Three nights a week for three months on dry skin: tingles briefly, cheeks smoother, sun spots a shade lighter, no smell. Wear SPF with it.
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My skin is sensitive and flushes easily. the texture is nice, thick but sort of whipped so it rubs in without a fight. but every time i put it on around my nose and cheeks it stung for a few minutes and left me redder than before. tried it 4 nights in a row, same each time. turns out there's eucalyptus oil near the end of the ingredient list, which i missed before buying. if essential oils set you off, check that first. my hands and elbows love it so the tub isn't wasted at least.
Fragrance free and it actually calms my cheeks down after retinol nights. Feels rich but sinks in, no shine by morning. Only 50 ml so it goes fast.
Wanted to love this one. It's thin like milk, zero white cast, and foundation sits on it fine. But my eyes. About twenty minutes after I put it on they start watering and it comes and goes for half the day, even though I stay well clear of the lids. By lunch my forehead and nose are shiny and I'm combination, not super oily. Turns out it's all chemical filters (avobenzone, octinoxate, octisalate, octocrylene), which I didn't look at before ordering. Not cheap for a 2 oz bottle either. Giving the rest to my sister
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most new reviewsgot me through my first month on tret, I only put it on the flaky patches at night bc it leaves a whitish film if I'm lazy about rubbing it in.
Face felt tight after every wash and I got a few new bumps on my chin by week two. Stopped using it. Maybe fine for dry skin but my oily skin hated it
Paid forty something for the small jar because the whole internet said it was perfect for oily skin. Feels nice going on, cool and bouncy, but by afternoon I was shiny and I got a cluster of little bumps along my jaw in week two. Stopped for ten days, they calmed down. Not worth it for me.
Can't beat the value, one jar last me for many months, I use it every night after I apply retinol. I like it, it keep my face nice and moist. It's not the lightest or the heaviest, somewhere in between, the scent is light.
OK so i wanted the glow everyone talks about and my face just got angry. Used it every other night like the bottle says and by week two my cheeks were red and it STUNG every single time, then i got little bumps along my jaw that i never get. Stopped it and it took like 10 days to calm down. Maybe fine for tougher skin, mine hated it. the price was nice at least.
Ive been using this daily for about 3 months now as my everyday spf. Honestly the texture is what sold me, it sinks in fast and theres no white cast on me at all, which is rare for a 50. My combo skin doesnt get greasy by lunch like with my old one. Only small gripe is it pilled a little when i layered powder over it too soon. Cheap enough that i already bought a second tube.
Fragrance-free and properly thick. That's pretty much my wish list for a basic cream.
Broke me out within a week, my chin is not happy. Way too heavy for oily skin.
Really wanted to like this. No perfume, simple face wash, exactly my thing. But my cheeks feel tight afterwards and I'm reaching for moisturiser straight away. I don't need that squeaky clean feeling. Just too drying for my skin unfortunately.
Says it pills instantly on their skin.
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“LRP double repair is also a no go. It pills instantly on my skin.”
Redness from overuse calmed and came back after two weeks.
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“I’m about 2 weeks out from overuse and redness. It calmed but then came back.”
No breakouts or reactions on very sensitive skin, but it does little, leaves skin dull and can't remove sunscreen.
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“Aveeno calm and restore oat cleanser. My skin doesn’t break out at all with this. No reactions! But my skin is dull because it doesn’t do much and definitely can’t take off sunscreen.”
Good things check out: nothing spectacular but a great moisturizer, though too pricey for full size.
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“I’ve heard a lot of good things about this and they check out, nothing spectacular but it’s a great moisturizer.”
Great for rosacea on the cheeks; the redness is toned down for light makeup.
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“The Anua azelaic acid is great. I have rosacea on my cheeks and this helps.”
Works like a miracle on combination skin used one or two nights a week.
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“I have combination skin and this works like miracle for me.”
Can sting their irritated winter skin.
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“I get skin so irritated in the winter it can sting from Cicalfate cream but the Farmacy never does me wrong.”
Super gentle and never stings even when their skin is angry.
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“the LRP hydrating one (the white bottle) is way better, super gentle, never stings even when my skin is angry.”
Used the toner on a stubborn scalp dermatitis several times a week and had a clear scalp after two weeks.
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“I left it on and did not rinse and after two weeks the symptoms went away and I had a clear scalp.”
Is using it right now and loving it, and sees no reason yet to try the Cetaphil alternative.
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“The CeraVe cream to foam is what I’m using right now and am loving it!”
