Nipun Kapur, skincare consultant: 395 products reviewed

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All 395 products Nipun Kapur has reviewed, grouped by product type. Click a product to see the full guru consensus.

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Serums106 reviews

"Medicube is something that can give you a lot of nourishment. It can give hydrate and moisturize your skin well. But if you're looking at the true magic of PDRN, and you will not know the magic of PDRN unless you have used a high quality product, Medicube is really a 5 on 10. From an anti-aging perspective, it is really a 5 on 10."

~Mixed

67%Guru Score

Anua PDRN Hyaluronic Acid 100 Moisturizing Cream

"The Anua cream is something I have used. It's a great moisturization. It's a great cream from a moisturization perspective. I believe the way it is formulated, it can be used by all skin types, normal, dry, combination, literally everyone can use it. But again, it is just going to moisturize your skin. And the story ends there."

~Mixed

68%Guru Score

Frankly PDRN Bounce Ball Serum

"So this is the second product that I am kind of just keeping away"

✕Nay

77%Guru Score

The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%

"However the original formula is the original best seller. More than half the people get irritation from it. So that is something I don't recommend."

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✕Nay

70%Guru Score

The Ordinary Lactic Acid 10% + Hyaluronic Acid

"You can get a similar impact with the ordinary 10% lactic acid."

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✓Yay

88%Guru Score

The Ordinary Multi-Peptide + Hyaluronic Acid Serum

"If you genuinely want a high quality product combination of peptides and growth factors I will always recommend the ordinary because this is yes an affordable product."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals P-TIOX Wrinkle Modulating Peptide Cream

"This is the only product which has broken my loyalty from the ordinary R line. The ordinary R line matrical is my signature combo back since 2022."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

The INKEY List Exosome Hydroglow Complex Serum

"The first product that I used is the exosome serum by exosome hydro complex by Inkey List."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Anua PDRN Hyaluronic Acid Capsule 100 Serum

"This is a miracle product. Because this just gives you hydration. And it is not at all like it gets into your skin. No cast nothing you hyaluronic acid and PDRN. You should use it on damp skin. It is absolutely fabulous"

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

RoC Derm Correction Firming Serum Stick

"There is this product that finally finally now is available in the UAE, the RoC firming stick. I have been using it for a few weeks. I have not seen any major changes as yet but I do like using it because on the neck I don't apply tretinoin."

~Mixed

77%Guru Score

The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension 10%

"This is a mild exfoliating serum but that kind of exfoliation is not like lactic glycolic [mandelic]. You can use it in the morning very comfortably. You can use it seven days a week. It is mild, mild, mild."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

The Ordinary Mandelic Acid 10% + HA

"And that is Mandelic Acid. Acid serum comes in The Ordinary with 10% concentration. It is a really really good serum. That is what you are going to use in your skincare routine once and twice a week at night."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Caudalie Vinoperfect Brightening Dark Spot Serum

"I think it is an absolutely fabulous product... And which is why it is always in my skin care closet. It for emergencies like this. And this is a product I highly recommend."

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

Remedy Healthy Aging Serum

"When I was testing this product and I used it for a good three weeks, I never stopped using my peptides. I was using this alongside and I absolutely loved the results. This product has retinol and retinol. So, this is not a beginner friendly formula. This is great if you have used maybe a mild retinol 0.1, 0.2, something like that, and you want to really level up. This is a level up formula. I love the fact that it has a variety of ingredients. Glycolic acid works to help the other products penetrate better. You've got your [niacinamide], ceramides, hydrating [niacinamide] that is brightening, you've got your peptides, you've got a combination of retinol, retinol, fabulous. If you are currently using a 0.2 to 0.3, you really want to level up, get this. Don't leave your peptides. Use your peptides along with this and I promise you, you'll not be disappointed. This is something I am now recommending to my clients who are in North America, Canada, as basically a remedy for pore size."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Prequel Multi-Quench Plumping Hydration Serum

"This is the Multi-Quench. It has polyglutamic acid. It gives you 48-hour hydration. It has glycerin. It has ecotin. The reason I bought this product is because of ecotin because I think ecotin is a really nice skin-loving, barrier-loving ingredient. Does it plump your skin? No. Does it hydrate your skin? Yes. Is it a must-have? No. I'm going to use it, finish it, and I'm not going to repurchase it. But if you're someone who uses hyaluronic acid, like a basic hyaluronic acid, then this is a much more superior formula. If you like hyaluronic acid, then you can obviously think about getting this product. It's a good, superior kind of product. I like it."

~Mixed

63%Guru Score

Remedy Clear Serum

"This can really help calm and soothe acne prone skin and can reduce the amount of acne you're getting. This is my claim coming from three clients who have used this product who are all three acne prone, one of them has a lot of acne. The brand says it's for pore size which is true but I think this also works really well on acne prone skin. So I give this an 8 out of 10. And if you've ever heard my ratings before you know an 8 out of 10 is creme de la creme, the best of the best."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Dr. Idriss Deep Puffer Roll-On Serum

"If you're going through menopause, perimenopause, you should get it. If you are someone who has really sensitive skin, rosacea-prone skin, right, you're always inflamed, then this is going to be a great great product for you. This is something I do recommend, but its use case is going to be specific. It's not for everyone, but the ones who really need it are going to fall in love with it. I would rate this product in terms of menopause, perimenopause, those kinds of things, eight on 10."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

The INKEY List Tranexamic Acid Night Treatment

"This is a product that is really really good and it's extremely beginner friendly."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Minimalist Tranexamic Acid 3% Serum

"Most of the people who are watching me or who use tranexamic acid as a part of my melasma routine are using the Minimalist tranexamic acid."

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✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Murad Rapid Dark Spot Correcting Serum

"This is a product that works beautifully on sun damage PIH melasma everything in very amazing way"

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✓Yay

68%Guru Score

K-Secret Soul 1988 Liposomal Serum

"This is a really really good formula. Definitely as a retinol it is fabulous. A lot of the retinols I am going talk to you about today. I was actually testing them out last year. And to be honest using retinol consistently I haven't missed my tretinoin at all."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Hyphen Advanced Depigmentation Serum

"The product tends to oxidize. You can see it's turned into this yellow brown kind of a thing. This product goes bad so fast that I cannot tell you. I tried this product on my arms and certain places where I had acne marks last year for two weeks. When I wanted to reuse it, it had already gone bad. I think this needs to be reformulated and my results in the first two weeks were not impressive honestly on this area because I felt the product was too strong and it was kind of irritating. Despite being an airless pump, it got completely discolored. So again, this is a product I do not recommend."

✕Nay

69%Guru Score

The Ordinary Multi-Peptide + Copper Peptides 1% Serum

"Your favorite copper peptide is the Ordinary one which has 1%. It can be a little irritating."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

The Ordinary Multi-Antioxidant Radiance Serum with Vitamin C & Ginseng

"This serum is kind of special for a few select people and you will know if you are that person if you watch this video right to the end"

~Mixed

71%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel with Hyaluronic Acid

"It is a product I have recommended over and over again in the last four years it has to be the Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel Cream."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

COSRX Oil-Free Ultra Moisturizing Lotion

"Besides that a very old classic Cosrx Oil Free Ultra Moisturizing Lotion which has birch sap in it. Birch sap is basically a natural form it works like salicylic acid."

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✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Equalberry Bakuchiol Plumping Serum

"I fell in love with that product. In fact I was using it at a point in time jab meri skin bhi thodi irritated thi and I just thought ki let me test it. No irritation ulta the ceramides the little peptide the light little vitamin C really brighten by skin."

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✓Yay

75%Guru Score

d'Alba White Truffle Double Serum & Cream

"This moisturizer this is the double moisture cream I am 100% going to repurchase it because I squeezed it out and I love it."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Topology Peptide Complex 10% Wrinkle Defense Serum

"If you like the Ordinary Arginine Solution experience, I would highly highly recommend the product from Topology. This is the Topology Peptide 10% Complex and it obviously has the same amount of arginine, so 10% arginine as a solution. This one is a little thicker, so the Ordinary one is almost like water, in fact you have to literally take it on the palm of your hand and then apply it all over your face because it's like water. This one is a little thicker, a little more viscous, a little more hydrating and gives you a little better results than the Ordinary product. This product is easily available if you're living in United States, UK, Canada. If you're in the United Arab Emirates or if you're in the GCC countries you can try and order it via Amazon Global Shipping, but it's very easy to get this product. This is another very very high quality arginine solution."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

The Ordinary Resveratrol 3% + Ferulic Acid 3%

"If you have normal to dry skin, try Resveratrol by The Ordinary. It is an anhydrous solution, oil based, it is absolutely beautiful, protects your skin, works on pigmentation, it is also going to help refine your fine lines and wrinkles. It is an absolutely beautiful formula."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Pomegranate Peptide Firming Serum

"This is a very mild serum, mild, non-irritating and hydrating. The Glow Recipe Pomegranate Peptide is so beautiful. Skin normal to dry, sensitive, they are going to absolutely love it. It is one kind of copper peptide within two weeks you will see some great results."

✓Yay

64%Guru Score

Amino Copper Peptide Serum

"I did not like it primarily because of the strong fragrance. The brand has reformulated it so I got the new variant fragrance, so I would still say stay away from Amino because fragrance is strong. While the formula is gentle, while the formula is good, because of the strong fragrance, unfortunately, I have to say stay away."

✕Nay

70%Guru Score

Mad About Skin Skin Perfecting Peptide Serum

"Really really good formula, beginner friendly formula, affordable price product... I had to feature the Mad About Skin Skin perfecting serum"

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✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Derma E Ultra Lift DMAE Serum

"The formula was very good... but I just felt that the impact I was getting from other copper peptide serums was not this amazing"

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

BioEffect EGF Serum

"I have tested it out back in 2022 at that time I was not really consistent with it and I didn't really feel much difference in terms of hydration it felt a little bit effective"

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~Mixed

62%Guru Score

VT Reedle Shot 100 Collagen

"The first one is what I really, really enjoyed, and this is the one that I've almost finished as well: the VT Reedle Shot 100 Collagen. In addition to niacinamide, you obviously have hyaluronic acid and you have collagen, which is generally a very moisturizing and a very nourishing ingredient. This is a serum infused version, same technology as the needle. But I will put stuff on, best use to use it with my retinol, because this has collagen, this has niacinamide, retinol and peptides. Obviously I use my peptides first, retinol later, the penetration is next level, the skin is absolutely amazing."

✓Yay

59%Guru Score

The INKEY List Redness Relief Super Solutions 10% Azelaic Acid

"Inkey List Azelaic Acid Suspension is amazing"

✓Yay

91%Guru Score

The Ordinary Alpha Arbutin 2% + Hyaluronic Acid

"I do like the one by Ordinary alpha arbutin 2%"

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✓Yay

79%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Pure Niacinamide 10 Serum

"The one niacinamide that I recommend to everyone which has given us really really good results is the La Roche Posay niacinamide B3"

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado

"The Kiehl's formula is absolute fabulous and this has a pure form of vitamin C, this is a product that really really works on dark circles beautifully"

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Glow Deep Serum: Propolis + Niacinamide

"The glow serum which is niacinamide and propolis is for anyone who has normal to combination skin. It's gentle and if you're not looking for anything that's 5% or 10%, you know, use this one. The Deep Glow is a product that I have recommended since I've put it up in my recommendations here because this is rice and arbutin. You get all the benefits, you get rice. This is a brightening serum, a single ingredient serum. If you have any kind of pigmentation, then this product is for you."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Calming Serum: Green Tea + Panthenol

"The calming serum, the green one, is basically for someone who has sensitive skin or skin that is acne prone. It has panthenol, which is a skin scaling and skin soothing ingredient, and it's completely water based. So even if you have active acne, you've got acne prone skin, general sensitive skin, you've got rosacea, eczema prone skin, this green one works."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

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

"My number one recommendation, which has been my recommendation since the month of May, is the niacinamide and transacid serum. 10% niacinamide plus transacid. This will take time to work but this works beautifully. With transacid individually, whether you're using it from other brands, pure transacid, dryness and irritation with this product I've heard of no such things. I think it is such a beautiful product. So even if you're struggling with melasma or pigmentation or any of these acne mark related situations, 100% use this. And then you can use your retinol, you can use whatever else. This is a serum that is worth integrating. It is absolutely fabulous."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Dr. Dennis Gross DermInfusions Fill + Repair Serum

"This has a little bit of a floral fragrance to it. If you can get something else, not because it's a bad product, it's a good product, but if you've got slightly mature skin, this is not the product that I recommend for you. If your skin is normal, normal to combination, or oily, this is not a product that I recommend for you. If you use it consistently and after two weeks of consistent use, the only difference I felt on my skin was the skin felt smooth and hydrated. Fine lines and wrinkles with this one, and that is because the ingredient story is just going to give you hydration with a little bit of peptides, but it doesn't work on your fine lines and wrinkles."

