Dr. Sam Ellis, dermatologist: 543 skincare products reviewed

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All 543 products Dr. Sam Ellis has reviewed, grouped by product type. Click a product to see the full guru consensus.

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Serums68 reviews

The Ordinary Multi-Peptide + Hyaluronic Acid Serum

"A couple of peptide serums that I absolutely love are the one from The Ordinary, the multi-peptide serum, which you can get at Sephora and is very reasonably priced."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Tatcha Indigo Overnight Repair Serum in Cream

"This is my favorite splurge moisturizer of all time. This is the Tatcha Indigo Overnight Repair Serum, and it is divine. If you have redness-prone skin, easily irritated skin, you want something that truly feels luxurious, this is it."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

The Ordinary Multi-Peptide + Copper Peptides 1% Serum

"The Ordinary Multi-Peptide + Copper Peptides 1% Serum is better because not only does it have that 1% concentration of copper peptides, it also contains a multitude of other anti-aging peptides. So you're getting a much more comprehensive serum at half the price. [...] Don't layer copper peptides with ascorbic acid, vitamin C. So if you use a vitamin C in the morning, go with your peptides at night."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Timeless 20% Vitamin C + E Ferulic Acid Serum

"Another popular dupe is the Timeless 20% Vitamin C + E Ferulic Acid Serum. So slightly higher than the 15% that we see in the original, but a lot of people actually like this one better because it comes in a pump bottle rather than a dropper. And if you don't have sensitive skin and that extra 5% increase in vitamin C isn't going to be problematic for you, it's another great alternative and it'll run you like 27."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

NIOD Copper Amino Isolate Serum 3:1

"Copper peptides specifically have some of the most robust research behind them. One of the most respected products in this space is NIOD Copper Amino Isolate Serum 3:1. It's around $65 and is formulated with a 1% copper peptide complex that can help improve skin elasticity and structural anti-aging. It's a great product."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Mela B3 Dark Spot Corrector Serum

"I am also a big fan of the La Roche-Posay Mela B3 serum, which has 10% niacinamide. That texture is a little bit richer. It almost feels like a lightweight lotion rather than a true serum. So, I like it for more mature or dry skin. And because it not only contains niacinamide, but also mel, which is a patented pigment fighting ingredient from L'Oreal, it's particularly good if people are trying to fight pigmentation by incorporating niacinamide in a higher concentration within their routine."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

Timeless Coenzyme Q10 Serum

"One of my favorites for this is the Timeless Coenzyme Q10 Serum. This not only has the coenzyme Q10, but also has Matrixyl 3000, which is probably the best anti-aging peptide. So you get a peptide, you get coenzyme Q10 in this really luxurious, non-irritating serum that you can use morning or night. It's also super affordable."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Beta Glucan and Resveratrol Advanced Hydrating Serum

"I really love the Allies of Skin Beta Glucan and Resveratrol serum. I actually talked about it at the end of 2025 as one of my favorite launches of the year for a hydrating serum that also has resveratrol in it."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Bio-Oil Bio-Oil

"Things like Bio-Oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, these really prey on a person's insecurity about developing stretch marks, but they have never been shown to actually be effective in preventing them."

✕Nay

45%Guru Score

CeraVe Skin Renewing Vitamin C Serum

"Aside from that ascorbic acid, it also has those skin barrier supporting ceramides that CeraVe is super well known for. And I would have to say this is one of my absolute favorite budget friendly vitamin C serums. It's very fairly priced. It's good for travel. It still has the most proven form of vitamin C, ascorbic acid, at a slightly lower concentration. So if someone does have slightly sensitive skin, but still wants to be using the most proven form of vitamin C, excellent option."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Sunday Riley C.E.O. 15% Vitamin C Brightening Serum

"It layered beautifully with my other products and my makeup was so glowy when I used it. But this product has a lot of fragrance, and over the course of the day, I could feel my rosacea getting a little bit excited. [...] If you have sensitive skin when it comes to vitamin C, but you are not necessarily sensitive to fragrance, this is a really beautiful product and it definitely feels luxurious when you apply it."

~Mixed

64%Guru Score

COSRX 23% Ascorbic Acid Pure Vitamin C Serum

"And to me, that means if you can tolerate this product, you're probably going to see enhanced results when it comes to fighting hyperpigmentation because you have all those great brightening ingredients in there in addition to the vitamin C. However, [...] those stronger concentrations can be more irritating for some skin types. So, it is definitely something to look out for. This is sort of a thin, watery serum with a slightly oily texture. I found that it applied quite evenly."

~Mixed

66%Guru Score

TruSkin Vitamin C, E and Hyaluronic Acid Facial Serum

"In addition to the vitamin C derivative, this also has some botanical ingredients, hyaluronic acid and vitamin E. I actually liked using this product more than I expected to. I [...] feel like this loses a point because it's in that dropper bottle, but because it's more affordable, I'm not as worried about knocking it into my sink. I think this is a really nice option for people who want a vitamin C that's not going to be too irritating."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Maelove Peptide Squad Collagen Renewal Serum

"I also love the one from Maelove if you want a more affordable option."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Medicube Liquid Peptide Advanced Serum

"You guys know I love my Medicube Liquid Peptide Advanced Serum. I"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

OGX Damage Remedy + Coconut Miracle Oil Penetrating Oil

"I think a great affordable option for this is the OGX coconut oil. It comes in a more traditional format. It also comes in a spray mist, which I actually like a little bit more because my hair is a little bit finer. And yes, this does have coconut oil, but that's one of a handful of ingredients. These types of hair oils can be used in a couple of different ways."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Moroccanoil Treatment

"I'm a huge fan of the Moroccan oil treatments. These use argan oil to smooth and add shine and protect from frizz. I do want to mention this product contains silicones, [...] and I think the reason it performs so well is not solely attributable to the oils that it has, but also to the silicones that are in there as well."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Medik8 Advanced Pro Collagen Peptide Cream

"Their Advanced Pro Collagen and Peptide Cream [...] is really what I think a lot of people are seeking when they're looking for an anti-aging moisturizer. [...] I think this was formulated to be used with the peptide serum, but I think you absolutely could use this on its own as sort of your standalone moisturizer in the morning or at night or both. This cream comes in a jar. It's definitely on the thicker, richer side, but it's not super heavy."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Plated Skin Science Daily Anti-Aging Exosome Serum

"And I knew some derms who carried it in their office and I was like, "Oh, that feels pretty legit." So I used it every day for 3 months. And I do feel like it helped with the redness of my rosacea and maybe my skin looked a little bit less textured, but it wasn't enough of an impact for me to feel like, yeah, I feel confident recommending this or selling this to my patients. So for me right now, it's kind of TBD when it comes to exosomes."

~Mixed

73%Guru Score

The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension 10%

"The Ordinary has a great azelaic acid emulsion that layers very beautifully with other products and is incredibly affordable. Azelaic acid is really nice because it inhibits excess pigment production. It's an antioxidant. It helps smooth the skin. And for people who have easily irritated skin, for people who are pregnant, azelaic acid is an incredible option."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Azelaic & Kojic Advanced Clarifying Serum

"I have a small obsession with the Allies of Skin Azelaic & Kojic Advanced Clarifying Serum. That is not necessarily marketed as a hyperpigmentation serum, but it has azelaic acid in it, as well as some other pigment brighteners. [...] That is another fantastic multifaceted product."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Tranexamic Acid & Arbutin Advanced Brightening Serum

"This is a very very good hyperpigmentation serum. And yes, it is on the pricier side, but when I recommend products that tend to be more expensive, [...] it's because they tend to have multiple efficacious ingredients at efficacious levels. [...] I feel like Allies of Skin just does a really good job at balancing their products, they're not putting too much in, and they're really being mindful of the pH of the products and the appropriate efficacy levels."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Medik8 Oxy-R Peptides

"This product is genius. I feel like I haven't talked about it enough and it deserves more attention. It has 1% oxyresveratrol, which is a very potent yet gentle antioxidant that has all of the beneficial antioxidant effects [...] but it also has the ability to inhibit tyrosine, which is an enzyme in our skin that produces melanin and pigment. When you block that enzyme from functioning, [...] you reduce that excess pigment formation."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Peach & Lily Power Cocktail Lactic Acid Serum

"Peach and Lily makes a super nice, relatively affordable lactic acid serum, and it also has a ton of peptides in it. So, if you're looking for something to gently exfoliate, but also give you like a peptide step in your routine, maybe you're trying to streamline a little bit, highly recommend."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Sophie Pavitt 8% Mandelic Acid Serum

"I love the 8% Mandelic Acid Serum from Sophie Pavitt. It's gentle enough for most people to use everyday, though I would probably start out using it every third day and work your way up."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Multipeptides & Growth Factor Advanced Lifting Serum

"I get a lot of questions about the Allies of Skin growth factor serum and I'm very intrigued by it. I know a ton of people who use it and love it. They don't have the same clinical studies and it's a little cheaper at around $180, but it's still such a big investment [...] that I would rather put that money towards an extra treatment in a dermatology office once a year instead."

~Mixed

82%Guru Score

The Ordinary Growth Factor 15% Solution

"The Ordinary offers plant-derived growth factors [...] that cost under $100, but for me the data just isn't there yet because they're plant derived. We don't expect those growth factors to work on human skin the way human-derived growth factors would. I'm sure they could lead to certain benefits in your skin and they might make it feel more supple or smoother, but I feel like you can get that from other skincare as well, so that's not a place I would personally invest."

✕Nay

66%Guru Score

Neocutis Bio Serum Firm Hydrating and Anti-Aging Serum

"The Neoccutis Bio Serum Firm is one of the two serums I would really recommend if you're going to invest in growth factors because it's the most studied and has actually shown clinical improvements in human subjects. It will run you about $300, and it has shown to lead to skin improvements including thickness of skin, better tone in skin, more evenness in skin, and it contains human-derived growth factors, which is the creme de la creme."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Peter Thomas Roth FirmX Eye Treatment

"The Peter Thomas Roth Instant Firm Eye Cream went viral for this. The way these instant under eye products work is as they dry, the molecules in the product create like a little net or a film that brings the skin together and tightens it. The problem with these is that as soon as you add water to that, for example, like a water-based makeup or anything in your skincare that's water-based, it breaks that netting apart and you lose the effect."

~Mixed

68%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Peptides and Antioxidants Advanced Firming Daily Treatment

"They are Peptides and Antioxidants Advanced Firming Daily Treatment. I figure if you're like getting into Allies of Skin world this is another favorite of mine. Great moisturizer, has antioxidants, has peptides, so again very multitasking. Would I normally pay over $100 for a moisturizer? No way, if it didn't have any specialty ingredients. But this formula is so packed."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Alastin Restorative Eye Treatment

"I also really like the Eye Cream from Alastin. It helps with puffiness and dark circles and fine lines and wrinkles. If you have those early changes, I do think some of those more proprietary eye creams can be great, and the one from Alastin is really nice because it's lightweight and has those clinically proven results."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

APLB Glutathione Niacinamide Facial Cream

"Big fan and that concludes our Korean moisturizer Roundup"

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Nzen Vitamin Concentrate Serum

"One of my favorite over-the-counter serums is by a Korean brand called Nzen, it's their Vitamin Concentrate Serum. This has a whole slew of brightening agents and antioxidants in it like tranexamic acid, glutathione, niacinamide, vitamin C, and arbutin, and to me it's one of the most affordable and effective lightening serums that exists on the market."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Vanicream Vitamin C Serum

"I find this to be really gentle on the skin, it feels good going on, and also it's incredibly affordable like this thing is under $20. If you're new to vitamin C and you're really concerned about it causing irritation or you've had problems with other vitamin C formulas in the past, go with this one. Budget vitamin C's are few and far between and especially budget vitamin C's that are actually good, but I would consider this a winner."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Serum

"I really like this because it's a nice lightweight serum. For people who have oilier skin or might be more acne prone, they don't always want a retinoid that comes in a cream type of vehicle, so having the serum is great. I've always been a really big fan of the Neutrogena retinoid products. The parent company of Neutrogena is Johnson and Johnson, which did some of the early pioneering research on retinol, so they really know how to formulate a good retinoid product that is effective and stable."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Alpha Skin Care Glycolic Acid Facial Serum

"If you're looking to incorporate alpha hydroxy acids into your facial skincare routine, I really like the one by Alpha Skincare, it's their Renewal Serum, and it's 14% glycolic acid. I would not use this on my face more than once a week, and I would use it on a night of the week that I'm skipping my topical retinoid."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Make Serum Balm Intense in Nude Nova

"This is the serum balm intense by Make in shade Nude Nova. These serum balms I feel like they do not get enough shout-outs. They're so amazing, so pigmented, so creamy on the lips. Yeah, so good."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Aveeno Calm + Restore Triple Oat Serum

"A leave-on glycerin product that I really enjoy is the Aveeno Calm and Restore Triple Oat Serum. This to me is just a really nice gentle hydrating serum. I would use it in lieu of a traditional hyaluronic acid serum and it's great for bringing that extra moisture to the skin. For people who have oily skin, I think this can be used instead of a moisturizer in the morning and you would follow it with your sunscreen."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Experiment Super Saturated 30% Glycerin Hydrating Barrier Serum

"This serum is 30% glycerin and when you get into concentrations of glycerin that high, glycerin takes on this additional ability to act as a skin barrier protectant. When you pump this out of the container it's a bit sticky, it's giving snail mucin vibes if you've ever used a product with snail mucin before, but if you can tolerate and accept that texture, this really does pull a lot of water to the skin and make the skin look so plump and hydrated and juicy."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Summer Fridays Dream Oasis Deep Hydration Serum

"I'm also really obsessed with the Summer Fridays Dream Oasis Dehydration Serum. [...] It is so special. It is this really lightweight milky serum. It is so hydrating, it layers beautifully under sunscreen, it is probably one of my favorite summer skincare products ever."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

SkinBetter Science Trio Rebalancing Moisture Treatment

"The moisturizer I'm going in with today is my SkinBetter Trio Rebalancing Moisture Treatment. This is my Holy Grail moisturizer. It is exceptionally lightweight yet so, so effective. Fantastic for sensitive skin, layers beautifully with other products. Incredibly expensive, that is absolutely the downside. If it didn't cost so much, I would just be recommending it to everyone non-stop."

~Mixed

75%Guru Score

Clean and Clear Oil Absorbing Sheets

"The Clean and Clear Oil Absorbing Sheets are an oldie but a goodie. These have stood the test of time and continue to be a great way to help absorb excess oil without disturbing the rest of your skincare or the makeup that you have going on. [...] There are certainly other blotting papers out there but they tend to be a lot more expensive and these really do get the job done, so they continue to be a recommendation from me."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

L'Oreal Revitalift Pure Vitamin C 12%

"I often get asked about the L'Oreal Revitalift vitamin C serum as well as the CeraVe skin renewing vitamin C serum, and I think these are nice formulations. I've used them before. They're a little bit thicker and a little bit more oily, but I do feel like some people prefer that texture with their vitamin C. [...] They're made by very reputable companies, so I would trust that type of vitamin C, but my personal preference is the water-based vitamin C's."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Skin Better Alto Defense Antioxidant and Repair Serum

"The Skin Better Alto Advanced Defense and Repair Serum is an antioxidant serum that incorporates some serious powerhouse antioxidant ingredients, and really is sort of like the next level in my opinion of skincare technology. At the time of filming this video, Skin Better is really only available through a doctor's office, so part of what you're paying for is that exclusivity in some ways, but I really do think this is an incredible antioxidant serum."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Naturium Multi-Bright Tranexamic Acid Serum

"I particularly like the Naturium Multibright Tranexamic Acid Serum. This does not just have tranexamic acid but a couple other pigment fighters in there as well. It's just a really beautiful texture and it layers well with other products, and I think it's a very affordable way to bring topical tranexamic acid into a hyperpigmentation routine."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel with Hyaluronic Acid

"I actually think that this particular moisturizer is good for all skin types but because of that water gel formulation it feels really good on oily skin. You're putting on something that is actually intensely hydrating and intensely moisturizing but it doesn't have a sticky or heavy feel. I first tried this moisturizer after getting it as a sample at a dermatology conference many years ago."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

SkinFix Barrier+ Triple Lipid & Peptide Lotion

"This moisturizer has a really beautiful gel cream texture and I even personally like it even though I don't have oily skin. People who will really benefit from this are those who have more mature skin that leans oily. I also really love this product for those who have a disrupted skin barrier, so maybe you overdid it with your retinol cream or you use too much glycolic acid and your skin feels stingy or tight but it's still oily."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Neutrium 10% Azelaic Acid Emulsion

"Neutrium makes a really lovely ten percent azelaic acid emulsion that I'm a big fan of."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Neutrium 5% Tranexamic Acid

"A couple of products that fight hyperpigmentation that I really like are the Neutrium 5 percent tranexamic acid. [...] I think both of these are really nice lightweight serums that layer well with other skincare products and you can feel confident using them when you're trying to conceive or when you're pregnant."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Timeless Matrixyl 3000 Serum

"When patients ask me for an affordable or approachable way to start incorporating effective peptides into their anti-aging skincare routine, I will often recommend the Timeless Matrixyl 3000 Serum. I find that this product incorporates very well into a skincare routine and it's very gentle, so you can use it on the neck and the decollete and the back of the hands and just any other place on your body where you're thinking I would like to be aging a little more slowly here."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Murad Rapid Dark Spot Correcting Serum

"The Murad Rapid Dark Spot Correcting Serum is a cult favorite. It uses glycolic acid as well as resorcinol and tranexamic acid to combat irregular pigment."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Faded Serum

"Some of my followers [...] have had a lot of success with the Faded Serum which is for dark spots and discoloration. It has niacinamide, tranexamic acid, and azelaic acid."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Mandelic Pigmentation Corrector Night Serum

"The Allies of Skin Mandelic Pigment Corrector Night Serum is amazing. I am a huge fan of well formulated products that combine multiple active ingredients. [...] This has lactic acid and mandelic acid which are both alpha hydroxy acids but they are larger molecules than glycolic acid and so they don't penetrate as deeply into the skin which makes them a lot more gentle."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Medik8 Liquid Peptides Advanced MP+ Serum

"If you're looking for something that is a little bit richer that has a little bit more advanced technology, the Medik8 Advanced Peptide Serum is also fantastic."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic

"This product paved the way for every other vitamin C serum on the market because this exact formula has been clinically proven to enhance sun protection, reduce fine lines, and fade dark spots. When you hear dermatologists and aestheticians talk about how amazing vitamin C is for your skin, it is because of the studies done on C E Ferulic specifically. For those reasons, it's not a bad place to spend your money, and I actually carry it in my own practice because it is the gold standard."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Prequel Lucent-C Brightening Vitamin C Serum

"Prequel's vitamin C serum is more of an evolution of the Skinceuticals C E Ferulic because instead of having vitamin E, it has a different antioxidant called erathionine. It was still formulated with the same goals of giving brighter, healthier skin and it's under $25."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Maelove Glow Maker Vitamin C Serum

"One that I love and have recommended for years is the Maelove Glow Maker, which instead of $185, will run you about $33. It has the same 15% l-ascorbic acid, which is the vitamin C, vitamin E, and ferulic acid at a low pH, just like SkinCeuticals. And similarly, it also comes in a tinted bottle with a dropper applicator."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Peptides and Antioxidants Firming Daily Treatment

"The Allies of Skin Peptides and Antioxidants daily treatment is one of the best multi-purpose moisturizers I have ever tried. [...] It not only is an amazing moisturizer, but it also replaces multiple steps in your skincare routine. It is packed with antioxidants and peptides. So, if you're someone who normally does an antioxidant step, a peptide step, and moisturizes, this takes all of those products and condenses it into one."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Prequel Multi-Quench Plumping Hydration Serum

"Serums that have hyaluronic acid are really good at doing this. The Prequel Multi-Quen Serum is also very good at doing this because it uses poly glutamic acid, but these are molecules that essentially draw water to the surface of the skin. So, it's going to fill in those little fine lines, make the skin look more hydrated and juicy, and that's instant prettiness in my book. These tend to work the best when you apply them to damp skin."

✓Yay

63%Guru Score

SkinMedica TNS Advanced+ Serum

"It's one of the only growth factor products on the market that has actually proven to help with collagen production and elastin and help with fine lines. But it's definitely more of a splurge product."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster

"I love the one that Paula's Choice makes. Azelaic acid is antimicrobial. It's anti-inflammatory. It helps with pigmentation. It's kind of like a jack of all trades when it comes to clearing your skin. So it can be a nice add-on to your retinoid routine or you can use it on its own."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Virtue Alpha Keratin Healing Oil

"I love The Virtue hair oil especially if you have thinner fine hair"

✓Yay

Notverified

SkinBetter Science Alto Advanced Defense and Repair Serum

"My absolute favorite vitamin C product that utilizes a vitamin C derivative is the SkinBetter Science Alto Advanced Defense and Repair Serum. The reason I love this antioxidant serum so much and why I think it's sort of worth that higher price point is because this not only includes that vitamin C derivative THD ascorbate but also so many other incredible antioxidants."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Prequel Redness Reform Soothing Serum

"I wanted to make a more targeted redness serum so Prequel also has a Redness Reform serum that I am obsessed with. This has something called an avenanthramide analog in it which is derived from oat and has soothing properties, so for people who have redness due to low-grade irritation this can be very helpful."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Haruharu Wonder Black Rice 10% High Hyaluronic Acid Cream

"Look at that texture, like that is so delicious. It's almost like if an essence and a moisturizer had a baby, it's this. I feel like so many times when people are looking for hydration and moisture, they're looking for really thick, heavy creams because they think that's what they need to lock everything in, and sometimes that is the case, but sometimes you can use a beautiful lightweight gel cream and achieve the same thing."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Apostrophe Hydroquinone 6% Serum

"Hydroquinone is the number one pigment fighter that you can be using topically in your regimen. [...] I'm a huge Apostrophe fan. [...] It's an online dermatology service that connects patients with dermatologic care so that they can get prescription medications for common dermatology concerns like acne, rosacea, hyperpigmentation, or melasma as well as cosmetic concerns like fine lines and wrinkles."

