tends to get really oily and I love this product. Over the years I've purchased this product more times than I can count. It's just that good."
"Their Milky Jelly Cleanser has one of the first ingredients as rose water which has hydrating benefits for the skin. It also has betaine, allantoin, glycerin, panthenol. So definitely really good ingredients for deeply hydrating the skin. Hyaluronic acid. I mean this has a really stellar ingredient list. Plus it's fragrance free which has always been one of my biggest gripes when it comes to Glossier products. I definitely feel like this formula is more so targeted at people who have really dry, really dehydrated skin. They want that kind of glass skin, glowy, dewy look. So if you're in the dry skin family, then I would say that you would probably enjoy this cleanser. But from a formulation perspective, love it."
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"This always has done a great job of removing my sunscreen and anything else on my face at the end of the day. Because of the more hydrating aspects of this cleanser, I love to use it as a morning cleanser as opposed to a nighttime cleanser and use something a little bit more oriented towards my oily skin at night. But whenever you want to use it, it totally works. Such a good cleanser with a good simple formula that really works for any skin type, but especially if you're wanting to boost the glow within your skin."
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"The one that she is using from Bioderma is great. I've recommended them many times. They're good, especially if you have more sensitive skin, you know, just for removing makeup, sunscreen, excess dirt, and oil from the skin before you go in with your normal water-based cleanser."
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"I'm always really intrigued by seeing new innovation in packaging, specifically for any type of cleansing products because cleansing products like cleansing balms, cleansing oils, micellar waters, they just tend to be really really messy. So I love that this makes it a lot easier and mess-free. I've been using it consistently for like the past week, week and a half, and it always does a really good job of breaking up my makeup, tinted sunscreen and powder. It does a really good job of removing my makeup and my sunscreen, breaking up everything on my face to then follow up with a good water-based cleanser. Honestly, no complaints when it comes to this one. I also like that it does have some good ingredients like madecasside and Centella asiatica which are great for calming down redness and sensitivity. Overall, I feel like it's just kind of like a good staple simple cleansing balm. I feel like this is a really good formula. I really enjoy this type of packaging."
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"I hit empty on this one and I got to admit I didn't love it. Like it was fine. It's definitely a good cleansing balm, but I don't know if I would repurchase it because the next empty is also from Dr. Althea. It's also a cleansing balm and it is their pore cleansing, what is it called? Pore refresh grinding cleansing balm. Not only is this better for me, someone who has very visible and oily pores, but the ingredient list on this one is far superior to the ingredient list used on their pure grinding cleansing balm, which is so bizarre to me because this one, for whatever reason, is a lot more popular. I personally think this is far superior."
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"I'm always really intrigued by seeing new innovation in packaging, specifically for any type of cleansing products because cleansing products like cleansing balms, cleansing oils, micellar waters, they just tend to be really really messy. So I love that this makes it a lot easier and mess-free. I've been using it consistently for like the past week, week and a half, and it always does a really good job of breaking up my makeup, tinted sunscreen and powder. It does a really good job of removing my makeup and my sunscreen, breaking up everything on my face to then follow up with a good water-based cleanser. Honestly, no complaints when it comes to this one. I also like that it does have some good ingredients like madecasside and Centella asiatica which are great for calming down redness and sensitivity. Overall, I feel like it's just kind of like a good staple simple cleansing balm. I feel like this is a really good formula. I really enjoy this type of packaging."
"This is unlike any cleansing oil I have ever used because of the consistency. Cleansing oils tend to typically be really runny and easily go down the back of your hands, your arms, kind of get everywhere. But this one has a viscosity that's a little bit thicker than your typical cleansing oil, making it really easy to get that satisfying oil application experience to feel like you're using a traditional cleansing oil, but it's still viscous enough that as you're using it, it doesn't create a mess. I really love the simplicity of this formula as well. They primarily use upcycled grape seed oil as well as sunflower seed oil, both of which are great moisturizing oils. If you're looking for a pre-cleanser that's best for sensitive skin, you don't want to overdo it with all the different ingredients, you're just wanting something simple and will last you a long long long time, this is the one for you."
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"This is a classic best-selling cleanser that I have always really enjoyed. I really have enjoyed it for when my skin is extra oily or when I'm in super hot and humid environments. A lot of oily skin focused cleansers out there, if you're using them twice to three times a day over the course of months, they do tend to dehydrate and strip the skin over time. And the problem with dehydrated or stripped skin, as an oily skin person, is that your skin can respond by overproducing even more sebum and oil, making the problem worse. The thing that I love about this one is that it always makes sure that my skin is not excessively oily without drying it out even if I am cleansing my skin three times a day. It has gentle surfactants, 3% niacinamide, glycerin. It's a very simple formula, but it gets the job done. A great simple cleanser for oily skin that won't overly strip or dehydrate your skin over time."
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"I personally love the La Roche-Posay Toleriane cleansers. They've been featured on my best cleansing videos for multiple years. La Roche-Posay has some really awesome cleansing products."
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"As far as this cleansing oil goes, once you get past the redness, it does feel nice on the face, but I want to see how it rinses off because that's another thing with a lot of cleansing oils is that they are not the most pleasant to rinse off, they can take quite a while and that's just not my favorite. It did rinse off relatively quickly, I think I only had to do like four passes over my skin for the oil to come off, which is not bad for a cleansing oil. Sometimes it's super frustrating trying to get that off your face and that's one of the biggest determining factors as to whether I like a cleansing oil or not."
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"I usually start with my micellar cleansing water. I've recommended this one a lot. My recommendation is that they make reusable cotton rounds that you can just throw in the washer and infinitely reuse."
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"The Bioma Creamy Jelly Cleanser has like better ingredients because it has licorice root extract, green tea, ceramides. It's a pretty stacked ingredient list. You get that really deep cleansing experience, and the cleansing ingredients are very similar to more expensive options. It's a very similar type of consistency to higher-priced alternatives but at $14, which is a fraction of the price."
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"I prefer the fragrance free option and I don't love the size but if you're looking for an easy travel cleanser it's a fine one to use."
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"I'll have to say pass for this one. You know, this was one of like the first cleansers I used, and I think actually like the first Korean skincare product. It's just a little bit too stripping, and that's me with my skin where you need like a pickaxe to get through all the built-up oil throughout the day, but every time I've used this one it just leaves my skin feeling a little bit too stripped and dry. So I'd say pass."
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"This was one of the only cleansing balms I could find that was polyethylene free, which is essentially plastic that's used in a lot of cleansing balm products to add slip to the skin, but there's conflicting data as to whether or not it can impact marine wildlife and coral systems. I've continued to use this one over the years just because of how elegant, luxurious, and moisturizing and softening of an experience it is. It feels so beautiful and looks beautiful too. With the size of the packaging it does last a long time, which is an important thing for me when it comes to luxury skincare. I definitely do not need to be spending this much money on a cleansing balm that I'm going to inevitably end up rinsing off, but I discovered it back in the day and just fell in love with the formula. When I'm feeling in the mood for a luxurious nighttime skincare routine, I love using this one."
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"The Inkey List Salicylic Acid Cleanser is great if you struggle with breakouts or acne to get a little bit of the exfoliation when you cleanse. I used this one for like a year it did a great job of just helping to prevent that. It's one of the most affordable brands out there with great formulas, and their products range from like $7 to $20."
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"The Krave Beauty Matcha Hemp Hydrating Cleanser is a $16 cleanser with an incredible ingredient list focused on deeply nourishing and hydrating the skin without having an overly stripping effect and amazing for people who are really looking to repair and recover their moisture barrier. The ingredient list is extremely impressive with the first ingredient being green tea leaf water, green tea obviously being amazing for reducing skin sensitivity and irritation, as well as glycerin. It has multiple very gentle cleansing agents that aren't going to overly dry out your skin as well as green tea powder so you also have the concentrated form of green tea benefits alongside hemp seed oil which is another ingredient that is amazing for reducing redness and sensitivity. If you are a sensitive person, this cleanser is going to be amazing for you. I remember using this one in the past and I was like it's good but it's a little bit too hydrating for my oilier skin but really being in a dry environment showed me how amazing this product is because not only does it give you a really satisfying foaming."
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"Cleansing oils are usually not my favorite because I don't love how messy they can be, however this formula has really impressed me with how well it is able to remove that built-up texture on my skin and be a nice lightweight cleansing oil experience. Most importantly, it rinses off really easily because that's another thing that annoys me about a lot of cleansing oils, you feel like you just can't get them off. Plus this has enough of a thickness to it that it's not going to be running everywhere down your arms getting all over the place. It still has a viscosity that allows it to be an oil but not be super messy. This is a $35 cleansing oil that I would say is best for combination skin with incredible ingredients like glycerin, sunflower seed oil, green tea for calming skin sensitivity and irritation, as well as ginger root oil, an awesome antioxidant and great ingredient for calming down the skin, which can be really helpful when you're rubbing all over your face. The light-weightness of this is why I think it's a good option for people who have oily to combination skin, but it still provides that hydration. If you love using a good cleansing oil, this is definitely the top one that I recommend, and it's a great way of getting that innovative Korean skincare formula in an accessible place like Ulta and Target."
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"I'm going to go in with the Aveeno Calm + Restore Cleanser, just a very gentle cleansing experience that will still get all the gunk out of my face but not overly strip it."
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"The foaming cleanser from CeraVe is great. That's like one of my top CeraVe recommendations."