✕Nay

68%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant Virgin Marula Luxury Facial Oil

"The marala oil by drunk elephant has been duped by ordinary and ordinary initial years back in like 2018"

✓Yay

59%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum

"When it comes to Drunk Elephant, they put a lot of effort in every serum, right, whether it's their glycolic or their lactic, they'll always add something extra in it. And when it comes to the B-Hydra, what I like about the serum is that it has different molecular weights of hyaluronic acid. This becomes almost like a super serum, it becomes almost like a moisturizer. It's a little thick and it's a beautiful serum, especially for you know who need that little extra hydration all the time. The Drunk Elephant B-Hydra is amazing."

✓Yay

60%Guru Score

The Ordinary Virgin Marula Oil

"If you are someone who wants to use marula oil and you don't want to spend like 5,000 bucks on it you can definitely get The Ordinary Marula Oil it is a cold pressed formula it is fabulous"

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops

"The Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops, which is basically their 3-4% niacinamide serum, is a best seller to date. You can use it as a primer, you can use it as a niacinamide serum. You can use this one. This basically works in multiple ways, and honestly, why because I just some days I just want that extra glow. I just want to feel get that glass skin effect. The original formula of the Dew Drops is a bit of a thick serum consistency, and this is something that may not work for oily skin."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Recovery Serum

"The second product that I want to talk about is a product viral and is a big favorite with people who have like really sensitive skin and that is the avocado serum, this is the ceramide avocado ceramide serum by Glow Recipe."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Plum Plump Hyaluronic Serum

"All hyaluronic acid serums are pretty similar but the Plum Plump one is special. When I bought it almost two three years ago when it launched, I finished using it and I really enjoyed it. The one thing about Glow Recipe is that they do focus on like high quality ingredients and I think ingredients and quality makes a huge difference in the payoff you get with the product."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum

"The Neutrogena hyaluronic acid serum is truly, truly a good one. This is a closed tube. One that you can get everywhere in the world."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

BYOMA Brightening Serum

"Now we have BYOMA available in Sephora, so you can go get the Brightening Serum from Sephora. BYOMA Brightening Serum, it's just ceramide complex, you get brightening ingredients, you get niacinamide. Effect-wise, payoff-wise, very similar to the Glow Recipe avocado. [...] This is like a super, super hydrating serum."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic

"The C E Ferulic doesn't oxidize, it is pure L-ascorbic acid, but it doesn't break me out, it is fabulous."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Timeless 20% Vitamin C + E Ferulic Acid Serum

"Timeless 20% vitamin C, L-ascorbic acid plus ferulic acid is supposed to be a dupe and yes this is a great product and the only problem with the Timeless serum on my face was within seconds I would start looking darker and very dull. [...] It doesn't break me out, it is fabulous, but from all the reviews that I have seen and the ingredient list comparison, except for that patented angle you will get about a 50% match between the C Ferulic and the Timeless vitamin C."

✕Nay

71%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant C-Firma Fresh Day Serum

"This one is amazing because this formula has different types of hyaluronic acid with hyaluronic acid B concentrations and volume levels that improve hydration."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

BYOMA Hydrating Serum

"Skin barrier completely damaged? If you feel like you've messed up your entire skincare routine and just need something to restore your skin, the BYOMA has a tripeptide complex, ceramides, hyaluronic acid, and different types of that. In terms of look and feel, BYOMA is like a 70% dupe of the Drunk Elephant Hydrating Serum. [...] If you're normal to dry, then the BYOMA is better for you."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Dior Prestige Advanced Serum

"Spending about 177,000 Indian rupees or well over like $300 can be a little crazy"

✕Nay

55%Guru Score

Minimalist Alpha Arbutin 2% Face Serum

"Ordinary is expensive minimalist is affordable"

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

The Ordinary Ascorbic Acid 8% + Alpha Arbutin 2%

"Something from like the ordinary"

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✓Yay

75%Guru Score

The INKEY List Vitamin C Serum

"The inkey list vitamin c is also a good one in low concentration"

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Garnier Vitamin C 3.5% Anti Dark Spot Serum

"You can experiment with a garnier"

~Mixed

52%Guru Score

AXIS-Y Dark Spot Correcting Glow Serum

"This is a product that whether it will work on intense dark spots or not is questionable but this is a product that is a gentle 5% niacinamide which is ideal if your skin is kind of sensitive"

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~Mixed

64%Guru Score

COSRX 6 Peptide Skin Booster Serum

"This is such a great product think about having a hyaluronic acid with more benefits"

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Rhode Peptide Glazing Fluid

"I want my money back that is the first thing I can say about Rhode skincare"

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✕Nay

72%Guru Score

Naturium Tranexamic Topical Acid 5%

"I have two recommendations for you number one the 5% tranexamic acid by Naturium or the 3% tranexamic acid by The INKEY List."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Naturium Multi-Bright Tranexamic Acid Serum

"I recommend the Naturium Multibright Serum, the 5% Multibright Serum by Naturium is a product that I swear by because I have countless, at least 50 of my clients who have used this product and have seen great results. This has kojic acid, alpha arbutin, tranexamic acid, licorice extract, it has some fabulous ingredients. You're going to use a little bit of this, one to two pumps, apply it all over your dry face. This does not go onto damp skin, so your face needs to be completely dry after you wash your face, then you're going to apply it on your dry skin. If you have a little bit of discoloration on the neck, take it down your neck, take a little extra product, pat it in, smooth it over, allow it to absorb completely. After this, if you're using this particular product, you really don't need to layer anything on top of it. This by itself is fabulous."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Minimalist Multipeptide 10% Facial Anti-Aging Serum

"The minimalist multi peptide also performs as well even though its peptides less but because its price is more affordable availability is more this works on most skin types"

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Minimalist Niacinamide 10% Serum

"This is a winning product the 5 niacinamide by the minimalist"

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

The Ordinary Soothing & Barrier Support Serum

"I do absolutely love it I highly highly recommend the barrier support serum now"

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✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Anua Peach 70% Niacinamide Serum

"Anua also has the Peach Serum and Peach 77 that also has 5% Niacinamide"

✓Yay

58%Guru Score

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

"I would keep the Glycolic Acid 10% plus 1% BHA from Drunk Elephant"

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals H.A. Intensifier with Arbutin and Azelaic Acid

"The skinCeuticals age interrupter advanced that will be good for you"

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Resurface Serum

"I have been using this since like two three years obviously I have repurchased the product"

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Aveeno Calm + Restore Triple Oat Serum

"The Calm and Restore serum by Aveeno is again a very really good a it's a very very good product"

✓Yay

92%Guru Score

Sunday Riley C.E.O. 15% Vitamin C Brightening Serum

"The one vitamin C that I love that has worked for me even though I have acne prone skin is the Sunday Riley 15% and I think it's because it's THD Corbit which is a slightly different formula than ethyl ascorbic acid, which kind of works better for me."

✓Yay

64%Guru Score

Numbuzin No.3 Skin Softening Serum

"Two products turned out to be really average, number one product is the Numbuzin toner the super glowing essence"

✕Nay

65%Guru Score

Goodal Green Tangerine Vitamin C Dark Spot Care Serum

"A serum that you guys made me buy and I really tried using it for about two three weeks and I gave up and that is again by the brand Goodal the same brand it is the vita dark spot serum, I don't think it's worth it"

✕Nay

63%Guru Score

Sunday Riley Luna Sleeping Night Oil

"The Sunday Riley Luna oil is basically an oil-based retinol but it is very very gentle. If you just want something gentle you can definitely opt in for the Luna oil. The Luna oil is something I still have and sometimes when I want a little extra hydration especially now in the winter months I actually combine it with the Retinol Serum and this is absolutely fabulous."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

The Ordinary B Oil

"It's a really good oil"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

The Ordinary 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil

"Rose hip is also a natural vitamin A derivative, it's going to complement your retinol nights"

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Clarins Double Serum Complete Age-Defying Concentrate

"This is a good hydrating serum, but remember this is all that it will do, it will hydrate your skin. If you go to Sephora the BA will tell you that it's anti-aging and it will do all these things, but it will just hydrate your skin. It's pricey, pricey, pricey at $134. It's a pass for me because I've used it in the past."

✕Nay

62%Guru Score

Dr. Dennis Gross Vitamin C5

"This one is a pass for me"

✕Nay

60%Guru Score

The INKEY List Niacinamide Serum

"Inkey List's niacinamide is something you can opt for among Indian brands."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

The Ordinary Lactic Acid 5%

"And exfoliate with a gentle lactic acid serum you can use a 5% or you can use a 10% by the ordinary go slow go steady"

✓Yay

91%Guru Score

The Ordinary Vitamin C 23% Suspension

"23% anything about 20% is not required it's way too irritating so a 23% formula gets a zero from me"

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✕Nay

51%Guru Score

Minimalist Vitamin C Vitamin E Ferulic Acid 16% Serum

"Minimalist has 16% Vitamin C serum which is ideal for every skin type, sensitive skin can also tolerate it, and it has Vitamin E plus Ferulic Acid"

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Peter Thomas Roth Peptide 21 Serum

"You know how much I raved about this product"

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

Guerlain Abeille Royale Advanced Youth Watery Oil

"I love the gerla watery oil serum if you know me you know me and lul and lemon hair and I have double standards and I get it but that Serum is something else that is the best thing gerla has ever produced"

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Plum Mandarin and Vitamin C 15% Serum Glow Boost

"I'm now using Plum vitamin C five months now my skin has started glowing but pigmentation is there."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Capsules

"There is a brand that I absolutely love: the Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Capsules. They have been around for the last 30 years if I'm not wrong. My mom used to use them, my sisters still use them. You just basically get this little oil-based serum, one time use, that you get in that capsule. That is the only one exception. I don't see the point of buying any more ampoules and capsules, but the Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Capsules, that's like an absolute favorite."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Sunday Riley B3 Nice 10% Niacinamide Serum

"I have been loving the Sunday Riley B3 Nice niacinamide serum. It has niacinamide 10 and also resveratrol which is a fabulous antioxidant which also has great anti-aging benefits. If you're looking at something which is more of a hybrid formula with great ingredients to boost up your anti-aging efforts, I do recommend the one from Sunday Riley. This product is definitely not under 500 but it is very very effective. I love it and from an anti-aging perspective this is my first recommendation for you."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Plum Niacinamide 3% Rice Water Serum

"The plum one is a super super gentle formula I absolutely absolutely love it and it is extremely affordable it is under 500 rupees."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

COSRX Niacinamide 15% Serum

"The cost Rex one is a lot more gentle"

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Hada Labo Hyaluronic Acid Serum

"I'm using this Hada Labo Hyaluronic Acid Serum. Applying a Hyaluronic Acid Serum is essential for skin prep because hydrated skin will always always look better, plumper, juicier. It's really about using a hydrating toner, but if your skin is feeling dry, especially on the cheeks, you can take some more hyaluronic acid. If you have time, your skin is going to be glowing. Hyaluronic Acid Serum is something you can apply under your eyes as well."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Dermaco Niacinamide Radiant Serum 5%

"This is by Dermaco, this is a product which is called the Niacinamide Radiant Serum. It's 5% niacinamide. This is really, really good. I have used it for about 10 days, not even two weeks, but it is nice. It's a nice texture, like it's a watery gel formula. It's lightweight. It will get into your skin in minutes."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Naturium Vitamin C Complex Serum

"Their Super C serum is also very good"

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Naturium Niacinamide 12% Formula

"My number one recommendation is the 12% niacinamide in zinc."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Klairs Freshly Juiced Vitamin C Serum

"Klairs is a good beginner friendly vitamin C. The concentration theory, it's a non-irritating one."