Went through a whole jar of the Anua azelaic acid without changing their scars.
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“I've been looking up stuff about them for so long and went through a whole jar of anua azelaic acid but it didn't change anything and I dont usually see people with their scars like mine so idk”
One of the best moisturizers they've used on dry skin during tretinoin.
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“In my experience, the best ones have been La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5+, Avène Cicalfate+, Skinbetter Science Trio, and SkinCeuticals Triple Lipid Restore.”
One of the best moisturizers they've used on dry skin during tretinoin.
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“In my experience, the best ones have been La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5+, Avène Cicalfate+, Skinbetter Science Trio, and SkinCeuticals Triple Lipid Restore.”
No difference on acne scars but improved texture, tone, clarity and glow over years.
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“Acne scars? 0 difference. Skin texture, tone, clear skin and glow? Yes.”
An oily, acne-prone user who has tried many products says switching to Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser four months ago worked wonders for their breakouts.
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“But now I have switched to Cetaphil gentle skin cleanser since the last 4 months and it has worked wonders honestly.”
Has tried to upgrade three times, including pricier ceramide serums and an LRP barrier cream, but always returns to the $15 CeraVe Moisturizing Cream.
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“I’ve tried to “step up” three times now. Some super expensive serum with ceramides, barrier cream from La Roche-Posay that everyone raves about, but always go back to the tub.”
Calls Cetaphil Moisturizing Cream the best moisturiser ever; nothing pricier has beaten it.
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“Cetaphil Moisturizing Cream. Best moisturizer to ever exist.”
Puts The Ordinary Azelaic Acid on fresh pimples at night and is amazed how much better they look by morning.
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“Azelaic acid might help, the one from the Ordinary is great on a fresh pimple—I’ve put it on at night and been staggered in the morning at how much better the pimple was.”
After four years of acne, the CeraVe Blemish Control (Acne Control) Gel is the only thing that has helped them.
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“I’ve found that the cerave blemish control works wonders! In the US it’s acne control gel”
Fades redness around old scars far more than the indent itself.
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“It fades the redness around my old scars way more than the actual indent itself, the texture stayed about the same for me”
With severe eczema, has used CeraVe Moisturizing Cream for years without any issues.
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“I have been using the cerave moisturising cream for a few years. I buy the big tub and it lasts me about 3-4 months. It works for me and I have not had any issues with it”
Their holy grail for 1.5 years on dry skin with retinol; wakes up moisturized.
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“Tatcha Dewy Cream is my HG for the past 1.5 years”
A user who builds their night routine around Anua and numbuzin products uses CeraVe Moisturizing Cream as their moisturizer and says it is the only CeraVe product they actually like.
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“Moisturizer: CeraVe Moisturizing Cream (The only thing I actually like by them)”
After about five years using the Water Cream by day, a user finds it wonderfully hydrating, sinking in well and unmatched by anything else they've tried.
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“I've been using Tatcha's water cream (for daytime) and the Dewy Skin Cream at night for about 5 years. It's wonderfully hydrating and moisturizing.”
An oily-skinned user finds the Aqua-Fresh doesn't sting the eyes but pills a lot.
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“I am currently using beauty of joseon aqua fresh for oily skin and while it doesn’t sting the eyes, it pills a lot.”
A tretinoin user says Vanicream Daily Facial Moisturizer is the only moisturizer that doesn't burn their skin when they overdo tret, gentle and fragrance free.
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“Vanicream daily moisturizer. It’s the only thing that doesn’t burn my skin when I use tret accidentally applied too much.”
A drugstore skincare fan says the Byoma Moisturizing Gel Cream is one of their two most repurchased holy grails, using it in summer.
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“Byoma gel cream moisturizer for the summer.”
A user says their skin absolutely rejected The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%, suspects the zinc, and advises patch testing first.
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“My skin absolutely rejected that The Ordinary niacinamide formulation, and I suspect the Zinc component, so do a patch test first.”
A longtime user of CeraVe Moisturizing Cream in the tub had no issues for years, but since starting tretinoin it no longer moisturizes enough and their skin feels tight and irritated.
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“I’ve been using CeraVe in the tub for years and never really had an issue with it until I started tretinoin.”
A user who has repurchased Cicaplast Baume B5 countless times over years loves it and finds other moisturizers overstimulating, but says it is too greasy and shiny for daytime without makeup.
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“I’ve been using La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5 for years. I’ve honestly lost count of how many times I’ve repurchased it. I love everything about it”
On acne-prone, sensitive, dry skin, the Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream is their favorite moisturizer of all time.