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"If you want a really good exfoliant, you find so many great affordable ones for like five to ten dollars that will do a much better job. The CeraVe salicylic acid cleanser is a great way of treating breakouts in a very simple cleanser form."
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"Garnier Micellar Water is coming up a lot in this video on her eyes washing her face. It's not the best for mascara or eyelashes, but that's where a micellar water can work a lot. I would recommend a reusable cotton round with micellar water and then pressing it on your eyes to get rid of that because cleansing balms just aren't the best."
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"The CeraVe hydrating cleanser, not a bad ingredient list, but for me personally I just I don't understand the hype I never have and I have dry cheeks. I'm definitely interested in the hydrating cleanser like that but I just never see results from it. I don't know comment below if you guys like that cleanser because I really don't understand the hype. CeraVe's other cleansers are definitely better in my opinion."
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"It doesn't overly strip the skin. It has a bunch of natural extracts that are soothing and antioxidant rich. It has a ferment filtrate to help with the amount of healthy bacteria on the skin, and ginseng, which is an incredible ingredient for soothing skin sensitivity even for aging. The ingredient list, I was like wow. And it has this nice frothiness so I can tell where I'm properly cleansing. Best of all, I've just never noticed any irritation, redness, or sensitivity afterwards. Such a good formula. These two products together has just been such a nice experience for deeply cleansing my skin but not leaving my skin stripped."
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"I'm no stranger to cleansing oils and I have used them for a long time, and really when it comes to cleansing oils it's hit or miss depending on the individual formula. One of my gripes with cleansing oils is that they are so runny that they end up going all the way down my arms, down my neck, on my shirt, which drives me crazy. But one of the things I love about this one is that it is not too runny. Another thing I don't always love about cleansing oils is that sometimes I just felt like I could not get them off my face. I would rinse with water over and over and over again and I just felt like that oil consistency was still there. I remember being absolutely shook the first time I used this because I rinsed it and immediately everything came off. It was so seamless, so easy. My skin felt clean and I didn't have that oily consistency afterwards. When I looked at the ingredient list I was like, oh babe, I am sold on this. It's all these incredible oils that I typically find in products that are left on the skin, let alone in cleansing oils. The formula is just so impressive and most importantly the experience is really lovely. The fact that this one more than measured up is very impressive."
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"Melanotan 2 is a synthetic peptide that was initially developed in research for melanin production as well as appetite suppression, marketed as the Barbie drug because of its alleged abilities to give you a really bronzed golden even tan as well as help to curb any appetite. However, the reviewer has not seen a single person look good with their new tan, and everyone looks like they have a fake tan on, like Ross Geller from the tanning booth. Beyond aesthetics, melanotan increases melanin production and requires sun exposure to activate it, causing your body to create more sunspots and moles at a much faster rate, increasing risk of melanoma or skin cancer. It's very common for people when they first get on MT2 to experience nausea, upset stomach, vomiting, fatigue, face flushing, dizziness, and headaches. Melanotan can seriously mess with your libido, with a common side effect particularly experienced by men being painful, long-lasting spontaneous erections that won't go away. Additionally, you are purchasing an unregulated substance from a black market lab, injecting it into yourself without knowing what's in it, with no legally verified or authenticated safety testing to ensure quality, purity, additives or trace metals, or proper dosage. There is no peptide to reverse skin cancer. You can get the same results from over-the-counter fake tanning products without all the added side effects or having to inject yourself with a foreign substance."
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"I love it. Honestly, you guys, the majority of supplements out there are just like complete BS and there's really not a lot of science backing them. Neutrifll is the exception. I have seen so many different doctors and specialists recommend Neutrifll. The before and afters are incredible. I took Neutrifll and saw so many good benefits."
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"AirPods are definitely not the best thing to wear to sleep because they stick out a lot. They're super uncomfortable and when you wake up in the morning, a lot of times your ears will hurt. Also, the battery life doesn't last that long. So, even if you manage to keep them in your ear for a while, they'll only last 6 hours at maximum. Also, I'm a side sleeper and trying to wear headphones as a side sleeper is damn near next to impossible."
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"I was deep in the trenches of using my Clarisonic every single day back when I first started my channel, almost 10 years ago. I have since learned from personal experience that they are definitely super rough and overly abrasive on the skin and over longterm use can definitely result in skin sensitivity, irritation, not great stuff."
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"If you're wanting just a good pimple patch that actually adheres to the skin, that doesn't come off easily and can work alongside makeup, I really recommend this one. I've tried a bunch of different pimple patches, and honestly, I always find myself gravitating back to the Mighty Patch from Hero Cosmetics because it's a good price, it's effective, and it stays on. Not all pimple patches stay adhered to the skin throughout the entire day, but Mighty Patch always does."
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"If you're wanting just a good pimple patch that actually adheres to the skin, that doesn't come off easily and can work alongside makeup, I really recommend this one. I've tried a bunch of different pimple patches, and honestly, I always find myself gravitating back to the Mighty Patch from Hero Cosmetics because it's a good price, it's effective, and it stays on. Not all pimple patches stay adhered to the skin throughout the entire day, but Mighty Patch always does."
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"My saving grace are these Hero Cosmetics Mighty Patch so these are pimple patches that I will put on overnight and it literally will flatten the blemish it is the best product ever. Hero Cosmetics Mighty Patch is awesome I've recommended them many times on this channel you can find them in so many different places they're just a good solid acne patch that will stick to your skin so love that."
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"These are pimple patches that I will put on overnight and it literally will flatten the blemish. It is the best product ever. Hero Cosmetics Mighty Patch is awesome, I've recommended them many times on this channel. You can find them in so many different places. They're just a good solid acne patch that will stick to your skin."
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"Hero Cosmetics Mighty Patch Original, smash. Just like any pimple patches really, like they're all great, they all get the job done as long as you're not paying a ridiculous amount for them, they're great."
"Aquafor, which is petrolatum jelly, is one of the least irritating things that you can use on the skin and it will basically help to replenish your skin and get it back on track and purge out any of the things that were causing the sensitivity in the first place. It's just basically a great reset."
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"I really don't understand the hype behind that product. I mean it's just like I don't want to pay $8 for a bottle of water. It's water."
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"It's an amazing rich moisturizer that helps to treat eczema and severely dry skin using a combination of really well-researched ingredients for eczema like colloidal oatmeal and ceramides, but it also has great natural extracts like ginseng extract, green tea, sea butter, and Centella asiatica, one of the best ingredients for reducing redness and helping to heal the skin. The formula and experience of this product are really, really impressive. The only downside is that it is on the pricier side."
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"JLo Beauty, the products are really expensive. I don't remember being impressed with the formulations, and the primary ingredient they use is olive oil, which is like a very common and very inexpensive skincare ingredient."
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"From the beginning of my channel I had a lot of issues with their skincare products. The products are really expensive, I don't remember being impressed with the formulations, and the primary ingredient they use is olive oil, which is like a very common and very inexpensive skincare ingredient."
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"The Caudalie Beauty Elixir, that product is the bane of my existence. The purpose of a facial spray is to hydrate your skin, correct? However, the main ingredient in this spray is denatured alcohol. What does denatured alcohol do? Dries the skin out. If you keep using this facial spray on your skin expecting hydration but the main ingredient dries out the skin, what do you think is going to happen to your skin? And then because it's dry you're like, oh my gosh I need to spray more on my face, which increases the dryness and then it's a lose-lose situation except guess who's the only one winning? Caudalie. When you have to keep reapplying the product over and over again because your skin is dry, it's just a formula that really annoys me. I mean, to be honest, most facial sprays really annoy me. I get it though, it smells nice, but get a perfume, don't use that."
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"Vaseline works it works for the lip area it works for slugging on the face no complaints there."
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"The instant results are incredible and it really does look amazing, but give it about 30 minutes, an hour, an hour and a half, and the formula pills up so quickly and bunches together, leaving this really gross appearance of so much texture and piled up product on the under-eye area that is almost more obvious than just leaving the eye bags the way they are. Particularly if you're someone like myself who's very expressive, who smiles a lot and makes a lot of faces, that's where I noticed the most intense downside of this product, it just bunches up so quickly. I remember trying to use this and talking to other makeup artists about it, and pretty much across the board they were like, 'Yeah, it looks really good at the beginning, but I ended up not using it anymore because after a certain time passed it would just look really bad on my clients.' This product has been around for so long, it is by no means a new technology or innovation. It's really unfortunate because I really would love those results to stay, but it's hard because you really won't find a product that gives this instantaneous of results that can fight against the natural movement and aging that we have in our face."
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67%of gurus approve
"It's a supercharged exfoliant mask where in 10 minutes it kind of bulldozes through all the dead skin cells on your face, giving you a very satisfying glowing experience afterwards. This product is absolutely not meant for 10-year-olds. The Ordinary AHA BHA Peeling Solution is the most similar experience I've ever been able to find to the Drunk Elephant one, and I actually had better results with that formula than the Sukari Baby Facial. The Ordinary one is a little bit stronger with 5% more exfoliation power, and the Sakari facial is in a more cream mask formula rather than the Ordinary one that's in a more dropper liquid form, but when it comes to results, they are so similar to each other. For $80 versus $8, you are saving 90% to get the same results."
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63%of gurus approve
"If home remedies and acne treatments aren't working, it's time to see the doctor and he prescribed me Epiduo and it actually works. Epiduo, oh my God, that is incredible."
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77%of gurus approve
"Noxzema can be really tense and harsh on the skin so not something I would recommend."