✓Yay

61%Guru Score

The Ordinary Power of Peptide Set

"You can use the ordinary peptide solution it'll help you a little bit"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Biosons Copper Peptide

"I have tried the ordinary and I've tried the Biosons and I do like the Biosons a little bit better. [...] Copper Peptide is going to be really good for you if you're my age or older. It's not the same as vitamin C, yes, vitamin C is great for enhancing collagen, but Copper Peptide works differently with peptides."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Hada Labo Gokujyun Hyaluronic Acid Lotion

"They call it lotion but it is not a lotion, it is a serum. This is a hyaluronic acid serum and I have used it till here and here. It's not thick or hydrating, you know. I always say use one pump, so I would use like two drops of this and it is so so hydrating. This is a product I am a hundred percent going to continue using. This is a product I am going to repurchase because I loved it so much. What is unique about it is that it is not just one form of sodium hyaluronate in it, it has various various forms and it is a very very hydrating product. If you have dry skin, if you have irritated skin, if you have eczema prone skin, if you have any of those problems and your skin needs extra love, extra nourishment, I would highly highly recommend it. I would give this an 8 on 10 because this is beautiful."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster with 2% Mandelic Acid and Lactic Acid

"You're using Paula's Choice niacinamide that's a good niacinamide"

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

The Ordinary Growth Factor 15% Solution

"The growth factor of choice is the ordinary GF solution. I have taken an almost an entire dropper."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Anua Azelaic Acid 10% Hyaluron Redness Soothing Serum

"Honestly using the anua azelaic acid gave me some great results while I was traveling"

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✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Serum

"This product is going to give you all of those benefits that you have been looking for"

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✓Yay

81%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Mela B3 Dark Spot Corrector Serum

"I started using it and I was really really impressed I have actually finished most of it and I am going to repurchase it genuinely I feel that this has all the goodness and all the properties of the original Niacinamide 10"

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Moisturizers47 reviews

Dr. Althea 345 Relief Cream

"This is great if you are someone with oily, acne-prone skin or even if you have active acne, because when you are treating acne, you end up using products that are drying, like adapalene and benzoyl peroxide. So this really works on your skin barrier, keeps it calm, keeps it restored, and soothes it. It is a really good cream, but please do not expect that it is going to completely transform your skin."

~Mixed

66%Guru Score

Dr. Althea 147 Intensive Soothing Cream

"This is beautifully formulated. It is still in the cream moisturizer form. It is thicker than the other creams that Dr. Althea has, but it is still very easy. Glides on your skin beautifully. Gives you a really nice glow. Fast absorb. It is absolutely beautiful. I would highly recommend this cream if you are someone who has dry skin. Even if you have acne prone skin, basically anyone and everyone with dry skin can use this product."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5

"This can pretty much repair everything except a broken heart"

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✓Yay

91%Guru Score

Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream

"Anyone who has remotely dry or sensitive skin is going to absolutely love this product"

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✓Yay

95%Guru Score

SkinFix Barrier Repair Cream

"As a cream it's a 100% worth it it is absolutely beautiful"

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

VT Reedle Shot PDRN Capsule Cream

"This is also a really really nice cream. It's creamy. It's moisturizing and it is acne prone safe. It just makes you feel gives you like that little cushiony thing on your skin makes it look really really good"

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

CeraVe PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion

"You should have this product. And that is the CeraVe PM Moisturizing Lotion because it has ceramides."

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✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Pink Juice Moisturizer

"I have loved it so much. Specially back in 2023 I was constantly using it."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Red Bean Water Gel

"It is the Beauty of Joseon Red Bean Water Gel Moisturizer. Why I love this so much is because true water gel is it melts into your skin."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Plum Niacinamide and Rice Water Water Gel Moisturizer

"It is an old classic from an Indian brand which is the Plum Niacinamide and Rice Water Water Gel Moisturizer by Plum. This is very very amazing."

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✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Haruharu Wonder Centella 5% Niacinamide Radiance Gel Cream

"My recommendation number five Haru Haru Wonder Centella 5% Niacinamide Radiance Gel Cream. Oh my god. 5% Niacinamide formulate in a cream is difficult."

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✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream

"Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream has nine types of signal peptides and a lot of hydration. This cream is more like a moisturizer because it's not that emollient, one pump and it's lightweight. It's not something that's going to stay on your face, it absorbs very easily. It's an absolutely beautiful formula. It is pretty iconic because I've loved this product for a very long time primarily because peptides and I believe in peptides a lot. I would like to have peptides in every part of my skincare routine including the moisturizer, which is why this is good."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Purito Deep Sea Pure Water Cream

"The Purito Deep Sea Water Cream is a very very similar formula. In fact, ingredients match except of course the Tatcha had complex hair which is something that goes into all of their products obviously missing hair because that is something that's unique to the brand but when you're looking at the main product, main ingredients that go into the moisturizer very similar and very similar in feel like how it feels on your skin. The Purito Deep Sea one is a really really good dupe."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Tatcha Water Cream Oil-Free Pore Minimizing Moisturizer

"I always felt like water creams were a bit of a celebrity thing, but when I did use the Tatcha Water Cream I absolutely fell in love with it. It is a gorgeous formula and yes it has a beautiful fragrance, strong, but it sinks into your skin. It gives you that glass-like finish on your skin but it's not sticky. It's just beautiful, water cream is perfection. But perfection almost $70, $80. Maybe it's not worth it."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Clinique Moisture Surge 100H Auto-Replenishing Hydrator

"The Clinique Moisture Surge 100H is iconic. It is a cream which has Indian women wrapped in its hands because I know so many people who just love Clinique. They use Clinique and that's their go-to. But Clinique comes with a Clinique price point."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

The INKEY List Peptide Moisturizer

"The Inky List Peptide Moisturizer, you get it in a jar and it is a gorgeous formula. You're getting your two key peptides, the kinds that make Matrixel along with hydrating and moisturizing ingredients. Lightweight, affordable. It has some good quality peptides."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Sunday Riley ICE Ceramide Moisturizing Cream

"I used a lot back in 22 23 and I really enjoyed the formula and it's affordable."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Mison Phyto Plump Collagen Night Cream

"When you're talking about all the key vitamins like vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A, shea butter, glycerin, plus obviously hydrolyzed collagen which works in a very similar way, working on your skin barrier giving you that extra moisturization, Mison collagen cream is really really beautiful. It's recommended for normal to dry skin."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

La Mer Eye Concentrate Cream

"There is no change in the eye cream, still using La Mer and we'll be using La Mer for a very long time"

✓Yay

59%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Dynasty Cream

"The Dynasty Cream is a little thick, it's a whipped formula, but the ingredients are skin-soothing, barrier support, pure amazing anti-aging. But overall it'll hydrate, plump, and moisturize your skin. So dry skin, that's it."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream

"This is a good cream and its dupe is coming, I'm going to give you two dupes depending on where you are"

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✓Yay

57%Guru Score

I'm From Rice Bran Cream

"This is the one product I was using when I started this channel 2 years ago"

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✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Rhode Barrier Restore Cream

"For $30 I don't think this is a bad product in fact if you want an anti-aging moisturizer this is a really really light weight formula"

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✓Yay

72%Guru Score

Minimalist Ceramide Moisturizer 3% for Dry Skin

"These two lotions are 10 on 10 and I absolute love them"

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Minimalist Sepicalm Moisturizer with Oat Extract

"I really like the Minimalist Oat Moisturizer for oily skin which has Ceramides, you have Cica and Ceramide"

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Hyphen Barrier Care Cream

"I highly recommend it and this is one product that I call seven on 10 eight on 10th really good product"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Interrupter Advanced Moisturizer

"Amazing results so I am continuing using this"

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

CeraVe Daily Moisturizing Lotion

"One great product that you should have to protect your skin barrier are ceramide based moisturizers or ceramide base serum"

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Eucerin 5% Urea Facial Cream

"Urea cream which is by Eucerin this is a cream that if you have flaking happening you will get instant relief your skin will feel quite comfortable"

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

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

"Lara blast is best for a broken Skin Barrier"

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

CeraVe Moisturizing Cream

"If you're a beginner [...] and starting retinol [...] for the very first time, start by using a cream on your face, a basic cream like CeraVe. Start using a cream before you apply your retinol serum [...] because you're creating a little bit of a barrier. [...] Even if your skin is sensitive, by using a basic cream before you can actually control the amount of retinol exposure that your skin is getting for the first time."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

CetaPhil Moisturizing Cream

"You do need to use some moisturizer whether it's Cetaphil Moisturizing Cream. It's a very hydrating formula."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Augustinus Bader Rich Cream

"The ingredient list is patented, so you'll never really know what it has, but I somehow just don't see the value in this product. [...] It's not a bad product, it's a nice cream, and any cream can give you the same impact. A lot of celebrities use it because they get it for free. I definitely would not recommend it. This brand is not worth your money."

✕Nay

65%Guru Score

Kahi Wrinkle Bounce Multi Balm

"I absolutely love this product and love both of these products. The way that I love to slug the correct way or in a way that doesn't clog your pore or doesn't upset your skin is by using the Kahi Wrinkle Bounce Multi Balm."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

K-Secret Collagen Vita Secret Multi Balm

"This is literally like a bam which has that Vaseline kind of balmy feel"

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

The INKEY List Bakuchiol Moisturizer

"You can find bakuchiol serum or bakuchiol cream in brands like Inkey List, but you need to check the ingredients before buying."

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream

"I have managed to get the Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream out of this and with that I think our nighttime skincare routine is complete."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

COSRX Hyaluronic Acid Intensive Cream

"This is a hydrating cream, highly recommended for the winter season and highly recommended for all of you with dry, dehydrated skin type. If you're using retinol and all your actives and peptides, you want to make sure to use this. In fact, layering it, you're going to see some great results. It has a creamy texture, not that much of a gel texture, and that is why I recommend this for dry, dehydrated skin. The formula is lightweight so you can use it morning and evening, and you may want to use a thick layer of this to make sure your skin barrier is always protected."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Wishful Honey Whip Peptide Moisturizer

"This is the Honey Whip Peptide Moisturizer by Wishful. Why do I love it? Of course you've got honey, you've got some ceramides, you've got your peptides, you're getting a little extra boost. You can use it with everything even if you have oily skin. This is fabulous. [...] The Wishful Honey Whip is particularly good for oily skin."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Peter Thomas Roth Peptide 21 Wrinkle Resist Moisturizer

"I'm going in with the same Peptide 21 cream by Peter Thomas Roth because this is really very very hydrating and super creamy. I've used it and I'm honestly loving the results and I'm going to continue using it until this bottle finishes, and then I will potentially repurchase it."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Nivea Creme

"A basic Nivea Creme can give you the same impact"

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer

"La Roche-Posay Toleriane range is fabulous, especially if you have dry sensitive skin."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Cream

"Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Cream has ceramide, it's a water gel, a light gel, a watery cream, some beautiful moisturizer for the morning so you can basically use that and use your sunscreen. This morning routine is giving you anti-aging benefits with peptides, which are chains of amino acids proteins, niacinamide, a fabulous ingredient, antioxidant that protects against environmental aggressors like heat, pollution, and sunshine."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Vanicream Moisturizing Cream

"If she has extremely dry body skin, other than the body wash and face wash, I'd put her on to a basic cream like Vanicream Moisturizing Cream or La Roche-Posay Lipikar or something like that."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Minimalist 5% Marula Oil Moisturizer with Hyaluronic Acid and Vitamin F

"This is the 5% Marula Oil Moisturizer. What I love about this is even though this has a good concentration of marula oil, look at the texture, it is super smooth and in minutes it is in your skin, like it's gone. This is a formula that works really well on dry, normal skin or skin that is sensitive. I will not recommend it if your skin is oily and acne prone, but otherwise this is a recommendation. Well under 500 rupees."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Hada Labo Gokujyun Premium Moisturizer

"It works like a basic moisturizer but it's hydrating and as soon as you use it it gives you a very beautiful glow, lightweight, gel-based. You can use this morning and evening. I give this like a seven out of ten. I don't think it's life-changing but it's good."