✓Yay

Notverified

Naturium Vitamin C Complex Serum

"This is a great starter. I love the gorgeous texture of this. It's a little bit thicker but it doesn't feel sticky at all. This uses glycerin as its humectant, so it's really going to draw that moisture to the top layer of your skin. This also has glutathione in it, which is a nice skin brightening agent, and this still does have L ascorbic acid in it. I love that this is great if you have sensitive skin and I like that it has a more moisturizing component if you tend to be a little bit drier."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Naturium Tranexamic Topical Acid 5%

"This is also quite a lightweight serum, and not only does it have tranexamic acid which helps fight hyperpigmentation, but it has other pigmentation fighters in it as well like kojic acid and licorice root extract and niacinamide, so it's a great serum for people who are looking for something that's easy to layer in their routine and has multiple pigment fighters."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Sunscreen63 reviews

Trader Joe's Daily Facial Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 40

"Trader Joe's has a practically identical product for $9 instead of $38. Their daily facial sunscreen SPF 40 is a very similar formula with that same gel primer texture and 40 minutes of water resistance."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

e.l.f. Suntouchable Invisible Sunscreen SPF 35

"The e.l.f. Suntouchable Invisible Sunscreen SPF 35 at $14 would be your widely available drugstore alternative. Also very similar in texture and ingredient profile, and this one actually offers 80 minutes of water resistance, so it's actually a step up in that department."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Super Group Unseen Sunscreen SPF 40

"The Super Group Unseen Sunscreen SPF 40 was considered very innovative when it first launched because unlike other sunscreens that are white creams or lotions, this is a clear silky gel that doubles as a primer and is invisible on all skin tones. It's also very popular with men because it's not shiny and it doesn't cling to facial hair. And as a dermatologist, I will be the first person to tell you that sunscreen is the most important step in your anti-aging skincare routine."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Supergoop Glow Dry Body Oil SPF 50

"Supergroup also has an SPF 50 body oil that is quite nice."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Banana Boat Light as Air SPF 50 Body Sunscreen

"Although honestly, even if this Banana Boat sunscreen was like twice the price, I would still buy it because it is the best body sunscreen I have ever ever used. You can get it at any drugstore. It's this very lovely lightweight lotion that honestly just feels like a body moisturizer. It doesn't smell like sunscreen. It's very lightly fragranced and it's not something that lingers on the skin, but I think makes the overall application process just more pleasant."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

EltaMD UV Skin Recovery Sunscreen Green Tinted

"The sunscreen launch of the year was EltaMD UV Skin Recovery SPF 50 with the green tint. For anyone out there who struggles with redness, you kind of know the struggle of finding a good sunscreen because sunscreen can sometimes irritate your skin, which can exacerbate redness or exacerbate your rosacea. So, the fact that they incorporated this green tint to sort of neutralize that, but it's also not an overwhelming tint."

✓Yay

98%Guru Score

Colorescience Sunforgettable Total Protection Face Shield Flex SPF 50

"This is the Colorescience Face Shield Flex. I think this is such an incredible tinted sunscreen. It comes in, I think, five shades. I have always mixed the fair and the medium shades because I change colors a little bit if I have a fake tan or if I have accidentally a little bit of a real tan, and I like to make sure I can get a perfect match. [...] They have said you can mix their formulas together."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Ciele Tint & Protect SPF 50+ Tinted Serum Foundation

"This is gorgeous. What I like about it is that it also falls into that makeup for dummies category where you can put it on anyway. You can put it onto a brush, you can literally take it out of the tube and dab it on your skin and it will blend out into perfection. So it's just a very easy blush to work with and looks so natural. This is one of my favorite colors that they have, shade Bahadi. The colors that they have are also just so beautiful."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Alastin HydraTint Pro Mineral Sunscreen SPF 36

"The Alastin HydraTint Pro is almost $80 for a sunscreen, but people rave about the finish of it that it's glowy but not too greasy. And for a lot of people, it also has that perfect tint where it blends well with their skin tone. So it also doubles for them as makeup. It just checks so many boxes in one product."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Mineral Sunlow Broadspectrum SPF 43 PA+++

"Texturally, this feels kind of like a lightweight, whipped, but still creamy lotion. It applies really easily. It dries down quite quickly. So it's also got a nice finish if you tend to be more oily or combo skin. If you're very dry or you have mature skin, I do think this will require a little bit of skin prep ahead of time, like putting on a hydration serum or a nice layer of moisturizer."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Allies of Skin One SPF 50 Invisible Sunscreen Gel

"It feels a little bit suffocating on me. But I also find that I'm in the minority here. Most of my friends who try this are like, 'Oh, this is amazing.' Men tend to really like this as well. There's just something very unique about it where it doesn't feel like a traditional lotion or cream, so if you have someone who's maybe not that into skincare, I think they would really love it."

~Mixed

66%Guru Score

Ultra Violette Future Screen SPF 50 Modern Mineral Sunscreen

"I got this just a couple of weeks ago, but I very quickly came to love it. This is an Australian-based sunscreen company, but just recently launched this in the United States. You can find it in Sephoras. They call this a modern mineral sunscreen. It's SPF 50. It is just an absolute delight to apply it. This is very slightly tinted. If you have super pale skin, the tint is going to be too dark. But if you are paler than me or my tone, it's going to be just fine."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

EltaMD UV Skin Recovery SPF 50 Red Color Correcting Face Sunscreen

"This was something I had had an idea about but man EltaMD you beat me to it and you rocked this formula. This is their UV Skin Recovery SPF 50 Red Color Correcting Face Sunscreen. So often when formulating skin care with red skin in mind, we think about using green tones to kind of cancel that out. But I have found that a lot of green products are like too much and they make the complexion look dull or gray or muddy. But they have like just the right amount of green in here."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

IT Cosmetics CC+ Natural Matte SPF 40

"It's 86% skincare ingredients so I just love how it wears on the skin that it's super long lasting so it's not like breaking up on the skin over the course of the day especially if you have like dry maybe even combo skin this is just phenomenal. Now for anyone who is looking for full coverage but do not want to look like they are just wearing like a face caked in makeup absolutely recommend basically any of the CC creams from the IT Cosmetics line."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

EltaMD UV Physical Broad-Spectrum SPF 41

"One of my favorite mineral sunscreens for around the eyes is the EltaMD UV Physical SPF 41. This one is slightly tinted so you actually get a little bit of cover of dark circles if you're also going for that too. It's a face sunscreen but using it under the eyes can be really helpful."

✓Yay

91%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer SPF 30

"One of my favorite facial moisturizers that I recommend all the time in my clinic is by La Roche-Posay, it's their Toleriane Dermo moisturizer. The reason this tends to be tolerated so well is because it does not have a lot of the classic allergens that we find in a lot of skincare."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Pipette Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50

"I really like this sunscreen for kids and honestly for adults as well if they want a mineral only option. One, I really like that it comes in a nice big tube so you don't need to be stingy with your sunscreen application, which is an issue that I see come up time and time again. I also really like that it rubs in quite effortlessly. It is a mineral sunscreen, and a mineral sunscreen without some type of white cast really doesn't exist, but I do find that this rubs in quite well."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Blue Lizard Baby Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50

"The Blue Lizard Baby Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50 is water resistant for 80 minutes. It's a top recommendation from a lot of my dermatology colleagues. It's got that classic thick whitish slightly paste-like effect of typical zinc and titanium dioxide based sunscreens, but I almost like that in a way because if my son is going in the water I kind of want to be able to see just a little bit exactly where I've put the sunscreen and this allows me to do that."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Coppertone Sport Sunscreen Spray SPF 30

"One of my absolute favorites is by Coppertone their sport sunscreen spray. I buy this in like multi-packs because it's just so easy and it's just something that is always in one of my bags in case I need to reapply on the go on me or my son."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Eucerin Age Defense Plus Hyaluronic Acid SPF 50 Face Lotion

"When it comes to drugstore sunscreens I also love the Eucerin Age Defense SPF 50. I feel like Eucerin really kills it when it comes to sunscreens. This is an SPF 50 chemical sunscreen and I really like how nourishing it feels on the skin. It's not a heavy cream but your skin does feel really hydrated when you apply it."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Eucerin Daily Hydration Moisturizing Body Cream SPF 30

"One of my favorite super affordable sunscreens that you can use on your face and your body is from Eucerin, it's their Daily Hydration Moisturizing Body Cream and it's SPF 30. I personally use this more as a body sunscreen because it's kind of on the thicker side for the face, but if you have dry skin I think it's totally fine to use this on your face as well."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Parito Daily Go-To Sunscreen SPF 50+

"I really love the Parito Daily Go-To Sunscreen. This is definitely thicker and more moisturizing than the Beauty of Chosan, and it's great for the winter or colder months."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Colorescience Unforgettable Total Protection Face Shield SPF 50

"This is the Colorescience Unforgettable classic. I have used this for years and still really really like it."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Derma B Everyday Sunscreen SPF 50

"This is a Korean sunscreen, SPF 50, and the easiest way to get it is online. This is really designed to be a face and body sunscreen. I love how lightweight it is, it's incredibly affordable, and this also has a really nice pleasant sort of sweet herbal scent to it. Keep in mind this is not water resistant, so this is a great everyday sunscreen."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen SPF 40

"This is the sunscreen that has almost like a primer-like feel to it so it's almost like silicone, it's very plushy, it's very mattifying, and it really is nice under makeup. For people who don't like the traditional cream or lotion type sunscreens, I find the Unseen Sunscreen is such a hit. Also with the guys, they love this because it's not like, you know, a lot of guys don't wear makeup primer so they've never felt that sort of silicone texture but it's actually something a lot of them enjoy."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence SPF 50+ PA++++

"The Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence is an SPF 50 sunscreen and is probably one of the most popular Asian sunscreens. It dries down pretty much instantly and it just works so beautifully for reapplication. It's also my favorite sunscreen for reapplying over makeup because you can kind of stipple or pat it on the skin without it building up or leaving a white cast."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Australian Gold Botanical Tinted Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50

"This is one of my top sunscreen recommendations especially for my teenage patients who are just starting to become oily. A lot of times they're also starting to have their first breakouts and they want to start wearing makeup but maybe they're not really ready for a full-on foundation, so using a tinted sunscreen like this that also offers some oil control is a nice balance."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Eucerin Oil Control Dry Touch SPF 50+

"The European version of this sunscreen is honestly incredible. I wish it was easier to get in the United States. It's much more of a gel cream in formulation, so a lot lighter weight. This also has more of a matte dry down. One of my patients, her mom lives in France and sent her a bunch of different products to try because she has oily skin and struggles with acne, and this was sort of the winner of the bunch. She brought it into clinic for me to try and it was incredible."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Cotz Face Prime and Protect SPF 40 Mineral Sunscreen

"Another sunscreen for oily skin that I absolutely love is the Cotz Face Prime and Protect SPF 40. This is a very lightly tinted all mineral sunscreen and it very much feels like a silicone-based makeup primer. For example, if you've used the Supergoop Unseen sunscreen or the Trader Joe's dupe that daily facial sunscreen, those also both have sort of that silicone-based primer-like feel to them."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals Physical Fusion UV Defense SPF 50

"This kit also contains an SPF 50 sunscreen, the SkinCeuticals Physical Fusion, which is a really nice lightweight milky sunscreen with a slight tint. So for someone looking to combat pigment, it's not just about reversing the pigment you have with topicals but also protecting from UV damage, so that sunscreen step is really essential."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Olay Daily Facial Moisturizing Lotion SPF 30

"One of my favorite sunscreens for people who are new to skincare or maybe a little bit apprehensive about incorporating a sunscreen into their routine is the Olay Daily Facial Moisturizing Lotion SPF 30. This is a two in one moisturizer and sunscreen. [...] I think this sunscreen is really user friendly because it has no white cast, it rubs in super well to the skin, it's very affordable, and it's accessible at most drug stores."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Blue Stone Sun Shield UV Visor

"The Blue Stone Sun Shield UV Visor, if you follow me on Instagram you've definitely seen me wear this before. I often will wear it home from clinic and the whole reason for that is I don't really like to reapply sunscreen before I leave the office and this allows me to totally protect my face on my 45 minute commute."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

ISDIN Eryfotona Actinica SPF 50

"Another untinted mineral sunscreen that I really like is the ISDIN Eryfotona Actinica SPF 50. It's a [...] really good mineral option, both because it goes on really seamlessly and because it plays well under makeup. I will say this does leave a little bit of a white cast on my skin, but I'm typically wearing it under a little bit of foundation or tinted moisturizer, and that cancels that out. This uses 11% zinc oxide as the mineral filter, and it's water resistant for 40 minutes."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Kinship Self Reflect Probiotic Zinc Oxide Broad Spectrum Sunscreen SPF 32

"I love this for dry skin. One problem with a lot of mineral sunscreens is because they have zinc oxide which is somewhat of a drying ingredient they can feel a little bit chalky on dry skin, but this one is so emollient and so moisturizing and I love it especially in the winter. Even though this is tinted it is a very light tint."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-in Milk Sunscreen SPF 60

"I'm also a really big fan of the La Roche Posay Melt-in Milk, this is an SPF 60 chemical sunscreen meant for face and body. I love how moisturizing this sunscreen is but it's not greasy at all and it absorbs really quickly and because it's sort of designed to be used on the face and body I just feel like it looks so good on the skin and it's one that I like to bring on vacation a lot for that reason."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

EVY Technology Technology Face Mousse SPF50

"My number one holy grail for water resistant sunscreens is by a company called EV Technology, it's a Swedish sunscreen company. [...] When you spray these out of the bottle they actually come out as a foam."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

EltaMD UV Sport SPF 50

"Another water resistant sunscreen that I really really like and is a little easier to get your hands on in the United States is Elta MD UV Sport, it's SPF 50. This is a hybrid sunscreen that uses zinc oxide as well as some chemical UV filters to give you excellent protection."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Bondi Sands Daily Moisturizing Face SPF 50+

"I love that this is available at the drugstore, that you get two and a half ounces for it, and it's so affordable—maybe the most affordable sunscreen that I am talking about today. I know a big gripe that people have with sunscreen, which is fair, is that it can be expensive, and really everyone deserves to be able to afford sun protection, so whenever I can find some kind of cheaper options for you guys I definitely want to incorporate those into my videos."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Naturium Dew Glow Tinted Moisturizer SPF 50

"If you have dry skin, if you want your skin to feel just super super moisturized from your sunscreen, you have to try this. [...] Out of all the sunscreens that I'm talking about today, this one is the thickest and the creamiest. So when it first comes out of the pump it can almost be surprising like whoa that's really thick, I don't know how that's going to rub in, but it so easily works itself into the skin."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Gel SPF 50

"The Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Gel SPF 50 is a Japanese sunscreen that truly feels weightless on the skin and dries down completely matte. It does have alcohol in it, which is not a bad thing. [...] Alcohol in skincare can be great because it can help with how it feels and can help with the permeability of the product, but some people are sensitive to alcohol, so if you find alcohol too drying or irritating you might not love this sunscreen."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream SPF 50+

"The Charlotte Tilbury reminds me of the IT Cosmetics CC cream where when you apply it you're like my skin looks flawless, but it's not as heavy and doesn't tend to get as cakey as the IT Cosmetics CC cream, so I feel like Charlotte Tilbury has totally replaced it for me."

~Mixed

66%Guru Score

Purito Daily Go-To Sunscreen SPF 50

"This is a Korean sunscreen, it's SPF50 and PA+++ meaning that it not only has very strong UVB protection but also strong UVA protection. It's not fragranced at all, it goes on the skin so smoothly. Now if you have oily or kind of like normal or combination skin you might find that this is too heavy or too greasy but I find that for a very hydrating or moisturizing sunscreen it really doesn't feel heavy on the skin but it does have a little bit of a sheen to it."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Watery Sun Gel SPF 50+ PA++++

"There are a lot of products that leave a dewy finish but then they feel kind of tacky on the skin, whereas this one completely dries down but still gives you a little bit of glow. [...] I also find the sunscreen to be quite soothing. It doesn't exacerbate my rosacea. I don't need to layer moisturizer with it because it is so hydrating on the skin without getting oily or sticky over the course of the day. It is not sweat resistant or water resistant, [...] but man it's good."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 SPF 50+

"It is just such a nice lightweight dry down completely type of sunscreen. Now if you have really dry skin I think it's going to be too drying for you, or if you are sensitive to denatured alcohol I would skip this one because this does have denatured alcohol in it. But for me when I'm going outside to do outdoor activities and I don't want a tinted sunscreen, this is the one I'm going for."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Naked Sundays Collagen Glow 100% Mineral Perfecting Priming Lotion SPF 50

"This is not going to be a sunscreen for everyone and I recognize that, but I love it. When you squeeze it out of the tube it is super thick, [...] and initially when you rub it in you're thinking oh my gosh this is never going to rub in, but magically and quite quickly it rubs in very well to the skin. Although it is a completely zinc-based sunscreen, it does not leave a white cast on my skin tone."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Broad Spectrum SPF 45 Untinted Sunscreen

"I actually like a lot of the Dermatology sunscreens but this is the one I've been grabbing the most. This is a hybrid sunscreen meaning that it has both physical and chemical UV filters, in this case zinc oxide and octinoxate. It rubs in beautifully to the skin. There's really no white cast whatsoever and it's quite creamy and moisturizing. I've had no issues with it irritating or exacerbating my rosacea."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Naked Sundays SPF 50

"The one I'm using today is the Naked Sundays SPF 50. This is a zinc based sunscreen that has a tint to it. [...] It doesn't oxidize orange on my skin which has been huge because I hate when you put on a tinted sunscreen and then you look in the mirror three hours later and you look like an Oompa Loompa. This is super thick and creamy the first time I put it on I was like there's no way this is gonna rub in well and then it did."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica Water-Fit Sun Serum SPF 50+ PA++++

"I love this for people who have sensitive skin and especially acne prone skin, it has been such a hit for my patients who have acne or rosacea and struggle to find sunscreens that don't irritate their skin or break them out. When I say holy grail, I'm not just talking about holy grail Korean sunscreen, I mean holy grail of all the sunscreens I have ever tried in my entire life, and I have tried hundreds of sunscreens."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Moisture Airy Fit Daily Sunscreen SPF 50

"I love this because it is a true midweight comforting lotion. It really feels like you're just putting on a cushiony moisturizer. It has no sunscreen smell. It is weightless on the skin. It almost acts like a primer when it comes to applying makeup. [...] This is usually the sunscreen that's in my bag when I don't know what to reach for or when I'm traveling. The finish is very skin-like, not matte but also not dewy or glowy, and it works for a variety of skin types."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

House of Hur Weightless Sun Fluid SPF 50 PA++++

"This is my number one pick if you have oily skin or you want a sunscreen with a truly matte finish. The name really says it all, weightless sunfluid. This is the lightest of the sunscreens I'm talking about today, it applies in two seconds and it's incredibly easy to rub in. Although it is matte, it's not drying on the skin. [...] If you have oily skin it kind of keeps that oil at bay so it's not popping through to mess up your makeup, but it doesn't feel restrictive."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun: Rice + Probiotics SPF 50+ PA++++ (Korean formula)

"You can also find green tea extract in one of my favorite sunscreens of all time, the Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun: Rice + Probiotics SPF 50. I recommend that sunscreen all the time. And although I did not specifically seek that sunscreen out or fall in love with it because it has that antioxidant, that is absolute bonus points."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

EltaMD UV Clear Broad-Spectrum SPF 46

"EltaMD UV Clear SPF 46 is the sunscreen I have recommended the most consistently to my patients over the last decade of my practice. It has great broad-spectrum coverage, so it's going to protect you from both UVA and UVB rays, but it also has niacinamide, which is a fantastic antioxidant that's anti-inflammatory and can help with things like acne. This is a really good sunscreen if you are acne prone."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Celimax Pore and Dark Spot Brightening Care Sunscreen SPF 50 PA+++

"So you look a bit more hydrated when you put this on. The other reason I love it so much is it has these active ingredients in it. It has 5% niacinamide and 1% tranexamic acid, which are going to help not only with hyperpigmentation, but that 5% niacinamide is going to help fortify your skin barrier, [...] help control oiliness, and help with pores a little bit."

✓Yay

Notverified

Ciele Prime and Protect SPF 30 Primer

"It's a mineral-based sunscreen. And what I love about it is that it feels very lightweight on the skin for being zinc based. And this brand really prides itself on being an acne safe makeup brand and being very skin friendly. And I've had many patients over the past couple of years who have really fallen in love with this formula. And because this is a makeup primer, this also works really well under makeup. So it's very dual purpose."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Round Lab Birch Juice Moisturizing Sunscreen SPF 50 PA++++ (Korean formula)

"This is an SPF 50 broadspectrum sunscreen where if you want something that is moisturizing but not oily, hydrating but not heavy, I would go for this every single time. I would say if you have combination to dry skin or dry mature skin, this is a pretty perfect sunscreen. It layers beautifully under makeup."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Universal Tinted Moisturizer SPF 46

"One I hadn't used for a while, but I recently brought back into my rotation and I forgot how good it is, is the DRMTLGY Universal Tinted Moisturizer. It's SPF 46. It's really hydrating. It helps kind of cancel out some of my hyperpigmentation and my redness. So to me, that's such a great multitasker."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Prequel Sun Barrier Mineral Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50

"Another mineral sunscreen that I use a lot on my son is from my brand Prequel, it's our Sun Barrier Mineral Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50 PA++++, and the reason I started applying this to him was he was seeing me apply it in the morning and he was asking if he could have some on his skin. [...] This sunscreen also has antioxidants and baobab to soothe the skin, so it's really nice for adult skin and for kids skin."

✓Yay

55%Guru Score

Pito Wonder Relief Centella Daily Sun Lotion SPF 50 PA+++

"I also think it depends on if you're layering moisturizer underneath it so to me it just gives a little bit of radiance to the skin but not quite dewy. If you're kind of a minimalist when it comes to your skincare and you like having your sunscreen also be your moisturizer you don't want those to be too different steps this is my favorite for that because you get that bit of moisturization but it's still really light on the skin. This is also really nice under makeup."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Summer Fridays Shade Drops Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Mineral Milk Sunscreen

"The Summer Fridays Shade Drops SPF 30 [...] is a zinc based non-water resistant sunscreen that comes out as a very thin liquidy milk and I just love how lightweight it is. I do like to wear a moisturizer underneath because it can be pretty drying if worn on its own, but I really love how it rubs into the skin."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Purito Daily Soft Touch Sunscreen SPF 50+ PA++++

"The sunscreen I'm going in with today is the Purito Daily Soft Touch Sunscreen. I love this one. I love their daily go-to sunscreen as well, but that's a little bit oilier, a little bit dewier. This has not a matte finish but more of a skin-like finish, and I do find that it plays well with other products. [...] This does not leave a white cast on me at all. It really just feels like another layer of moisturizer."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

ISDIN Eryfotona Ageless Tinted Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50

"It's a little too tinted for my skin if you don't have a fake tan on super lightweight. You can kind of get a sense of the color there. It's a little warm on me. The other benefit of using a tinted sunscreen if you have hyperpigmentation or melasma is the iron oxides in the tinted sunscreen help block blue light from the sun, and we know that blue light also contributes to pigmentation, not just UV radiation, so if you have a tint in your sunscreen that's like bonus points."

