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Some recommend basic skincare products that you need🎀
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items Basic ≠ bad. The whole industry is finally realizing that too it's called skinimalism, and it's just fewer products doing their job properly instead of ten serums fighting each other on your face. Here's my no-fuss lineup below🫶
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Cleanser🧼
Moisturizer💧
Sunscreen☀️
Cleanser🧼
Skin barrier repair starts here, not with a scrub. If your cleanser tightens or squeaks after rinsing, that's not "clean" that's stripped.
the one dermatologists keep recommending for a reason. Doesn't strip, doesn't foam aggressively, just cleans!
8.0 oz Hydrating Facial Cleanser - CeraVe - Ulta Beauty
For the days your skin feels extra reactive. No fragrance, no fuss, just the bare minimum done right.
Vanicream Gentle Facial Cleanser for Sensitive Skin - Unscented - 8 fl oz
Been around forever, still holds up. Not exciting but it's the one my mom used and now I get why.
Cetaphil Daily Cleansers for Sensitive Skin
Moisturizer💧
This is the step people skip when they're rushing, then wonder why their skin looks tired by 3pm. One good moisturizer beats five mediocre serums layered on top of each other.
lightweight enough for humid weather, still does the ceramide and hyaluronic acid thing properly at night.
3.0 oz PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion - CeraVe - Ulta Beauty
moisturizer + SPF 30 in one, so it quietly cuts a step out of your routine without cutting corners.
La Roche-Posay - 3.38 oz Toleriane Double Repair Face ...
Actually one of the few I don't feel weighed down by even in humid weather, sinks in fast and doesn't sit heavy on the skin.
Illiyoon Ceramide Ato Concentrate Cream
PDRN + centella, feels barely-there but somehow calms redness down within a day or two. Good pick if your skin's been acting up from actives.
Dr.Althea 345 Relief Cream, Korean Skincare
Sunscreen☀️
The one step nobody's routine should skip, and the one most people still get wrong either too heavy, too white, or too easily forgotten by noon
the one people with rosacea/acne swear by. Zero white cast, doesn't feel like sunscreen at all.
EltaMD UV Clear Broad-Spectrum SPF 46 Facial ...
genuinely invisible, works under makeup too if that's part of your routine.
Supergoop Mineral Sunscreen
The budget pick, doesn't feel greasy even in humid weather, easy to find at any drugstore.
Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry Touch Sunscreen
The texture is different from everything else on this list, watery-milk consistency that somehow settles matte. Doesn't feel sticky even in humid weather.
Anessa Perfect UV Skin Care Milk N 60mL
Lightweight, no white cast, and the birch juice base actually keeps skin hydrated instead of just sitting on top like most sunscreens do.
ROUND LAB Birch Juice Moisturizing UV LOCK SPF 45