My current skincare favorites that focus on hydration, minimizing pores, brightening & repairing the skin barrier! Perfect for anyone that uses a retinoid!
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Cleansers
Toners
Essences
Serums
Moisturizers & Night Creams
Face Masks
Cleansers
My favorite cleansers for removing makeup and cleaning my skin
Love how gentle this cleanser is all while leaving my skin feeling super clean! I’ve used so many cleansers but always come back to this one! It’s a large bottle and lasts forever too! Gets all the oil off my skin but doesn’t dry me out!
Effaclar Gel Facial Wash for Oily Skin
Love using this oil for double cleansing! It’s very good at removing makeup, dirt & oil from my face! I use this as the first step in my skincare routine
Black Rice Moisture Cleansing Oil
Toners
My favorite cleansing, hydrating & exfoliating toners for sensitive, acne prone skin!
This is the perfect cleansing toner for sensitive acne prone skin that hydrates as well as brightens the skin. It also has a wonderful citrus scent that makes me feel like I’m at the spa ✨ I love using this as the first step in my skin flooding routi...
Acwell Licorice pH Balancing Cleansing Toner
This is a great moisturizing milky toner! Love incorporating this into my skin flooding routine! I have acne prone skin and this has not caused me to break out which can be hard to find in a milky toner
Cosmic Silk
Great brightening toner with niacinimide! Great for minimizing pores and textured skin
Niacinamide Brightening Toner
These toner pads are great for textured skin & clogged pores! Amazing for exfoliating the skin, leaving it soft & smooth!
Pixi By Petra Glow Peel Advanced Exfoliating Pads - 60ct
This is great for acne prone skin! It doesn’t pill sting a little when you first put it on but it doesn’t last long and the benefits are worth it! Put this on red inflamed cystic acne and it took a lot of the redness and inflammation away! I’ve notic...
Azelaic Acid Suspension 10% for Exfoliation & Even Skin Tone
Essences
My favorite skin care essences for smooth glow skin!
I’m currently using a very strong retinol that has made my skin so dry but this has completely saved & transformed my skin! I no longer have dry patches and my skin barrier is no longer compromised! This will forever be apart of my skincare routi...
Black Rice Probiotics Barrier Essence (120 ml)
Love this snail mucin essence for hydrating the skin & increasing collagen production! Great essence for reducing fine lines and plumping up the skin
Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence - COSRX
Serums
The best serums that actually make a difference!
This is the best affordable peptide serum I have found! I notice a visible difference in my fine lines when using this versus not. I have repurchased this product multiple times because it really is that good! Love the plumping effect it has on my sk...
Super Peptide Serum
Love this niacinimide serum! I’ve noticed that my pores are less visible after using this & has visibly reduced the texture on my skin!
5% Niacinamide Serum with Ectoin
This is a great niacinamide serum! This works well under makeup & I really noticed a difference in the texture of my skin when using this!
Niacinamide Serum 12% Plus Zinc 2%
Moisturizers & Night Creams
The best moisturizers & night cream for sensitive, acne prone skin!
This is the perfect lightweight moisturizer! It’s half ceramides and half peptides which helps to strengthen the skin barrier and skin skin plump to help with fine lines! Love how how moisturizing this products is & how soft my skin feels after u...
Love how moisturizing this is since I am using a very strong retinol! This repairs my skin over night! I’ve never been dry or flakey while using this. Based on the ingredients, this compares to high end night creams! I actually prefer this one over a...
Skin Renewing Night Cream - Moisturizers
Great peptide moisturizer that’s suitable for sensitive, acne prone skin! Love how plump this makes my skin look and I noticed my fine lines disappearing while using this
The INKEY List Peptide Moisturizer 1.69 fl oz
Such an amazing deeply moisturizing facial lotion! It’s moisturizing enough to use as a night cream but it also wears beautifully under makeup! Such a great, affordable product!
Differin Night Cream with Hyaluronic Acid, 2.5 oz
This is a great option if you have large pores/oily skin! This is hydrating without being heavy at all! This doesn’t have any pore clogging ingredients, so it’s 100% safe for my acne prone girlies! This has been a great addition to my skincare routin...
Electrolyte Water Cream - cocokind
Face Masks
My favorite face masks that target hydration & minimizing pores!
Such a great clay mask! Helps with clogged pores and tightens pores! Love using this weekly for a good deep cleanse
Rare Earth Deep Pore Minimizing Clay Mask
Love using this mask when my skin is red and inflamed! This really helps to reduce the redness and calm my skin. Very hydrating mask & makes my skin so soft!
SeoulCeuticals Korean Green Tea Face Mask
Sunscreen
Sunscreen is the most important step in skincare & these are my favorites!
One of the best face sunscreens I’ve tried! This is a super lightweight serum sunscreen that gives the prettiest glow! This also wears beautifully under makeup and does not pill at all!
Such a great lightweight sunscreen essence! Doesn’t feel greasy & won’t pill under makeup
SCINIC Enjoy Super Mild Sun Essence SPF50+ 50ml
This is a great moisturizing sunscreen that gives a dewy, glowy finish without being greasy! This doesn’t pill and wears beautifully under makeup as well! Love that is has SPF 50 and it doesn’t have a strong smell. The only downside for me is that it...
Dew-Glow Moisturizer SPF 50 - Sun Protection with Skincare Benefits