Mixed Makeup, beauty journalist: 306 skincare products reviewed

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All 306 products Mixed Makeup has reviewed, grouped by product type. Click a product to see the full guru consensus.

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Moisturizers31 reviews

Avène Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Cream

"Following that up with the Avène Tolerance Control Cream. This is their soothing skin recovery cream. [...] It's a nice rich cream that feels really soothing on the skin and I want to just lock everything down because I know that this dermatitis is being caused from irritation. So, this is going to help a lot."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream

"The Magic Cream from Charlotte Tilbury. I used to love this. I still do. I just haven't used it in a long time. I quite like the Charlotte Tilbury range because it's made especially to go under foundations and things like that. So, I find it works better."

✓Yay

61%Guru Score

Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream

"I have been really liking this Tatcha moisturizer. It's the lighter version. [...] It feels nice, super nice. I like the texture of it."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Ntorium Multipeptide Moisturizer

"Next up, going in with this moisturizer from my brand Naterium. This is our Multipeptide Moisturizer. This is actually a more medium-weight moisturizer. Usually I'd use something very thick, but I told you it's humid here and I don't want my skin to break out more because I feel like this humidity is causing my skin to freak out a little bit. [...] So going in with just a lighter moisturizer."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Peter Thomas Roth Ultimate Solution 5 Multitasking Moisturizer

"It's from Peter Thomas Roth. It's their Ultimate Solution 5 Multitasking Moisturizer. I did not read up on what makes this a multitasking moisturizer, but we're gonna give it a try because it's thick and I really wanted a thick moisturizer today and I did not pack my multipeptide rich cream. It is thick. They weren't joking. [...] I really am hydrated and moisturized."

~Mixed

77%Guru Score

Tatcha Dewy Moisture Milk Moisturizer

"This does a really good job for my dry skin, but in the humidity. [...] It has very similar ingredients as the original, but I feel like it gives you a little bit more of a sheen, like a glow to your skin. [...] The retinol complex cream is moisturizing, but it doesn't really give you that glossy skin glow. This does. That's what I've been liking about it. [...] It's nice and it smells pretty. If you don't mind fragrance, I don't mind it."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Lancôme Cream Skin

"I love this stuff it's like the OG of all the Milky toners it's way more watery than the ones that are on the market now"

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Skin Rocks Rich Moisturizer Face Cream

"I'm a dry skin girly so I like a nice rich moisturizer. This one is from Skin Rocks, it is the Rich Moisturizer Face Cream. There is a fragrance-free version and a fragranced version. [...] I'm going to use a dollop here, put it all over my skin because I really just want to lock everything in. I wish you guys could feel my skin because it is so nice and smooth. It is really really nice."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream

"If you need something that's a little bit richer but can still be nice underneath your makeup and underneath your sunscreen, the First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream is a really nice one. It's going to be a little bit thicker because it has ingredients like shea butter in it, but it's super nourishing for your skin. If you do have super dry skin, you might want something that's a little bit thicker."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA

"The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA moisturizer is a really nice midweight moisturizer. It has super nourishing ingredients in there, has a ton of different amino acids that help to strengthen and support your skin barrier, and it just feels nice and creamy but not too heavy. It doesn't leave your skin looking greasy, so I find that it's just a really nice moisturizer for most skin types but especially for someone with dry skin."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

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

"I saw [...] Alex the Cosmetic Chemist, the founder of Educated Mess, raving about this specific moisturizer. [...] The more I talk to people [...] in this industry, it turns out even people who work for me on my team at Narium really love the founder of iNNBEAUTY PROJECT. A lot of their products actually are really interesting to me, [...] so I'm going to pick up this moisturizer because it piques my interest."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Cosmelan Cosmelan 2 Cream

"I basically stopped using the Cosmelan 2 and I'll probably pick it back up just because I did like the way it was making my pores look. That's probably the biggest difference is that I just feel like my skin texture is maybe a little bit more improved. But considering that you have to wear the first Cosmelan mask for the entire day and have all that stuff on your face for hours, for eight hours, I don't know if I would think that this is worth it. [...] I'd say it was anticlimactic."

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5

"I have been a stan of this La Roche-Posay cream for so long. This also travels with me. The reason why I love this so much, especially when I travel, is because it doesn't have any preservatives in it. [...] There are times when my skin is so super sensitive I want the most basic, basic, basic, and sometimes preservatives can be a little bit irritating to the skin. [...] When you're traveling [...] and your skin is just so dry or something, this ends up being the perfect moisturizer to put on."

✓Yay

92%Guru Score

Prequel Advanced Relief 10% Urea Moisturizing Milk

"Sam Ellis's brand they had sent me this Urea repair lotion sample before it launched and I did not get a chance to really use it and then I threw it into my bag when I was traveling and I was like oh this stuff is so good like I went through the whole entire thing on that trip and I was like when I get back I got to pop open a bottle of it but it's like always sold out and back and then sold out so I haven't really had a chance to get another bottle of it but this bottle was great until that last drop of it."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Jordan Samuel Skin Antioxidant Treatment Emulsion

"If you don't like vitamin C serums there are other treatments out there that have antioxidants like this one from Jordan Samuel Skin, this is their Antioxidant Treatment Emulsion. [...] It has different antioxidant ingredients that are not ascorbic acid so for people who have sensitive skin you might find this one to be a little bit better. It is a thicker texture, it's an emulsion so it's going to be a little bit more nourishing for the skin too."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Augustinus Bader Rich Cream

"I love this cream because it's rich, it's thick, it's super moisturizing, and my skin is historically just so dry and from travel, like it does dry you out. My facialist recommended this cream and I just am addicted to it. Is it overpriced? Absolutely, 100%. The patent that they have is very interesting to me. It's a delivery system and they have it patented, and you can as a consumer go look up this patent."

✓Yay

62%Guru Score

Herbivore Botanicals Pink Cloud Moisture Cream

"Pink Cloud Moisture Cream is a dreamy moisturizer that visibly plumps the skin. It has tremella mushroom, which is very hydrating and nourishing for the skin, [...] squalane, and Moroccan Rose for a floral scent. It's your typical moisturizer with glycerin and a combination of humectants, emollients, and occlusives. [...] It feels very light and nice and moisturizing, very nourishing."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Acne Expert Skincare Calming Moisture Gel

"The Acne Expert Skincare Calming Moisture Gel allows skin to breathe, which is great for those who prefer a light hydrator. It has a very simple ingredient list with calming ingredients like allantoin, glycerin, panthenol, and aloe vera. It's a very straightforward hydrating gel moisturizer. The cooling feeling is nice, but there aren't that many ingredients in here that are going to make it feel occlusive."

~Mixed

68%Guru Score

Crown Affair Finishing Gel

"I don't use crunchy hair gel anymore. I still use hair gel like I actually been raving about the Crown Affair hair gel. I love the one"

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Curel Intensive Moisture Care Moisture Facial Milk

"I am so pumped about this product. So this product is the Curel Intensive Moisture Care Moisture Facial Milk. This stuff is amazing. If you are a fan of the Laneige cream skin toner you're going to love this. So it feels like milk, it is very, very milky. It's more like a serum because it's so watery, but it moisturizes your skin so well. It's kind of like unbelievable. I love this stuff."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Topicals Faded Brightening & Clearing Gel

"It's a gel cream consistency which is really nice, but I'm a person who's very heavy-handed when I am pumping out my products, so I tend to find that when I overdo it with this, if I put just too much in my hand it can feel a little bit thick on my face, so I don't use it as often as I'd like to. But I know that people are obsessed with this and that's probably because it has some great ingredients in it for hyperpigmentation."

