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"It's allergy season in the UK, or hay fever, as we call it, and I get it so bad. And one thing I swear by every single year is taking Vaseline. It doesn't have to be a stick, and literally just rubbing it along my eye like that and just leaving it like that. I do that in the evening before bed and in the morning, and it saves my eyes from this."

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All 7 takes on Original Healing Jelly

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"I do like Vaseline everywhere. Winter is a season of slugging, and this is with a very simple Vaseline face and body stick because it's portable, it's hygienic, it's perfect for targeted use because it's so highly occlusive, meaning it traps in all that moisture in a non-irritating, non-pore clogging way. A lot of people think it's going to clog your pores. It's not. It's too thick to clog your pores. Incredible for healing dryness and cracks. Perfect on top of actives when your barrier needs support. It doesn't moisturize on its own though, that's a myth. But it does lock in all that hydration you've just put on underneath. If you are feeling a little bit dry and you have had to switch up your moisturizer, applying Vaseline in certain extra dry areas is definitely going to help as well. This goes on my lips. It's still one of the best lip protective products. It prevents moisture loss, shields your lips from cold air. Little bit of hydrating serum, moisturizer, then Vaseline. Your lips are going to be saved. Under the eyes, not as a replacement for eye cream, but on top of it. Especially helpful when your under eyes are getting dry."

The Dirty Origins Of A Beauty Icon - Vaseline’s Story of Controversy & Virality - Behind The Beauty

"What it does do is form a protective layer over the wound which prevents dirt and bacteria from getting in. This was very useful in the 1800s given that one of the leading causes of death at the time was open wounds becoming infected."

The Dirty Origins Of A Beauty Icon - Vaseline’s Story of Controversy & Virality - Behind The Beauty

"It's basically where you cover your face in a thick layer of an occlusive like Vaseline or Cetaphil healing ointment and this works as an occlusive layer to trap all that hydration and moisture into your skin to prevent transepidermal water loss whilst you sleep. It works, it just works. You do this as the final step in your nighttime routine and it just helps seal everything in. If you have very dry and dehydrated skin, I love doing this. You don't have to coat your face in it, just a small layer, just a small spread over your face. In turn, this can help reduce the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines, making your skin appear younger. It can help repair the barrier not as a product and ingredient itself but by keeping hydration in your skin. Your skin barrier is going to function properly. You wake up with smooth, soft, well-hydrated skin."

The Dirty Origins Of A Beauty Icon - Vaseline’s Story of Controversy & Virality - Behind The Beauty

"Vaseline is perfectly safe for you. There are opinions and worries from some people though. A celebrity makeup artist said petroleum jelly can create the illusion of moisturized hydrated skin all the while suffocating your pores. It's water repellent and not water soluble, meaning it merely seals the barrier so that moisture does not leave the skin. So whilst you might feel the instant gratification of a softened surface, you're actually drying out your pores by keeping air out. Despite Vaseline's website claiming that their products are non-comedogenic, the thick texture makes it difficult to cleanse from the skin, so it should always be applied to clean skin to help avoid breakouts. A board certified dermatologist said that people suffering from skin conditions like acne and rosacea should stay away from petroleum jelly altogether since thick emollients can aggravate those conditions."

The Dirty Origins Of A Beauty Icon - Vaseline’s Story of Controversy & Virality - Behind The Beauty

"Vaseline is water repellent and not water soluble, meaning it merely seals the barrier so that moisture does not leave the skin. So whilst you might feel the instant gratification of a softened surface, the thick texture makes it difficult to cleanse from the skin. It should always be applied to clean skin to help avoid breakouts. People suffering from skin conditions like acne and rosacea should stay away from petroleum jelly altogether since thick emollients can aggravate those conditions."

THINGS BRANDS DO THAT ANNOY ME! (And You!)

"One TikTok I saw the other day was a skincare hack that was to use Vaseline to slug. That's not a hack. That's just what you do with that product sometimes. It's just the product doing what it says it's going to do and is advertised to do."

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Kylie Skin Kylie Skin

"I'm not a fan of Kylie Skin"

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All 3 takes on Kylie Skin

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"I'm not a fan of Kylie Skin"

WTF Happened To Kylie Skin?

"Basic formulations with zero innovation. Two of the most popular products at launch were the face moisturizer and the vanilla milk toner, and you can see both the four ingredient lists here, nothing really stands out. I remember them really trying to push this kiwi thing, like oh it's got kiwi in it. Plenty of critics labeled the brand as just overpriced Instagram skincare with no real science behind it. They felt it was an obvious money grab that Kylie was just rushing out some basic formulas so she can make even more money off her huge following. The products weren't bad but they weren't great."

WTF Happened To Kylie Skin?

"Skincare had already become much more of a demanding space and basic formulas looked like the ordinary not Kylie Skin, and those products just weren't going to cut it. People were also getting into K Beauty, so you had these super affordable but amazing skin care products that Kylie Skin just didn't stand a chance going up against."

Bloom Effects Royal Tulip Nectar

"This is like the poshest version of slugging you're ever going to get. It's like this ointment to serum sort of like nectar that melts the moment it hits the skin. It's thick, cushiony almost like a thick honey at first but once you work this in it becomes so moisturizing, like this soft nectary honey blanket over the skin with a similar texture to Vaseline but kind of like softer and more, not watery but almost like a less rich version of Vaseline. The website says this is for people with dry skin, dehydrated skin, damaged skin, overexfoliated skin, post-procedure sensitivity. I have combination skin. My oily skin loves this. It's absolutely fine with it. But basically, if your skin barrier is suffering in any way whatsoever, this is a good product to pick up to kind of revive everything and make your skin feel normal again. It has a slight fragrance to it, smells a bit like bread. It has sodium hyaluronate, hyaluronic acid, so it's a humectant that's going to give your skin that cushiony feel."

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Proactive Proactiv Solution

"The routine consisted of a BPO cleanser, a glycolic toner and a treatment lotion. And it was marketed as a complete skin management routine rather than as one off light products. The products were good at the time and people who tried them generally loved them."

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All 2 takes on Proactiv Solution

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"Proactive, once worth over a billion dollars, is basically invisible today. It relied too heavily on harsh benzoyl peroxide systems, didn't adapt to the more popular gentler acne solutions, and it eventually lost its chokehold that it had on the teen market."

Dove Beauty Bar

"For a long time, Dove was just another bar of soap on the drugstore shelves. Then, kind of all of a sudden, out of nowhere, it started dominating the industry and bridging the gap between personal care and beauty."

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All 3 takes on Beauty Bar

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"I'm not finding substantive product review content in this transcript window about the Dove Beauty Bar itself, its performance, ingredients, texture, efficacy, or user experience. The passage focuses on Dove's corporate plastic waste practices and sustainability record, not the product's merits or shortcomings as a beauty bar. Without a review of the product's actual properties or the reviewer's personal experience using it, I cannot extract a faithful quote about the product."

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"It wasn't just another soap. It was a gentler alternative that still cleaned your body and killed bacteria whilst also moisturising your skin at the same time. And although that sounds so basic now, it was actually the first of its kind and it helped position Dove as something closer to a beauty brand than a typical soap brand. They really leaned into that moisturising aspect of the product with all their ads focusing on the fact that their bars contained a quarter moisturising cream. Dove was a modern, scientific and aimed at women specifically as a way of caring for themselves. Fans of the brand also love the strong fragrance that Dove added to their beauty bars."

E.l.f Halo Glow Liquid Filter

"The Halo Glow Liquid Filter, which is seen as a dupe of Charlotte Tilbury's Flawless Filter."

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E.l.f Cosmetics

"E.l.f really became popular amongst early beauty bloggers and YouTubers because buying a big haul of E.l.f products to test out was super cheap, really affordable. They could get a lot and do a huge haul. The brand's accessibility played a huge part in their growth. Most agreed that E.l.f's products were generally decent quality and often better value than bigger name brands. The brand also leaned heavily into the growing desire from consumers for more ethical and sustainable beauty products. E.l.f has been a cruelty-free brand since the start, and over the years they've been involved in a long list of campaigns and promotions supporting ethical causes."

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Caudalie Beauty Elixir

"It's essentially a mix of like peppermint oil, rosemary, and a ton of fragrances that you don't really want in skin care or a product that you're going to be reapplying throughout the day. It's got some grape extract in there, which is nice, and rose oil, fine. It's a very refreshing spray, if you want to call it that. I find it absolutely horrific. It's minty. It's like spraying a cold mint all over your face, and you get a tingle, which is mostly from peppermint and alcohol. You can feel that evaporation, not from anything really improving your skin or refreshing your skin. And in fact, for sensitive skin, that combination of fragrance and essential oils in here is going to be more irritating than beneficial."

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All 2 takes on Beauty Elixir

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My Honest Opinion On Skincare Best Sellers 🤔 Ultra Violette Sunscreen, Caudalie, Naturium, Tatcha

"This is spicy water. They call it a reverse tile refreshing facial mist and rich with botanical extracts. This has a few things that my skin hates: bitter orange, rose because it stinks, peppermint and myrrh, both of which my skin really despises. Peppermint is a known irritant anyway, but it gives you an overwhelming menthol feeling that just lingers and hangs in the air and makes your skin feel like it's got static, like you got pins and needles in your face, and it just lingers for so long. It was like a stinging sensation more than a cooling sensation. It was too much. I do not want to be picking menthol anything on my skin."

Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré

"It's fine if you want that instantly smooth plump base, which is why makeup artists love it. But a makeup artist's secret to a good base doesn't always transfer into good skincare. It's a very old school emollient cream, rich and occlusive, but not particularly innovative when it comes to skin barrier support like all the new hydration technology we have or long-term skin health. For the price and the hype, you're mostly paying for its reputation as a backstage favorite at fashion shows. There's just so much more innovation to skincare now."

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Ultraviolet Lean screen

"Despite being marketed as having SPF rating of 50 plus, Choice revealed that their test returned an SPF rating of just four. This rating was so low that Choice actually sent a sample to another lab in Germany just to double-check the results. They came back with an SPF rating for Lean Screen of five. So slightly better, I guess, but not the rating they promised. A drop from a rating of 50 plus to just four or five would be bad enough for any sunscreen product. But considering that Ultraviolet's products aren't cheap, it was even more disappointing to consumers."

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Rare Beauty Rare Beauty

"There are just those celebrities like Fenty Skin, Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez, and Sable Laz by Sabrina Ela that you can just tell they have passion and heart in their cosmetics. They're genuinely interested in the industry and that shows through their product quality."

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All 2 takes on Rare Beauty

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"Rare Beauty set higher standards for quality, inclusivity, and innovation not just among celebrity beauty brands but the beauty space in general."

The Ordinary Products

"Basically anything from The Ordinary had huge viral moments without any of the brand's input. The brand did nothing, but they got so much from this. And that's great, especially for smaller indie brands who might not be able to compete with the marketing budgets of well established skincare brands."

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"We all know some of us have had some issues with The Ordinary's formulations. But, you know, the founders had really struck gold with this idea."

CeraVe Products

"Basically anything from Cerave had huge viral moments without any of the brands input. The brands did nothing. But they got so much from this."

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Glow Recipe Products

"Glow Recipe are good. They have good products and packaging, but their packaging is bright, it's shiny, it's bold colors, it's fun, it stands out, it's aesthetically pleasing and also instantly recognizable."

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Drunk Elephant Skincare

"Drunk Elephant was never meant to be for kids. It was never meant to be for children, like ever. The brand's packaging and marketing strategy may have appealed to kids, but their actual product formulations aren't aimed at children. But instead of creating a new product line, reformulating existing products to suit children, giving us any real product innovation or telling children not to use their products, they actually said kids can use our product. They just kept selling their existing products and that left them in this bizarre kind of in between space where they were spending most of their time and money marketing towards children. But their products were really made for older consumers. And this of course alienated a whole consumer base, their older audience who were not part of that younger generation that Drunk Elephant was now marketing to. The products have been made for millennials and older genzers. And it's like Drunk Elephant didn't care about them anymore."

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All 2 takes on Skincare

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"Drunk Elephant Glow Recipe are good. They have good products and packaging, but their packaging is bright, it's shiny, it's bold colors, it's fun, it stands out, it's aesthetically pleasing and also instantly recognizable."

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KKW Beauty

"KKW Beauty followed the really successful contour and highlight kits with a powder version, as well as the liquid lipsticks just a couple of months later. And these were generally quite well received. They launched concealer kits, eyeshadow palettes, as well as collabs with Kylie Cosmetics, Makeup by Mario, and model Winnie Harlow. Again, all of which were fairly well received and sold at an impressive rate, too. In KKW Beauty's first year in business, they brought in over 100 million in revenue, which is a pretty successful start by anybody's standards."

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SKKN Exfoliator

"They also launched an exfoliator which was $55, a double mechanical and again enzymatic exfoliator that helps promote skin resurfacing. This was horrible. This felt like shards of finely milled glass poking into your face. It wasn't gentle at all. It hurt while using it. It made my skin red and stingy when I applied products after it."

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L'Oreal L'Oreal

"Nobody really feels like L'Oreal or Chaseedo, for example, are their friends. Like you don't watch what L'Oreal are doing and comment like, 'He he this is so fun,' you know."

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All 2 takes on L'Oreal

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"Nobody really feels like L'Oreal or Chaseedo, for example, are their friends. Like you don't watch what L'Oreal are doing and comment like, 'He he this is so fun,' you know."

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"L'Oreal, which is of course a household name, really driving popularity with influencer driven campaigns and drugstore accessibility."

Milk Makeup Cooling Water Jelly Ice Stick

"I had to do like five on my cheek, five on the other cheek, a fair few on my forehead and then I was patting it in. You just didn't get the hydrating payoff that you get with hydrating serums, calming serums, cooling serums. I don't get serum stick form in this case. The payoff wasn't enough for me. The instant cooling was very very nice and that's probably more what I would use this for on a daily basis rather than the ingredient benefits. But I don't know, if you don't like your skin dewy, glowy, feeling hydrated and you just want it calmed, this will be fine. But I feel like if you're going to have these hydrating ingredients in a serum, it should feel like your skin is hydrated. My skin felt like nothing was on it after, which I don't like."

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Paula's Choice Paula's Choice

"The ordinary skin suit cools lash POS Paul's Choice even drunk elephant these are all big names when it comes to active Focus skincare Brands"

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Glow Recipe Glow Recipe

"When I think of Mikayla, I think Glow Recipe, Kosas, something simple yet colorful."

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Versed Versed

"Brands like Versed, for example, do minimalist packaging very, very well with their identity on it as well."

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Kosas Kosas

"When I think of Mikayla, I think Glow Recipe, Kosas, something simple yet colorful."

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Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte Tilbury

"Charlotte Tilbury feels a little bit more luxe, like we're thinking skin prep in a way that's less basic and clinical."

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Charlotte Tilbury Skincare

"I think more time is focused on that than actually creating something unique when it comes to their skincare. But don't get me wrong, part of me loves Charlotte Tilbury as like, a British institution. It's camp, it's very panto, it's very British. And I kind of actually really respect that. I like the old glamour, I like what it stands for, but I just don't think the products are great. I do not think the products are that good. When it comes to the skin care, I tried better drugstore stuff. It's fine."

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All 2 takes on Skincare

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"I appreciate Charlotte Tilbury as a British institution and I enjoy the camp of the brand, but the skincare is average to moderate in my opinion. I've never quite seen a skincare brand at such high price points where you could find more affordable products that are actually so much better, better formulated and nicer to use. Their serum with a ton of crushed crystals in is just kind of like a gimmick to me, and I think just a weird excuse to charge more for a serum. I don't see people talking about it unless they've been gifted it or they're doing a sponsored job for it or it's an advert. Some expensive products are worth your money, but I just don't believe Charlotte Tilbury is."

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Kiehl's Products

"Kiehl's kicked off an actually very nice campaign, reassuring parents that their products aren't for Gen Alpha."

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Kybella Kybella

"The problem with Kybella is you need so many things done in my previous experience so many months apart and there is a lot of downtime. Your chin swells up massive like a frog. It's really not easy to hide. After 6 months I had no results from it, so it's not something I will do again. I'm pretty sure there are better alternatives nowadays but it's just not something that I will ever have done again."

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r.e.m Beauty R.e.m Beauty

"As a beauty founder, as the founder of r.e.m Beauty, I think it's important to have transparency. I am still four years clean. You see the lines? I love them. I think it's nice to hear a celebrity with a beauty brand say that she doesn't use Botox, but when she does, she'll let us know."

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Fenty Beauty Fenty Beauty

"Fenty, for example, which revolutionized inclusivity in makeup really set the standard, or the Ordinary, although not a celebrity Beauty brand, it introduced a whole new world of active ingredients to the Forefront of skincare."

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JLo Beauty JLo Beauty

"Nearly every single celebrity Beauty brand that has ever launched post pandemic has been a massive failure, miserable failure, but there are some of those celebrity Beauty brands that have flopped harder than others, and one of those celebrity Beauty brands for me has to be JLo Beauty."

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All 4 takes on JLo Beauty

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"I have not seen a single person talk about JLo Beauty online other than myself. I reviewed one product. Usually when I review a product, it will be in my algorithm. Like, I'll see videos about it nonstop because YouTube shows me other people have talked about this product. That didn't happen with JLo Beauty because no one's talking about it. The search volume for the brand, it's also pretty dire when you compare it to other successful celebrity launches. I feel like this is a true reflection of how these celebrity skincare brands go when you can tell the celebrity behind it really doesn't care about skincare at all. They use this fake olive oil story to market their products. The campaigns, the videos and the pictures that accompany the launch of the brand were so heavily photoshopped, so filtered, nothing about this launch was sincere. The packaging, it's so bad. It looks old, it looks outdated."

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"I feel like this is a true reflection of how these celebrity skincare brands go when you can tell the celebrity behind it really doesn't care about skincare at all. They use this fake olive oil story to market their products. The campaigns, the videos and the pictures that accompany the launch of the brand were so heavily photoshopped, so filtered, nothing about this launch was sincere. The brand launched alongside 18 other celebrity skincare brands in 2021 and really just did get lost in the crowd. The packaging, it's so bad. It looks old, it looks outdated. And in an industry where you have to have mass appeal to so many different generations and when you have to compete, sat on a shelf next to the likes of BYOMA, Drunk Elephant, Glow Recipe, CeraVe, you can't look like this, your packaging cannot look like this. I think it was pretty obvious that this brand wasn't going to sell."

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"They use this fake olive oil story to market their products. The campaigns, the videos and the pictures that accompany the launch of the brand were so heavily photoshopped, so filtered, nothing about this launch was sincere. The packaging, it's so bad. It looks old, it looks outdated. And in an industry where you have to have mass appeal to so many different generations and when you have to compete, sat on a shelf next to the likes of BYOMA, Drunk Elephant, Glow Recipe, CeraVe, you can't look like this, your packaging cannot look like this. I think it was pretty obvious that this brand wasn't going to sell."

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Sunday Riley Products

"When my skin is in a bit of a state this is all I want. I certainly don't have the time to wait around for months to see if a product actually works and that is the thing I love most about my collection of Sunday Riley products: not only do they actually do what they say on the tin but they do it fast. Social media is full of influencers, celebrities, skincare enthusiasts who just love the brand. Sunday Riley has won several awards for its skincare products over the years. Their Good Genes product, like I said, is iconic and has won the Allure Best of Beauty Awards multiple times as well as winning several other awards. The Luna sleeping night oil, C.E.O. Brightening oil, Tidal Brightening Water Cream, and several other products have also won awards for the brand on different, multiple occasions. Fans of the brand also point to their strong sustainability record and their cruelty-free status. They are and have always been cruelty-free as confirmed by PETA and Leaping Bunny. They are also B Corp certified, plastic neutral, and have a zero waste oil process."

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"Sunday Riley was iconic before this scandal even happened. People love their products. Their products are really fucking good. A little bit pricey for me, but really, really good."

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Drunk Elephant Rosy Drops

"I hate the stupid name."

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Lush Skincare

"I just cannot recommend Lush skincare anymore. I haven't done for years now. The amount of customers we'd get in complaining because of the bad reactions they had had to the products like they come with rashes, like breakouts, like it was so bad. So so bad. And I didn't have any explanation for it, but after seeing so many people react so poorly to these products and knowing what these products can actually do to people's skin, now we're all a bit more educated."

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Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Enhancing Tint

"This is one of the nicest easiest makeup products I've ever used. Something that just sits on my skin so easily without me having to do a lot of work is perfect. I use a flat brush to get a really nice even layer of product on my skin, and then I just lightly paint it on where I want it to go. With a beauty blender, I can pat that in. You can still see a little bit of redness from my rosacea and some natural skin tone, but it is buildable. It looks like there's more coverage once it oxidizes. You can also just use your fingers to apply it."

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Prequel Universal Skin Solution Dermal Spray for Face and Body

"My new favorite is Prequel's Universal Skin Solution Dermal Spray. Hypochlorous acid, I always say it's like an anti-bacterial for your face. It helps with skin irritation, redness, breakouts, cuts, grazes. If you picked a spot, it's going to help soothe it. This has been my everything for everything. When my rosacea is flaring up, spray on, soothes it. Breakouts, irritated skin, I get really irritated like on my sideburns for some reason. Knowing I have sprays like this, soothing serums, skin barrier repairing moisturizers that are going to help soothe it quicker, I worry about it a lot less. This has hypochlorous acid, sodium chloride, sodium phosphate, disodium phosphate, and electrolyte water. I found this while I was doing my doggy first aid course and they're selling this as antiseptic skincare. It's hypochlorous acid. What I will say though is this isn't available in the UK, it's not available in Europe."

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"Hypochlorous acid is something that Dr Sam Ellis says that she uses on her clients before services like Botox, filler, micro needling. There's also soothing mineral concentrate in here which they say is an optimal magnesium content to help soothe and strengthen the barrier function of the skin. I use this every single day without fail because I've always got rosacea, I'm kind of always breaking out, and it does just calm everything down. It's great for cuts and scrapes, you could use it on your pets if they've got a little cut. There is a little bit of talk how hypochlorous acid can basically render your antioxidants useless, so I personally use this in the evening. I have started using a vitamin C more in the mornings just for its antioxidant benefits, so I would use hypochlorous acid in the evening when I'm not using vitamin C and let that dry down completely before I go into my next steps."

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Tirtir Tier tier ceramic milk ampule

"Their Tirtir Tier Tier Ceramic Milk Ampule is such an interesting ampule, because I'll be honest with you, I don't use it for the skincare benefits, even though there are some. But I use it mainly before going out somewhere. This gives you such a dewy glow, like a really luminescent, dewy glow. There's something like a lot more healthier looking to your skin. This isn't ideal for oily people in like, warmer weather. I've loved it throughout winter. And if you have very dry skin, you would love this, too. But there is a whole cocktail of amazing ingredients in here for like an everyday use serum. Niacinamide, rice bran oil, glycerin, squalane, cholesterol, butylene glycol, glutamic acid. So not only is it deeply hydrating, moisturizing, nourishing, it can also help soothe your skin, even out skin tone. It's just kind of like a daily use serum to keep your skin in check kind of thing. It looks really good under like, makeup, like a compact cushion or like a skin tint because it just makes that little bit of extra kind of dewy glow shine through. I've really, really been enjoying it."

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Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops

"I just feel like all my creases are orange. There's like orange bits in my beard. If I could have applied that on its own at certain points, I feel like it would have been less patchy and I could have got a more even coverage if I dotted it on my face rather than mixed it in the top of a moisturizer. Or maybe this is just the reason I don't like any kind of fake tan or like bronzing anything because I feel like it makes my skin look patchy. I don't think it looks bad. I just don't think it looks much different. I guess I don't get the hype. Overall, I'm not impressed. I'm not unimpressed. I feel like everything was just a bit meh. Worth the money? Maybe not."

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72%of gurus approve

The Ordinary Argireline Solution 10%

"According to studies available and actual ingredient claims, this is an effective Peptide. It can't paralyze the muscle in the way Botox does. The studies that we currently have on Argireline shows that this Peptide is very, very good at reducing the appearance of fine lines. Whilst this is a great Peptide to decrease the depth of fine lines and wrinkles, this is not an ingredient to use if you're looking for longer term anti-aging effects or structural aging of your skin. This is more on par with plumping, hydrating and moisturizing ingredients. In order to see results, you have to keep using this consistently forever. When you stop, results will stop too. Unlike other Peptides, some studies have shown that Argireline may be able to actually enter deeper into the skin, but it still can't reach deep down into the muscles to paralyze. That's maybe why The Ordinary themselves say it's good for fine lines around the eyes, because the skin around there is so thin. Current literature and current results don't show that this is really Botox in a bottle, but more an advanced Peptide, which is still amazing."

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71%of gurus approve

All 5 takes on Argireline Solution 10%

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"This product didn't work like Botox in a bottle, at all. What I will say is his fine lines look a little less obvious and his skin looks generally nice and hydrated. So whilst these viral TikTok videos show people struggling to move their face, it's safe to say our experiment and the actual evidence may show that that may have just been a placebo effect. According to studies available and actual ingredient claims, this is an effective Peptide. It can't paralyze the muscle in the way Botox does. The studies that we currently have on Argireline shows that this Peptide is very, very good at reducing the appearance of fine lines. Much like every other Peptide. Whilst this is a great Peptide to decrease the depth of fine lines and wrinkles, this is not an ingredient to use if you're looking for longer term anti-aging effects or structural aging of your skin. Unlike Retinol or Vitamin C for example. This is more on par with plumping, hydrating and moisturizing ingredients. And in order to see results, you have to keep using this consistently forever. When you stop, results will stop too."