~Mixed

83%Guru Score

ISDIN Eryfotona Actinica Ultralight Emulsion SPF 50

"I absolutely love about the Isdin sunscreen, and if other companies are watching this please take note, is that you get 3.4 ounces in a bottle that is basically double what most sunscreens give you, and the reason that's so important is because if you have a tiny package of sunscreen you might think about trying to save that sunscreen or use it sparingly, but sunscreen really needs to be used in the correct amount for it to be truly effective."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

EltaMD UV Facial Broad-Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen

"One of my favorite sunscreens to use during my pregnancy was the EltaMD UV Facial Sunscreen. This is an SPF 30 sunscreen and it's actually a hybrid so it had a mineral or inorganic filter zinc oxide as well as a chemical or organic filter octinoxate. It's a very hydrating and moisturizing formula which I really craved during my pregnancy because my skin was extra dry, so I just really enjoyed putting it on."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Other55 reviews

Hibiclens Hibiclens

"I would never use Hibiclens on my face. [...] Hibiclens is a very powerful antiseptic cleanser with chlorhexidine as the active ingredient, [...] and although it's very good at killing bacteria, [...] chlorhexidine is toxic to your ears and to your eyes. [...] We're talking blindness-inducing, deafness-inducing if it gets into your middle ear. Rather than take any type of risk, [...] I would not recommend any type of at-home use of chlorhexidine on the face."

✕Nay

66%Guru Score

Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Multi-Recovery Complex

"However, I'm not here to tell you this is a bad serum. I just think it is not doing the job that people are hiring it to do. If we're talking about changing the trajectory of aging skin over the years, this is just not cutting it. [...] If I have limited funds and am choosing between Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair or a retinoid in my skincare routine, I'm picking a retinoid ten out of ten times."

~Mixed

64%Guru Score

Sleepy Tie Sleepy Tie

"To help protect and preserve my style when I sleep, I use something called a Sleepy Tie. It's sort of like a silk scrunchie thing. I don't use it properly, I just use it to tie my hair away from my face. [...] It's big and plushy enough and silky enough that it doesn't seem to dent my hair in a weird way."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Dior Forever Skin Perfect

"I'm also a big fan of the Dior Forever Matte Foundation. This one has more coverage, but still doesn't look super makeupy in person. So, if you have a more formal event or you want to just look fully glammed out and you want something that's going to photograph super beautifully, an awesome option."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Latisse Latisse

"If you are using a lash growth serum with prostaglandin analogues for a cosmetic purpose, the risks far far outweigh the benefits. They can cause increased vascularity of the skin, meaning growth of new blood vessels. Often people will find that when they use these really consistently, the margins around their eyelashes become red or purple. [...] They can also change the color of your eye, lead to drooping of the eye, and cause hyperpigmentation around the eyes."

✕Nay

61%Guru Score

Polysporin Polysporin

"For patients who are immunocompromised, for example those on steroids or with diabetes or on chemotherapy or with a wound on their lower extremity at high risk of infection, we will recommend Polysporin because it doesn't contain neomycin. You can buy Polysporin over the counter at your drugstore or Target."

✓Yay

61%Guru Score

The Ordinary Volufiline 92% + Pal-Isoleucine 1%

"Now the clinical trials around Volufiline are not super impressive, but it's a very affordable product. I think there's very little harm in trying it, and I would probably use something like this [...] for at least six to nine months before I really had a good understanding of whether it was benefiting me. This is a very concentrated serum, so you don't put it directly on dry skin. You can either mix it with your moisturizer or apply it on top of your moisturizer."

~Mixed

62%Guru Score

Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Color

"May I recommend the Laura Mercier Caviar Shadow Sticks ... These I highly highly recommend."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

ZIIP Halo 2.0

"On one hand, these are safe, relatively painless. You might see some subtle snatch right afterward, but that has nothing really to do with the microcurrent that's being delivered to the muscles and much more to do with just the manual pressure and massage. On [...] the con side, there's really no evidence that they provide a lasting result of any kind, and they're generally quite expensive, usually in the $200 to $500 range. For me, for the lack of evidence that exists, that's not worth it."

✕Nay

81%Guru Score

Revision Skincare C+ Correcting Complex 30%

"I am obsessed with this. They have really good clinical data on this specific formula. It is lovely. This formula uses tetrahexyl ascorbate, also known as THD ascorbate. It's just a different form of vitamin C, less irritating, little more stable too. So you'll see that this is white, whereas most vitamin C serums are going to be slightly yellowish, and that's from the vitamin C starting to oxidize a little bit. But this is so beautiful."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Alastin Restorative Neck Complex

"A really popular neck cream is the Alastin Restorative Neck Complex. Alastin is kind of famous or well-known because they have a proprietary peptide that helps stimulate elastin, and it's really hard to stimulate elastin in the skin. It's much easier to stimulate collagen, but the neck is much stretchier, so we need that elastin there. Having a product that has peptides in it that specifically focus on the integrity of your elastin can be helpful."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Alastin Regenerating Skin Nectar

"I am particularly fond of their Regenerating Skin Nectar because it's meant to be used post-procedurally so great to help you recover from micro needling and laser resurfacing. It's just a very gentle formula with those added benefits and it just feels really soothing on the skin. So especially for people who have very sensitive skin who want to be doing something that's very comforting post procedure that has some added benefits, love this."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Iris Store Red Light Helmet

"I've always used the Red Light Helmet from Iris Store and I liked it because I could use it while I was pregnant and breastfeeding and not able to do some of my other hair care things."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Grande Cosmetics GrandeBROW

"For products like Grande Brow and Newttin, both very effective for growing brow hairs. These over-the-counter products that work for brow growth like Newttin and Grande Brow work because they have something called a prostaglandin analog that functions similarly to bimatoprost that's found in Latisse. Anytime you're applying a topical product like this there is a risk of irritation so it's something to keep an eye out for, but in general it tends to be well tolerated in the brow area."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Moxy Laser

"Another brand is Moxy like I mentioned earlier clear and Brilliant is the little sister of fraxel"

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

PMD Clean

"Other brands have sort of taken that idea and ran with it for example Foreo or PMD or even these sort of generic silicone facial scrubbers that are marketed to teens and adults."

✕Nay

71%Guru Score

Nair Nair

"The most common chemical depilatory cream out there is Nair and you have to be careful with using this on your face you want to start by patch testing it maybe on your inner arm to make sure it's not causing too much irritation to your skin. For some people they find a lot more success and a lot less irritation when they're using a chemical depilatory cream compared to shaving."

~Mixed

66%Guru Score

Sensodyne Toothpaste

"Toothpastes like Sensodyne and Tom's of Maine and David's are all SLS free and are good options."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Revision Skincare Nectifirm

"A couple of famous or well-known neck creams in the industry are one called NEC deferm from revision skincare they have a clinical trial showing how it improved neck skin over 12 weeks"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Jeuveau Jeuveau

"There are other brands besides Botox you may have heard of them disport zamin juvo daify I'm going to be saying Botox but you mentally can be replacing that with any other bot linum toxin a brand that you want"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Dr. Dennis Gross DRx SpectraLite LipWare Pro

"I also just saw that Dr. Dennis Gross launched one that just goes around the lips and I think if you're already using a face mask there's really no need for this but I do have this cohort of patients and followers who have messaged me over time being like hey I'd really love to use red light LED but my eyes are a bit too sensitive for it and so I feel like if you're trying to improve the skin around your mouth and you can't tolerate a full mask this lip product really does have a place."

~Mixed

68%Guru Score

Preparation H Preparation H

"For really uncomfortable or itchy hemorrhoids, you can use Preparation H. This usually has an anti-inflammatory in it as well as something to help with itching as well as constriction of those swollen blood vessels."

✓Yay

60%Guru Score

Silverette Nipple Covers

"Silverettes are essentially little Nipple Covers that you keep on in between breastfeeding and silver has antimicrobial and healing properties to it. I personally used silverettes during my breastfeeding journey - I probably wore them for the first four months of breastfeeding and then I felt like I really had the hang of it and I had zero sensitivity. I brought these in my hospital bag and I started using them from day one of breastfeeding."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Bombas Socks

"I also recommend purchasing some type of moisture wicking socks that aren't going to keep your feet hot and sweaty. Bombas are some of my favorites for this."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Slip Silk Scrunchies

"I love their scrunchies and their pillowcases"

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Gloves in a Bottle Gloves in a Bottle

"My go-to Hand Cream is called Gloves in a Bottle. I find that it's really nourishing but doesn't leave a greasy residue or finish."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Vanilla Co Clean it Zero

"This is such an excellent affordable cleansing balm. Even though I use micellar water a lot to cleanse my face, I often prefer a balm, especially if I'm going in the shower. I'll keep this outside the shower, put it on, work it into my skin while my shower heats up, and then I'll get in the shower and rinse my face off. On days I'm wearing heavy makeup or I did a big workout or I had water resistant sunscreen on, I do really like going in with a cleansing balm, and this is super effective."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals Phloretin CF

"This has one of their patented vitamin C serums, Phloretin CF. This is a 10% L ascorbic acid vitamin C serum and what I love about it is that it's very gentle on the skin. Yes, it's a little bit spendy but the reason for that is because SkinCeuticals has done a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to vitamin C research and this is a proven formula."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals Discoloration Defense

"This also contains a serum called Discoloration Defense which helps combat irregular pigment in the skin. Both the vitamin C topical in the Florentin CF and the Discoloration Defense are working to brighten the overall complexion. [...] These are both really thin liquidy serums and they layer very well with one another."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Colorescience Unforgettable Total Protection Face Shield Flex

"I'm going to go in with the Colorescience Unforgettable Total Protection Face Shield Flex. These are much, much, much more deeply pigmented. [...] If I were to use the proper amount like a quarter teaspoon for my face of this it would look too thick and cakey and just not the finish that I personally want, but when used more sparingly it is beautiful, like beautiful coverage. It helps mitigate some of the redness and hyperpigmentation that I struggle with."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Murad Environmental Shield

"I love how smooth and milky it is, and then it leaves this really soft satin finish on the skin. This uses zinc oxide exclusively as the mineral filter, and it does leave a very slight white cast on me, but the reason I like this sunscreen so much, and this is sort of a theme of my favorite untinted mineral sunscreens, is that it applies so beautifully under makeup. One tip I have when applying mineral sunscreens, especially if they're untinted, is to work in layers."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Vanicream Clinical Strength Antiperspirant

"One of my personal favorites is the Vanicream Clinical Strength Antiperspirant because it doesn't contain fragrance or some other things that people can be sensitive to, especially in the underarm area. Aluminum on its own can be very irritating to delicate armpit skin, so if someone has a reaction to this particular antiperspirant, then I'm more likely to believe that they have a sensitivity to aluminum overall."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Glytone Enhanced Brightening Complex

"I really like my Glytone Enhanced Brightening Complex. This is a complex that has glycolic acid and [azelaic] acid. During my pregnancy I was able to use it pretty much every single night. But [...] now that I still like to incorporate that, I only use it from time to time because I'm using a retinoid and I don't need it as often."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Colgate Total Toothpaste

"Tonight I'm using Colgate Total, but I have no toothpaste allegiances whatsoever."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals Silymarin CF

"Like the original C E Ferulic, this does have 15% ferulic acid, but it also has 0.5% carnosine, which is a plant-derived antioxidant that helps with something called lipid oxidation. When you have oils sitting on your skin, they can oxidize which can lead to inflammation, so it has carnosine to counteract that. It also has ferulic acid as well as 0.5% salicylic acid. [...] When I did that Instagram poll of products that people love who have oily skin, this is another one that came up."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Desitin Maximum Strength

"There are so many good ones out there. I typically just recommend looking for one that has zinc oxide in it, so Desitin is a really common one."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Pampers Diapers

"I think the diapers we would probably purchase the most are Pampers. They are tried and true, and I also really love that those diapers are really thin when you stack them up but they are very absorbent. So I like the thinner diaper because it doesn't take up as much room in the diaper bag and it's just easier to have a bunch on me wherever we travel."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Water Wipes Water Wipes

"I think probably the most common wipe that we use are Water Wipes. They're basically water and a wipe."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Alastin Restorative Skin Complex

"The Elastin Restorative Skin Complex is one of my personal craves. This Restorative Skin Complex is packed with peptides that are proven to help with things like collagen regeneration as well as elastin generation. I make a point to emphasize elastin generation because a lot of things can help with collagen, that's what kind of gives your skin structure and bounce, but elastin is what makes your skin not only stretchy but it gives it the ability to recoil."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Vicks VapoRub

"There are a couple of home remedies for fungal nails and they work because they contain an antifungal ingredient called thymol. [...] With Vicks VapoRub, [...] you would apply it every single day to your nails for at least a few months."

~Mixed

69%Guru Score

Lamisil Lamisil

"If you have foot fungus, the first thing you want to do [...] is start using an over-the-counter antifungal cream. My two favorite medications for this are Butenafine and Terbinafine, also known as Lotramin AF and Lamisil respectively, but of course you can get the generic versions as well. The way you want to apply these is between your toes, on the bottoms of your feet, and any visible areas on the top of your feet as well, and you want to do that at least nightly for a couple of weeks."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Certain Dri Prescription Strength Clinical

"Aluminum works incredibly well to reduce sweating. [...] One of the antiperspirants I recommend the most commonly for feet is the Certain Dri Prescription Strength Clinical. The reason I like this one so much is of course it has the aluminum to reduce the sweating but it comes as a little rollerball so it's just very easy to apply to the feet."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Hatch Rest White Noise Machine and Night Light

"I also love our white noise machine that also doubles as a night light: the Hatch Rest."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

BabyBjörn Bouncer Balance Soft

"The BabyBjörn bouncer serves as just a really comfortable place to put your newborn down in. If you need to do your skincare routine or take a shower and you don't want to just lay them on the ground, you want to be able to see them and interact with them and even play with them, the BabyBjörn bouncer is perfect for that. Theo is super comfortable in it and as he's gotten bigger he continues to fit in it very well."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Kenra Volume Spray 25

"The Kenra Volume Spray Number 25 is one of my all-time favorite hairsprays. It holds so well without making your hair feel crunchy or sticky. If I'm doing an updo or even just a bun for clinic and I want my bobby pins to stay and every hair in place without looking like I'm wearing a hairspray helmet, the Kenra 25 is what I use. This bottle is also massive and will last you so long."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Got2b Glued Spiking Glue

"If I need really long-lasting hold, [...] I use this Got2b Spiking Glue, which is meant for hair but [...] I use for eyebrows. I take the teeniest bit on a spoolie and put it through my brows, and I think that works amazingly well to freeze the brows in place."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Certain Dri Fragrance-Free Roll-On Antiperspirant

"Brands I often recommend are Certain Dri, and Secret also has a great fragrance-free antiperspirant that has like 100 hours of protection. I actually really like gel antiperspirants for this reason, because you can get a little on your fingertips and manually put it between the toes. Antiperspirant has the correct ingredients to actually reduce sweating, unlike deodorant, which is just for odor."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Prequel Scar Solutions Silicone Scar Stick

"If you have scars on the face or you don't like the adhesive, using a scar gel or a scar stick, which my brand created, Prequel, is also a good idea. [...] With my Prequel stick, we do a massage of like little circles for 60 seconds and that lays down enough silicone to be protective and to help regenerate the skin."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Unite 7 Seconds Detangler

"Not only does it detangle your hair really well, it makes styling so much more easy because it reduces the breakage when you are brushing your hair and it has heat protection up to 450 degrees. It's like all the things I could want. I love that this is in a nice spray bottle, so it's really easy to get an even coat of my hair. And this is particularly good if you have fine or limp hair. I feel like a lot of heat protectants can make the hair feel oily or weigh it down."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

L'Oreal True Match Lumi Glotion

"Also, if you are a makeup wearer, and even if you're not, I love the L'Oreal True Match Lumi Glotion. You just need the tiniest bit, but it gives you this really beautiful luminosity to your skin. And especially if you wear a medium or more full coverage foundation, having a luminous product underneath makes the skin read less flat and just more radiant."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals Triple Lipid Restore 2:4:2

"But if you're interested in using a science-backed product to help with things like fine lines and wrinkles, it may be worth a try. I actually prefer the SkinCeuticals Triple Lipid Restore 2:4:2. It doesn't have that same targeting process, but I think in terms of how my skin feels, just like the experience of using the triple lipid, it's just so much better. And that product also has a huge cult following for that reason, and also because it works really well for mature skin."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Living Proof Full Dry Volume & Texture Spray

"I also have the Living Proof Full Dry Volume and Texture Spray. This is probably what I will be using most today since my hair does have volume, just to give it a little extra oomph and a little bit of grit. I don't need my hair to be super soft and touchable. I need it to last all day. This is like a work shape."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Lily Silk Silk Scrunchies

"The Lily Silk Scrunchies are excellent, they come in multiple sizes, and this is probably my most used size. I will either put my hair in like a very low loose braid and just sort of use the silk on the end there because it doesn't create a tight crease, or I will gather all of my hair in sort of a loose pony right on top of my head with this silk scrunchie because it doesn't create a big crease in my hair and that's how I get a lot of volume without frizz in my hair when I wake up."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Canopy Humidifier Starter Set

"The canopy humidifier solves these problems because it's aesthetically pleasing so [...] you want to have it out on display where it would actually be useful, [...] it's okay to have it in your bedroom and it's not this unsightly machine in the corner. It has a filter that's very easy to change and you can even opt into a subscription service where they will send you new filters so that you're reminded to change it and keep your humidifier fresh."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Shiseido Ultimune Power Infusing Concentrate

"I love the texture of this product, it feels silky as I apply it and it absorbs into the skin quickly so that you can then easily move on with the other steps in your skincare routine. I like to use this product in the morning and at night after I cleanse my skin and while my skin is still damp, I use about two pumps and smooth it over my face and neck. I always follow that with moisturizer and of course sunscreen during the daytime."

✓Yay

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Moisturizers54 reviews

Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream

"I also like that this is lightweight enough that you could easily use it during the day, layering it [...] with vitamin C and sunscreen, or you could use it in your nighttime routine after your retinoid. My verdict here is stay. This is a really good two-for-one product, and although it is $72, if you look at the cost of a peptide serum and a moisturizer separately, you might end up at that cost in two separate steps."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Augustinus Bader Rich Cream

"They have their own unique proprietary peptide [...] that I think is meant to justify the super high price point. If you notice some insane difference in your skin when you use this, by all means. We just don't have enough data around that specific peptide compared to things like retinoids, vitamin C, good sun protection that makes it worth it."

~Mixed

62%Guru Score

Dieux Instant Angel Lipid-Rich Firming Moisturizer

"I talked about their retinol earlier, but their Instant Angel [...] is awesome. It's like a between mid-weight to rich cream, super calming, fragrance-free. I love this for skin that's like a little bit more reactive."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

The INKEY List Extreme Cream

"I think the Inkey List Extreme Cream which is $50 instead of $350 is like very, very similar. They're both reverse emulsions, they both sort of have that rich oil feel and to me they're interchangeable."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Dr. Barbara Sturm Anti-Aging Face Cream

"I think this is where people don't understand whether they are paying for efficacy or paying for luxury. I have my own skincare brand and know what stuff costs and at a certain point you are not paying for a more effective formula. You are paying for things like textural enhancements, packaging, and just overall prestige. [...] There is no single ingredient or overall formula enhancement that can happen that makes a $300 moisturizer worth that to me."

~Mixed

59%Guru Score

iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Extreme Cream Anti-Aging, Firming & Lifting Moisturizer

"It has a very similar texture to the Augustinus Bader because both are reverse emulsions, meaning there are water droplets suspended in oil, which gives that rich but not greasy feel. And while the Extreme Cream doesn't have olopeptide 177, it does have its own blend of lipids and anti-aging peptides. So if what you're after is a deeply nourishing, skin-rejuvenating moisturizer, the Extreme Cream gets you very close at a fraction of the price."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Tatcha Water Cream Oil-Free Pore Minimizing Moisturizer

"Over the past few years, I have been really lucky to work with a lot of celebrity makeup artists, and so many carry the Tatcha Water Cream in their kit. For years, it has been one of my go-to recommendations if someone with oily skin wants a moisturizer because it feels luxurious and kind of rich on the skin, yet dries down in such a weightless, hydrating way. It's perfect and it does so well under makeup."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Caudalie Resveratrol Lift Lightweight Firming Cashmere Moisturizer

"For example, the Caudalie Resveratrol Lift. It's one of my favorite serums for anti-aging that does not have retinol in it. I recommend it all the time to my patients who are pregnant or trying to conceive or maybe just want something to boost the efficacy of the retinoid that they're already using."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

CeraVe Moisturizing Cream

"Follow that with what I would consider a bland moisturizer, a moisturizer that does not have active ingredients in it -- for example, the CeraVe Moisturizing Cream, [...] something that is just there to soften the skin and hold water and moisture within your skin."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

SkinBetter Science AlphaRet Overnight Cream

"The SkinBetter Science AlphaRet is one of my tippy top favorites. Right now, you can only get it in dermatology clinics or from an aesthetician, and it is one of the pricier retinoids on the market. But when it comes to being spendy with skincare, it is one of the things that I think is truly worth the investment if you have really sensitive skin."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

La Mer Crème de la Mer Moisturizing Cream

"While it is a great moisturizer, especially if you like the feel of a richer, more enveloping cream, when I look at the ingredient list, aside from having this miracle broth, it's pretty similar to what you would see in a drugstore moisturizer. There's a lot of oils, including mineral oil. There's a lot of waxes, which are not bad ingredients by any means."

✕Nay

47%Guru Score

Olay Micro-Sculpting Cream

"And the reality is it can be anti-aging in terms of appearance if your skin just looks really well moisturized. And I know for people as they get older, they don't hold on to as much oil in their skin, they really struggle with their skin looking as plump and firm and youthful, and having a great, really solid moisturizer in your routine can help. This cream has also been shown to offer 24 hours of hydration, so for those drier skinned people out there, $36 for 1.7 ounces, not bad."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Interrupter Advanced Moisturizer

"So maybe enough to be significant in a study, but maybe not enough to be clinically significant. But nonetheless, it did reduce wrinkles all over the face. I will tell you just from personal experience, I have used this product and I just didn't enjoy it. I didn't really like the texture of it. I didn't love the smell of it. So it's not my personal favorite. But if you're interested in using a science-backed product to help with things like fine lines and wrinkles, it may be worth a try."

