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Tiktok Made Me Try It - 40+ Skincare Edition
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items Let's be honest — none of us expected to be taking skincare advice from a 25 year old on TikTok. And yet here we are, with the best skin of our lives. This list is every product that stopped my scroll, made it into my routine and actually delivered r...
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The Skincare Guide Every Woman Over 40 Needs to Read
Cleansing
Serums and Treatments
Eye Care & Targeted Treatments.
Brightening and Pigmentation
Body Care
The Skincare Guide Every Woman Over 40 Needs to Read
Your skin changes significantly in your 40s and most of us are still using the same routine we had in our 30s. This expert guide explains exactly what happens to your skin after 40, which ingredients make a real difference and how to build a routine ...
Before you shop — read this first. If you're in your 40s and feel like your old skincare routine just isn't cutting it anymore, this expert guide explains exactly why your skin changes after 40 and which ingredients actually make a difference. Writte...
The Best Skincare Routine for Women Over 40: An Expert’s Guide | Kim Gallo Esthetics
Cleansing
Cleansing done right. These are the products that prep your skin properly — so everything else you use actually works.
Gentle exfoliation that actually delivers — and that is harder to find than it sounds. The White Rice Peel Shot uses AHA, BHA and rice extract to dissolve dead skin cells and decongest pores without any of the harshness you might expect from an acid ...
Dr.Melaxin Peel Shot White Rice AHA BHA Ampoule
A cleansing balm that means business. The Inkey List Oat Cleansing Balm melts away makeup, SPF and the day without stripping your skin of anything it actually needs. Leaves your face feeling soft and calm rather than tight and squeaky clean. Gentle, ...
Oat Cleansing Balm - Gentle Makeup Remover for Sensitive Skin
If the White Rice Peel Shot is the gentle daily option, the Black Rice is its more intense big sister. Deep exfoliation that really gets into the pores — blackheads, dead skin, the lot. Skin looks visibly clearer and more refined after every use. The...
Dr.Melaxin Black Rice Peeling Ampoule 80ml
Found this on TikTok and it has completely replaced my makeup remover. The quick bubble formula melts away base makeup effortlessly — no scrubbing, no dragging, no traces left behind. Hypoallergenic so it's gentle enough for even sensitive skin and i...
Dr.Melaxin Melting Cleanser 150ml - Hypoallergenic Makeup Remover
A peeling gel that works for every skin type and actually delivers on both ends of the spectrum — targeting dryness and excess oil at the same time. The Beauty of Joseon Apricot Blossom formula gently dissolves dead skin cells without any harsh scrub...
Beauty of Joseon Apricot Blossom Peeling Gel 100ml
An organic coffee scrub that does so much more than exfoliate. The UpCircle Citrus Blend is packed with shea butter, coconut and rosehip oil so while it's buffing away dead skin cells it's also nourishing and softening at the same time. Skin texture ...
UpCircle Coffee Face Scrub Citrus Blend 3.5oz
Serums and Treatments
This is the good stuff. Targeted treatments that get to work on the things that matter — clearer skin, better texture, that lit-from-within look.
Because apparently no one told my skin I'm in my 40s. Breakouts at this age are nobody's idea of fun but this serum has genuinely cleared mine and kept them gone. Lightweight enough to wear daily, premium enough to actually work. The Silver Chitoderm...
47 Skin Hydrating Face Serum with Silver Chitoderm
Micro needling in a bottle — and that's exactly what it feels like. The spicule technology physically penetrates the skin to stimulate collagen production from within, tackling texture, pores and fine lines at the same time. Sounds intense but it's s...
Dr.Melaxin Pink Spicule Niacinamide Serum
A peptide serum that pulls double duty — brightening and hydrating in one lightweight formula. Custard apple and blood orange bring a serious vitamin C hit that visibly evens skin tone and adds radiance, while the peptides get to work boosting collag...
UpCircle Peptide Serum - Custard Apple & Blood Orange
Eye Care & Targeted Treatments.