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"This product didn't work like Botox in a bottle, at all. What I will say is his fine lines look a little less obvious and his skin looks generally nice and hydrated. After two months of using up a whole bottle of this Argireline solution, whilst these viral TikTok videos show people struggling to move their face, our experiment and the actual evidence may show that that may have just been a placebo effect. According to studies available and actual ingredient claims, this is an effective Peptide. It can't paralyze the muscle in the way Botox does. The studies that we currently have on Argireline shows that this Peptide is very, very good at reducing the appearance of fine lines. Much like every other Peptide. Whilst this is a great Peptide to decrease the depth of fine lines and wrinkles, this is not an ingredient to use if you're looking for longer term anti-aging effects or structural aging of your skin. Unlike Retinol or Vitamin C for example. This is more on par with plumping, hydrating and moisturizing ingredients."

Is The Ordinary’s Viral ‘Botox In A Bottle’ A Scam? I Put It To The Test! 🧐

"According to studies available and actual ingredient claims, this is an effective Peptide. The studies that we currently have on Argireline shows that this Peptide is very, very good at reducing the appearance of fine lines. Whilst this is a great Peptide to decrease the depth of fine lines and wrinkles, this is not an ingredient to use if you're looking for longer term anti-aging effects or structural aging of your skin. Unlike Retinol or Vitamin C for example. This is more on par with plumping, hydrating and moisturizing ingredients. In order to see results, you have to keep using this consistently forever. When you stop, results will stop too. Some studies have shown that Argireline may be able to actually enter deeper into the skin, but it still can't reach deep down into the muscles to paralyze. That's maybe why The Ordinary themselves say it's good for fine lines around the eyes, because the skin around there is so thin. Current literature and current results don't show that this is really Botox in a bottle, but more an advanced Peptide, which is still amazing."

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"If you are looking for a product that contains an amazing peptide that hydrates the skin, is going to give you that glow, helps with collagen synthesis, elastin, then The Ordinary Argireline Solution 10% is a great choice."

Crest Whitening Strips

"I do use and love Crest Whitening Strips. My main thing is I buy them when I am in America. I can physically pick them up from the shelf. I know they're real. I know they're not imported from Wish or AliExpress. I have used them for possibly ten years with no issues whatsoever. Maybe once every two years my teeth stay white. It's never been an issue for me."

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80%of gurus approve

Biossance Biossance

"I used to love Biossance. I don't use it as much because their clean messaging kind of started to get on my nerves."

~Mixed

76%of gurus approve

Face Halo Face Halo

"Face Halo, great for cleansing, removing masks, like wiping everything away, perfect."

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80%of gurus approve

MAC Ruby Woo

"She just overlines her lip and uses her favourite MAC lipstick. That's all it is."

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79%of gurus approve

Abib Heartleaf Spot Pad Calming Touch

"I really do like when that toner pad serves more of a function on its own rather than like oh this could have just been a toner and I use these particular tone pads year round because as somebody with very easily irritated skin easy sensitized skin and rosacea these are so soothing and calming everything I want for my skin and they've done their own case studies as abib have to show how much these significantly cool down the skin. So this helps with my rosacea flushes if I've got irritated skin this is very calming if I got extra annoying and irritated kind of like itchy breakouts this instantly soothes of course heartleaf been at the core of the ingredient list in this product but then we also have some really nice hydrating ingredients that you'd expect to find in a toner like sodium hyaluronate and glycerin and something called hydroxy ethyl urea which kind of really just helps keep your skin bouncy and hydrated."

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81%of gurus approve

All 2 takes on Heartleaf Spot Pad Calming Touch

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"I know my rosacea does enjoy it. I know I'm going to get a nice soothing calming experience. We have glycerin and sodium hyaluronate as well, both amazing humectants. I leave them on for about 5 minutes and then do a very gentle wipe around them because they are slightly textured, so you get very gentle physical exfoliation. It's a really nice hydrating calming stage. Yeah, I like these a lot. I like these a lot."

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VT Reedle Shot 100

"Really good results from this product, people with acne, clogged and congested skin, dark spots, textured skin all improving in the space of weeks. For me personally, I've definitely seen a difference with skin texture. I mentioned a while back when I first started talking about these when it comes to the texture of my forehead, congestion on my nose, but yes, it's still early days because I'm on the 100 but I've graduated now on the 300. I've been using this one for a while too, but the difference that I've seen already, it's so good, it's so so good for me. I'm not massively targeting things like acne breakouts or hyperpigmentation, so the results on me aren't as amazing as you see on other before and afters, but the subtle things like improving texture will go a long way to make my skin overall look so much better."

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66%of gurus approve

All 2 takes on Reedle Shot 100

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"I wouldn't discredit the research that has gone into this and the years that this kind of product has been around prior to VT coming out with this product. I use this as much as I would exfoliate, so maybe three times a week. I've been really really really enjoying this. I love it. I would personally recommend it if you're struggling with dark spots, if you're struggling with enlarged pores, fine lines, whatever, and you want to boost your actives that you feel like aren't really doing anything anymore. Give this a go."

HaruHaru Wonder Black Bamboo Daily Soothing Sunshield

"For on the go, I like to use the HaruHaru Wonder Black Bamboo Daily Soothing Sunshield. SPF 50+ PA++++. Chemical filters again. That leaves that natural not too matte, not too greasy finish on the skin, and easy to reapply on the go. The curved shape enables you to get into all the crevices, which I love in a sunscreen stick. It has Air fence, which is a mattifying and cooling ingredient without feeling minty. It's like a powdery ingredient that helps absorb all that oil, excess sebum, maybe the kind of greasy look that you get from reapplying sunscreen over and over, but it doesn't leave a white cast. Ectoin and Betaine for hydration and moisturization whilst helping the skin barrier. And then Niacinamide and Adenosine for soothed, glowy skin. This is actually an airless pump, so there's very little risk of oxidization. An amazing combination for at home and on the go."

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84%of gurus approve

Skin1004 Zombie Pack

"It's a tightening and lifting mask that dries. You mix it up, it's like a powder. You mix it up, put it over your skin, and it crackles and dries. And with consistent use, is meant to help with fine lines, wrinkles, make pores look tighter, and help lift your skin as well. This contains Niacinamide, Centella Asiatica, Aloe Leaf Extract, Allantoin, Panthenol, Copper Tripeptide, Glycerin. It's got some really nice ingredients in. Two to three times a week you're meant to use it."

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62%of gurus approve

Max Factor Max Factor

"And this is a sponsored post for Max Factor, right? Again, absolutely fine."

~Mixed

77%of gurus approve

Serums44 reviews

Frankly PDRN Bounce Ball

"I absolutely love their moisturizer version that I absolutely love. Just nice, simple products with that little edge to them. They managed to do trends without being too misleading and too gimmicky."

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65%of gurus approve

Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Cream

"The lawsuit alleges that PTR's claim that they provide moisture to user skin by drawing in and retaining large quantities of water from the atmosphere is false, as is the claim that the hyaluronic acid present in the products is able to absorb nearly 1,000 times its weight in water. The hyaluronic acid present in the products is already saturated with water and is incapable of absorbing anywhere near the amount claimed. Even if the hyaluronic acid were able to absorb water, it would draw water from the skin, not from the atmosphere, therefore having the opposite effect the brand advertises."

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70%of gurus approve

Rhode Peptide Glazing Fluid

"The Peptide Glazing Fluid was similar to the lip treatment, but for the rest of the face. It was also super hydrating. It's supposed to smooth out fine lines, plump skin over time, and of course, give that glaze look that Haley Bieber is known for."

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70%of gurus approve

S.Nature Aqua Squalane Moisturizing Cream

"S.Nature Aqua Squalane Moisturizing Cream has 8 types of hyaluronic acid that basically optimizes how water is locked into your skin. They say it kind of teaches your skin how to hydrate itself. It also has Betaine, panthenol, allantoin to soothe and soften, and then collagen as well and peptides to help plump out the skin. This is just such a better than basic but nice basic everyday use moisturizer. It's amazing. S.Nature does represent that gentle, barrier-focused but powerful enough to keep your skin looking healthy and plump and calm without having to throw in any major actives."

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81%of gurus approve

All 2 takes on Aqua Squalane Moisturizing Cream

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"It's kind of like a moisturizer that just goes out of its way to be more than a moisturizer with all these really up-to-date modern ingredients that are truly beneficial for the skin. It feels like a thick cream. I love it. I've bought so many of these. I stocked up when I went to Olive Young because I don't want to be without it."

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Vichy Mineral 89

"It's marketed as this revolutionary hydrating serum packed with volcanic water and hyaluronic acid and is very very very nice. If you want a good dose of hydration, you're going to get it from here. When I kind of look at the ingredients, it's quite basic in a nice way, not in a bad way. Water of course, glycerin, butylene glycol, and then some sodium hyaluronate. It's lightweight and hydrating. It literally just feels like water for your skin. And then the claims about the barrier support and antioxidant protection are mostly coming from their mineral water, which doesn't really have the same robust clinical backing as ingredients like peptides or ceramides, for example."

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79%of gurus approve

Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado

"This is Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado. And it really is a staple for a lot of people. It's rich, it's thick, and it's nourishing. And that's why I don't like it because it's maybe a little bit too thick for my under eyes. This is based around avocado oil and shea butter, which again, a little bit outdated, a little bit old, but they moisturize well enough. But the formula is fairly heavy. It doesn't do much beyond that, which is fine again because that's all you really need under your eyes for most people."

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Parnell Cicamanu 92 serum

"We have 729,707 PPM of Centella Asiatica to help calm irritation, reduce redness and support skin repair as well. We also have Manuka Honey Extract and Honey Extract to help hydrate. We have Ceramides in here as well alongside Melatonin, which is basically antioxidant. And then Coptis Japonica and Artemisia Vulgaris oil to calm the skin. When my skin was at its most peely and red and irritated, this really did help calm and repair. I think they describe it as a lightweight serum and it kind of is, but it's got a thickness to it that makes it more feel like a gel cream. But again, it's not thick on the skin. A little bit sticky, but you can't feel that through a moisturizer. I really like it. I personally don't see why it wouldn't work for you, but yeah, I enjoyed it. I really enjoyed it."

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82%of gurus approve

Purito Wonder Relief Centella Serum Unscented

"If your skin is angry, red, maybe overexfoliated, irritated and you really need to strip everything back and heal, the skin centella ample will be perfect for you. If you want a multitasking serum that calms the skin, heals the skin, treats dullness, uneven texture, plumps up the skin, soothes and hydrates that you could use every day alongside your usual skincare routine, then go for the Purito serum. Both are great, just totally different strategies for what you want for your skin. One is kind of like more traditional medicinal, the other one is a multifunctional allrounder."

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83%of gurus approve

All 2 takes on Wonder Relief Centella Serum Unscented

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"This really is a serum I would recommend to anybody with sensitive, actively sensitive skin, easily sensitized skin. As I said, inflamed, rosacea prone skin especially. It has this kind of instant coolness to it which is going to calm down any irritation, itchiness, redness, specifically that unscented version. It's all about restoring balance to your skin. And I love that it's a ceramide focused product without it just being a thick heavy cream. You have your four active compounds of centella which is mad madicasside, aiaticide, aiatic acid and madiccastic acid. Every part of the plant but they're very very powerful together. Anti-inflammatories that help redness, help repair skin damage and encourage healing as well, making it really really good actually for acneic skin. Things like post laser, if you get laser done, post treatment, or just like everyday stress of your skin. And you have niacinamide which people don't really see as a barrier repairing ingredient but it really is and helps brighten as well. Panthenol for hydration, ceramides to reinforce the skin barrier and promote long-term strength for your skin as well. It's honestly one of the most well-rounded formulas in my collection."

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Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops

"Think La Roche Posay Cicaplast, Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops, right? Or basically anything from Cerave or The Ordinary. All these had huge viral moments without any of the brands input. The brands did nothing. But they got so much from this. And that's great, you know, I think that is great, especially for smaller indie brands who might not be able to compete with the marketing budgets of well established skincare brands. Brands whose products just worked tend to go viral so easily."

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63%of gurus approve

All 3 takes on Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops

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"Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops. With Niacinamide to help even skin tone, potentially tighten pores, help with sebum control, help the skin barrier. It does everything. Hyaluronic Acid, Watermelon and other bits. I love this because the glow that it gives your skin, this really is a really amazing makeup skincare hybrid without being makeup in any way whatsoever, with just being skincare ingredients. And it's such a nice amazing Niacinamide serum. I use it personally when I'm off camera fairly often. Like if I'm going out, I will apply this and then put a sunscreen over the top and that glow really does shine through. I do think Niacinamide is starting to make my skin flush so I do try and avoid any continued use of it in heavy amounts. But yeah, this has become a purely before going out to an event or going out in public kind of serum. But yeah, it's an icon, a truly viral product that deserves the attention it gets."

Fenty Beauty Do and Plump Hydrating Nectar Glow Serum

"There's nothing in here that makes you think, wow. Polyglutamic acid, hyaluronic acid, very basic panel, very basic, niacinamide in everything. The only interesting thing here is that super quench juice complex. Knowing Fenty, this probably does give you a really, really nice glow and is a decent product. Will I be buying it? No, I don't need it. I've got a lot of products that do this kind of thing without having to experiment with more. If it landed in my PR, I'd use it, but I'm not going out to get it."

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Drunk Elephant C-Firma Fresh Day Serum

"Their standout products like their C-Firma vitamin C serum really helped fuel this growth and kind of helped cement the brand's status as a staple of the skincare world."

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65%of gurus approve

All 5 takes on C-Firma Fresh Day Serum

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"Their standout products like their C-Firma vitamin C serum really helped fuel this growth and kind of helped cement the brand's status as a staple of the skincare world."

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"They're holy grails in people's skincare routines."

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"Drunk Elephant launched a reformative version of the product called C-Firma Fresh in 2022. And this version requires consumers to mix the product themselves before use, which some believe may have been a way of sidestepping the patent infringement."

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"Mini versions of Drunk Elephants vitamin C and glycolic acid serums. Not for kids."

Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream

"Standout products for them like their C Firmer vitamin C serum, Protini Polypeptide Cream and the TLC Sakuri Baby Facial really helped fuel this growth and kind of helped cement the brand's status as a staple of the skincare world in less than a decade."

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65%of gurus approve

All 3 takes on Protini Polypeptide Cream

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"While some batches of the Protini Polypeptide Cream lack a preservative system, tests actually revealed the presence of yeast, such as Candida parapacillosis and bacteria related to the bacteria it was found. They were actually all microorganisms that are commonly found on the human skin and in the environment, but they can cause infections, particularly in immunocompromised individuals or those with compromised skin."

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"The brand has several products which have become iconic or at least tried and tested favorites for many, like their Protini Polypeptide Cream, baby facial, and sea firm serum. They're holy grails in people's skincare routines."

SKKN Night Oil

"The night oil at $95, nourishing recovery treatment developed to help re-energize the skin overnight for supple, smooth and glowing skin by morning that feels hydrated and plumped. I have never seen my pillowcase looking so disgusting in my whole life. This transferred like crazy."

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56%of gurus approve

Arenia Holy hop serum 30

"It checks all those serum boxes. We have rice extract in here as well. It just gives your skin a real instant glow, an instant refresh to the skin, and your skin feels so packed with hydration. You could feel the difference in your skin almost instantly. It's calming, it's soothing as well. I am loving Arenia more than I thought I would for a natural brand. My skin just loves it."

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80%of gurus approve

Drunk Elephant B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum

"Drunk Elephant received notices of violation under California's Proposition 65 alleging that their B-Hydra Intensive Hydrating Serum contained DEA but did not have the proper warning labels that should have been provided to consumers. While DEA isn't carcinogenic itself, it's thought to interact with other ingredients, mainly other preservatives, to create something called nitrosamines which are recognized as potential carcinogens. It's a potential irritant. However, they need to stick to the laws where the law says they can't use it."

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Drunk Elephant TLC Framboos Glycolic Night Serum

"Mini versions of Drunk Elephants vitamin C and glycolic acid serums. Not for kids."

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64%of gurus approve

The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%

"I saw a TikTok where someone was using The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%. She thought she was purging, but she was breaking out really badly. So she kept using it, but she says after a few months it stopped helping her skin, so she stopped using it. Others in the comments said they were having the same issue. One woman says that 10% niacinamide is too strong for most people. However, I did have a chat with Michelle from Lab Muffin Beauty Science recently and niacinamide isn't necessarily a triggering ingredient, even at higher doses. It's not known to be an irritating ingredient. I do find it weird that you don't necessarily need a 10% niacinamide anyway when it's been shown to have really good benefits at 2 to 3%. The product reviews are generally very positive with a star rating of 4.3, but there are also some people giving negative reviews complaining that they broke out. Several of them admit to knowing that they have sensitive skin, so products tend to irritate their skin regardless of what the concentration is."

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67%of gurus approve

All 6 takes on Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%

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"The Ordinary's Niacinamide 10% plus Zinc 1%, one of the most popular products to come out of The Ordinary. But people still are like, you don't need 10% niacinamide. You just don't need it. There's no need for this."

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"One thing I very much started to dislike about The Ordinary serums in particular, their Niacinamide and Zinc and their hyaluronic acid, is that they just wouldn't play nice with other serums, moisturizers and sunscreens in particular. Zinc sunscreens they would just boil up, everything would peel off my skin every so often. The hyaluronic acid one would foam for some reason. It just wouldn't play nicely with other products and the rest of my routine after using one of their serums wouldn't sit nicely on the skin. But this product, it sits perfectly with any other product I've ever used. I have seen a significant change in my rosacea. I usually get a lot of irritation and redness on my cheeks, especially in the corners of my nose. I've noticed a significant drop in the things that usually flare me up."

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"This is the kind of product that introduced everyone to niacinamide. 10 is a high amount; my skin feels more comfortable with five percent. Zinc one percent is so nice for your breakouts and your oily skin. This is probably the product that helped with my sebum production the most, like the over excessive sebum production. I did have a slight flushing yesterday when I used this. The nice flush is a known thing; some people get some redness due to it. I do wish they did a five percent. I feel like five percent has been proven to work more sufficiently, and I feel like you won't get the flushing that some people experience with this. The Ordinary has a great price point, great brand, really easy accessible. However, if you wear makeup, all Ordinary serums are known for making your makeup pill a lot. For five pounds for a 30 milliliter bottle, I think that's a bargain."

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"I discovered The Ordinary Niacinamide and Zinc, and something about The Ordinary's niacinamide and zinc really did help regulate my natural sebum production. That's when I started to notice that this ingredient is really helping me. I used niacinamide twice a day, and after about three or four weeks, my oil, my sebum production was so much better. Even when I got hot and sweaty, I wasn't getting greasy and oily. Niacinamide will always be in my routine."

Paula's Choice C15 Super Booster

"They launched a lot of their more popular products including their C15 Super Booster during this time. However, prices were significantly increased after the investment and Paula's Choice kind of started to lose their reputation of being well priced for the amazing formula you were getting. Compared to a lot of people, this is a really good price for such an amazing product, and now they kind of have a reputation of being like yeah, these products are kind of pricey. They're good, but they're kind of pricey."

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67%of gurus approve

Medicube Age R Booster Pro

"It has a few different modes on the device so they have their booster mode which enhances absorption of active ingredients, the MC mode which is a microcurrent mode to target and volumize facial lines, the dermatop mode to stimulate skin to create a firmer facial contour, and the airshot mode which is essentially like electrical needles that improves pore elasticity without damaging the skin. I barely use this tool to be honest with you and I've only used it on like level one and with a beard it's not very comfortable so I personally do not use this tool that often. It's also not great for my rosacea but a lot of people love this product and a lot of people have seen great effects of it. There are very good before and afters of its transformative effects, not just from the space of one use. There is like one year's difference that you can find online that really shows the effects of this tool."

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63%of gurus approve

The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5

"You can get 30ML of hyaluronic acid from The Ordinary for £8."

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71%of gurus approve

All 3 takes on Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5

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"The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid, one thing I very much started to dislike about their hyaluronic acid is that it just wouldn't play nice with other serums, moisturizers, and sunscreens in particular. It would foam for some reason, and it just wouldn't play nicely with other products in the rest of my routine. But with this product, it sits perfectly with any other product I've ever used. I've noticed a significant drop in how often my skin gets irritated and how often I have flare-ups. Last year it was a given that the moment I went outside and walked the dogs I would come back with rosy red cheeks and my skin would be very very dry, and that hasn't happened yet."

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"You can get 30ML of hyaluronic acid from The Ordinary for £8."

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"I don't think any of us knew what Hyaluronic Acid was before The Ordinary launched their serum. Thanks to The Ordinary, consumers are more clued up on ingredients in their skincare, but also the price points of skincare. The Ordinary really has changed the way the beauty industry and consumers see and consume skincare in so many different ways."

Bloom Effects Black Tulip Eye Treatment

"This is one of my favorite eye creams. It's a lightweight eye gel almost like serum that's designed specifically for that delicate skin under the eyes. It helps with puffiness, dark circles, and fine lines, and it does deliver really nice instant cooling kind of like snatched kind of look to under your eyes. What I love about this is the black tulip complex. They use upcycled black tulip petals, and the black tulip in particular is rich in flavonoids and antioxidants which helps smooth, firm, and hydrate the skin. We have rosemary leaf extract and a peptide complex in here which apparently work hand in hand to help depuff and brighten the skin. As far as peptides goes, whilst it's not Botox in the bottle, it's very good at hydrating the skin and kind of like adding a plumpness to the skin. We have orchard stem cells, saponaria stem cells, and sea fennel stem cells which apparently enhance the firmness of the skin alongside red algae and caffeine to give this instant tightening effect. It's actually so so gentle and I love it."

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87%of gurus approve

Educated Mess Golden Hour Vitamin C Serum

"Educated Mess Golden Hour is a gold stabilized vitamin C serum so it doesn't oxidize as quickly, it's not going to turn brown. It's got gold and glutathione in here which they say provides your skin with the most stable form of ascorbic acid on the market, not only preventing it from breaking down but also extending its shelf life. You get all the benefits of vitamin C. What I love about this serum in particular is how hydrating it is, it feels like a hyaluronic acid serum. We have marine bioferment in here which is extremely hydrating. They say that the bioferment was found to boost components of skin's natural moisturizing factors, helping to reduce water loss from the skin, improve hydration whilst giving your skin that really supple, hydrated, dewy-looking glow. You really feel that from this, your skin feels hydrated, looks supple, bouncy and dewy. I'm using this every morning. Even if this didn't have vitamin C in, if this was just a hydrating serum, it would be my go-to morning serum. I absolutely love it. I love the way it makes my skin look."

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"A lot of vitamin C serums don't really focus on hydration, but Educated Mess's Golden Hour, which has vitamin A, gold, and vitamin C, has a texture I've not really come across in a vitamin C serum. It's gloopy and hydrating and clear. It has the gold stabilized vitamin C, which is the first ascorbic acid complex to deliver vitamin C in a 100% stable, 100% active form, then white butterfly ginger, which provides support against factors that accelerate aging like UV, blue light, and internal stress, and a fermented pomegranate enzyme, which is a very gentle exfoliation so gentle you don't even feel it. You can use it alongside other exfoliants."

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"Your skin feels hydrated, looks supple, bouncy, and dewy. I'm using this every morning. Even if this didn't have vitamin C in it, if this was just a hydrating serum, it would be my go-to morning serum. I absolutely love the way it makes my skin look. For a vitamin C serum, it's very, very different. It is slightly expensive, but this is an indie brand. It has a gentle exfoliant in it as well, so this could be your real one-and-one serum. It kind of has everything you need for both the morning and the evening. You could use this twice a day with no issues whatsoever. This costs the price of three of your daily serums, toners, essences, and serums. If you're looking to cut down your routine but invest in really good quality skincare that your skin can really benefit from on a daily basis, this is one to look out for. I really, really, really love this."

Remedy Pore Size Serum

"Remedy Pore Size Serum has everything in it, it has retinol, salicylic acid, niacinamide, and green tea to really target everything that you need to help your pores look smaller."

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"Remedy Pore Size Serum has everything in it, it has retinol, salicylic acid, niacinamide, and green tea to really target everything that you need to help your pores look smaller."

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"I did cut down on everything so I was using this as my only pore targeted exfoliating product whilst testing it and using other actives in the morning but my skin's been absolutely fine with it. There is a pore here that does my head in, it constantly looks like I have a small spacious filament in, and I've seen a lot of improvement in that one pore over the last three weeks and I think it's just because I'm consistently using this product. I've seen such an obvious difference to the appearance of my pore size using this particular concoction of ingredients in this serum delivery method than I have done using typical BHA chemical exfoliant, for example. I'm excited to use this for another four or five weeks to really see in the long run how much it improves the pores, especially on my nose."

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"It's got 0.3% encapsulated retinol, 1% encapsulated salicylic acid, 5% niacinamide, green tea, perlite, and kinetin which helps improve skin texture and helps minimize pores. This is more for me at the moment, it's got that very gentle exfoliation with all the benefits that somebody with combination skin like mine can benefit from. No irritation whatsoever, none at all. The instructions do say use a pea-size amount, but I've actually been using a little bit more just because I feel like I have a giant forehead and I do need to use that little bit extra. But so far so good for me. It's always a test of will this new product irritate my skin before I start seeing results, and so far no irritation. Hopefully soon I'm going to start seeing results. Early days still, but I'm excited by this for sure."

Anua Peach 77% Niacinamide Enriched Cream

"So we have fermented peach, peach biome, bifta, ferment lysate, galactomyces, ferment filtrate. So all those kind of radiance boosting, skin nourishing, healing, soothing, plumping ingredients that you would usually find in an essence all in a nice cream, along with niacinamide ceramides in this really nice gel-like textured cream that is just a little bit thicker than your usual gel moisturizer but still somehow really lightweight as well. I've really been enjoying this as a daytime moisturizer."

