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Beauty & Skincare for acne prone, combo skin.
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items I struggled with acne through my teen and early adult years. In 2020, I did a round of Accutane. Now 6 years later, I'm working to find a daily routine to keep the acne gone. These are the products I've tried and loved and keep in my routine and cabi...
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Tried and loved
Every day routine
These are my current products that I use every day
Removes makeup and sunscreen while leaving your skin feeling hydrated and soft. Perfect first step to clean and hydrated skin.
Precleanse Cleansing Oil Melts Make-up
Dermalogica Oil to Foam Total Cleanser
Starts as an oil, emulsifies to foam, and removes everything — SPF, product buildup, the works — without stripping your skin. I use it every night and it has never once caused irritation even with tretinoin in m...
Oil to Foam All-In-One Total Cleanser
My morning antioxidant + brightening serum. The 20% L-ascorbic acid helps with discoloration and overall brightness while supporting collagen. I use it on my face, neck, and backs of my hands.
20% Vitamin C Serum + E Ferulic Acid Travel Size | Timeless Skin Care
I cut these into smaller pieces and use them as a targeted spot treatment across my nose for sebum and pore control, one tub lasts forever that way. Gentle enough for daily use and plays well with tretinoin.
ANUA - Heartleaf 77 Clear Pad - Ulta Beauty
I was skeptical about eye creams for a long time but this one has a specific job, fading brown dark circles, and it actually works toward it. Pat it on gently every night with your ring finger and just be patient with it.
Mary&May Tranexamic Acid+Glutathione Eye Cream ...
My multitasking treatment for redness, clogged pores, and discoloration. Azelaic acid helps improve the appearance of post-acne marks and uneven tone while also helping refine the look of pores. This formula also contains 0.5% salicylic acid.
10% Azelaic Acid Booster
My peptide/anti-aging step. I use this for a little extra focus on firmness, elasticity, and the appearance of fine lines. I apply it to my face, neck, and hands.
Matrixyl® 3000 Peptide Complex Serum
My holy grail retinoid — I use a pea-sized amount 2-3x a week at night, always followed by moisturizer. Took some getting used to, but my skin has never looked better. Non-negotiable staple at this point.
Retin-A Tretinoin Cream Prescription
My skin is drier than it looks and this is the moisturizer that finally kept up with it. Doesn't feel heavy, doesn't sit on top, just actually hydrates. Especially good if your skin takes a beating from actives like tretinoin.
AESTURA ATOBARRIER365 Cream with Ceramides ...
SPF used to feel like a chore until I found this. It genuinely disappears into skin — no cast, no stickiness, nothing. Now I actually wear it every day which is honestly the whole point.
Anthelios UVMune 400 Invisible Fluid SPF50+
My calming step for irritated/inflamed areas. Mugwort is especially nice when my skin is feeling reactive or congested. I use this on my face in the morning and selectively on irritated areas at night.
I'm from Mugwort Essence 5.4 fl oz, 2-pack + 1.0 fl oz, 1-pack
Powdered sunscreen with a brush applicator for touch ups through out the day. Perfect for over makeup and gives you a great matte finish. Great to keep in your bag for a quick SPF top up.
Sunforgettable Mineral Sunscreen Powder for Face
Tried and loved
These are other products that I love and will faithfully repurchase.
This one saved my skin during the most sensitive phase of starting tretinoin. Creamy, gentle, and genuinely calming — it cleans without doing anything that could add to irritation. If your skin is going through something, this is the one to reach for...
Ultracalming Cleanser for Sensitive Skin
A gentle foaming cleanser that somehow manages to feel thorough without ever stripping your skin. I used this for a year and it never once caused a reaction — the kind of reliable everyday cleanser you don't think about because it just works.
Special Cleansing Gel for Gentle, Effective Cleansing
This is the one product I keep coming back to no matter what else is in my routine. Triple acid leave-on treatment — glycolic, salicylic, and azelaic all working together overnight. The mornings after using this my skin is smoother and clearer than a...
Product Reviews for Jan Marini Bioglycolic Bioclear Face Lotion
My hydration layer. A lightweight hyaluronic-acid serum that gives my skin extra hydration without feeling heavy. I use it on my face, neck, and hands.
DIVE IN Serum
These changed my body skincare routine. AHA and BHA pads specifically for ingrowns and keratosis pilaris — I swipe them on my arms and legs regularly and the texture improvement is real. So much more effective than scrubbing.
Ingrown Hair Pads with BHA + AHA
You will have to pry this out of my hands before I give up buying it. This glove does wonders for exfoliating and leaving your skin so soft. The dead skin piles up and rinses away. It is so satisfying and worth buying over and over.
Wildpier Beauty: Plant-Based Exfoliating Gloves & Body Tools
My final step on tretinoin nights and honestly one of my favorite products to use. It's a gel-cream that transforms as you sleep — motion activated technology that releases skin restoring ingredients overnight. I wake up with noticeably more recovere...
Sound Sleep Cocoon, Night Gel-Cream
These Hero pimple patches are the only spot patches I will ever use. Especially when going out in public or needing discreet patches for a work day. I keep them in my car, my purse, the bathroom and my desk at work.
Hero Cosmetics
I lean towards warm, earthly vanilla perfumes while my partner likes more fruity smells. This is the best of both worlds. It lasts all day and the travel spray is more than enough. The atomizer on it works so well and gives you great coverage.
Rare Beginnings Eau de Parfum with Pear and Gardenia - Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez | Sephora