~Mixed

78%Guru Score

The Ordinary Niacinamide 5% Face and Body Emulsion

"The Ordinary has a 5% niacinamide and it's in a face and body emulsion. It's a non-irritating formula and it is at 5%, so it can be used on face and body. I have tried it out and it is really really nice. It's a creamy formula. I've been using it on my body, on my arms to brighten it."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Retinoids31 reviews

COSRX Retinol 0.1% Cream

"In Month Two we are adding a 0.1% retinol and I am very focused from the product I am recommending Cosrx's 0.1% retinol. Both of these products are gentle and gentle enough for the sensitive skin that you have to layer it."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

The Ordinary Retinal 0.2% Emulsion

"I have gone through two tubes of it. I have gifted it. I have recommended it. I love it very much. And to give you a small little trivia I feel that Ordinary retinyl is modelled on the Medicati retinol. The beauty of Ordinary is that it is fragrance free, it is not comedogenic, it is safe and easy for all skin types to apply and not like be irritated with it."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion

"This is literally like the ordinary retinol. But it is not retinol. It's squalene. Because it's formulated in a very similar manner. Squalene is an oil. So if your skin is excessively dry like I said you are maybe you have exzema prone skin. Skin is really really dry this pure oil based wonder is something that you will absolutely enjoy."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Anua Retinol 0.3% Plus Niacinamide

"Anua gives you a great 0.3 with niacinamide basically you can apply any retinol keep it gentle"

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

VT Reedle Shot 100 Retinol

"Retinol is good if you're in the mood of a Retinol Serum"

~Mixed

72%Guru Score

Anua Nano Retinol 3% Renewing Serum

"In this you get 0.3% retinol plus niacinamide. It's a hybrid serum, and this is my thing nowadays. Like every time I'm looking at products, I'm looking at two or three concentrations so that you get a little more out of a single product. I think Anua has done a great, great job with the 0.3 retinol. It's minimalist, and if you're wanting to look at a change, look at a product like this because this is more hybrid, more concentrated, better quality. This is my number two recommendation."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

RoC Retinol Deep Wrinkle Serum

"The formula is really well formulated with all the glycerin and all of this amazing goodness, you get vitamin C super super brightening, and the way they have worked with the retinol and the quality of retinol you use, you see inherent glow, you want to see the quicker skin cell turnover, you want to see that brightness in your skin, you want to see plumpness. It is one of the most fabulous retinol, beginner-friendly mid-strength retinol. [...] The company first formulated the over-the-counter retinol. Retinol was always a prescription-grade product, so it was not available over the counter. RoC stabilized retinol available over the counter, RoC actually maxed and mastered that formula, and since then they've just been innovating. [...] The deep wrinkle is a really really good formula, it is better than the dupe, the drunk elephant retinol. I would highly recommend that you try the RoC Retinol. It is absolutely fabulous, [...] it's a really good formula, and it's better than the dupe."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Blackberry Retinol Blemish Serum

"It's a good formula. I've tested it out, I like to use it, it's very very gentle. Reviews are very good on Sephora. This is a good product, beginner friendly, and this is good if you're in your 20s, early 30s, or you're starting out with retinol."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Olay Regenerist Retinol 24 Night Moisturizer

"An Ole and something like that right"

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✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Retinol Pro+ Regenerating Cream

"The Neutrogena one is really good."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

RoC Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle Night Cream

"If you're an absolute beginner start by using a retinol based cream I highly recommend Roc you can opt in for Neutrogena as well these are gentle these are mild"

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Neutrogena Retinol Cream 0.3%

"I highly recommend Roc you can opt in for Neutrogena as well these are gentle these are mild"

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

The Ordinary Retinol 0.2% in Squalane

"I like to use my argireline with my retinol pretty much three to four times a week sometimes more"

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Minimalist 0.3% Retinol Serum

"If you are somebody about retinol a good brand to get started with a good concentration to get started with is the 0.3 retinol in squarely by the minimalist"

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Sunday Riley A+ High-Dose Retinoid Serum

"One of them is my favorite Sunday Riley a retinol plus retinol serum"

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Foxtale Retinol 0.15% Serum

"It's beginner friendly I've recommended it in many videos because literally any person any client anyone who needs to start retinol I put them on this retinol least irritation really good product"

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

A313 Vitamin A Pommade (Retinol Ester)

"A313 is good but it's overhyped because obviously when you're looking at the French world it's just another basic retinol. Yeah, you should be using tretinoin if it has been prescribed to you, it works really well."

~Mixed

61%Guru Score

Dr. Dennis Gross Retinol Serum with Ferulic Acid

"I'm using this is the Dr. Dennis Gross Retinol Serum I spoke about it in my 2023 favorites. I just took one pump and I am just going to dot it all over my face. I take it on my neck and then I will just do this. You can apply it after yes you can."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

The INKEY List Super Solutions 1% Retinol Serum

"The 1% Retinol Serum, you don't get any additional peptides etc., but in general you get a little bit of niacinamide, you get your hyaluronic acid. It's a good formula, it's not the best, but it is a high strength formula."

~Mixed

69%Guru Score

Kiehl's Retinol Skin-Renewing Daily Micro-Dose Serum

"This is for advanced users and the Kiehl's formula is also fabulous. The good news with Kiehl's is that you get it pretty much everywhere in the world, and it's my recommendation number five, technically affordable. This is like $30, so it is the most affordable of this entire list."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant A-Passioni Retinol Cream

"This doesn't have Matrix, Matrix is a patented formula, but you get two types of very very strong peptides at high concentration if you go by the ingredient list. In addition to that you've got niacinamide, you've got fatty acids, you've got retinol. Gorgeous formula, absolutely love it."

✓Yay

55%Guru Score

The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid 5% in Squalane

"The granactive retinoid by Ordinary which is also in squalene is great for advanced users. If you are an advanced user, this is one of the formulas that you should be using."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Deconstruct Retinol 0.2% + Peptides Serum

"Deconstruct, it is the 0.2% retinol plus peptides. It is retinol plus peptides, but understand they are not as good to replenish or replace your multipeptide serum. So usually recommend anti-aging routines with peptides, but they are very few and they're in very less concentration. So consider this a gentle beginner friendly retinol serum and consider it also for anti-aging benefits with the peptides."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Foxtail Retinol Night Serum 0.15%

"This is a great retinol which is beginner friendly. 0.15% retinol encapsulated, slow release means less irritation, means it is beginner friendly. So if you're looking at an affordable option as a beginner, yeah skin sensitive, but you don't want to use like a higher concentration, a great alternative is to use the Foxtail encapsulated 0.15% Retinol Serum."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Minimalist 0.6% Anti-Aging Retinol

"The 0.6% you can move to already. The cheapest one starts at about $6.90. Retinol and retinoid, they're actually called retinol ester, retinol palmitate. Retinol palmitate together, retinol ester, convert to retinol, retinol converts into retinoic acid in a step three-step conversion process. The good news is retinol as a beginner tolerate, and it's great for people who have sensitive skin or who are beginners, but in general I would recommend, if you're super sensitive, start with a retinol. Retinol converts into retinoic acid."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

The Ordinary Retinol 0.5% in Squalane

"The Ordinary starts at 0.5% retinol, it's lovely but it's not absolute beginner friendly"

~Mixed

63%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Retinol B3 Serum

"I'm using La Roche-Posay Retinol B3 Serum, not happy."

~Mixed

57%Guru Score

COSRX Retinol 0.5%

"If you are size try something and Korea skincare is the cosrx retinol 0.5% which is an red it has 0.5% concentration"

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✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Pilgrim Retinol Hyaluronic Acid

"Pilgrim retinol is good it's a good beginner friendly one but it's my fragrance then I won't recommend it"

~Mixed

62%Guru Score

RoC Retinol Correxion Max Hydration Cream

"It keeps you beautifully moisturized at the same time giving you the benefits of retinol, and you will literally never have any retinol irritation. I have used at least two or three jars and I've repurchased it to try it again, and this is something I highly highly recommend."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Plum 1% Retinol Face Serum with Bakuchiol

"You've got retinol ester here, which is high up in concentration after a couple of other ingredients. You've also got bakuchiol in this, which is a plant-based retinol, so it is like doubling up the retinol benefit. This is a product that I absolutely, absolutely love. Having said that, if you have sensitive skin, then don't start with this product. You can use this product after you use something that is for sensitive skin. But in general, normal hair, dry hair, oily hair, sensitive, this is a product that I highly, highly recommend. I give this a seven out of ten."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

Masks & Peels28 reviews

Medicube Zero Pore Mask

"I think other than that, Medicube is a great aesthetic brand. It's a fun brand. It's a young, quirky brand. But when it comes to formula efficacy, it has a long, long way to go. Except for one product, which is their pore mask with the blue one that I love."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Dr. Melaxin Peel Shot

"Am I going to repurchase it no way"

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✕Nay

54%Guru Score

Anua PHA Resurfacing Glow Peel

"Now a product like this I have been using for two years and that is the Anua Peeling Mask"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Wishful Yo Glow AHA BHA Facial Enzyme Scrub

"Huda Beauty's Wishful Yo Glow AHA BHA Facial Enzyme Scrub is really really good."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Haruharu Wonder Rice Wonder Peeling Gel

"The haru haru black rice is really good."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Anua Heartleaf LHA Peeling Gel

"For physical exfoliation, I really like to use these kind of Korean peeling gels. This one is by Anua. It is the Anua Heartleaf LHA Peeling Gel. I've shown this to you guys maybe last year, this year, multiple times. This is a really good one. [...] This step where you're giving yourself a gentle exfoliation is an important step. So spend at least 5 minutes doing it. [...] Give it time so that the peeling gel actually dries out and starts falling off and that's when you know your exfoliation is complete."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask

"For the longest time I have always carried the drunk elephant azelaic acid. the bouncy bright facial. It is an expensive product but it is one of the best in the market."

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✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel AHA Exfoliating Solution

"If you are someone who can tolerate something like a 15% multi-acid peel, get it. Otherwise, skip it. You don't want to risk a broken skin barrier, but if you can tolerate it, this is [...] a 10 on 10. And I've never given anything a 10 on 10."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Dr. Idriss Major Fade Flash Mask

"A really, really good product as an exfoliating mask. If you're someone just go the ordinary peeling solution doesn't agree with you. High strength peels don't agree with you. This is something you can definitely use. I highly recommend it."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

The Ordinary Salicylic Acid 2% Mask

"You have the Ordinary salicylic acid mask, black color, otherwise you have the Innes free volcanic clay mask"

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✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Abib Rice Probiotics Overnight Mask Barrier Jelly

"I like this one because this is a gel based formula. So even for the summers if you want something nice and extra hydrating this will work and it's not going to be like sticky and oily. So this ABIB rice overnight mask is a great one and I am going definitely definitely repurchase it."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Ground Rice and Honey Glow Mask

"I absolutely love it, highly highly recommended, this is the best of 2024"

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✓Yay

97%Guru Score

Caudalie Vinohydra Deep Hydrating Face Mask

"The Caudalie Hydra Face Mask is absolutely a moisturizer like thing if you have no time apply it wipe it off and you are going to be glowing"

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Red Bean Refreshing Pore Mask

"It's a fabulous clay mask because unlike traditional clay masks, you completely dry of course it will dry out, but it doesn't like dry out, so it doesn't pull and tug on your skin. Number two, it has these moon bean granules for just physical exfoliation, leaves your skin smooth, leaves it oil free, absolutely matte. I've been using this since last year, and if you have active acne or you are acne prone or if you're oily acne prone, this has to be something you're using."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Tatcha Rice Polish

"I'm someone who still enjoys a physical exfoliation once in a while but we don't use physical exfoliation too harshly, so I like gentle rice physical plus chemical rice enzymes. So obviously it brightens your skin, your skin looks really nice and really bright. This is a product I really like and this kind of really lasts me like a year at least. You get a lot of product, almost 60 grams of product, and I absolutely love this. [...] You can use this on a daily basis because the physical exfoliation aspect is really finely milled. It does brighten your skin and it's a really great exfoliant."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant

"Dermalogica has beautiful powder cleansers and they are beautifully expensive. I used the Daily Microfoliant on a daily basis and then I moved onto it weekly. I really really enjoyed the process, but even though it's an expensive product, it's not something that I really enjoy repurchase. It is a good powder cleanser but it is not something that I really enjoy repurchase."

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

The Ordinary AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution

"The Ordinary Peeling Solution is good."

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✓Yay

58%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Glycolic Acid Leave-On Exfoliant

"9 or 10% Glycolic Acid you get in a brand called Pete Thomas Roth"

~Mixed

74%Guru Score

Qure Q Rejuvalight Mask

"I have been using Cure for about almost two months and I have seen good results with it"

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Ranavat Facial Polish

"I have not even used it on my face I don't intend to use it on my face I am not going to repurchase this product because I generally think this is very harsh"

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✕Nay

55%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant T.L.C. Sukari Babyfacial

"The best AHA acid is the Drunk Elephant T.L.C. Sukari Babyfacial, which has 1% salicylic acid and 10% AHA acid. That's the best AHA gel."