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Prequel Redness Reform Soothing Serum

"They say it's a custom Advanced molecule blend inspired by nature but with significant soothing benefits that provide beneficial topical redness relief and reduces underlying sensitivities. They have oat kernel extract which of course we know to be soothing, and somebody who tests skin care consistently, somebody who has rosacea, I need that soothing serum consistently within my routine. Oat is great for that and vitamin F is great for barrier support. It's not a color corrector. It's kind of like a thick gel cream, very hydrating and really soothing. Over the last 4 months, my redness that I get from rosacea when I flush, the breakouts that I do get, I don't get that itchiness, I don't get that need to pick at my skin. I don't get that anymore. I feel soothed, my skin feels calm."

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Remedy Dark Spot Serum

"The dark spots is probably the one that actually stood out to me because of the sheer amount of ingredients and I'll be honest I was a little bit nervous because I really want to support this brand, Dr. Shah is one of a handful dermatologists who I really really trust online, and I was like what if my skin just can't handle this. However, my skin is absolutely fine with this, in fact it's really been enjoying it so far. In here we have 0.1% encapsulated retinol, mandelic acid which is a gentle AHA, 1% kojic acid which I feel like isn't in enough skincare again to help with dark spots, and we have glutathione again to help with dark spots, licorice root, 3% tranexamic acid, 5% niacinamide, 1% coumarin which I've never heard of before but this is a milk feeble derived flavonoid that helps prevent new dark spots and offers profound photoprotective benefits, along with glycerin, squalane, turmeric root extract, green tea, licorice root extract, ceramides, there is everything in here. It's like the chemists were like what do you want and Dr. Shah was like yes, everything. And all this is in such a nice lightweight, soothing feeling kind of texture. There is a slight smell to it that you would expect honestly from something with so many key ingredients and so many actives."

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"Remedy For Dark Spots has retinol, mandelic acid, kojic acid, glutathione, licorice root, tranexamic acid, niacinamide, silymarin, and acetyl glucosamine. Such an amazing core amount of ingredients. I've been using this since its launch, and I've really been enjoying it so far. No scent for my rosacea. It's been absolutely fine. I've been using this probably every other day. My skin's been loving it. No issues at all. No smell, no stinging sensation. With the sheer amount of amazing actives in here, you'd think it would be kind of troublesome for somebody with rosacea or easily sensitized skin. And it's not at all."

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Prequel Hypochlorous Acid Spray

"It's kind of a really great all rounder for things like acne flare ups. It's anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, so it helps calm down redness and irritated skin, breakouts. My rosacea has been silent since I've been using it. This is an amazing one from Prequel. It's really affordable compared to other ones on the market. I usually do this before any other skincare and just kind of let it dry down, after cleanse and go into it. If you're struggling with redness, skin irritation, breakouts, rosacea give Hypochlorous Acid a try."

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"Hypochlorous Acid is a really great all rounder for things like acne flare ups. It's anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, so it helps calm down redness and irritated skin, breakouts. My rosacea has been silent since I've been using it. This is an amazing one from Prequel. It's really affordable compared to other ones on the market. I usually do this before any other skincare and just kind of let it dry down, after cleanse and go into it. If you're struggling with redness, skin irritation, breakouts, rosacea give Hypochlorous Acid a try."

The Ordinary Soothing and Barrier Support Serum

"My favorite of the year has to be The Ordinary's Soothing & Barrier Support Serum. I've been trying it for ages. I've gone through, I'm on my fourth bottle now because I use it twice a day, every single day. My skin loves it. My rosacea loves it, my skin barrier loves it. This contains some really nice ingredients that I think are kind of new for The Ordinary, including Centella Asiatica, Ginger Root Extract, Bissabol, Niacinamide, Vitamin B12, and Ceramides. There's something about this combination and this formulation that my skin just absolutely loves. It's extremely hydrating. According to the website it's a quick action serum that starts working within 2 hours. I didn't see results until like a week, but that's usually a lot quicker than when I usually see results with serums in particular, which takes about three to four weeks. Within a week I could see that the redness on my skin was going right down."

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"I love this serum, my skin loves this serum. I've been using it twice daily morning and evening for about three months now, and honestly I feel like my skin cannot be without it. I get funny when I don't use it now. The packaging is a bit fiddly, out of the three bottles that I've used and emptied, I always struggle to fill the pipette for one good application and have to keep getting little bits at a time to try and make just a good decent amount of product. For that money, I kind of wish it was in a pump bottle. This serum is a little bit pricey for what you'd expect from The Ordinary, and some people I've spoken to were like I'm not going to pay that for a product from The Ordinary, but I do think you're getting your money's worth with this."

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Glow Recipe Pomegranate Peptide Firming Serum

"We have Pomegranate in here. On the website they say they use all parts of the Pomegranate, including the oil, seeds extract and enzymes to provide strength and elasticity to the skin to soften, soothe and tighten the look of skin. It's an antioxidant as well. And then Hyaluronic Acid in here. So it's a really good kind of everyday use, morning, evening, helps hydrate, helps firm. My skin just really, really enjoys this. I think for me the hydration, the moisture of this serum is what keeps bringing me back to it. And the added benefit of Peptides which I hope using it as a preventative measure, I will see the benefits of in five years time."

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"If you're not really getting along with retinols try and get into peptides and see how you get on because I'm really enjoying this so far. I f*cking love this so much. So, so much."

Experiment Super saturated serum

"It has Polyglutamic Acid, which Experiment say is a high molecular weight ingredient. So it kind of delivers hydration on the surface of the skin for that dewy plump appearance. We also have Prickly Pear Extract which is one of my favorite ingredients of all time, helping moisturize the skin and keep your skin calm and soothed. We have Niacinamide and Allantoin as well. It's a great everyday use serum that when you just need that shot of hydration, that's going to give it to you."

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"I'm gonna hydrate my skin using Experiment super saturated serum, this is a mainly glycerin based serum that I love to overuse and then struggle to get because it's always out of stock because everyone loves it so much just to really give my skin some hydration, some really really deep hydration."

Peach and Lily Rescue Party Barrier Restore Serum

"The serum is $47. Peach and Lily are kind of a little bit up there in price range, but I will always want to try their products because of that vitamin C serum they did, which helped with a huge irritated scar and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation so quickly that I will always pay a bit more money for Peach and Lily because I know their products work for me. This does sound like a unique take on a barrier support product with the calcium complex that delivers calcium deep into skin and visibly restores the barrier. This is a more unique take that I'm interested in."

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Kate Somerville Peptide K8 Power Cream

"Kate Somerville Peptide K8 Power Cream is a high performance moisture which delivers intense hydration whether used alone or as part of a skincare routine. It includes an expertly formulated blend of ceramides and oligopeptides which helps improve the skin's texture while reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. This has been amazing mainly as a daytime moisturizer saving my skin from that real dryness now we're going into much colder weather. I believe it's because of peptides in general, my skin is loving peptides for so many different reasons, but teamed up with ceramides, my skin barrier feels stronger in the sense that I'm breaking out less, my skin is less prone to irritation, my rosacea has calmed down, my flushing doesn't tend to happen as much. It's not recommended for oily skin but its key target is for people with dry, combination, and normal skin. I'm having no issues with this whatsoever with my oily T-zone. It feels watery when you put it on the skin, it looks very thick when you pump it out but it feels watery when it goes on."

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Undefined Beauty RNR Sun Serum

"I will always, always fall back on the Undefined Beauty RnR Sun Serum. It's a mineral tinted sunscreen that makes your skin look more even dewy and glowy. People ask if I'm wearing makeup when I'm wearing this one, and they now do a few different shades. If you find your skin gets irritated from sunscreens, if you have rosacea like me, and you have to keep always playing around with different sunscreens, this is a really, really nice one to go for."

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"It's a mineral tinted sunscreen that makes your skin look more even dewy and glowy. People ask if I'm wearing makeup when I'm wearing this one, and they now do a few different shades. If you find your skin gets irritated from sunscreens, if you have rosacea like me, and you have to keep always playing around with different sunscreens, this is a really, really nice one to go for."

Sarah Ford Biocell Oxygen Serum

"It's nice to see a celebrity not dripping product all over their face with a pipette and putting it in their hand and then applying it to the face. I think that's nice to see. That bottle was huge. I bet it's expensive, but it's huge."

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Glow Recipe Guava Vitamin C Dark Spot Serum

"This is such a nice serum. I don't really use Vitamin C serums for evening of skin tone. I never truly find Vitamin C effective for that. The Tranexamic Acid in here, however, will do a really, really good job at that. I am after the antioxidant power of a Vitamin C serum to team up with my sunscreen during the day and really fight that free radical damage that can break down collagen and elastin. I have that old fashioned Vitamin C stereotype stuck in my head of hot dog water, stingy metallic Vitamin C serums. And this is anything but. This just feels like a really nice moisturizing, hydrating serum with the Vitamin C benefits. If you are looking to even out your skin tone and get the antioxidant power of Vitamin C, this with the Tranexamic Acid in, I think you'll absolutely love. This is one I really love too."

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"Whether I like it or not, simply applying a Vitamin C serum in the same routine as my sunscreen is going to do my skin so many favors. I used to get really stingy skin and little red bumps with old Vitamin C serums, but there are amazing Vitamin C serums around nowadays. Whilst I don't find Vitamin C serums amazingly good at reducing dark spots or evening out skin tone, I cannot deny their antioxidant effects. If I dedicate myself to these things a few times a week, I'm going to be fine. I'm going to age gracefully."

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Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Recovery Serum

"This calms irritation and tackles redness with its main ingredients being Ceramides, Allantoin to help moisturize and soothe the skin, Rice Milk to soothe and hydrate, and Avocado Butter and extract to help moisturize the skin. I really enjoy this serum, but this is the serum I wish was a moisturizer. If this was just a little bit thicker, this would be the ideal evening moisturizer. As the weather gets colder and my skin sometimes needs this recovery stage, I love that bit of extra attention and healing ability that I can sleep on overnight with a thicker layer on my face. But it's a perfectly nice ceramide serum stage."

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"I use my Glow Recipe Avocado Serum. It's super hydrating."

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Glow Recipe Plum Plump Hyaluronic Cream

"This has Plum in it to hydrate, Polyglutamic Acid, which is a great Hyaluronic Acid alternative that's super, super hydrating, helping to leave the skin looking nice and firm as well, of course Hyaluronic Acid, and Ice Willow Herb, which is nice and soothing. This is a really, really nice daytime cream. If you really want your skin to feel quenched and hydrated for a long time, not just when you use the product but all day, this is a perfect product to go for. I'd actually say this is a better night cream than their actual night cream because it just feels thicker and still more nourishing and hydrating overnight. And not only does this hydrate, but it does leave you with a dewy glow. If you don't like dewy looking skin, you're not going to like this. This is slightly thicker than a gel cream texture. A lot of gel creams do just leave you hydrated, but then your skin throughout the day feels a little bit dry. This is slightly thicker than that, but it's great at keeping your skin holding onto that hydration and looking hydrated throughout the day."

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Naturium Vitamin C Complex Serum

"There are amazing Vitamin C serums around nowadays. Naturium is one of them. I cannot deny their antioxidant effects. If I dedicate myself to these things a few times a week, I'm going to be fine. I'm going to age gracefully."

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"The Naturium Vitamin C Complex Serum is one of their best sellers, a great serum. It's 22 pounds for 30 milliliters, which I would say is a below standard price for a 30 milliliter serum. The Ordinary of course you're never going to beat their prices, but if you are after a well-formulated serum with every stable form of vitamin C, this is a really, really nice one to go for. With other vitamin C serums I've used in the past, they almost felt a little bit stingy and wet. This doesn't feel like that. This feels like a nice hydrating serum, and you wouldn't think you're using an active."

BIO Oil BIO Oil

"Bio-Oil, in my opinion, the biggest scam ever, probably the biggest blatant lie in the skincare industry that we all fell for. Bio-Oil has always advertised themselves as a blend of oils that helps remove stretch marks, which it kind of is potentially maybe. When you look at the ingredients, it's essentially just a cocktail of oils and 14 different fragrances. This is really overboard and really potentially irritating for those with easily irritated skin. The fragrances are all listed individually because they have to be, because they are some of the most known irritants when it comes to skincare."

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La Roche-Posay Cicaplast B5 Serum

"I have a real love-hate relationship with this one. I was late to the game but I'm in love with their products, absolutely love with the La Roche-Posay Cicaplast line in general. The packaging pisses me off every time I use it, it's messy, it's dirty, you waste a lot of product. But I love the results so much and how it soothes and calms and hydrates my skin, reduces that redness on my skin, any irritation soon. Vitamin B5, I think it's panthenol again, yeah, vitamin B5 in here, amazing, amazing. I'm able to look past the packaging purely because of how much my skin loves this. I kind of love the serum more than the moisturizers. The serum for me is kind of like an everyday use thing. I can use morning and evening, fits in perfectly."

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Glow Recipe Prickly Pear Peptide Mucin Serum

"This is a vegan alternative to snail mucin using prickly pear peptide mucin as a nutrient-dense kind of vegan mucin alternative. It's very bouncy, it's got that stringiness to it, you know that kind of mucin feel to it. Very pale. So it has that same bouncy, cushiony mucin effect on the skin. It's so, so hydrating. Unlike traditional snail mucin, it's 100% vegan, but delivers that same kind of elasticity boosting, soothing benefits without the snails being involved. I think this has taken over as my favorite product from Glow Recipe in general."

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Beakman 1802 Milk drop camide serum

"I love this serum though. I bought two of these with my own money after they sent it to me for the sponsorship and I use it like twice a day. It's one of my favorite cami serums. It does have a slight Play-Doh smell to it but that's kind of what you get with like unscented skincare."

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Axis-Y Dark Spot Correcting Glow Serum

"This is the AXIS-Y Dark Spot Correcting Glow Serum. It's basically a Niacinamide serum in this kind of more moisturizing, Squalane-based kind of serum. I usually find Niacinamide serums are either just very watery or a little bit sticky, but this one has that more kind of thicker gel cream kind of feeling to it. I love this one so, so much."

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d'Alba White Truffle First Spray Serum

"The white truffle first spray serum I've used before, absolutely love it. This is one I'm going to take everywhere with me because of the actual glow that it gives me, the instant glow that it gives me, whilst all those ingredients are working to actually hydrate, soothe, moisturize my skin. This is still fairly new for me, first impressions still, but first impressions are very very good. I absolutely love it so far."

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The Inkey List Oat Cleansing Balm

"It's one of the most effective cleansing balms I've ever used. Didn't dry me out and a great price as well. But the worst because sometimes the product separated. You'd open the lid, a load of oil would come out, and it was just next to impossible to squeeze out of the tube. After testing the new version, product separation is still an issue. The graininess has gone and it feels like a really nice rich cleansing balm. Very classic, does the job it needs to do. But there's still something wrong. Skin's not feeling dry or tight in any way and it does rinse away very nicely."

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Naturium Glow Getter Multi-Oil Body Wash

"This is like the weirdest mix of like an oil and gel that I've ever used. You use it like a body wash, obviously, but it feels like you've just oiled up your skin. It feels like you've moisturized. You step out the shower almost feeling like you don't need to use a lotion, and sometimes I don't after this. It's got 50% glycerin in it, which is probably why it feels so hydrating. Linoleic rich oils as well, so it's not stripping. Just feel so, so soft after using this."

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Krave Beauty Matcha Hemp Hydrating Cleanser

"This is probably one of my most staple products ever. As in like, it's always coming back and forth in my routine. It's always a cleanser I fall back on. In fact, when I'm testing new products, it's one of the cleansers I use because I know how well my skin reacts to it. Great for when your skin is stressed out, you want to focus on maintaining the skin barrier. Matcha for antioxidants. We've got hemp seed oil in here as well. Nice fatty acids, a good amount of glycerin, keeping those hydration levels up. I think that this is actually one of the first really non-stripping cleansers I ever used way back in the day."

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Dr. Sam Bunting Cleanser

"This is just one of the nicest most hydrating cleansers I've ever used and I don't usually team the term hydrating with a cleanser but when there's 50% glycerin in a cleanser it's obviously going to be hydrating. It's such nice texture. There's aloe, there's oat extract, arginine as well so all soothing and helping to support the skin barrier. You get your money's worth with this cleanser."

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Kose Softymo Speedy Cleansing Oil

"This has stayed consistently in my skincare routine. This one has just been my go-to over and over and over. It kind of feels like this isn't viral, and this should be because this feels luxury, but it's very much drugstore price at the same time. This does beat out to me all those viral really popular well-marketed oils which I've tried. The reason I love this one so much is there's three different versions and I love the Speedy version. It's not just oils, the emulsification process, everything is really good, but it's very quick. That's what I used to hate about using oils, it felt like this is going on for so long, the oil's dripping down my face, it's going to my eyes, it's going to my mouth. This one feels like it's literally over in like a minute. This is going to break down sunscreen and makeup super super fast, really fast. I don't think I've used a cleansing oil that breaks down makeup especially super quick. When I've had to put a load of makeup on my face, this is the cleansing oil that I use because it just strips everything off perfectly and super quick without having to spend ages."

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Clinique Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm

"Clinique's Take the Day Off balm is iconic. It's very nice. It's very simple. It's fragrance-free and it gets the job done. This has safflower seed oil, ethexel palmitate, and a few emulsifiers. It melts down makeup and sunscreen and rinses clean. It's very basic. It's more of a cosmetically elegant kind of feeling. It's nice. A little bit pricey."

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House of Hur Midnight Soothing Cleansing Balm

"House of Hur cleansing balms are some of my favorites. I don't think they're anything crazy special, but that's also why I find myself reaching for them time and time again. I just know they're going to do the job they have to do, which is remove makeup and sunscreen and leave my skin feeling really nice and kind of like moisturized after. It has Black Rice Extract, which is basically an antioxidant that's rich in hydration and is going to help support the skin barrier as well and potentially also calm your skin too. We also have Mexican Chia Seed Extract to help lock in moisture, replenish the skin and leave you with that moisturized, plump feeling. There is a form of physical exfoliant in here in the form of Chestnut Shell Extract, but it is so fine, it almost feels like a powder, if you can even feel it at all. It took me forever to even realize there was like a physical exfoliating function to this. One complaint I do have is that it makes the sink a little bit messy."

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Glossier Milky Jelly Cleanser

"Products like the Milky Jelly Cleanser became an instant hit upon release, cementing Glossier's reputation as the beauty brand for a new generation of beauty enthusiasts."

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"Not my favorite cleanser. It's nice. It's got that rose scent to it, though. I haven't used it for years. Rose is not for me."

SKKN Cleanser

"The cleanser at $43, which is a lightly foaming cleanser, developed to gently dissolve any makeup, water resistant residues, unwanted oils and impurities without stripping or irritating the skin. Honestly, this was nothing special. A good basic cleanser, but way overpriced, in my opinion."

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Banila Co Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm

"It broke down and rubbed down and then emulsified, but with this it always left little plasticky feeling like little bits of balm that had to break down further. It feels like the starting point of a cleansing balm, and whilst it has nice ingredients and does the job, it's a little bit outdated. There are many more richer, more nourishing balms with better ingredients that just feel nice on the skin. It's decent but outdated, and I feel like it's been replaced by many. This was everywhere at one point, but now it just doesn't hold up. There's too many better options in today's standards for a cleansing balm in my opinion."

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CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser

"The hydrating cleanser was a gentle cleanser formulated to remove impurities without stripping the skin's moisture. It was formulated with ceramides, as well as their patented multivesicular emulsion technology. This technology allowed for the gradual release of moisturizing ingredients over 24 hours, providing long lasting hydration and enhanced skin barrier restoration. This was new and something different at the time, which it feels so standard now. The technology was a key aspect for the brand as they felt that other skincare products were only helpful for a short amount of time after use. They didn't have this slow release technology, which wasn't very helpful to people who suffered from skin conditions like psoriasis or eczema, as they would have to constantly keep applying these products throughout the day, otherwise their skin would get dry, flaky and itchy."

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CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser

"The Foaming Facial Cleanser, developed for normal to oily skin types, aiming to remove excess oil and sebum without disrupting the skin's natural barrier."

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CeraVe Acne Foaming Cream Cleanser

"An independent laboratory, Valisure, reported that certain benzoyl peroxide based acne treatment products, including some of Cerave, contained benzene, a known cause of cancer at levels which exceeded federal safety standards. The FDA says that any drug product containing more than 2 parts per million of benzene should be recalled due to unacceptable levels of toxicity. The laboratory results apparently show that the affected Cerave products had levels of benzene between 5 and 12 parts per million."

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Kylie Skin Foaming Face Wash

"The Foaming Face Wash was criticized for containing fragrance and drying ingredients that many complained weren't suitable for all skin types. The way this was being sold as suitable for all skin types is what really made people look at these products and be like that's not suitable for all skin types."

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Drunk Elephant Beste No. 9 Jelly Cleanser

"The jelly cleanser, certain batches contain a preservative not listed on the product ingredient list. And whilst this preservative is found commonly in skincare products, especially those clean beauty ones, this preservative, like many paraben alternatives, can cause skin irritation in sensitive individuals, especially at higher levels."

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Skin Rocks Gel Cleanser

"You've not messed with your face, you just feel cleaner. You don't feel stripped, you don't feel greasy, you don't feel like there's any residue left on. You have your jojoba, argan and rose hip oils which help keep the skin hydrated, glycerin in here as a humectant that's going to help keep all that hydration in the skin, not like washing anything away. And then we have ginger root extract and ambroxol, which is a soothing blend of soothing actives to help calm the skin. And it really is such a nice cleanser. A lot of cleansers you can just use twice and they do a good job, but this does an excellent job at both steps of the cleansing routine. It's the ideal cleanser to take away with me, carry around everywhere, use at home, just like a one-in-one type thing."

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Skin Rocks Cream Cleanser

"I'm using Skin Rocks Cream Cleanser. I actually use this as a double cleanse most of the time but I use this to take off if I'm wearing any sunscreen all that kind of stuff because it is just so so gentle and it is a cleanser I'll take with me to like a hotel traveling because it's just like a one and done cleanser, well a two and one cleanser perfect for both steps of the double cleanse routine but this one just feels extra nice."

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"This is perfect if you have very dry skin, if your skin's very easily irritated, if you're oily, congested, you can use this as both cleansing stages and it just does such a good job without making your skin feel stripped of anything whatsoever. And that's probably down to ingredients like the Amino Acids, Jojoba Seed Oil, Squalane. It just gives your skin this finished, soft look and touch to it. I absolutely love this. This is one of those cleansers, if I'm going away, I'll take this one because it's a two in one. And one thing I love about Skin Rocks is not only do they have the amount that you should be using on top of the product, but every product comes in a fragrance and a fragrance free version of their product. So you get to enjoy a sensorial experience along with just amazingly good products."

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"What I do like about this one is it's nice and creamy, it's very non-stripping. It's like cleansing with a moisturizer almost, but this has eight amino acids in it that's going to help with barrier function. It's just like a cream so creamy, jojoba seed oil which is rich in fatty acids, and then squalene as well, so you've got this really nice dose of moisturization. I got the fragrance version for like the first time in a very long time actually. I've never tried any of the Skin Rocks fragranced versions. It's very subtle but very, very nice. Because the water's hard I like to take my time massaging this, adding some of that much needed moisture back into my skin. When I'm using this as a first cleanse, if I had makeup or sunscreen on, I'd give it a little bit to emulsify. It doesn't really emulsify, it just kind of like rinses away, but because I'm just using it as my only cleanse, I am now just going to rinse it away."

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"It's kind of like this squishy, cushiony, plush moisturizer and it does feel like you're just cleansing with a moisturizer. It works so well on makeup, sunscreen, layers of sunscreen, and washes away everything but so gently and is actually amazing at a double cleanse. If you don't want to take any risks and you don't want the hassle trying to experiment with different cleansers that don't leave your skin feeling tight and dry, just go for this cream cleanser, it is so good. I would have had this cleanser for a month and roughly two to three weeks and there is so much left in there. I'm finding that I don't need to use that much. This is a great double cleanse."

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"The Skin Rocks Cream Cleanser is really effective at doing both steps of the double cleanse. Being in a cream formulation, it really is effective at removing sunscreen and makeup and doing your normal everyday cleanse without stripping the skin. It's a great morning cleanse as well. It's very effective at removing all the excess sebum and oils while not stripping and being super gentle. This cleanser includes eight amino acids, squalene, and hoba seed oil all helping with hydration, moisturization, and your skin barrier. Because this is a cream cleanser, you just feel like you've used a nice moisturizer on your skin and rinsed it away."

Dr. Idriss Soft Wash

"I have cleansed in the morning using Dr Idriss Soft Wash, super gentle, doesn't strip your skin in any way, so really really good if you've got a heavy thick mask on that you just want to rinse away in the morning."

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Prequel Non-Drying Glycerin Cleanser

"This cleanser kind of turns into a really lightweight foam that feels like you're moisturizing your face with that foam. It doesn't feel like it's stripping anything. It rinses away with a really really good deep cleanse without the stripping of a deep cleanse. We have oat in here as well, I believe it's oat kernel extract which is lovely and soothing, so you can really take your time with this, and aloe as well, soothing and hydrating. It's just such a nice cleanser. It's quite a unique cleanser in the sense that the texture is a little bit different. There are a few other similar cleansers, but as far as how it then interacts on the skin, how it then foams up, how it then leaves your skin, is fairly unique. The thing about this that just feels a lot more nourishing and moisturizing than any other cleanser I've used."

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"You need half a pump, otherwise you are going to drown in the product. It spreads on so amazingly, spreads so much with the tiniest amount, and even that tiny amount foams up like crazy in this soft lather. It just feels like it's like cushioning your skin. It's the nicest cleanser I think I've ever used. You could use this as a first or second cleanse. This is also a cleanser you can take into the shower and use it on those drier bits of skin. In Winter, my shins, the back of my arms, for some reason get really dry, and this is a product you want to use. People overlook the cleanser stage as something to just get quickly done and over with, but this really puts the joy back into using a cleanser. Even though cleansers nowadays shouldn't be stripping your skin anyway, this really doesn't do it. This makes it feel like you've used a light moisturizer. It's that nourishing. I love it so, so much."

