As a girl with *very* sensitive and reactive skin, I’m sharing my top 10 budget-friendly products that I personally use everyday for my rosacea-prone skin— note that you will 🙅🏻♀️NOT find toners in this list, as toners are typically advised agains...
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Make-up remover🫧
Cleanse🧼
Treat💉
Moisturize💦
Protect⛱️
⭐️ Bonus: Lips💋
Make-up remover🫧
🏷️ Avg. price: $19
Girl, I used to HATE balms because of the texture🤢, and would use rose water miscellar water (because rose water is typically good for rosacea-prone skin🌹). But, I found that the more I was using the miscellar water, the roughe...
Melting Cleansing Balm with Algae Extract - Sephora
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Cleanse🧼
Daily cleanser🫧
🏷️ Avg. retail price: CAD $15
Make sure to get the 💚green💚 bottle, keyword “Hydrating”. If you have rosacea, your skin is almost automatically dry, so this is the best cleanser for you✨
This formula is milky at first, then creates a gentle foam...
Hydrating Facial Cleanser: Skin Refresh - CeraVe
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Treat💉
Morning🌞 and night🌛 treatments.
🏷️ Avg. retail price: CAD $22
This cute little bottle contains a very potent 15% Vitamin C serum💪🏼 Perfect for your red cheeks☺️
The serum itself has a watery feel and applies very easily on the skin, however I do feel like I need to use a lot o...
Glow yeah! - éciat
🏷️ Avg. price: CAD $12
As you know, Hyaluronic acid is rosacea’s best friend, as it provides moisture for parched skin💦
The serum is quite voluminous, so only 2-3 small drops are enough to cover my whole face🙌🏼. Plus, it’s super smooth and glid...
Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 (with Ceramides) | The Ordinary
🏷️ Avg. retail price: CAD $12
The Ordinary™️ is one of the best budget-friendly skin care brands out there, and for a reason🏆
This formula is a little thicker than their Hyaluronic Acid serum, so you need to either add an extra drop, or put some ...
Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% - The Ordinary
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🏷️ Avg. price: CAD $15
I’m lucky enough that the skin around my eyes doesn’t get irritated too easily, so my main concern is my dark circles🐼
I’m recommending this cream because, of all the ones I have tried, this one does its job AND doesn’t irr...
The INKEY LIST | Caffeine Eye Cream
Moisturize💦
🏷️ Avg. retail price: CAD $15
Nothing beats a scent-free, basic yet rich lotion for sensitive and reactive skin💅🏼
Of all the moisturizers, I find this is the only one that works so well for my skin🏆. A chickpea-sized dot covers my whole face, a...
Moisturizing Lotion for Dry to Normal Skin | Cetaphil US
🏷️ Avg. price: CAD $22
Even with all the prevention in the world, flare-ups happen🤷🏻♀️. So when needed, I use this rose water soothing mist to calm my skin🌹☺️.
It has a beautiful natural rose scent (duh, it’s rose water🙃), it’s refreshing and...
Garnier SkinActive Rose Water Facial Mist
Protect⛱️
🏷️ Avg. retail price: CAD $25
If you have rosacea, you know how easily your skin burns🔥 So if you were to trust any sunscreen brand, trust an Australian🇦🇺
I would highly recommend the SPF 50 (the higher you go, the better🙌🏼 ). This sunscreen ...
Blue Lizard Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen Lotion - Target
🏷️ Avg. price: CAD $17
I’ve added this Aloe gel, but frankly, any gel with 0 colouring, 0 fragrance, and 0 anything else is fine✅.
I use Aloe gel when I inevitably get a sunburn on my face, especially on my nose and cheeks🥴. Everyone knows how Al...
Raslok | Aloe Vera Gel 100% Pure & Organic
⭐️ Bonus: Lips💋
These have nothing to do with rosacea, buuuuut I’m just a girl🤷🏻♀️🤭🎀
🏷️ Avg. price: CAD $22
Hands down the most efficient lip scrub I’ve ever tried.👏🏼🙂↕️
First of all, the applicator is so cute and aesthetically pleasing🎀✨. Second, I just love how you can adjust the “scrub” level: use the applicator for a gent...
Pro Kiss'r Lip-Loving Scrubstick | Lip Scrub
🏷️ Avg. price: $5
Ugh, I adore Burt’s Bees😩😍. It always leaves my lips so smooth, and can we talk about the flavours??😚👌🏼. My favourite definitely has to be Sweet Peach🍑
Plus, they have some *tinted* ones; move over, drying lipstick👋🏼🚫💄
Beeswax Lip Balm - Burt's Bees
🏷️ Avg. price: CAD $7
These feel like butter🥞😍 and heal my chapped lips in a matter of seconds, it’s insane.🏆
Some of them are also slightly tinted💋
Sephora Collection Lip Balm
🏷️ Avg. price: CAD $18
I bought and tested this lip balm and I can confirm three things:
- It does not sting🍯☁️
- It does hydrate💦
- It does plump🎈👄*
*‼️ Note: the results are CUMULATIVE, meaning your lips will only be visually larger in a few...