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60%of gurus approve
"If you did have money you could buy some Dial soap or something like it off commissary."
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60%of gurus approve
"NuFace is one of the only skincare tools that I'm actually a really big fan of. A lot of dermatologists, estheticians, and chemists are a fan of it. It basically shocks your skin to help stimulate collagen production leading to healthier, more bouncy skin, and it's really effective. It's no joke. But definitely the price point isn't for everyone. I personally don't often see it on sale, so I just want to throw that out there. If you are wanting to invest a little bit more into your skincare experience, that is one of the few tools that I would recommend."
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64%of gurus approve
"Accutane is basically a prescription medication that you take that's really intense but it's one of the best things if not the best thing to get rid of really severe cystic acne. I can't even count how many dramatic transformations I've seen from Accutane. While it can be a really painful, just uncomfortable process most of the time, it gives pretty incredible results."
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72%of gurus approve
"I recently restarted using this product and remember why I love it so much. It's just a great way of getting a very minimal bronzing effect on the face."
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82%of gurus approve
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"I used to use this one like literally daily. I've liked this product for a long time, and because I'm looking extra pale right now and in the summer time I definitely need a little bit of bronzing in my skin."
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"I recently restarted using this product and remember why I love it so much. It's just a great way of getting a very minimal bronzing effect on the face."
Masks & Peels14 reviews
"It is an absolutely incredible Japanese hair mask. It restores the hair in such a beautiful way to the point that I've actually started using this like twice to three times a week. I love putting it in my hair like 5 to 10 minutes before I shower and then rinsing it out and following up with my shampoo and conditioner. It just makes my hair so soft. It feels so healthy afterwards. I really do feel like it's very restorative to your hair. The results don't lie. And I absolutely have loved the results of this one."
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89%of gurus approve
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"It is an absolutely incredible Japanese hair mask. It restores the hair in such a beautiful way to the point that I've actually started using this like twice to three times a week. I love putting it in my hair like 5 to 10 minutes before I shower and then rinsing it out and following up with my shampoo and conditioner. It just makes my hair so soft. It feels so healthy afterwards. I really do feel like it's very restorative to your hair. The results don't lie. And I absolutely have loved the results of this one."
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"I don't know what's in Japanese hair care, but the Fino Premium Touch Hair Mask is incredible. This one does such an amazing job of just restoring the health of my hair in a way that makes it feel so silky smooth and soft, but still be able to hold up with volume. I feel like sometimes when I've used hair masks in the past, they just add a weight to my hair that really affects the styling the next day or you feel like they don't really do much, but every single time I use this, like before I shower, I just leave it in my hair for like 15, 20 minutes and then rinse it out. My hair is so silky smooth. The formula is just absolutely incredible. I'm typically disappointed with hair products, but this one has never let me down. My only one complaint with this is that it doesn't last forever. I would say on average it lasts about 3 months. It is so good."
"This is the Shark CryoGlow LED face mask with under eye cooling, anti-aging, and blemish repair. It retails for $350 on Amazon, which I've seen way higher prices for skin tools. I mean, just LED masks in general tend to be on the $400, $500 price point. And given that this is both cryotherapy and red and blue light therapy, I actually think that's a pretty fair price and it has good ratings."
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75%of gurus approve
"Paula's Choice BHA is one of my favorite skincare products of all time. I have recommended it since the very beginning of my channel and I still to this day find myself recommending it every single week. It's an amazing product for anyone who struggles with acne breakouts blackheads. I'm trying to clear up leftover hyperpigmentation and stuff and I think exfoliating really helps with that."
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77%of gurus approve
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"Paula's Choice BHA is one of my favorite skincare products of all time. I have recommended it since the very beginning of my channel and I still to this day find myself recommending it every single week. It's an amazing product for anyone who struggles with acne breakouts blackheads. I'm trying to clear up leftover hyperpigmentation and stuff and I think exfoliating really helps with that."
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"Paula's Choice, primarily because of their 2% BHA Exfoliating Liquid. I always call this product magic in a bottle because the way that it completely clears everything out of your pores and helps with breakouts and pimples is amazing. It is such a good formula with a cult following that's great to use like three times a week to help prevent and treat those breakouts you're experiencing."
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"Paula's Choice 2% BHA, amazing product I'm constantly talking about on my channel."
"The Peter Thomas Roth cucumber gel mask has saved my life so many times. When my skin has had a reaction, if I've had a sunburn, my skin is reacting to a product or it's super sensitive and I have no idea why, I slap that bad boy on and within 15 to 30 minutes my skin is healed. This product is an absolute must for anyone who has really reactive or really sensitive skin. The ability it has to just remove all of the excess redness from my face and reduce the stinging and the irritation, it really is one of those formulas that just absolutely blows me away. I have not yet found another product that even compares to this formula for immediately being able to reduce my sensitivity and redness and calm down my skin as quickly as it does. Yes, it's $55, which is expensive, but it lasts for such a long time. It's a really big jar and you don't need to use that much across your face. If you're someone who frequently experiences reactions, burning, stinging, sensitive skin, or if you're like me who lives in a place where there's a lot of sunlight and you might get a sunburn every once in a while, this product is going to change your life."
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85%of gurus approve
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"The Peter Thomas Roth cucumber gel mask has saved my life so many times. When my skin has had a reaction, if I've had a sunburn, my skin is reacting to a product or it's super sensitive and I have no idea why, I slap that bad boy on and within 15 to 30 minutes my skin is healed. This product is an absolute must for anyone who has really reactive or really sensitive skin. The ability it has to just remove all of the excess redness from my face and reduce the stinging and the irritation, it really is one of those formulas that just absolutely blows me away. I have not yet found another product that even compares to this formula for immediately being able to reduce my sensitivity and redness and calm down my skin as quickly as it does. Yes, it's $55, which is expensive, but it lasts for such a long time. It's a really big jar and you don't need to use that much across your face. If you're someone who frequently experiences reactions, burning, stinging, sensitive skin, or if you're like me who lives in a place where there's a lot of sunlight and you might get a sunburn every once in a while, this product is going to change your life."
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"I also want to recommend their Cucumber Gel Mask this formula is incredible at how quickly it reduces redness. I've used this on sunburns, I've used this on my skin when it has reacted negatively from a product. It works so quickly to reduce redness and every time I get a sunburn I will slather this all over. It really is an incredible mask and for the size that you get it lasts forever."
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"The reason I want to use this one is not only because it is my favorite mask to get rid of redness and irritation on the face but also it does a really good job of hydrating the skin."
"I really like the concept of that one because I feel like with a lot of LED masks they tend to be very bulky and also kind of flimsy and easy to break. They're not ideal to carry around or bring in your suitcase. That one's nice because it's basically covered in rubber or silicone which makes it very easy to bend and contour to your face. It's $380, definitely not a bargain at all. However, I will say in its defense the majority of LED face mask products tend to be very expensive, and I would say out of the majority of them this one would be one of the more worth it ones just because it is more durable and less likely to break. However, $380 for an LED mask is still pretty absurd in my opinion."
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84%of gurus approve
"This one is 35% which is just way too high in my opinion. Skincare is about moderation and often times the best results come with a long-term use of a gentle product. The Ordinary peel is strong for like once in a while, but 35% I was like that's just too much. Even the Ordinary peel gave so many people reactions because it's not made for sensitive skin, but I feel like 35% even if it does have a good ingredient list is just way too excessive. I think for 2024 we're in our healing era we don't need these super powerful actives but rather just a good consistent gentle skincare routine."
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60%of gurus approve
"It's the most similar experience I've ever been able to find to the Drunk Elephant one, and I actually had better results with this formula than the Sukari Baby Facial. The Ordinary one is a little bit stronger, it has 5% more exfoliation power, and it's in a more dropper liquid form. When it comes to results, they are so similar to each other. Drunk Elephant is $80, The Ordinary is $8, you are saving 90% to get the same type of results on the skin. It is wild. For that alone, I automatically prefer The Ordinary Peeling Solution. This product is absolutely not meant for 10-year-olds. If you are a tween, do not use this product."
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61%of gurus approve
"That is a really good price for kerville I mean that's like what 70% markdown crazy I'm kind of Blown Away that they can have prices this low"
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85%of gurus approve
"I just can't wait for the scrub to just slowly die out. I'm waiting for the day that St Ives comes out with better exfoliant products instead of scrubs, but that day is not here."
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41%of gurus approve
"No pass. I don't like that product. I don't understand why it has such a cult following because if you're going to make a sleeping mask you want it to be like super rich and moisturizing so that you can wake up with glowy skin. But every time I've used that product my skin is so dehydrated and dry in the morning, which is an impressive feat considering that normally my skin is super oily and I'm going to wake up with skin grease anyway. So the fact that it can dry out my skin overnight is impressive in a bad way."
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70%of gurus approve
"This is one of those products that I expected a lot more from. I wanted it to work really well but I used that for like a long time and I just didn't really notice results. I feel like with COSRX they either have products that slap, like they're amazing, super good formulas, or products that just really bomb, and this was one of those products that just kind of bombed for me."
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64%of gurus approve
"She uses the Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant which isn't my favorite but it is a gentle exfoliant that kind of feels like a scrub but isn't as abrasive."
~Mixed
78%of gurus approve
"I haven't used that face mask before. I don't know if it's a sheet mask or just a regular kind. Oh, it's like a silicone one."