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"I have been obsessed with Prequel. The Prequel Cleanser has kind of become a bit of an icon amongst influencers and the skincare community because it is one of the most interesting cleansers I think that's been launched for a while. This contains 50% glycerin which is a huge amount and you can really see that in the kind of jellylike texture of this product. It's a lot softer and kind of fluidy, but still has that thickness to it. And this gives a really nice soft foam that does feel like it's a moisturizer. You foam up and then you just feel like you're rubbing in something so gentle and nourishing. We also have arginine, oat, and aloe so it's super soothing. It leaves your skin feeling untouched, even moisturized to a point. It's weird because I've never used a facial cleanser like this. There have been ones that have been similar but they don't quite leave you with that untouched feeling. I've had this since it launched and there's so much left and I use it every single day, morning cleanse or evening cleanse or both. It's just a cleanser I want to use and really look forward to using."

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Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water

"Bioderma is an amazing, amazing micellar water actually made to leave on the skin. With those in mind who live in areas where their water isn't as clean, you can leave this on your skin. I leave this on my skin with no issue."

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The Ordinary Cleansers

"The products that impressed me the most which I did do a review on was their newest cleansers they just work their way so easily into my skincare routine cuz they were so nice to use."

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Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water

"In my personal opinion, this is the worst brand for micellar water. I have seen people, including myself, review this. You leave it on your face, it stings. It says for sensitive skin, but when you leave it on, it stings, it hurts, it can feel itchy. This one stung my eyes so much, it dried out the corners of my nose. It was stingy, it was irritating. I know a lot of people use this absolutely fine, but also the vast majority of reviews I see from this is negative."

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"My brother loves Garnier. He can leave it on his skin no problem whatsoever. My skin goes crazy. It gets red, inflamed and itchy. If I even leave this on my skin for 2 seconds, do I now rinse off every micellar water? No, obviously not."

CeraVe Cleansers

"A lot of their cleansers dry me out. Even the ones that aren't supposed to. I don't think they're the most elegantly formulated products, which is why I try and avoid them."

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Glow Recipe Blueberry Bounce Gentle Cleanser

"This feels slightly drying in comparison to the Avocado cleanser. It's not drying. Like you could use this with oily skin you'll be absolutely fine. They say it's an effective yet gentle 3-in-1 bouncy makeup eraser, cleanser and deep clarifying mask with Blueberry Extract which is an antioxidant that can help calm inflammation, Hyaluronic Acid and AHAs as well as a gentle exfoliant. My skin loves this in Summer when I am excessively oily and sweaty. And it does make a nice mask, you just leave it on, rinse away and your skin feels untouched. However, as a daily cleanser, in comparison, I don't think I would use this anymore. The Blueberry Bounce Cleanser isn't an old fashioned cleanser but in comparison to the Avocado one it feels like a bit dated. But it's definitely one I'll keep hanging around for when I am excessively oily or when I'm sweaty in Summer."

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Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Moisture Barrier Cleanser

"This is a hydrating, skin barrier strengthening cleanser packed with Ceramides and pre and postbiotics to balance the skin's moisture barrier while effectively removing makeup. This is the type of cleanser I've been waiting for from Glow Recipe for a long time. This is far superior. This gives a really nice gentle, effective cleanse without the slightly drying cleanse that their other cleanser gives. This is great for all skin types. Oily skin is going to love it because it's not overly stripping of your oils. Dry skin is going to love it because it's nicely hydrating and moisturizing and repairing and we have Colloidal Oatmeal in here for soothing your skin. The tiniest bit of this, pea size amount really just lathers over the face really nicely, really gently and it really does work well as a double cleanse. I would use this on top of sunscreen, just like on a dry face, massage it in then kind of lather it up and then rinse away and it gets rid of everything absolutely fine. I don't feel the need to double cleanse sometimes with this one."

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Glow Recipe Papaya Sorbet Enzyme Cleansing Balm

"Key ingredients, of course, being Papaya enzymes, which are known to gently exfoliate, Papaya Extract and Seed Oil. Rich in fatty acids, Oleic, Linoleic Acids. So it's going to keep your skin nicely moisturized and hydrated and very good in general just for makeup removal. And Blueberry Extract really nice, great antioxidants. I really, really like this one. I like it more now than I used to because of my change in preference for a cleansing balm. The effortless, smooth kind of experience of it attracts me back to it."

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Fresh Soy Face Cleanser

"For what I experience with this product, it's just too pricey. This is for me was just the same as any modern day non-stripping cleanser. Did it feel bougie, did it feel nice, yes, would I pay that much for it, no. I wouldn't necessarily say it would stand out for me as far as keeping my skin from drying out. It says soothing, the dullness, lack of firmness, none of that for me. There's nothing wrong with it, I just don't think it's worth their price point to be honest with you. If you're just after a nice cleanser that's not going to strip all your natural oils away, just go with something cheaper."

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BYOMA Melting Balm Cleanser

"It smells really good. It's like buttery soft, like it's gliding over the skin. It emulsified and kind of turned into that whitey milky fluid that rinsed away so effortlessly and so easily. It's a really, really nice cleansing balm. I do much prefer the texture, to be honest with you, rather than that plasticky feeling balmy texture. I do think it's going to be one of my preferred cleansing balms."

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Unknown Micellar Cleansing Water

"I'm going to cleanse with my favorite micellar water. This one comes with a pump. A lot of people are interested in this, but I much prefer this because I'm very good at spilling stuff."

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The Ordinary Glucoside Foaming Cleanser

"I've washed my face using The Ordinary Glucoside Foaming Cleanser."

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Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm

"The living cleansing balm from Then I Met You. An icon in my bathroom for the last 5 years. I love this. I will forever love this. And this is very much a barrier first kind of formula. Grape seed oil, olive oil, sea berry oil, which gives it that orangey yellow kind of tinge. All keeping your skin moisturized without stripping the skin. And every so often I will use this as a mask. She told me that before she has a bath for example, she will apply the cleansing balm, sit in the bath, use it as a mask, then rinse it away for really well moisturized skin. And now I do that pretty much every time I use this. So if my skin is feeling very dry or extra dehydrated, rub this in, leave it on for 5 minutes, then I'll emulsify and rinse everything away. You've also got the usual kind of fatty acids in here to help dissolve the sunscreen while also helping your barrier for all my skin conditions and types reactive, dehydrated. And you get a dose of antioxidants from that seabberry. Grape seed oil keeps things lightweight and non greasy. Pimmen extract is a nice little touch here for very gentle brightening and helps regulate sebum as well."

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"This is the Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm, and it's a hero. I remember when this came out being so popular. At the time I was so used to Korean cleansing balms that almost had this plasticky feel to them that you spend ages rubbing into the skin, whereas this one has this soft, sherbet kind of texture that's already melted down for you. It's luxurious and then it just melts into this luscious oil with very minimal effort. It doesn't leave a film on your skin, doesn't make your eyes blurry, and it wins in so many categories not only in the cleanser category but makeup removal category too. It's very effective but feels like a treat on your skin. It's made with sea buckthorn berries, which gives the cleansing balm its merry gold color, and it will lighten with time with exposure to oxygen and light because it's natural. You only need a nickel-size amount for morning and night and it will last you 3 months. It lasts forever, so it's quality."

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"What stuck out most for me was because at the time I was so used to Korean cleansing balms that almost had this plasticky feel to them that you spend ages kind of rubbing into the skin whereas this one is this soft sherbet kind of texture that's kind of already melted down for you. It's like luxurious sort of texture and then it just melts into this luscious oil with very minimal effort. It doesn't leave a film on your skin, doesn't make your eyes blurry, and it wins in so many ways not only in the cleanser category but makeup removal category, so it's just very effective but feels like a treat on your skin. It's made with sea berries which gives the cleansing balm its merry gold color, and it will lighten with time with exposure to oxygen and light because it's natural. It lasts forever like such a long time. You only need a nickel size amount for morning and night and it will last you three months. It's quality, it's made with one of my favorite antioxidant sea berries, and it's just so nice to use."

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"What impressed me most was that unlike Korean cleansing balms that have this plasticky feel and require a lot of rubbing, this one has such a soft, sherbet texture that's already melted down for you. It's luxurious, melts into this luscious oil with very minimal effort, doesn't leave a film on your skin, and doesn't make your eyes blurry. It wins in both the cleanser and makeup removal categories, so it's very effective but feels like a treat on your skin. It's made with sea buckthorn berries, which gives the cleansing balm its marigold color, and the color will lighten with time with exposure to oxygen and light because it's natural. You only need a nickel-size amount for morning and night, and it lasts about three months. It's quality and made with one of my favorite antioxidants, sea buckthorn berries."

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"I've been using for as long as I can remember that I take around with me everywhere because I could use it as a double cleanse is Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm. I reviewed this for the first time 5 years ago. This is of course Charlotte Ho's brand. And honestly, it's one of those brands that when you know the brand founder, when you know their story, when you know the brand story, everything that goes into these products, the passion and care that goes into a product like this, all that is combined and is so evident through the effectiveness and user experience of this product. This product in particular, you can just tell so much care and love has gone into this product. It's like this luxurious sorbet soft balm that breaks down so easily into an oil. No messing around with little plasticky bits. It just removes makeup, sunscreen effortlessly without stripping the skin. You actually feel moisturized after. It's formulated with a blend of nourishing oils, including sea buckthorn, which gives it that color, olive oil, grape seed oil, ingredients that are rich in antioxidants and fatty acids to help cleanse the skin whilst also keeping your skin moisturized, keeping that balance right."

VT Seeker Mask Cleanser

"This is a two-in-one very creamy clay type mask and a daily cleanser designed specifically for people with easy sensitized skin stressed out acne prone skin. This helps target blackheads congestion enlarged pores. It's formulated with Centella Asiatica green clay green tea powder and retinol but in a way that's actually gentle and non-drying on your skin. Think of like a clay mask that feels more like a thick moisturizer. When applied to dry skin it acts like a mask it absorbs all that excess oil and sebum whilst allowing the active ingredients in here to sit on the skin and actually do their job. Then once you add water it transforms into like a soft foaming cleanser to rinse everything away. It's like a clay mask without the mess without the struggle to wash it off and that dry tight feeling that you often get from a clay mask. This is by far one of my favorites as far as how beneficial the actual ingredients are in here for my particular skin care concerns, and now I don't think I could ever do this type of mask and a cleanser separate."

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"It's like that kind of face and body breakout mask with just beneficial ingredients. If you're someone who's new to retinol or nervous about using it during the day, this is such a nice way to very gently introduce retinol into your routine without overdoing it. It's rare to find something that's versatile, gentle, effective, fun to use, and meets that kind of K-beauty skin entertainment that I absolutely love whilst actually being beneficial for your skin. It's a perfect example of what Korean skincare does best: targeted skincare with a soothing approach and innovation. If your skin is feeling overwhelmed and you just want something that simplifies your routine whilst giving you results, this is a really good one to look into."

Anua Heartleaf Pore Control Cleansing Oil

"If you are very oily, I would avoid it and go for the lighter one, the newer one. This product went viral, and I don't understand why. Like, it's fine. It's absolutely fine. It's gonna do the job it needs to do. It's gonna take off your makeup. It's to take off your sunscreen in a no different way to any other oil, other cleansing oil out there. It's fine. It's normal. It's nothing special."

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"Anua is a very popular brand over on TikTok. I am usually 50/50 about their products but this is one that I know everybody absolutely loves. Heartleaf is actually the houttuynia cordata extract, it's called heartleaf which is anti-inflammatory, it's an antioxidant, then we have olive fruit oil, macadamia oil, sunflower oil. I feel like in general K Beauty it's hard to over exaggerate what the products do. As far as sebaceous filaments and a little clogged pory bits coming out, nothing's come out but I do generally keep on top of that so there's not really anything in there anyway. But as an oil cleanser, I really like it. It's a little bit thicker than your average oil but it's nice."

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Tirtir Hydroboost Enzyme Cleansing Balm

"This is a cleansing balm I know I can rely on to take off not only sunscreen, maybe a little bit of makeup, but also when I go to London, like outside pollution. This is a very soft, almost luxurious feeling cleansing balm. It doesn't feel like you have to melt down plastic like a lot of traditional cleansing balms do. It very quickly kind of melts down and is very, very light on the skin. It doesn't feel massively oily, it's just very, very light and gentle. Once you rinse away, not only does it leave your skin feeling hydrated, moisturized, nourished, but it's also gently exfoliating. We have rice bran oil and niacinamide in here to help brighten up the complexion, and it helps to pores and excess sebum."

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"I have the Hydro Boost Enzyme Cleansing Balm, which is so nice. It's like fluffy. The texture is so odd, but so, so nice."

MIXSOON Bean Cleansing Oil

"Fermented Soybean and Barley ensure that your skin stays moisturized and hydrated, even after putting this on and splashing away with water. Tocopherol is in here as well, which is a great antioxidant. There's Soybean Oil, Jojoba Seed Oil, Sunflower Seed Oil. So you do really get that good kind of oily cleanse. Layers of makeup, layers of sunscreen, applied constantly throughout the day. This cuts right through in this really lightweight, non-suffocating kind of way. You don't need that much. You absolutely do not need much, two pumps is more than enough. If your skin is dehydrated and you're sick of Hyaluronic Acid, you will want to try this one."

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Dermatica Balancing Glycerin Gel Cleanser

"This is an amazing, very gentle, non-stripping cleanser that's very good at removing sunscreen and makeup as well as just being a nice cleanser. As the name suggests, there is Glycerin in here and you could feel that, it's like a thick serum texture that leaves your skin just feeling nicely untouched."

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Purito Deep Sea Pure Water Cream

"This used to be my favorite serum and then they changed it. I was ready to be very dramatic about it. But I'm on my second bottle of the new version now and honestly it's basically the same, which is very good news. The original was more about hydration, skin barrier support, that healthy plump glowy dewy finish as well as helping pores look more refined with a gentle daily exfoliation using PHA. And that hasn't changed. The texture is still the same. It's still that greeny color. It smells and feels the same on the skin. Super lightweight. Doesn't peel. Sits nicely in a routine. Layers up with everything so, so nicely. They changed it, but they definitely haven't ruined it. Slightly updated, but honestly, feels no different. Same results. I still like it."

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"They've patented this moisturizing sugar tech and it really really works. I've used a lot of creams. At first it feels standard, but the hydration really does last. This has become just my daily go-to moisturizer because I know I can rely on it. It's like a soft water rich cream. Very spreadable. Quickly absorbs. Leaves your skin feeling very plump without the stickiness. A bit of a dewy sheen but more natural. Your skin just feels hydrated from the inside out, not just coated in product. We have squaline in here, peptides, betaine, hyaluronic acid, more barrier loving ingredients too. It's just so lightweight, but somehow quite exclusive at the same time, like enough to lock in moisture and all that hydration and the eight types of hyaluronic acid. I bought two more from Olive Young because I love it so much."

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Dr. Althea 345 Relief Cream

"It does a good job at moisturizing. Some relief when my skin was irritated, but the texture has always been a bit of a letdown for me. Either I find myself getting too dry too quickly or too oily too quick. And obviously, that's on my skin. But there's other creams that I feel like do a very similar job, but do it better."

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Rhode Barrier Restore Cream

"The barrier restore cream, a moisturizer that focuses on hydration and strengthening the skin barrier. It has niacinamide, shea butter, and of course peptides. It wasn't anything groundbreaking, but it was a really decent moisturizer."

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"The barrier cream was good. Not necessarily groundbreaking. I remember it was a nice moisturizer that focused on hydration, strengthening the skin barrier, including ingredients like niacinamide, shea butter, and peptides. Of course, nothing groundbreaking, but also maybe that was good because it meant that everyone could use these and buy them."

Prequel Barrier Therapy Skin Protectant Cream

"This is the barrier therapy skin protectant cream. This is your dermatologist approved and created option. I would say it's not like glamorous, but it's also not sterile and clinical in any way. It's kind of that good in between. It's just incredibly effective, especially if your skin is pissed off, angry, irritated. We have 1% colloidal oatmeal in here. That's a great skin protectant. Helps with itching, irritation, eczema flare-ups. I think this is approved by the eczema society or something. It's great for rosacea, kind of providing this protective barrier and soothing the skin. We have beta glucans and allantoin in here as well to soften the skin, calm irritation, ceramides to help strengthen the skin barrier and support its resilience. And then we have a lipid complex of ceramides, cholesterol, and fatty acids, which is basically like the perfect ingredient that is going to mimic your natural barrier. For the price, it's such a bargain."

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"It just glides on. It's somehow hydrating, yet thick enough to feel like you're using a Ceramide cream. It just suits both perfectly for face and body. Once I finished my other creams, I jumped on this one because it's huge. 260ML for $18. My skin just loves it. My rosacea has transformed to the point where I can happily sit on camera without wearing a tinted sunscreen and any makeup. I don't get asked what my redness is anymore. Those comments about why is your nose red, why are your cheeks so red, I just barely get them anymore. And that just happens to coincide with using this product."

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"I find barrier healing and repairing creams to be quite suffocating, quite thick, quite boring to use, especially as somebody who loves dewy, glowy skin. They often don't give you that glow that you want. But not only does this feel incredibly hydrating and look hydrating on the skin, it's also almost like instantly soothing and calming and repairing. They've got their 1% colloidal oatmeal in here which is going to help soothe the skin, moisturize the skin if it's dry, if it's itchy, if it's flaky, or if you just had a reaction to a product or anything basically. It has this instant soothing and cooling sensation to it. Allantoin in here as well to help moisturize the skin and then multi-ceramides too, so providing barrier support. It's just such a pleasant product to use and for the price, $18 for 296 ml, that's so good. There is so much for such a decent price. If my skin is destroyed and it needs to repair, other than my Aura ataro cream, this is the one I go for for a guaranteed quick repairing and healing kind of product."

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"It has 1% colloidal oatmeal in here which is going to help soothe the skin, moisturize the skin if it's dry, if it's itchy, if it's flaky, if you just had a reaction to a product or anything basically, or we're going into cold weather and your skin's messing up. It has this instant soothing and cooling sensation to it. Allantoin in here as well to help moisturize the skin and then multi-ceramides too so providing barrier support. It's such a pleasant product to use and for the price, $18 for 296 ml, that's so good. If my skin is destroyed and it needs to repair, other than my Aura Ataro cream, this is the one I go for for a guaranteed quick repairing and healing kind of product."

Rhode Barrier Butter

"Rhode Barrier Butter surprised me in a very, very good way. I'm not a huge fan of the brand, but I'm not not a fan; I'm interested in the sense that I want to try everything Rhode has to offer because I feel like their products are good at worst and excellent at best. It has that thick, almost comforting, medical-feeling kind of texture to it, but this feels very elevated as far as the sensorial experience goes. The claims that Rhode make are that it helps strengthen the skin barrier, delivers deep long-lasting hydration, plumper and more toned-looking skin, softer fine lines over time, and an immediate glow. And honestly, it does 99% of that. I think Rhode are very good at their marketing without all the marketing fluff in their product descriptions. I feel like they never overpromise, so you're not left massively disappointed, even if you do find the products basic. Looking at the ingredients, there are five different weights of hyaluronic acid. Nothing new, but it's decent, it does the job it needs to do, meaning you get those different layers of hydration, giving you that plump glow-from-within kind of feeling and look. But then there's polyglutamic acid, which is kind of like a much better hydrator in my opinion."

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Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream

"My skin didn't feel tight or dehydrated and it was a really warm day too. I felt absolutely fine for 24 hours. My skin felt like it had that hydration locked in and I knew I can trust it because I've used it before, I've used it many times. I absolutely love this. I empty this on a monthly basis. We've got niacinamide to support the skin barrier as well, brighten even skin tone and the brand's own capsule technology to ensure those ceramides stay active for longer. The texture of this is not greasy and it's not rich, but it's also not light. As someone with combination skin, it suits both oily and dry skin perfectly well. I can happily wear this out during the day and wear it overnight without worrying about getting greasy or dry either side of that. If you are somebody who's starting to experience the first signs of barrier damage, which is when I use this, the moment I know something's wrong, I crack this out. Fine lines, dullness. If your skin's been through stress, inflammating, over exfoliating, cold weather or whatever, this should be the moisturizer you are reaching for."

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"Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream is one of my favorite creams of all time. I empty it every couple of months. It's formulated with these encapsulated ceramides, those tiny little beads that you can kind of see pop and sink into the skin and really help restore your skin barrier. This is my go-to when my skin is just misbehaving or maybe I've gotten a bit too confident with the treatment. They say it's clinically proven to give up to 120 hours of hydration, which is kind of crazy but believable because the ceramides are literally what your barrier is made of. And I've experienced it. I would agree with them. You've got those ceramides again, fatty acids in here to mimic your skin's natural lipids, helping to prevent water loss, which again keeps that all in. It's fragrance-free if that's your thing. Barrier repairing and suitable, I would say, for all skin types, every skin type and condition."

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"It's my go-to moisturizer all the time, regardless of how my barrier is. But I know I get guaranteed recovery and repair with this moisturizer. I've been talking about this for years. I will forever use it."

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"My moisturizer, the Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream, is great for a damaged skin barrier. I pretty much use it every night or so anyway just as my default moisturizer."

Nivea Cream

"I would always moisturize my skin with Nivea, which was a brilliant one. I don't know, Nivea oft was fantastic and still is."

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Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream

"The brand's new iconic Brazilian Bum Bum Cream is a visibly firming body cream with a unique scent of pistachio, salted caramel, and vanilla. Formulated with guarana extract to help tighten the skin, kapuku butter to lock in moisture, and Brazilian nut oil for antioxidant protection. The combination of the addictive scent, rich texture, and beach body confidence marketing strategy really helped make it an instant hit with skincare enthusiasts. I don't love the smell of this product, but when I pick it up in a shop, I'm going to sniff the tester, and then I always have another sniff. I don't want it on me; I'd have it on a candle."

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"The Bum Bum Cream became Sephora's bestselling skincare cream within just a few months of the launch. Within 3 years, what had started as a niche brand had exploded into a global phenomenon with the brand selling one tub of the Bum Bum Cream every 4 seconds."

La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5

"La Roche-Posay Cicaplast had a huge viral moment without any of the brand's input. The brand did nothing, but they got so much from this. Brands whose products just worked tend to go viral so easily."

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"I would use this on properly damaged skin when I've had a cut or a graze. I've used it on this and it's been really really good at healing. It's good, I like it. It's worth the money, it's pretty affordable, does the job it needs to do. It's worth the hype. I would say it is a little bit greasy so it's not something I'd use during the day, it's definitely a first thing before bed kind of thing."

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SKKN Face Cream

"A face cream at $85. A luxuriously indulgent firming moisturizer that works to nourish and revive the skin. Formulated with postbiotics and enriched with a natural alternative to retinol, Bakuchiol. Claiming to visibly improve firmness, fine lines and elasticity. This was not great either. It provided very surface level moisture. It didn't feel like it was hydrating your skin at all. And kind of made your skin look very crepey and oily."

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Clinique Moisture Surge 100H Auto-Replenishing Hydrator

"Clinique's Moisture Surge moisturizer has been a bestseller for them for years, but they have competition now and so many better products. There are plenty of brands offering more effective formulas at a lower price."

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Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion

"Their Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion became an instant hero product of theirs, loved for its lightweight, non-irritating formula. Today it's still one of Clinique's bestselling products worldwide."

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CeraVe Moisturizing Cream

"The moisturizing cream was pretty much what their default moisturizer is nowadays, a rich, non-greasy cream designed to provide intense hydration. With the product being formulated with ceramides and their patented multivesicular emulsion technology, which allowed for the gradual release of moisturizing ingredients over 24 hours, providing long lasting hydration and enhanced skin barrier restoration."

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"CeraVe Moisturizing Cream is a great option for sensitive skin"

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"An icon, a modern day icon for a reason. Their key ingredients are of course ceramides. These are essential lipids that restore and maintain the skin's natural healthy barrier and barrier function. This also contains hyaluronic acid glycerin in here as well. So a nice mix of humectants, cholesterol which helps support the skin's barrier again and improves moisture retention, stops you drying out and it's £15.49 for like their regular size."

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"You've been a big you know fan of cream VI for so long great at educating people about it"

CeraVe Healing Ointment

"Their Healing Ointment was designed to protect and soothe extremely dry, cracked, flaky skin and is nowadays used for slugging to stop transepidermal water loss."

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CeraVe Daily Moisturizing Lotion

"The lotion was a lightweight lotion aimed at daily moisturizing. With all three products being formulated with ceramides, as well as one other unique aspect of their product design, their patented multivesicular emulsion technology. Now this technology allowed for the gradual release of moisturizing ingredients over 24 hours, providing long lasting hydration and enhanced skin barrier restoration."

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Kylie Skin Face Moisturizer

"The face moisturizer was one of the most popular products at launch, but looking at the ingredient list, nothing really stands out. I remember them really trying to push this kiwi thing, like every brand had their thing at the time, and Kylie Skin was really trying to push kiwi for some reason. The products weren't bad but they weren't great. Critics labeled the brand as just overpriced Instagram skincare with no real science behind it, felt it was an obvious money grab that was just rushing out some basic formulas."

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Tatcha Water Cream

"In my personal experience, I have found that I dry out a lot quicker with the Tatcha Water Cream. It just seems to disappear too quick on the skin, especially on my dry parts. Tatcha does feel a bit more geared towards those seeking pore refinement and oil control and anti-aging benefits with a touch of luxury. And I do find that the gold in the product is tacky, to be honest with you. What that says to me is that people don't want what Tatcha are often claiming their product does. What they want is a nice lightweight watery cream, a deeply hydrating watery cream, which I find other options do considerably better than Tatcha."

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83%of gurus approve

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"Their water cream is like an iconic product."

