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Skin care for acne prone skin And hair care for type 4C🧖🏾♀️
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items It’s 2025. Gone are the days of using whatever on our skin and hair. Here are my favourites that actually work without breaking your wallet 💳
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Cleansers🫧
Serums 🪄
Creams and balms🧴
4C hair care 💇🏽♀️
Cleansers🫧
a clear skin is like the base of a cake. Make it well and you’ll end up with a gorgeous piece🍰
Absolut bombshell of a cleanser! Helps clear out pores and prevent acne, thus minimising the creating of PIH (post inflammatory hyperpigmentation)💃🏽
The INKEY List Salicylic Acid Cleanser 150ml
Gentle cleanser, that’s helped brighten my skin and keep acne at bay🙅🏾♀️ perfect to remove makeup, no perfume and or irritants
The INKEY List Fulvic Acid Cleanser 150ml
Gentle, and effective cleanser. Perfect for beginner skin care users or veterans 🪖 NAFE SAFE ofc🙂↕️ (No Alcohol, Fragrance, or Essential Oils)
CeraVe Foaming Cleanser for Normal to Oily Skin 236ml
Serums 🪄
Serums are the decorative elements of a cake. They’re intentional and specific 🎯
My ride or die💃🏽 if you want your skin to calm down, feel soft, whilst having that ✨glow✨ this should be your go-to
COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence 100ml
Is PIH the bane of your skin’s existence? This serum is for you🙋🏾♀️ (and me)
Anua Azelaic Acid 10 Hyaluron Redness Soothing Serum 30ml
If you wanna look dewy and glowy all day, this serum is for you (and me😂). Doesn’t leave a sticky residue and the niacinamide helps even skin tone and combat acne🙂↕️🤩
Beauty of Joseon Propolis & Niacinamide Glow Serum 30ml
Sometimes we need to spice things up, and the Beauty of Joseon serums do just that! Calming serum that can be added to your current routine for added moisture and antioxidant benefits 🧚🏽♀️
Calming Barrier Serum - Beauty of Joseon | Sephora
Creams and balms🧴
The cherry on top. A good moisturiser should protect and help lock in moisture to the skin🌸
If you struggle with irritated skin and flares, this is a most have! Soothing balm which helps protect and strengthen the skin barrier, restoring it to its healthy state💆♀️
Cicaplast Baume B5+ | Skin Irritation | La Roche-Posay UK
Keep your skin looking plump and hydrated with the gem! Perfect for dry skin as well but I use it for my acne prone skin and it really helps lock in moisture and thus heal my skin barrier🙂↕️💃🏽
CeraVe Moisturising Cream 50ml
If you are not using sunscreen by now- let me hold your hand when I tell you this: use one. Now. Please. Preferably this baby up here👆
does not leave a white cast and still keeps that glow on!🤩
Anthelios Mineral Sunscreen - Gentle Lotion | La Roche-Posay
Good ol vaseline. A staple. Cause why have clear skin and chapped lips? 🤨
Vaseline Rose Vintage Lip Therapy Tin
4C hair care 💇🏽♀️
Yes I love L’Oreal Paris. And no, this is not your usual 4C hair routine products, but what works works💅🏾
Magical for my type 4c hair. Leaves it feeling soft, cleansed and manageable with a beautiful scent as the cherry on the top💅🏾
L'Oreal Paris Elvive Hydra Pure 72h Purifying Shampoo 500ml
Idk what it is, but this conditioner has left my hair and twists feeling super moisturised and soft. If you’re into creamier and thicker conditioners, look no further📢📢
L'Oreal Elvive Colour Protect Conditioner 500ml
Been using this bad boy for over a year now and it not only locks in all the moisture (if you’re doing the LCO method) it also leaves my hair looking shiny, soft and smelling like every good thing in life🌸✨🪄
Mamiya Organics Moroccan Argan Growth Oil
The hydra in this conditioners name isn’t there for fancy😳 first time I used this, my fingers just slipped through my hair. MY 4C HAIR😭 haven’t turned back ever since. Perfect for detangling, although I sometimes also use it as a leave in or for my...
L'Oreal Paris Elvive Hydra Pure 72h Rehydrating Conditioner 400ml