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

Minimalist 10% AHA + 2% BHA Face Exfoliating Serum

"I saw you use this product in my weekly nighttime skincare routine, the 10% AHA + 2% BHA by Minimalist. It's a peeling solution because it has a yellowish color. It's a two to five minute mask treatment. I've just been using this for my weekly exfoliation and I absolutely love it. It's a gentle concentration so you don't have 10% lactic and 10% glycolic, it's a total concentration of 10% that's gentle. I think it's great for winters because winters exfoliation specifically is dry and flaky exfoliation."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Lineage Water Sleeping Mask

"Lineage has been leading the way with a sleeping mask, a pretty much Indian skincare brand. Her BR sleeping mask, and in general sleeping mask is a product throughout the year. Dry, but in sleeping mask on top of a moisturizer because most sleeping masks are basically the same formula of your regular moisturizer. So throughout the specifically summers you can just replace your nighttime moisturizer and use your sleeping mask, but winter time may the game kind of changes. I'm going to recommend using a sleeping mask specifically skin normal to dry, dry to dehydrated. 100% the one essential product that you should include in your nighttime skincare routine is a sleeping mask."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant

"Uh Paula's Choice BHA two percent glycolic acid by the ordinary yeah for the pixie glow tonic popular uh exfoliating toner's hair now I stopped buying them in 2021"

✕Nay

89%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Strawberry Smooth BHA and AHA Salicylic Serum

"This is how I like to use the liquid blush this is something that I do recommend if you have large open pores"

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Ren Ready Steady Glow Daily AHA Tonic

"This is the Ren Ready Steady Glow Daily AHA Tonic, it is an AHA based toner. Usually when you look at an AHA based toner or normal toner, this is just better. I'm not going to be using it under my eyes but I'm just going to do a close-up and show you the sides."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Numbuzin No.9 NAD+ Bio-Lifting Sill Full Face Sheet Mask

"I will definitely repurchase the sheet mask when its rate is okay because it is one of the most luxurious sheet masks I have used, so if you like sheet masks you have to invest in a high quality good ingredients mask then I will say definitely the sheet masks are 100% worth it"

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

K-Secret Collagen Boosting Secret Sleeping Mask

"This is thick and creamy. I like to use it alone after you finish using your retinol or your peptide, whatever you're using at night, instead of a moisturizer. Just use this product, don't use a moisturizer on this, it will tend to pill. This is going to literally make your skin look like you got a facial and woke up like that."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Other26 reviews

SkinCeuticals Discoloration Defense

"I highly highly recommend even though its price point is high because of the results this product has shown. And this is the Skin Ceuticals Discoloration Defense. 5% niacinamide, 3% tranexamic acid, 1% kojic acid"

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✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Caudalie Beauty Elixir

"The one I love personally for my body is the Caudalie spray but that's also a bi-phasic formula it's oil and water both."

✓Yay

63%Guru Score

Estée Lauder Revitalizing Supreme+ Youth Power Creme Soft Creme

"The Estée Lauder Revitalizing Supreme is an amazing amazing formula. This is a typical cream, so ideally if you have normal to dry skin this is what you should be using as a luxurious brand. The fragrance here is a beautiful beautiful fragrance. Ingredients wise it is extremely hydrating so you get glycerin, pakishia butter, you also get hyaluronic acid, arginine, alga extract, vitamin E, caffeine, vitamin C and a whole bunch of other ingredients. Overall the ingredient story is good and this is a very emollient kind of cream, you know, it's like wrapping your skin in a nice blanket and next morning your skin is super moisturized, super soft. This is the kind of moisturizing that is going to last with you through the day. It's extremely extremely moisturizing. I used it night and day. I sometimes still use it at night. Day for me personally, if I'm wearing makeup, I think it may get a little heavy then I just directly apply my sunscreen. So I may not use it during the day, but for the night, it is really good. If you have dry skin, it's amazing."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

The Ordinary Arginine Solution

"This is one of the first arginine solutions that I ever used and as I started to use it continuously in my skincare routine with Matrix and retinol in my skincare routine I have seen some amazing changes in my overall skin quality. I will always call this the number one Arginine Solution because of a couple of reasons: the brand is affordable, the ordinary is an affordable product. Number two, availability is also a good thing. And number three, you get a good concentration of arginine and you get it at an effective, non-irritating kind of formula. So because of these three reasons, the ordinary Arginine Solution will always be number one."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Redken Acidic Bond Repair Concentrate

"You leave it on for about 10 minutes, wash it off. I have used this a couple of times in the last two months. Does it work? Yes. It works really well. This is a product which they say you reduce it to once or twice a month, then you reduce it to once a month, and then you use it only as a treatment. It has a high level concentration of citric acid. It is recommended that you don't use it every week because beyond a certain point alkaline levels you can have other problems, so this is a range that needs to be used carefully. I've used it three to four times, and I personally think that I'm going to use it like once a month, every month, and that should be fine."

✓Yay

59%Guru Score

VT Reedle Shot 100 Vita Light Glow

"This is something that I kind of least enjoyed"

✕Nay

68%Guru Score

The Ordinary Matrixyl 10% + HA

"I always recommend using it combined with another peptide. The peptide that I prefer is the Matrixyl 10% + HA by The Ordinary, so Matrixyl and Arginine combination, that is my number one recommendation."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun Aqua Fresh Rice Plus B5

"I've been using this straight up for about a week now and every time I've used it I've absolutely loved it. It is for everyone who is combination to oily skin. If your skin is normal to dry or very very dry and flaky, I'd still recommend that you go for the OG Beauty of Joseon formula because that really doubles up like a moisturizer. But for everyone else, combo skin, oily skin, acne prone skin, this is Chef's kiss. This is such a beautiful formula. For me personally, I feel that through the year this is the kind of formula I'd use only in the winter months, especially if I'm traveling somewhere."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Vichy Mineral 89 Prebiotic Recovery and Defense Concentrate

"The Vichy Mineral 89, if we talk of drugstore brands and skin care that you get in drugstore brands which is not like as affordable as your Cetaphil or CeraVe but is slightly better, Vichy takes the cake. Vichy has some really really good formulas."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Supercharge Complex

"This is an iconic product and this is a product that I have used in my pre skincare era. In fact, between 2012 to 2014 I must have gone through a couple of bottles of this. This is an antioxidant serum because the key ingredient is bifidus ferment lysate, which is basically a probiotic and it also works like an antioxidant. It has different types of hyaluronic acid, it has glycerin, it has all of that goodness. The ingredient list is super complicated, it is a total of 42 or 43 ingredients, so this is a complex formula. Estée Lauder says that yes, it is great for dark spots because it's full of antioxidants and brightening ingredients. It has peptides."

✓Yay

61%Guru Score

Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate

"This is a product which is great, like a serum you can even use it over your creams because this is a very lightweight oil. Anytime and every time I have used it I have always used it either after all my serums before a cream or I've used it after my cream, mostly I have used it after my cream. And if your skin gets dehydrated, if your skin feels super stretchy, you know hydration levels and skin dryness control, it does it for you."

✓Yay

59%Guru Score

The Ordinary Argireline Solution 10%

"Yes this is a nice product if its key consistency if the way the ingredients go only this one has more thickness this is absolutely like water why is it better even I could not understand why this is better but the only reason that I could get around it is the quality of hexapeptide 8"

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✓Yay

72%Guru Score

The Ordinary EUK 134 0.1%

"EUK 134 is by The Ordinary. This is one and the second is Resveratrol. Both EUK 134 and Resveratrol are ideal if you have dry sensitive skin and since you have dry sensitive skin you can even use it in the summer months."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Colorescience Sunforgettable Total Protection

"I 100% recommend the Color Science Color Science Sunforgetable Mineral Sunscreen"

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals Triple Lipid Restore 2:4:2

"This cream will last you easily a year even if you use it every single day even if you use it twice a day"

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✓Yay

77%Guru Score

VT Reedle Shot 100

"This is a product which has kind of become a holy grail for me"

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

Numbuzin Collagen 73% Pudding

"Number two was the Numbuzin number three or Numbuzin two it is the collagen pudding and I bought this excitedly because it has peptides but when I looked at this product its ingredients I used it I realized that basically this is a gentle niacinamide serum"

✕Nay

60%Guru Score

Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Multi-Recovery Complex

"I have gone through bottles and bottles and bottles of Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum, and except for hydration, it did nothing for my skin. I got into skin care a couple of years ago, and I stopped buying this product because I was like, okay, this does nothing."

✕Nay

65%Guru Score

Tazorac Tazorac

"It acts faster but the end result is the same. Even though [...] it is more expensive compared to tretinoin, it could also be more irritating. It [...] can work faster in some cases but it is more irritating and it is more expensive. [...] It's good, but I wouldn't just stop my tretinoin if you like it and just jump into Tazorac. At the end, both are giving excellent results."

~Mixed

57%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Anthelios 50 Ultra Tint

"It is their best mineral sunscreen. Even though it's a mineral sunscreen, it irritated my eyes and they were watery and I was a mess. I could not use it on my face, but I could use it on my body. There are dermatologists, there are people who love it. It is a purchase, but not for me. If you're looking for a mineral sunscreen and if you're willing to take that little bit of risk with your eyes, then this one is for you."

~Mixed

69%Guru Score

Dove Beauty Bar

"The good part about Dove is that it's not drying, so even now I don't feel my skin is drying. It just feels like a regular face wash. It has these little mini beads and maybe that's why they call it exfoliating, and it is exfoliating, but it doesn't feel anything special."

~Mixed

74%Guru Score

The Ordinary Ascorbyl Glucoside Solution 12%

"At 12% pH there's not much happening with your skin because it's a very stabilized gentle form"

✕Nay

72%Guru Score

The INKEY List Alpha Arbutin 2%

"Next comes your Alpha protein serum I am taking again a pea size amount by the inky list"

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Lancôme Advanced Génifique Youth Activating Concentrate

"I'm going to go in with one more hydrating serum, the Lancôme Génifique. This has the same bifida ferment lysate as the industry one, but basically it like, and I want to finish it off because I don't want to waste the product, otherwise I would have used the bifida ferment one, but because I need to finish off this product I'm using this."

✓Yay

57%Guru Score

The Ordinary Aloe 2% + NAG 2% Solution

"Aloe plus NAG solution, which is a new launch from The Ordinary, the products are fabulous. Aloe also works as a tyrosine inhibitor and has fantastic properties for lightning and brightening the skin in the most gentle manner. [...] This routine is going to work over a three to four month period depending on area pigmentation, and I promise you this will lighten and brighten your intimate areas in a gentle manner as you have never seen before."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Tatcha Luminous Skin Softener

"I use the Tatcha Luminous Skin Softener a lot and I could not literally see any difference anything on my skin. Right now I'm at a point when it fit into a new routine, it's finished and I'm not going to repurchase it because honestly the product is so expensive and I did not see any results from it."

✕Nay

56%Guru Score

Sunscreen24 reviews

Prequel Sun Barrier Mineral Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50

"As a mineral sunscreen that leaves no white cast, it is really, really good. If you live in a cooler country, if you don't have so much sun that is making everything hot and humid, you might enjoy this, especially if you have really really dry skin because then this is going to feel like a really really good moisturizer. I will definitely go back to this in the winter months, but I am not going to repurchase it. You should definitely try it if you are suffering from melasma, if you're pregnant, nursing, or if you are anyone who doesn't want to use a chemical sunscreen."

~Mixed

57%Guru Score

Hyphen All I Need Sunscreen SPF 50 PA4+

"I do not recommend this product. I have shown you this SPF. I actually just use it on my hands. This is the all I need sunscreen. SPF 50, PA4+. Thick, goopy. Even if I decide to use this as a moisturizer, thick, goopy, sticky. Not a fan of this."

✕Nay

58%Guru Score

The Ordinary UV Filters SPF 45 Serum

"Overall I think this is a really really good product. And if you are someone who generally has trust issues. Right? And you are wondering if there is acne-prone production or not. Now you have an international brand which is put it out there. It's an SPF 45, a true SPF 45, giving you 98% protection."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

The Ordinary Mineral UV Filters SPF 30

"The mineral sunscreen and I hated every bit of it."

✕Nay

48%Guru Score

Heliocare Oral Sunscreen Capsules (Polypodium Leucotomos Supplement)

"So this is something that I have been taking. This one that I am getting is a brand called Heliocare. These are oral capsules."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

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

"The Aqua Fresh version is and I feel that this version is optimal for oily skin for acne prone girls for people who have hormonal acne I am telling you the Aqua Fresh version is absolute legend"

✓Yay

92%Guru Score

Colorescience Sunforgettable Total Protection Face Shield Flex SPF 50

"I have gone through a couple of bottles of it it is a mineral sun screen that I really really love"

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✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Tatcha Silk Sunscreen SPF 50 Weightless Mineral Sunscreen

"This is also a mineral sunscreen that I really enjoyed I finished it I bought it once but I am not repurchasing because what I repurchase is Colorescience"

~Mixed

66%Guru Score

d'Alba Piedmont Waterfall UV Essence SPF 50

"This is an absolute absolute gorgeous formula if you get it then please get it"

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Garnier Super UV Sunscreen

"If you are a dry skin girl the Garnier Super UV is really really good"

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✓Yay

81%Guru Score

ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40

"I've got the Ilia skin tint but like it's not ideal for this technique."