Eucerin Barrier Therapy Skin Protectant Cream

"The night cream has to be the Barrier Therapy Skin Protectant Cream by Eucerin, which is obviously a dermatologist-derived moisturizer, and it's really made for those with really dry irritated skin like eczema, psoriasis. It's one of the more cosmetically elegant skin barrier calming soothing moisturizers I've used in a long time. We have 1% colloidal oatmeal in here to help soothe and moisturize the skin as well as calm any irritation especially itchiness, a multi-ceramid blend to support the skin barrier and retain moisture helping to keep your barrier strong and working and functioning the way it should. We have allantoin in here to help moisturize and soothe and calm the skin, and adenosine as well. While it's doing all this soothing, calming and repairing, it's also hydrating and moisturizing. It leaves you with a nice natural-looking glow and it's a product that I can use morning and night. It's a moisturizer for body and face, and this somehow is non-greasy and so quickly absorbing, gets so moisturizing, so it works on my dry knees and dry back of the arms and on my oily T-zone."

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Drunk Elephant Lala Retro Whipped Cream

"Whilst this preservative is found commonly in skincare products, especially those clean beauty ones, this preservative, like many paraben alternatives, can cause skin irritation in sensitive individuals, especially at higher levels. Some batches of the Lala Retro Whipped Cream lack a preservative system, so tests actually revealed the presence of yeast, such as Candida parapacillosis and a bacteria related to the bacteria it was found. They can cause infections, particularly in immunocompromised individuals or those with compromised skin."

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Beekman 1802 Bloom Cream Daily Moisturizer

"Their Bloom cream daily moisturizer, I fell in love with it. It's just my daily go-to moisturizer now. What I love about Beekman 1802 is that they have this whole goat milk thing. So they say in their goat milk, which they use throughout all their products, it's got 54% prebiotics to help feed and balance the skin's microbiome, 26% proteins to minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, 9% fatty acids for healthy hydration and 17 amino acids to help with a healthy skin barrier, 17 vitamins and minerals, vitamin A and C to protect and nourish the skin, plus AA lactic acid to resurface and smooth the skin. There's also niacinamide and aloe in here as well. It's just the perfect daily moisturizer to do pretty much everything you want a moisturizer to do with not too many fancy things thrown in. I want to calm down and slow down the amount of actives I'm using, and nowadays it's hard to find a moisturizer that just does what a moisturizer needs to do, which is to care for and calm the skin, improve the barrier, supply moisture and hydration, all in a formulation that really does just make my skin look better the more I use it. There's bifida ferment late in here as well, which is one of my favorite things for evening skin tone and brightening the skin."

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Glossier Balm Dotcom

"Glossier launched in October 2014 with four products including Balm Dotcom salve, and their products were a success. This launched at a time when people were wanting that no makeup, makeup look, and Glossier was the epitome of this trend. With their mission to democratize beauty and create products that enhance natural beauty, they were at the forefront of makeup minimalism."

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Augustinus Bader Rich Cream

"I'm going to use Aesop barrier"

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Bubble Cloud Surf Water Cream Moisturizer

"The key ingredients are hibiscus extract to help control seed production, celery seed extract to help minimize the appearance of pores, and lilac extract to mattify and equalize the tone of acne-prone skin. For me with combination skin, oily and dry, this is one of those moisturizers that is great for both. It's moisturizing enough, it's hydrating enough. It's moisturizing and nourishing enough where it needs to be but also light enough where I'm very, very oily and it's watery, just glides over the skin. It feels quenching as well. It's a true watery cream, almost like the consistency of serum but just that tiny bit thicker that allows you to use it as a moisturizer. Some of the natural ingredients are questionable, not always backed up by a lot of science, but that doesn't mean that they don't work. Overall as a moisturizer it does a great job. For £16 I think it's decent. A little bit goes a long way, one to two pumps usually is fine for my face and neck. For summer this is going to be perfect, or just as a daytime moisturizer or even in the evenings when I just want to moisturize my skin."

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Illiyoon Ceramide Ato Concentrate Cream

"Their Ceramide Ato-Concentrate Cream, I think is pretty much the same thing as Aestura's Ato-Barrier Cream. Love them both. Again, a really nice Ceramide packed moisturizer. Their Ceramides are delivered in these little capsules, which is supposedly supposed to help with enhanced penetration, so you really reap the benefits of those Ceramides. And again, it's just a really nice cream that's perfect for those days where your skin does feel so much drier or you've irritated your skin after experimenting with different skincare. Again, two of my go-to, mainly evening, moisturizers."

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Peach and Lily Rescue Party Barrier Comfort Cream

"Peach and Lily have launched the Rescue Party Barrier Comfort Cream, and I really like Peach and Lily's products. I feel like they have a nice small kind of capsule collection at the moment. These products have five different ceramides and good fats to help replenish your skin barrier, 0.8% colloidal oatmeal to relieve signs of irritation, Korean star botanicals like heartleaf and mugwort, and panthenol to visibly quell inflammation. Hyaluronic acid and squalane restore lost moisture. Importantly, they uniquely stay ahead of the calcium curve with a proprietary calcium complex and visibly restore your skin barrier. Our skin has a literal calcium curve, aka epidermal calcium gradient, with calcium ions in a bell shaped distribution. Healthy levels are linked to a healthier skin barrier, while depleted levels equals a weak barrier. Their calcium complex delivers calcium deep into skin and visibly restores the barrier."

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Charlotte Tilbury Magic Water Cream

"This is the Charlotte Tilbury Magic Water Cream, and I got to say, it is a really nice cream. It's a super hydrating lightweight gel cream moisturizer. As far as the results go, moisture, hydration, it does a great job, but it's the way it feels on the skin, it glides on and it feels elegant. The formulation is lovely and your skin looks good once you've used it. Ingredients are good. They're not unheard of in a gel cream moisturizer. However, this definitely doesn't get you far. It's really, really expensive. I have found several more affordable moisturizers that I like more than this one. So whilst this is still an amazing product, I do think it's overpriced. I think with this you're paying a lot for name. Results are good, what you should expect from a gel cream, but there are cheaper alternatives."

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"I've just been scraping at the size of this for the last month or so and really been enjoying it. It's that same really elegant sink into the skin kind of texture that at first you think this is maybe a little bit too heavy, especially for my oily zone, but then just kind of disappears without leaving your skin parched. But I really, really like it. So while the Charlotte Tilbury product isn't shit, it's not shit, it's Charlotte Tilbury. They create nice products. Good, nice. I just don't think it's worth the money. Like there are some luxury products I'm like, this is really nice, both in result formulation and appearance on the skin that I would pay this money for. Charlotte Tilbury, maybe not so much."

CeraVe Moisturizers

"A lot of their products I've used, I've not really loved. The moisturizers, even the lighter ones, always feel a little bit thick and it gives my skin that kind of cold sweat. It makes my skin feel sweaty. A lot of their cleansers dry me out. Even the ones that aren't supposed to. Their sunscreens feel like old sunscreens. I don't think they're the most elegantly formulated products, which is why I try and avoid them."

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La Mer Crème de la Mer Moisturizing Cream

"It's fucking expensive. It's so expensive. Do I think it's worth the money? Not in my personal opinion. I believe there is a place for luxury skincare, and if you can afford it, use it. Enjoy yourself, pamper yourself. Do I think you can get amazing skincare for £3 or under five quid? 100%. Absolutely. People love La Mer. It's fine. I personally don't."

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Belief True Cream Aqua Bomb

"Belief True Cream Aqua Balm does visibly plump out fine lines. It's been amazing throughout the winter and during summer it feels heavy at first, but it really does sink in and just gives you a plump, dewy look. It's a perfect lightweight gel cream moisturizer that has that perfect balance for both my oily skin and my dry cheeks, my combination skin. You get intense hydration without greasiness, without heaviness. It's got hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and their signature ingredient which helps to calm and heal the skin. There's this proprietary blend of loads of different herbs as well. What I love about Belief is they kind of have the same cream in different textures, so they have the thicker cream and then they have the night mask as well. The True Cream Aqua Balm is just perfect all year round, especially in summer where we still want to prevent hydration loss, but we also need to pile on sun cream over our moisturizer, but we still want that added hydration. It's just a perfect lightweight moisturizer to put under sunscreens and multiple layers too."

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"This is my current go to. No matter what time of day, morning, evening, no matter what time of year, no matter what state my skin is, this is my go to moisturizer at the moment. This is instant, instant hydration. They do make a claim that it hydrates your skin instantly by 70%. And I kind of believe them because I kind of feel it and I can see it in my skin as well. It's so lightweight, and I like to actually put this on my skin for a couple of minutes before I start rubbing it in, because it's so cooling and soothing. My rosacea does play up at the moment, and these instantly cooling products really, really do help. It's this perfect balance between being good for all skin types, because if you have oily skin, this is going to be so hydrating and lightweight. But if you have drier skin, this is going to nourish your skin, it's going to lock in everything and it's going to be thick enough for you as well. I can use this in the day, or I could use it as an overnight mask if I want to. And I wake up with really, really well hydrated skin that doesn't feel tight like it can often do when you wake up because of transepidermal water loss. There is an ingredient in here called ladies mantle, which I believe goes by another name."

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"It is a little bit pricey, but honestly my skin loves this. I love it. It goes a long way for a long time. It's very difficult to empty one of these. My skin loves it. It's just one of those moisturizers you can reach for any day of the year, any month of the year, any morning, any time of day, morning or evening. It fits so perfectly into every routine that I'm going to buy another one once it's done."

Then I Met You Bong Bounce cream

"I launched this because I wanted to take back what they had shared with me about our other lightweight formula and then make a better one. This is my new favorite. This is the Bong Bounce Cream. Bong is a play on word from the Hallabong fruit that's grown only in Jeju, Korea. These citrus fruits are only grown in the winter time and they have this massively thick peel because it's protecting the precious juicy cargo during the winter time because there's frost and everything. So it cocoons it. I was like I love the idea that this fruit has a thick peel, kind of like how we need to coat and protect our skin during the winter to protect it from all the environmental elements. I wanted to create a barrier cream that actually was for all skin types."

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"The texture is unreal. It's unreal. This is like perfect for that dewy glow that I like to finish on a routine with. It actually absorbs better and works better for your skin, not just for the look and feel. This has been a lifesaver. It's crazy because this actually not only has halong extracts, it has camid, it has a lot of squalane, but it doesn't feel like it. You get that protective kind of finish to it with that dewy glow, but it's not going to be like making you greasy throughout the day. It's just that perfect balance of your perfect dewy moisturizer and your caring healing cream."

Heimish All Clean Balm

"This is a standard cleansing balm in a nice way. It has that kind of plasticky feel to it that rubs down into an oil, you rub that gently on your skin and emulsify it and wash away. It's a really good cleansing balm. I like this size. These ones are nice because you don't have to spend ages trying to break it down. It washes away super easy once emulsifying. Heimish is known for their cleansing balm. Like, you can't not win with this one."

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"This is an iconic K-beauty product and probably one of the first cleansing balms I've ever used, the All Clean Balm from Heimish. This is only going to be $9.99, which is a bargain because it's huge. What I love about this is it is that classic cleansing balm without just feeling like a pot of melted plastic, which a lot of cleansing balms can feel like. This is amazing at removing layers of sunscreen, makeup. It's very, very good at removing that excess oil, sebum, dirt. So, yes, perfect for a double cleanse if your face just needs that excess cleanse. This has so many nice oils in. It does have Shea Butter and Coconut Extract, I believe, which leaves your skin feeling, not just cleansed, but nicely nourished after. It's almost like when you use an oil cleanser and you kind of emulsify it, then rinse it away and you feel like a little bit like moisturized. Your skin doesn't feel stripped. This is how this one feels. Whereas a lot of other cleansing balms can just feel a bit plasticky and leave your skin feeling a little bit tight after. But this is a classic for a reason, and it's popular for a reason."

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MIXSOON Bean Cream

"The Mixsoon Bean Cream is a personal favorite of mine. Whenever I'm doing a K-beauty shop, I will always pop this one in the basket just to have, because I know I could always rely on it and fall back on it. It has Fermented Soybean, which is great for leveling out that oil water balance in your skin and helping to retain hydration and moisture, along with Fermented Pomegranate, Barley, Korean Pear. The Fermented Pomegranate is a great antioxidant but also helps with skin texture. Fermented Pear Juice is great in antioxidants. It has Adenosine in here, which is nice and anti-inflammatory, along with Glycerin to help keep hydration in our skin. It's a really nice one, especially if your skin is on the drier side. If you're oilier, you'd like this more as a night mask. It's also great on the body for dry areas like elbows, knees, and the back of your feet. It's a really nice one just to have in your skincare collection for when your skin goes through those rougher times."

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TOCOBO Multi-Ceramide Cream

"Along with the multiple ceramides, this has triple Hyaluronic Acid. So it's Sodium Hyaluronate, Hyaluronic Acid, and Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid. So the idea behind that is they're different molecular weights, so they're able to get into different layers of the skin and plump from different layers of the skin too. What I love about the texture of this is that at first, it feels very, very heavy. But as I'm rubbing it in, it kind of then just turns into like a watery texture without disappearing on the skin. It goes from being this thick cream to kind of feeling like a gel cream and leaves your skin feeling super smooth and soft. And it lasts forever. This lasts so long. So, so long. I remember, like, in Summer trying to get rid of it because it just wasn't going anywhere. So I was like using it on my elbows and on my knees, those areas where you do get a little bit more dry. Yeah. Love this one. This is like a restock for me. This is a product I'll always have."

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Krave Beauty Oat So Simple Water Cream

"The Oat So Simple Water Cream is actually a really, really nice moisturizer for my combination skin. My skin feels so soft."

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Sol de Janeiro Rio Radiance SPF 50 body lotion

"I hate the smell of this sunscreen. Horrific. It was horrible. And I actually was doing a meet and greet in space enk and the queue was going past the display and I saw people in the queue who were coming to meet me and Robert picking up the product and smelling it and pulling a face. A lot of people didn't like the smell."

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

"The Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence SPF 50+ PA++++. A cult J beauty favorite. It's a chemical sunscreen that's been reformulated a few times now. The current version whilst doesn't feel any different, just feels better in some way. Photostable chemical UV filters that provide broad-spectrum protection while being lightweight on the skin. What makes this stand out is the texture. It's that watery essence that just disappears into the skin, making it perfect for those who may be a little bit more oily and find reapplication of sunscreen throughout the day a bit of a problem. It contains hyaluronic acid for hydration, royal jelly extract, and citrus extracts for added antioxidant benefits. It's great for humid climates, oily skin types. It does contain a little bit of fragrance, however, which I don't love in my sunscreen, but I'm not really bothered by it to be honest with you. With these alcohol heavy sunscreens, which is very typical of Japanese sunscreens because it helps everything absorb quicker and has this cooling effect on the skin to sit in those humid climates, you need to add a little bit of something in there to take away that smell. If you're very sensitive, you might want to avoid this. I personally am easily sensitized and I'm fine with this one. Been using it for years on and off."

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"What makes this stand out is the texture. It's that watery essence that just disappears into the skin, making it perfect for those who may be a little bit more oily and find reapplication of sunscreen throughout the day a bit of a problem. It contains hyaluronic acid for hydration, royal jelly extract, and citrus extracts for added antioxidant benefits. It's great for humid climates, oily skin types. It does contain a little bit of fragrance, which I don't love in my sunscreen. With these alcohol heavy sunscreens, which is very typical of Japanese sunscreens because it helps everything absorb quicker, it has this cooling effect on the skin to sit in those humid climates. If you're very sensitive, you might want to avoid this. I personally have easily sensitized skin and I'm fine with this one. I've been using it for years on and off."

Banana Boat Sunscreen

"Just last year the FDA took off a number of sunscreens, Johnson Johnson Banana Boat, because they found they cause cancer."

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Purito Daily Soft Touch Sunscreen

"I believe Purito is one of the brands that was affected. I feel like they reformulated and course corrected and now there doesn't seem to be issues. They were really good, they were so open with everything, they posted their results of everything."

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72%of gurus approve

The Inky List Polyglutamic Acid Dewy Sunscreen SPF 30

"My least favorite is the Polyglutamic Acid Dewy Sunscreen, which is an SPF 30. This is a perfect example of what I mean by not making a really objectively bad product, it just didn't work for me. I was really looking forward to trying it. It's got polyglutamic acid in it, which is super hydrating, soothing green tea, rice extract in it, all things my skin usually loves, but unfortunately this time around my rosacea did not enjoy this at all. It hates one of these UV filters. I'm not sure which one. This isn't an Inky List thing, it's a chemical sunscreen thing for me. But if you want a sunscreen that's not going to dry your skin down, it doesn't smell alcohol-heavy, it doesn't sting your eyes, it doesn't sting your skin, and you don't have rosacea, I would give this one a try. It's a really nice sunscreen. It just feels like a nice quenching moisturizer. Unfortunately, my rosacea was not having it."

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Tatcha Silk Sunscreen SPF 50

"I can apply this throughout the day, regularly, every 2 hours, or however much I need to apply it, without it getting greasy, without pilling up on top of each other. The only thing is, it is zinc. It's slightly tinted. It gets caught up in my facial hair, eyebrows, hairline. If you're any darker than me, this is gonna show up on your skin like crazy. They say it's sheer. It's not. But as a first step in the morning, I'm really, really enjoying this. Do I think you need to run out and purchase it? No, I think there are better mineral sunscreens. But as far as a sunscreen that's really popular on TikTok and that people non stop talking about, it's a really, really nice one. I do not think you all need to run out and buy it. Tatcha's overpriced. Usually, anyway. It is one of the nicer mineral sunscreens. But unless you're white to this kind of tan, it's not going to be good for you. It's not the best to reapply, but it does feel nice as your first sunscreen application in the day."

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80%of gurus approve

Naked Sundays Glow and Go Lip Oil SPF 50

"It reminds me of Hawaiian Tropics, something like that. Like a very old fashioned sunscreen. After a good five minutes, that sunscreen taste kind of goes. It does leave and the stickiness does calm down. I feel like you need to give it a minute. However, it's very, very glossy. It's nice. I do like Naked Sundays. I'm going to use it. I will continue to use it up."

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78%of gurus approve

Beauty of Joseon Daily Tinted Fluid Sunscreen SPF 40

"It is so sheer, so so sheer that the only tint I got was actually the whiteness from the zinc oxide side. It wasn't really anything tinty at all. And it peels like crazy. There's no playing around time with this. You have to put it on your skin, rub it in as little as possible, and then don't touch it. If you touch it, it clings to the dryness. I have very dry crevices and it was just clinging to them. I couldn't get it to work. I used primers, I used everything like extra hydration to try and get this to work around the area and it just didn't work. I gave this product way more time than I usually would, way more effort than I usually would for a product to the point where I was like this is getting ridiculous now. I shouldn't be having to put this much effort into getting a product to sit nicely on my skin."

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"This is a mess to use. It is so sheer, so so sheer that the only tint I got was actually the whiteness from the zinc oxide side. It wasn't really anything tinted at all. And it peels like crazy. There's no playing around with this. You have to put it on your skin, rub it in as little as possible, and then don't touch it. If you touch it, you're done. It clings to the dryness. I have very dry crevices and it was just clinging to them. I couldn't get it to work. I used primers, I used everything like extra hydration to try and get this to work around the area and it just didn't work. I gave this product way more time than I usually would, way more effort than I usually would for a product to the point where I was like this is getting ridiculous now. I shouldn't be having to put this much effort into getting a product to sit nicely on my skin. It's such a shame because I thought this was going to be my new favorite mineral tinted sunscreen and it's just not at all."

Then I Met You Essence Light Sunscreen

"I love the Essence Light Sunscreen. It's a perfect sunscreen and moisturizer in one. In the daytime you could even skip your moisturizer and go straight into the Essence Light Sunscreen for all skin types and all skin tones, and it just makes your skin so glowy. It's my version of the Korean sunscreen. It's not as lightweight as the ones that drip on your skin, but I like hydration. I like for my sunscreen to feel like it's cocoon your skin. It doesn't leave a white cast and it just makes your skin glowy. It's not greasy, so if you're out you can reapply every two hours and you're not going to feel bogged down. It layers really well under makeup and it doesn't pill."

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65%of gurus approve

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"It's a perfect sunscreen and moisturizer in one. You could even skip your moisturizer and go straight into the Essence Light Sunscreen for all skin types and all skin tones, and it just makes your skin so glowy. It's my version of the Korean sunscreen. It's not as lightweight as the ones that drip on your skin, but I like hydration. I like for my sunscreen to feel like it's cocooning your skin. It doesn't leave a white cast and it just makes your skin glowy. It's not greasy, so if you're out you can reapply every 2 hours and you're not going to feel bogged down. It also layers really well under makeup and it doesn't pill."

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

"I love Round Lab, I love their sunscreen. It's a daily use product for me."

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84%of gurus approve

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"This is one of the best sunscreens I've ever used, ever, and will probably ever use. Because I know it sounds bad, but it doesn't feel or smell or react to my skin like a sunscreen usually does. As somebody with rosacea, somebody whose skin barrier is sometimes compromised because of my job of reviewing skincare products, I know this is a sunscreen I can fall back on and use without any irritation whatsoever. When my skin barrier is impaired, I usually don't use sunscreen. But when I'm coming out of that healing stage, when my rosacea is flaring up, when I don't want a rosacea flare up, this is the one I go for. This feels like a moisturizer that you just use on your skin that happens to have sun protection in it. It doesn't have that distinct smell that a lot of chemical sunscreens have. It doesn't have that eye stingy feeling. It doesn't have that skin stingy feeling that a lot of sunscreens have. Texture wise, it's somewhere between a thick serum and a light moisturizer. It's not too watery, it's not too thick. So you can reapply, reapply, reapply throughout the day without feeling bogged down. It has ascorbic acid, glycerin, sodium hyaluronate, niacinamide, and soothing ingredients like Alantoin."

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"I love Round Lab, I love their sunscreen. It's a daily use product for me."

Isntree Onion Newpair Sunscreen

"If you're looking for sunscreens in general that don't irritate your skin, I have rosacea prone skin so I'm always on the lookout for a sunscreen that doesn't do that kind of sticky, stingy kind of thing. The ISNTREE Onion Newpair Sunscreen gives you all the kind of hydration that the regular sunscreen gives you, so you have that hyaluronic acid with the centella as well, so you get this hydrating calming soothing combination which I absolutely love, but also this sunstick is pretty much sweat proof."

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74%of gurus approve

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

"The ABIB Quick Sunstick Protection Bar SPF 50+ PA++++ is another great one for reapplication. What I like about this one is it's curved. I know that sounds like it's not a big deal, but it's so much easier to roll across the face, get into the crevices like around your nose, over the nose, around the forehead, along the neck, behind the ears. That tiny adjustment of just curving the product ever so slightly makes such a big difference in terms of how easy it is to use. Not only do we have green tea and centella in here so it's nice and soothing, but you also have ceramides as well to help with your skin barrier, locking in moisture, which you still need to do in the summer. It's really nice. This one can be a little bit oilier than some others, so if you have dry skin this is a good one. If you have oily skin or dry, this is a good one too. I personally just find this easier to carry around and reapply throughout the day."

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81%of gurus approve

Haru Haru SPF

"This is the HaruHaru Black Rice Moisture Airy Fit Daily Sunscreen. This is an SPF 50+ PA++++. I don't think this got the attention it deserves. It's a nice moisturizer, but it's super lightweight. No greasy finish whatsoever. Finish kind of lands in between a velvety matte finish, but with a natural glow. So if you hate matte skin, you're still going to like this. If you don't want an overly dewy glow, you are still going to like this because it just has this natural skin glow. No stingy eyes, no white cast. It's incredible. I love this one. And it's vegan as well."

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75%of gurus approve

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

"The Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun Rice and Probiotics is one of my favorite sunscreens, iconic for a reason. It's super lightweight and super soothing. If you find that your skin gets really irritated by chemical sunscreens, this is a really nice chemical sunscreen to go for that's not going to irritate your skin. It's not going to flare you up. Truly viral for a reason."

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83%of gurus approve

TOCOBO Sunscreen

"I love a sunscreen like the TOCOBO sunscreen because it's watery, it's lightweight, it feels like a normal sunscreen, it doesn't feel like I'm wearing a sunscreen. It's easy to apply throughout the day because you don't have to be staring in a mirror in order to reapply it because it's so lightweight and sinks in so quickly, and so perfectly in a non-greasy way."

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73%of gurus approve

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

"It's the Hyaluronic Acid Watery Sun Gel, an SPF 50+ PA++++, broad spectrum. We all know to find yourself a lightweight, non sticky, non greasy, non irritating, non eye stingy sunscreen like this one, but also one that gives you that kind of hydrating and moisturizing feeling. We have eight types of Hyaluronic Acid in here for real good hydration, Centella Asiatica as well to help soothe the skin, which I love for my easy, sensitized and rosacea prone skin. I apply SPF first thing in the morning, often in place of a moisturizer."

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88%of gurus approve

Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Airy Sun Stick

"We all know to find yourself a lightweight, non sticky, non greasy, non irritating, non eye stingy sunscreen like this one, but also one that gives you that kind of hydrating and moisturizing feeling. We have eight types of Hyaluronic Acid in here for really good hydration, Centella Asiatica as well to help soothe the skin, which I love for my easy, sensitized and rosacea prone skin. Then these Sun Sticks are perfect for reapplication throughout the day. So always start your day with this, reapply when you can with this. But if you're out and about and you want to reapply your sunscreen super easily, then the Sun Stick is the way to go. So this has Niacinamide and Adenosine in, so it's not only going to protect you from the sun, but also all those other skincare goals that you're trying to achieve. Again, super hydrating. And it has this teardrop shape on the top of it, which is great for getting into all those awkward crevices that we tend to avoid or miss because they're hard to get into. Be generous with this when you're outside. Quite a few passes of this for reapplication, which is why you need one that is super lightweight, non greasy, so the more you reapply it throughout the day, it shouldn't be getting greasier and greasier, which is why I love this one."