~Mixed

81%Guru Score

Stratia Liquid Gold Barrier Cream

"This is by Stratia, it's their Liquid Gold. I'm gonna put this on, it's a barrier repair cream. It just happens to have some of my favorite soothing ingredients like camellia sinensis in it as well. There is niacinamide, and I suspect my skin can handle this now, and I'm right. I'm not feeling any sting or tingle from it, so that's good."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Pyunkang Yul Nutrition Cream Blue Label

"If you have really dry parched skin right now, especially during the winter time, I have been loving this. It's one of those creams where you open it up and it is just so nice and rich, but it also feels like it has this hydrating aspect to it, which you don't always get when you find like really thick rich creams. Sometimes they feel like they can almost be pasty on the skin, but this doesn't feel like that at all."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Naturium Multi-Peptide Moisturizer

"I like to put on the Naturium Multi-Peptide Moisturizer. It's not the heavy one, it's the medium one. It's our Goldilocks moisturizer, is what I tell everybody. That one's so good. It's so good."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Naturium Barrier Balance Moisturizer

"It has squalane in it. It has 2% urea in it and it has a ceramide complex in it which are all really great ingredients for any kind of sensitive skin, dry skin issues. It's going to be really helpful. Sometimes I like to use this as a product to top off my moisturizer, but I'm going to use this actually underneath my moisturizer because the actual moisturizer I'm using is pretty thick. So I'm putting this on and it gives a beautiful glow."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

ZIIP Electric Complex Gel

"I've been using this gel, which is the ZIIP Electric Complex Conductive Gel. This is a really lightweight, highly conductive gel for microcurrent and for nano. It doesn't have any other additional benefits. I feel like it's pretty hydrating for the skin, too. And it doesn't feel very heavy. [...] I just really like traveling with this one. It's really straightforward. And you guys know I have so many other ingredients that I have in my skincare routine. So, this one works perfectly for me."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Dua Renewal Cream

"This seems like it's one of those Goldilocks moisturizers that are like just right, you know, like it's not too heavy, it's not too light, it's just in the middle. That's what I feel like you're going to get with this. Is it worth $75? That is completely up to you. If you are down with this kind of marketing and you want to support Dua, then by all means, you want to feel a little more bougie, go for it. But does it have anything in it that makes it extra extra special? Probably not."

~Mixed

79%Guru Score

Alloy M4 Estriol Cream

"I really have been enjoying this. I've been using it for over a month. You only need about two pumps. What I like about it is that it's a really nice moisturizer. I had ordered estriol cream from another service and that one came so chalky and thick and I was like I'm not going to use this. I like this one because it feels like I'm topping it off like my skincare routine with a really nice moisturizer. It's not too heavy. It's not too thick and it just feels really good."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

La Mer Crème de la Mer Moisturizing Cream

"Remember it was like Embryolisse and like La Mer used to be like the go-to moisturizers you would use under makeup back in the day. I have a theory about that."

✕Nay

47%Guru Score

Naturium Plant Ceramide Rich Moisture Cream

"I go through so much of it. I scrape these jars clean. I like having the jumbo size with me because I go through so much of this, but I also like to travel with this smaller size. [...] It's buttery and rich. It's great for my dry skin. It helps to replenish my dry skin. I love this stuff. I think some people think it's too thick, but when you put it on it melts like butter and you realize that it's not too thick. It's great for all skin types. It's just super super replenishing."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Jergens Natural Glow Wet Skin Moisturizer

"For me this gives you a slight tanning, that gradual tan to your skin, it's sunless tanning so you get a little bit of color. It's really beneficial to have something like this because it helps give you that smooth look to your skin and it's just so easy to use. I love it so much."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Serums30 reviews

Ntorium Vitamin C Complex Serum

"I always end up going back to our Vitamin C Complex Serum, which is an OG. This was one of the first products that we ever launched. I'll move on to like other vitamin C serums just because there's so many on the market."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic

"Even an OG like SkinCeuticals is great."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Prequel Lucent-C Brightening Vitamin C Serum

"I'm going to plug my friend Dr. Sam Ellis and her brand Prequel. I think that her vitamin C serum is fantastic and it's essentially the Skin Suiticles but like updated."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Anua PDRN Hyaluronic Acid Capsule 100 Serum

"This is very, very hydrating to your skin. I also just really like this brand. They have some cool products. You can see it's very, very liquidy, so almost like an essence. It feels good. This is my style. This serum feels really nice on the skin and it's glowing."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Plated Skin Science Intensive Serum

"The Plated one is a much better experience. It does not have a disgusting smell to it, it has some kind of a smell but it's not disgusting, and I find that it dries down nicer. You can use it morning or night. [...] They're promoting that it helps with wrinkles and also helps with any kinds of dark spots or redness, so it seemed like they were promoting more of a help with any kind of skin issue that you're dealing with, whether it comes to redness, dark spots, or aging or wound healing."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Shani Darden Moisture Boost Plumping Serum

"It's just a really beautiful texture and I like the feeling of it, which is so surprising to me because sometimes I'm just like, oh, a hydrating serum, what do I want with that for, I can get that out of my other serums. But this truly makes the difference. I have noticed my skin just looks smoother, it looks and feels more hydrated. I really like this stuff."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

PCA Skin Hyaluronic Acid Boosting Serum with HA Pro Complex

"The hyaluronic serum, I think sometimes people in the skincare community really poo poo hyaluronic acid serums a little too much when in reality you can get some great serums that are hydrating and plumping and nourishing for the skin and feels super light where they call out the main ingredient as hyaluronic acid but it turns out there are so many other ingredients like this."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%

"I love their niacinamide and zinc serum. I think it's just good for all over balancing, toning, and a lot of really good properties, and I also just love the way it feels on my skin. It feels like a layer of protection. [...] The niacinamide serum from the ordinary is a classic. [...] I feel like it was revolutionary for the skincare industry."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Theramid 3% Copper Peptide Serum

"I love copper peptides, I love a peptide serum, I love a peptide product, so I was really curious about this one. At first I was really into it. It has this really rich blue tone to it, it has a gel cream texture to it, but over time I just [...] felt like that texture was weird to incorporate into my skincare routine. Like it wasn't a typical serum step but it also wasn't a moisturizer. It just didn't fit into my skincare routine well, but I enjoyed it enough to finish it."

~Mixed

79%Guru Score

Lancôme Rénergie H.P.N. 300 Peptide Cream

"I love peptides in my skincare routine. [...] I enjoyed using this, I didn't love using this. I think I expected a lot from it. I didn't love the texture of it. [...] It wasn't super super super moisturizing for my dry skin, so I didn't end up feeling like this was the best because I still had to put moisturizer on top of it. I have dry skin though, so for somebody that doesn't have dry skin, maybe if you have normal skin you might find that this is moisturizing enough."

~Mixed

69%Guru Score

L'Oreal Revitalift Filler Hyaluronic Acid Serum

"This L'Oreal Serum is actually a really great serum. It's hydrating for your skin and it has hyaluronic acid. But it is so light in texture that it has to work harder to penetrate your skin, especially if there's any residual oil from the cleansing balm on top. As somebody with the brand, one of our biggest challenges is trying to figure out how we formulate these products to penetrate the top layers of your skin so that you get the full benefits of these ingredients that we're using."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Medicube Age-R Booster Pro

"There's nowhere on their website that says the technology is any different from other devices, so in my opinion it's just more marketing, [...] it seems like it's the same technology just different devices so they can sell you more devices. I used it and I did feel like my skincare products were penetrating my skin more, but what I didn't like is there isn't a lot of information on what it's really doing for your skin besides that. Is it actually stimulating any collagen? Is it too strong?"