~Mixed

78%Guru Score

L'Oreal Age Perfect Cell Renewal Midnight Cream

"So, texturally, I really enjoy this cream. It does have fragrance, so just something to note if you are sensitive to it. But I also feel like that fragrance gives it somewhat of that luxurious quality. I think if you want to try something that's going to really feel and sort of act like a luxurious moisturizer but without the price point, this is definitely something worth trying."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

OneSkin OS-01 Face Topical Supplement

"This is a moisturizer I've been enjoying a lot lately. And if you're not familiar with OneSkin, they're kind of like a biotech skin care company hybrid that's based here in the Bay Area. They have a proprietary peptide that helps with cellular aging and basically helps stop the aging signaling that happens between your cells. So, a very unique peptide that is not offered in other skincare, which is why I wanted to give you an option to incorporate it into your anti-aging routine."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Rhode Barrier Butter Intensive Moisture Balm

"Rhode Barrier Butter, I love that one."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Lancôme Cream Skin

"I love the Lancôme Cream Skin toner, it is super milky and lightweight. Sometimes I like it if I'm not going to be using a regular moisturizer that day because I feel like it's going to be too heavy on my skin, so I still want a moisturizing step but not a full-on moisturizer before my sunscreen."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Naturium Multi-Peptide Moisturizer

"I also have been loving the Naturium Multi-Peptide Moisturizer rich cream. I already liked their normal peptide cream, and now they've made a richer version of it, and it is so good if you need an affordable moisturizer that's nice and thick."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Eucerin Intensive Repair Cream

"I love the Eucerin Intensive Repair Cream for this. It is thick, it is rich, it is occlusive. It is a great post shower body moisturizer."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream

"This is a true midweight moisturizer that is really good for combo to dry skin. The claim to fame of this moisturizer is that it is very rich in ceramides and ceramides are a lipid that exists within our skin barrier, so when you put on something that is rich in ceramides it helps replenish the skin barrier, it helps support it, it's often very comforting on the skin. [...] When you apply it, it glides on, it's very silky smooth, and then you can really feel it absorbing into the skin."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Purito Deep Sea Pure Water Cream

"One of my favorite moisturizers for people who have oily sensitive skin or skin that is like very reactive needs to be soothed is the Purito Deep Sea Pure Water Cream. When it comes to skincare products that have oats in them or oat-based ingredients tend to be quite soothing. Oats have an anti-inflammatory property so I love that about this particular gel. It also has panthenol which is incredibly soothing for the skin."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Isntree Mugwort Calming Cream

"It just feels so good when you put it on. This basically feels to me like a lighter weight version of the Tatcha Overnight Indigo Repair Cream, but that's like $90 for a tiny jar. [...] I often describe it as like a lightweight vanilla pudding. There's something very hydrating and supportive about it without being too heavy. It's like Goldilocks, like not too light, not too rich, this one is just right."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream

"The texture is amazing, your skin is going to be so moisturized after that. And I love it because it has oatmeal so it is very soothing. I'm a big oatmeal gal. It can help with irritation and it can help with a disrupted skin barrier. I'm just a huge fan of this moisturizer all around. I recommend it to so many people. You can use it on your face and your body, which I also like because it's a multi-purpose type of product."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Bepanthen Cream

"If you happen to have access to a French Pharmacy or can get access to Bepanthen Cream, that can also really help with burns after you've cleansed the wound and applied your salve of choice"

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Lipikar AP+M Triple Repair Moisturizing Cream

"This is one of my all-time favorite body lotions for people who have super dry skin. I find that if someone has super dry skin they're reaching for creams that come in a tub that are really thick, but oftentimes something gets lost in the application experience. To me this is such a good balance of something that's rich and nourishing and hydrating but not particularly thick or sticky. It's designed to be a face and body moisturizer, but I do find it works a little bit better on the body."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Gel Cream

"One of my favorite moisturizers especially for skincare newbies is the Neutrogena Hydro Boost Gel Cream. The reason I like gel cream moisturizers in general so much is because they feel incredibly lightweight on the skin but they still add that layer of hydration that a lot of people are craving."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

CeraVe Daily Moisturizing Lotion

"This is a pretty basic gentle moisturizer and it's fairly lightweight, and that's why I like it because it's unlikely to exacerbate the perioral dermatitis. But it might not be your favorite moisturizer to use every day all the time, but again this is just while you're dealing with the perioral dermatitis and eventually you may go back to other moisturizers that you prefer."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Aveeno Restorative Skin Therapy Oat Repairing Cream

"I really love the Aveeno oat gel moisturizer I really love this one for dry or irritated skin and it's really nice that it's available at the drugstore"

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Crown Affair Finishing Gel

"I'm going to go in with my Crown Affair Finishing Gel. This is a really nice lightweight gel, it's not as sticky as a pomade, just kind of leaves it touchable which I think is nice."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

SkinFix Barrier+ Restoring Gel Cream

"The SkinFix Barrier Restoring Gel Cream is one of my moisturizer picks for oily skin. [...] SkinFix as a brand makes great moisturizers. This is a super lightweight moisturizer, and I would almost consider it more like a hydrator. This has 2% niacinamide, which is going to contribute to that oil control aspect of it, but it also has some really nice nourishing ingredients like squalane and allantoin as well as hyaluronic acid to give that immediate plumping effect."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Aveeno Baby Daily Moisture Lotion

"The Aveeno Baby Daily Moisture Lotion is also great. Again it's very lightweight."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

CeraVe PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion

"The CeraVe PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion [...] is a cult favorite and it's a great facial moisturizer. You could use it in the morning under sunscreen or in the evening over the top of your other skincare products, or as the only skincare product that you use that night after you cleanse your face. This has hyaluronic acid and niacinamide and ceramide, so all things that help support a stronger, healthier skin barrier."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Peptide Night Cream

"This is a mid-weight cream that glides on the skin so smoothly and rubs in so easily. I actually really like to use it as a moisturizer during the day because I feel like it layers so well under sunscreen on a day that I'm feeling particularly dry, and then I save even thicker richer products for nighttime."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Avène Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Cream

"Another moisturizer I really like and has quite a different texture from the La Roche Posay Toleriane Ultra is the Avene Tolerance Recovery Cream. [...] This cream is slightly thicker and has a very rich emollient texture to it but also feels amazing on the skin. I have had some stinging with it when my skin barrier is completely trashed but on a night where I just want a good rich moisturizer and my skin barrier is feeling okay and I'm just trying to support it I reach for this all the time."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

CeraVe Skin Renewing Night Cream

"This is a super thick, somewhat occlusive cream, so it's great if you have dry skin. It [...] retails for about $18. This feels pretty thick on the skin. It almost has a little bit of a waxy texture, which is what makes it occlusive and so effective for dry skin. Is this my favorite texture for a skincare product? Actually, no. But I know it's good for my dry skin, so I accept it. [...] This does not cause my eyes to sting in case you're someone with sensitive eyeballs."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Lipikar Balm AP+ Intense Repair Moisturizing Cream

"This is a super rich nourishing moisturizer and I just find that so many people love it. This is just a very effective moisturizer, it's kind of cosmetically elegant so it's a joy to put on. You could use it in little babies, you can use it in adults, so it's also incredibly versatile."

✓Yay

97%Guru Score

Versed Dew Point Moisturizing Gel Cream

"A lot of my patients also really like the Verst Dew Point gel cream moisturizer. That's another very lightweight one that doesn't have a lot of occlusive agents in it."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Avène Tolerance Extreme Cream

"One of my all-time favorite moisturizers for sensitive skin and one of the most popular moisturizers among my patients is the Avène Tolerance Extreme Cream. This moisturizer is quite a thick cream, but one of the things I love about it is that it is great for post procedures. For my patients who just had microneedling or they had a laser done and their skin is going to be ultra sensitive, I can feel very confident recommending this."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Eucerin Intensive Repair Lotion

"Two of my favorites are the CeraVe Moisturizing Cream and the Eucerin Intensive Repair Lotion. These are both really rich, thick, creamy moisturizers, and it's really important to get in the habit of using these every single day. You want to try to use it after showering or bathing to help lock in the hydration as much as possible."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream

"The Kiehl's Ultra Facial Moisturizer will always hold a very special place in my heart because I pretty much exclusively used this moisturizer during the winter when I lived in Colorado during my interim year. This Ultra Facial Cream falls in the category of could be used day or night or both because it is a quite light texture while still being very rich and moisturizing."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Firming Collagen Cream

"This [...] cream is quite thick but it has just this very slight mousy texture, not fully whipped, but it's enough that when you put it on it doesn't feel immediately heavy, but you can tell like this is rich. It has a little more smoothness to it compared to their regular Ultra Repair Cream, so it feels a little more cosmetically elegant to use on the face, and I think it's just like an awesome nighttime moisturizer especially for winter."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Prequel Anti-Itch Solution Medicated Calming Lotion

"On the skin, it feels silky and nourishing. It glides on effortlessly, absorbs well, and leaves a very natural finish. It's not shiny, not dewy, and certainly not sticky or tacky. When your skin is itchy, you want comfort but not heaviness and I feel like this lotion strikes that balance perfectly. [...] If your skin is itchy or you have that uncomfortable awareness of your skin, this would be my go-to for immediate itch relief."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Prequel Half & Half Peptides & Ceramides Fluid Moisturizer

"I've seen so many creators on TikTok, on YouTube using the Half and Half Fluid Moisturizer under makeup, especially if they have oily skin. And I think that's because this is almost like if a milky toner got a plushy boost. So you get this beautiful amount of hydration, but it's not heavy on the skin. It's not going to break up the makeup, and it just adds the hydration that even oily skin needs."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

VT Reedle Shot PDRN Capsule Cream

"I just feel like this is a blow-me-away type of product. [...] When you apply it, it almost feels like you're applying a gel cream, like it's quite lightweight despite all of those nourishing ingredients. But the way it sits on your skin, it doesn't feel heavy. Yet if you were to apply it at night, [...] when you wake up in the morning, you still feel its presence on the skin."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Mary&May Idebenone Blackberry Intense Cream

"This one is from Mary & May [...] and is like a ceramide-packed, juicy, balmy moisturizer. [...] I would categorize this moisturizer as a true barrier support moisturizer. Not only does it have this like rich, balmy texture that just melts into the skin and feels so good, but it also has hydroxydecyl ubiquinone which is an amazing antioxidant, an analog of coenzyme Q10."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Vanicream Daily Facial Moisturizer

"The Vanicream Daily Facial Moisturizer is a bland moisturizer, a moisturizer that does not have active ingredients in it. It's just there to soften the skin and hold water and moisture within your skin."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

SkinFix Barrier+ Triple Lipid & Peptide Cream

"So, it's cholesterol, it's fatty acids, it's ceramides in the right blend to support the skin barrier. And what I like about this is that it's fragrance-free. So, that's good if you have more sensitive skin. It's just rich enough that you feel like your skin is getting a little bit of a hug, but it's not so thick that it would be unappealing to wear during the day or under makeup."

✓Yay

91%Guru Score

Alloy M4 Estriol Cream

"And this is where prescription topical estrogen can be incredibly helpful. [...] One option I really like is Alloy's M4 line. It contains estriol, which is a low potency estrogen meant to work locally in the skin to help with hydration and elasticity and barrier function without going systemic. And from just a formulation standpoint, it is so cosmetically elegant, which matters because you actually want to put it on your skin and that's going to make you be way more consistent."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Prequel Advanced Relief 10% Urea Moisturizing Milk

"I'm a big fan of moisturizers that have urea. They help smooth and soften the skin. They help with hydration, and they help your other products penetrate the skin better. I am a huge fan of my Prequel Urea Moisturizing Milk."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Celimax Pore and Dark Spot Brightening Cream

"The Pore and Dark Spot Brightening Cream from Celimax is really, really good. This was actually one of my surprise favorites for the year. [...] What I loved about this is that it has niacinamide and tranexamic acid, two highly proven ingredients when it comes to tackling hyperpigmentation. But the formula is so gentle. It's a really thick, luscious cream. So you could layer it under a moisturizer, but I think standalone it could function as a moisturizer as well. Rubs in beautifully."

✓Yay

Notverified

La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5

"On the nights that you are not using your retinoid don't just use your regular moisturizer on your skin use a true barrier support and repair product and those are going to be products like the La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Balm"

✓Yay

92%Guru Score

Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Moist Cream

"The Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Moist Cream [...] is really unique. I like it because it feels very lightweight but it is so, so nourishing, and for people who have dry skin who don't like putting on a thick cream but feel like they really need that moisture and they actually want to feel their moisturizer on their skin, this is what that does."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Purito Dermide Relief Barrier Moisturizer

"The Purito Dermide Relief Barrier Moisturizer [...] is a gorgeous luscious moisturizer that is packed with ceramides, ingredients that naturally exist in our skin that help keep our moisture barrier intact and keep our skin barrier supported. This is an incredible fall and winter time moisturizer or if you have really dry skin I think this could be used year round."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Ultra Night Cream

"One of my favorites is the La Roche Posay Toleriane Ultra. I've talked about this moisturizer before. It's a very simple moisturizer, it doesn't have a ton of ingredients, but I think it's very well tolerated if your skin is feeling sensitive or sensitized from your retinoids."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Cleansers42 reviews

CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser

"In the morning, I would start with a very simple routine, a gentle cleanser like the CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser, and then follow that with [...] a bland moisturizer. [...] At night, you would use that same gentle cleanser."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

SkinMedica AHA BHA Exfoliating Cleanser

"If you want a recommendation for a nice blend between a chemical exfoliant and a physical exfoliant, SkinMedica makes an AHA BHA Exfoliating Cleanser that is beautiful. It's not too harsh. It's not too intense. It's beautifully exfoliating. You can use it on the face and the body. It's pretty reasonably priced. It's like big thumbs up for me."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Clarisonic Facial Cleansing Brush

"Any type of Facial Cleansing Brush is absolutely not worth your money. [...] The only tool that you need to cleanse your face with is your fingertips. If you grew up in the early 2000s the Clarisonic Facial Cleansing Brushes were everywhere and I feel like they did a really good job marketing themselves and making people feel like they weren't appropriately cleansing their face with their cleanser and their fingers."

✕Nay

55%Guru Score

PanOxyl 4% Benzoyl Peroxide Cleansing Wash

"PanOxyl is an acne wash that I have been prescribing for years and it's wonderful for people who have facial acne but it can also be brought onto the body and into the groin area. Benzoyl peroxide works by not only destroying bacteria but it also can help unclog your pores."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Krave Beauty Makeup Rewind Transforming Jelly Oil Cleanser

"This was like one of my absolute favorite products that I used in 2023 and I've brought it with me into the new year. You can see it's kind of like a gel and then I'm going to warm it up in my hands and then I'm going to apply it to my face and let it sink in and massage it in to kind of start breaking down my makeup. [...] I feel like that first cleanse did a really good job at removing the majority of my makeup."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Moisture 5.5 Soft Cleansing Gel

"I really like this, it's got a ton of glycerin in it, which I'm a big glycerin fan of. It's got this jelly type texture so you add a little bit of water and it lathers up and creates kind of like micro bubbles. Even though I sometimes skip a cleanser in the morning, I do enjoy when I take the time to cleanse because it just feels like it wakes me up and allows me to get ready for my day and give myself a little bit of a facial massage."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

PanOxyl Acne Creamy Wash for Face and Body 4% Benzoyl Peroxide

"It's meant for face acne but I think it's an amazing body product. PanOxyl actually makes a 10% benzoyl peroxide cleanser as well but I really prefer the 4% because it's a little bit more gentle but it's just as good at treating acne. Benzoyl peroxide as an ingredient is great for reducing inflammation and killing acne causing bacteria but it can be a little bit irritating and I just find that this formulation is quite gentle."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Hydrating Gentle Cleanser

"The La Roche-Posay hydrating cleanser is one of my favorites. It's super delicate, it doesn't sting, and it's just a great way to clean that area postpartum. You can even put a little squirt of that in your peri bottle and then fill it up in the shower and apply it that way."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Tatcha Indigo Cleansing Balm

"This is the most effective cleansing balm that I have ever used. You really don't need a lot, so even though this probably has half as much product as the other one, it took me the same amount of time to go through it. As soon as I opened this, I don't think I touched another first cleansing step until this was completely gone. I've already repurchased another one because it is so so good. If you have sensitive skin, I think this is an amazing cleansing balm."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

SkinFix Barrier+ Foaming Oil Cleanser

"The SkinFix Barrier+ Foaming Oil Cleanser is more like a traditional cleanser, but one thing I really love about it is that it has a little bit of slip and hydration to it so it doesn't feel like it's stripping your skin or leaving your skin depleted, but you also get this really satisfying lather when you use it. It's great at removing makeup as well as sunscreen."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser

"The Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser isn't like a rich lathery super luxurious cleansing experience but it gets the job done and is not likely to cause problems. You probably hear dermatologists recommend it all the time."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

CeraVe Acne Foaming Cream Cleanser with 4% Benzoyl Peroxide

"The most common benzoyl peroxide product that I recommend in my own practice is the CeraVe Acne Foaming Cream Cleanser. This has four percent benzoyl peroxide and it's a really nice once a day wash to help fight acne. Benzoyl peroxide products don't just have to be used on the face, they're great for acne that's on the body like on the chest or the back or the buttocks, or if you struggle with bacterial folliculitis, benzoyl peroxide products can be really helpful for that too."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Kate Somerville Eradicate 3% Daily Foaming Cleanser

"Another sulfur product that I really like, it's probably a little bit more cosmetically elegant than the Jose soap, is the Kate Somerville Eradicate Daily Cleanser. This has three percent sulfur, which is a solid concentration of sulfur that can help reduce things like blackheads and whiteheads and again address that oiliness that a lot of people struggle with."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

LMS Cleansing Balm

"The cap broke on this and it's not my favorite Cleansing Balm ever, it's like good enough to be in my shower. I'll use it up and then I'll move on."

~Mixed

69%Guru Score

Cetaphil Hydrating Foaming Cream Cleanser

"For the second step of my cleanse I'm going in with my Cetaphil Hydrating Foaming Cream Cleanser. I've been reaching for this a lot lately just because you're going for a very effective cleanse doesn't necessarily mean that it needs to be harsh or intense."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Cetaphil DermaControl Oil Removing Foam Wash

"I like this cleanser so much because it's great if you have sensitive skin or if you have dehydrated skin. [...] A lot of people who have oily skin can also have dehydrated skin, which lacks water, so you have oil but you don't have water. That can mean that your skin looks shiny but still can feel tight or have prominence of fine lines or even just feel extra sensitive. Finding products that are both meant for sensitive skin that have hydrating properties but also can control oil is amazing."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Molecular Silk Amino Hydrating Cleanser

"I'm going in with my Allies of Skin Molecular Silk Amino Hydrating Cleanser. This is a super nice kind of rich jelly cleanser, very gentle on the skin, doesn't leave the skin feeling very stripped. It has a pH of 5.5, [...] and so if you use a cleanser that sort of reflects the natural pH of the skin, it's a lot more likely to feel gentle on your skin."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Cetaphil Fragrance Free Daily Facial Cleanser

"When you do have to wash your hands, you want to use lukewarm water and the most mild gentle soap possible. I actually really like using just a gentle facial cleanser like a CeraVe gentle wash or a Cetaphil gentle wash, and that's just a nice way to not overly strip your hands."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Hada Labo Cleansing Oil

"This has been my favorite of the bunch this year. I love this one because even though it's an oil cleanser, it's not a heavy dense oil that really sits on the skin after you rinse it off. After you put it on and work it into the skin to break down any makeup or sunscreen, it really emulsifies well and rinses very clean. There are times even when I forget to go in with my second step in my cleanse because this leaves my skin feeling so clean after just that first step."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Rovectin Skin Essentials Conditioning Cleanser

"I have gone through a second bottle for the year, and for me to go through a second bottle of literally anything means that I love it. [...] I love a pump cleanser that I can just set up next to my bathroom sink and give myself one pump every time, and I like that it's in a clear bottle because I can kind of see how I'm going through the product. [...] When it comes to picking your favorites in the world of skincare where there are so many amazing products, it's the little things that count."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Lancôme Bi-Facil Makeup Remover

"I am completely out of it and I feel like it is the best best best eye makeup remover and that comes from someone who is a connoisseur of makeup remover balms makeup remover oils this stuff works the best. I know it's definitely on the pricier side so I totally save it for the nights that I am wearing like waterproof mascara or a really heavy dark eye makeup look but I love that I don't have to tug on my eyes I love that I can really get everything off with this product."

~Mixed

69%Guru Score

DHC Deep Cleansing Oil

"I still love this product so so much. It's such an effective cleanser. I mean, the breakouts are on full display. I do get a little film over my eyes that I need to rinse out when I'm done using it, but that is a small price to pay. [...] It retails for $15."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Hydrating Gel Cleanser with Hyaluronic Acid

"I've been following it up with the Neutrogena Hydro Boost hydrating gel cleanser as my second gentle water-based cleanser."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

The INKEY List 2% Salicylic Acid Cleanser

"The Inky List has a 2% Salicylic Acid Cleanser that also has a zinc compound in it which helps with oil control. This is just a great super straightforward affordable salicylic acid cleanser."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

SkinFix Acne Plus 2% BHA Cleanser

"I also really love the Skin Fix acne cleanser that has 2% salicylic acid and also has AIC acid and niacinamide. I think this is really just a very special combination of ingredients and it's a little bit unique. You don't see this combo in cleansers all the time."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

CeraVe Hydrating Cream-to-Foam Cleanser

"I'm bringing my CeraVe Hydrating Cream to Foam Cleanser. [...] I like this because I can use it as a face wash, and then if I take a shower while I'm in the hospital, I can also just use it as my body wash, and I know it's going to be really gentle."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Farmacy Green Clean Makeup Removing Cleansing Balm

"I really love that cleansing balm because I think it's highly effective at breaking down makeup and eye makeup in particular. It smells like a lime popsicle, so for people who don't like that like candy lime candy type smell you might not love this. There's also botanicals in here so if you have really sensitive skin or you can't tolerate certain fragrances or essential oils that might not be the first cleansing step for you, but for me it has very much agreed with my skin."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Prequel Non-Drying Glycerin Cleanser

"When you're doing that first night of skin care after microneedling, I want you to use a really gentle cleanser. I often recommend my Prequel cleanser."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Prequel Non-Drying Glycolic Acid Cleanser

"It's the one with the navy cap. It just has 5% glycolic acid, so you get this very gentle chemical exfoliation that's just like a little nudge for your skin. You can safely use it head to toe, and it works amazing for shaving."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water

"It is my true ride or die. I literally cannot tell you how many bottles of this I have gone through over the last decade. Micellar water works through these little cleansing molecules called micelles that help lift off dirt and oil and debris off of the skin. So, it is a cleansing step in my routine. Some people will use this as the entire way that they cleanse their face. I really do it as a first cleansing step before I go in with like a soapy cleanser."

