I have spent an unreasonable amount testing this. Everything here earned a second purchase. Beauty Pie prices need a membership, which is worth it if you buy more than two things a year and pointless if you don't. Skipped entirely: vitamin C serums t...
Removes sunscreen without stripping. The single most repurchased thing I own.
Youthbomb™ Quillaja Melting Cleanser
Mineral, does not pill under makeup, which almost no mineral SPF manages.
Eryfotona Actinica 3.4 FL OZ
Retinol at a price that lets you actually use it consistently, which is the only thing that makes retinol work.
Super Retinol + Vitamin C Night Renewal Moisturizer (1% Retinol Complex)
The one that behaves like a primer. Expensive per ml, worth it for face only.
Unseen Sunscreen SPF 50
Overpriced and I keep buying it. Being honest about that.
Midnight Recovery Concentrate Moisturizing Face Oil
Does the same job as serums at four times the price.
Triple Hyaluronic Acid Lipopeptide Serum With Plumping Idealift™ And Hydrating Ceramide+
The cheap fix for over-exfoliated skin. Under $20.
Cicaplast Balm B5 Soothing Therapeutic Multi Purpose Cream - La Roche-Posay | Ulta Beauty
Expensive. Only buy if pigmentation is your main concern.
ISDINCEUTICS Melatonik®
The honest cheap swap for item 1.
Hydrating Facial Cleanser - CeraVe | Ulta Beauty
Boring, under $15, outperforms most of what's above it.
Moisturizing Cream with Pump for Sensitive Skin - VANICREAM | Ulta Beauty
Eye cream is mostly a marketing category. This one at least isn't overpriced.
Super Retinol Anti-wrinkle Eye Cream (1% Retinol Complex)
For post-procedure or genuinely angry skin only.
Thermal Spring Water - Avène | Ulta Beauty
Double cleansing is real if you wear SPF properly.
Super Healthy Skin Hot Oil Double Cleansing Balm
The other balm, if you prefer a butter texture to an oil.
Plantastic Apricot Butter Cleansing Balm
so good at evening bumps and skin on my body, as scalp exfoliator before hairwashing and even as deodorant!