✕Nay

67%Guru Score

The Ordinary Soothing & Barrier Support Serum

"I'm going to go in with this from The Ordinary, it is the Soothing and Barrier Support Serum. I bought this probably like a month and a half ago and I just started using it. You can see it has B12 in it that gives it this really beautiful pink tone to it, which I also just think is really fun, but it has other really nice soothing ingredients like Centella asiatica. So again, I'm trying to just make sure that my skin barrier feels really nice and strong and supported."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Westman Atelier Skin Activator Serum

"This is their foray into skincare. [...] It has 12 actives including hyaluronic acid, peptides, niacinamide, noni fruit to flood the skin with hydration. There's a lot of really nice hydrating ingredients. There's even beta glucan, which I personally really like in skincare products. They even have ceramides. I mean, it's a really nice product."

~Mixed

62%Guru Score

Acne Expert Skincare Daily C Antioxidant Serum

"A vitamin C serum is efficacious, but this one has a very short ingredient list which doesn't always translate to efficacy because ascorbic acid is very unstable. That said, there are other vitamin C derivatives in this product that will stabilize the vitamin C, the ascorbic acid, but also offer you more benefits as well. It's got a lot of antioxidants going for it no matter what in this serum."

~Mixed

67%Guru Score

Dior Prestige Advanced Serum

"If you're going to spend 300 and something dollars on a serum and then 400 on your moisturizer, proper application is probably important. If you want to get the full benefits of your serum, you definitely apply it before your moisturizer just so it really penetrates your skin. [...] You're probably still going to get some benefits from it if you put serum on top of your moisturizer, but if you're going to spend that much, proper application is probably a good idea."

~Mixed

55%Guru Score

Neutrium 10% Azelaic Acid Emulsion

"Going in really quick with my Neutrium azelaic acid emulsion 10. It's nice and soothing, calms any redness."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Biossance Squalane + Lactic Acid Resurfacing Night Serum

"When it comes to lactic acid, I really love this Biossance Squalane + Lactic Acid Resurfacing Night Serum. This feels kind of like a milky type of serum that you put onto your skin. It's not so strong that you feel like a tingle or anything like that. It just feels like you're getting this smooth, steady exfoliation on a regular basis. So I like to wear this right before I put on my moisturizer as like the last serum step of my routine."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops

"It has hyaluronic acid in it and it's just very hydrating and brightening for the skin. So if you want to wear it with or without makeup, I find that I've been using this under my makeup like even today it's like this dewy look to your skin but it's natural looking. I don't know how to explain it but it is so pretty when you put it on and it's very light so it just gives you this nice sheen, this healthy glow to your skin."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Super Egg Sound Renewal Serum Cream

"I just love that it's that gentle and nobody would ever even think about the fact that it exfoliates at all, but PHAs are very hydrating and they also have a lot of anti-aging benefits to them as well. It's a lightweight moisturizer and it's a gel cream that feels like it's actually creamy. Some gel creams feel like they're too much of a gel, but this feels like it's a very nice moisturizer."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Naturium Multi-Peptide Advanced Serum

"I love the Naturium Multi-Peptide Advanced Serum. It's one of my all-time favorite products I've ever made. If you have dry skin and want to hydrate a little bit, it's anything that's going to give you that hydration before you put on your moisturizer."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Naturium Azelaic Acid Emulsion 10%

"If you're dealing with really bad perioral dermatitis, you should probably use pure azelaic acid if you can handle it. But I like this one because it has that really light texture to it. It's going to help also balance out my oil production. And I can use it morning and night and get like a really pretty glow on my skin and everything. It has great ingredients to help with that redness."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Dua Supercharged Glow Complex Serum

"Because we know ectoin actually does help improve your skin barrier. So we'll never know. There's some other ingredients in here that look really nice, but that's really what they're touting for this product. Now, is it worth $80? It's really up to you. Do I think it's worth $80? Probably not. But if you want to feel bougie, if you want to support Dua, then $80 might be your thing. I'm not saying it's a bad product. It sounds like it's a really, really nice serum."

~Mixed

79%Guru Score

Apostrophe Hydroquinone 6% Serum

"It's the gold standard when it comes to dark spots. I deal with melasma and I decided this was really important. I usually use it right before I'm going to do a treatment and then afterwards, especially if it's going to be a laser treatment. [...] I went on a beach vacation over New Year's Eve and then I went skiing and I actually think it was the skiing that got me because I wore sunscreen the whole time but the reflection off of the snow it gets to your skin."

✓Yay

Notverified

Remedy Dark Spots Nightly All-in-One Treatment

"A product I want to give a shout out to is by Dr Shaw, this is his brand Remedy, and this is called Remedy Dark Spots. The reason why I think it's really interesting is because it contains retinol, mandelic acid, kojic acid, glutathione, licorice root, tranexamic acid, niacinamide, ceramides, and acetyl glucosamine. So these are a lot of the types of ingredients that I'm talking about in this video and they're all combined in this one product."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Prequel Redness Reform Soothing Serum

"I also [...] really love the texture of this, it's kind of like a heavy gel texture with some body to it that's still lightweight, so you can still layer other products with it. And actually, of all the Prequel products, I think this feels like a Korean beauty skincare product. It doesn't smell like anything, which I love."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Naturium Mandelic Acid Topical 12%

"This is a phenomenal formula I have to say great job on this such a good body wash"

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Naturium Vitamin C Complex Serum

"If it's a morning skincare routine, I'm always going to recommend a vitamin C serum. My favorite vitamin C serum to recommend for people with dry skin is from my own brand, Naturium, it's our Vitamin C Complex Serum. The reason why I think this is great for people with dry skin is, one, it's very gentle, and that's because we use a vitamin C that is conjugated with glutathione, which is another antioxidant, and also with gold, and it just helps create this stabilization of it."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Goodal Green Tangerine Vitamin C Dark Spot Care Serum

"This is from Goodall, it's their Green Tangerine Vitamin C Dark Spot Serum. This is more of like a vitamin C derivative, so I really use this because it's just really nourishing for my skin. It makes it look glowy and bouncy. I love this product. I go through bottles of this. I've done sponsorships with them, love it, love this product. I think it's just a really enjoyable experience when you use it."

✓Yay

63%Guru Score

Naturium Tranexamic Topical Acid 5%

"It goes really well with all of your other skincare ingredients, it doesn't cause any irritation for my skin, and I can use it actually morning and night. It's a really really light serum, it almost feels like it's an essence, so it's just very hydrating for the skin. There are other ingredients in here as well: there's kojic acid which is another one of those ingredients for hyperpigmentation, niacinamide, and then licorice root as well in this one product."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Sunscreen28 reviews

Ntorium Duog Glow Moisturizer SPF 50 Mineral

"This one's a really nice way to get a glow, but more of a soft glow. [...] It goes on looking a little bit casty at first, but [...] it worked on most skin tones. It is a mineral-based sunscreen, so I can't promise that it'll look good on everybody, but we did try to make it look as good as possible on as many skin tones as we could and I think it really works well and it feels good. I tend to not love mineral sunscreens and this one actually feels really good."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400 SPF 50+

"It's called Anthelios UVMune, or UVMune 400. [...] It's a little square bottle. Technically it won't actually be in stores until later this year, it's just been approved in Australia, but I'm very excited because I have been using it and I love it. I'm just happy to have something in that long UVA range and I will keep using it because it's got such good protection. Yeah, it's one of my favorite sunscreens. I always buy it when I'm in Europe."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

OneSkin OS-01 Face SPF 30

"I tend to not love mineral sunscreens, but I really love this one. It is SPF 30 plus. You know, I love an SPF 50 plus mostly, but I find this one to be really comfortable and I'm going to be inside most of the day, so I'm okay with the SPF 30. Plus, it's so wearable. [...] It has a peptide in it that fights senescent cells and I just really like that concept a lot. [...] Look at how beautiful this goes on. They have three different tints. This one is my favorite. [...] Look at how pretty."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Iris and Romeo Weekend Skin SPF50+ with Vitamin C and Glow