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78%of gurus approve

House of Dohwa Rice Brand Sunscreen

"This is so heavily fragranced. It smelt like there was a scented candle following me, put under my nose. Every time I wore this, it made my cheeks very red. It was far too strong. I physically cannot put that on my skin anymore. I got headaches from the smell and I've never, I probably have, but I don't remember the last fragrance product that actually physically made me feel sick. Really disappointed in this one because I really wanted to like it because how it looks on the skin and how it feels on the skin was really, really nice. I just got headaches from the smell."

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Abib Airy SunStick Smoothing Bar

"The Abib Airy SunStick Smoothing Bar is a broad spectrum SPF 50+, water-resistant up to 80 minutes. This is my now go to for my forehead and my oily nose. A sunscreen that's so water-resistant, somehow just keeps my oils at bay the whole day. It stops any sweat from going into my eyes and taking the sunscreen with it whilst also being so lightweight on those oily areas, which is what I want. This one in particular has an oil control powder in it to help with that oily t-zone, giving you this almost matte finish without drying down your skin and making it feel dehydrated and crusty, it gives a still very natural shine. And coming in stick form, it's super easy to reapply throughout the day. Just make sure you're doing enough passes over the face. We have Allantoin in here as well to help really soothe the skin."

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89%of gurus approve

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Numbuzin No.9 NAD+PDRN Glow Boosting Toner

"This layer of toner feels like three. It's incredibly thick in a light way, and it feels like it's wrapping your skin in this hydration barrier. It's so so nice. I have emptied this time and time again. I love it so much."

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87%of gurus approve

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"I've definitely noticed a difference in my hydration levels with this. I like the addition of the NAD. I like the Peptides, I like the PDRN. It's kind of one of those well aging toners that I think I get more benefits from than just hydration. Kind of like an essence, really, in that sense."

SKKN Toner

"The toner at $45, a skin renewing toner using double acidic and enzymatic exfoliation to help reduce the appearance of pores and enhance skin texture. It isn't really a toner, it's another exfoliator, so it's not hydrating at all in any way. Yeah, it's an exfoliating toner, but not necessarily a good one."

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I'm From Rice Toner

"The I'm From Rice toner is a classic. I used this toner non-stop for about 2 years and my skin was well balanced, there was no excessive sebum production whatsoever, more even skin tone. The Niacinamide in here, my skin loves it, and it also has this brightening property to it. The way it just makes your skin look instantly upon use, it's so nice. It just looks more even, bouncy, and hydrated. There is an ingredient in this one called Pearl Saint extract which helps with irritated skin, it's anti-inflammatory and it's also an antioxidant. It's a very simple ingredient list as is with all of the I'm From products, but this really does just leave your skin looking and feeling super smooth, cared for, moisturized, and hydrated."

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87%of gurus approve

Bioma Milky Toner

"This is a perfect budget friendly hydrating milky toner that is honestly better than most of its more expensive competitors. It contains polyglutamic acid which is an amazing ingredient. If you like hyaluronic acid you're going to love polyglutamic acid because it's said to be able to hold on to way more water content but also keep it there for longer. I feel like this is reflected more in the feeling and the look of your skin as well. My skin always just looks way more hydrated and feels more deeply hydrated after using polyglutamic acid. And then of course we have the serum essences that Bioma are famous for, along with Cella astica which is nice and soothing. For 12ish pounds I think this is an absolute bargain."

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88%of gurus approve

equal Berry Swimming pool toner

"I just like it for hydration and really gentle exfoliation."

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78%of gurus approve

The Ordinary Glycolic Acid 7% Toning Solution

"Water is the first ingredient in this Glycolic Acid toner."

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65%of gurus approve

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"Water is the first ingredient in this Glycolic Acid toner."

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"The Ordinary Glycolic Acid, which is the exfoliant that's often talked about, would require between 500 to 600 mL of water to change the pH. You're not going to have 500 mL of water even 100 milliliters of water resting on your face or added from the rest of your skincare routine in order to change the pH of the chemical exfoliant. It's not going to happen. So no, you do not have to wait between steps. I do personally like to wait a minute or two after using a chemical exfoliant just because some of them are sticky and I don't like the feeling of it on my skin, so I tend to wait like one or two minutes, but that's personal preference. You do not have to wait. It has nothing to do with making your skincare less effective."

Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner

"It sounds like a nice toner. What I find bizarre, though, is when I first started using this, it stung. My skin barrier was a little bit irritated, so I put it to the side and gave it another go when my skin barrier was in a better position. But after about the first week, when my skin was getting a lot better, I started using this again, still stung. Two weeks later, stung. When my skin barrier is fully healed and I'm back to using actives, this stings. This stings my skin, and it shouldn't. The whole point is that it's soothing. It's also too watery that you put it in the palm of your hands and it just goes all down your arms, or on a cotton pad the cotton pad just soaks it up. I've not had a nice time using this product at all."

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COSRX Hydrium Watery Toner

"I'm going to use the tear tier milky toner despite what it looks like. I've been using this for some time and it just never seems to go down. It's a very nice, more on the moisturizing side of milky toners but still nice and light. It smells a little bit like plastic."

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77%of gurus approve

Anua Rice Toner

"The brand knows that not everybody's gonna love every single one of their products, and when a brand is okay with that, I think that's worth giving props to. People can tell how much you love the rice one."

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78%of gurus approve

Beauty of Joseon Glow Replenishing Rice Milk Toner

"This is what they call a double layered toner so you have your one layer which is the moisture and then one layer which is almost like powder, which makes this sound really drying but it's not. The moisture layer obviously moisturizes, but it's so lightweight, it's lightweight non-greasy, and then the powdery bit helps absorb excess sebum. So the toner has an overall not matte finish but it also won't leave you looking overly dewy, but then you also look moisturized and hydrated. It's this perfect in between if you don't like dewy glowy skin but you still want to look well hydrated and feel it. This is perfect. You have those barrier repairing and loving ingredients like ceramides and nice calming ones like panthenol and centella and something called Coffea japonica root extract which is a medicinal herb to help soothe inflamed skin. It's a very very nice toner. Honestly though I do wish it was a little bit thicker. At first I didn't want to use it because it looks so watery, like almost too watery. I thought it would just like slip down my arms, which it doesn't, but it does need to be just that little bit thicker. But the way it makes my skin look and feel I will continue to just keep using this. This is one of those toners I have backups for."

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67%of gurus approve

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"I've been using the Beauty of Joseon Glow Replenishing Rice Milk a lot within the last two to three weeks. I was unsure of this one in the beginning because they said it kind of gives like a mattified finish, but I think what they mean by that is it just takes away any excess sebum. You're not left completely matte and void of all hydration. It's just very soothing, very very hydrating. It's got this dual layer formula. You've got this moisture layer which is like the rice extract, which is very very good for brightening the skin, and then that powder layer on the bottom which is like that sebum controlling layer, which really does give your skin that difference between a natural glowy dewy look versus a wet shiny greasy look that a lot of toners can give you. I actually really enjoy that feature. At first I was like I don't want my toner to leave me matte, but it actually does a really really nice job. It has like a redness calming aspect to it as well, and I've noticed that too, so the redness has really gone down."

Haruharu Black Rice Toner

"Their black rice hyaluronic toner is truly viral iconic fan favorite product. The main humectant is of course hyaluronic acid so it provides a really nice hydrating feeling that remains throughout the day and it's kind of like just thicker than water kind of consistency. Whilst we know rice extract is a really popular ingredient within K Beauty, Haru Haru's version is fermented meaning their fermented black rice extract is two times more effective. It's moisturizing, it's an antioxidant, the black rice leaves your skin feeling plump. This is one of those toners, personally in my opinion, that I love one application for your standard hydration step in your routine but if you are looking for a dewier glow, say you're going out, you're going to put makeup over the top and you want that glow to shine from within, do a couple of layers with this. A couple after your cleanser and then one more layer before your moisturizer and you're going to get that dewy glow. Your skin is going to feel and look super hydrated."

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81%of gurus approve

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"I really like the toner. They do a fragrance free version now, which is actually nicer because I wasn't keen on the smell. It's just very unique."

Tirtir Milk Skin Toner

"This is a really moisturizing toner. We know toners to be mainly focusing on hydrating, but if your skin just needs that extra boost of moisture, maybe it's winter and your skin is changing and your moisturizer isn't quite cutting it for you, or you have very oily skin and you want something that's a nice light moisture, this is great for that because you get your hydration and you get your moisture. They say it's got 24-hour moisture retention, and I've not tested it for 24 hours, but my skin feels well moisturized, hydrated, and nourished throughout the day whenever I use this. I believe that."

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73%of gurus approve

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"One of my new favorite K beauty brands has to be Tirtir. Over on the skincare side of TikTok, they're known for their Milk Skin Toner, which I absolutely love. I'm halfway through the bottle. It's not heavy. It feels very moisturizing, more than hydrating. It's got rice bran extract, ceramides, niacinamide at 4%, so a decent amount. It just leaves your skin so moisturized in this lightweight, essence-y feel. They also have something in here called their multi-exit bsAm, which consists of seven plant-based ingredients to help soothe the skin and revitalize it, giving you a brighter, more even complexion. It really does target that hydration, even skin tone, soothing the skin, making your skin look more radiant. I've tried this a couple times, and it literally is just like the other toner, the thicker one, just in a lighter weight texture. I think it's more appropriate for three, four months out of the year than the thicker version of this."

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"I've been using it for four weeks. Once a day for four weeks. You don't need that much. Oh, actually, that's a lie, I've been swapping between this and their light version, which is just a lighter version of this one, for four weeks solidly. And I love it, it's just a toner you know, you can rely on."

TEER Tier Milk Skin Toner

"There's copper tripeptides, there's ceramides, there is so much in here that you can use this as your toner, essence, serum stage on a daily basis. This is my second one, I am flying through these. I love this so much. The glow that it leaves on your skin is incredible. If you need that extra kind of wrap of moisture and nourishment to your skin, this is incredible. It also really helps with the texture of your skin in general. We have soybean ferment extract which is supposedly very good at balancing that oil moisture level and help strengthen the skin barrier. We have pear juice which is an antioxidant and pomegranate extract again which is an antioxidant."

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84%of gurus approve

Haru Haru Wonder Black Rice Hyaluronic Toner

"I love the Haru Haru black rice toner. I've talked about it for years and years and years. I absolutely love it."

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84%of gurus approve

Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner

"This is a super hydrating toner that you could also use on a cotton pad to gently remove dead skin without it being overly exfoliating. It has dead sea water in here to help maintain the hydration of your skin, then panthenol and allantoin, which helps soothe. This is a nice one to put on cotton pads and leave on your skin. If you get hot rosacea like I do, having it flare up, you can soak it in and leave it on and you get this instant soothing feeling. It's very watery so I prefer to use it on a cotton pad. One of my favorite toners, and a multi-award winner. It's also really good on dry legs if you get dry legs in the winter."

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82%of gurus approve

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"This is the Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner. From what I remember, this is just a super hydrating toner with Seawater, which the brand says it's full of minerals to help keep the skin healthy. Things like Panthenol and Allantoin. So it's moisturizing, hydrating, soothing. But if you are after something that simply hydrates in a really, really nice way, this is one of the better toners at doing that. I love Round Lab as a brand for somebody who does like hydrating my skin without overdoing it and without hydrating products that leave a greasy finish, because some of them do. I think a lot of hydrating products nowadays want to hydrate the skin, but also make you feel like it's been overly hydrated by leaving a sheen. Round Lab products don't do that. They hydrate from within, and then you just naturally see how much better your skin looks for it."

MIXSOON Bifida Toner

"This is a really nice, gentle exfoliant. So, first of all, we have Tea Tree, which I love to help calm my skin. It's great for breakouts, my rosacea. We have niacinamide, another good one for breakouts, but helping kind of even skin tone, helping control that oil in your skin, the sebum. We have Betaine Salicylate and Gluconolactone for moisturizing and for exfoliating. And Citric Acid and, of course, Centella to help soothe and calm the skin. A really nice one, really refreshing one. Doesn't feel like you're using an exfoliant in any way, which isn't a bad thing or a good thing. It just feels like you're using a nice toner. If your skin is prone to irritation, this is a really nice exfoliant to use."

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Glow Recipe Cloudberry Bright Essence Toner

"The fermented rice water helps give your skin a more luminous complexion, and fermented rice water is especially a staple in K-beauty for helping to soothe the skin as well. Fermentation allows the ingredients to be better absorbed into the skin. Fermented ingredients in an essence are a must-have for me. This is such a nice watery toner. It almost looks like a little bit of a watery jelly in the packaging, but the moment you pump it out into your hand, it turns into a more liquidy toner. When you put it on your skin, it almost just feels like water on the skin, and it just sinks in. You feel like your skin's just had a little drink of something. This does have a slight smell to it, but it's very refreshing, citrusy sweet without being lemony and bleachy. It's a multitasker. You can use it in the toner essence stage, and this works as the toner, essence, and serum all in one. I used it as the only step between a cleanser and a moisturizer for a week and that's all I needed."

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89%of gurus approve

Lip15 reviews

Glow Peach Peptide Lip Balm

"This lip balm is so popular that brands keep trying to copy it and failing miserably. I fully get why people keep trying to copy this brand. It's not one of those very basic lip balms that you put on and it disappears and you have to like reapply within an hour. This is really hydrating almost like jelly-like texture. You can use enough to make your lips look really nice and glossy or pile on to make it more like a nighttime lip mask or just enough to have your lips nicely moisturized and smooth. There are five different peptides in here, so it's all about plumping out those lips, keeping them well hydrated and bouncy as well. It really does feel like more of like a treatment balm rather than just like a normal lip balm. The few brands I've tried to do their own version of this, they either make it too glossy, too sticky, or like not enough of either. This is like the perfect in between and oddly buildable for a lip product."

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Rhode Peptide Lip Treatment

"A peptide lip treatment hydrated your lips great, smoothing fine lines and apparently plumping your lips over time. I mean, it wasn't anything mindblowing, but it was probably an improvement on similar products that already existed in the market. It is my favorite product to come out of Rhode."

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"It wasn't the response that everyone was looking forward to. It wasn't a response that people took well, especially since Rhode's products aren't particularly cheap, and it wouldn't be until another year later when they went viral again for the same issue that Rhode would finally make some changes. In July of 2025, the brand finally reformulated the Rhode Peptide Lip Treatment, swapping out solid shea butter for liquid shea butter, which seems to have fixed the grainy texture. I don't think they've ever really addressed the moldy, gross smell people have complained about or the claims of adverse reactions."

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"These lip tints give you a real glossy finish, which I absolutely love, and it isn't too colored. It's very natural looking. They're not heavy, they're not sticky. They don't taste like lip products. They're really not sticky, really non-bothersome. And the colors are just there's enough colors for all different kind of lip shades. They keep that moisture and they hold that hydration throughout the day without having to constantly reapply."

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"I respect their products. I respect their, marketing. I respect the, the things they're coming out with."

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"For my Tree Nut allergy or Nut allergy, people do not get the Peptide Lip Treatments. There's no nut warning and that is extremely concerning."

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"I think the products are good enough for the brand to stand on its own."

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"I think Rhode does really well because I think Hailey Bieber has a genuine interest in skincare. But yet again, Hailey Bieber and Rhode has been accused of copying another brand."

Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm

"Their lip butter balm is so popular on TikTok and Instagram. It's got shea butter, muru muru butter, and vegan waxes. Yes, it's moisturizing and softening, and it gives you a really nice shiny finish if that's what you're after. But compared to alternatives, I feel like you don't have much control. It's shiny or nothing. And looking at the ingredients again, it's just a lot of very basic lip balm stuff. It's not groundbreaking. I find myself reaching for it fairly often and my lips drying out fairly often, too."

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Laneige Lip Glowy Balm

"The Laneige Lip Glowy Balm combines some of those more nourishing butters with a formula designed for both treatment and aesthetics. It has that shea butter and miru, but it also delivers that glossy finish without the stickiness. The texture is a lot lighter. It comes with added antioxidants and in tinted versions too, so it's that kind of hybrid of skincare and makeup. Laneige has years of lip care expertise behind their sleeping mask, which is a cult favorite, and that's been adapted into this portable on-the-go balm. Laneige offers that same hydration with an added polish to it, comfort on the lips, and real longwear lip conditioning where I don't find myself constantly reaching for my lip balm."

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Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask

"It's rich in fatty acids and antioxidants muru muru seed butter, nicely moisturizing, and vitamin C-rich berry extracts for that antioxidant boost. It's just very good at what it does. It's thick, it's got a balmy texture that locks in hydration overnight. I don't like the strawberry scent for some reason, but every other version of this lip mask genuinely helps with dry, flaky, tight-feeling lips. While you can probably just use Vaseline and while you could probably use any other lip balm, it's still great. It still holds up. It's really stood the test of time."

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61%of gurus approve

The Inky List Tripeptide Plumping Lip Balm

"One of my least favorites has to be the Tripeptide Plumping Lip Balm out of all the lip balm launches we saw this year. While it has a really nice unique slip to it when you first put it on that makes it feel more than just like a thick occlusive Vaseline type layer, I will never get over the taste. If you put something on your lips you are going to taste it whether you like it or not, and unfortunately this one tastes a little bit like chicken soup, which isn't the worst taste in the world but it's definitely off-putting."

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Vaseline Lip Therapy

"Vaseline's hugely successful Lip Therapy was launched under Unilever's ownership and the product went on to become synonymous with the brand. This is in large part due to the repackaging of the Lip Therapy in the UK when the iconic blue and white tins launched in 1999."

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77%of gurus approve

The Ordinary Squalane + Amino Acids Lip Balm

"I didn't like this. I actually think this irritated my lips. My lips just stung with this. They start to crack all up here. And when I use this, throughout the day I was having to like remove soft, dead skin from my lips because it did that to my skin throughout the day."

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Ole Henriksen Pout Preserve Peptide Lip Treatment

"Just using this, this is the Ole Henriksel Pout Preserve Peptide Lip Treatment. It's really, really nice."

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Remedy Lip Balm

"This is probably for me my favorite product from the brand. I'm really into lip balms that don't just moisturize your lips but actually hydrate your lips as well. There's something to this lip balm that feels like it happens in two stages. So you put it on and it feels kind of almost watery, like there's a real slip to it, there's a real glide. It feels like you're putting like a watery serum on your lips, and then when you're done, your lips feel nourished and moisturized but all of that's going to be locked in without it being overly occlusive. It feels like a diluted Vaseline in the sense that it's almost like a hydrating toner meets Vaseline. You have petroleum, squalane and Shea Butter, which is what you would expect to find in a lip balm, ceramides especially nowadays, which makes sense for it to be in a lip balm, peptides in here as well that really help plump and add that hydration to the lips, and Aloe leaf extract as well. There's just something like it's not watery but there's something that feels like quenching to it even though it's in such a thick consistency. I've just not used a lip balm like this before."

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Naturium Phyto Glow Lip Balm

"What I like about these as well is they don't shift. They don't shift at all. They stay in place. They're the right consistency as well. They're not too light, they're not too thick. They transfer a little bit like any lip balm does, but more of the balminess and not the tint. I feel like I get my money's worth more with the Naturium Phyto-Lip Balms just because they stick around for a lot longer."

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The Inkey List Tripeptide plumping lip balm

"I think this is a pretty solid lip plumper, but the marketing might just be a little bit misleading. There are three types of ingredients in this that make it work. First, there are the Tripeptides, which are in the name. They say they're 6% Tripeptide Complex, and Inkey do this quite a lot, the complex is mostly not Tripeptides. The Tripeptides will be way less than 6%. The Tripeptides are Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 and 38. And these are in a lot of skincare products. They are basically modified bits of broken down proteins. And they're meant to go down deep into the dermis, which is like the lower layer of skin, and they're meant to thicken the skin by making it produce more collagen and elastin. There is a bit of evidence for these working, but they're usually more like watery, serum-like products. I don't know if there's any evidence of these getting into skin from an oil based product like this balm. And they do need to get quite deep down into skin because it is trying to get to that dermal layer. But even if they were working, I don't think this would really explain that plumping effect, even though the marketing does really make it sound like they're doing the work. Your dermis is really thin and these sorts of ingredients would take months to have any sort of effect. But they're claiming a 20% increase in volume in two weeks. So I think what's way more likely to be working is temporary plumping ingredients which aren't listed in the product name because they are a lot less exciting."

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77%of gurus approve

Glow Recipe Plum Plump Hyaluronic Gloss Balm

"The Plum Plump Hyaluronic Gloss Balm has key ingredients like Hyaluronic Acid, Kakadu Plum, and Raspberry Extract, which help hydrate. Love it. It's just a really nice balm. This sits on the side of my bed. I know that once I put this on in the evening, I will wake up and it's still on my lips. Throughout the day it's not sticky. I don't have to constantly reapply. It doesn't easily transfer on stuff. This lasts way longer than other options. You don't get that dried down feeling that you get from a lot of normal lip balms where you put it on and like an hour later you feel like you have to use it again. Really nice. It's just a nice lip balm."

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"This reads as everything I like in a lip balm. First of all, it has that creamy texture where if you want a glossy lip, you can just add a little bit more than you normally would and it will comfortably sit on your lips and look glossier. If you don't like a glossy lip but you really want that hydration and healthy-looking lips, you just pat it on like a normal lip balm. It does a really good job at getting that balance of giving your lips a really hydrated, smooth feel where they almost feel like really nicely plumped up, but also locking everything in like a normal lip balm. We have hyaluronic acid and raspberry extract in here to help hydrate the skin, and kakadu plum, which is where the plum plump comes from, which is an antioxidant. It's $22, and at first I was like, oh, is that pricey? You get 15 milliliters, which is half your average serum size. I've had this for two weeks now and I've barely even scratched the surface. You need a tiniest amount of this and it's going to last you the longest time. I'll easily stretch this to a year, absolutely no problem whatsoever."

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"It has hyaluronic acid and raspberry extract in here to help hydrate the skin, kakadu plum which is where the plum plump comes from, which is an antioxidant. At first I was like, oh, is that pricey? I don't really know how to price lip products, but you get 15 milliliters, which is half your average serum size. I've had this for two weeks now and I've barely even scratched the surface. You need a tiniest amount of this and it's going to last you the longest time. I'll easily stretch this to a year, absolutely no problem whatsoever."

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"It does give you a very instant hydrated and glossy look on the lips without being sticky and suffocating, whilst also giving your lips an actually really good dose of hydration."

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Tatcha Kissu Lip Mask

"This is so nice, it's got this cushiony kind of texture to it but it's really thick but it's also watery and quenching and it's almost like putting liquid glass over your lips. It's so nourishing and hydrating, it really does feel like it just locks everything in. They say that it works to plump out fine lines and wrinkles for a firmer fuller look. You have some fruit extracts and some oils in here, some soothing ingredients as well. It's just a nice lip balm, it is going to help plump up the lips because it's going to lock in everything at night. I like to use a toner over the top and then the lip mask and you just feel it. This is probably my favorite Tatcha product."

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Torin Solid in lip Essence

"I use this all the time. It is a serum, my lip balm, and it's really nice. It's very simple, almost a bit aqua-y in texture with a really nice smooth, dewy, glowy, glossy finish to it. If you've got cracked, dry, irritated lips, this is the product to go for. Put everything else down for now, anything colours in, anything fragrance in, flavours in, put it down for now. Take this, smother it on overnight and leave it and let it do its work. It's got a hob oil in as well, so you get that really kind of thick layer that's not too suffocating, not too sticky."

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79%of gurus approve

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"This is the Torin solid in lip Essence. This is supposed to be a dupe for the Haley B lip product, which I don't get because it's literally just a lip balm. Very glossy though."

Masks & Peels14 reviews

Medicube Collagen Night Wrapping Mask

"Is it gimmicky? Yes. It launched when every other skincare brand was launching a peel-off mask. Niacinamide, ceramides, we have hyaluronic acid, glycerin in here, and PDRN. So, you're going to get that plumpness. If you are struggling with dehydrated skin, a layer of this at night after your full skincare routine is going to lock everything in. And this was the only peel-off mask I could actually sleep in."

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The Ordinary AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution

"Their AHA 30% BHA 2% peeling solution is also another popular product for the brand. And it's also one that many people complain is far too strong. Like people at home just don't need this. Of course, every skin is different and not everybody needs something as strong as a lot of what The Ordinary products are. But a lot of skincare enthusiasts were still made to feel like these products were suitable for them."

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"The Ordinary AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution, I just don't think it's worth the hassle. It was a viral product on YouTube and was kind of being sold as like an at-home chemical peel. My issue isn't that it's too strong or people misuse it, my issue is that I just don't feel like it made a big difference for me. My own personal skincare philosophy stops me using this because I just don't see the point anymore of doing such a strong exfoliation at home once off every so often if I'm just regularly exfoliating. I just don't think it's a necessary product nowadays. When everyone was into their really high actives, I think it was interesting and we were all so obsessed with it and we always felt like we needed those strong percentages in order to get effective results. I just don't think that's the case anymore."

Dr Melaxin Peel Shot

"This product is perfectly fine as an exfoliant. It has mild chemical exfoliants in it like PHA and BHA. And those little balls act as a gentle physical exfoliant, but it cannot draw anything out of your pores. No topical product can. I originally wanted to give Dr. Melaxin the benefit of the doubt here. But given the fact that so many of these videos say pretty much the exact same thing about this product, making the exact same claims, it seems likely that it's all part of the script given to creators by the brand. The brand's own promotional material shows one of those cellulose balls and says real skin or something like that when it's not. And this is all over Amazon, all over TikTok shop and what I presume is their official website."

~Mixed

61%of gurus approve

Laneige Water Sleeping Mask

"That Laneige one is super lightweight."

