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My professional and personal go-tos for every skin type
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items As a seasoned esthetician, I’ve seen it all and I’ve seen it twice. I’m breaking down my favorite skincare by skin type and condition. I’m even throwing in my own skincare routine for some inspiration —though everyone’s skin is different and under NO...
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Best Products for Acne
Best Products for Sensitive Skin
Best Products for Age Prevention
Best Products for Brightening
Best SPFs
Best Products for Dehydrated Skin
Best Products for Acne
Do you get pimples? We all do
This cleanser is amazing for sensitive skin! While I have rosacea and it’s suited for me, I do recommend this to a lot of acne clients because it’s gentle, effective, and reparative
Barrier Balance Creamy Cleanser
This is a GAME CHANGER for my sensitive skin. It helps calm down my rosacea and creates micro circulation under your skin to boost collagen and elastin production. This is also excellent for inflamed acne because a) calming of course and b) there’s a...
DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro LED Face Mask
The BEST acne treatment out there! You can actually watch as your skin starts to calm itself
Acne Gel
It smells great and the honey acts as an antimicrobial. What more could you ask for?
Warming Honey Cleanser
This aloe based gel is especially great for people who are over producing oil because their skin is trying to compensate for the lack of water. I have several clients who I’ve completely fixed their skin just by having them add this product
HydraBalance Gel | Water-Based Hydrating Gel
This spot treatment will clear you up so fast! I use this personally and professionally. It also doesn’t have the sulfur smell as strongly as some other sulfur based products do and you’ve gotta appreciate not smelling like rotten eggs just because y...
Sulfur Spot Treatment for Acne
When it comes to acne care, no one does it better than face reality, imho. This gentle leave on exfoliant does wonders for sensitive and inflamed skin. The mandelic acid is also antibacterial which is SO important for acne care. This is also just the...
5% Mandelic Serum | Acne Treatment
Best Products for Sensitive Skin
This is the spot for broken barriers and rosacea girlies like me
This cleanser is amazing for sensitive skin! While I have rosacea and it’s suited for me, I do recommend this to a lot of acne clients because it’s gentle, effective, and reparative
Barrier Balance Creamy Cleanser
This is a GAME CHANGER for my sensitive skin. It helps calm down my rosacea and creates micro circulation under your skin to boost collagen and elastin production. This is also excellent for inflamed acne because a) calming of course and b) there’s a...
DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro LED Face Mask
This is my holy grail item 😇 it’s made from fermented pumpkin wine which contains natural salicylates to help calm and gently exfoliate the skin. I have rosacea and it’s one of the only things to keep my redness at bay. It also contains lactobacillu...
Nutrient Toner
Can you have a second holy grail product because, if so, then this is it. PCA makes insanely effective skincare to where you can actually watch the redness ebb from your face.
Anti-Redness Serum
I use this after chemical peels on clients or any other intense treatment and it is a godsend. I really wanted to hate this brand because anytime there’s just a variation of one ingredient, I’m super skeptical. I also did hate it briefly for about 5 ...
Restore Healing Balm | Repairs Injured & Irritated Skin Fast | 0.5oz Tube
Best Products for Age Prevention
Aging is a privilege, sure, but you don’t have to look your age
Listen, I’m only 32 and have never used any neurotoxins but that doesn’t mean it can’t help prevention! This stuff is amazing! It helps boost the adipose tissue in the skin which starts to deplete as you age, creating loss of volume and sagging. I’ve...
P-TIOX Anti-Wrinkle Serum
This is a GAME CHANGER for my sensitive skin. It helps calm down my rosacea and creates micro circulation under your skin to boost collagen and elastin production. This is also excellent for inflamed acne because a) calming of course and b) there’s a...
DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro LED Face Mask
This is my number one anti aging product! This retinol is incredibly effective without leaving your skin dry, tight, or itchy. It also help you boost your own production of hyaluronic acid to keep your skin plump and smooth
iS Clinical Retinol+ Emulsion 0.3 - Anti-Aging
As you can probably tell, PCA is one of my absolute fav brands and when it comes to anti aging, this is no different. I love that this serum is a spot treatment because it easily allows you to pinpoint what you’re looking to work on.
ExLinea® Peptide Smoothing Serum
Best Products for Brightening
Everyone needs an antioxidant! Brightening is important but so is first line environmental protection
The most gentle yet effective Vitamin C I’ve ever used! Excellent for environmental protection and even boosts the efficacy of your SPF
Pro-Heal Serum Advance+
This product is amazing as an anti pollution and environmental protectant serum! The l-ascorbic acid is the most bioavailable form of vitamin c (aka does exactly what it’s supposed to and doesn’t sensitize skin) and Skinceuticals is actually the firs...
Phloretin CF with Ferulic Acid
This is the OG and it’s still top 5 in the game
C E Ferulic® with 15% L-Ascorbic Acid - SERUMS
B3, or niacinamide, is an excellent ingredient that does 2 of the most important things: brightens and prevents transepidermal water loss. This is a killer combo when paired with PCA’s Hyaluronic Acid Boosting Serum
Vitamin b3 Brightening Serum
This brand is magic! This is another brightening treatment that also helps to make sure your skin isn’t losing water. It does smell like olives though, and I like olives, so do with that what you will.