"This is their Warm Glow shade and I've been liking it a lot. I do tend to use a tinted sunscreen when I go to the gym just because I feel like I just want to look a little bit refreshed when I go to the gym. [...] What I do before the gym is splash my face with some water, I throw my sunscreen on and then I'll curl my lashes and do my brows, like put a little brow gel into my brows and then I'll put on a lip balm. That's it. This [...] warmth that you're seeing to my skin, it's so pretty."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Kopari Shimmer Golden Sunglaze Sheer Body Mist SPF 50

"It's a continuous mist and it's super fine, smells like summer. [...] This gives your body such a nice glow. I actually brought this with me to Coachella and I looked glowing. What I love about these products is that it makes sunscreen fun to apply because a lot of people don't think about body sunscreen when it comes to festivals or being by the pool, and this just makes it easy and fun to apply. [...] It doesn't stay sticky because this has alcohol in it so it kind of evaporates."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40

"I really like the texture of this, like the finish of this. Originally I kind of didn't want to use it because it says that it's like a more of a matte finish and I thought oh I'm not going to like that, I don't like a matte finish, I like to look glowy, and it just, it's so easy to use. It has this like natural finish instead. I feel like matte wasn't the right word to describe this. It glides on so easily, it's so easy to use and it looks good."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

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

"I like this one on days where I don't want to feel too greasy. I do live in Miami so sometimes it's so humid that I do skip the moisturizer step and this one is a perfect one for me because even though it feels like a nice rich lotion because it has ingredients like ceramides in it to restore and replenish your skin and support your skin barrier, it does dry down to a more natural finish on your skin so I don't feel like I look really greasy or that I've layered on too much when I use this one."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Garnier Anti-Dark Spots and Anti-Pollution Super UV SPF50 Fluid

"The other two that I talked about were Korean sunscreens, so you can get the Korean sunscreens pretty easily online, but this one is limited to Europe, UK. That's usually where I pick up these kinds of sunscreens. I enjoyed this one, don't enjoy it as much as the ISDIN, not as much, but I like this. It's nice and light and fluid and great to wear on top of your skincare routine if you want something that's light."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

ILIA C Beyond Triple Serum SPF 40

"It's a mineral sunscreen, SPF 40, it has a slight tint to it, it has some vitamin C in it. It's really nice, like an all-in-one, encapsulating kind of thing, a serum and sunscreen combo. Even though it's water-free so you'd imagine it has a heavy texture, it's actually lighter. They've got shea butter in there that gives it a very light texture, and one of the first ingredients is a blurring, almost oil-absorbing polymer, so I'm imagining that's why it feels light."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

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

"The OG one, nostalgia, holy grail. I love it, it is full coverage. Do I use it anymore? Not really, my preference for what I want for my finish I guess has changed, and I also rely on my actual sunscreen as my sunscreen, so I don't love it anymore. But it was a holy grail for a very long time, and I wouldn't be sad using it again if somebody was like this is all you got. I would be very happy. It's a good formula. I like it."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

IT Cosmetics CC+ Nude Glow Serum Foundation SPF 40

"I like this one. It is more pigmented than I like to use on a regular basis though. It's full-on pigmented, medium coverage, it's in the foundation category. Personally I like the original one more than I like the glow. It just stays really really wet and I just can't stand that. It's not going to be my go-to with all the skin tints on the market now. It doesn't dry down the way I want it to. It does feel heavy."

~Mixed

72%Guru Score

Cocokind Daily SPF 32 Mineral Facial Sunscreen

"This one is a mineral sunscreen, the zinc oxide sunscreen which you could kind of see when she was putting it on. It has a little bit of a white cast on it but it looked very moisturizing on the skin."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Supergoop Glow Screen Sunscreen SPF 40

"You've used the Glow Screen and I love the Glow Screen too, but when you use a proper amount of it it's so close, you're so metallic looking, like you look like Tin Man."

~Mixed

66%Guru Score

ZitSticka Mega Shade Sunscreen Serum SPF 50

"There's just such nice skincare ingredients in here in general. It can be really confusing when you hear the name serum, I think a lot of people think that it should go on as a serum step, a reminder, sunscreen goes on as the last step in your skincare routine. They call it a serum because of the texture of it, you can see it's this really nice liquidy texture. It does not leave a white cast, it's very nice and soothing on your skin."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

L'Oreal Skin Paradise Water Infused Tinted Moisturizer SPF 19

"Look at how pretty that looks i'm really glad i did not go in with too much moisturizer with a with another moisturizer because this is also very glowy and very hydrating"

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

EltaMD UV Clear Broad-Spectrum SPF 46

"This one has chemical filters in it but I love it because it has a really beautiful light tint to it. If I need to reapply my sunscreen while I'm out I like to go for this one because I'm essentially putting like more makeup on my face. It's one of those things where if I'm wearing blush or something like that it's gonna pretty much cover it up but I don't really care because it gives me a little bit of color, it gives me a glow and it looks really pretty."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Cetaphil Sheer Mineral Face Liquid Sunscreen SPF 50

"This one from Cetaphil is really nice to keep with me because it feels a little bit more light, so I can also use it and enjoy it myself, not just on my kids."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Bondi Sands Daily Moisturizing Face SPF 50+

"It's broad spectrum because it has all of those filters in it and the best part about it is that it is ten dollars. I actually just found it online for seven dollars on sale, [...] but on a regular basis this is only ten dollars. This is probably [...] the best sunscreen that I have found recently. This is the one I'm going to probably ride the hardest for."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Neogen Day-Light Protection Airy Sunscreen SPF 50

"So if you want a chemical sunscreen that is mattifying and SPF 50, I highly recommend this one. The only note I want to point out is that it does have a little bit of fragrance in it. As far as the finish, it looks perfect on my skin tone. There is zero white cast. I had Felicia from my team use it because [...] she has darker skin than me and we all watched it happen. There is zero white cast on her face. So this is great for all skin tones."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

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

"It's between this one by La Roche-Posay and that one by Shiseido that I truly love for my outdoor activities."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

EltaMD UV Restore Tinted Sunscreen

"The reason why I like this is because it's tinted. The tint is the perfect color for me, though I know for some people it might be too orangey or too dark, and for others it's too light. [...] They also have it not tinted though, so if you want to try it out, it also comes in an untinted version. The other reason why I like this one is because it has squalane in it, so you get this moisturizing feel to it as well. It's very nourishing for the skin and it gives you a very dewy look."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protector Lotion SPF 50

"The Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protector Lotion SPF 50 feels really nice and mattifying on your skin. It's actually gorgeous to put on. I take that with me on vacations, I put that in my bag like that is my go-to for outdoor water resistant, if I'm sweating sunscreen. I love that one."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Dr. Jart+ Cicapair Tiger Grass Color Correcting Treatment SPF 30

"I put it around my nose where I naturally get redness, and it tones that down, [...] that color changes, and then you put your makeup on top of it and you end up looking so much better, it's really nice. [...] I got the treatment done about a week and a half ago, and [...] I still have some redness that's finally starting to go away, but [...] my melasma and hyperpigmentation is starting to look more like freckles, so it's starting to break up."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Naturium Dew Glow Tinted Moisturizer SPF 50

"Naturium Dew Glow is very, very lightly tinted, so it works for a lot of skin tones too. [...] I didn't think I'd be finding new sunscreens that I'm obsessed with, feeling this one. And [...] when you layer it, it gives you a little bit more coverage. [...] If I were going out, even [...] at the beach, I was putting a layer of clear untinted sunscreen on and then just putting a layer of this on so I wouldn't look like I was wearing makeup at the beach because that's not what I want."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Kosas DreamBeam Silicone-Free Mineral Sunscreen SPF 40

"It just looks really pretty, it looks like it's right up my alley. I don't know if it's good at all. I personally like the original formula, I thought it made my skin look really glowy underneath makeup and I feel like it set really well for me. But I've also heard from people that they do not enjoy this sunscreen. I think sunscreen is a very personal choice, very dependent on your own skin type and everything that you're kind of going for, the kind of finish that you want with a sunscreen."