Straight to the point, straight to the problem. Targeted treatments for the specific stuff — eyes, lines, the signs of a life well lived.
his balm stick looked a bit gimmicky to me at first — I won't lie. But TikTok kept showing it to me and eventually I caved and I am so glad I did. The calcium and collagen formula targets under eye hollows and fine lines and it simply works. The stic...
Dr.Melaxin Cemenrete Calcium Multi Balm
I have tried more eye creams than I care to admit and most of them have been a disappointment. This one is not. The results around the eye area — puffiness, dark circles, fine lines — are genuinely impressive and I noticed a difference faster than I ...
Dr.Melaxin Eyephalt Eye Cream for Puffiness
Dark circles, puffiness and fine lines around the eyes — this little pot tackles all three with a natural, vegan formula that actually delivers. Coffee extract de-puffs and brightens, hyaluronic acid plumps and hydrates, and cucumber and maple bark s...
UpCircle Eye Cream Coffee & Hyaluronic 0.5oz
Brightening and Pigmentation
The brighteners worth knowing about. Targeted, effective and gentle enough for daily use — for when you want your skin to look like you've had a great holiday.
Dark spots and hyperpigmentation are one of those things nobody warns you about in your 40s — and yet here we are. This lightweight cream has become a non-negotiable in my routine. Tranexamic acid is the ingredient dermatologists have been using for ...
Dr.Melaxin TX Tranexamic Acid Cream
This is the one that gives you that lit-from-within glow that everyone keeps asking you about. The Picotonic Shot works at a deeper level than your average brightening serum — you can actually see the difference in skin tone and radiance with consist...
Dr.Melaxin Picotonic Calcium Serum 1.01oz
Body Care
Great skin head to toe. The body care finds that feel luxurious, work hard and actually get used — not left gathering dust in the bathroom.
I was not expecting much from a glycolic acid in stick form but this has completely won me over. Ingrown hairs have genuinely been sorted — and if you know, you know how much of a game changer that is. It glides on effortlessly, leaves absolutely no ...
Inkey List Glycolic Acid Stick
Moisturisers
Because 40+ skin is thirsty skin. These are the moisturisers that actually quench it — lightweight enough to layer, effective enough to notice.
A moisturiser that actually does what it promises. The Cemenrete Cream is lightweight enough to wear morning and night without feeling heavy or greasy, but don't let that fool you — it's working hard underneath. Firming, plumping and keeping skin gen...
Dr.Melaxin Calcium Firming Cream 50ml
Korean skincare at its finest. This fermented bean essence with snail mucin sounds unusual but your skin will not care — it just drinks it up. Noticeably smoother skin with consistent use and lightweight enough to use as a treatment step or a moistur...
mixsoon Bean Essence Snail Mucin Moisturizer 50ml
Do the work while you sleep. This UpCircle night cream with hyaluronic acid and niacinamide is the last step in your routine that makes everything else worth it. Plumping, replenishing and deeply nourishing overnight so you wake up with skin that loo...
UPCIRCLE Night Cream Hyaluronic + Niacinamide
SPF & Sun Protection
The step most of us skipped in our 20s and 30s and are now making up for. The SPF products that finally make daily sun protection something to look forward to.
SPF that you'll actually want to wear every single day. The Mixsoon Bean Sunscreen has completely changed my relationship with sun protection — it's so lightweight and non greasy that you forget you're wearing it, but it's doing a serious SPF 50 job ...
mixsoon Bean Sunscreen SPF 50 Lightweight 50ml
Sunscreen that genuinely disappears into your skin — no white cast, no greasiness, no trace that you're wearing anything at all. The COSRX Ultra Light SPF 50 gives you full UVA and UVB protection while doubling as a daily moisturiser, making your mor...
Ultra-Light Invisible Sunscreen SPF50 PA++++
High protection SPF 50 that feels like skincare rather than sunscreen. This Beauty of Joseon formula is lightweight, deeply moisturising and absorbs beautifully without any white cast or greasiness. Panthenol and rice extract keep skin hydrated and c...
Beauty of Joseon Aqua Fresh Relief Sun SPF50