ARCTIGENIN BRIGHTENING TREATMENT
Best SPFs
You better wear it, that’s a threat
This is the only great smelling SPF that has active ingredients and doesn’t sting your eyes when you sweat
Antioxidant Daily Face Protectant SPF 33
This is my go to rec for people whose main goal is brightening. SPF will absolutely help make sure you’re not creating sun damage by being out and about but this one is special. The Ultimate Defense sunscreen contains transexamic acid, which helps im...
All-Physical Sunscreens
The absolute best universal mineral sunscreen. It has never left a white cast on any of clients and is especially impressive because so few brands cater so such a wide range of skin tones.
Total Protection® No-Show™ Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50
Can you tell colorescience is a favorite of mine? I personally HATE foundation. As a former makeup artist, those days of piling on full coverage foundation are over for me, especially because I want people to see the skin I’ve worked so hard to achie...
Sunforgettable® Total Protection® Face Shield Flex SPF 50
What an absolutely unique sunscreen! Not only does it pair amazingly with the Colorescience Flex or your favorite foundation, but now you don’t have to worry about scalp burn or putting spf into your hair and making it look greasy! Use this every 2 h...
Sunforgettable® Total Protection® Brush-On Shield SPF 50
Best Products for Dehydrated Skin
Flakiness, dryness, itchiness? You’re in the right spot
This is my go to hydrator! It hydrates your skin with low molecular weight hyaluronic acid which is able to travel deeper into your skin. It follows that up with panthanol (the b5 part) which helps to prevent trans epidermal water loss, aka flakey de...
Hydrating B5 Gel | Best Vitamin B5 Serum
This moisturizer is so light yet so effective!
Reparative Moisture Emulsion
This is a great precursor to your dermal layering, aka essences, serums, and moisturizer. Toners help the products you put on after it penetrate deeper into the skin. Not a necessary step by any means but a fun one
Multi-Active Toner, Hydrating Spray Toner
What an amazing hydrator! This serum has three separate molecular weights of hyaluronic acid that start on the surface and sink deep enough into the skin so that it helps boost your skin’s own ability to product hyaluronic acid. I use this both profe...
Hyaluronic Acid Boosting Serum
Best Universal Products
Just about everyone can use these
The best way to start off your routine, especially if makeup is involved. Think of it like you’re cleaning a floor; do you sweep first or mop first? This is the broom
Precleanse Cleansing Oil Melts Make-up
This cleanser is so universal, I use it both professionally and personally
Cleansing Complex | Cleanser
This moisturizer is so light yet so effective!
Reparative Moisture Emulsion
This is a GAME CHANGER for my sensitive skin. It helps calm down my rosacea and creates micro circulation under your skin to boost collagen and elastin production. This is also excellent for inflamed acne because a) calming of course and b) there’s a...
DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro LED Face Mask
There are very few skin issues this product doesn’t solve and I’d go as far as to say that you might never need another serum
LIPID SERUM
My Daily Routine
This is what I use in the morning daily as of today 9/2/25. It changes frequently enough that I will have to date it.
This cleanser is so universal, I use it both professionally and personally
Cleansing Complex | Cleanser
This is my holy grail item 😇 it’s made from fermented pumpkin wine which contains natural salicylates to help calm and gently exfoliate the skin. I have rosacea and it’s one of the only things to keep my redness at bay. It also contains lactobacillu...
Nutrient Toner
Listen, I’m only 32 and have never used any neurotoxins but that doesn’t mean it can’t help prevention! This stuff is amazing! It helps boost the adipose tissue in the skin which starts to deplete as you age, creating loss of volume and sagging. I’ve...
P-TIOX Anti-Wrinkle Serum
The most gentle yet effective Vitamin C I’ve ever used! Excellent for environmental protection and even boosts the efficacy of your SPF
Pro-Heal Serum Advance+
This moisturizer is so light yet so effective!
Reparative Moisture Emulsion
This is the only great smelling SPF that has active ingredients and doesn’t sting your eyes when you sweat
Antioxidant Daily Face Protectant SPF 33
My Nightly Routine
These are my nighttime products. There’s some overlap with day time but I’m such a product junkie it’s hard to not use a million things (though I usually advise my clients against this)
The best way to start off your routine, especially if makeup is involved. Think of it like you’re cleaning a floor; do you sweep first or mop first? This is the broom
Precleanse Cleansing Oil Melts Make-up
This cleanser is amazing for sensitive skin! While I have rosacea and it’s suited for me, I do recommend this to a lot of acne clients because it’s gentle, effective, and reparative
Barrier Balance Creamy Cleanser
This is a GAME CHANGER for my sensitive skin. It helps calm down my rosacea and creates micro circulation under your skin to boost collagen and elastin production. This is also excellent for inflamed acne because a) calming of course and b) there’s a...
DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro LED Face Mask
This is a great precursor to your dermal layering, aka essences, serums, and moisturizer. Toners help the products you put on after it penetrate deeper into the skin. Not a necessary step by any means but a fun one
Multi-Active Toner, Hydrating Spray Toner
This is my go to hydrator! It hydrates your skin with low molecular weight hyaluronic acid which is able to travel deeper into your skin. It follows that up with panthanol (the b5 part) which helps to prevent trans epidermal water loss, aka flakey de...
Hydrating B5 Gel | Best Vitamin B5 Serum
This is my number one anti aging product! This retinol is incredibly effective without leaving your skin dry, tight, or itchy. It also help you boost your own production of hyaluronic acid to keep your skin plump and smooth
iS Clinical Retinol+ Emulsion 0.3, Anti-Aging
This moisturizer is so light yet so effective!
Reparative Moisture Emulsion