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“I have acne prone, sensitive, dry skin and my favorite moisturizer of all time is the dewy skin cream.”
Works when CeraVe, Cetaphil and Vanicream moisturizers didn't.
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“My skin also hates these moisturizers... Korean skincare for the win! I use Anua 3 ceramide cream.”
A year on it has transformed their skin, after quitting tretinoin they couldn't tolerate.
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“I've currently been using the retinal for a year and it's transformed my skin.”
Loves it after tretinoin with no reactions or acne, at a fraction of luxury prices.
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“I've been using Avene Tolerance Control Cream and I absolutely love it. I use it after my Tretinoin and have not had any reactions or acne.”
Broke them out, worse than any other CeraVe product.
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“every cerave product I’ve tried has broken me out, that face wash especially.”
Worked well after CeraVe repeatedly gave them texture and comedones.
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“Vanicream cleanser has worked well for me, OP.”
Wouldn't use anything else: heavy but unscented, dries fairly quickly, and their skin has never been more consistent.
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“I use beauty of Joseon dynasty cream and wouldnt use anything else. It is quite heavy but no scent or anything, and it dries fairly quickly.”
Doesn't sting their eczema- and rosacea-prone dry skin even with a weak barrier.
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“Mixsoon bean essence and bean cream. I have eczema and rosacea and dry sensitive skin…and these products don’t sting me when my barrier is lacking.”
Doesn't sting their eczema- and rosacea-prone dry skin even with a weak barrier.
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“Mixsoon bean essence and bean cream. I have eczema and rosacea and dry sensitive skin…and these products don’t sting me when my barrier is lacking.”
Never fails them and reduces redness when the usual moisturizers didn't work.
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“First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream never fails me and it reduces redness.”
Their fragrance-free moisturizer after itchy rashes stopped with removing fragrance.
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“I use La Roche Posay Double Repair moisturizer.”
Has helped their sensitive, red, dry skin.
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“Have you tried La Roche-Posay Cicaplast or Avene Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream? Both you can find at drug stores or Target and have helped my sensitive red and dry skin.”
Gentle enough for their very sensitive skin once or twice a week, unlike harsher exfoliants.
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“I really like first aid beauty’s facial radiance pads,which have a combination of low percentage glycolic (2% I think) and lactic acid that doesn’t irritate my insanely sensitive skin.”
Switched to the Skin Renewing Night Cream for very dry skin and wears it day and night: heavier than the regular cream, thick but not greasy, takes a minute to sink in.
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“its much heavier than the regular stuff, i use it in the day too even though it says night cream cause my skin is so dry now. not greasy just thick and takes a minute to soak in”
Recommends Lipid Gold as not too heavy but very moisturizing and long-lasting.
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“Not super heavy, but very moisturizing and long lasting.”
The Hydrating Cleanser is a forever rebuy that never leaves their skin tight.
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“the hydrating cleanser is my forever rebuy, never lets my skin feel tight after washing”
Loves the Relief Sun Aqua-Fresh: very light, doesn't break them out and leaves no white cast.
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“I personally love the Beauty of Joseon Sun Relief Aqua Fresh. It's really light and doesn't break me out or leave any white cast.”
Eventually made their skin red, probably the niacinamide.
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“Vanicream daily moisturizer eventually made me red! I think it’s the niacinamide that my skin doesn’t like.”
The classic CeraVe Moisturizing Cream in the tub is their holy grail when their skin is upset: thick, moisturizing and quick to absorb.
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“It's thick, moisturizing, super simple, feels amazing, absorbs quickly, and is my HG whenever my skin is grumpy”
Works for their sensitive skin that reacts to ceramides and cetearyl alcohol.
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“try LRP Cicaplast Baume B5-- WITHOUT SPF. Just the regular degular Cicaplast.”
Really likes the Dewy Skin Cream, one of their favourite winter moisturizers; the fragrance is fairly light.
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“I find it to be a pretty light fragrance, and I really like the cream. It was one of my fav moisturizers last winter.”
Loves it after Vanicream turned them red.
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“I switched to the Anua 3+ ceramide moisturizer and I love it!”
Dried their skin out badly, so they switched.
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“Yeah the foaming cleanser dried my skin out bad.”
Fine used sparingly on their sensitive dry skin, but breaks them out with daily use.
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“The daily moisturizer I can use sparingly but it breaks me out if I use it everyday.”
Has helped their sensitive, red, dry skin.