~Mixed
72%of gurus approve
"Their honey mask is legit the best face mask of all time. I'm obsessed with it. I've repurchased it so many times. I'm From is really famous in Korea for their very high quality and luxury feel skincare products. The ingredients that they source are like top quality. They have amazing quality formulas. If you're looking for more like hydration, I would definitely recommend the honey face mask."
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85%of gurus approve
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"Their honey mask is legit the best face mask of all time. I'm obsessed with it. I've repurchased it so many times. I'm From is really famous in Korea for their very high quality and luxury feel skincare products. The ingredients that they source are like top quality. They have amazing quality formulas. If you're looking for more like hydration, I would definitely recommend the honey face mask."
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"This face mask I've recommended for years and continue to. This freaking mask, oh my god, if you're someone who has dry skin or just wants to supercharge your skin with moisture, this mask does it like any other product I've ever used. It is so freaking good for just making your skin super nourished and moisturized even after you wash it off. Like definitely one of the most nourishing formulas I've ever used. And that's because the majority of it is made up of honey. 38.7% natural honey. It smells amazing. It literally looks like an incredible dessert. For real, I love this mask so much. If you're someone who struggles with a lot of dryness during the winter, I cannot recommend this mask enough. It is so good and one of maybe like four face masks that I frequently use. So, that's saying something."
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"The I'm from Honey Mask is such a beautiful formula. It's simple but elegant and effective. Particularly if you have dry skin you're struggling with dehydration and you want your skin to just feel baby butt butter smooth, this is the product for you. It literally smells like you're getting honey straight from the bees and just slathering it all over your face. It's an elegant luxury formula that just provides a face mask experience like none other. If you're someone who likes luxury skincare, especially if you don't want to pay luxury prices, this is definitely a good product."
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"the brand I'm from has some of the most luxurious Korean skincare formulas I have ever used. I've talked about their honey mask, amazing mask, and I don't talk about masks often, I honestly don't even really use them very frequently, but this mask takes the cake, especially if you struggle with dryness dehydration. You'll be absolutely blown away by how amazing it feels on the skin."
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"One of my favorite Korean skincare masks is the I'm from honey mask. This is like gold if you want immediately soft, lumped skin that feels like a baby's butt. It literally looks like honey. It smells like an amazing honey dessert. Typically I'm not the biggest hydrating face mask type of person because I'm always like you could just use a good moisturizer, but man there's something about this one that I have loved for years, just because it leaves your skin so soft afterwards. This product is definitely a testament to the quality of Korean skincare and why so many people, including me, are such a huge fan of it."
Lip12 reviews
"I have always been impressed with Rhode Skincare. I feel like those formulas just right out of the gate were so good. I'm still personally obsessed with the lip balm. It's my favorite product from her. I like all of the formulas. The entire formulation philosophy of Rhode Skin is so good, and she's worked with some of the best dermatologists out there to create the brand."
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86%of gurus approve
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"I have always been impressed with Rhode Skincare. I feel like those formulas just right out of the gate were so good. I'm still personally obsessed with the lip balm. It's my favorite product from her. I like all of the formulas. The entire formulation philosophy of Rhode Skin is so good, and she's worked with some of the best dermatologists out there to create the brand."
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"The Rhode Peptide Lip Treatment does a good job of keeping my lips hydrated, not dry or cracked, and it gives the lips this ultra glossy look. I'm really surprised that I like this product as much as I do because normally I'm not into a super glossy look, but this formula makes my lips look so glossy, plumped, revived. It's not even a lip plumper, it just makes your lips look plump. It does have some really good ingredients like peptides, shea butter, babassu oil, it's definitely a really impressive ingredient list, but the most important thing to me is that it works and I really enjoyed my experience. It doesn't last as long as some other options and I do find myself having to use this maybe like five times a day, but that is so much better than almost every other lip product I've used out there. It is a recommendation I do stand by."
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"I have always loved it. There's a reason why it is so popular."
"I absolutely love the Kissu Lip Mask. Besides the lip mask, I haven't used Tatcha in years."
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86%of gurus approve
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"I absolutely love the Kissu Lip Mask. Besides the lip mask, I haven't used Tatcha in years."
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"I would recommend the Tatcha Kissu Lip Mask, that one is incredible. Yes, luxurious, but it lasts a really long time and gives me way more hydration and moisture than the Summer Fridays one does or even the Road Peptide lip balm."
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"I would definitely recommend the Kissu Lip Mask. I have loved that one. Four years overall I'm not a huge Tatcha fan but that product, that product is incredible and I'm definitely going to be buying it myself."
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"I will admit I'm a huge fan of that one mostly because it lasts forever."
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"When I tell you that this lip mask works so well for daytime and nighttime, it gives your lips such a beautiful glow. I really don't have to apply it very often like the Glossier balm, like a few times a day. And even though you look at the price point and you're like damn, all that for a lip product, it really does last a long time. My only gripe with it is the size, because it's in a jar like that and it's kind of taller, it's a little bit harder to put in your pockets, but I still did because I love having this product. I've used it for years. It's just incredible, absolute luxury."
"I have shat on the Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask for so many years, and it boggles my mind that people recommend it so often, because it really is one of the worst lip products that I've ever used."
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61%of gurus approve
All 5 takes on Lip Sleeping Mask
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"I have shat on the Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask for so many years, and it boggles my mind that people recommend it so often, because it really is one of the worst lip products that I've ever used."
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"Here it shows a Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask and this said it's 100% original but for $11 the packaging looks different than what's sold in the US. I don't know what all their packaging looks like in Korea but I'm just automatically sketched out. I don't know, this doesn't look legit to me because it's such a lower price point than what Laneige is sold for here in the US and it just kind of sketches me out."
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"I will stand by my hatred of this product forever. When I wake up after using it my lips feel more dry, they're more crusty. I start noticing that every time I would use it I would just feel this weird sensation in my throat. The main reason why I dislike this product so much is that I have had a terrible experience while so many people absolutely love it. And also she ain't cheap, this is a pricey luxury lip balm."
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"The Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask, I've talked about that one so much on my channel that I won't exhaust you guys anymore, but it's kind of overhyped in my opinion. It's fine, and it just doesn't last any longer than like an hour and I will never understand why it is so popular. But, you know, it looks cute. I like the colors, I guess, but I would definitely recommend passing on that one."
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"I have tried using this product so many times and it just does not work. It's pretty, it feels nice, definitely gives that lux feel, but about an hour after you apply it you're going to find yourself reapplying it because it does not help your lips retain moisture. My lips feel just as dry as if I hadn't used anything. I am someone who gets very dry lips, and even out of all the lip products that I've tried, this is like one of the least effective. Also keep in mind that this product is not cheap, and with the amount of times I had to reapply it, I'm spending a lot on a product that is just not going to work. So yeah, I would not recommend this one."
"I went through like two bottles of them and I had to keep reaching for it over and over just because it was not hydrating my lips at all. Honestly, if you're going to spend that much on a lip balm, I would recommend the Tatcha Kisu Lip Mask that one is incredible, yes luxurious but it lasts a really long time and gives me way more hydration and moisture than the Summer Fridays one does."
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65%of gurus approve
All 2 takes on Lip Butter Balm
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"I went through like two bottles of them and I had to keep reaching for it over and over just because it was not hydrating my lips at all. Honestly, if you're going to spend that much on a lip balm, I would recommend the Tatcha Kisu Lip Mask that one is incredible, yes luxurious but it lasts a really long time and gives me way more hydration and moisture than the Summer Fridays one does."
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"I really wanted to be obsessed with this one but I'm going to be honest guys this did like nothing for my lips moisture. I got so frustrated with using this product because I had to reapply it like five times a day and I had such high hopes because I love the founders I love the philosophy of the brand but off of experience alone I would put it in crusty dusty. But it's a pretty product and it does make your lips look nice, you know, for ten minutes that it lasts. It's not a horrible all around product but such a disappointment especially for the price point too."
"My personal experience with the Jack Black lip balm is like, it's not that great. I wasn't even impressed enough with it to include it in my lip balm video that I just did."
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73%of gurus approve
"I have used this off and on throughout the years. As much as I love Aquaphor, this just didn't do enough on its own. It's okay if I put a thick moisturizer on underneath, but it still just kind of feels very basic and doesn't really do a lot. Because of the applicator, you basically can only use it on your lips. It's not terrible and has a good price point, but it is about as basic of a lip product as you can get."
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64%of gurus approve
"I love how this looks on my lips. It just creates such a nice glossy look to the lips but it's not like overly sticky at least I don't feel like it's just a gross lip gloss. But I'm going to say it, it's not good enough on its own. I definitely use this as like a topper over my other lip balms to add a glow but it doesn't really provide enough on its own. I feel like Fenty did a really good job with this product so I'm going to put it in edging because this definitely gives me what I want but leaves me wanting more."
~Mixed
82%of gurus approve
"I use this one a lot when I was like filming my videos. I'd say I tested it out for like a good 2 months. I even used it while I was traveling on the airplane everywhere. And while it wasn't a terrible formula, like most Cosrx products, I just wasn't super satisfied. I felt nice when I was applying it but the moisture wouldn't last like any longer than 1 or 2 hours from my experience. I would say I had to like reapply this one like 7 to 10 times a day, which might seem like a lot but for my dry ass lips it really isn't. But I still don't want to be reapplying a lip product 7 to 10 times a day. So for that reason I will put it in mid, which makes me very sad because I really had high hopes for that product."