~Mixed

75%Guru Score

Apostrophe Hybrid Sunscreen SPF 43

"This one from Apostrophe is a hybrid sunscreen with a moisturizing texture. [...] It will moisturize your skin and it will protect your skin with an SPF 43. This is fragrance free, it's safe for sensitive skin and acne prone skin, it's hydrating. [...] It has zinc oxide in it, which is mineral, and then it has octanoate and octisalate in it."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Naturium Sheer Reflect Antioxidant SPF 50

"The thing I'm most proud of is the texture of this sunscreen. I feel like this is a sunscreen that everybody could really love. If you do have oily skin or combination skin you can use it on its own, maybe over a hydrating serum or a vitamin C serum. If you have dry skin like me, just do your full skincare routine, finish with your moisturizer, then apply this on top and it just feels super light on your skin. It has this really nice plush serum texture to it that I just think is very unique."

✓Yay

66%Guru Score

Bondi Sands SPF 50 Broad Spectrum Sunscreen Lotion

"I've seen a lot of people say that they just buy this because they love it so much. [...] What I have found is that this is really moisturizing as well and it feels really great. [...] I do find it to be a little bit richer, so if you have dry skin you might love just using the body one for your face and your body, but if you have oily skin you might want to stick with the face one and use the body one strictly for the body, but it feels really nice and light too. It's very moisturizing."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Eye Makeup25 reviews

Dior Eyeshadow Palette

"I'm using Dior now. This is the backstage collection, but I love this shade so much. [...] I'm putting it here on the inner corner. [...] It changes the tone of it. [...] I'm going to take this pinky shade and a bit of this shade and just tap it on the center of the lid."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Educated Mess Grow a Pair Lash Serum

"This is called Grow a Pair, and it is a lash serum that I have been using. [...] Their clinicals are incredible on it. And I've been using it on my brows, too. And I've noticed that my brows are like fluffier lately."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Makeup by Mario Ethereal Eyes Moonlight Palette

"I want you to get this makeup eyeshadow palette because it's one of the best eyeshadow palettes ever made. I love these shades."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Hourglass Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascara

"D's been using the Hourglass Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascara, and I think it's actually really pretty, but in the"

~Mixed

66%Guru Score

Tower 28 Make Waves Lengthening and Volumizing Mascara

"This is from Tower 28, by the way. It's so cute. And just going to do a couple pumps here. [...] Clean your wand, people. It's a reminder for me that I need to also clean my eyelash curler."

✓Yay

91%Guru Score

YSL Lash Clash mascara

"This is from YSL. It's a little travel size of Lash Clash. I've loved Lash Clash forever. [...] Isn't this mascara so good by the way? Look at that. I was so happy to get this. This was like in one of my Sephora orders and I was like yes. I love a travel size. I love bringing it back. Reminding me why I love YSL Lash Clash so much."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

ILIA Limitless Lash Mascara

"I went back to it just because I was feeling it the other day. I saw it at Sephora and I was like, I used to love this mascara, I'm going to buy it again. And sure enough I still love it."

✓Yay

99%Guru Score

NYX Lift & Snatch Brow Tint Pen

"Once it's dry you can just take the brow pen and just kind of fill in with really gentle strokes to make it look like you've got a hair there wherever you need it. I think it's so much easier and more natural looking. [...] I'm happy to report that I like the ones from NYX."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Glossier Brow Flick in Brown

"I recently bought the Glossier brow pen from a while ago that was really popular a while ago and I liked it when it first launched and then hadn't used it for years I decided to buy again and I didn't love it. I don't know what the difference was, I don't know, it just didn't leave a lot of color on my skin, it was a little bit harder to use. I felt like I had to press on it."

✕Nay

60%Guru Score

Kosas Brow Pop Nano Pencil in Medium Brown

"The Kosas Brow Pop Nano, I go through way too many of these. I have asked several times that they sell this in a three pack because I go through a ton of it. I'm medium brown, and that has like become the shade that I go to the most. I will buy two or three of those because I have to keep more than one in my makeup bag. The worst is when you don't realize that you were about to finish up that brow pencil and it happens really quickly."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Haus Labs Optic Intensity Eye Liner in Deep Cocoa Matte

"She pulled out her eyeliner and she's like you can put it on as a lip liner because she knows how creamy it is, it's longwearing, and then she blended it out."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Thrive Causemetics Liquid Lash Extensions Mascara

"I still haven't tried it. I get asked constantly to try it and I just don't know why I haven't gotten around to [...] it. I like it, I don't know if I would continue to use it, but I understand why people love it. It's tubing, right, it's crazy. I think it looks too spidery, it's got that fibery texture, it thickens your lashes and stuff, but [...] it looks a little clumpy in my opinion."

~Mixed

83%Guru Score

Merit Brow Gel

"I take this Merit Brow Gel that I've been loving. [...] If I have a good Brow Gel I'm addicted, I will just keep like painting it on. I can't stop. [...] I really love to do her brows. The color that she chose is perfect on her brows, blended in perfect. She went back in for more hold, so I'm assuming that Merit's tinted Brow Gel was just tinted, didn't give her an uphold. They look more laminated now, they look definitely like more like brushed up and bushy. I'm gonna have to try that Brow Gel."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara

"Rare Beauty Perfect Strokes mascara, that's a new favorite of mine. I [...] actually only got the trial size, like a little sample size, and I used that thing so quick. It was my daily go-to every single day. I took it on vacation with me. I love that mascara. I got every last bit of that mascara before it was completely dried up, so really a huge fan. [...] It's such a good mascara. [...] It's a solid formula but it volumizes."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Lancôme Lash Idôle Mascara

"I'm gonna give it a three because it's fine. It doesn't flake on me, it doesn't run, it just gives me like good looking lashes. If I had to use it I'd use it and I'd be happy with it, but I wouldn't be pumped about it. There's so many good ones out there. If one's like 30 bucks and it's good but it's not like mind-blowing and then there's one [...] that's 20 bucks and it gives you everything you need, why go back?"