✓Yay

96%Guru Score

Celimax Dual Barrier Purifying Cleansing Balm

"I test a lot of cleansing oils and cleansing balms, and I'm rarely impressed because they either leave some residue on my skin or they cause irritation around my eyes, [...] but this one is exceptional. [...] The product itself is velvety, almost buttery, it melts down perfectly on your skin. As I massage it over my makeup and over my skin, I can really feel it breaking down whatever is underneath it. I don't feel like I have to scrub super hard to make that happen."

✓Yay

Notverified

Prequel Redness Reform Sulfur Cleanser

"You could use this as a morning cleanser or an evening cleanser. I've actually been loving using it in the morning because it sets my skin up to look its best throughout the day. [...] I'll take a pretty generous amount, work it into a rich lather, and then apply it to my face in the areas that I tend to get red, which is my cheeks, my nose, my chin, sometimes my forehead. And because this contains sulfur, I do keep it away from the eyes."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Cleanser

"I know if they go in with this, they're going to do a great job and they're going to enjoy the cleanse and it's not going to leave their face feeling stripped. Because a lot of times if you have a really thorough cleanser, your skin feels a bit depleted afterward. And that doesn't happen with this at all. This is 10 out of 10."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Prequel 1% Salicylic Acid Cleanser

"So if your skin can tolerate it, incorporating a salicylic acid wash into your routine, which is especially good if you can't tolerate benzoyl peroxide, can be really helpful. With Prequel, we made a 1% Salicylic Acid Cleanser. So it's a really gentle cleanser with salicylic acid for the people out there who have sensitive skin but might also be dealing with some texture that they want to calm down."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil

"I will either use my Prequel Cleansing Oil and then go in with the Prequel Cleanser, or I will use my Bioderma micellar water on a cotton pad, and I typically will do this if I'm wearing a ton of makeup, and then I'll go in with my Prequel Cleanser. The beauty of a double cleanse like this is that all the products you're using are super gentle, so you're not stripping your skin even though you're cleansing twice and very thoroughly."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Prequel Gentle Cleanser

"Since then cleanser has become a beloved hero product within the Prequel lineup. It has gone viral so many times, it has sold out so many times, and I feel like using this product has really helped people appreciate the cleansing step within their routine. Cleanser is made with 50% glycerin, which allows it to be incredibly hydrating and nourishing for the skin. It also has this very special unique texture and it leaves the skin feeling supported instead of stripped."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

CeraVe Renewing SA Cleanser

"If you have combination skin that tends to be a bit more sensitive, I absolutely love the CeraVe Renewing SA Cleanser. This has just a little bit of salicylic acid in it, and so I find that if you lean a little bit oily but you might have some dry areas, the salicylic acid in there is good for taking away that oil but not overly stripping the skin. And this is such a gentle cleanser that I really feel like you could use this most days in your routine if not every day without overdoing it."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Moisture Deep Cleansing Oil

"The first step of my double cleanse is going to be with the Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Moisture Deep Cleansing Oil and ooh she's a goodie. So many delicious oils in here: macadamia, jojoba, sunflower, rice bran, I mean amazing on the skin, not just to remove makeup and sunscreen but also to nourish the skin at the same time. I think if you have a cleanser that actually can give something back to your skin and not just take away, that is a huge win, and this definitely does that."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

iS Clinical Cleansing Complex

"This stuff is amazing, I've talked about it before on this channel. This is such a good cleanser, it's pricey but it takes forever to go through this bottle and it has like a bajillion five star reviews on every website for good reason."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser

"For my second cleanse I have the CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser. [...] When I'm traveling, I'm just looking for a gentle cleanser. Your skin goes through a lot with travel between the stress and if you're on an airplane the really dry air and then if you're changing climates that all can kind of mess with your skin. So the more gentle your skincare can be, in my opinion, the better."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Aveeno Calm + Restore Nourishing Oat Cleanser

"I have used this on this channel before and it's just a really nice mild gentle cleanser, definitely under 15 dollars. If you're going to cleanse your face in the morning, you don't want to over strip your skin. [...] This doesn't suds up but it is going to help remove that top layer of residue and it's nice for removing the little eye boogies and little crusties around the eyes."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Naturium Purple Ginseng Cleansing Balm

"One thing that's really important is it did not cause eye stinging for me. It would be a really great gift for someone who needs to step up their skincare routine or has been dabbling in skincare and you want to help them take it to the next level by incorporating a double cleanse. [...] The price point is also excellent so [...] they'd be able to repurchase it."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Body & Tan37 reviews

Gold Bond Age Renew Retinol Overnight Body & Face Lotion

"The Gold Bond Age Renew Retinol Body Lotion is another very affordable option and one that I often recommend because it is widely available at the drugstore."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

AmLactin Daily Moisturizing Lotion 12%

"If you want more of a traditional exfoliating body lotion, the AmLactin with 12% ammonium lactate is my go-to. It's affordable and it has that higher concentration of lactic acid, so you're going to get exfoliating smoothing and skin thickening benefits. Fair warning, it has a slightly sour smell, which some people don't notice at all, but some people will not be able to get past. But if it doesn't bother you, this is a tried and true affordable option for skin anti-aging and glowiness."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Cocokind Retinol Body Cream

"The Cocokind Retinol Body Cream is a great entry point. It has 0.05% retinol. It is well formulated. It's a nice big tube and it's easy to get your hands on."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Aveeno Colloidal Oatmeal Body Moisturizer

"Aveeno has an incredible line of colloidal oatmeal based moisturizers."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

First Aid Beauty KP Bump Eraser Body Scrub with 10% AHA

"The one that I have repurchased the most by far is the KP Bump Eraser from First Aid Beauty. Although they market this for KP, which is keratosis pilaris, sort of the chicken skin that people can get on their upper arms or on their thighs and buttocks, I use this on my skin everywhere. I think the reason I keep going back to this one so much is that the grit in there is just so particular. It's very gritty, but it's not sharp. So I get a lot of incredible buffing when I use it."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Alpha Skin Care Renewal Body Lotion 12% Glycolic Acid

"The brand Alpha Skincare also makes an amazing 12% glycolic acid body lotion."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Glytone Exfoliating Body Lotion (Glycolic Acid)

"Glytone also makes a great glycolic acid body lotion. [...] It just depends on where you want to incorporate and how you want to incorporate glycolic acid into your routine. One thing that's very important to note is that glycolic acid and all alpha hydroxy acids make your skin more sensitive to the sun."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Salt & Stone Body Wash

"I will get one of my favorite aromatherapy body washes, one from Salt & Stone, [...] and I will just wash my whole body."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Necessaire Exfoliator Charcoal Body Scrub

"I love the Necessaire body scrub. They have one that smells like eucalyptus and it's just you feel like you're in a spa when you use it. And right afterward, your skin is immediately softer and smoother. And it's those immediate results that I'm really drawn to. So much in skincare happens slowly and over time, and every once in a while I'm a little impatient and I just want results now."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Kiehl's Ultimate Strength Hand Salve

"I have tried so many different hand creams over the years and one of my favorites is by Kiehl's. It's their hand salve, and it's a really nice thick moisturizing hand cream that's perfect for evening."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Aveeno Shaving Gel

"Aside from a razor, you're also going to want to use some type of Shaving Gel or shaving cream. For years I have used the Aveeno Shaving Gel. This is hypoallergenic and fragrance-free, and it does really well with hair everywhere, but especially if you're going to be putting it down there. So many times I hear people say, 'Oh, I just shave with soap,' which is fine, but if you're dealing with razor burn, ingrown hairs, or itching after you shave, up your game and use a shave gel."

✓Yay

93%Guru Score

Bioderma Atoderm Shower Oil

"I really like the Bioderma Atoderm cleansing oil. This is a cleansing oil I recommend to a lot of my patients with eczema but it's also really good at breaking down sunscreen. So when your kid's in the bath or the shower they can apply this cleansing oil, it will help break down the sunscreen and then you can go in with a makeup eraser cloth to remove the rest."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Vaseline Intensive Care Advanced Repair Lotion

"This is a super super affordable body lotion but is also very effective if you have dry creepy skin. It's a little bit thicker than the Ura moisturizing milk, so if you're really dealing with dry skin and you like to feel the product on your skin, to feel like you're kind of getting a little hug from your moisturizer, this one's nice."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Crepe Erase Body Firm Ultra Smoothing Neck Repair

"Don't buy Crepe Erase. I feel like they really capitalized on having the name crepe in the title but that is not a special product in any way and there are so many better things you can be doing if you're struggling with crepy skin."

✕Nay

56%Guru Score

Aquaphor Healing Ointment Body Spray

"I really just think it's genius that they took an ointment that usually feels so heavy and greasy and put it in a spray applicator to really just make it easier to apply a very thin even layer. If you struggle with super dry skin you might realize that using a regular body moisturizer on a day-to-day basis isn't really enough, so I really like this as like a final coat over whatever body moisturizer you're already using."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Naturium Skin Renewing Retinol Body Lotion

"There are definitely a few different retinol body lotions on the market but this is really my go-to because I find that the texture is so nice. Because retinol in any capacity does have the potential to be irritating, if you're just starting out with something like this I recommend applying it just once a week and maybe to sort of a limited body surface area to see how your skin does, and if it tolerates it super well then you can slowly increase the frequency of use."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Necessaire 0.1% Retinol Body Lotion

"This also has alpha hydroxy acids. It's kind of like this plushy creamy serum and you can apply this like head to toe. It's 0.1% retinol which is like a good concentration and then a 10% blend of alpha hydroxy acids, I think it's glycolic acid and maybe mandelic acid. This is really nice if you're trying to kind of like up your body care game and you want some actives in your body care."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Saltair 5% AHA Serum Deodorant

"I'm not usually a huge fan of deodorants, I tend to prefer antiperspirants which actually stop sweating, but I like the use of a deodorant to fight hyperpigmentation. This is formulated with a multi-acid blend of lactic acid and mandelic acid as well as polyhydroxy acids which are very gentle exfoliators but also help with hydration."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Naturium Salicylic Acid Body Wash

"This goes in my shower. This is such a beautiful gentle cleanser that has a little bit of salicylic acid in it. Salicylic acid is a beta hydroxy acid, and it works by delving into the pores and cleaning out dead skin cells and that clog that's made up of sebum or oil as well as the dirt and debris that collects in our pores over the course of the day. I would say this is so gentle that you could use it on your face as well, but it's such a nice body cleanser."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Kerasal Intensive Foot Repair Ointment

"Another nail product that I really like is actually the Kerasal Intensive Foot Repair. If you've watched some of my other Instagram videos you know that I love this for dry cracked heels but it's also actually amazing around the nails. The way I would apply this is to just take a very small amount and apply it to the cuticle and around the proximal nail fold a few nights a week. That's going to help soften the skin around your nails as well as make it more moisturized."

✓Yay

91%Guru Score

Eucerin Urea Repair Body Wash

"One product I really like that has urea in it is the Eucerin Urea Repair Body Wash. This has five percent urea and also it actually has a high percent of glycerin, which is a great body wash for just that very mild keratolytic effect, so that smoothing effect, but it's also going to be very nourishing and moisturizing and help draw water to the skin surface. I really like this body wash for people who really struggle with dry flaky skin, particularly on the arms and legs."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream

"Probably the heaviest hand cream that I use is the Neutrogena Norwegian hand cream. This one much more feels like an ointment—it's a lot greasier, it's a little bit stickier—so that to me is like a nighttime only hand cream, but it's really thick and it's great for locking things in. And sometimes if someone's going to put cotton gloves on at night to sort of lock in their moisturizer or the ointment that they're using, that's the one I will recommend."

✓Yay

92%Guru Score

Aveeno Colloidal Oatmeal Hand Cream

"I also really like the Aveeno hand cream. Maybe this is like my third or fourth bottle of this—it's kind of addicting in a way, not that it's actually literally addicting, but it just makes your hands feel so good and it's a very luxurious experience to apply it. This is one that I leave sort of on my bedside table. It's also one that I keep in my purse because I feel like in addition to being effective, the packaging is a little more chic, so it's a lot cuter to pull out in public."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Eucerin Intensive Foot Repair Ointment

"I love this stuff. When we're thinking about the treatment of dry skin and using moisturizers we really want to incorporate products that have emollient so things that are going to soften the skin, humectant things that are going to draw water to the skin, and occlusive things that are going to trap water against the skin and this Eucerin foot cream has all of those."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

CeraVe SA Cream for Rough and Bumpy Skin

"One moisturizer I really like for dry feet is the CeraVe SA Cream. This has salicylic acid which is a beta hydroxy acid and an exfoliant, and it also has lactic acid which is an alpha hydroxy acid which helps with exfoliation but also helps with hydration because lactic acid is a humectant. If you have deep cracks in your heels, I don't think this is going to repair your heel, but [...] this is great for maintaining your heels or your feet once you've done the corrective work."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Baby Foot Original Exfoliant Foot Peel

"The Baby Foot Peel is incredibly satisfying to use. [...] It comes as a liquid that you soak your feet in for about an hour, and then over the next seven days or so the outer dead skin layer of your feet peels off."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Cetaphil Pro Restoraderm Nourishing Body Wash

"It can be really tough to find a body wash if you have super sensitive skin because so many of them have fragrance or masking fragrance or other irritant or allergenic components to them. The Cetaphil Pro Restoraderm Nourishing Body Wash is soap free and fragrance free, and this one is sort of free of all of those. [...] I find that it's very well tolerated by a ton of my patients."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Glytone KP Body Kit

"Probably my personal favorite KP product is the Glytone KP Body Kit. This is a glycolic acid based body wash and body lotion. They're the ones I personally use just for my general rough and bumpy skin, but it also just overall improves skin texture and tone, so I like this one because it has lots of benefits."

✓Yay

92%Guru Score

Nécessaire Body Exfoliator

"If you like a body scrub, the Necessaire Body Exfoliator is one of my absolute favorites. It comes in a fragrance-free version, but I actually really like the one with the eucalyptus scent, as long as you're not sensitive to fragrance because it really makes you feel like you're at the spa. It combines volcanic pumice for physical exfoliation, and it has salicylic, glycolic, and lactic acid for some chemical exfoliation as well, but it's not harsh."

✓Yay

Notverified

Prequel Barrier Therapy Skin Protect Face and Body Lotion

"I use my barrier therapy lotion which is actually so incredible if you're trying to tolerate your retinoid."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Necessaire Eucalyptus Body Wash

"I will get one of my favorite aromatherapy body washes, so either one from Salt and Stone or I love my one from Necessaire that has that beautiful eucalyptus spa-like scent, and I will just wash my whole body."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Prequel Hand Wrap Shielding Lotion

"When I am at work, you will not find me without my Prequel Hand Wrap. Because I'm a physician, I'm constantly washing my hands, I do it before and after every single patient, sometimes even during an exam as well. And this is what we call a hand-shielding lotion. So it actually creates a seal on the skin to prevent moisture loss with repeated washing. And because it creates that shield, you don't need to reapply this every time you wash your hands."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Prequel Foot Rescue Advanced Restorative Treatment

"This is truly the best foot product I have ever used and really the thing that makes this so exceptional is that you can see results in just one use. I almost never say that about a skin thing because the skin honestly takes a long time to respond to treatments but this works literally overnight. [...] This is a dense rich ointment that still spreads very easily and absorbs into the skin but I really wanted this to be thick enough that when you apply it it stays in place."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Nécessaire Multivitamin Body Lotion

"If you want more of a straight up body moisturizer with no active ingredients I also really like the Necessaire body lotion. This is a really mid-weight easy to apply body lotion that I think works great in a lot of different routines and with a lot of different skin types."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Necessaire Body Cream

"It feels very luxurious, it's really meant for dry skin, for sensitive skin, for mature skin, and it just gives you all of the moisturization and hydration that you could hope for. When you look at the skin barrier support ingredients in this cream, it's stacked. It has five different ceramides in it, it has colloidal oatmeal, it has glycerin, it has niacinamide, it has linoleic acid."

✓Yay

Notverified

Naturium Glow Getter Multi-Oil Body Wash

"This stuff is so so good, especially if you're a dry skinned gal like me, I'm obsessed. For me this also doubles as sort of a shaving cream or shaving gel, so it kind of has a multi-purpose in my shower routine. I'm not the most efficient person, but if I can make things a little bit more efficient in my shower, I'm all for it."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Necessaire Body Serum

"Right out of the shower on my upper body I use the necessary Body Serum. This is a lighter weight gel texture, it has niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, glycerin, ceramides, all the yummy stuff to kind of just trap the moisture against your skin, but I like how lightweight it feels because sometimes when I get out of a warm shower I still feel a little hot so I don't want to put on something quite as thick."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Haircare37 reviews

Dyson Airwrap Long Complete Styler

"I love my Dyson Airwrap so so much. I don't use all of the attachments, [...] but I use this as my main blow dryer. [...] I own a Dyson blow dryer and I never use it, I just use this. [...] I will say the Dyson just has like a little something up on the T3 alternative."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

T3 Air 360 Ceramic Dual Voltage Hair Styler

"Another really good alternative to the Dyson is the T3, I think it's called the Airwrap or something similar to that. I have that one as well. The nice thing about that one is it's dual voltage, so when I travel internationally, that is the one I will bring with me. But I will say the Dyson just has like a little something up on that one."

~Mixed

77%Guru Score

K18 Airwash Dry Shampoo

"You just do like one little spritz into each section of your hair, wait like 30 seconds, massage it in, it's pretty magical. If I had to rate this on a scale of 1 to 10, I would give it like a 9.5, which is very generous for me because I'm really picky about things. But the only thing I dock points for is that when you spray it, it can leave a little bit of white residue, so if you're wearing dark clothing or you have dark countertops, you will see a little bit of that fallout."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

OneSkin OS-01 Hair Peptide Scalp Serum

"Once I started incorporating this, I tolerated my minoxidil so much better."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Maelove Full Follicle Shampoo

"In terms of price, accessibility, and the very comprehensive ingredient list, I think this is one of the best hair loss shampoos you can get right now. It has caffeine, acetyl tetrapeptide-3, a growth factor complex, red clover extract, and a bunch of ingredients that have actually been fairly well studied when it comes to improving follicle metabolism, doing a little bit of DHT blocking, and also anchoring the hair in the follicle so that it doesn't want to shed as readily."

✓Yay

Notverified

Maelove Full Follicle Advanced Scalp Serum

"Their scalp serum is quite special. [...] I think they make very thoughtful, science-backed products. [...] I really appreciate that their hair serum is very reasonably priced and it has so many good things in it. The red clover extract with the acetyl tetrapeptide 3, caffeine. It also has panthenol and antioxidants like vitamin E and resveratrol and green tea which are going to help with the health and the environment of your scalp."

✓Yay

Notverified

Rogaine Minoxidil 5% Foam

"When I am using Minoxidil on my eyebrows, I'm technically using it off label, but we actually have many good clinical papers now that show that consistent application of Minoxidil to the brows helps with growth there as well. For me, I just find this to be a very easy, high yield thing I can do in my routine. [...] If you're trying to help promote brow growth or regrowth, minoxidil is a really nice, safe, well-tested option."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray

"WOW Dream Coat, an incredible hair product when it comes to making your hair soft and shiny and kind of resistant to water, that uses a heat activated silicone polymer system to coat the hair when you apply that. And if you're going to use it, you need to apply it really generously. And then you put tension on the hair and you blow dry the hair. It essentially creates this film that sticks to the cuticle and protects the hair."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Pantene Pro-V Active Volume and Body Shampoo

"I think of the Pantene Pro-V volume and body shampoo that has sulfates in it and it's a fantastic affordable drugstore shampoo."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Crown Affair Dry Shampoo

"For so long, my go-to Dry Shampoo was from Crown Affair, and I actually still love their Dry Shampoo so much. [...] You don't need a lot of this. Spritz, spritz, spritz. I will rub it through my hair to basically get my hair looking clean and not oily."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Topicals Ingrown Hair Tonic

"The brand Topicals also has an Ingrown Hair Tonic that is amazing, especially for the groin area because it has alpha hydroxy acids and beta hydroxy acids and niacinamide for brightening. So if you're someone who struggles with hyperpigmentation in your armpits or in your groin and that gets worse with shaving, using something like that as your after shave can be incredible."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Flawless Finishing Touch Hair Remover

"I do have an alternative that I really like and that is using the Flawless Razor. It's a little electric shaver that helps cut down baby hairs but you're not doing as close of a shave like with a razor for example."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Olaplex No.4P Blonde Enhancer Toning Shampoo

"Sometimes I feel like if it doesn't get sudsy enough it's really hard to feel like you're getting an even distribution of the product. And the other thing I really like about it is it doesn't leave my hair feeling super dry or stripped and a lot of purple shampoos will do that so that was a big win for me."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

K18 Peptide Prep pH Maintenance Shampoo

"Probably the two I use the most in my shower are the one by K18 and the one by Whey, both work really well. A little bit goes a long way, they lather really nicely so it feels good as a cleanser, and I just find that my hair looks great afterward too."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Dove Shampoo and Conditioner

"For a drugstore option I find that Dove makes a very nice Shampoo and Conditioner that is incredibly nourishing for the hair and whether or not your hair is aging I really like their products."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Virtue Flourish Shampoo for Thinning Hair

"It also can come with their minoxidil, so their version of Rogaine. I really have just like run through this shampoo. It's a really nice luscious lather and I feel like it really cleanses my scalp. I'm kind of prone to using a lot of different hair products whether that's dry shampoos or hairspray or hair oils and those can accumulate on the scalp and on the hair over time and I feel like this does such a good job of just sort of like cleansing without being like a true clarifying shampoo."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Pureology Hydrate Shampoo

"I'm gonna use my Pureology Hydrate Shampoo and conditioner. I bought big ones of these and then as part of that I got mini ones which is perfect because then I can just keep refilling these from the bigger bottle."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Aquis Flip Hair Drying Towel

"These are much better than traditional towels that you would use on your body in terms of being able to remove excess water from your hair and that's great because then if you do anything like heat styling you don't have to blow dry your hair as long as you normally would or even if you're allowing your hair to air dry we know that prolonged wetness of the hair can be damaging so anything that's going to help safely remove excess water from the hair is beneficial."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Neutrogena T/Gel Coal Tar Shampoo

"One of my final over-the-counter recommendations is Neutrogena T/Gel shampoo. This is like an oldie but a goodie. It utilizes the beneficial properties of coal tar which is really an anti-inflammatory for the scalp and can help with both flaking and with itch. This is also a shampoo that I often recommend to my patients who struggle with scalp psoriasis."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Vanicream Free and Clear Medicated Anti-Dandruff Shampoo

"Another shampoo that a lot of my patients will bring into their rotation is the Vanicream Free and Clear Medicated Anti-Dandruff Shampoo. This one has two percent zinc pyrothione. I find that my patients who have very sensitive scalps or may have allergies to certain preservatives that are often used in shampoos or other washes tend to like this one the best."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo

"My Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo is like a holy grail hair product for me, and in case my hair just needs a little bit of love and revival, I'm going to pack that with me."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Fanola No Yellow Purple Shampoo

"I use this probably every fourth or fifth shampoo. It's heavily pigmented violet [...] and how long you leave it in your hair determines how much toning [...] you get. I usually leave it in for three to five minutes. [...] Every single time that I wash my hair with this shampoo, everyone in clinic asks if I got my hair done because my hair looks so good. This has become a holy grail for me."