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“Have you tried La Roche-Posay Cicaplast or Avene Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream? Both you can find at drug stores or Target and have helped my sensitive red and dry skin.”
Loved it, though they find it expensive.
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“I loved la Roche posy cicaplast baume but it's so expensive.”
Owns Cicaplast B5+ but finds it much thicker and harder to spread than their usual tret-night moisturizer.
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“I also have Cicaplast B5+, but find it much thicker and harder to spread.”
60+ days as directed and it did nothing.
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“I was so excited to get this product and also found it did nothing?! I have been using it for 60+ days, as directed etc.”
A long-time user always returns to the Tatcha Water Cream for daytime after trying others over the years.
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“I use the water cream for day and dewy moisturizer at night. I’ve tried others over the years but always, always go back.”
A longtime user swears by EltaMD UV Clear: no sunscreen smell, forgettable once on and never caused breakouts, though it is pricey where they live.
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“I've sworn by eltaMD UV clear for years. No sunscreen smell, once it's on I forget about it, and it never caused breakouts for me the way some other sunscreens have.”
A user with bone-dry skin uses Tatcha The Dewy Skin Cream at night alongside the Water Cream and is very happy with both.
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“Tatcha Water Cream for daytime moisturizer and Tatcha Dewy skin cream for night time. My complexion is bone dry but with lots of hydrating milky toners and these two moisturizers no one would ever know.”
A user with hormonal cystic acne calls La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Matte Face Moisturizer gentle, effective and a life saver that doesn't break them out.
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“La Roche posay double repair matte face moisturizer , gentle and effective and doesnt break me out , I get hormonal cystic acne and thisbis a life saver”
A dry, sensitive-skinned user has repurchased La Roche-Posay's B5 balm for years: spots heal faster and dry patches are gone, though it can be heavy in summer.
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“Personally, La Roche’s B5 balm. It’s been a solid repurchase for a couple of years now. I have dry sensitive skin and it’s been amazing.”
Can't go without it: no white cast on brown skin and doesn't flare their rosacea.
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“I’m a supergoop convert. Can’t go without unseen invisible gel.”
The tinted mineral works on them.
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“Using Elta MD 41 mineral sunscreen, it’s tinted but works on me.”
Their face and body moisturizer; they haven't gone back to their old one.
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“The daily moisturizing lotion in the largest bottle for face and body moisturizer.”
The only thing that stops their face peeling on low-dose Accutane; a little sticky.
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“I slug with a thin layer of the cerave healing ointment at night and it's the only thing that's actually kept my face from peeling off when I wake up”
Swears by it as a midday hydration mist.
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“I swear by my Avene thermal water”
Helped with their oily skin and large pores.
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“Azelaic acid from the ordinary helped me with these”
Cleared up redness under their nose when a derm prescription didn't.
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“Anua azalaic acid seemed to clear it up.”
The Ordinary's glycolic acid helped their texture a lot, but left their combination skin red and sometimes itchy from dryness even after moisturizing.
Imports the Relief Sun Aqua-Fresh and likes it.
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“I like beauty of Joseon sun relief aqua fresh.”
Calls the Hydrating Cleanser a no-nonsense, affordable and reliable cleanser.
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“Cerave hydrating cleanser for a no nonsense cleanser that’s affordable and reliable”
Loves the Moisturizing Cream as a hand cream but finds it too greasy for their face.
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“I also use their moisturizing cream as a hand cream and I love it for that, but it's too greasy on my face.”
The Acne Control Gel seemed to work at first, then less so, so they moved to something else.
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“sometimes i use the acne control gel it seemed like it worked at first but now i feel like maybe not as much so i switched to something else.”
Even one use of the Vanicream face wash leaves their skin tight and irritated, with tiny red bumps the next day.
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“Every time I use vanicream face wash even once my skin gets tight and irritated and I get tiny red bumps literally the next day.”
Loves the Toleriane Hydrating Gentle Cleanser (and the Double Repair moisturizer).
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“I love both of these products!”
Loves the Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer (and the Hydrating Gentle Cleanser).
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“I love both of these products!”
Someone with sensitive skin and hormonal acne finds the Haruharu black rice toner excellent.
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“I just started using Haru Haru black rice cleanser (the toner from this line is excellent).”
Tried Lala Retro again: it doesn't hydrate their skin and almost irritates it, unlike other moisturizers they use.
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“I tried it again this month and it doesn’t moisturize. My skin doesn’t get hydrated from it. It’s almost irritated?”