~Mixed
75%of gurus approve
"I had high hopes for this one because their stick balm just doesn't work for me and this one was kind of a more like mask like consistency so I was really excited and while it wasn't terrible it just didn't give me the results that I wanted. It didn't last for a long time. I still found myself having to reapply it a lot and if a product is not in like a squeeze tube and I have to keep reapplying it I tend to not use it for very long just because it's not as hygienic to be dipping your fingers in throughout the day. It's fine, I would say it's better than some other products I tested, but I'd say it's at the low end of mid, barely made it into the mid category."
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74%of gurus approve
"I have used this one many times in the past and I just don't recommend it. It really does not last long. I got mango because I love the smell of mango, but it put this very weird yellowish tint on my lips that I didn't love. You're paying a lot for this product only for it to not last very long. It feels good on the lips, but that's it."
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69%of gurus approve
"I recently discovered this one in South Korea when I was there and met the founder of this brand. It is a luxury experience for a lip balm. I freaking love the spatula that they have. It definitely reminds me of the Tatcha lip mask but it's a little better for daytime wear as the Tatcha one can be a little thick. This one is just a very luxurious one that I have been using during the daytime and nighttime, just adds like a nice plump glow to the lips. The packaging is just so cute and luxurious. I love it."
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87%of gurus approve
"I'm currently using the Rode Peptide Lip Treatment. This one definitely doesn't last all day but it makes the lips look really fresh and glossy. It's a really good touch up on your lips. From dry, it's not like lip gloss level but your lips definitely look healthy and they feel good."
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81%of gurus approve
Sunscreen11 reviews
"This one truly changed my opinion when it comes to more hydrating, nourishing sunscreens."
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84%of gurus approve
"I am so obsessed with this sunscreen. I would have so many more empties of this one if it wasn't always sold out. This is the best sunscreen hands down. If you're someone who has more oily skin, you don't want your sunscreen to look super shiny. You want an ultra lightweight experience with a ton of beneficial ingredients for your skin. It really is just the best of the best. And I found myself returning into it so much. I would definitely be consistently using this one every single day."
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82%of gurus approve
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"I am so obsessed with this sunscreen. I would have so many more empties of this one if it wasn't always sold out. This is the best sunscreen hands down. If you're someone who has more oily skin, you don't want your sunscreen to look super shiny. You want an ultra lightweight experience with a ton of beneficial ingredients for your skin. It really is just the best of the best. And I found myself returning into it so much. I would definitely be consistently using this one every single day."
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"The Numbuzin No. 1 Clear Filter Sun Essence SPF 50 not only is it ultra lightweight, does not leave your skin looking greasy or heavy afterwards, it has so many good soothing antioxidant-rich ingredients that I feel like is just the perfect addition to any sunscreen or skincare routine. In my yearly roundup videos that I do where I highlight all of the best skincare products of each year, this one has consistently made it on the list. I'm so obsessed with it. I keep running out of this one and I keep having to repurchase it. It is so freaking good. If you're wanting, in my opinion, like the ultimate Korean sunscreen experience, this is the best. I adore it. I'm going to keep repurchasing it and highly, highly recommend it."
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"They have literally my favorite sunscreen ever. The Numbuzin No.1 Clear Filter Sun Essence SPF 50. I've talked about it in so many different videos."
"The Skin 1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica Water-Fit Sun Serum SPF 50 is such a multi-purpose, multi-use sunscreen. It's so lightweight on the skin but just has the nicest little bit of hydration effect as well, so that you're not getting dehydrated throughout the day. You don't have to worry about dullness and dryness. I also love using it on my body. It doesn't leave me with sticky fingers that gets residue on my phone. It's so lightweight that I can apply it either on my face or body with no greasiness or shininess. It really is just such a good sunscreen."
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88%of gurus approve
All 2 takes on Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica Water-Fit Sun Serum SPF 50+
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"The Skin 1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica Water-Fit Sun Serum SPF 50 is such a multi-purpose, multi-use sunscreen. It's so lightweight on the skin but just has the nicest little bit of hydration effect as well, so that you're not getting dehydrated throughout the day. You don't have to worry about dullness and dryness. I also love using it on my body. It doesn't leave me with sticky fingers that gets residue on my phone. It's so lightweight that I can apply it either on my face or body with no greasiness or shininess. It really is just such a good sunscreen."
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"The SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica Water-Fit Sun Serum SPF 50 perfectly matches what you think of when you imagine a super lightweight, hydrating, invisible sunscreen experience. It just ticks all the boxes. I use it all over my ears, my neck, my back, my arms, hands, and I bring it with me everywhere. It's not going to leave me greasy, super shiny with a white cast, nothing. It's a really good price point. I'm absolutely obsessed with how lightweight this is on the skin, especially as someone who has more oily to combination skin. I hate it when sunscreens make you look super greasy and shiny, and this one has never once done that. I will always use this one, and I feel like I will always have it in my collection or in my travel bag wherever I go. If you're wanting a perfect starter Korean sunscreen, I could not recommend this one more."
"This one looks a little bit more like dewy and moisturized, which is the Birch Juice, which makes sense. This one has a little bit of a thicker consistency."
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"I'm really happy she's going in with a good sunscreen, especially a good one for black skin. Unfortunately, a lot of the black community or people with darker skin tones have fallen victim to the idea that their skin is fine in the sun and they don't need to use a good or even a strong sunscreen in their routine. But she's definitely using a really good one and I love to see that she's following up with a good protective sunscreen."
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All 2 takes on Sunscreen SPF 30
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"I really like this one because it doesn't leave a white cast after. I believe that's the Black Girl Sunscreen, which is super popular, and I love the philosophy of the product because it really was specifically made for Black women who can't easily access a lot of sunscreen formulas because of the white cast that they leave on the skin. That specific product does use chemical UV filters, which I personally don't use, but I've always said people with darker skin tones who aren't able to easily access a lot of sunscreens can really benefit from chemical UV filters because they don't leave any white cast or gray cast on the skin."
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"I'm really happy she's going in with a good sunscreen, especially a good one for black skin. Unfortunately, a lot of the black community or people with darker skin tones have fallen victim to the idea that their skin is fine in the sun and they don't need to use a good or even a strong sunscreen in their routine. But she's definitely using a really good one and I love to see that she's following up with a good protective sunscreen."
"EltaMD is a very research-backed brand. There's a reason why you find it in the majority of spas you go to. Very well accredited, they give great protection to the skin, and especially for someone as fair as she is, as sensitive as her skin can get to the sun, you've got to be consistent and hardcore with the sun protection."
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All 2 takes on Sunscreen
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"EltaMD is kind of considered like the best sunscreens, at least American sunscreens. However, when it comes to sunscreens, you've got to be really, really careful about mixing anything into them. If you mix any other skincare product with your sunscreen, it can render your sunscreen useless, which means you're not getting the sun protection that you think you're getting, and it can actually lead to skin damage and irritation."
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"EltaMD is a very research-backed brand. There's a reason why you find it in the majority of spas you go to. Very well accredited, they give great protection to the skin, and especially for someone as fair as she is, as sensitive as her skin can get to the sun, you've got to be consistent and hardcore with the sun protection."
"The Beauty of Joseon Matte Sun Stick changed my life, not even joking. Coming from someone who has used many sunscreens where I get so frustrated afterwards because my skin looks greasy, it looks shiny, white cast, heavy, pasty, when I first used this one I was like, how does my skin look better? Like it looks more balanced. It truly feels invisible. I probably over apply this because when I rub it across my skin I'm like, I genuinely can't see if it's there. It works so well. And if you're someone with oily skin you will definitely love this one. The difficult part about sunscreen comes down to reapplication and being able to just swipe swipe and go. With this product it's so easy because it really is invisible. It's crazy."
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All 3 takes on Matte Sun Stick
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"The Beauty of Joseon Matte Sun Stick changed my life, not even joking. Coming from someone who has used many sunscreens where I get so frustrated afterwards because my skin looks greasy, it looks shiny, white cast, heavy, pasty, when I first used this one I was like, how does my skin look better? Like it looks more balanced. It truly feels invisible. I probably over apply this because when I rub it across my skin I'm like, I genuinely can't see if it's there. It works so well. And if you're someone with oily skin you will definitely love this one. The difficult part about sunscreen comes down to reapplication and being able to just swipe swipe and go. With this product it's so easy because it really is invisible. It's crazy."
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"The Beauty of Joseon Matte Sun Stick I truly have no words. Not only does it effectively apply sunscreen on your face, it has literally zero white cast. It also mattifies the skin. I found maybe like three sunscreens that actually effectively keep the skin really matte, and this is one of them. I have to say I will be purchasing this for the rest of my life. I'm in a long-term relationship with this product. I highly recommend it."
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"This is the stick sunscreen that I have been absolutely obsessed with. I love this sunscreen so much. I love this one because it just instantly mattifies the skin and has literally zero white cast. It's obviously very easy to apply because it is a stick sunscreen."
"I don't love that sunscreen because it is a USA chemical sunscreen and also the texture of it isn't necessarily my favorite. The texture leaves that kind of slippery slick feeling on the skin."
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All 3 takes on Unseen Sunscreen SPF 40
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"I don't love that sunscreen because it is a USA chemical sunscreen and also the texture of it isn't necessarily my favorite. The texture leaves that kind of slippery slick feeling on the skin."