✕Nay

67%Guru Score

COSRX Aloe Soothing Sun Cream

"When I used the COSRX Aloe Soothing Sun Cream which is literally like a moisturizer it changed my life... this is a big recommended sunscreen"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Colorescience Unforgettable Total Protection Face Shield SPF 50

"This mineral sunscreen doesn't feel like a mineral sunscreen and I have used it"

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

The INKEY List Polyglutamic Acid Dewy Sunscreen SPF 30

"For the best sunscreen for dry to combination skin, the Inkey List watery gel is one of my two big favorites."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Moisture Airy Fit Daily Sunscreen SPF 50

"The Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Moisture Airy Fit Daily Sunscreen is amazing. It does mattifying and glow which are actually opposite, but somehow it does both. If you've got oily skin this is my recommendation in sunscreens. My husband's tested it out because he's got oily skin and I've been using it as well, loving it every single way."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Krave Beauty Beet The Sun SPF 40

"SPF 40 is an actual category and best chemical SPF 40 is this one would I purchase it no SPF 50 minimum you need it"

✕Nay

58%Guru Score

Minimalist Sunscreen SPF 50

"I have loved every bit of it and I think the fact that it is zero white cast it is fragrance free it is so affordable it has to be on the list"

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen SPF 40

"If you find it greasy, use it in your PM routine."

✕Nay

69%Guru Score

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

"This is the Round Lab Birch Sunscreen. I started using it a few months ago, obviously it was so viral on TikTok I had to get it. It's very similar to Beauty of Joseon, but I feel it blends more easily than Beauty of Joseon. From a blendability perspective this was even more amazing. This is a product you don't need to, you'll be perfectly fine if you're using a toner or two types of serums. This is pretty lightweight and I loved it."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

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

"This is still being held by my favorite sunscreen. It gives you UVA UVB four pluses, 50 plus SPF. But just the way it responds on my skin, the hyaluronic acid, the glow that it gives me, this actually works in a way that it's a fabulous primer also. And that is why it's on number one. Every day when I do my morning skincare routine, I wear a full face of makeup and this kind of works like the best primer that ever exists. This has to be my most favorite sunscreen."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

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

"La Roche-Posay is a terrible sunscreen. I know it's viral, but it doesn't work with everyone. Please stop using it."

✕Nay

77%Guru Score

Fenty Beauty Skin Hydra Vizor SPF 30 Invisible Sunscreen

"The sunscreen was SPF 30, very high in fragrance."

✕Nay

65%Guru Score

Canmake Mermaid Skin Gel UV Sunscreen SPF50 Clear

"This is like 50, 40 grams so it's a little less that you get in terms of product, mostly you get 50 ml 50 grams of sunscreen this is 40. So you're getting less product but I loved it so much I completely finished it off and this is something I highly highly recommend from the Japanese skin care. This is 10 on 10."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

K-Secret Collagen Boosting Secret Sun Lotion SPF 50+

"I love the way this hydrates my skin. I love the way it gives my skin the protection. We are going to be entering fall and winter, this is going to be ideal because you will literally use three products you will get your vitamin C, you will get your peptides, it is fabulous. Three steps and your morning routine is over, you are glowing to the gods."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Cleansers22 reviews

Beauty of Joseon Radiance Cleansing Balm

"Beauty of Joseon their cleansing balms are very amazing"

Translated from the guru's original language.

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Juno Skin Cleansing Balm

"Juno cleansing balms are very amazing"

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Caudalie Vinoclean Cleansing Oil

"The reason is because I feel like its emulsification is not nice... Even when you wash it off you feel like there is a bit of a layer left. That is not a good cleansing oil."

✕Nay

68%Guru Score

d'Alba White Truffle Return Oil Cream Cleanser

"This literally feels like the Ferrari of cleansers. It's so luxurious. This is beautiful. Like this literally feels like the most luxurious formula. That makes your skin so soft and smooth and beautiful."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Anua Heartleaf Plus Vitamin E Pore Control Cleansing Oil

"I have gone through two entire jars of this heartleaf cleansing oil and I absolutely love it. On its own just as a cleansing oil it is fabulous, does not break you out, it is super super amazing. You're going to start with dry dirty face, apply this cleansing oil, wash it off with face wash."

✓Yay

62%Guru Score

Anua Heartleaf Pore Control Cleansing Foam

"This is my number one recommendation. It's a unique foaming cleanser that does not dry your skin out. One little warning: use an appropriate amount. The first time I took out a generous coin-sized amount, oh my God, I was in a foam factory. One tube is going to last at least six to eight months. It is absolutely fabulous. Unlike regular salicylic acid cleansers, this cleanser does not dry you out. It is ideal. This is an amazing cleanser and I feel this is truly underrated. This is absolutely fabulous."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Anua Rice Enzyme Brightening Cleansing Powder

"You don't have to make effort to remove it because it's like a creamy mask type. Even if you use the tiniest amount just to use it as a face wash, this does actually end up becoming a mask, so it is a pain to get it off. That is why my first impression of this product was nah, but as I kept using it and I used it for two weeks straight, oh my God, your skin shines, your skin feels soft, it feels beautiful. For normal to dry skin, especially now in India with cooler weather coming and intense winters, you need that extra moisturization on your skin. This powder cleanser is going to be fabulous because this cleanses your face and it moisturizes it at the same time. For normal to dry or winter skin, this is going to be a great cleanser."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

COSRX Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser

"This is my recommendation which is a not a must to have but is a good to have from COSRX... the good morning pH cleanser is fabulous"

✓Yay

61%Guru Score

The Ordinary Glycolipid Cream Cleanser

"6% you get in Glycol 6 by The Ordinary"

~Mixed

80%Guru Score

Clinique Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm

"You see celebrity use it"

Translated from the guru's original language.

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Versed Day Dissolve Cleansing Balm

"Versed is a brand that I haven't tried many products from but their mask exfoliator that beautiful Doctors Day visit that is something I absolutely love and the good part is that this Versed cleansing balm comes in two sizes"

Translated from the guru's original language.

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Minimalist Neem and Salicylic Acid Face Wash

"Actually use a product which is good for you which is actually delivering results. Minimalist Salicylic Acid Face Wash - why are you wasting your time with a NE Himalaya face wash or any of these products which are terrible?"

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser

"The safest options during acne phase are Cerave."

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✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Cetaphil Gentle Foaming Cleanser

"The safest options during acne phase are Cetaphil. Cetaphil's normal foaming cleanser is also brilliant and you can use it."

Translated from the guru's original language.

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Tatcha Deep Cleanse Balancing Exfoliating Cleanser

"Just feels like a regular face wash I don't know it has these little mini be beads and maybe that's why they call it exfoliating and it is exfoliating but like it doesn't feel anything special"

✕Nay

68%Guru Score

CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser

"CeraVe hydrating cleanser that's fabulous."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm

"The one I love is the Elemis Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm. It's expensive, but it's my favorite. Whatever fits into your budget, get a cleansing balm, but get one at night."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Bioderma Sensibio Oil Cleanser

"We're going to use the Bioderma Sensibio Oil Cleanser for double cleansing. It's an absolute essential."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Selfless by Hyram Refreshed Cleanser

"His cleanser was so good, it was just the perfect match of a hydrating foaming cleanser. Foaming cleansers strip your skin off, but this one doesn't, and I super enjoyed using it all through 2021. I purchased it twice, so I repurchased it, and I even gifted it."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Hydrating Gentle Cleanser

"La Roche Posse subplast"

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water

"Micellar water and cleansing milk is not the same as using a cleansing balm or a cleansing oil. [...] Sunscreen filters are very very tough to break down, therefore cleansing balm is recommended."

✕Nay

66%Guru Score

The INKEY List Fulvic Acid Brightening Cleanser

"The Inky List Fulvic Acid Brightening Cleanser is really good, it'll be the best gentle cleanser for oily skin."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Eye Care19 reviews

RoC Retinol Correxion Line Smoothing Eye Cream

"This is the RoC retinol eye cream. So in the day I put the vitamin C one at night I put this particular retinol one. And this is so good. I even apply it a little on the lips."

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✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum: Ginseng + Retinal

"Number one is the Beauty of Joseon retinol eye cream. Why? Because it has ginseng. Ginseng is an antioxidant. It is a brightening agents. So the combination of ginseng and retinol together it works on both under eye wrinkles and dark circles."

✓Yay

95%Guru Score

The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG

"I would use the Caffeine Solution by The Ordinary. First apply caffeine solution. Let it sit on your skin. Let it absorb. When it dries your skin feels a bit tight in the under eye area. After that apply your retinol based eye cream."

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✓Yay

77%Guru Score

The Ordinary Multi-Peptide Eye Serum

"Between me and my husband we finished two of these small jars. We were hyper obsessed with The Ordinary Multi-Peptide Eye Serum. If you use The Ordinary Multi-Peptide Eye Serum. Apply it the same way. Let it sit on your skin. Let it absorb. After that if you are going use your retinyl eye cream. It is also going to give you great results."

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✓Yay

72%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant A-Shaba Complex Eye Serum

"There are two eye creams which I really like. One is obviously there Asha which has got copper peptide, it's got retinyl, it's got caffeine and all of those things. And I think that is really good, specially if you have dark if you have under eye wrinkles."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Retinol Eye Cream

"And finally is the Rock eye cream. The Rock Retinol Eye Cream is also fabulous."

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✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Caudalie Vinoperfect Eye Cream

"The only thing about the Caudalie formula is that it will take at least 9 to 10 weeks. You can count on three months before you start seeing any results. It is a product that takes very very long to work but it does work. But for people who are allergic to vitamin C this is one product that I recommend because it actually works."

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~Mixed

74%Guru Score

Drunk Elephant C-Tango Multivitamin Eye Cream

"The other one which is the Tango C is also a vitamin based eye cream and it is really really good. The second one which is the Tango C it is better suited if you have under eye dark circles."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Minimalist Vitamin K Retinal 0.1% Eye Cream

"Minimalist one is very good but the beauty of joseon retinal eye cream is also absolute fabulous"

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

RoC Multi Correxion Revive + Glow Eye Balm

"This is supremely brightening. You get all of your seed oils, you get peptides, this is your brightening bomb. I constantly use it and you will go through a lot of this, and that is when you will be able to see results. One of my clients who's gone and recommended it to more of her friends told me she saw results and kept repurchasing the product. This is full of seed oils so it's very, very hydrating. You can literally apply it on your lips like a lip balm, so it works on your dark lips, your pigmented lips. This is a fabulous product and it's pretty affordable as well."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

RoC Multi Correxion Dual Eye Cream

"I've actually seen them use a lot of seed oils that is going to give you that extra hydration. The top gel actually has a fermented essence, so honestly I think this is a really really good formula. The seed oils, the fermented essence, brightening, so this is literally like a dual eye cream. It is a really really good product. This is more for your wrinkles and your creepy skin and all of that. I would ideally say use this in your morning routine, use this at the nighttime routine. If you're really struggling with fine lines, wrinkles, hydration, then just get this one."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Eye Gel Cream

"Go get like one neutrogn hydro boost eye cream"

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

COSRX Advanced Snail Peptide Eye Cream

"Like korean skin care brands like cosrx peptide eye cream"

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Mary&May Tranexamic Acid + Glutathione Eye Cream

"If you've been following me you know this: it is the Mary & May Tranexamic Acid 1% Glutathione 1% Tranexamic Acid Eye Cream. I've been using it regularly and I'm obsessed with it, so this is the best of Korean skincare for glass skin 2023. Now understand one very important thing: eye cream, you know I am an eye cream addict. I test out everything, Drunk Elephant if you've seen the video you know how much I love it, but a lot of people have said that oh you don't have dark circles, you don't have dark circles. I do have dark circles but I do have a little bit of darkness on this site, I have veins showing, but I'm telling you guys this is such an amazing product. You have to use it long term and before and after pick because naked you can tell the difference, but when you take pictures correctly, strategically, same lighting, same angle, believe me you can see the difference. But this product has a downside but it is still the best of 2023."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

K-Secret Advanced Regenerating Eye Gel Patches

"I've used pretty much everything patches wise, but if someday I don't want to do that I love the advanced regenerating eye patches by K-Secret. They have 0.1% retinol, they're beautiful, hydrating, and really really last you a long time. The beauty is they come in broad ones for your eyes and you also get these mini ones which you can stick wherever else you want. This is my recommendation when it comes to eye patches. If you're looking at disposable eye patches then this is my big recommendation."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Advanced Eye Cream

"This is the SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Advanced Eye. If you've seen any of my videos from last year, I have spoken about it. It's the best eye cream for wrinkles. It helps your under eye area so much, and it lasts you a long time as well. But it is $116. I think this year if I get it on Black Friday deal, I'm going to pick it up. It's 100% purchase for me."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

ILIA Bright Start Activated Eye Cream

"Literally guys nobody's talking about it"

✕Nay

59%Guru Score

Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Power Eye Cream

"The eye cream is called the Potent C Power Eye Cream with 10% THD ascorbate, the same type of vitamin C as the serum vitamin C, of course I have 15%, this is 10%, very potent C here. Peter Thomas Roth is not a cheap brand, it is very pricey, so I'm going to test it out for an entire month and then we will decide."