✓Yay

95%Guru Score

Head & Shoulders Classic Clean Shampoo

"Sometimes patients will look at me sideways when I tell them to use their Head and Shoulders shampoo as a face wash or as a body wash in the shower, but it can be incredibly effective, and it's a super easy and affordable intervention. Anti-dandruff shampoos like Nizoral, Head and Shoulders, or Selsun Blue contain anti-yeast or anti-fungal ingredients that help kill off the organisms present in excess."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

K18 Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask

"Having a bond builder in my routine to help restore those bonds and re-strengthen my hair has been a game-changer. [...] I do K18 about once a month, [...] except after I get my hair bleached, when I [...] will do four rounds of it, using it with every hair wash for four rounds before going back to once-a-month use."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Crown Affair Microfiber Hair Towel

"If you do not use a microfiber towel for your hair, it will change your life. It just cuts the drying time so much because it helps get moisture out of your hair. [...] I love that it helps pull water out of my hair faster. It's a huge towel, so it's really good if you have long hair, and it's super secure. I have given this as a gift many, many times, and you can even get it embroidered. It's just a very special, highly functional towel that really is just the best."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray

"I often describe it as almost like if dry shampoo and hairspray had a baby, [...] because it adds grit and volume to the hair and helps you hold your style. It is just such a perfect product. You can use it very sparingly if you just want a little bit of something, and my hair is still super soft and touchable. Or if you wanted to really give yourself some texture, either for wearing your hair down or for an updo, it is amazing for that."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Nizoral A-D Anti-Dandruff Shampoo (1% Ketoconazole)

"The main downside of ketoconazole shampoos is that they tend to be kind of drying. So, I really try to focus it just on my scalp and avoid it really getting washed up in my mid-lengths and ends. Nizoral shampoo is great. It's super affordable. It can help with dandruff and hair thinning. And if you have dandruff and hair thinning, this is the single best thing I think you could have in your routine."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Nutrafol Hair Growth Supplement

"Something I like about Nutrafol and Viviscal and the reason I tend to recommend those two brands to my patients is because they have done clinical testing to show that their supplementation is actually effective for hair growth. So it's not just theoretical, but the people who have taken these supplements have actually seen benefits in their hair."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Viviscal Hair Growth Supplement

"Something I like about Viviscal and the reason I tend to recommend that brand to my patients is because they have done clinical testing to show that their supplementation is actually effective for hair growth. So it's not just theoretical, but the people who have taken these supplements have actually seen benefits in their hair."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Advanced Clean Dry Shampoo

"I have the Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Advanced Clean Dry Shampoo. I even use this on clean hair at the root to give me a little more volume, especially if I'm in a climate where my hair is just looking a little bit flat or maybe I get to the hotel and because of the hard water or something my hair feels very weighed down and just doesn't have the fluff that I want. This is really nice to have."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Aquis Microfiber Hair Towel

"The other thing I pack for my hair is the Aquis hair towel. This is another thing that just like stays in my luggage. It is so light, it is so absorptive, so it really helps remove moisture from my hair. I want to let some excess water absorb out of my hair because I usually do not travel with a blow dryer. I rely on the hotel blow dryer, which is usually pure trash."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Oribe Bay Laurel Super Fine Hairspray

"I really like this one, it doesn't get crunchy and it's really nice if I need to refresh my hair tomorrow, for example, and put new curls in it. I don't feel like this causes a lot of stickiness or greasy looking vibe in my hair."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer

"The reason I recommend the Dyson hair dryer is because it is less harsh on your hair and it does less damage. It's not just about how your hair looks because you might be able to get your hair to look the same way with any styling tool, it's more about what does your hair feel like, what does it look like under a microscope, what's happening on the individual strand level, and is your hair remaining healthy."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Olaplex No. 3 Hair Perfector

"Olaplex No. 3 Hair Perfector doesn't work on the proteins in your hair the way K18 does, but rather on the disulfide bonds, which is a very important bond structure in your hair that often gets damaged with heat styling and chemicals. [...] These are two products that help repair the hair but in different ways. [...] I usually encourage people to try both and from there you can decide which one works better for you and your hair."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Aquis Hair Turban

"I love my Aquis Hair Turban. It cuts down on the drying time of my hair because it absorbs so much moisture out of my hair in a good way without drying your hair out. It just helps remove that excess moisture from the shower, and because it's so lightweight and [...] self-contained, I can go around my home and do chores or breastfeed or do other things while my hair is drying. I love a product that helps me multitask."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Vegamour GRO+ Advanced Hair Serum

"I haven't personally tried Vegamour Grow Hair Serum, but I can tell you how many people on Instagram have messaged me that this really worked for hair regrowth for them. They used it on their scalp and a couple people told me they even used it on their eyebrows, so this might be something worth trying if you're looking for a drug-free topical to incorporate into your hair regrowth routine."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Oribe Gold Lust Nourishing Hair Oil

"I guess you guys are as big a fans of Oribe as I am. It's also nice when you have hair products kind of all in the same family just from a scent perspective. You're not mixing a whole bunch of different fragrances. With hair oil, a little bit goes a very long way. I like to actually spread it into my palms and really evenly distribute it, and then I will just rake with my fingertips first so I don't put too much on. [...] It shines things up a bit and takes away some of the frizz."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Retinoids25 reviews

Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Retinol Pro+ Regenerating Cream

"I would still recommend when you start any retinol product that you use it just a couple nights a week and slowly work it into your routine. Especially if someone is on a budget, new to using a topical retinoid, but wants to be doing a little bit more for their skin than just the basics of cleansing, moisturizing, and protecting from the sun, this one has my stamp of approval."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Medik8 Crystal Retinal 20

"I use this one by Medik8. This is their Crystal Retinal 20. So quite potent but just way less irritating. I love this formula. It's really nice and creamy. So you get kind of like a moisturization and anti-aging situation all in one. But I do a pump of this on my neck and a pump of this on my décolletté pretty much every single night. The other thing that I love about this is it comes in multiple strengths. So like I said, this is the 20, she's pretty strong."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Differin Adapalene Gel 0.1%

"Adapalene is something you can get over the counter. For example, the brand Differin makes the 0.1% adapalene that I recommend all the time to my acne patients. Adapalene is well-suited when it comes to the treatment of acne specifically. So if you are breaking out, we are going to stick with things like adapalene, tretinoin, and tazarotene."

✓Yay

94%Guru Score

Medik8 Crystal Retinal 10

"For my neck, I'm going to use the Medik8 Crystal Retinal 10. This comes in different potencies. 10 is sort of like their mid-range. They also now have a 20 and a 24. One little pumpy. Smells quite nice."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Naturium Retinaldehyde Cream Serum 0.5%

"The Naturium Retinaldehyde Cream Serum is the best affordable retinaldehyde on the market. It exists in two different potencies, 0.05% and 0.1%. It's lightweight yet it feels kind of cushiony on the skin. If you're using retinaldehyde in your routine, you can put it on right after you cleanse your face before you do any of your other serums or moisturizers. I personally like to layer my retinoid products over my serums before I put my moisturizer on."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Medik8 Crystal Retinal 1

"Retinoids are notoriously irritating to the skin and can cause a lot of dryness and peeling with quite a long acclimation period somewhere between weeks and several months. The Medik8 Crystal Retinal 1 is exceptional because I find that you can acclimate to it quite quickly but it's also very very effective. [...] It is a retinal derivative product, so that's a step up in potency and efficacy from retinol, [...] but it's level one and this goes all the way up to level 20."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Summer Fridays Midnight Ritual Retinol Renewal Serum

"If you're looking for a retinol that has a serum texture and in my opinion feels incredibly luxurious on the skin, I love the Summer Fridays Midnight Ritual Retinol. I absolutely love the way this product feels on the skin and I think a lot of that is due to all the amazing plant oils that it has."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Stradia Night Shift Retinol Cream

"If you have sensitive skin one of my all time favorite retinol products is Stradia Night Shift and if you've been around this channel for a little while you know that I continuously recommend this particular retinol because I think it is so beautiful. This formula contains 0.15% encapsulated retinol but the beauty of this product really lies in what else is contained in this formula."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Naturium Retinol Complex Cream

"If you're looking for a retinol that's a little more lightweight, I am a huge fan of the Naturium Retinol Complex Cream. This cream almost feels more like a thick serum on the skin, and in addition to retinol it also has an ingredient called bakuchiol. Some brands will refer to bakuchiol as a plant derived retinol, but really it's a molecule that can mimic some of the positive skin effects that retinol offers."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Shani Darden Retinol Reform 1% Encapsulated Retinol

"One of the best retinol products that I have ever tried is the Shani Darden Retinol Reform. This product doesn't just have retinol in it but it also has lactic acid, so an alpha hydroxy acid that's used in exfoliation. You might be thinking, like, putting together a retinoid plus an acid, is this going to be too irritating? But whatever they've done with this formula, it is not irritating at all and it makes your skin look so beautiful and glowy."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Nuteum Retinaldehyde Cream Serum 0.05%

"One of my absolute favorite topical retinoids is by Nuteum, it's their retinaldehyde serum. It comes in two different strengths so you can start with a lower strength and work your way up if you want to. Putting this on your skin every night under a moisturizer, you're going to see improvements."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Olay Regenerist Retinol 24 Night Moisturizer

"If you have really sensitive skin but you still really want to incorporate a retinoid into your skincare routine, I would try the Olay Regenerist Retinol. This is a little bit more gentle, it's in a more creamy base, and you still get those skin strengthening retinoid benefits."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

RoC Retinol Capsules

"One of my favorites for beginners is the RoC Retinol Capsules. RoC is sort of one of the OG brands when it comes to developing a stable retinol that can be incorporated into a variety of products, but they make an excellent face cream that I think is great for beginners. The other thing that I really like about this is that it's formulated in a really rich, moisturizing base, so you're sort of achieving two skincare steps in one, it can act as your topical retinol and your moisturizer."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Stratia Night Shift Retinol Cream

"I'm using the Stratia Night Shift. [...] I talk about this retinol all the time. I think it is a beautiful product, encapsulated retinol, so creamy and luscious, so nourishing. [...] I have plenty of people who use this on their face—it's a great face retinol as well. It still packs a punch, it's still effective, but much less irritating on the more delicate structures."

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Verso Super Facial Serum with Retinol 8

"The Verso Superfacial Serum [...] uses a retinoid called retinal or retinoate, which is thought to be more gentle than retinol but perhaps more effective. This retinoid molecule does not have as robust data behind it as retinol, but for people who are trying so hard to incorporate a retinoid into their routine and they're just not able to tolerate retinol, go for this. I have found that even people with the most sensitive skin are able to tolerate this topical retinoid formulation."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Effaclar Adapalene Gel 0.1%

"I've tried both Differin and La Roche-Posay Effaclar and I like them both. My patients who tend to have more sensitive skin tell me that they like the La Roche-Posay Effaclar slightly more whereas my oilier teens especially my teen boys tend to prefer Differin, so I think both are awesome and both are very effective."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

SkinMedica Age Defense Retinol 0.25

"Another retinol product that I really enjoy is the SkinMedica Age Defense Retinol. [...] If you're a beginner, I would start with their 0.25%. This retinol is more of a lotion texture, so it can kind of hit that sweet spot between a serum and the heavier cream. I think that this is probably one of the most recommended products that has a retinol in it that my patients have given to me."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Medik8 Intelligent Retinol 3TR

"First up is the Medicaid Intelligent Retinol 3TR. As a brand, Medicaid just crushes it when it comes to incorporating retinoids or other actives into a skincare routine. I chose this specific retinol product from them for a few different reasons. One, it's 0.3% retinol."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

Maelove Moonlight Retinaldehyde Serum 0.1%

"This serum uses something called retinaldehyde rather than retinol which is one of the more common molecules found in over-the-counter retinoids, and retinaldehyde is a little bit more potent than retinol because when retinol is incorporated into the skin it has to undergo two conversion steps to become its most active form whereas retinaldehyde only has to undergo one conversion step to become its most active form."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Retinal Renew Retinaldehyde Gel 0.1%

"If you're shopping outside of Sephora, my brand Prequel has a 0.1% and a 0.2% retinaldehyde. For people who maybe want something a little bit more potent or are looking to amp up their routine but are either not ready for or don't have access to prescription tretinoin, all good options."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Medik8 Crystal Retinal 6

"I absolutely love [retinaldehyde]. It's what I use on my neck and chest because [tretinoin] in any format just has no success there on me. I get way too irritated."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Night Retinol Serum

"The Haruharu Wonder Night Retinol Serum is a beautiful beginner retinol serum that is incredibly affordable."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Prequel Retinal Renew Retinaldehyde Gel 0.2%

"Most dermatologists would agree that retinoids are the backbone of any great skincare routine. But creating one that's powerful enough to deliver real results, gentle enough to use consistently, and texturally exceptional, that's a real challenge. Which is why I am so excited for this launch. Meet Retinal Renew, our 0.1% and 0.2% retinaldehyde gels."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

First Aid Beauty 0.3% Retinol Complex Serum with Peptides

"Another retinol serum option that I really really love is by First Aid Beauty, their 0.3% Retinol Complex Serum. I think the technology in this product is really interesting so it not only uses retinol but also uses something called retinol propionate and retinol propionate is another ingredient that falls under that retinoid umbrella but it works slightly differently in the skin. It's a bit more stable, it's a little bit more slow acting and therefore a lot more gentle too."

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Hourglass Equilibrium Resurfacing Retinoid Treatment

"This product is just gorgeous. It's so lovely and it's actually gentle enough to be used twice a day, which is the recommended use. The way it layers with my products is oh so good. I usually put on vitamin C, then I'll layer something like this on, and then I can go in with my other serums, moisturizer, sunscreen, etc."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

Lip20 reviews

Revlon Kiss SPF 20 Lip Balm Berry Burst

"I will go in with a little bit of like a hydrating lip balm or gloss. One I've been loving lately is by Revlon. [...] This one is basically like my exact lip color, but it's like a perfect amount of shine and hydration. But if you don't naturally have a lot of color on your lips, you could get a pigmented version of this. But I love just the pink version, too."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Lancôme Squalane Butter Glow Hydrating Lip Balm

"It's so nourishing on the lips. I like these butter glow sticks so much because they feel a little bit richer on the lips than a typical balm. They're incredibly nourishing. They're 12% squalane which is just a really yummy ingredient especially for your delicate lip tissue. And I like that they're not really glossy either because sometimes gloss can just look like too much. Plus this time of year if your hair is blowing around you don't need your hair sticking into your lips."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Merit Signature Lip Lightweight Lipstick

"I just think like this is your fall color, it is absolutely gorgeous. I mean, I just think that is such a gorgeous color. It's such a comfortable formula. It's long lasting. If you have a slightly lighter or fairer skin tone I recommend the shade Slip, which is like a warm neutral, but Merit makes excellent lipsticks that they pretty much never put on sale on their website, so picking it up during the Sephora sale I think is the right move."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

YSL Rouge Volupté Shine Lipstick Balm

"So the other one was like a gloss in a balm, this is like a lipstick in a balm so more pigmented. I love this color, this is shade N which I think is like their nude color, gorgeous. It just looks so beautiful on the skin. You can see again that it's got like a little bit of that balmy texture to it."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Lineage Lip Sleeping Mask

"I'm going to go in with one of my absolute favorites, my Lineage Lip Sleeping Mask. This stays on your lips all night. She is sticky but she's good. The reason I'm putting my lip mask on first is because I'm going to be putting some other ingredients on later in my routine that have the potential to be irritating to the delicate lip skin, and so by putting this little barrier on in the beginning, I don't have to worry that any of my other products are going to cause problems."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Make Up For Ever Wherever Walnut Lip Liner

"I'm going in with my Make Up For Ever Lip Liner Pencil in shade Wherever Walnut. This is probably my most used pencil, it's what I use in 95 percent of my YouTube videos. [...] This is a very long wearing lip pencil which is one of the reasons I really like it and totally think it's worth like the slightly more investment than a drugstore lip liner."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil

"I think this is supposed to be like a multi-use pencil but I exclusively use it as a lip liner and it is perfect. I really like this lip liner for a couple of reasons one is the texture so it is smooth and creamy enough to go on very smoothly but it's not so creamy that I feel like it's not going to last or it's going to smear because I want precision and then it's hard enough that I can get that precise line but it doesn't dry out or make my lips feel uncomfortable."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

NARS Afterglow Lip Balm

"I'm going to take my NARS Afterglow Lip Balm [...] in shade Laguna. [...] This looks very brown in the tube, but then it goes on just so sheer and pretty. [...] I like using this kind of balm over my lip liner because it adds a little bit of moisture to the lips without wiping or removing the product, and it is very comfortable to wear on the lips all day long. It's so easy to reapply—you don't even need a mirror because it's so sheer."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

NYX Lip liner Mauve

"I'm going to go in with my NYX Lip Liner in shade Mauve, which is a pinky brown color. I find that NYX lip pencils are so good, especially for a drugstore find. They're not as creamy as some lip liners on the market—they have a waxier texture and you have to put a little more pressure down to apply them—but they are very long lasting, which is great."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask

"The Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask is such a nice intense nighttime nourishing treatment that stays on the lips all night long, and to me it's a lot more fun to reach for than plain vaseline. It makes your lips softer, smoother, and more hydrated, and it's a very giftable item because who doesn't want that."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Dior Addict Lip Glow Balm

"It feels so comfortable on the lips and I don't have to worry about it going outside the lines. I can reapply it on the go without looking in a mirror, and if I'm in clinic all day I don't have to worry that the color is moving around. [...] There's something special about having a little Dior balm in your pocket or purse, and when you bring it out you feel a little bit more glamorous."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

EltaMD UV Lip Balm Broad-Spectrum SPF 36

"You do need some practice with application, so it may not be the most user-friendly lip sunscreen, [...] but if you get the method down you can make it look sheer and good on your lips. It's water resistant up to 80 minutes which makes it really nice for outdoor activities and swimming and going to the beach. This is not my absolute holy grail lip sunscreen but if I found it in the bottom of my purse and I was in a pinch I would not be mad about it."

~Mixed

83%Guru Score

Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm SPF 25

"When you squeeze it out of the tube it comes out completely clear, and it feels very much like the CeraVe Healing Ointment. It's a petrolatum-based lip balm that also has lanolin, shea butter, and avocado oil, so lots of nourishing and occlusive and emollient ingredients that make it act as a lip treatment in addition to being sun protective. Because it is clear it is easy to reapply on the go, and it's also under 10 dollars which I think is very reasonable for an SPF lip product."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Fwee Glowy Smoothie Tinted Lip Balm

"I definitely recommend that you try the tinted lip balms from the brand Fwee. These very much remind me of what Summer Fridays does with their lip balms, where you have a ton of different colors and a ton of different flavors, but these are like half the price. I really like that they have a good amount of pigment, so if you want something that has some color to it but lots of gloss, you really get that."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Prequel Lip Visor Sunscreen SPF 30

"My brand Prequel launched an SPF 30 lip gloss last year, and I am so proud of the formula. We used organic UV filters instead of zinc, which allowed us to get a truly sheer, lightweight gloss, which you just can't get when you formulate with zinc because zinc is a white powder. It also has a sweet minty taste and has none of that gross chemical sunscreen flavor."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Covergirl Outlast Lip Stain

"The new CoverGirl ones are so good, and then following it with a lip moisturizer, whether that's Aquaphor or Vaseline or an untinted lip balm."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm in Red Dahlia

"I have been talking about Burt's Bees tinted lip balm since I started this YouTube channel like gosh, 5 years ago now. But Red Dahlia will always be in my rotation because it's something I can just swipe on my lips. It costs like five bucks, so I have one in every purse and I just feel like it makes me look healthier even if I'm not wearing makeup."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Tower 28 Beach Please Lip and Cheek Cream Blush

"I will use a cream blush. This is the Tower 28 blush, which I reach for a ton. [...] I will take this and I will stipple it onto my cheeks, a little bit over my nose, and onto my forehead as well. [...] I like this blush for this particular style of application just because it's incredibly forgiving and it blends out super well. So if you're doing this really quickly like I usually am, you're still going to look great."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm

"One is the Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balms. Yes, you could buy the individuals, but they for the first time I think are having like a mini kit with four of their top shades and this is what I'm telling you to get if not for yourself for a gift. They will almost certainly sell out around the holidays and you get like four of them for I think like 25 bucks and then plus whatever sale you're going to get on top of that. So I think this is like amazing to pick up maybe even in bulk for gifts."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Jane Iredale Lip Drink Lip Balm SPF 15

"This is tried and true for me. I love this. It's SPF 15 and it comes in clear but also comes in color. This is the shade Flirt, and it just has like a very light pinky nude tint to it. It smells like lemon but doesn't have any flavor whatsoever, which is why I love it so much."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Eye Makeup18 reviews

Sweed Lash Serum

"If you do want to be using a lash growth serum because that's something that you struggle with, I recommend picking one that does not have prostaglandins. I recommend the brand Sweed all the time. It's just one that I've seen my patients have a ton of success with. And I always mention when you're putting anything near the eye, there is always a risk of irritation. So, always keep an eye out for that."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Tower 28 Make Waves Lengthening and Volumizing Mascara

"I love the Tower 28 waterproof mascaras. I think their brown shade is beautiful. [...] Browns for mascaras can just be a bit softer, especially if you are like a blonde or a lighter brunette. Brown mascara, particularly for day, I think, is a nice way to go. I do have it in black as well. [...] They have this beautiful, perfectly curled little wand. It doesn't put too much product on your lashes. It holds all day. It keeps your lashes curled."

✓Yay

91%Guru Score

Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara

"I have a forever obsession with the Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara. This one isn't waterproof, but I don't think you need the waterproof version. It is so good at lifting, lengthening, adding fullness to the lashes without them looking clumpy. If you need a drugstore option, this is fantastic. It has this beautiful, perfectly curled little wand. It doesn't put too much product on your lashes. It holds all day. It keeps your lashes curled."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Kosas Air Brow Tinted Brow Gel

"I'm a big fan of the Airbrow from Kosas. I think this holds really well. It has a really perfect shade for me, taupe."

