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My Skincare Essentials

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Browse the products that have greatly improved my skin in my early 30s ✨
 
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Another great and affordable product from The Ordinary. I love this lightweight serum. Feels like water and you can use it any time of day! Works well under makeup and feels hydrating without any stickiness or heaviness. Plant based and made to help ...
GF 15% Solution - The Ordinary
 
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What can I say? The Ordinary just makes the most incredible and affordable products that actually work. As anyone who has had acne knows, your pimples often leave behind discoloration which is where this product comes in clutch. The Alpha Arbutin 2% ...
Alpha Arbutin 2% + HA Brightening Serum - The Ordinary
 
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I recently changed almost my entire makeup routine & added a bunch of steps to my skincare routine to accommodate my changing skin as I age (combination skin, hormonal acne, visible pores, dry in winter). This was one of the products I have added...
Soothing & Barrier Support Serum | The Ordinary
 
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Looking to try a retinol product but don't know where to start? Start here! The Ordinary's 1% retinol in squalane is an affordable anti-aging product that I've come to love over the last couple of years. A lot of people find retinol products to be ha...
Retinol 1% in Squalane - The Ordinary
 
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When I feel like I'm going through an oily spell, this is my go to before bed. I find it helps tone down excess oil. It contains a high concentration (10%) of niacinamide (vitamin B3) as well as Zinc PCA to help with dullness, texture and oiliness. I...
Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% - The Ordinary
 
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The SPF50+ Collagen Glow 100% Mineral Perfecting Priming Lotion has been an everyday wear for me over the last year. It's like 100 things in one and hard for me to explain how great it is. It's somehow a lotion, primer, sunscreen and skin perfector a...
SPF50 Collagen Boost Perfecting Priming Lotion by Naked Sundays
 
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As someone with chronic dry lips - this is the HOLY GRAIL product you need to have. I must have tried 100 lip products by now and NONE work as well as this. This has healed my lips after years of none stop cracks and peeling. I could not recommend it...
Lansinoh Lanolin Cream (for lips!)
 
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I first learned of this product when I saw it recommended by Nina Pool on Tiktok. It is an ultra-soothing, gentle toner that works to quench dry skin while restoring sensitive skin barriers. The comforting milky formula hydrates, calms and soothes sk...
Byoma Hydrating Milky Toner
 
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This milky oil cleanser is a great way to cleanse or double cleanse, when you're skin is feeling tight or dry. Great for getting off stubborn makeup or for a double cleanse before using a more astringent cleanser. Features Barrier Lipid Complex, mori...
BYOMA Milky Oil Cleanser
 
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I fell in love with Lush's Scrubee after I got a sample while in store. Until I tried the Scrubee, I had never found an in shower exfoliator that worked for me. I always found they felt too rough or were too messy and hard to apply. The Scrubee chang...
Scrubee by Lush - Exfoliate & Moisturize
 
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This is a100% Canadian made product that I started using recently. HOCL is 100 times stronger than bleach, but gentle enough to use on face, skin, and around eyes and mouth for all ages & skin types. It is an anti bacterial and antimicrobial that...
e11ement Hypochlorous Acid Skin Spray
 
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Protect, soothe and heal your pimples with LivaClean star patches. These are so cute. I wish they had been a thing when I was in highschool & university dealing with acne. I now use them regularly. When I'm at home I use the clear ones and I when...
LivaClean Pimple Patches - Hydrocolloid with Salicylic Acid & Tea Tree Oil
 
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My DAILY go to facial moisturizer. Although this moisturizer is advertised as a night time moisturizer - there's no reason you can't wear it during the day because it doesn't contain any ingredients that react poorly with daylight. It contains cerami...
CeraVe PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion
 
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My go to facial cleanser when I'm in the shower! Because I have combination skin, I deal with acne, oiliness AND dryness. The CeraVe Salicylic Acid cleanser helps exfoliate gently to fight acne while also promoting a healthy skin barrier with ceramid...
CeraVe Salicylic Acid Cleanser
 
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I often like to freshen up my face without going in and doing a full wash. I love to clean up my skin with this witch hazel toner by Thayer's and a cotton pad. It is alcohol free so it is not drying. The witch hazel helps clear up acne & the aloe...
Thayers Alcohol-Free Witch Hazel Toner
 
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Another great Australian product! When I don't feel like carrying around my full size Lansinoh nipple cream for my lips (peep my rec for it before you judge lol) this is my go to, on the go lip chap. This lip chap contains lanolin (the ingredient the...
Flexitol Lip Balm - best on the go lip balm!