✕Nay

74%Guru Score

Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara

"That mascara is bald. I think it's a Maybelline. I used to use it forever ago. It's been around for a long, long time, like at least 10 years. But it's so good."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Fenty Beauty Flyliner Longwear Liquid Eyeliner in Big Truffle

"It's a Fenty Beauty Flyliner liquid eyeliner specifically the shade in Big Truffle. If you love a brown eyeliner, this shade is so pretty. My makeup artist Nikki used it a long time ago when it first launched and I immediately bought one and loved it. Then [...] I lost it, and then I saw someone wearing it while we were on a trip recently and it reminded me how much I love the shade of this eyeliner. It goes on really smooth. It's a super skinny pen, so it's easy to use."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

ILIA Fullest Volumizing Mascara

"I find that the formula goes on really smooth, it does not make my lashes look like they're clumpy. The color is really nice and black so it makes your eyelashes stand out. During the day as you're wearing this mascara it does not smudge, it does not flake or anything like that. It does not end up in your eyes later on in the day, which is a problem that I have. I also find sometimes that mascaras will get all over the place on me, but this one does not do that."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Buxom X Ash K Holm Eyeshadow Palette

"This has some of the most beautiful colors ever. They are beautifully pigmented. These colors up here, for like the basic in me when I want to step it up, these are the colors that I would actually gravitate to. I've been using them, I've got it on my eyes right now. Some of these colors like the orange and like Unfiltered has this like undertone of like an orange yellow color. Teddy is this beautiful brown color that I don't really see too often in eyeshadow palettes."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Maybelline Brow Fast Sculpt Gel

"I'm gonna go in with this Maybelline Brow Fast Sculpt Gel, this color is soft brown. I've been using this a lot, I talk about it a lot. It's just so good. It gives a little crunchy hold. I like a crunchy hold."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz

"I'm going in today with the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz. This color is too dark for me but I'm going to use it anyway and the reason I'm going to use it is because I can't imagine it going to waste because this is my favorite brow pencil. It's an oldie but a goodie. [...] I like my brow pencil to be a couple of shades lighter than my brows because I don't want them to just really stand out hardcore."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Film Star Bronze and Glow Palette

"I just got this palette from Charlotte Tilbury, this is the Film Star Bronze and Glow, and it has a little bit of a highlight, a little bit of bronzer. It doesn't seem like a lot of bronze to me."

~Mixed

69%Guru Score

Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High Mascara

"It gives you such long lashes, it doesn't flake, it doesn't smudge. It's a really nice mascara. It doesn't smear all over your face either. I definitely still use my oil cleanser to get it off, but I've heard you can also remove it with water."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Hindash Beautopsy Palette

"It's a really versatile makeup palette. I feel like there are endless looks that you can create with it. It's fun because we did this very natural looking makeup look but I feel like you can also just take it to an extreme look as well. It's a fun versatile palette."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Lash Clash Mascara

"I love this stuff. [...] It does everything, it gives full impact. [...] I have nice middle ground lashes, they're not groundbreaking, they're not a Kardashian type lash, but they're also not short and they're not very thin. [...] The mascara has to be really good for me to be like oh my god wow I would actually consider spending an x amount of dollars on this mascara to re-buy it and have it again."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Lip24 reviews

YSL Loveshine Candy Glow Lipstick

"Like every time I buy this lipstick, I get it down to the very very bottom and then I'm fighting myself using a lipstick brush to scoop it all out because I love it so much. I love the scent of it. It's got this mango scent. It's [...] the best lipstick. I always always always finish up these lipsticks. I don't finish lipsticks too often, but these I even buy these myself. Like I used to get them in PR, but I go through them so much that I go and I buy them myself."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Dior Rouge Volupté Lipstick 220 Beige Couture

"I love that liquid [...] Dior... I love that 100 Forever Nude 100... Staple in my life. I bought countless of those."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Huda Beauty Lip Contour Stain in Soft Nude

"These lip stains by Huda Beauty are one of the best things I think has ever been made. They're like markers for your lips. They're usually all sold out, which is why I'm going to get a couple of shades because they're not all sold out here. I think you should get one of these."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Makeup by Mario Lip Liner

"I like these a lot, but I also love that they have the little brush for you to blend out the lip line. [...] The Lip Liner is what keeps your lipstick on. [...] I go a little bit above my lip line and then I take the little brush and I blend it. I love it."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer

"Okay, we're going with the Fenty Diamond Bomb. So, we're going to put it on the lid in the center to get more like sparkly."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Kylie Cosmetics Precision Pal Lip Liner - Comes Naturally

"I use Kylie Cosmetics Precision Pal Lip Liner in Comes Naturally. That's the first shade and I mixed it with the Won that we use already."

~Mixed

68%Guru Score

Then I Met You Honeydew Hydrating and Exfoliating Lip Mask

"It's so beautiful. This is the honeydew lip mask. It's a light lip balm. It contains lactic acid in it. And I know that sounds scary for the lips, but it's not. Lactic acid is actually really hydrating. It can also be exfoliating, so it ends up being a great product to give you super smooth lips. It's not really really heavy. If you like a light balm, this is very nice. It's more of like a treatment for your lips."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Make Up For Ever Wherever Walnut Lip Liner

"The combo I use the absolute most on my lips is the Make Up For Ever Wherever Walnut Lip Liner. I misplace them -- I've got like three or four because they're so good. [...] This is kind of like my go-to brownie pink. Brownie pink tone is what I've been loving. I just go kind of right on the outer edge of my natural lip shade. Already pretty. I like it."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Makeup by Mario Moisture Glow Plumping Gloss

"I'm using the Makeup by Mario super gloss and honestly I've been obsessed with this, especially for set because it stays shiny for so long. This is the shade Perfect Pink, [...] and it looks amazing on her."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Ula Hendrickson Strawberry Sorbet Pout Preserve Peptide Lip Treatment

"M Carly rivlin, I don't know if you follow her on TikTok especially but she used to actually work on the Milk makeup team and she has become the lip balm slash lip gloss queen on TikTok and recently she declared the Ula Hendrickson Pout Preserve hydrating peptide lip treatment as her favorite right now among all of the different brands that have lip balms."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Laneige Lip Glowy Balm

"I have to throw out there with all the lip balms on the market now I think that one's probably at the bottom of the list for me as far as my favorite lip balms especially for nighttime. I love something really rich and thick, and [...] it's on the lighter side in my opinion and just doesn't last on my lips. But I also have dry skin. [...] There's nothing wrong with that lip balm, it's just not one of my favorites."

~Mixed

75%Guru Score

Lanolips Lip Sleep Mask

"So it's rich and nourishing but it's not going to be so slippy where if you try to wipe it off you still have like a slip on your lips. It's grippier. It's really good. They call it a lip sleeping mask but I personally don't like it as a sleeping mask because I want something thicker, but it's great for prepping lips with makeup."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm SPF 25

"I love that Jack Black lip balm. I've talked about this for years. It is my favorite SPF lip balm. It's SPF 25. You know, I always want higher, but when it comes to a lip balm, I'm kind of like SPF 25 is great because you're constantly reapplying it anyway. It's not like you're not wiping it with your napkin when you're eating and whatever it is that you do all day long. You're reapplying your lip balm throughout the day, so SPF 25 in a lip balm is fine for me."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil

"I didn't think I'd ever want to go out and buy another Dior lip oil because I wasn't huge on the first one I got."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Lime Crime Velvetine Lipsticks

"I used to love this colored pumpkin. I can't believe I just found that. I might try to wear it."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Tower 28 ShineOn Lip Jelly

"I've been really into this color, it's oat. I actually take that Bobbi Brown lip liner and then I put that all over my lips and then put this on top of it and it just looks like I've got nice really pretty pink lips. It's very natural looking."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

YSL Rouge Volupté Shine Lipstick Balm

"I always have lip balms and lipsticks with me. These are two of my favorite colors from YSL, the Rouge Volupté Shine, this one is number 130 and number 122. [...] This is a pinky nude color and then this is another pinky nude color, now this is more like a warm brown reddish tone, and I love these colors. If you guys are wondering what kind of lipsticks I'm wearing, this is a really good guess that I'm wearing one of these."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Lipstick in Pillow Talk

"I'm gonna take the pillow talk lipstick from Charlotte Tilbury because it's so pretty. One of the best lipstick colors ever made."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat in Pillow Talk Fair

"I love to have a nude lip liner. [...] This one is from Charlotte Tilbury and it's brand new and it is sharpened. This is Pillow Talk. I used to buy this all the time. [...] I like to always have a little bit of a nude color underneath my lipstick and that's what makes my lipstick stay and it also makes my lips look like they're bigger."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Westman Atelier Baby Cheeks Lip and Cheek Cream Blush Stick in Petal

"I got these baby cheeks blush sticks and I love them. They are not as pigmented as I expected them to be, but that's actually what I love about them. They feel like they're very natural. They give my cheeks just kind of a natural flush to them. [...] You just kind of pop them onto your cheeks and then you just sort of tap them in to blend. You don't wipe them, you don't like swipe it too much because they can start to disappear, and it just gives you this nice subtle color to your cheeks."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask

"I've talked about the Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask a few times and how much I love it, and I've seen comments from people being like, oh, it's not thick enough for me."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Naturium Phyto-Glow Lip Balm

"My Phyto-Glow Lip Balm from Naturium, which this is like I don't know, my 50th jar of it cuz it's so good."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil

"Some of the best things I own are these makeup artist pencils from Make Up For Ever. Get you one of these as a liner. Actually, eyeliner. We're gonna get you Limitless Brown. This I also use as a lip liner sometimes. Like a contour. [...] I put it on over the top of my lips. What I would do is I'd put on that first lip liner we got from Makeup by Mario and put just a little bit of the Limitless Brown on."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Naturium Phyto-Glow Lip Mask

"I am going to put on the Naturium Phyto-Glow Lip Mask. This is one of the best lip masks out there. I know I'm biased but it is, it's so good."