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70%of gurus approve

Shark Beauty CryoGlow LED Face Mask

"LED therapy has been the best thing for my rosacea. But it's not a miracle. You've got to use this all the time, every single day. This mask for me stands out for a couple reasons. Under eye cooling, the cooling pads. I love them because they reduce that puffiness. They calm down any inflammation and they kind of add this more like relaxing kind of feel to the LED mask experience with proper eye protection, too. For me, that cold therapy really, really helps. And it makes the whole thing enjoyable. It makes it feel like a really relaxing moment for me. And that's important for me because these masks are all about consistency. You've got to use it every single day if you want to see a difference. We have a few different modes here. The better aging mode, which is red and infrared, which I absolutely love. I find infrared amazing for my rosacea. You have blemish repair, which is blue and red. Skin sustain, which is brightness kind of like maintenance overall. And each session is short enough to actually fit into your life, into your routine."

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75%of gurus approve

Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant

"Paula's Choice has 2% salicylic acid, which is a lot more gentle. It also has willow bark extract in here, which is a natural source of salicylate, which is basically anti inflammatory. They say it's exfoliating, but it's not really. There's niacinamide to help improve skin tone and texture, sodium hyaluronate to help hydrate the skin, and panthenol to soothe the skin and moisturize too. It's a great product at utilizing the salicylic acid. However, compared to gentler alternatives like Cosrx, you do have to use Paula's Choice less regularly. Both products are effective, but I love gentler alternatives that I could use more regularly throughout the week instead of irritating my skin two to three times a week."

~Mixed

77%of gurus approve

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"The skin perfecting 2% BHA liquid exfoliant was one of the industry's first leave-on exfoliants and it was seen as a game changer all over the world. With salicylic acid being known for its effectiveness at reducing blackheads, decongesting pores, and smoothing skin texture, so many beauty fans swearing by this product, it's no wonder that this became a global bestseller for the brand. This is without a doubt still the brand's most iconic product, probably the most popular and most viral, and the formula has barely changed since it was created nearly 25 years ago."

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The Inky List Glycolic Acid Exfoliating Body Stick

"The glycolic acid exfoliating body stick this is in my personal opinion the best product that Incus has ever made. It looks so basic, so basic, but it's also genius in that basicness. This is an exfoliating body stick essentially that targets KP, you know the bumps in the back of your arms, body acne, discoloration on the body, and I also use it as a deodorant sometimes as well. It exfoliates using glycolic acid and salicylic acid. It's got a ton of nice oils in it and Shea butter as well, so it gives you this nice body moisturized feeling. At first I was like, oh the packaging is so ugly, it looks like a roll on deodorant, but that's why it's so genius because it is the perfect packaging for a body product to go in all the crevices and shapes of your body and to roll on your body. It makes perfect sense. The back of my arms are smooth. I had a bad reaction under my armpits to some natural deodorant, so there's some discoloration under there that is going. I love it so much. I feel like it sells out fast, so you need to get it when it's in stock."

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Skin Rocks Exfoliant

"I'm currently using the very few last drops of my Skin Rocks Exfoliant, which are amazing if you have easy sensitized skin and rosacea. They feel so gentle, they don't feel like exfoliant at all."

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80%of gurus approve

Glow Recipe Strawberry BHA Pore Smooth Blur Drops

"Silicone-free primer that refines pores over time, instantly blurs and balances oil for a natural soft focus satin finish. For the pore blurring, they use Tapioca and Rice to help reduce pore size. I think it's good at absorbing excess oil stuff as well, and to help with even makeup application. It has Encapsulated BHA and Strawberry enzyme and plant derived pore minimizer and Strawberry leaf extract. I don't use this. I don't really feel the need to. I don't wear makeup really that much, and when I do, I barely ever use a primer. But why not have skincare benefits in all of your steps? I don't really have much to say about it because I don't really use it. It's probably the product I use the least because I never really have to."

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67%of gurus approve

Clarins Cryo-Flash Cream Mask

"Whilst the mentholy cold thing might be a bit more of a gimmick, it may be down more to the actual ingredients within the mask that help with the lifting, the firming, whatever it is that they're claiming affects. Menthol, whilst it can be irritating in some ways, I believe the way it's formulated into this particular product is more just a cooling sensation and even anti-inflammatory. This is a nice luxury to have. I wouldn't say I will keep buying it to cool down my skin, seeing as I do know my moisturizers do just as good a job. Even like a cold mask in the fridge, even just a sheet mask straight out the pack also cools down my skin. This gives you that kind of placebo effect, because you feel it as well. You're like, oh my God, it's tingling, it's cooling, it must be working. And maybe over a period of time, this can have some really nice lifting and firming effects on your skin. I don't really enjoy the feeling of stingy menthol on my skin."

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74%of gurus approve

St. Ives Apricot Scrub

"I used to love St. Ives Apricot Scrub as a teenager. The apricot bits were harsh and jagged, and I do remember actually cutting my skin on one of these apricot kernel shards. I have tried St. Ives Apricot Scrub recently. Was it the best? No. Was it as bad as I remember? Definitely not. I think St. Ives have kind of jet milled their scrub particles a bit more. It felt a lot less harsh. The only issue is, even though they say with Ceramides on the front, it's still incredibly drying. I just feel there is no need for a modern day product to leave your skin feeling that dry and tight."

~Mixed

41%of gurus approve

Medic Cube Collagen Night Wrapping Mask

"This is my favorite mask of the year, actually got me back into masking because I definitely dropped off masking halfway through the year but the Medic Cube Collagen Night Wrapping Mask, I just love it. This is an overnight peel off mask designed to enhance skin elasticity, hydration, and radiance whilst you sleep. It creates this film that not only contains ingredients to help restore and maintain your skin barrier but creates a physical barrier so all your skincare can just work overnight without that water loss and hydration loss that we all experience throughout the night. It has collagen extract in which, yes, it doesn't penetrate the skin but it's a great humectant so it can help with the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles giving you firmer looking skin, alongside hyaluronic acid, sodium hyaluronate in this case. We have niacinamide as well to help even out your skin tone, brighten skin, help with excess sebum production but also help strengthen skin barrier as well. Along with ceramides to help maintain the skin's natural barrier, again further preventing moisture loss and enhancing hydration. I love this because I can put it on at the end of the day after my skincare routine, it dries in an hour, but I then don't have to wait to wash it off or anything like that. I can go to bed, I can sleep in."

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"I was shocked at how much I loved this. This is a mask that you can leave on for about 15 minutes or however long it takes to dry or you can wear this overnight. They say in here you have hyaluronic acid and niacinamide to provide 8 hours of hydration locking in natural moisture and strengthening the skin barrier for a healthy complexion. We have niacinamide to help with uneven skin tone and brighten the skin. What I love about this one is it's almost watery, so whilst it makes it a little bit fiddly to apply, what that watery texture actually helps is you get a more even spread. You don't end up with random areas where thicker mask takes longer to dry down, whereas with the Medic Cube one it's very very difficult to apply thick layers because it is so light. They actually recommend using this in place of your moisturizer, especially in the evening."

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"The nourishment and the moisturization and hydration that this mask gave me overnight lasted the whole day. I didn't have to moisturize the next day. I didn't even feel like I had to do a skincare routine in the morning. My skin felt very well cared for from the moment I put on the mask to the moment I peeled it away. Overall, I would say that the Medic Cube Collagen Night Wrapping Mask is 100% worth it, definitely over any other overnight collagen mask. It does seem to go down very quickly, and the tube didn't arrive filled as fully as I thought, so I do feel like this will go very quickly, which is unfortunate because it is a mask that I would like to keep using over and over."

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"It feels like skin and you can sleep on your pillow. This uses collagen to really add that dewy plump glow. You can leave this on just until it's dry, maybe like an hour, it dries in like 15 minutes but you can leave on like an hour then peel it away and I feel like you get the same effect as you do if you left that on overnight. I really really really liked this one. This is another mask I have backups of just for those special occasions if my skin is especially dry, going into winter."

Beauty of Joseon Ground Rice and Honey Glow Mask

"This is the ground rice and honey glow mask. If you haven't used this before, imagine your favorite clay mask but without the horrible drying down, the tightness, and the way it leaves your skin void of all moisture. There's something here called rice Lees extract which is brightening and helps boost elasticity. It's a fermented ingredient as well, so you get all that kind of better aging benefits. Rice whole powder makes this a really nice gentle exfoliation once it's time to rinse off. You apply a little bit of water and give a very gentle scrub and then rinse away. Honey is nicely soothing and moisturizing. Then you do have kaolin clay in here, so you do get the benefits of absorbing that excess oil and sebum but without stripping your skin of all its natural oils. It easily rinses away as well. You're not left with all these little bits on your face and you're not left rubbing your face with a washcloth trying to get the excess clay off. It's just a nice gentle, more modern version of a clay mask. If you have oily skin or even if you don't have oily skin and you just want an extra dose of moisturization, this is an amazing one to go for."

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89%of gurus approve

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"The Beauty of Joseon Ground Rice and Honey Glow Mask goes on like a clay mask but doesn't dry down like a clay mask. While it does have clay in it, it's not going to dry down once you rinse it away, which is super easy to do. It doesn't stick to your hair or anything like that. Because of the clay in here, it's still able to absorb those oils and excess sebum, but it hasn't dried your skin down, so you're left still with really nice soft, almost like tightened pore-looking skin but with the moisturization and hydration this mask provides. There's rice lees extract in here which they say helps with skin improvement in skin tone, moisturization, and elasticity, and can also lower the temperature of your skin. Rice whole powder and honey gently remove dead skin cells and impurities from the skin, while honey helps moisturize and relieve the skin from skin troubles. It's just a much nicer, easier, hassle-free experience."

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"This is a washoff mask that in my opinion is kind of like a newer updated version of a clay mask so not only does this help remove that excess sebum leading to tighter looking pores but also helps soothe the skin and they had acne prone skin in mind when they made this but for my rosacea this has been really really gentle with rice and honey being the main focus in here. Rice has that brightening effect on the skin that can help even skin tone but it's also full of vitamins B, C, and E kind of like a multivitamin for your skin as well as antioxidants which can help fight free radical damage. You apply this mask on cleansed dry skin. I personally leave this on between 10 to 20 minutes depending on what I'm doing, but that's what I love about this: this mask doesn't dry down, it doesn't crack on your skin, it doesn't dry out your skin so even if you accidentally leave this mask on for like 5 extra minutes it's not going to irritate your skin like a traditional clay mask can do. You can see it's providing hydration and adding that healthy looking glow to my skin."

Biodance Bio Collagen Real Deep Mask

"The collagen really really does plump out your skin. You don't have to keep these on overnight, you can literally keep them on for about 3 hours. What these are good for is if you have an event to go to, if you're going on a night out, you just want to look extra plump, you want your makeup to sit really well, maybe are on a plane. I don't like doing skincare on a plane but this will stop your face from drying out and it dries completely clear. I personally don't like them for my rosacea because they triggered something in it, but everybody else I see knows these and loves these."

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Mists & Essences13 reviews

VT PDRN Essence Stick Balm

"I love this one. It's a stick like Vaseline, but with actual active ingredients. It works great as like almost a minimalist overnight mask if you want to target certain areas and smooth areas down. So you have PDRN in here from Korean ginseng, which basically means it's going to give the same kind of support and look as what PDRN is supposed to do, so elasticity smoothing of the skin. We have ceramides in here to help strengthen moisture barrier. Collagen to give you that plumpness and softness to the skin. Then sunflower seed oil and shea butter, nice light moisturizing. Nothing too suffocating. It's dewy. It's glowy. It melts like instantly on contact. Not greasy, just very soft, almost silky. Great to target all different sorts of finer areas. I've used this on smile lines, under my eyes, great for a little bit of extra attention on really irritated skin or dry skin."

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COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence

"It's lightweight, absorbs super quickly and plays well with almost every skin type. If you got a compromised skin barrier or you're dehydrated or you're just a little bit irritated, this is such a nice product to just use. Cut your skincare routine right down: cleanse, use this, moisturize. It's still a great product and it absolutely still holds up."

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All 4 takes on Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence

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"It's 96% snail secretion filtrate, which does give hydration and slight repairing benefits as well in that unique slimy texture, which people seem to either love or hate. I personally love it. In that snail mucin, you have naturally occurring peptides, glycoproteins, and of course, antioxidants that help support skin barrier, smooth texture, and help with redness too. And of course, hydration long term. COSRX also have added sodium hyaluronate, allantoin, panthenol and arginine for this extra hydration and soothing. It's a really nice product. The downside however is that whilst it's a nice hydrator, it's quite a simple formula which isn't a bad thing, but I found in my experience it's one of those things that you have to keep using it all the time to just feel hydrated. I do find whilst I'm using this, I have to keep topping up my face. It can also feel sticky, which not a lot of people enjoy."

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"Much like the overnight collagen mask from this brand, my skin reacted fairly poorly to these products. There's something about lower molecular weight things that my skin just really doesn't like. My rosacea flares up really quickly to it. These are supposedly meant to provide low irritation, but it just didn't for me unfortunately. But I can see why people would really like these. I just don't."

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"If snail mucin works for you, keep using it. Don't miss out on stuff just because it doesn't work for somebody else."

MISSHA Time Revolution First Treatment Essence

"It had their version of that star ingredient, fermented yeast extract, specifically saccharomyces ferment filtrate, which is also rich in amino acids, vitamins, and minerals that help brighten, hydrate, and support skin turnover. It would just make your skin look so refreshed when you use this consistently, and today it still works. It's still a great product, helping with texture, hydration, prep. It feels like it preps your skin for other actives. But it's no longer the only option. Essences have kind of taken over, and that key ingredient is kind of just a given now. Saccharomyces ferment filtrate or alternatives and usually as effective options are just commonplace in our essences and even toners nowadays. Serums, people are looking for probiotics, peptides, barrier repair in a similar format. And I also feel like people just don't feel like it's an essential anymore."

~Mixed

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Numbuzin No.3 Super Glowing Essence

"This was so hydrating. It was so brightening. It was so soothing in some ways as well. But I'll be honest, I dreaded using this. Absolutely dreaded it, because that smell just lingers. If I use it in the evening, I would get a headache. Like, it's such a strong smell. It's unfortunate. The added fragrance, which is geraniol and citronel, I don't enjoy. I don't like. My skin doesn't like it. I don't enjoy the smell. Yeah, it's very old fashioned. Unfortunately for this, the smell kind of lingers. If you don't mind fragrance, if you don't mind that very old fashioned, almost floral aromatherapy kind of oil smell, you could probably really enjoy this if your skin doesn't mind it. But for me, I just cannot get over the smell."

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Tower 28 SOS Daily Rescue Facial Spray

"This is a game changer for my rosacea. I spray this twice a day. In the morning I literally just spritz it, and in the evening I do the same on dry skin, let this dry down, and then you can go in with your actives. It smells like a swimming pool. I was under the impression that you can't use this with antioxidants, but apparently you can use it as long as you use it first, let it completely dry on your skin, and then you can go in with your antioxidants. Personally, if you're using vitamin C, I would use that in the morning then use this in the evening. It's been calming and soothing on breakouts, irritated skin, rosacea. Whenever I ruin my skin barrier, I mass ordered this."

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Jordan Samuel Skin Hydrate the Mist

"Hydrate the Mist is one of my favorite products of all time. It fits so perfectly into every routine. Jordan Samuel Skin is a brand that I use constantly and consistently. As I enter my mid-30s, this is one of the eye creams I've been using consistently for a couple of years now. What I love about it is it's a performance eye gel, not a cream that you have to stand there doing with your delicate finger for ages. I love a gel moisturizer because it matches that dewy glass skin that I prefer in the rest of my skin. This in particular has green tea extract, which is a great antioxidant. It also has caffeine, which is a very good ingredient for under the eye because it helps circulation under the eye and can work on that thinner delicate skin. And another ingredient is glycerin, which we know is hydrating."

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Then I Met You Giving Essence

"Whenever I use a product from Then I Met You I forget how much I enjoyed using the product, not only that but the good stuff that actually does for my skin. As you would expect with an essence, this contains some fermented ingredients as well as 5% niacinamide, which I would usually find quite irritating for my skin, but it just doesn't do that in this. It almost feels like gentle for my skin. Niacinamide being great for helping to even out skin tone, help reduce sebum production, but it's also just generally a good all-around ingredient for numerous things. The fermented ingredients is galactomyces ferment filtrate, a derivative of fermented sake, not only helping with the overall glow of your skin, brightness of your skin, but it can also help calm acne, help with dark spots, help reduce the appearance of size of pores. It's one of those key ingredients in a traditional essence that was often known for its anti-aging benefits. And then we also have polyglutamic acid. I do prefer glycerin and polyglutamic acid as my humectant to add that hydration to my skin."

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SK-II Facial Treatment Essence

"I love SK-II Treatment Essence. I think it's amazing. It's one of the first essences I ever used and I absolutely loved it. I know it works for me. I have tried alternatives that work absolutely amazing as well, but this brings back memories for me of my first time in Japan, which is my favorite country in the whole world. It costs me £100 and it lasts the whole 12 months that I use it for because it does last a long time, so it's often £100 maximum to £200 a year that I would spend on this, which as a business cost honestly isn't that bad."

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All 2 takes on Facial Treatment Essence

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"The SK-II Facial Treatment Essence is an absolute icon and very, very unnecessary, I'm going to say. The secret ingredient is Pitera, which is a fermented yeast filtrate that's over 90% of the formula and it contains more than 50 micronutrients, amino acids, vitamins and minerals. According to them, what makes Pitera so special is that it regulates your skin's renewal cycle, that process that slows down as we age, leading to dullness, uneven texture, and fine lines. It's hydrating, restoring translucency to the skin. It gives you this very healthy glow. Completely unnecessary. You can buy these kind of ingredients at such a budget price nowadays. But for me this just has memories and I do like it. I believe this is one of those well-aging products that have really stood the test of time and is iconic for a reason."

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Neogen Dermalogy Real Ferment Micro Essence

"I discovered the Neogen Real Ferment Micro Essence with 93% Micro Bioferment Complex. And I was like, this is my favorite one. This is the best one. And that's really because it has that 93% of fermented ingredients, which is what makes essences work. Essences really focused on fermented ingredients and brightening your skin tone and evening the skin tone. And that's what it did. The fermented ingredients, the Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate, focuses on brightening of the skin, it's got anti-aging qualities. It's also soothing, it's moisturizing, it's rich in Amino Acids. This is also the product that really got me into Niacinamide. When my skin was very oily, I would use this alongside Niacinamide and Zinc. And it just controlled my sebum production from going out of control like it used to all the time. I used this daily, twice a day, for years and years. And I really do think it's what kind of balanced my oils and why I still use Niacinamide to this day. And then we have Glycerin, Hyaluronic Acid, all those good things. I've started using this again. I've been using it for two weeks, actually, and a small bottle goes a long way."

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Neoen Real Ferment Micro Essence

"It retook inspiration from the SK-II Petaira essence but brought it to a much wider audience at a much more accessible price point and in my opinion more effective and with a much better ingredient list. We have over 90% bioferments in here like bifida ferment lysate, rice ferment, and saccharomyces. All designed to hydrate and help strengthen your skin barrier. This absorbs so quickly into the skin. Your skin is bouncy, dewy, looks plump and feels plump as well. This is an essence that I happily layer. I would do like a very small little amount, then another one. This was my seven skin method essence. I would layer this up and especially with thinner or kind of drier skin, this just adds that hydration instantly back into your skin. You feel smoother, you feel brighter, you look smoother and brighter. The first time I mentioned this was like five or six years ago and there have been viral products that have come and gone. I think it's been reformulated a couple times, but it still has the same effect and the same amazing results. This is a fundamental step that fits into any routine and just continues to deliver results, which is why it's still around today."

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Mix Soon Bean Essence

"I genuinely love this product. I do think it's really, really nice. I love this product as a hydrating product. I love the fermented ingredients in here for my skin personally, when I have very, very dry skin, I'm going to use this. Especially if I know I'm wearing makeup during the day for whatever reason. I get a lot of texture on the top of my nose here, bit of bean essence over the top there, covers right over it. No texture whatsoever."

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All 6 takes on Bean Essence

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"When it comes to oil cleansers, the Mixsoon Bean Essence is really really nice. I have like bottles and bottles of that because that's always guaranteed to work."

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"It's kind of like an oil pulling product mixed with an essence. So not only can this be used as a daily essence, but it could also be used as an exfoliator one to two times a week. As an essence, you just spread a very light layer on your skin. As an exfoliator you put a slightly thicker layer on, then exfoliate. It's one of those oil pulling things where you'll be massaging your nose and you'll see all those little gritty bits come out of your skin. It's super satisfying. MIXSOON is 100% cruelty free. We have Fermented Bean, Barley, Pomegranate, and Korean Pear. So we've got antioxidants, it's hydrating, it's nourishing. Fermented Bean has been linked to having anti-aging properties. This is really, really good."

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"The Mixsoon Bean Essence has Fermented Soybean in here, which is great for leveling out that oil water balance in your skin, that moisture balance, whilst also helping to retain that hydration and moisture. There's also Pomegranate Extract, which is a great antioxidant, and Pear Juice, which is an amazing antioxidant. We have Saccharomyces Barley Seed Ferment Filtrate as well, which is one of those amazing, kind of brightening, skin barrier friendly, caring, nourishing ingredients that you typically see in a more liquidy essence. So, yes, a real one of its kind type of product."

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"The unique thing about this product is it's a gentle kind of exfoliant they call it an Essence. I have been strictly using this as an Essence for about 3 months now and I love it. Oh my God, the glow that it leaves on your skin is incredible. If you need that extra kind of wrap of moisture and nourishment to your skin, this is incredible. It also really helps with the texture of your skin in general without using it as an exfoliant. We have soybean ferment extract which is supposedly very very good at balancing that oil moisture level and help strengthen the Skin Barrier. We have pear juice which is an antioxidant and pomegranate extract, which is an antioxidant. As is always with Mixsoon, it's a very minimal ingredient list. This is a product unique within itself."

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"This is just one of those amazing two in one, super effective products. You can use this as almost like an exfoliating step, like oil pulling. You put this on your skin and then you gently rub and it basically brings out all these sebaceous filaments and blackheads. But as an essence, it has four fermented ingredients, including soybean, barley, pomegranate and Korean pear, which is going to help brighten your complexion and help with your natural oil moisture balance in the skin. It just feels so nourishing on the skin. It's got almost like an aloe vera type texture, a little bit like a very watery jelly. You have this really nice, non-suffocating, lightweight, breathable film on your skin that just feels so nourishing, especially on those dry areas. It just kind of feels like it absorbs it all, whilst also keeping everything locked in."

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VT PDRN Essence 100

"It's really nice and hydrating. It can help stimulate collagen skin cell regeneration and boost skin elasticity and works like a humectant to plump out fine lines or wrinkles. There's also P. camphene for our barrier, polyglutamic acid, a great humectant that adds this nice radiance and glow, and squalane to help provide moisture and this is said to target rough, dull-looking skin. I have an oily T-zone and dry cheeks and it's been really nice so far. It's a little bit thicker than what you would expect from an essence. You'd use this before you use the sheet mask, so you put this straight on after the rile shot to maximize the benefits. A lot of the reviews and a lot of people who have been using these for months and months say that this is a must-have with the rile shot line. I've been loving the results for my skin texture especially so far."

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SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule

"This is a really nice one to use day in, day out, twice a day. It's always very reasonably priced. 55ML. Your average serum is about 30ML for like the same price. So I always feel like with this brand in particular, you get a real bargain. If you're looking for something for very easily sensitive skin, irritated skin, just want to help heal and refresh and kind of tone down any kind of redness, this is a really nice, simple one to go for."

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Eye Care5 reviews

SKKN Eye Cream

"The eye cream at $75 was a moisturizing eye cream that preserves elasticity while acting to reduce puffiness and fine lines around the eyes. This is the best product in the whole line. I absolutely loved it. Firmness, plumping of fine lines. A good plumping under the eyes just to make your eyes kind of not look so shallow. I absolutely love this one, but still overpriced."

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Dew Forever Eye Mask

"The Dew Forever Eye Mask is an iconic skincare beauty product. It's a reusable eye mask made from medical grade silicone and works like a seal over any eye product. You can use this with any eye cream, but I personally love it in combination with the Oracle product. It helps those eye products absorb more effectively. I apply the eye cream, then place this mask over for about 10 to 15 minutes, but I just leave it on for as long as I possibly can. For me, the longer the better. It's just a great way to lock everything in. A great way to depuff, smooth out, plump a little bit as well. And over time, you do notice your eye area looking a lot smoother and hydrated and brighter overall."

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Skin Rocks Eye Cream

"I'm just going to apply some eye cream, this is the Skin Rocks new eye cream which I'll talk about in a lot more detail in a future video."

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Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum: Ginseng + Retinal

"Beauty of Joseon's Revive Eye Serum Ginseng and Retinal is made to target fine lines that help stimulate collagen and elastin production, can help a little bit of hyperpigmentation, and also includes niacinamide to help with under eye skin tone and texture in general."

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Shiseido Eye Patches

"So this, again, is kind of useless. Again, you've put that sunscreen on, you're ruining that protective layer, that protective film, that the sunscreen is supposed to create."

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Haircare5 reviews

Head and Shoulders Anti-Dandruff Shampoo

"I loved Head and Shoulders and I'll continue to use it, but this is like just modern. It's modern. And this has kind of been designed to be like an all-in-one medicated treatment that targets both dandruff, seborrheic dermatitis. And honestly, it's kind of something that dermatologists have been recommending for years, but kind of like never existed in one bottle until now. Traditionally, if you struggle with dandruff, the advice was to rotate between two shampoos, like a salicylic acid one, and then ketoconazole to address the yeast. It's basically to help exfoliate and reduce the buildup. The problem is two shampoos switching back and forth. It's really annoying. So this formula solves that by bringing it all together in one formulation. You get 1.8% salicylic acid in here to gently exfoliate the scalp, dissolve flakes, and encourage healthy cell turnover. And then you get ketoconazole, one of the most effective ingredients for controlling dandruff at its root cause. But what makes it stand out even more is the addition of these soothing botanicals. When I think of scalp treatments, I always think of those really strong minty ones that hurt your eyes. This just feels nice and almost calming."