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Swede Peptide Lash Serum

"One of my favorite lash growth serums that does not have prostaglandins is from this brand, Swede. I've recommended it many times on my Instagram. I always get DMs afterward being like, 'Yes, this is amazing. Finally, I found something to replace my Latisse.' So if you're looking for a lash growth serum that does not have prostaglandins, highly recommend."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Persona Eyeliner

"I love the ones from Persona though in particular because they are creamy enough that you can blend them really easily, but they also last 24 hours and they are waterproof so they're less likely to transfer. They just really stay and their brown shades are so beautiful. They have this shade graphite which is sort of like a cool toned shimmery brown which I really like for an upper eyelid lining. They have this chocolate brown tone which is also gorgeous and not shimmery."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Cream Shadow Stick

"Bobbi Brown makes a version of these that are also very, very good. What I love about these is they're kind of like a one-and-one shadow situation. They have matte tones and they have ones that are shimmery, but they just add this beautiful color to the lid. You can just put them right on and then they buff out beautifully with a little brush. It's a nice way to add dimension without doing anything that's too harsh."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

L'Oreal 24-Hour Brow Lamination Gel

"As far as brow gels go, I have a lot that I like, but the one that I've been using the most is actually by L'Oreal. They made this 24-hour brow gel and it is fantastic. It is cheap and it's super lightweight, so it's great for traveling. I feel like even when I'm doing the most minimal makeup on myself, I have to use at least a brow gel."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Kosas Brow Pop Dual Action Defining Pencil

"One of my favorite eyebrow pencils is the Kosas Brow Pop pencil. It's the one that I use on myself. [...] It has a little spoolie on one end that you can kind of fluff your brows up with to get a general idea of the shape if you have enough hair there to do that, and then it has a nice fine tip that you can use to kind of create little brush-like strokes to fill in your brows. I like this pencil for a couple of different reasons. One, I feel like it's not too soft."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Palette

"It's the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Palette. This powder is so beautiful on the skin, I use it as my kind of finishing powder, almost like a setting powder, and it just adds a nice luminosity to the skin, but it's not glittery. I feel like whenever I use this I get compliments on my skin, and I know in my heart of hearts that I haven't done anything new to my skincare except put on that very nice makeup setting powder."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Natasha Denona Glam Palette

"I'm looking the most forward to picking up the Natasha Denona Glam Palette. I've just been going to like a few more events lately and I wanted something with more sparkly options for the eyes and that just seems like a gorgeous palette. It's come highly recommended by a couple of makeup artists whose opinions I trust implicitly."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Merit Brow 1980 Pomade

"I'm going to go in with my Merit Brow Pomade in shade Blonde. I like this if you already have a decent amount of brow and you just maybe want a little bit of color and definitely some hold."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Benefit 24-Hour Brow Setter Clear Brow Gel

"The reason I like this so much is it gives such great long lasting hold to your brows but it also doesn't get like flaky or crunchy and your brows don't feel stiff on your face which I think is so important that you can like move your face throughout the day and you're not worried that your brow gel is going to flake off and get gross. The other thing I really like about this brow gel is the actual brush the brush I really think can make all the difference."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Hourglass Eyeshadow Palette

"I honestly almost never wear eyeshadow because of the natural shadow of my eye. If anything, I typically take this Hourglass palette, the middle color which is like a very light pearlescent neutral, and I just put that in the corner of my eye to add a little bit of brightness."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Anastasia Beverly Hills Super Skinny Brow Pencil

"This is the brow tool that I use the most. It's by Anastasia Beverly Hills, and to me this was such a good investment because you have a really good dense spoolie on one end for brushing and shaping the brows, and then you have this amazing angled tip on the other side so if you need to use a little powder or gel to fill in the brows, it's perfect for that. This is like met all of my brow needs."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze

"I use the Anastasia Beverly Hills brow gel which I've used for a really long time just to get the brows a little fluffier."

✓Yay

64%Guru Score

Clio Kill Lash Super Proof Long Curling Mascara

"This is the Kill Lash Super Proof Mascara Long Curling [...] from the brand Cleo. Everyone told me I had to try the mascaras because they are so waterproof and really good at holding a curl, and they were 100% right. If you have oily eyelids and struggle with your mascara transferring onto your upper or lower lids throughout the day, or if you plan on going to a pool party, the ocean, or a wedding, or if you're a crier like me, try this."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

e.l.f. Laminating Brow Gel

"E.L.F. Cosmetics has a wonderful brow gel if you're looking for a drugstore option. A brow gel will enhance your look without looking overdone. It doesn't mean that a brow gel is going to be perfect for everyone. If you have really sparse brows, you may need to go in and fill in with a pencil. But no matter what, whatever hairs you do have, using a building brow gel will enhance your look without looking overdone."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Eye Care17 reviews

The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG

"I actually really like the Ordinary under eye solution that has 5% caffeine. It's a super runny fluid. So, what I love about that is you could use it on its own, or if you have an eye cream that you already love or are incorporating to help with other under eye issues, you could layer them."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

The INKEY List Caffeine Eye Cream

"The Inkey List also has a super affordable caffeine under eye cream. So, if it's something where you just want to get a sense of does caffeine work for my under eye, I think that's a nice option."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Neocutis Lumiere Riche Extra Moisturizing Illuminating and Tightening Eye Cream

"Am I asking this to get rid of a big heavy bag? No. Am I asking it to get rid of a deep etched in wrinkle? No. But for me, it helps with fine lines. It helps with the like purpley under eyes that I'm quite prone to. This is one of those things that I've been recommending on this channel for so many years and I always get DMs in my Instagram or comments on my videos like I was kind of hesitant to spend that on an eye cream, but this is actually quite special."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

DRMTLGY HPR Eye Cream

"They also have a really nice eye cream that has a very gentle retinoid in it. So that could be good if you like the idea of using a retinoid under your eyes. You don't have sensitive eyes, but maybe you can't tolerate your stronger products there. It also has peptides in it which help promote collagen production."

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Cocokind Peptide Fine Line Eye Gel

"A specific peptide under eye product that I really like and is really affordable is by Coco Kind. I think it's actually a pretty new launch for them, but what I like about it is it not only has some anti-aging peptides in it, but it also has a lot of ceramides which are going to help strengthen and fortify and support the skin barrier so that area around your eyes looks better, but also feels good."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Dieux Forever Eye Mask

"The do forever eye masks are essentially like a little silicone mask that you can reuse over and over and over again under your eyes. Not only is this very environmentally friendly but this gift is also going to last a really long time and it's quite affordable. With these silicone eye masks you can put on your regular moisturizer or any eye serums that you like and then apply them right on top. They stay in place."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Dr. Dennis Gross Advanced Retinol Plus Ferulic Triple Correction Eye Serum

"Another popular retinoid eye product that some of my colleagues have been absolutely raving about is by Dr. Dennis Gross their Advanced Retinol Eye Serum. Not only has retinol but also has bikal which is a plant derived ingredient that has some retinol benefits."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Beauty of Chosan Revive Ginsing Plus Retinol Eye Serum

"A popular retinoid product to use around the eyes and one of my personal favorites is the Beauty of Chosan Revive Eye Serum. Aside from containing the retinoid retinaldehyde, which has been shown to smooth and strengthen the skin around the eyes, it also has niacinamide and glycerin and cholesterol to smooth and soothe the periocular skin."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Colorescience Total Eye 3-in-1 Renewal Therapy SPF 35

"One of my all-time favorite products for use around the eye is the Color Science 3in1 Total Eye. [...] It essentially is sunscreen SPF 35, concealer, and an eye cream all combined into one product, so it corrects in so many different ways. I feel like so many people I recommended this to really enjoy using it for correcting their under eye immediately with the concealer and then more longterm with the sun protective and eye corrective benefits."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Hydrogel Eye Patches

"The Peter Thomas Roth Hydrogel Eye Patch Kit [...] is not necessary—it's fun and glamorous and for special occasions. Hydrogel eye patches really just provide some deep puffing and some hydration under the eyes, and it's all a temporary effect, but it can be really nice, especially if you're getting ready for a night out [...] or if you're having a spa day. [...] It's just like a really fun gift because it's not something even I would buy myself, but if I got it as a gift I would totally use it."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Mary&May Tranexamic Acid + Glutathione Eye Cream

"Having that combination, [...] there are not a lot of skin care products and under eye products specifically that utilize those ingredients. If someone has been trying to improve their under eye dark circles and maybe wasn't getting where they wanted to go with the eye cream that they were using, this would expose them to a different type of formula with different ingredients with different mechanisms of approaching hyperpigmentation that may yield them more success."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

DRMTLGY Luminous Eye Corrector SPF 41

"One other product that I really like for brightening the under eyes is the DRMTLGY Luminous Eye Corrector SPF 41. This is basically a tinted sunscreen with some eye friendly ingredients that help brighten the under eye area and you could use it on its own or layered over a different eye cream. [...] Do not underestimate the power of consistent sun protection around the eyes in terms of making them look better over time."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

RoC Multi Correxion Revive + Glow Eye Balm

"I'm also a really big fan of the RoC Multi Correxion Revive + Glow Eye Balm. This is a stick form, so I like it for people who have more sensitive eyes or find that their eyes sting or burn from a lot of eye creams. I find the balm is just generally better tolerated. This has vitamin C and a special peptide that helps strengthen the skin, and it's really meant to target under eye dark circles. It's also a little more of a budget option if you can't splurge on an eye cream."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Lumify Redness Reliever Eye Drops

"I'm a huge fan of Lumify eye drops. [...] You essentially put them in and it instantly makes your eyes look more white and less red."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Alloy M4 1% Estriol Eye Cream

"They also launched an M4 eye cream with a higher concentration of estriol and added peptides, which I think is a really smart option for a more targeted treatment, especially because this is an area where we see thinning skin and crepey texture appear first."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Skin1004 Probio-Cica Eye Cream

"When I squeeze it out, it's sort of like a midweight. If you're prone to millia from really rich creams, this is a really nice eye option as well. But it also is quite hydrating. [...] Texturally stunning. Wears well under makeup. You could use this during the day and at night. Bakuchiol has only been studied to be effective or as effective as retinol."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Neocutis Lumiere Firm Illuminating and Tightening Eye Cream

"My favorite eye cream ever is the Neocutis Lumiere. I only repurchase that because it is expensive, because I truly see a difference in my under eyes when I use it. I'm someone who's very prone to purpley under eyes, and when I forget it or when I run out, I'm like I'm going to try not repurchasing it, I really notice a difference in my eye skin. So it feels worth it to me."

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Masks & Peels13 reviews

Paula's Choice 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant

"If you've been on the beauty side of the internet anytime in the last 10 years, you've heard of Paula's Choice 2% salicylic acid. Salicylic acid is a beta hydroxy acid. It dives into your pores and can help clear them out. So this is a really nice prep step if you're going to be applying makeup, and it's something you can do anywhere from every day to just a couple times a week, depending on what your skin can handle."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Tatcha Rice Polish

"For my face, I am obsessed with the Tatcha Rice Polish. It is these super super fine granules and you can just buff it into your skin and it's not irritating. It's not harsh. It doesn't flare my rosacea, but afterward my skin immediately feels smoother than a baby's butt."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Allies of Skin Retinal + Peptides Overnight Repair Mask

"I'm a huge fan of the Allies of Skin Retinal and Peptides complex. A lot of my patients use prescription strength tretinoin on their face for anti-aging, but as soon as it gets anywhere near their neck they have irritation. For patients with that concern I really like the Allies of Skin because you have all these anti-aging peptides plus you still have exposure to a retinoid, but it's retinaldehyde, so it's a little less irritating and a little less intense than prescription tretinoin."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

REN Lactic Acid Exfoliant

"It comes in this big bottle and it has alpha hydroxy acids and beta hydroxy acids, so glycolic acid and salicylic acid. I like to shake it into my palms and I actually leave this in my shower. So I finish my shower, I blot myself off with my towel, and then I go in with this. This one does have a little bit of a tingle when you apply it to the skin, but it's still gentle enough that I feel comfortable applying it neck down."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Virtue Restorative Treatment Mask

"I'm a fan of the Virtue Restorative Treatment Mask. I do want to give a shout out to bond repair products, so leave-in products that help you restore the bonds within your hair. They're certainly having a moment right now and lots of brands are coming out with their own version of bond repair."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Sunday Riley Good Genes All-In-One AHA Lactic Acid Treatment

"The good genes exfoliant by Sunday Riley is amazing and actually now that I come to think of it they have a glycolic version and a lactic acid version. I usually recommend starting with the lactic acid again because it's a little more gentle but if you feel like your skin can handle a little extra oomph you could switch over to the glycolic acid."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 25% AHA + 2% BHA Exfoliating Peel

"Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 25% AHA + 2% BHA Exfoliating Peel is a powerful product so I would not recommend using this more than once a week. I feel like it has the most potential to benefit people with post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, like if you had a lot of acne and now you have dark marks left behind. This is the one to go to. I [...] like this one better than the ordinary because I like the blend of AHAs and I feel like it's more cosmetically elegant to use on the skin."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Briogeo Don't Despair, Repair! Deep Conditioning Mask

"The Briogeo Don't Despair Repair Deep Conditioning Mask [...] makes the hair feel so luscious, so nourished. I think every single person I recommended this to has loved it regardless of their hair texture. I have friends with really curly, sometimes frizzy hair who adore this product, and even my friends with really limp or thin hair who feel like deep conditioning masks are often too heavy for them also really like this."

✓Yay

91%Guru Score

Laneige Cica Sleeping Mask

"Once I know I'm not leaving my home for the evening, and then before bed I still feel like my skin wants another layer of moisture, and that's when I [...] apply this. It is super nourishing without feeling really greasy or heavy, and then I just wake up in the morning with some glowing, radiant skin. [...] It also smells really good— [...] my husband thinks it smells like a poppy seed muffin—and it's one of the only moisturizers I can get him to actually put on his face."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel AHA Exfoliating Solution

"It's 15% glycolic acid, so it's a little spicy when you first apply it, but if you have dull or crepey skin, this will level you up so quickly. I like to apply it right after the shower on clean, dry skin, just like a body serum. You do not need to rinse it off. And then I follow almost immediately with a body lotion. I do this about two times a week."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Ultra Gentle Daily Peel Pads

"I have used some version of these peel pads for years. They have the gentle sort of the normal and then the extra strength. I wanted to put the ultra gentle ones in this dermstore kit because I feel like that's going to be most accessible for the widest variety of skin types. This has really gentle exfoliating acids and it's a two-step peel process."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Universal Daily Peel Pads

"When you're swiping it over your face, there's leftover juice in there. I will always bring that onto my neck, my décolletage, the back of my hands. If you struggle with hyperpigmentation in other body sites like armpits, groin, elbows, knees, absolutely take whatever is left over on that pad and put it on that spot as well. These are not the cheapest thing you will ever purchase, but they are so good. I never worry about recommending these because they are just amazing and everyone loves them."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Laneige Midnight Minis Sleeping Masks

"Laneige is pretty well known for making excellent lip treatments and I love that this is five mini masks that come in such a cute set. Of course you could gift this to an adult but I also think this would be a great gift for a teenager or maybe even a preteen who's just starting to get into beauty and makeup but maybe you don't want to quite gift them makeup yet. A little lip treatment is perfect."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Mists & Essences13 reviews

Rejuran Turnover Ampoule

"But people are extrapolating that data and saying if we apply PDRN topically, then we can have anti-aging benefits, and to me that is such a big leap. [...] Could this serum hydrate your skin and make it look more glowy? Absolutely. But that also could be coming from the rest of the formulation and it is not proving that you're getting any type of enhanced skin longevity or regeneration from the PDRN that's in there. [...] My verdict is skip, at least for now."

✕Nay

74%Guru Score

SK-II Facial Treatment Essence

"People who have used it for years describe their skin becoming progressively more even, radiant, and resilient over time. [...] I actually love recommending this for sensitive skin types who maybe can't tolerate vitamin C or exfoliating acids. It works through a completely different mechanism than other anti-aging products and it's very well tolerated."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

APLB Azelaic Acid Peptide Ampoule

"I'm also a really big fan of the APLB [azelaic] acid peptide ampule. This one has, of course, [azelaic] acid and licorice root extract that really help break down that hyperpigmentation, but also help with things like soothing redness and improving skin texture."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Rhode Glazing Milk Ceramide Facial Essence

"I love using this because it keeps the under eyes hydrated but allows your concealer to still set in place. If you don't have access to Prequel, something like the Rhode Glazing Milk would work really well here."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Tower 28 SOS Daily Rescue Facial Spray

"One of the most popular hypoc chloris acid Brands is by Tower 28 their SOS spray I think this is really what put hypochlorous acid on the map when it comes to using it in skinc care"

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Numbuzin No.3 Super Glowing Essence

"Another moisturizing product that I've been absolutely loving this year is by Numbuzin, it's their No.3 Super Glowing Essence toner. The reason I'm talking about it in the category of moisturizers is because I use it as a moisturizing step. This is just a beautiful hydration product. The texture of this is not as watery as a traditional essence or toner, it has a little bit of thickness to it, so you really feel it on the skin when you apply it and you're just like, ah, that feels so nice."

✓Yay

52%Guru Score

Tatcha Luminous Dewy Skin Mist

"Tonight I'm using the essence from Tatcha. This has a few different fermented ingredients that have been shown to hydrate, plump, and sort of soften the skin. When I do use an essence, it's pretty nice. I almost never use an essence in my personal routine just because I like to keep things as streamlined as possible, but when I do use an essence, it's pretty nice."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Lancôme Cream Skin Refiner Mist

"This is like my new skincare addiction this product is a super fine hydrating mist that I will often use instead of a moisturizer but you could also put it on underneath a moisturizer and it just gives my skin a little bit of life. [...] I love using it in the morning after I splash some water on my face when I'm going to go work out and I don't want to have my face feel dry or tight."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Skin1004 Pore Perfecting Centella Ampoule

"I almost passed this by because the name is sort of weird to me, but if you want to try this, I could not recommend more highly. If you actually are looking for something for your pores, this tackles dark spots as well, which is also why I'm including it because I love a multitasking product."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence

"Another hydrating serum I really like is the COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence. I know snail mucin sounds absolutely foul so you kind of have to separate yourself from the concept, but it works really well at hydrating your skin. But always remember to follow with a moisturizer."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Prequel Universal Skin Solution Dermal Spray for Face and Body

"This is the Prequel Universal Skin Solution, it is hypochlorous acid. [...] It's a very gentle refresher for the skin, it's antimicrobial, it's anti-inflammatory, and it's what I use every day in my own clinic to prepare my patient skin for procedures. It helps cleanse the skin."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Tirtir Ceramide Milk Ampoule

"I have one more product I want to talk about that's going to make you look like a dewy dumpling. [...] I have the Tirtir Ceramide Milk Ampoule, and I got to say I found the name kind of intriguing but I was like milk ampoule, what is that product going to be, and it didn't disappoint. One of the reasons this is in my current faves is because I've never really tried a product quite like it before. I would describe it as if you took a moisturizer and a face oil and they had a love child."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Numbuzin No.3 Radiance Glowing Jumbo Essence Pad

"That's where the pads were a game changer for me, because I found the bottle kind of big and bulky to pack. The pads are amazing because you can pack them individually or in a little Ziploc bag, but they're also massive, which is super cool, because you don't just have to use it on your face. You can slide it over your neck. I'll show you, it's so cute. There are little pads in there, and I mean, it's all about the little things, right? Like this."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Toners11 reviews

Medicube PDRN Toner Pad

"There's also one by Metacube that I really like that has some brightening ingredients in it."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Anua Heartleaf 77% Soothing Toner

"This is such a wonderful calming toner. If you have redness, you're easily irritated, this is the toner I would pick for sure. [...] It feels like water. So, it's incredibly lightweight. But that heartleaf in there is a plant extract that has a ton of flavonoids in it. So, that's going to be soothing. That's antioxidant rich. It's really there to just calm the skin down and allow it to tolerate things that you put on top of it."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

I'm From Rice Toner

"This is a very milky toner, but still quite lightweight. The goal of this toner is really to be brightening. It has niacinamide in it, which not only helps with dark spots, but also helps fortify the skin barrier. And remember, when it comes to mirror skin, we want the barrier to be strong and we want it to be clear."