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"The Super Goop Unseen Sunscreen is a chemical sunscreen, and I've never recommended chemical sunscreens on my channel because there's conflicting data about how they can contribute to the erosion of coral reefs, which is why I just opt to stay away from it. Chemical sunscreen filters can be significantly more irritating to the skin. It's also a sunscreen that has silicon and other chemicals that her community will very often times label as toxic when they're not, but it's just a type of product that's very opposite of what crunchy granola people typically endorse."
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"I mean it's one of the best selling sunscreens of all time I personally don't love it cuz it's a chemical UV sunscreen but I totally understand why people love it"
"They have banana boat which is not my favorite and a lot of these are chemicals sunscreen so I'm going to pass on those."
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"The Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Watery Sun Gel is definitely a little bit more suited for combination to drier skin types. It still feels relatively lightweight on the skin but it does definitely boost that glow with the use of hyaluronic acid in the formula. It's such a nice hydrating formula. I've personally loved using this one when I've gone on planes where my skin needs a little bit more moisture or when I've been spending time in dry Colorado. It's a super good formula from an amazing brand, and if you're someone who has drier skin and still wants a very nice Korean sunscreen that does give you a little bit of extra moisture, I would definitely recommend this sunscreen."
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"The Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun Rice and Probiotics SPF 50 sunscreen is an awesome sunscreen. If you are wanting a little bit more of a moisturizing experience, but still that incredible Korean zero white cast lightweight experience, this one is definitely a little bit more nourishing and moisturizing, and definitely better for combination to drier skin. Compared to US sunscreens, it's still really lightweight. It's an incredible sunscreen that has held up after so many years of using it. I absolutely love it."
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All 3 takes on Relief Sun: Rice + Probiotics SPF 50+ PA++++
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"Rice water has a lot of benefits for the skin. I'd say they mostly focus around hydration, soothing redness and sensitivity. One of my favorite sunscreens, the Beauty of Joseon sunscreen, has rice in it. So many Korean skincare products have rice water in them."
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"The Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun Rice and Probiotics SPF 50 sunscreen is an awesome sunscreen. If you are wanting a little bit more of a moisturizing experience, but still that incredible Korean zero white cast lightweight experience, this one is definitely a little bit more nourishing and moisturizing, and definitely better for combination to drier skin. Compared to US sunscreens, it's still really lightweight. It's an incredible sunscreen that has held up after so many years of using it. I absolutely love it."
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"The Beauty of Joseon SPF 50 formula is an absolutely incredible formula and one of the main reasons is because there is literally zero white cast. It literally feels like a lightweight moisturizer. Most of the ones I've used are very lightweight on the skin and they're significantly more affordable than a lot of USA sunscreens. The only downside I would say is that they do have to be shipped internationally so sometimes they can take longer to get to you, and if you're someone who just wants to drop by Target and get a sunscreen you're not gonna find these because technically they're not legal to sell in the US. But they are the absolute best, no competition."
Eye Care10 reviews
"It features a retinoid, and retinoids can be really powerful not only for helping to fade hyperpigmentation and darkness on the under eye area, but for targeting premature aging, fine lines, and wrinkles. Looking at the ingredient list alone, I was like, 'Yes, this is going to work so well.' I finally found my eye cream. I really gave this a long shot. I think I went like four or five consecutive months using this every single night. I really, really tried. But unfortunately, this really just did nothing for my dark circles, which makes me really sad because every other Beauty of Joseon product I'm obsessed with. Is it a nice serum? Yes. Is the formula amazing? Yes. And does it work for a lot of other people? It seems to appear so. But from me, it just wasn't enough. I like everything about it. I just wish I saw more from it."
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All 2 takes on Revive Eye Serum: Ginseng + Retinal
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"I saw some incredible before and after videos of this formula. It not only has ginseng but it also has retinal, which is a very effective ingredient for reducing premature aging, dark circles, discoloration, sun damage. It's a powerful form of retinol. I've been using this on just the inner parts of my eyes. I don't even know how much I love it yet. I've been using this for like a week now and obviously it's going to take longer to see results for the under eye area, but the way that I have seen people rave about this product is next level."
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"It features a retinoid, and retinoids can be really powerful not only for helping to fade hyperpigmentation and darkness on the under eye area, but for targeting premature aging, fine lines, and wrinkles. Looking at the ingredient list alone, I was like, 'Yes, this is going to work so well.' I finally found my eye cream. I really gave this a long shot. I think I went like four or five consecutive months using this every single night. I really, really tried. But unfortunately, this really just did nothing for my dark circles, which makes me really sad because every other Beauty of Joseon product I'm obsessed with. Is it a nice serum? Yes. Is the formula amazing? Yes. And does it work for a lot of other people? It seems to appear so. But from me, it just wasn't enough. I like everything about it. I just wish I saw more from it."
"I really had high hopes for this product, especially because I think The Ordinary is amazing and they have a lot of really powerful products, but this one I just didn't really notice a difference with my dark circles. Did I notice that it helped with some of my under eye puffiness, which is something I definitely struggle with as well? Yes, I didn't really notice any major differences besides that. However, I do think the ingredient list is really good. There's a lot of goodies in this formula that are great for helping with the health and the strength of the under eye area. And I definitely think it's a good product if you are worried about developing dark circles in the future, you want to reduce under eye puffiness or you're starting to notice a little bit of darkness. But overall, it just left a lot to hope for. At the same time, it's a stellar price point. I mean, you really can't get better than the ordinary price points."
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"I had heard a lot of good things about it and I do like Summer Fridays as a brand, so I decided to invest in this as a more luxury eye cream to see if it actually makes a difference. It is an elegant formula and feels very nice applying it on the under eye area, so it delivers luxury on that front. But besides that, I really didn't notice any difference on my under eye areas. I used this one for a long time and finally just gave up after a while because I was like, 'Okay, I don't think this is doing literally anything.' Is it a bad eye cream? No. But contrasting the price point with the actual results, absolute zilch results."
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"For how simple the ingredient list looks for this eye cream I dead ass would recommend something like the Inky List Caffeine Eye Cream because it basically has the same type of ingredients it gives you that de-puffing effect to the eye area and it's like $10 way better."
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"I use Lumify eye drops, oh my God yes, the MVP."
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"Tatcha is one of those brands that I've always felt iffy about. The experience is very luxurious, it feels so nice on the skin, it really is lovely, but between the price points and the added fragrance in the products, it is just too luxurious for my taste. And I feel like there's lots of comparable Japanese skincare products that deliver similar results and experiences, definitely similar Korean skincare products for a much more affordable price. The eye cream is $67, which is expensive. It has parfum fragrance in it, and that's a big issue I have with Tatcha, especially for an under-eye product, because the under-eyes are so sensitive to begin with. You don't want to be really messing with them, and there's just a lot of comparable products out there, so I don't really get the hype."
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"SkinCeuticals has incredible formulas. The price point of this one is $116, which is not cheap. I've never in my life been more tempted to buy expensive products than I have with SkinCeuticals, but they're just a little bit over the line for me to be like no, can't justify it."
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"Belief moisturizing eye balm, no. I have not been able to find a Belief product that doesn't have fragrance and their eye cream, which I think is the same one as the eye balm, has fragrance in it. Whenever I see companies do that I'm like, why, why in an eye cream? You're not going to be smelling your under eye area, why do you need to add it? Pass. I know I've wanted to try that product before, plus it's expensive. Belief is like not a cheap brand, at least here in the US."
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"Shiseido is very bougie. Seventy dollars for 12 count and they are single use. I'll be honest though, single-use masks have never really been something I love recommending because not only is it not great for the environment, they just tend to be really pricey. Also, just a flag: the ones that Ariana is using have retinol in them, and retinol is an ingredient that you do not want to use during the daytime. That ingredient is meant to be used overnight as it makes your skin really sensitive to the sun."
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"The caffeine neck cream from the Inky List is awesome, especially if you're like new to the eye cream game. It's a great introductory but beneficial formula."
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All 2 takes on Caffeine Eye Cream
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"This is a good formula, and I love the Inky List and their formulation philosophy, but this one I feel like really only works for depuffing the under eye area and not really for darkness. I don't really feel like this does anything to really address the root cause of dark circles beyond just depuffing your under eyes. I would actually recommend the Inky List Retinol Eye Cream more than this one for dark circles. It's a good eye cream and I love how affordable it is, but it just doesn't do enough."
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"The caffeine neck cream from the Inky List is awesome, especially if you're like new to the eye cream game. It's a great introductory but beneficial formula."
Mists & Essences8 reviews
"I have personally used the Mugwort face mask as well as the I'm From Mugwort Essence. While they're not my favorite products from the line, they're definitely really good."
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"For years on my channel, I have recommended the Tower 28 SOS Daily Rescue Facial Spray with hypochlorous acid."
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All 3 takes on SOS Daily Rescue Facial Spray
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"I kind of hate the Tower 28 packaging because it has a harsher, more direct, intense spray compared to other options with a finer mist. It's a little bit too intense and jarring, especially when I spray it on my face in the morning. However, when comparing formulas, I really enjoyed it. The formulas are very comparable to each other, and as far as price point goes and how long the product lasts, they're about the same, so you'll be spending about the same amount either way. It really depends on your personal preference."
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"For years on my channel, I have recommended the Tower 28 SOS Daily Rescue Facial Spray with hypochlorous acid."