Uses Laneige Cream Skin when their face is irritated: very gentle, never stings, like a comforting thin layer of milk.
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“Oh Laneige cream skin is super gentle, I use it when my face is angry and it never stings.”
Their pick under makeup because it feels like a primer.
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“i stick with my eltamd uv clear for makeup bc it feels like a primer.”
Nothing has worked better for them.
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“I use La Roche Posay cicaplast and nothing has ever worked better”
The Cream-to-Foam Cleanser is probably their favourite cleanser ever.
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“I absolutely love the cream to foam cleanser. Probably my favorite cleanser I’ve ever tried.”
Loves the Hydrating Cleanser as a morning cleanser.
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“i really love the hydrating cleanser in the morning too!”
Likes the Moisturizing Cream on the face too: a smooth, slightly dry finish and a unique texture.
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“i also use the moisturizing cream as a hand cream but i also really like it on the face as it leaves a smooth kinda „dry“ finish on me”
Found Lala Retro thin yet greasy, never sinking in, with their face tight an hour later; used up the jar on their elbows.
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“that cream is weirdly thin and somehow greasy at the same time without actually sinking in. My face felt tight an hour later every time I used it.”
A 42-year-old with dry, sensitive skin tried Cicaplast Balm B5 as a richer daily moisturizer and it broke them out within a week.
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“I just tried LRP Cicaplast Baum B5 but it broke me out in under a week.”
Lala Retro just sits on top of their skin without doing anything, frustrating for the price.
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“I swear, that texture just sits on top of my skin without doing ANYTHING”
Two years with the Drying Lotion: shrinks deep painful pimples overnight about 70% of the time.
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“I've been using that Mario Badescu for maybe 2 years now.”
A user with combination skin says the Glow Recipe Watermelon toner works beautifully for them.
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“Skincare - Glow recipe watermelon toner, glow recipe niacinamide serum My skin type is combination with oily at zone and dry cheeks and these products work beautifully for me.”
A user finds Tatcha The Silk Sunscreen weightless and elegant with no white cast, though it made their combination skin look a bit shiny.
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“Tatcha the silk. Mineral, weightless, elegant, no white cast. Very fluid. I don't even know it's there.”
A former skincare enthusiast says Tatcha The Water Cream was the best moisturizer they ever used and their skin was never better, but stopped because of the price.
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“the Tatcha Water Cream was the best moisturizer I have ever used, and I used to be extremely obsessed with skincare.”
A user allergic to niacinamide loves the Anua 3 Ceramide Panthenol Moisture Barrier Cream, which has treated their skin well without it.
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“Anua 3 Ceramide Panthenol Moisture Barrier Cream has treated my skin so well.”
Their acne marks got noticeably smaller using it twice a week.
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“I like Naturium's tranexamic topical acid 5%. My acne spots noticeably got smaller after using it 2x a week”
Loves it as an affordable water-gel moisturiser.
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“I also love the Aveeno Oat Gel Moisturizer”
The only cleanser that isn't too drying for their combo-normal skin.
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“i have combo-normal skin and i only use LRP Toleriane Hydrating Gentle Cleanser. Anything else is too drying for me”
Too drying for their combo-normal skin.
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“Anything else is too drying for me (ex- Vanicream cleanser, Ceravae gentle hydrating cleanser is too drying for my skin)”
Too drying for their combo-normal skin.
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“Anything else is too drying for me (ex- Vanicream cleanser, Ceravae gentle hydrating cleanser is too drying for my skin)”
Redness and flakiness improved within a week of switching.
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“I switched to LRP Purifying Foaming Cleanser and I saw improvements in redness and flakiness in about a week or so.”
Has been great for their skin, alongside glycolic toner.
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“The azelaic acid booster and 5 or 10% glycolic acid toner from Paula's Choice have both been great for my skin.”
Their skin didn’t like it, so they switched cleansers.
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“My skin doesn’t like Cera Ve foaming facial cleanser.”
Exfoliates with Good Genes once a week, leaving it on 15–30 minutes then washing it off; left on, their face peels.
When their barrier is compromised and they still need to exfoliate, The Ordinary's ferment toner works well for them and is kind to the barrier.
Uses the COSRX AHA/BHA toner every other day for congestion, but it strips their barrier: skin looks dehydrated and feels sensitive the next morning.
The CeraVe cream in the tub has an in-between texture for them; a small amount on damp skin absorbs best, too much feels heavy.
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“CeraVe in the tub has that in between feel for me, but it can be a little heavy if you use too much.”