✓Yay

94%Guru Score

Paula's Choice 2% Salicylic Acid Toner

"Paula's Choice is famous for their 2% salicylic acid. [...] The way I instruct my patients to incorporate a salicylic acid toner into their routine is essentially after they cleanse their face, use either their palms or a cotton pad to gently pat over the areas where they feel like their pores are clogged or enlarged. Wait a minute or two for it to dry down and then just go in with the rest of their skincare."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Peach Slices Acne Exfoliating Toner with Salicylic Acid Acne Treatment

"One of my favorite exfoliants for oily skin is the Peach Slices Acne Exfoliating Toner. You don't have to have acne to benefit from this toner, but I think they call it an acne toner because it has 2% salicylic acid. Salicylic acid is a beta hydroxy acid and it's good at delving into the pores and breaking up those clogs within them because salicylic acid is much better than alpha hydroxy acids at removing oils from the skin."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Medik8 Press and Glow PHA Toner

"Another exfoliant that I really love for people who have dry skin and particularly for people who have dry and sensitive skin is by Medik8, it's their Press and Glow PHA Toner. This product uses an exfoliant that maybe a lot of people have not heard of or not familiar with. It uses a polyhydroxy acid called gluconolactone. Polyhydroxy acids in general tend to be more gentle than alpha hydroxy acids, and gluconolactone specifically is really good at both exfoliating and hydrating the skin."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

The Ordinary Glycolic Acid 7% Toning Solution

"One of the most affordable topical glycolic acid preparations that I have used is by The Ordinary and it's their 7% Glycolic Acid Toning Solution. This is super cost-effective you get a pretty large bottle for under $15. I don't typically use this on my face because it feels a little bit too spicy to use on my face but I think it's amazing for your body."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Lineage Cream Skin Toner and Moisturizer

"I typically go in with this Lineage Cream Skin Refiner Mist. I used to go in with a regular moisturizer which also works very well, but this is just so lightweight. I like to put that on before I put my sunscreen on [...] to add a light layer of moisturization and a little bit of dewiness to the skin."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Medicube Pink PDRN Soothing Toner

"To me, this is a standout toner because it's not your average hydrating toner."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Hyaluronic Toner

"I really love a toning step if you have sensitive skin because working in layers of added hydration can really make the skin not just look better, look more plump and supple, but also feel a lot better. Also, a hydrating toner like this can kind of act as a gentle buffer between your skin and any skincare actives that might be irritating like retinoids or acids. [...] You can see it's nice and liquidy, layers very, very nicely under other products, it's super lightweight on the skin."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Numbers Super Glowing Essence Toner Number 3

"I know this product isn't technically a moisturizer but I feel like it contributes to moisturization and I've been using it in my routine for the past month and I am obsessed. [...] I would never really consider myself like a toners person or an essences person, [...] but to me it's less about the name of the product and really more about what it offers for your skin."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Tools11 reviews

BK Beauty A506 Cat's Paw Concealer Brush

"I love this little concealer brush. This is the Angie hot and flashy collab with BK Beauty. I think this is a genius brush. It's like a little dense paw that you can just really press and blend everything into. Because the other key with makeup, not just makeup for mature skin, but any makeup, is to not have any harsh lines."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

BK Beauty 107 Brush

"I really like the BK 107. Again, about the size of like two fingers, and it allows you to get a good swath of product without it just blowing out all your features."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

BK Beauty 115 Brush

"This is like my favorite size for a bronzer. It's about the width of like two fingers. This is the BK Beauty 115. So good for like a cream bronzer."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

BK Beauty Essential Collection Face Brush Set

"Getting someone a great set of makeup brushes is such a beautiful gift. I got the BK Beauty Essential Collection face set and the eye set and these brushes are fantastic. I have really not reached for many of my other brushes since. If you've been anywhere on the TikTok beauty space then these brushes have probably been marketed to you and I 100% feel that they live up to the hype."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

BK Beauty Holy Grail Trio Brush Set

"Their Holy Grail brush Trio, which is a few different face brushes, is fantastic. This has their 101 contoured foundation brush which is my main foundation application brush these days. It also has their 109 which is a mini brush of this which I often use for blush and it has a great little kitten paw brush that you can use for concealer under the eyes around the nose."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

BK Beauty 101/A101 Foundation Brush

"Brush wise this is the BK Beauty 101, it's like their foundation brush. The brushes you use to apply your makeup really do make a difference and I'm obsessed with these brushes. I like it because you don't have to put a lot of pressure on the skin to get a really even, flawless application. So one, dummy proof, but two, you don't have to worry about like breaking up your sunscreen or your other skincare that's sitting underneath your makeup."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Hourglass Ambient Foundation Brush

"I just pulled these out of my travel bag they're both by Hourglass and I'm obsessed. This is their foundation brush."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Billie Razor

"The Billie razor was super popular in a poll I did on my Instagram. This is a five-blade razor so it really helps you get that super close shave. I also love that the Billie service allows you to opt in for razor blade refills, which is awesome because another mistake I see is using old blades that are kind of dull, so the fact that you're getting refills and replacements is awesome."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Tweezerman Tweezers

"Having a good pair of tweezers is fabulous, whether you're plucking out a chin hair or an eyebrow hair. [...] I think that's a great stocking stuffer or addition to any gift, and I have been super happy with my pair of tweezers for a very, very long time."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Slip Silk Pillowcase

"There are definitely a wide variety of silk pillowcases and bonnets available. I've always used the one from Slip. I bought it many many years ago and it continues to last and do really well."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Lily Silk Mulberry Silk Pillowcase

"It has a zipper now that might seem like a trivial feature but it's not because silk has got a little bit of slip to it and you don't want it sliding off your pillow in the middle of the night. The other thing that makes this awesome is it has this little pocket on the inside and this entire pillowcase can fit in the little pocket and that's what makes it so supremely excellent for travel."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Powder & Setting9 reviews

Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Baking and Setting Powder

"Probably the most popular powder for oily skin of all time is from Huda Beauty. That blurring powder comes in a ton of shades. I just don't think I've ever seen a makeup artist not rave about that product. I don't own it."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

L'Oreal Infallible 3-Second Setting Mist

"The one I recommend for this [...] is the L'Oreal Infallible 3-Second Setting Mist. It really does lock everything in place. It doesn't sting your eyes. I think this performs just as well as Sephora setting sprays at a fraction of the cost."

✓Yay

60%Guru Score

Kosas Cloud Set Baked Setting Powder

"The one that I use and I've also seen used on oily skin is from Kosas. It's their Cloud Set loose translucent powder. This is also quite good for oily skin because it's so blurring and mattifying. Now, I think the key if you have oily skin, and honestly, this technique works even if you don't have oily skin, is to use a little powder puff. And what I will do is I will drop a little bit of powder into the cap, and I will rub my powder puff around in it."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Danessa Myricks Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder

"It's actually one of my absolute favorite ways to use this Danessa Myricks Blurring Balm Powder. This is an incredible primer. It's beautiful under makeup and especially if you have oily skin, but it can be used on its own. So, this has an ingredient called Upselite in it, which is a really unique molecule that is very good at absorbing oil and sweat and moisture."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder

"The last and final step I like to do is take my Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder and kind of swipe all the colors together and buff it over my entire face. I feel like it gives this beautiful glow to the skin without making you look oily or shiny. It also acts to sort of set things in place without having to apply a heavy powder. [...] Hourglass is so good about this. It gives you this lit from within radiance that just makes your skin look healthy."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder

"I've used for over 10 years, and this is the mini. It goes with me when I travel, is by Laura Mercier. It's their Translucent Loose Setting Powder. This one is not tinted, but just incredibly sheer and makes for a very flawless application and finish. Now, the key with any loose setting powder is you don't want to just pack it on. [...] I like light layers. If you're sensing a theme, light layers is the way to work for mature skin."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray

"The Charlotte Tilbury setting spray does a really good job of just locking in your makeup. It has a very nice natural finish. It's not going to make you look too oily or too glowy. It's definitely not going to mattify you."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

One-Size Powder Melt Glass Setting Spray

"When I have my makeup professionally done, they almost always use one, and one of the two I've had used on me the most is the One/Size Powder Melt Glass Setting Spray. It does a really good job of just locking in your makeup. It has a very nice natural finish, it's not going to make you look too oily or too glowy, and it's definitely not going to mattify you. If you're in the market for a great setting spray, I've had success with it."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Givenchy Prisme Libre Loose Powder

"It is so finely milled. I will often just take a big fluffy powder brush and just kind of dust it everywhere. I'll also use this for baking under the eyes, I usually take a little powder puff, work the powder into the puff, and then press it under the eyes. But it's gorgeous, it gives such a nice luminescent veil to the skin without looking powdery, without looking cakey. It is everything."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Balms & Ointments8 reviews

Vaseline Original Healing Jelly

"I always really encourage my patients to keep their wounds moist with a little bit of Vaseline and keep it covered with a bandage until they take their stitches out."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Neosporin Neosporin

"Neosporin contains an antibiotic called neomycin and over 10% of the population is or will become allergic to that antibiotic in their lifetime. We see this all the time in dermatology where someone has been using Neosporin their whole life and then suddenly they're treating a cut or a scrape or some stitches after plastic surgery and now they're getting a red, irritated, blistering reaction. They have developed allergic contact dermatitis and it was totally avoidable."

✕Nay

31%Guru Score

Triple Paste Medicated Ointment for Diaper Rash

"I also really like Triple Paste."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Prequel Barrier Therapy Skin Protectant Cream

"I particularly like a body moisturizer with colloidal oatmeal because that is often what we recommend to eczema patients who also struggle with their skin barrier. Of course, I love my Prequel Barrier Therapy, and now we have Barrier Therapy Rich for people who want something a little bit more enveloping."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Prequel 1% Colloidal Oatmeal and Alanine Multi-Ceramides Adenosine Barrier Therapy Rich Skin Protectant Cream

"When you apply it, you immediately feel how hydrating and velvety it is. And when I feel like my skin just needs more barrier support, this is absolutely what I've been reaching for. Also, this tube is huge. You get so much product in here. [...] When you're incorporating this into your skincare routine, treat it as a moisturizer and especially if your skin feels compromised, dry or flaky. Not only do I apply this on my body, but it works as a great facial moisturizer."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Prequel Skin Utility Balm Multi-Purpose Skin Protectant

"So I like to protect them ahead of time. It acts as a little buffer. If you have any other areas that are prone to irritation with your topical retinoid, you can go ahead and put that ointment there as well. Some people will apply it further out here or on their chin or around their nose where they tend to get peeling from their retinoid. This is a perfect little buffer. It serves as like a little nighttime lip mask."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Prequel Skin Utility Gel Multi-Purpose Skin Protectant

"This isn't your typical gel cream or watery gel. It starts as a gel but as you work it into the skin it forms this very light veil on the skin that is just special. [...] I have not touched something like this before in the best way. [...] As a skin protectant, the thing that I think is so cool is that this could layer in multiple different places in your routine. You could do it as the first thing on your skin or over your moisturizers."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

CeraVe Healing Ointment

"I'm also a really big fan of CeraVe Healing Ointment that's 46.5% petrolatum and then also has additional moisturizing ingredients like ceramides that CeraVe is known for as well as panthenol and even hyaluronic acid to help draw water to the skin surface so a lot of people find that product to be extra moisturizing."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Concealer8 reviews

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circle Treatment Concealer

"If you want a drugstore option, the Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser. I like this one a lot. The only thing I don't like is the little spongy applicator that starts to get gross. But in terms of a formula, very, very nice."

~Mixed

81%Guru Score

NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer

"The best thing I have ever found to conceal a blemish, and I know a lot of makeup artists agree with me here because I see it recommended on their channels all the time, is the NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer. I love this because it is super pigmented. They have a ton of great shades and it's not as wet as a lot of concealers, so it builds and then it stays. It is so good for covering an acne spot."

✓Yay

93%Guru Score

Lancôme Teint Idôle Ultra Wear All Over Concealer

"Another product that works really well if you don't have access to the Sarah Creel is the Lancôme serum concealer. Beautiful product."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Tower 28 Swipe Allover Hydrating Serum Concealer

"The Tower 28 concealer is particularly nice for under the eyes. It just sits and looks so creamy and smooth. I won't say it never creases, there is not a concealer in the world that doesn't crease under the eyes, but this one looks really good all day. It keeps the area hydrated. This has hyaluronic acid in it, it also has caffeine so it's going to help with like the eye bags, and it has centella asiatica which is soothing on the skin."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Givenchy Prism Libre Skin Caring Concealer

"This is the Givenchy Prism Libre concealer, so glad I picked this up. This is as fantastic as everyone says. This is shade N120 amazing."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Huda Beauty Faux Filter Matte Buildable Coverage Waterproof Concealer

"This is the Huda Beauty Faux Filter and I am shade Coconut Flakes. It's a wetter formula, like it's super full coverage but you can actually blend it. I will often use this more like for under eye brightening some kind of highlighting and then I'll use like a slightly darker concealer on the periphery of my face. I think that this concealer with the Lancôme like underneath it, this to me is such an amazing pair. I mean they just look so good together."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Radiant Concealer

"What I really love about this concealer is the pigment so it's not the most pigmented concealer I have ever used but you do get some really good coverage with it but even more importantly is the finish [...] it is the most beautiful hydrating radiant finish it's like your skin but better."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Tarte Shape Tape Concealer

"And I have really fallen in love with the Tarte Shape Tape Concealer. I think actually one of you guys put me on to this, but it just looks so seamless under the eyes. It pairs well with makeup, but also if it's a day where I'm just wearing skin care and don't really want to put the rest of my makeup on, I can just pat that under the eyes and they instantly look brighter, but it's undetectable."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Tech8 reviews

CurrentBody LED Light Therapy Mask Series 1

"I just find that incredibly admirable and if you're going to spend hundreds of dollars on a mask, wouldn't you like to see that data, especially when other masks are not offering that same quality of evidence? The two red light masks you will see me recommend the most, whether it's on Instagram or here, is the CurrentBody mask and the Omnilux mask because both of those companies have done independent trials."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Omnilux Face Contour Red Light Therapy Mask

"The Omnilux mask is one of the two red light masks I recommend most because the company has done independent trials and has actually proved that this specific device is efficacious. The two red light masks you will see me recommend the most, whether it's on Instagram or here, is the CurrentBody mask and the Omnilux mask because both of those companies have done independent trials."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

iRestore Laser Hair Growth Helmet

"The only other thing I do very consistently is wear a red light helmet. There's very good data that red light therapy helps with androgenetic or female pattern hair loss, so I do it. I've been doing that for over [...] 5 years, including through pregnancy and breastfeeding. [...] I have both the iRestore helmet and the CurrentBody one. I just use whichever one is charged. They're both effective."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

NIRA Precision Laser

"The challenge with a laser like that is that the power is incredibly low. The wavelength of a laser is only one aspect of what determines if it's effective. The power, the density of the beams, the duration of treatment, how many passes you do, these are all things that also determine whether or not you're going to have collagen stimulation. In this case, that's the goal for these."

✕Nay

56%Guru Score

Saluma Red Light Therapy Device

"These red light devices also come in panel form, which can be a little more convenient for some people, especially because you can use them on other parts of your body as well. The brand I typically recommend is Saluma, but there are other great brands out there as well."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

NuFACE Trinity Facial Toning Device

"When used consistently you can see small bits of tightening and reshaping of the face, however you need to use them incredibly consistently and continuously to maintain those results. [...] If you buy a multi-hundred dollar device, will you actually do it for 15 or 20 minutes every day? Will you keep up with it? How long do you intend to do this? If you're like yeah I've got 30 minutes for my routine every night, this is really important to me, I'm going to stick with this, go for it."

~Mixed

62%Guru Score

CurrentBody Skin LED Hair Growth Helmet

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

CurrentBody Skin LED Light Therapy Mask Series 2

"I think one of the best red light masks on the market is the Current Body Series 2 red light mask and it's something I've been recommending to patients and friends long before this video. Not only does this mask use clinically validated wavelengths of red light and near infrared light, they've also been super thoughtful about the way they designed this mask to fit the face, so it's very comfortable and very easy to use."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Foundation7 reviews

Maybelline Super Stay 24-Hour Skin Tint

"One of my favorite oily skin friendly foundations from the drugstore is the Maybelline SuperStay 24-hour skin tint. [...] What I like about this is it's light to medium coverage. And to me, that is the sweet spot for foundation coverage. If you go medium to full coverage, it's always going to look makeupy in person, and that's fine. But if you want kind of an everyday look, light to medium coverage foundation is generally where it's at."

✓Yay

72%Guru Score

Dior Backstage Face & Body Foundation

"Another oily skin friendly foundation that I love is the Dior Backstage Face and Body. I used to be a huge MAC Face and Body girl, but I feel like I've been gravitating more towards the Dior Backstage Face and Body, which is good for dry skin like mine if I do a lot of prep underneath it. But if you don't put a lot of moisturizer and heavy products underneath, it is beautiful on oily skin. And it is also sweat resistant. So, it's great if you have a more active lifestyle."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Hourglass Veil Hydrating Skin Tint Foundation

"I'm also a really big fan of the Hourglass Skin Tint. This doesn't have as much coverage as the CL, but gives a really beautiful wash of color on the skin. And I find it's really not irritating to the skin, which is important as well."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Dior Forever Skin Glow Foundation

"I recommend this one all the time to my patients who have more mature skin who have maybe more imperfections that they're trying to cover up. It has medium coverage and it's 86% skincare ingredients. I just love how it wears on the skin, that it's super long lasting so it's not like breaking up on the skin over the course of the day, especially if you have like dry maybe even combo skin. This is just phenomenal."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Foundation

"My go-to foundation for events, weddings, etc. has been the Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear. This is the one with the matte finish. I thought I wouldn't like a matte finish foundation because I wanted things to look glowy, but it's not that matte, it's just skin-like. It's beautiful. It is so long-wearing, and that's the other thing I think is so important to me when it comes to foundation. I need it to hold up."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Foundation

"I've been a huge fan of the Charlotte Tilbury lip products for such a long time and [...] I hadn't tried any of the complexion products, but wow, they're awesome. This is definitely a medium coverage foundation [...] that I can also shear out depending on how I apply it. [...] A medium coverage foundation can basically take away all of my redness, get rid of some of my hyperpigmentation and melasma, but still give me a very natural look."

✓Yay

64%Guru Score

MAC Face and Body Radiant Sheer Foundation

"This foundation is my oldest, longest standing love when it comes to foundation. It's a water-based foundation that gives sheer to light coverage but looks so skin-like when you apply it."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Blush & Bronzer6 reviews

Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush in Happy

"Another blush that I love for oily skin, not only because it mattifies, but it also sort of has a blurring effect, are the Rare Beauty Matte Bouncy Blushes. Just gorgeous shades. Also very pigmented. I would pick this up on like a slightly fluffier brush."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Bronzer in Luminous Bronze Light

"I freaking love my Hourglass bronzer. It is so good. It is so flattering. It's got a little bit of radiance, but not like glittery sheen. I will just take a brush, kind of fluff it in there, and then just sort of dust it over the periphery of my face. [...] It's a way to add powder to your face, but that's also truly makeup. So you're not just looking powdery and bright everywhere. It's truly adding something to your complexion."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Extreme Cream Eye Firming and Contouring Cream

"Plus, it has a bunch of other amazing ingredients that really help the under eye look better. So if you have puffiness under the eye, but you also maybe have some more mature skin with fine lines or wrinkles or sagging, this is a really comprehensive eye cream, and it's very reasonably priced for how effective it is."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Matte Liquid Blush

"In which case, may I recommend the Rare Beauty Liquid Blushes? These really last. If you just have a problem with your liquid or cream blushes fading throughout the day or just any blush you put on, these are incredible. They're highly pigmented, though. So what I recommend doing is putting a little bit on like the back of your hand or the back of a palette and then going in and dipping your brush in before you put it on your face."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Makeup by Mario Soft Sculpt Transforming Skin Enhancer

"One cream bronzer that I think is phenomenal is the Makeup by Mario Soft Sculpt Transforming Skin Enhancer, and this is shade light medium. They have a good shade range. [...] It's such a good medium tone bronze. It's not too cool. It's not too warm. It's certainly not orange, which I think is another huge mistake with bronzer. [...] The texture is gorgeous. The way it blends on the skin is just effortless. It looks very skin-like. It doesn't look too glowy or too oily. It's not shiny."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer

"For my bronzer, I use the Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer in shade Bronzer. [...] I really like this one because it's not too warm. [...] If you have a fairer complexion like I do, if you use a bronzer that's too warm, you'll just start to look orange. This is a nice neutrally pigmented bronzer that also doesn't lean too gray, and I don't want it gray because I'm not trying to contour with this bronzer. I'm just trying to warm up my complexion and make it look like I have a tan."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Acne4 reviews

Hero Cosmetics Mighty Patch Original

"These hydrocolloid pimple patches help draw a little bit of fluid to the surface so they can actually help shrink your pimples faster. I really like the Mighty Patch Original Hydrocolloid Acne Pimple Patches, and having the patch over it it's like out of sight out of mind."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Cetaphil Gentle Clear Mattifying Acne Moisturizer Salicylic Acid Treatment

"I think this is a wonderful product for those who have oily skin, are starting to see a little bit of increased skin texture or increased blackheads, but also have sensitive skin because it's formulated with all of those skin concerns in mind. Unlike any of the other moisturizers that I've discussed today, this one has salicylic acid and salicylic acid is a beta-hydroxy acid that works within the pore to break up debris so it can really help with early acne and skin texture."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

COSRX Acne Pimple Master Patch

"I would much prefer that you use a hydrocolloid pimple patch on any blemish that's sort of coming to a head, something like the CosRx pimple [...] patch because not only will this hydrocolloid patch draw fluid out of the pimple and help dry it out quicker, it's also formulated for use on the skin and it acts as a barrier to prevent you from picking at the pimple."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Neutrogena Stubborn Acne AM Treatment 2.5% Benzoyl Peroxide

"Another benzoyl peroxide product that I really like is the Neutrogena Stubborn AM Acne Treatment. This is a leave-on product so instead of being a wash that you rinse off, you put this on as a cream and then you can layer your other skincare products on top of it. This contains 2.5 micronized benzoyl peroxide."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Nails3 reviews

Dazzle Dry Nail Polish System

"Dazzle Dry is a nail polish brand that's known for being a little bit more gentle on nails. The thought is this nail polish doesn't contain an ingredient called nitrocellulose which can be a little bit damaging to the nail plate. Dazzle Dry kind of meets this nice niche of getting a little bit of longevity out of your nail polish but not being a traditional gel or dip polish."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

DermaNail Nail Conditioner

"The Derma Nail Nail Conditioner, some things that you actually just apply to the cuticle every single day. I have since recommend it to so many people who also love it."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Manicurist LED Gel Nail Polish Remover (Acetone-Free)

"You use their acetone-free remover. You put it on like a little cotton pad. You soak it for a minute, and then the polish just lifts up off your nails. No buffing, no scrubbing. The whole process literally takes under 2 minutes. It's really the combination of the fact that the polish itself is not harsh on the nails and the removal process is not damaging to the nails and takes essentially no time or effort, you get this beautiful marriage of healthy nails and pretty nails."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Primer2 reviews

Rare Beauty Always an Optimist Pore Diffusing Primer

"If you like more of a liquidy texture for your primer, Rare Beauty has a pore minimizing primer that is also fantastic and similarly to this one."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

e.l.f. Power Grip Primer

"My go-to is from E.L.F. This is their Power Grip Primer. It's quite sticky when you first take it out of the tube, and you just need the smallest amount. [...] I will just press it with my fingertips into the areas around my nose, my mid cheek, forehead, chin. I will let that set for about 30 seconds or so, and then I'm ready to go in with foundation."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

Supplements2 reviews

Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides with Amino Acids, Iron and Protein

"I tend to reach for the one by Vital Proteins just because you can get it in quite a large container, it's quite affordable, and it's quite easily accessible online as well as at large retailers like Target and Costco. I tend to blend it into a smoothie, so my sort of typical collagen powder smoothie also has spinach and berries and lime and banana and chia seeds."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

Heliocare Oral Sunscreen Capsules (Polypodium Leucotomos Supplement)

"Taking a polypodium leucotomos supplement, so polypodium leucotomos comes from a fern, it's a plant-based ingredient that offers antioxidant properties that help with UV protection. When you're taking this as a supplement in oral form you can take it as a pill, it also comes in gummy form, and it offers additional UV protection that extends beyond what your sunscreen or UPF clothing could offer. I've tried Heliocare in the past."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Fragrance1 review

All Free and Clear Laundry Detergent

"Using a hypoallergenic laundry detergent is great because it just eliminates that as a potential option for the reason that you're having sensitive skin or breakouts. I really like this particular detergent because you can use it with any type of washing machine."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Ingredients1 review

Allies of Skin Retinaldehyde

"If you want more of an all-in-one type of product and have a really streamlined routine, I love the Allies of Skin Retinaldehyde. It also comes in 0.05 and 0.1 concentrations, but they've put it in a moisturizing base and combined it with a bunch of peptides, so you're getting kind of like a peptide and retinaldehyde product all-in-one. I feel like Allies of Skin has sort of mastered the multitasking product, and you're paying for it, but I feel like they're really good quality formulas."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

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