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"The Tower 28 SOS Daily Rescue Facial Spray is simple but effective and has so many benefits being added into your routine. Because hypochlorous acid is a great extra cleansing step that not only will help you to avoid the risk of breakouts because of its antibacterial properties, but also really helps with skin issues like eczema, rosacea, and of course redness. I'm someone who really struggles with redness, especially after cleansing. For some reason, my skin just loves to look super flushed, and it takes a while to calm down. But by introducing a hypochlorous acid spray into my routine, it's just been such an easy way of getting all those skin benefits without really having to think about it. That's one of the things that I really appreciate about it in a spray form."
"SK2 is like the most expensive luxurious Japanese skincare brand out there. That's their famous Pitera Essence, which I think the bottle that she's using is like $200 to $300. Very expensive. They use a blend of ferments that supposedly hydrate and nourish the skin. I personally think that you can find nearly identical products for like $5 to $10 from Japan as well that use the same types of ingredients. But it's very luxurious, very fancy, very boug. A lot of celebrities and rich people love to use it."
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"It's the Clog Snail Mucin Energy Essence, so it's 90% snail mucin which is a really high concentration, so it's definitely going to have that kind of sticky tacky sensation that is going to be ideal for anyone who has really dry or dehydrated skin, even people with eczema. The ingredient list is so freaking impressive, and it claims to be a gel to liquid essence which really intrigues me because one of my biggest complaints when it comes to a lot of snail mucin products is that they're just really heavy. I love using them overnight but they do leave your skin very greasy and shiny. This one claims to go from gel to liquid which is really cool."
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"I am the founder of the hate club for that product. I absolutely despise it. I feel like it just makes your skin sticky. It smells so strong and not even like a nice gentle rose scent. It's like if the rose rammed a line and then shoved itself into the bottle. It's just way too intense. I don't like it."
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"Neogen Dermalogy Real Ferment Micro Essence, I haven't used it in a while but that's a really great essence, especially if you're wanting to focus on prebiotic care for your skin, help strengthen the moisture barrier, get some hydration in. I am not a regular essence user but that's definitely an essence that I would use."
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"The product he's using is amazing. I've recommended it many times. It's the SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule. Great for soothing redness and irritation and hydrating the skin, but it is a serum. It's not a moisturizer."
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All 3 takes on Madagascar Centella Ampoule
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"The product he's using is amazing. I've recommended it many times. It's the SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule. Great for soothing redness and irritation and hydrating the skin, but it is a serum. It's not a moisturizer."
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"The Skin 1004 Madagascar Centella Ampule makes for such a good product to immediately apply after cleansing. It sinks into the skin very quickly. It's super lightweight, but most importantly, it is power packed with Centella Asiatica. One of the best skincare ingredients out there for helping to reduce sensitivity, bring down redness, and help to repair any skin damage that you might be experiencing. The reason I love this one is that it's a no BS formula. You're getting as much benefits from Centella Asiatica as you can, which I think is a necessary ingredient in every single person's routine. And it sinks so nicely into the skin that it doesn't even feel like an extra step in your routine. And by using this one every day, you're really making sure that your skin will be properly protected from any of those natural elements that tend to make our skin look red or irritated."
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"The Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule, if you're someone who wants to utilize the benefits of centella asiatica, get that soothing experience, reduce redness, get that antioxidant power, but you want the strongest form of it, that's what the ampoule does. It's basically all centella asiatica, it's an incredible formula and ingredient, and it's such an easy addition to your skincare routine. It doesn't feel like an additional product. You can just apply this right after cleansing and get all those benefits without having to worry about your skincare routine being overly greasy or heavy. It's such an easy add-on, such a good experience, and great for reducing redness and irritation."
"I am very biased when it comes to like toners and essences. I feel like a lot of them don't have a bunch of ingredients that I think are needed in an extra product, however that one has probiotics to really nourish the skin. It's one of like the bestselling Korean skincare products of all time, definitely like a really good formula primarily for anyone who struggles with a damaged moisture barrier or dry skin. I've used that one many times and I think it was one of like the very first Korean skincare products I ever used. I mean, is it a necessary step in your skincare routine? No. But I think it is a very nice and easy way of getting prebiotics and probiotics into the skin. It's a very innovative formula."
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All 5 takes on Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
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"The COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence is 40% off and the mini size too. If you're someone like me who enjoys the snail mucin experience but you don't use it super frequently, the mini size is great because I'm going to be honest, I still have the first COSRX Power Essence that I ever used and that thing takes forever to get through unless you're using it every single day religiously."
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"The COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence is absolutely incredible. There's a reason why so many people love it, particularly if you have dry, damaged, flaky, or more mature skin. It makes the skin so plump, so dewy. I personally have only ever used it overnight because it's just a little bit too heavy to use during the day. I do have oily combination skin, but people have attributed this product to helping with so many different types of issues, and honestly I believe it. The only thing I don't like about this product is that it is pretty heavy."
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"If I had to recommend one product from COSRX, I would definitely recommend the snail mucin serum. You guys have probably seen this one on TikTok, it's gone super viral. Snail mucin is amazing for the skin to make it look more dewy and bouncy, and I personally love using it overnight. If you're someone who has dry skin or even really like sensitized or irritated skin, you should definitely check this one out. There's a reason it has a cult following; it has amazing benefits for the skin."
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"I am very biased when it comes to like toners and essences. I feel like a lot of them don't have a bunch of ingredients that I think are needed in an extra product, however that one has probiotics to really nourish the skin. It's one of like the bestselling Korean skincare products of all time, definitely like a really good formula primarily for anyone who struggles with a damaged moisture barrier or dry skin. I've used that one many times and I think it was one of like the very first Korean skincare products I ever used. I mean, is it a necessary step in your skincare routine? No. But I think it is a very nice and easy way of getting prebiotics and probiotics into the skin. It's a very innovative formula."
Specialist Reacts to Alex Cooper's Skin Care Routine
"If you're someone who has a wrecked moisture barrier, your skin is super dry and flaky, please try snail mucin. It has amazing healing and restorative benefits for the skin that are just incredible for anyone who's struggling with that."
Acne4 reviews
"I used to absolutely be obsessed with that serum. The Ordinary is great for basically doing exactly what he's doing right now, targeting specific skin issues, and they're straightforward, effective, and affordable. It's at 2%, which is the highest percentage of salicylic acid you can have in a non-prescription formula. I would say that serum is best used as a spot treatment for any areas that are experiencing breakouts or blocked pores. And I love that he mentioned that he doesn't use it at the same time as his retinol, which is amazing because salicylic acid and retinol are two of those ingredients that you really do not want to mix together. It can result in skin sensitivity, irritation, even more peeling, sensitivity, and dryness."
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"They're typically my go-to whenever I want a really good pimple patch"
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"I have these Starface Pimple Patches which are really cute but they don't necessarily do like a great job of adhering to the skin so I don't if I love them."
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"I absolutely love pimple patches. The COSRX Pimple Patches are definitely the best bang for your buck. You get 24 patches for such a good price point and those ones have always worked well at actually sticking to my skin because as much as I want to love every pimple patch out there, there's just so many that will not adhere to the skin, but the COSRX ones have always done that. If you want just like a solid good pimple patch that's not a lot of money that will get the job done, I definitely think that the COSRX ones are definitely worth it and just good bang for your buck."
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Retinoids4 reviews
"The best allover acne treatment that is a retinoid is Differin Adapalene Gel. If you're not familiar with adapalene, it used to be a prescription grade ingredient that now is available over the counter at 0.1% strength and it is one of the best ingredients, specifically the best retinoid for acne, acne scarring, and of course all the other benefits that retinoids have like fading fine lines and damage, lifting hyperpigmentation, skin cell renewal. However, my skin absolutely hates it. When I have tried adapalene multiple times in the past, my skin gets so red, so angry, so frustrated. I wanted to feature it in this video to issue a warning to everyone considering trying adapalene. If you have Differin in your cart or you have it on your shelf and you're about to start using it, please, patch test before you use it all over your face. The first time I used it and I applied it all over my face, the next week was brutal. So much pain, so much flakiness."
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"My main issue with it is that it is a dropper formula and retinol is already an ingredient that is very unstable. Now of course Bioma doesn't use true retinol, they use a more stabilized form of it, however dropper bottle formulas are so exposed to air, bacteria from the dropper touching our fingers or our face, light exposure. There's a bunch that get stuck up in the dropper itself, which is all fine and dandy unless you're dealing with very unstable ingredients like retinol or vitamin C. These types of ingredients I always just say it's better to go for airtight packaging or packaging that really won't expose the entire formula to sunlight or bacteria. I don't see many retinol dropper formulas anymore. Like five years ago there was a lot on the market but I think over time people have adopted more stable packaging. So automatically this product was a pass for me, which is surprising because I love Bioma."
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"One ingredient that I wish I would have known, that would have saved me a hell of a lot of money, is retinol. It really is like one of the most transformative ingredients you can use, and one of the only ingredients that's proven to reverse the signs. When I first started trying retinol I actually hated it. My skin was shedding like a snake, my skin looked dry and crusty, and it also brought out big and painful spots that were underneath the skin that would have come out eventually, but that's completely normal. It's called purging. Had so many of you guys come to me being like my skin doesn't like retinol, when I started using it I was breaking out, my skin was freaking out. That is normal for like the first few weeks to maybe the first month of using retinol. Your skin is purging, it's basically getting used to the intensity of the ingredient, but you just gotta hold on, you gotta wait it out because it gets so much better."