~Mixed

82%Guru Score

Sunday Riley Auto Correct Brightening and Depuffing Eye Contour Cream

"This is the Sunday Riley nice and eye center"

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Toners18 reviews

Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Hyaluronic Toner

"This is literally like a nice hug for your skin. [...] I have not loved a toner so much. And this is not just a toner. This is like a toner, an essence, a serum. And if you are someone with oily skin or combination skin, this is also like a moisturizer. The only thing I would recommend is that if you're someone with acne prone skin, avoid this. In fact, avoid all milky toners."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Fresh Rose and Hyaluronic Acid Deep Hydration Toner

"I was hyper obsessed with this back in 2021, 2022. Then I never repurchased it and I just got it this time from my US trip. These kind of hydrating toners, you can apply it around your eye, on this orbital area, your bone area. Most of these toners which are hydrating in nature, don't waste your money by putting them on a cotton pad directly, massage it onto your face. Take it down to your neck and you can take it on your chest area as well."

✓Yay

62%Guru Score

Minimalist PHA Toner

"You can always obtain a PHA Toner meaning polyhydroxy acid. Very similar to AHA but belongs to a different family. You can get this PHA Toner in the brand Minimalist. I believe it's 0.3 concentration and a three concentration. It's really really good."

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✓Yay

67%Guru Score

The Ordinary Glycolic Acid 7% Toning Solution

"You can use the Glycolic Acid. The reason I mention the Ordinary Glycolic Acid because it has been tested. Its pH is correct. It's been tested for the scalp."

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✓Yay

76%Guru Score

The Ordinary Saccharomyces Ferment 30% Milky Toner

"This product is amazing when it comes to gentle exfoliation because you have 30% fermented essence. [...] It is a very very gentle exfoliant. [...] The beauty of this product is it is a milky texture, it's not thick, it's watery but it's very very hydrating at the same time. It's an amazing benefit, especially in this area. It doesn't matter how much you exfoliate, this is a product that gives you that gentle daily exfoliation."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

COSRX AHA/BHA Clarifying Treatment Toner

"The AHA BHA Clarifying Treatment by COSRX is a product that I think was launched somewhere in 2022 or maybe before. It's a really really good product, it is supremely supremely gentle and it gives you the AHA BHA benefit. These options have AHA BHA both of them so you can really get the benefit of both the ingredients in one product without really going ahead and thinking they are gentle enough for daily use. By daily I mean a couple of times a week and you will see maximum benefits from it."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Green Plum Refreshing Toner AHA + BHA

"This is a product by Beauty of Joseon, this is the AHA BHA toner with green plum and green tomato. If you are seeing these ingredients right now in Korean skincare they are absolutely hot and trending. Green plum, green tomato, antioxidant benefits, very similar benefits as Vitamin C. So if you're someone who just loves Vitamin C and high concentration of it, you are going to absolutely love the green plum AHA BHA toner by Beauty of Joseon. It is absolutely fabulous. You can use it three to four times a week, five times a week as well. Start using it and see how your skin is responding. You can build up the frequency. Gentle daily exfoliation. It's an amazing one. The plum AHA toner is also fabulous. Another affordable product. It's a product that has been around for very, very long and I feel it's a little underrated."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner

"This toner is a rescue toner. [...] If you do have that problem, redness, rosacea-prone skin, general sensitivity, broken skin barrier, any of those kind of things, you're going to love this toner."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Anua Rice 70% Glow Milky Toner

"This is really really nice. It kind of reminds me of the I'm From toner that I was obsessed with back in 2020, 2021, that was the only hydrating toner I used to use. I used to love it, but this is something that doesn't leave any kind of cast on your skin. It just soaks into your skin and doesn't leave any extra oiliness. It's just a pure hydrating toner, so this is a good one."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Anua Peach 77% Niacinamide Essence Toner

"If you have any kind of pigmentation, this is a brightening toner so that's one option. Don't expect miracles but it's a good toner."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Anua BHA 2% Gentle Exfoliating Toner

"This is the only BHA toner on the market that actually has ceramides and it is absolutely skin soothing."

✓Yay

63%Guru Score

COSRX Hydrium Watery Toner

"I cannot tell you how much I love and adore this the only Town side is this is this is an overnight mask you pop it on during the day and take it off but this is an overnight mask Sona is a bit of a learning curve but I'm absolutely Blown Away by the results"

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Some By Mi AHA BHA PHA 30 Days Miracle Toner

"This is a fabulous fabulous product"

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✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Minimalist Glycolic Acid Toner 8%

"If you are looking at a glycolic acid toner and you are confused between the ordinary and the minimalist then I recommend the minimalist"

✓Yay

63%Guru Score

Pixi Glow Tonic

"Use a lactic or a glycolic acid and try to use it in a toner form, like a 5%, like Pixi Glow Tonic, twice a week."

✓Yay

64%Guru Score

I'm From Rice Toner

"IT IS ABSOLUTE BEAUTIFUL FRAGRANCE FREE IS SO IF YOUR SKIN IS DRY SENSITIVE ASTHMA PRONE YOUR SKIN HAS ANY IRRITATION THIS IS A PRODUCT YOU WILL NEVER DISAPPOINT IT IS FABULOUS"

✓Yay

95%Guru Score

Isntree Ultra Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Toner

"I'm going to recommend the Isntree Ultra Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Toner. I've gifted it to people, this is my absolute favorite. It's affordable. This has eight types of hyaluronic acids, so even if I don't wear a moisturizer on certain days and I just use this I'm good to go. In fact most days I just use this. It blends stickiness and you know mattifying and glow are actually opposite, common sense, but I don't know how it does it. So if your normal, dry, combination skin type, this is what I recommend."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

COSRX Full Fit Propolis Toner

"COSRX has a propolis toner that's very very hydrating. I have like melasma and even skin tone"

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Mists & Essences14 reviews

Dr. Althea Aquamarine Jelly Mist

"You get marine water which is unique because marine water is rich in iron and minerals and that's different than regular distilled water or using aloe based water. So there is a clear difference in the fact that they've used marine water. It has plant PDR and it also has different weights of hyalonic acid. So all in all, it's a really good product and honestly I'm right at the end of it and maybe as it gets hot in the summers in a couple of months in Dubai, I will actually go ahead and repurchase it. There's nothing negative that I have to say about this product. The only thing I have to say is that it's not a must-have. If you have hyalonic acid, if you have hyalonic toner, acid toners, you don't have to go and rush and buy this product unless you're just impressed that oh, it's so cute and jelly like."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Dr. Althea 345 Relief Cream Mist

"This is a good mist. This is something I'm personally not going to repurchase. If I do need to get something super hydrating, I think I'm going to go back to my Cosrx ceramide mist. Overall, these are good products, but these are not musthaves."

~Mixed

64%Guru Score

SK-II Facial Treatment Essence

"I've used it years ago but I got it again this year and I have been using it regularly. My review is that I like the way this makes my skin feel. But I will not go ahead and recommend a $250 product to you all. It is a good to have. It's not a must-have. I'm going to finish this bottle and then I'm going to see what we do. It's a hydrating essence. Obviously, it has fermented ingredients. You can get started with any kind of a hydrating toner."

~Mixed

81%Guru Score

Fresh Kombucha Antioxidant Facial Treatment Essence

"This one is by Fresh again. This is called the Kombucha Facial Essence. If you have ever used the Haruh Haru Black Lice Toner Essence, the original one, this texture is very similar to that. So it's a super hydrating toner."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Prequel Universal Skin Solution Dermal Spray for Face and Body

"It's a nice hypochlorous acid. This felt really really good. I like it. If you are into hypochlorous acid, this is a good one and that's all I have to say."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence

"I use it and even sometimes my mind wants to go back to it... this product surprised me... it has nine different types of peptides including copper peptide"

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✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Missha Time Revolution The First Treatment Essence 5X

"Misha is similar to that, this is almost identical price difference. When you're picking up the product depending on size you're buying 10 mL, 30 ml, 50 ml it can go up to almost 10,000 rupes whereas Misha is at like 2,000 Rupees so it is a super super affordable alternative. Misha as a product you can test it out with, fermented, it is deep levels of hydration, gives you the brightness that you need because it's working with all the antioxidants in the product."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Rhode Glazing Milk Ceramide Facial Essence

"I would really say you can get a Korean toner for $15 and you would be just fine I don't think this is worth the money"

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✕Nay

77%Guru Score

Mary&May Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence

"Since I got the Mary&May products I've really enjoyed the brand. This is a Vegan Blackberry Complex Cream Essence. What you need to do is basically shake it up and then you use it. This is like a toner plus whatever else it is, so beautiful and so hydrating. I absolutely love it. When I was doing my nighttime skin care routine I actually started using it. Look at the shine that you get with this product, it is so cool. And seven skin method, it's really really nice."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Tatcha Luminous Dewy Skin Mist

"Tatcha is pretty basic. If you're feeling bougie, if you want a gift, if you want to try something out, definitely get it for yourself, but don't look at these brands as truly, truly amazing."

✕Nay

75%Guru Score

Cosrex Advanced Snail Mucin Essence

"If you feel the skin is becoming very dry and very flaky, invest in Cosrex's snail mucin essence and Cosrex snail mucin cream. These are very hydrating and give your face an instant glow."

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✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Ginseng Essence Water

"Beauty of Joseon Ginseng Toner, they're very very good reviews in six weeks."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Numbuzin No.9 NAD+ Bio-Lifting Sill Essence

"It improves your skin hydration and it improves your skin texture like you know skin becomes very soft, feel soft, feel soft, it shows, be very careful I am using my words really carefully skin soft feel happens, doesn't show and skin hydration level improves"

~Mixed

83%Guru Score

K-Secret Collagen Boosting Secret Ampoule

"Every time I apply it and I was like why does my skin feel so good next morning my wrinkles are looking less"

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Haircare13 reviews

Dove 10-in-1 Bond Strength Peptide Complex Serum Hair Mask

"This is also a nice mask it is pretty affordable from a supermarket perspective it's really affordable"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Redken Acidic Bond Repair Shampoo

"What I really did enjoy is the Acidic Bond Repair Shampoo and conditioner. It is a really really nice product."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Redken Acidic Bond Repair Conditioner

"The conditioner is a really really nice product, definitely a repurchase because this is something I really liked"

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Bare Anatomy Ultra Smoothing Hair Serum

"This product I have really really liked, this is the Ultra Smoothing Hair Serum. This has a couple of Omega 3, 6, 9, it has some phytosqualane, so it's a nice product. I literally use a drop, you can't even see it, smooth it over and then I just apply it on my lens and scalp. This is a pure hair serum for lens overall. Bare Anatomy for the price and the product that you're getting is a good brand. The range is affordable, it is sulfate and paraben free, so it does the job."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Minimalist Hair Density Serum

"I use a hair growth serum every day right now I'm using Minimalist but I'm more regular with Wish Care that's my favorite thing."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Rare Beauty Find Comfort Body and Hair Fragrance Mist

"They have this body and hair fragrance mist, and there is something about this fragrance that just relaxes me. I've been spraying this and I've actually kept it along with my hair growth serum and my scalp massager in a nice tray next to my bedside so I can use it every night. Fragrance is very personal, but I don't know what it is, it just sprays really nicely. It is very, very nice. This is a really nice fragrance."

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

Pureology Color Fanatic Multitasking Leave-In Spray

"I use the one from Pureology and then your hair will be very flat and that is very important. Whatever products you use, whether you're using products to style or protect, you have to use exactly the right amounts."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

K18 Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask

"K18 minimalist you can also do Hair Botox"

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

The Ordinary Multi-Peptide Serum for Hair Density

"I've gone through two bottles of it and I just stopped using it for a while and you can just see the results. I'm going to do a whole review on all the things that I have done since January which include The Ordinary Multi-Peptide Serum for Hair Density, and there are a lot of things that [...] have resulted in hair growth and which have just resulted in my hair being healthier."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Olaplex No. 3 Hair Perfector

"Olaplex No. 3 is a product that I have used since 2019. It's a leave-in molecular mask and I think that is one reason that my hair strand, my actual texture hair, is still very healthy despite all the abuse."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray

"I always use this product which is the Color Wow Dream Coat. It's like a heat protecting spray with extra shine."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Minimalist Bond Repair Hair Mask

"I do recommend the Minimalist Bond Repair. As a product it is good, but it is not a dupe for Olaplex. This is very similar to the K18 Bond Repair treatment. If you're looking for a product that gives you that and is like less than half, one fourth the price, like this is 500 rupees, then I would highly recommend you try this one. It's not a bad product. This is something that I highly highly recommend."