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"The shampoo I've used my whole life is Head and Shoulders because it works."

Olaplex No. 3 Hair Perfector

"Olaplex's Number 3 Hair Perfector contained this ingredient, which was obviously a big problem as the hair perfector was a bestseller for the brand, so the idea that it might cause fertility issues was incredibly damaging to the brand's image. Olaplex CEO Ju Wong released a statement saying that lilial was only used in their hair perfector for fragrance purposes at a concentration of 0.0119% and that it wasn't an active or functional ingredient, whereas the ingredient was given to rats in ridiculously large amounts which weren't realistic in the real world. She also pointed out that the study had rats ingest lilial whereas that isn't what humans do, you don't eat your shampoo, you rinse it off."

~Mixed

71%of gurus approve

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"Olaplex No. 3, which is the one that a lot of people say you should be using because it's the most potent, was never designed as the conditioning treatment that everybody's treating it like. They're assuming that Olaplex is a conditioning treatment that will make hair softer and more manageable, but it's only really meant to change the structure of the hair without any sort of coating. You're not supposed to drench your hair in it, put it in a bun, put it in a hat, then sleep with it. I used to work in a salon and Olaplex was a huge part of our bleaching treatments. Depending on the hair type, we'd be like, we're not going to do your hair unless you allow us to use Olaplex, because it can snap, it can break. It was a system, it was part of a process. When people started using No. 3 on their hair when they didn't even have color in their hair or anything like that, I was confused. Treating it like a leave-in conditioner, I don't think that's really how it goes."

Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo

"In 2018 they launched their number three hair perfector number four bond maintenance shampoo and number five bond maintenance conditioner this finally allowed fans of the brand to get the bond building effects of Olaplex without having to go to a salon. When I worked in a salon we were an Olaplex salon we actually would not bleach hair or touch damaged hair without using Olaplex it became a must-have because of how effective these in salon versions were people loved it they were buying it out of the salon."

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K18 Peptide Prep Detox Shampoo

"This is K18 Peptide Prep Detox Shampoo. I love my Head & Shoulders, but this has converted me, I'll be honest. It's a color safe, clarifying shampoo with skincare inspired ingredients, plus micro dosed with the K18 peptide to nourish hair while removing buildup for clean, healthy hair canvas. It has a non-stripping lather which helps to unclog hair follicles while banishing dirt, oils, silicones and things left behind from heavy product buildup. The idea behind this is that there's a polypeptide chain which you find in the innermost layers of your hair, which are responsible for the strength of your hair and the elasticity. And these shampoos help repair any damage that's caused by external aggressors, heat tools. I don't know if the science behind this is rooted in anything, but whatever it does, it makes my hair feel so good. I'm not fussed about hair product at all. But there's something about this K18 that's just so good, that makes it feel like I've had a professional treatment. This makes it feel like I've paid good money to have my hair properly washed."

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CurrentBody LED Hair Regrowth Helmet

"LED therapy, you know, I love it. These are all before and afters showing consistent use of the CurrentBody LED Hair Regrowth Helmet. What you're seeing here is thicker looking hair, less visible thinning, and fuller coverage, which is exactly what this device is designed to target. A lot of hair growth products we see nowadays, serums, oils, shampoos, mostly work on the surface of the scalp, but they don't actually reach the place where the hair growth starts, which is inside the follicle. And that's where devices like this come in. The CurrentBody LED Hair Regrowth Helmet uses red light wavelengths between 620 and 660 nanometers, which are the ranges most commonly studied for hair growth support. That light penetrates deeper into the scalp and stimulates the cells."

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Retinoids5 reviews

Dermatica Retinoid

"I started using the Dermatica retinoid maybe 3 months ago. This is a prescription strength retinoid and the only topical proven to actually reverse signs of aging in the skin, increasing cell turnover, smoothing texture, fading pigmentation, and stimulates new collagen production. But it's not an overnight transformation. Results aren't that fast. I'm peeling in a good way. I think I'm seeing a lot of less texture on my nose and forehead, but the changes are very subtle for now. Tretinoin is like a long game. You don't really notice how much is done until like one day you look at yourself in the mirror and you're like, oh, okay, wow. Whilst tretinoin is incredible for resurfacing, you still need to hydrate. You need supportive products around it too. It doesn't hydrate, it doesn't calm, it definitely doesn't replace barrier care."

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Paula's Choice CLINICAL 1% Retinol Treatment

"They actually launched a lot of their more popular products including their Clinical 1% Retinol Treatment. However, prices were significantly increased after the investment and Paula's Choice kind of started to lose their reputation of being well priced for the amazing formula you were getting."

~Mixed

70%of gurus approve

Drunk Elephant A-Passioni Retinol Cream

"It's a very strong retinol. Only use it if you are a pro."

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Glow Recipe Blackberry Retinol Blemish Serum

"I had literally just picked at my skin and within a week I started to see my post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation fading. Being able to use this once a day in the evening daily as somebody with very easily triggered rosacea, this has been amazing. I'm very happy that I'm able to use this with no issues whatsoever."

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COSRX Retinol 0.1%

"The COSRX Retinol 0.1% I used solidly for about three months before they launched it, and I really, really enjoyed it. As someone with very easily irritated skin, this was amazing. I think also because of the Panthenol, it kind of really helped soothe my skin. Their product description says 'Low irritation with 0.1% pure Retinol', which is kind of rare to see in K-beauty. They say 'An irritation reduced solution created with the optimal ratio of key ingredients for first time Retinol users.' Which I think is perfect because a lot of people who are into Korean skincare often move to Korean skincare because they have very sensitive skin and the majority of K-beauty takes a gentler approach to a lot of their actives. So having a Retinol that is actually really good for first time users from a K-beauty brand that is actually huge in the rest of the world, I think it's a really good one to go for if you're new to Retinol."

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Supplements5 reviews

Medicube PDRN Pink Collagen Capsule Cream

"They say despite its rich nature, the texture is lightweight and non-comedogenic. Absorbing easy without heaviness, making it suitable for all skin types, resulting in skin that feels firmer, looks brighter and glows with a hydrated glass skin-like finish. But I find a lot of their products to be quite average, including this one. Whilst it's not like leaving a film on the skin, it feels a little bit sticky on me. I think the gel cream part of it dries down a little bit too quickly for me and it kind of reminds me of an old fashioned gel cream that I would use as a teenager. I think this is nice in summer, warmer months. But for my dry bits I do feel like I need just that little bit extra. It's okay, but it's not bad."

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VT Collagen RLE Shot

"They launched the RLE Shot which is essentially a micro needling inspired essence serum that gives you like this postfacial glow without the downtime of a facial and allows your active ingredients to penetrate the skin better. It's like a skincare primer."

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"Collagen is a very good humectant so it does hold that hydration close to the skin helping to plump out fine lines temporarily and can possibly help with elastin maybe potentially, but I also find that the RLE Shot has massively helped with my skin texture. It's gently exfoliating, it makes the skin look very very smooth. I feel like RLE Shot is something I can't live without now."

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Paula's Choice Pro Collagen Peptide Plumping Moisturizer

"Paula's Choice Pro Collagen Peptide Plumping Moisturizer's campaign is a good example of how the brand is changing. What people loved about Paula's Choice is that it's all of the science and none of the fluff, and this is a very very fluffy campaign. It's not Paula's Choice. The success is now fueled more by their TikTok virality and Unilever's huge marketing budget rather than the trust and honesty that the brand was built on."

~Mixed

77%of gurus approve

Medicube Collagen Jelly Cream

"When I use this pink collagen cream, I was meant to be going to an event. I did go. I wore a lot of makeup, but my skin was hot. It was raining, it was cold. Hydrolyzed collagen always seems to be a guaranteed for me to flare up my rosacea. When it does flare up, my rosacea flares up to the point where it burns and is almost painful. I can guarantee you hydrolyzed nano collagen hyaluronic acid is on that ingredient list. It's the only consistent thing. I'm so disappointed. I didn't like these products."

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Anua PDRN Hyaluronic Acid Capsule 100 Serum

"It does leave this kind of slip on your skin that honestly I don't mind at all. It's not oily or thick or anything. It's just like a nice kind of feel, it feels like it's locking everything in. We also have glutathione in here which is a brightening antioxidant as well as turmeric eggplant extract and basil, holy basil or something which apparently calms the skin. All I know is that this is one of my favorite hydrating products. I've been using this purely after a toner before a treatment serum just to give my skin that extra hydration and I love it. It's got that stringiness and it feels thick but light at the same time, and I feel like this gives me the satisfaction of that quench that I'm always looking for."

✓Approved

81%of gurus approve

All 7 takes on PDRN Hyaluronic Acid Capsule 100 Serum

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"Like Anua's PDRN Hyaluronic Acid Capsule 100 Serum, which I do love but unfortunately they platformed transphobe very recently and for me and my morals I don't want to support them anymore."

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"This is packed with PDRN, collagen and 11 types of hyaluronic acid. It's that typical glass skin hydration. Not just because it makes you glow, but this serum covers that checklist of what glass skin actually is. Healthy glow from within, not just a shiny layer over your skin. PDRN stands for poly deoxyribonucleotide. It's a DNA based compound typically extracted from salmon sperm. It's actually a highly purified ingredient and used widely in regenerative medicine. PDRN tells your skin to behave like it did like five years ago. It helps repair damaged skin, boost hydration and help stimulate cell turnover. So it's really useful for people dealing with sensitivity, fine lines or post inflammatory marks."

SALMON SPERM IN SKINCARE?! Why Everyone's Obsessed With PDRN

"I layer this up like, so I'll do one layer all over and then I'll drip it just a little bit extra where I'm super dry or where I feel a little bit more dehydrated, maybe where I have more skin texture, on the cheeks and this little area of my forehead. I wake up and my skin just feels hydrated, calm and a little bit more plumper than usual. What I like about this serum as well is just how well it plays with other actives. Whether you're using retinoids, exfoliants, vitamin C, this will just slot happily into your routine, keeping your barrier happy alongside that. I've been using this for about three weeks now and really enjoying it. I do layer it into my tret routine, and I've had minimal, minimal, minimal peeling with no dryness. If you've been curious about PDRN but didn't want to commit to a clinic appointment or injectable treatment, this is a nice place to start. Is it the same thing? No, it's not. But it still has amazing topical benefits. Anua's PDRN Hyaluronic Acid Capsule 100 Serum gives you barrier care, hydration, and regeneration as well."

SALMON SPERM IN SKINCARE?! Why Everyone's Obsessed With PDRN

"What I like about this serum is just how well it plays with other actives. So whether you're using retinoids, I just started tret maybe like a month ago now, exfoliants, vitamin C, this will just slot happily into your routine, keeping your barrier happy alongside that. I wake up and my skin just feels hydrated, calm and a little bit more plumper than usual. I've had minimal, minimal, minimal peeling. No dryness. If you've been curious about PDRN but didn't want to commit to a clinic appointment or injectable treatment, this is a nice place to start. It's not the same thing as an injectable, but it still has amazing topical benefits. Anua's PDRN Hyaluronic Acid Capsule 100 Serum gives you barrier care, hydration, and regeneration as well, all without irritating your skin. It is Korea's number one serum for a reason."

SALMON SPERM IN SKINCARE?! Why Everyone's Obsessed With PDRN

"If you've been curious about PDRN but didn't want to commit to a clinic appointment or injectable treatment, this is a nice place to start. It's not the same thing, but it still has amazing topical benefits. Anua's PDRN Hyaluronic Acid Capsule 100 Serum gives you barrier care, hydration, and regeneration as well, all without irritating your skin. It is Korea's number one serum for a reason."

SALMON SPERM IN SKINCARE?! Why Everyone's Obsessed With PDRN

"If you've been curious about PDRN, but didn't want to commit to a clinic appointment or injectable treatment, this is a nice place to start. Is it the same thing? No, it's not. But it still has amazing topical benefits. Anua's PDRN Hyaluronic Acid Capsule 100 Serum gives you barrier care, hydration, and regeneration as well, all without irritating your skin. It is Korea's number one serum for a reason."

Acne3 reviews

The Ordinary Salicylic Acid 2% Solution

"When I woke up for work the next morning and I looked in the mirror, I wondered what was all over my face. My initial reaction was that it was loads of spots. It kind of looked like I had 100 whiteheads on my face. I touched my chin and that's when something popped and I realized that they were blisters. All this clear and yellow liquid came out. It was horrible. It felt like a throbbing pain on my face. It was burning and sore to touch, my forehead was where it hurt the most, as that was the deepest burn. The packaging only warned about stopping use in case of persistent irritation and that the product could increase the skin's sensitivity to the sun."

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75%of gurus approve

All 2 takes on Salicylic Acid 2% Solution

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"If you're thinking of using The Ordinary Salicylic Acid 2% Solution because it was recommended to you, maybe don't. Lots of people in the reviews for this particular product say that they've used this product for months or years with no problems, but then all of a sudden they had issues with it in 2024. So they're wondering if the formula has changed potentially."

AXIS-Y Spot the Difference Blemish Treatment

"The Spot the Difference blemish treatment is obviously to help fight against blemishes and honestly looking at the ingredients, breakouts as well if you're breakout prone. We have four-terpineol which is the main active ingredient found in tea tree, which I personally love for breakouts and my rosacea as well, not in its purest form but formulated into product, as well as antioxidant properties it helps with breakouts. So we have an AHA and BHA in here as well, gentle enough to help exfoliate on a daily basis, fighting whiteheads, blackheads, texture, and sebaceous filaments, and then niacinamide as well if you're particularly oily, that's going to help with that excess sebum production and in turn can help your pores look much smaller, appear much smaller. It smells very tea tree."

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73%of gurus approve

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

"This is the Dr.G R.E.D Blemish Clear Soothing Cream. I bought this when I went to Korea last year and used it all up and absolutely loved it. If you have acne, if you have like painful wounds on your skin, if you've picked your spots a lot or maybe your acne does get a little bit irritated, rosacea, easy irritated skin, this is an amazing moisturizer to go for. It's a Centella asiatica kind of base moisturizer and it contains like pretty much all the Centella plant so you get all your types of Centella asiatica. It's great for things like irritated skin, blemishes, and especially if you're prone to breakouts this is great throughout the whole process of a breakout. It helps with irritated skin, it helps calm irritated skin and redness, helps with the skin barrier, and after it helps fade those post acne, post breakout marks. It has ingredients like glycerin, niacinamide, Centella asiatica. It really works on everything from your sebum to your skin barrier to the redness."

✓Approved

77%of gurus approve

All 2 takes on R.E.D Blemish Clear Soothing Cream

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"I don't have a substantial quote to provide. The transcript window discusses multiple products from a gift set but does not contain any reviewer commentary about Dr. G R.E.D Blemish Clear Soothing Cream. The reviewer mentions 'Dr G's a black snail cream' in a list of products included in the box, but provides no substantive take on it, no description of how it works, personal experience, results, or caveats. To extract a faithful quote about this product, I would need a transcript section where the reviewer actually discusses it."

Eye Makeup3 reviews

Rodan and Fields Lash Boost

"Lash Boost is a serum that claims to give you longer looking lashes in four weeks. The lawsuits are basically based on the accusation that Lash Boost contained an ingredient called isopropyl cloprostinate, which poses potentially really harmful risks, that the brand failed to adequately disclose. The plaintiffs argue that the ingredient functions like a drug, working very similarly to prescription lash growth serums, and therefore needs to meet the appropriate FDA regulations, which they say it currently does not. The lawsuit goes on to claim that Rodan and Fields was deceptive in its marketing of the product, saying it was a cosmetic, and that the company failed to adequately warn consumers of the potential side effects such as eye irritation, eyelid drooping, and even potentially changing the colors of your iris."

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53%of gurus approve

Glossier Boy Brow

"Products like the Milky Jelly Cleanser, Boy Brow, the Cloud Paint became instant hits upon release, cementing Glossier's reputation as the beauty brand for a new generation of beauty enthusiasts."

✓Approved

90%of gurus approve

All 2 takes on Boy Brow

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"Products like the Milky Jelly Cleanser, Boy Brow, the Cloud Paint became instant hits upon release, cementing Glossier's reputation as the beauty brand for a new generation of beauty enthusiasts."

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"Boy Brow, the eyebrow pomade that was released in late 2015 and quickly became a cult favourite and one of their most popular products to date. It caught the trend that has just started, which is all about having like really nice, big, fluffy, natural brows."

Urban Decay Naked Palette

"The Naked palettes, right, used to be an icon. I don't know if people use them anymore."

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74%of gurus approve

Foundation3 reviews

Clarins Double Serum Foundation

"A very expensive mistake right here. I use this product exclusively for a week and my skin got much worse. It has this really interesting dial at the side where you can twist it depending on how much coverage you want, but this makes no difference whatsoever. The same amount comes out every single time. The finish is just the greasiest thing I've ever used. At first it goes on nice but literally less than an hour later, my dry cheeks were oily, looked greasy. After a week straight of using this every single day, I was breaking out like crazy. My skin felt more congested and I was getting those like almost like a rash rashy little spot. I love that idea. Like if they can get the dosage right and actually make that dial work, this could be really, really good. For me, really nice concept, very poor execution, unfortunately."

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60%of gurus approve

Dr Jart BB cream

"The launch of the BB cream by Dr. Jart marked the beginning of K Beauty's rising popularity in the West. It was like a skincare hybrid makeup foundation sunscreen that no one had ever really seen before meets a moisturizer. This kind of innovation really propelled Korean sunscreen to the top. In the West whenever you thought of sunscreen, you thought of thick, sunscreeny smelling, greasy, white, chalky sunscreens. But what K Beauty managed to successfully do was transform something that was so nasty for people to use into something lightweight, cosmetically elegant and effective and pleasant to use and something people wanted to use on a daily basis."

✓Approved

84%of gurus approve

Il Makiage Foundation

"This is very, very clearly filtered, which is annoying because this brand, if it is Il Makiage, they kind of pride themselves on matching the perfect shade and having this amazing coverage that of course, everyone's going, oh, it's perfect. So this is just lying. It's lying about the quality of their product, the results of their product."

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62%of gurus approve

Fragrance3 reviews

Caudalie Grape Water

"I love water in a can. Give me mist in a can. I love it. It's not hyped whatsoever, but in my opinion, it's far more effective for doing what people want in a face mist: hydration and soothing. You have that organic grape water in here, which is naturally rich in minerals, antioxidants, and Caudalie also say prebiotics to support the skin's microbiome. Their own clinical studies show apparently it can reduce skin sensitivity by 61% and boost hydration by over 120%. Unlike other elixirs, there's no alcohol, no fragrance in here, and no volatile oils, just a calming, refreshing mist that actually strengthens the skin instead of potentially irritating it. When it comes to prepping or setting makeup, there's nothing that makes it inferior in any way to other products. The Grape Water does the same job of refreshing the skin and providing a base for makeup without all those unnecessary irritating ingredients."

✓Approved

72%of gurus approve

Clinique Clinique

"Even Clinique, though still a bestseller in department stores, mainly because people of that generation are the people who shop in department stores, has struggled to capture the TikTok generation. Its classic three-step system of cleanse, exfoliate, moisturize feels really rigid and kind of outdated nowadays compared to more flexible, customizable routines. The clarifying lotion, which is basically an astringent, has gone from revolutionary to kind of infamous to be honest with you."

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55%of gurus approve

All 2 takes on Clinique

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"At Clinique who she was working for at the time Clinique terrible for your brand wrinkles in her 30s"

Sephora Sephora

"Sephora, they're not just a retailer, they're pretty much like a cultural phenomenon. Traackr highlighted Sephora's incredible VIT Score, driven by their creative collaborations, celebrity partnerships, they work with TikTokers, constantly established YouTubers and even Hollywood celebrities to keep their visibility like sky high."

✓Approved

77%of gurus approve

Powder & Setting3 reviews

E.l.f Power Grip Primer

"There's been the Poreless Putty Primer, the Halo Glow Liquid Filter, the Power Grip Primer, the Camo Liquid Blush."

✓Approved

77%of gurus approve

E.l.f Poreless Putty Primer

"The Poreless Putty Primer is considered a dupe of Tatcha's Silk Canvas."

✓Approved

81%of gurus approve

Super Goop Resetting Mineral Powder

"You just aren't getting the right coverage. I honestly feel like they're kind of useless in general as a sunscreen product. You shouldn't rely on this as your main sunscreen or even as a reapplication sunscreen unless you want to look like a powdery mess. It's just never going to be good enough coverage."

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68%of gurus approve

Blush & Bronzer2 reviews

E.l.f Camo Liquid Blush

"The Camo Liquid Blush is one of E.l.f's viral and iconic products."

✓Approved

79%of gurus approve

Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Blush

"Rare Beauty has mastered the art of inclusivity, not just in their messaging, but in their product formulations too. The Soft Pinch Liquid Blush is still taking over TikTok to this day."

✓Approved

78%of gurus approve

Concealer2 reviews

Dr. Jart+ Cicapair Tiger Grass Color Correcting Treatment

"It has a beige tint to it that kind of blends into skin and neutralizes that redness, great for rosacea and acne scarring. I think it's zinc, so if you can't wear a mineral sunscreen without it going white on you, you might want to patch test this before you use it. It doesn't match your skin tone like TikTokers say it does, it just goes like a natural skin color. It's thick, so it's not for everyone, and it's a little bit grippy as well. If I want to use this because it does look nice on the skin, my issue is I use it on my cheeks where I am dry and my forehead as well, so I have to prep my skin very differently. I have to hydrate well, I usually have to do like a sheet mask or toner pads on my cheeks for extra hydration, and make sure I use a slightly thicker moisturizer just on my cheeks. There is a lot of prep, but it's a nice product. If you're oily, I think you'll love this."

✓Approved

86%of gurus approve

Kosas Revealer Concealer

"Kosas best selling Revealer Concealer came under fire for growing mold and smelling like crusty feet, according to some. In response to the allegations, the brand directed customers and members of the press to a product FAQ section of its website, saying on social media, 'We use safe effective preservatives and antimicrobial stabilizers which prevent against mold, yeast and percentage and pathogens.' This is a very good example of an expensive product that went moldy very quickly because of its chosen preservative system."

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71%of gurus approve

Tools2 reviews

Dr. Dennis Gross DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro

"I feel like Dr. Dennis Gross has more of a trust behind it when it comes to clinical effects on the skin versus a drugstore brand like Neutrogena. And I do think that slowly changed the way people feel about LED therapy and LED light therapy at home, which is effective as long as you use it daily."

✓Approved

78%of gurus approve

Cure Micro Infusion System

"Cure's micro infusion system is everything I thought dermarolling was but isn't. It's safer. It's smarter genuinely, and so much more effective because it actually works the way it's supposed to. I've been using it for over a year now. I have seen results. Measurable improvements. Smoother texture, plumper skin and just a nicer tone to my skin as well. Using this once every 2 weeks, you can just see the difference that this system can make. It doesn't hurt. It feels more like tiny static on the skin. You take the device, you fill it up with your serum, with one of the Sonterra disposable heads and you just follow this very precise routine of stamping this product over your skin. It takes about 5 minutes to do. It's really really easy to do and you're going to see your face get pretty red, but that disappears so so quickly and the next day you are left glowing. It basically uses 24 karat goldplated micro needles to deliver that serum that you pour in directly into the skin for better absorption."

✓Approved

76%of gurus approve

All 2 takes on Micro Infusion System

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"The needle head is a single use needle head reducing the risk of infections and unlike rolling which can actually cause unnecessary damage and trauma for the skin, stamping doesn't over damage the skin and minimizes that risk of irritation. It's a more uniformed delivery too. As of filming this video I would have been using this for actually four or five weeks and I love it so far. I'm at that age now when it comes to skincare where I'm like okay but what's next, what's next for my skin, what are those extra little things I can be doing at home to take my skin to the next level and Cure's micro infusion system seems to be that answer. My only regret is I wish I had used it sooner."

Body & Tan1 review

Wild Deodorant

"Wild is this cool, eco friendly deodorant brand that focuses on refillable plastic free personal care products."

~Mixed

72%of gurus approve

Procedures1 review

Botox Botox

"As somebody who's had Botox and filler for about 7 years now on and off, I instantly knew I was in good hands after an in consultation with Dr Ahmed."

✓Approved

67%of gurus approve

All 7 takes on Botox

Beyond Botched - Botox And Filler Made Her Nose FALL OFF - When Beauty Turns Ugly

"I used to get Botox in my forehead. I want it redone. It can get quite addictive once you like the results."

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"I first started getting Botox in my late thirties and never had any issues. I was absolutely fine with the procedures, saying that it took years off my face. I loved it. I kept up with the Botox for over a decade and was happy with the results."

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"As somebody who's had Botox and filler for about 7 years now on and off, I instantly knew I was in good hands after an in consultation with Dr Ahmed."

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"Botox, which is the brand name for Botulinum Toxin, a neurotoxin. It's a literal toxin that she's injecting into her armpits. Usually this is a procedure for people with excessive sweating, not people who just don't want to use deodorant purely because of the fact that it's actually really expensive. You do need a fair bit of Botox to cover your whole armpit."

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"As somebody who does get regularish Botox and filler, maybe once or twice a year, there is always a bit of me that's like, what can I do next? What else can I have done? I never go that far."

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"Botox is used to treat fine lines and wrinkles. It literally paralyzes your muscles to stop them moving, creating further lines and wrinkles, and it just helps even everything out. Botox is a well studied, regularly used toxin that when injected in small doses, is perfectly safe. If you want that look of no wrinkles, no fine lines, that anti-aging look, you can get Botox and risk the very extremely rare and minimal risk complication."

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"Would you rather, honestly, honestly have Botox and risk the very extremely rare and minimal risk complication. Or would you rather not smile for 40 years? Come on, like, be honest."

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