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"Tretinoin is essentially the best skincare ingredient you can get on the market for concerns like deep set wrinkles, damage, dark spots, hyperpigmentation, acne scarring. It is an incredible ingredient, but one of the downsides is that you need a prescription to be able to get it, at least in the USA. It's not easy to get. Dermatica is a digital dermatology provider so you can get your tretinoin prescription just through your phone. You'll be paired with a dermatology provider, they'll discuss your concerns with you and then give you a custom prescription based off what you need. There's so many different dermatology providers online I've tried many of them, but I've always returned to Dermatica because I really like their service, the communication. You get smaller prescription doses that you can easily change if you want something stronger or it's not really working for your skin concerns. As incredible as over-the-counter retinol products are, I would honestly say if you are able to give tretinoin a shot, I would recommend it."
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81%of gurus approve
All 3 takes on Retinoid
The BEST Serums of 2023!
"Tretinoin is a prescription ingredient and one of the best ingredients out there for treating deep set damage like wrinkles and premature aging. My personal favorite provider this past year has been Dermatica. They're a dermatology service that's online where you pay for a monthly subscription of a custom formula that's made by a dermatology provider with prescription ingredients. For tretinoin I've definitely enjoyed using Dermatica the most as I can really see the results and I like that they provide a bi-monthly bottle rather than a monthly bottle like some other services do. It comes to about $30 a month, so basically $60 a bottle. I don't use tretinoin every single day, I use it a few times a week, usually two, which means the bottles end up lasting a lot longer and I get a lot more bang for my buck. I just love the convenience of it being mailed directly to you, the consistency and the enjoyability of the formulas, plus I've never noticed an adverse reaction to Dermatica formulas. Sometimes with prescription my skin has gotten really mad at me but that's never once happened with Dermatica."
The BEST Skin Care of 2024 for Acne & Acne Scars
"I've tried a few different delivery dermatology providers but Dermatica has consistently been my favorite one and where I've really noticed the best results from my retinoid in use. It would honestly be a sin for me to not recommend retinoid as a really effective way of getting rid of acne scarring because it is like pharmaceutical grade treatment, you can't really get better than that. However, if you're someone who has very sensitive skin or very reactive skin, I will say that retinoid is probably not the best thing for you because even at an extremely low percentage, I will sometimes experience irritation from retinoid use. If I go a week without using retinoid and then I reintroduce it into my routine, here comes the flaky skin, here comes the stinging sensations, the redness. It's definitely not for the faint of heart or faint of skin. If you have very sensitive or reactive skin, I would say maybe wait on the retinoid because it is powerful."
The BEST of 2024 for Wrinkles & Aging!
"Tretinoin is essentially the best skincare ingredient you can get on the market for concerns like deep set wrinkles, damage, dark spots, hyperpigmentation, acne scarring. It is an incredible ingredient, but one of the downsides is that you need a prescription to be able to get it, at least in the USA. It's not easy to get. Dermatica is a digital dermatology provider so you can get your tretinoin prescription just through your phone. You'll be paired with a dermatology provider, they'll discuss your concerns with you and then give you a custom prescription based off what you need. There's so many different dermatology providers online I've tried many of them, but I've always returned to Dermatica because I really like their service, the communication. You get smaller prescription doses that you can easily change if you want something stronger or it's not really working for your skin concerns. As incredible as over-the-counter retinol products are, I would honestly say if you are able to give tretinoin a shot, I would recommend it."
Toners4 reviews
"It's supposed to soothe while simultaneously hydrate the skin. It's very lightweight on the skin, it doesn't feel tacky or too sticky. Well, I guess there's a little bit, but not overly. It's very lightweight, so that's good because I am not a heavy toner person ever, but it does feel nice."
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83%of gurus approve
"The Ordinary Glycolic Acid Toning Solution is good but very strong, be aware. If you're brand new to skincare I would say go for the Crave Beauty one, but that one works really well too."
~Mixed
65%of gurus approve
"If you want a more deluxe experience without breaking the bank, the Inky List PHA Toner is an awesome one, particularly if you have sensitive skin that you'll be able to use more frequently. It exfoliates, but very gently, removes the dead skin cells from your face."
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75%of gurus approve
"The Pixi glow tonic is one of the good things about it is that it does have glycolic acids so people were using like exfoliating treatment ingredients but this one I was never particularly a fan of it. Definitely wasn't the worst but it was not my favorite. I am a little nervous because sometimes my skin gets a little stingy with glycolic acid whatever nervous for my nose area. I also think I don't know if they decrease the amount of fragrance that's in this because it does not smell like how it used to smell. I swear this used to have a really strong fragrance to it but it's very light now I hardly notice it. The good thing is that my face isn't stinging so that's a plus."
~Mixed
64%of gurus approve
Tools3 reviews
"I'm actually a huge fan of microcurrent technology. I personally use the tool Metacube for it because I feel like there's more options in one device. Microcurrent technology transmits microcurrent pulses into the skin that helps to reduce any puffiness, revitalize and awaken the skin. It is really beneficial and definitely a great way to start out the day."
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80%of gurus approve
"I love that it's microcurrents that help to stimulate your skin, help firm and tighten the skin. There's a lot of benefits that come from regular use and it helps with lymphatic drainage as well, so you look less puffy. It's just a great product overall. Definitely not cheap, but one of the very few skincare tools that are pricey that I'm like yeah, that's worth it. It does make a difference. I can tell when I really went hard on it, the cheekbones are showing up."
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62%of gurus approve
"This is the Dr. Dennis Gross LED mask and it is pricey. I mean I already know because it's Dr. Dennis Gross that is going to be expensive. It is $455. I have never spent that much on a skincare device nor do I plan to. But you know what, LED therapy is great for the skin. If you want to splurge, this is definitely like a good product to splurge on. It's a great way of getting that LED therapy all over your face. But just letting you know there's a lot of cheaper options out there. You do not have to pay this price point for LED therapy. This mix is for breakouts and collagen. I've noticed a difference ever since I started using it."
~Mixed
78%of gurus approve
Haircare2 reviews
"I have tried damn near every single hair dryer out there and my hair takes a really long time to dry, like if I get out of the shower and just leave my hair to air dry it'll take like six hours. The Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer is by far the best hair dryer I've ever used. It is absolutely incredible and will last forever. Every time I use another hair dryer my hair feels very brittle, dry, and unhealthy, but every time I use the Dyson, my hair feels really amazing and soft and gorgeous. It's one of my favorite products ever."
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84%of gurus approve
"The Ulike Air10 uses dual light technology for stronger, faster, and just better results. You can even see visible hair reduction within 1 week of using it. Now for me that's not the case because my hair is thick and wiry, but depending on your hair thickness and gender you can see results really quickly. The experience of this compared to what I've been through in the past is mind-blowing."
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81%of gurus approve
All 3 takes on Air10 IPL hair removal device
Laser vs IPL Hair Removal: Which is Best? 🤔
"The Ulike Air10 uses dual light technology for stronger, faster, and just better results. You can even see visible hair reduction within 1 week of using it. Now for me that's not the case because my hair is thick and wiry, but depending on your hair thickness and gender you can see results really quickly. The experience of this compared to what I've been through in the past is mind-blowing."
Laser vs IPL Hair Removal: Which is Best? 🤔
"You'll notice that this will be a little bit loud but it's because there's a fan on the back that cools your skin in case your skin starts to heat up. I mean it honestly works so well for me that I never even notice my skin getting hot. I'll press it fully up against my skin and then press this button absolutely no pain or discomfort and that's it easy peasy. Look at my neck there is no redness because let me tell you after getting it professionally done it looked like I was in a house fire so much redness. I mean I'd say this is a little bit of an improvement."
Laser vs IPL Hair Removal: Which is Best? 🤔
"There's literally no pain and honestly I would use an at-home device 100 times over even if it's less effective because I won't have to go through that awful pain. The benefits for me far outweigh the negative side effects of having to get it professionally done. A piece of comfort for me is that Ulike has 10 years of experience as an IPL specialist group, they go through clinical testing, they're internationally regulated. There's also a 90-day money back guarantee so if you're not satisfied with the results after 3 months of using it you can get your money back, and it has a 2-year warranty as well so if anything happens to it you're covered. I've been using this on my body for a while but I only recently started using it on my neck because I was so traumatized after my experience with professional treatment, and this hasn't hurt at all so it was safe enough to use on my neck. It just goes to show you how painless it is."
Foundation1 review
"I always feel guilty talking about this because I know people feel like they're really getting their sunscreen protection whenever they use like a tinted moisturizer or a foundation that has SPF in it. But the reality is that in order to properly protect your face from sun damage, you need to use about a quarter size amount of sunscreen. Now imagine you using that much tinted moisturizer or foundation on your face. You're going to look caked up. It's not going to look good. Which is why I always recommend going in with a sunscreen before you go in with a tinted moisturizer or foundation with sunscreen formula. It's just not enough protection."
~Mixed
73%of gurus approve
Ingredients1 review
"Azelaic acid has incredible potential for really exfoliating the skin and helping to transform your skin with problems ranging from breakouts, acne, rosacea, and eczema. Azelaic acid is definitely a really good ingredient. I personally recommend the Inky List azelaic acid product, I've loved using that one before. It's a simple but affordable product, but even going the direction of getting an off-brand drugstore over-the-counter product is great as well."
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82%of gurus approve
Supplements1 review
"The Anua PDRN plus hyaluronic acid serum is awesome, especially for dry skin. That one leaves your skin like very glowy and hydrated looking and it's a really nice, very good quality, high quality PDRN sourced serum that I definitely recommend."
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81%of gurus approve

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