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

Shiseido Fino Premium Touch Hair Mask

"I realized that my hair stays hydrated for a very long time. I literally need to use the tiniest scoops and then I apply it on my hair and that is enough. This product was expensive, this was about 99 Dirhams or 98 or something like this, but I know this is a 10 on 10 product for me. I am going to repurchase it. I absolutely absolutely love it. This has made it to my Holy Grail hair masks. This is life-changing and if you wanted to get one Japanese hair care product and if you have dry frizzy hair, dry frizzy colored hair, dry hair in general, get this one. You will not be disappointed. This is a product I highly highly want to recommend."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Body & Tan9 reviews

Remedy For Body Bumps

"This for me honestly is a 9 on 10. Fabulous product."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream

"Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Cream. What a gorgeous fragrance. This is beautiful. This is great if you love vanilla. If you like the bright, you know, if you like the vanilla kind of vibes, this is great. And this is very nourishing for the body. Yes, you can use it to layer a vanilla fragrance. It'll last better. But like a nice body butter, this is also great."

✓Yay

63%Guru Score

Dove Advanced Care Acne Clear Body Wash

"I have two recommendations, one is from Dove the Dove 1% salicylic acid same body body wash."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Rare Beauty Find Comfort Hydrating Body Lotion

"The body lotion is okay okay I mean there are lots of hydrating body lotions"

~Mixed

57%Guru Score

Rare Beauty Find Comfort Hand Cream

"This hand cream is bomb and I just love the packaging it is super super hydrating"

✓Yay

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Vaseline Intensive Care Cocoa Radiant Body Oil

"This is the Vaseline Intensive Care Cocoa Radiant Body Oil, [...] and I've used it all four days and this is such a lightweight formula. I mean compared to the old one it's not that lightweight, but this is like a gel and [...] it's not goopy, it's not disgusting, and I'm in love with it. If you enjoy the cocoa butter fragrance as much as I do, I think you're going to enjoy it too. It's a product that creates a protective barrier. I have a lot of issues with wool touching my skin, it gets me itchy, it gets me red, and this helps with that. I'm literally in love with it. It's been on my bedside since it arrived."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Eucerin Urea Repair Body Wash

"If your daughter has extremely dry body skin, try using the Eucerin Urea Repair Body Wash. It doesn't smell very nice but it's very very hydrating."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

The Ordinary Salicylic Acid 2% Body Serum

"The salicylic acid body serum is a really good product. It's a 2% concentration daily, so it's not a 1%, it's not a watered down formula. This is something that I have been using and obviously I'm going to use it and finish it off."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Chemist at Play Salicylic Acid Body Wash

"The Salicylic Acid Body Wash is the second product I've barely used, and I think it's okay, but whatever. It's 1% salicylic acid and it's supposed to prevent body acne, but 1% salicylic body, you need a little more concentration. Salicylic works better than benzoyl peroxide, which is why in all of my body acne routines I've always recommended Panoxyl Wash, which is 10% benzoyl peroxide. So this one is a good to have but not something I've really used."

✕Nay

75%Guru Score

Blush & Bronzer7 reviews

Benefit Hoola Bronzer

"This is the Hoola Bronzer and [...] it looks very natural, it looks really flawless. [...] I just feel it has like a natural glow and a natural luminosity. I absolutely love it."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Dior Forever Skin Contour Sculpt Stick

"This the concealer I'm using is dior forever skin corrector I've been using this for a while I repurchased it I like it"

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Dior Forever Blush Soft Filter

"I'm now going to go in with a little bit of more blush so I'm using this Dior red blush and I think this red color that has launched is amazing for all skin types"

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Bronzing Cream

"I went to the Chanel store and she tried it on me and I absolutely love it. It gives you just the right amount of color. It's not those contour really harsh lines. It's ideal for daily use, right? If you're going to work and you don't want to contour like Kim Kardashian, then this is really really good. And obviously you can intensify it by using a bronzer if you want, but I feel you don't need to."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Fenty Beauty Amber Suede Bronzer Contour Stick

"I am here using this Fenty Beauty stick and then I'm gonna take a stiff brush like this and this is like a stiff brush so I kind of like using this to blend out my Contour. If Contour goes up and down it kind of looks like chalky and muddy, so always try and blend your Contour without moving it, so just point by control with a stiff brush like this."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Dior Backstage Rosy Glow Blush

"I like to go in with some more blush, which is what I'm doing now. This is the Dior Backstage Rosy Glow Blush. This is something important as a part of giving you that really really healthy glow."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Laura Mercier Cream Blush

"Now for the blush I'm using a Cream Blush and this is by Laura Mercier they just launched a whole bunch of cream blushes"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Powder & Setting6 reviews

MAC Fix+ Setting Spray

"I also carried this Hydro Grip setting spray, it's almost finished"

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter

"This is a texture monster. I don't have large open pores, so it gives me this really soft airbrushed finish, but if you have texture, if you have enlarged pores, if you have oily skin, if you have anything happening, this is not for you. I've recommended this to friends and family and some of them have bought it and they've been like, upon it looks bad on us. I think this is a product which is overhyped. You don't want to bother yourself with it."

✕Nay

65%Guru Score

Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Setting Spray

"Another product which I feel is fabulous especially if you have oily skin is the Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Setting Spray. This is also, it's not as good as this one but makeup moves, whereas this one the iconic one, this does nothing much for setting your makeup. Okay, your makeup sets and all it's fine, this is all for looking like a glazed donut. This is your glow bomb. Setting wedding, so usually if I use this then I'll also use something like this on top of it after this one has settled."

~Mixed

79%Guru Score

Iconic London Prep Set Glow Setting Spray

"One of my favorite setting sprays is the Iconic London Prep Set Glow and this is the one which has these gold so settle when you shake it up it's kind of gold and it leaves this amazing mist like this golden sheen on your face. It's really really good so I'm going to use it repurchase it."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Diffused Light

"The only powdered exception to that rule is the Hourglass powders highlighters, which are very very expensive. So I like to just tap this on with my two fingers, gives me a bit of a glow."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Benefit POREfessional Primer

"If you have large open pores one that I kind of did really really enjoy is this one it is the Benefit POREfessional light primer this is like a watery it is like a water-based one yes so it comes when it comes out you will see it looks like a silicone thing just the original formula but when you apply it you can use a primer make sure it's very very lightweight. I used to use the Elf putty primer I have used the Nyx Marshmallow they just are very very heavy go in with a primer that is light."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Eye Makeup5 reviews

The Ordinary Multi-Peptide Lash and Brow Serum

"I really recommend The Ordinary serum, the growth one, it's really good."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Benefit 24-Hour Brow Setter

"I use a brow gel, the Benefit one that I use, but that also kind of doesn't work for me. What I like to use instead is Vaseline to tame my brows."

✕Nay

73%Guru Score

Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance Eyeshadow Palette

"My favorite eyeshadow palette, the only one I have repurchased in my life, is the Modern Renaissance by Anastasia Beverly Hills because it is more of a warm tone palette and for me and my skin I feel warm tones look better. Browns are also warm, there are pinks in it, and I just feel typical shimmers which is like more than enough because it's not like I'm going to a party every day and I need like 20,000 colors."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara

"This is the telescopic one by L'Oreal. [...] I love the impact of this mascara. It's fabulous."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

NYX Micro Brow Pencil

"Instead of the benefit precisely my brow I'm actually using this NYX brow pencil and this seems to be working pretty well"

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Foundation4 reviews

Urban Decay Face Bond Foundation

"I've got this Urban Decay one which is also really nice."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Haus Labs Triclone Skin Tech Foundation

"This is almost undetectable on skin, you can't even tell what product you've applied"

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✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Rimmel Kind & Free Foundation

"This is my favorite, it's a drugstore option that is affordable, and it's very sheer in the sense that it doesn't feel like anything on your skin"

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✓Yay

86%Guru Score

L'Oreal True Match Nude Hyaluronic Tinted Serum

"I like the hyaluronic acid tint by L'Oreal. I absolutely love the coverage, I love how lightweight it is. It just melts into your skin. Yeah, it's expensive but it's really nice."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Lip4 reviews

Remedy Lip Balm

"I did not find this moisturizing. I felt this worked just like Vaseline. Like given all of these ingredients, it didn't do anything extra. I had to apply, reapply, and constantly do all kinds of things with it as I have to do with Vaseline. So for me, this is a complete miss. Four on 10, maybe five. This one needs a redo."

✕Nay

70%Guru Score

Hyphen Vitamin Infused Peptide Lip Balm

"I was one of the very first few people who actually purchase this product launch back in 2023 in the winter months. I tried it and literally my lips were peeling. I don't like the lip balms and that is why it is in my no recommendation list."

✕Nay

56%Guru Score

Minimalist L-Ascorbic Acid 8% Lip Treatment with Vitamin E and Glycerine

"It is super affordable"

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Tatcha Kissu Lip Serum

"It is really really beautiful and this will last you forever. While the product says lip sleeping mask, you can use it in the day as well. I use it in the morning as well, I also use it at night, so this is something that is a multi-use product and I highly highly recommend it. This is like a 10 on 10 product for me. If there are products from the Japanese category which are 10 on 10 for me, I think there are just two. It is the Canmake sunscreen and the Tatcha lip sleeping mask. These are both 10 on 10 products. 10 on 10 means I will repurchase, I would recommend, love love love."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Concealer3 reviews

Tarte Shape Tape Concealer

"I'm using the Tarte Shape Tape Ultra Creamy. This is not the original Shape Tape, which was like heavy and chalky. This is like the other one. I'm just taking this on a concealer brush and basically starting to define very slowly and very carefully under the eye area, then I'm going to take a beauty blender and make sure it's blended out completely. I take the same concealer on the brush and define the upper area so it's beautifully defined with structure and dimension. I've used a little bit of concealer on the upper nature and eyelid, and by this my eyes now suddenly have more definition."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

NYX Born to Glow Serum Concealer

"For the concealer I'm going to use the NYX Born to Glow Serum Concealer. If you followed any of the few makeup tutorials I've done, you know I love this, this is my favorite drugstore concealer. The concealer goes on areas where you either have darkness or redness, so under the eyes, sides of the nose, so on and so forth."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

NYX Bare With Me Concealer Serum

"This is the Nyx serum concealer. [...] This is very very thin. It has caffeine. [...] This is not a very heavy coverage one and I don't personally go in for a lot of heavy coverage so that it works for me. [...] I've just used very little of it and I have just color corrected my face a little bit, [...] which looks very very natural."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Tech3 reviews

Omnilux Face Contour Red Light Therapy Mask

"Omnilux or Omni Lux which requires you to keep it for 10-10 minutes"

~Mixed

75%Guru Score

NuFACE Trinity Facial Toning Device

"You can go see that video like I said almost two years old video is but you don't have any long term benefit from it"

✕Nay

60%Guru Score

NuFACE Mini Microcurrent Device

"So the first device which I do not recommend is NuFace or any micro current device because it doesn't work"

✕Nay

66%Guru Score

Acne2 reviews

Minimalist 2% Salicylic Acid Serum

"I genuinely love this product everything has improved I use this with everything peptides retinol AHAs BHAs transdermal acid"

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✓Yay

81%Guru Score

The Ordinary Salicylic Acid 2% Solution

"You get a Salicylic Acid 2% which is amazing"

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✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Balms & Ointments2 reviews

Vaseline Original Healing Jelly

"This is a product protective barrier I am loving it. It's literally been on my bedside since it arrived. I'm using it every single night. It is a really affordable product, I think in Indian Rupees it's like 560 rupees, so it's pretty affordable, and I highly recommend that you try it out this winter. [...] It is such a versatile product you can use it in so many different ways."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

CeraVe Healing Ointment

"I'm using the CeraVe Healing Ointment and I prefer this over Vaseline because I feel that it has actual skin repairing qualities. I'm not a fan of slugging so I'll never take Vaseline and put it on my full face, but I'll only use this on the areas where I'm prone to getting dryness."

✓Yay

92%Guru Score

Fragrance1 review

The Body Shop The Body Shop

"I don't like them basically body shop or lo body washes and butters icing I'm not a fan of because I feel it can really damage your skin."

✕Nay

50%Guru Score

Supplements1 review

Olay Collagen Peptide 24

"Collagen creams, L'Oreal, Olay, all of these brands are responsible for putting collagen all over their creams and selling a simple moisturizer for three times the price just because collagen. Like you can't test collagen, you can't apply collagen because the molecule is too large for it to be absorbed into skin naturally. What you end up getting in all of these creams is hydrolyzed collagen which is basically a great humectant, much like hyaluronic acid. They don't deserve to sell at the prices they do because they use the word collagen and because ads instantly tell you that you will look 10 years younger. None of that happens."

✕Nay

61%Guru Score

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