✓Yay

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Cleansers22 reviews

Rhode Pineapple Refresh Daily Cleanser

"That cleanser got everything off and it feels good. My skin feels good."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Ntorium Niacinamide Cleansing Gel 3%

"I'm going in with Ntorium Cleansing Gel 3%. This is a travel size. You can get it at Target. It's really great to have with you because it lasts a long time in my opinion."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Due Ethereal Facial Cleansing Oil

"This is their Ethereal Facial Cleansing Oil. I have tried this once before, but it was in the shower, so it's not a true test of this product. [...] Feels good. Cushiony. [...] It's very slippy, too. I'm going to add some water so we can see if it emulsifies. You know, that part's important to me. Ooh, yes, it emulsifies."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Isntree Yam Root Vegan Milk Cleanser

"This is a really easy to use cream cleanser. I like cream cleansers. I feel like sometimes we think we need to strip our skin when we get clogged pores, but sometimes I feel like it's the opposite. We need to nourish our skin. It's really nice and gentle. One of the main ingredients in here is actually sunflower seed oil. So linoleic acid rich oil helps to unclog the pores, nourishes your skin at the same time. It's just a really good one. So highly recommend it."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Cleansing Oil

"I've been really liking this cleansing oil because it has a ceramide, ceramide NP, but it also has primrose oil in it. And I think primrose oil is underrated. It's not used too much in skincare and it's one of those kinds of oils that I just really like because it's not super heavy. And I feel like it helps to unclog your pores versus clogging your pores, which I know that a lot of you get worried about when you tend to have acneic skin or you have skin that can get clogged pores."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

SkinFix Barrier+ Foaming Oil Cleanser

"It is not really what you think when you think oil cleanser, it's like a gel cleanser. [...] It does not strip your skin, it cleanses well. I'm liking it again."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil

"This is the Prequel Pre-Cleanse Cleansing Oil. I think it's really good. It feels very juicy for an oil, if that makes sense. I don't know how to explain it, but it's juicy and I like that. I've been using it a lot lately and it breaks everything down so easily. [...] Let me show you how it emulsifies, because we always want to see it do a good job. Now I'm going to rinse it off. This is what it looks like right after I rinse off, and my skin is not sensitive at all now."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Prequel 1% Salicylic Acid Cleanser

"This is the Prequel 1% Salicylic Acid Cleanser, so this is 1% salicylic acid and 50% glycerin and I've just been really loving the texture of it, it's really really nice. [...] Look how it foams up, it just feels cool. I like to use a salicylic acid cleanser after the gym both on my face and on my body just because you get all that sweat, [...] you want to get all that bacteria off of you that might be from the machines and all that stuff."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Hydrating Gentle Cleanser

"If you have sensitive skin, if you have dry skin, all of the products in that collection are really great. They're very basic but they really do their job well and they help to nourish your skin. This one's really nice because it has niacinamide in it. We know niacinamide is an ingredient that helps to balance oil production, but that's in higher percentages. It's also a really great ingredient to help soothe and nourish and kind of balance your skin barrier."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

The Ordinary Squalane Cleanser

"I think this is a really great cleanser for a morning skincare routine because of this really interesting property that it has. It has a high percentage of squalane in it. Squalane is one of those oils that all skin types can benefit from. It doesn't feel heavy and greasy on the skin, instead it just nourishes and it's actually an ingredient that your skin tends to recognize and uses easier, so it really just helps to nourish and replenish your skin."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Prequel Gentle Cleanser

"I think it's a super cute name. This is a really great cleanser for most skin types, but what makes it especially great for people with dry skin is that it has this 50% glycerin in it. When you use high percentages of glycerin, not only is it really hydrating for your skin, but it's been shown to actually help improve your skin barrier. And even after you rinse it off, you still get that kind of benefit from it."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Clinique Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm

"This one from Clinique is a great one. Lots of people use this cleansing balm, it's a really good one. Warm that up, don't put it directly onto your eyelashes and onto your eye makeup. Warm it up, turn it into an oil and you're going to get so much more out of that. I [...] like products that don't dry me out while they're removing whatever makeup I had on during the day, and I find that this cleansing balm really does the job there."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

The INKEY List 2% Salicylic Acid Cleanser

"A 2% Salicylic Acid Cleanser is a really great way to get exfoliation if you have any clogged pores. Salicylic acid is a wonderful ingredient for that because it actually breaks down pores and it even helps to balance out your oil production. In a cleanser form like this it's really gentle on your skin because you are rinsing it off. It's doing its job and then it's being rinsed off, so it's not going to have this long-term effect of continuously exfoliating [...] your skin."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Krave Beauty Makeup Rewind Transforming Jelly Oil Cleanser

"I love this stuff, it is so nice. It feels like a light jelly, kind of breaks into an oil just like all the other first cleanse products. I massage it onto dry skin, break down all my makeup and sunscreen, rinse it off, then go in with my next cleanse. This is just so nice. I find people who don't love a typical oil cleanser as their first cleanse will enjoy this. And it has this light, really pretty, faint scent to it that makes it also a nice experience. Love this stuff."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Tatcha Indigo Cleansing Balm

"I've just been using this a lot, I'm more than halfway through with it. I especially love that it has this little scoop that is just built into it. [...] It's especially easy to travel with because it's like kind of compact but you get a decent amount of cleansing balm into it, and it has this, you know, it's just so nifty, everything about it. It is fragrance-free. It's a pretty standard cleansing balm, so some people might find it to be expensive."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Mario Badescu Cleansing Oil

"I think it's interesting because on the website it's like this is a cleanser makeup remover all-in-one but I'm looking at these ingredients and I'm like these emulsifiers they're using I don't think they're going to, it's going to leave a film on your skin. I would still recommend a second cleanse. Almost all oil-based cleansers I would say you're better off using it as a first cleanse with a water-based cleanser second cleanse."

~Mixed

77%Guru Score

CeraVe Renewing SA Cleanser

"The CeraVe salicylic acid cleanser is a really good cleanser if you have oily skin, if you have blackheads that you deal with, a little bit of occasional breakouts, anything like that. Then you probably want to use something with an ingredient like salicylic acid because that can really help to unclog your pores and also just control oil production."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser

"The Foaming Facial Cleanser, this is one that dermatologists recommend because it's just going to clean your skin and get the job done with ingredients that are pretty tolerable for all skin types, especially for people that have sensitive skin."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Dermalogica PreCleanse

"The pre-cleanse from Dermalogica, that pre-cleanse is one of my favorites. It's actually probably one of the first oil-based cleansers that really got me into double cleansing. I remember the first time I got it I didn't know anything about double cleansing and I was like how do you use this, like it doesn't really clean my face. I remember having those specific thoughts. It's a first cleanse, that's all."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Garnier Erase It All Makeup Cleansing Balm with Hyaluronic Acid

"I don't normally double cleanse after the gym but I received this in PR from Garnier, it's their Erase It All Makeup Cleansing Balm. I know I have to try out a cleansing balm, [...] especially if it's a drugstore brand. It's so exciting to see all the drugstore brands catching up finally. [...] This one says it has like vitamin C in it, doesn't smell like anything, melts down into a sorbet texture which we've seen that before but again if you can get it at a drugstore why not."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Manyo Factory Pure Cleansing Oil

"This is like a massage oil, it feels so luxurious when you put it onto your skin. Everything starts to melt down immediately and it emulsifies really beautifully and it rinses beautifully. Another test for me is how it feels around my eyes, there is no stinging around the eyes, it did not make my eyes feel blurry. Of course that's very personal for a lot of people, but for me it was perfect. It really does a great job as a first cleanse."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Naturium Niacinamide Cleansing Gelée 3%

"I have my niacinamide cleansing gel three percent which is actually my favorite one to keep in the shower. [...] I know that I'm gonna be able to get all of my makeup off if I need to with this cleanser. I like to have one that is trusty that you know you can get everything off. [...] The other reason why I keep one of these in my shower at all times is because sometimes I decide I want to use it as a body wash."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Foundation16 reviews

Makeup by Mario Surreal Skin Natural Finish Foundation

"My favorite foundation [...] right now is the Makeup by Mario, the more recent one that he launched. It is so good. [...] I travel with it. I just think it makes your skin look really pretty. It's not too luminescent and it's not too matte. It's just perfect."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Foundation

"But this is also an amazing foundation formula. I hate the shape of this because you can't sit the bottle up. It's like an egg shape or something. You can't sit it up. So that sucks. But other than that, it's my only complaint. I would say this foundation is kind of like the Armani that I've loved and loved and loved for years, but with a touch more coverage to it. That's what I love about this. I still love my Armani, but this one is so good."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Sephora Collection Reveal the Real Skin Tint

"A great one that's super affordable is the new Sephora Collection, it's called Reveal the Real, it's like $14, it is so good, it lasts all day and it's just easy."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

L'Oreal True Match Nude Hyaluronic Tinted Serum Foundation

"This is the L'Oreal skin tint. I do love this formula, I do too, but unfortunately L'Oreal didn't invest in a wiper. Usually when you have a dropper like this you will have a wiper, and the wiper's purpose is to actually wipe down the excess formula from around the pipette so you don't get this mess. L'Oreal did not invest in a wiper, and as such you can see there's a huge amount of product collecting on the pipette itself and therefore spilling out around the bottle neck."

✕Nay

73%Guru Score

bareMinerals Original Pure Serum Foundation

"I've been using bare skin for the past month and haven't felt the need to blah as often as usual. It looks natural, isn't greasy, and feels like second skin. Bare skin by Bare Minerals makes the cut."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

ILIA Skin Rewind Complexion Stick

"I have to tell you I'm so into this product, it is so so nice. [...] I would say it's more of a natural finish, I would even go as far as saying that it gives you a little bit of a luminous finish, not glowy. [...] It just gives you a really beautiful natural finish and it's really light. I [...] take a powder brush and I just blend it out really quickly and it is so easy and it gives really amazing coverage but doesn't feel heavy. [...] It doesn't feel like a concealer."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

NARS Light Reflecting Advanced Skincare Foundation

"If you want something that's glowy, this is way better. It's so far superior. It's lightweight, gives you glow, it looks beautiful, it's not going to crease, it just sits on your skin beautifully. I absolutely love the light serum texture with light to medium coverage."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Longwear Matte Foundation

"It really is incredibly longwearing, it's full coverage, it looks flawless. If somebody doesn't like the skin tints, doesn't like all these new things everybody's talking about, and they just want a classic foundation, Double Wear takes all the boxes of what a person looking for a good foundation would need. If they're looking for full coverage that's going to last all day, give you full coverage, not going to look cakey, going to look like a skin finish, and lots of shade range."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

bareMinerals Original Loose Powder Foundation

"I'm shocked this is on the list. I'm going to rate it a one. This is one of the worst things ever made. It looked terrible. It was better at times? No, it wasn't. No, it looked terrible. Even then I remember being like, why does it look terrible? Bare Minerals definitely had a better comeback leader, but this specific product that put them on the map should be banned."

✕Nay

69%Guru Score

bareMinerals Complexion Rescue Tinted Moisturizer

"I love it. I think it's like a really nice skin tint. Back when that launched, I remember it feeling like it was revolutionary because tinted moisturizers didn't feel that great. They were just kind of blah. You wanted a tinted moisturizer but you couldn't really find one that gave good coverage that set well. This one was great. It was SPF 30, so back then I was like, oh my gosh, I've got my sunscreen covered too."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Tarte Amazonian Clay 16-Hour Full Coverage Foundation

"I don't love it I would never wear this I would never recommend it to anybody I'll never try this again"

✕Nay

67%Guru Score

IT Cosmetics CC Cream Original

"I'm a huge fan of the OG IT Cosmetics CC Cream. I've put it in videos as like a holy grail product. I don't think it's for me anymore because it is more of a natural finish, borders on being matte, and it's pretty pigmented, like it's pretty high coverage for a CC cream. It's not a skin tint. But when they launched this newer version, I felt like okay, this is going to be more like a skin tint, which we didn't call skin tints at the time, right."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Dior Backstage Face & Body Foundation

"This is a personal favorite of mine. [...] This summer it has replaced my Armani Foundation. It's [...] sweat resistant, it is truly sweat resistant. [...] The Dior is a game changer if you are working outside. I have a lot of clients that shoot outside, we do commercials all day, we're out on the elements, and I have [...] tons of people in the fitness industry where I do their makeup and then they actually do a workout program, so their makeup needs to stay put."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation

"It feels very light, it doesn't feel like you're putting pancake makeup on. It's deceiving, it actually is very [...] light in texture. It doesn't feel heavy but it does give you like a solid amount of coverage. You are perfect after that foundation. [...] It's not for me, but it's a great foundation. I can still appreciate a really good foundation when I see it and when I try it."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Rare Beauty Liquid Touch Weightless Foundation

"I [...] literally have only swatched it [...] and kind of looked at it, and I've had it on my actual face and cannot remember which. I think because neither of us have really given it a fair shot we can't rate it. [...] It actually makes me more inclined to try it. It has such a great finish. It's [...] shockingly affordable for a non-drugstore brand, very accessibly priced, and [...] that's pretty good for a more of a luxury makeup experience."

~Mixed

73%Guru Score

Make Up For Ever HD Skin Hydra Glow Foundation

"I've been using this -- it's from Make Up For Ever, it's their HD Skin Hydra Glow. This was sent to me in PR a while back and I have been so into this foundation. I love it."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Concealer14 reviews

Maxine's Revenge French Face Concealer in Fair Cream

"This is Maxine's Revenge French Face. I am hooked on it. It's very hydrating. That's what it's made of like 70% skincare."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Tower 28 Swipe Allover Hydrating Serum Concealer

"This is what I use. That and the Tower 28. We're going to get one of these. And there are so many shades to choose from."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Hourglass Vanish Airbrush Concealer

"It's like Karma Hourglass Concealer. This is what I use. [...] And there are so many shades to choose from. [...] It should just be like maybe a shade lighter than your natural skin tone because you don't want it to look like weird raccoon eyes."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Huda Beauty Faux Filter Matte Buildable Coverage Waterproof Concealer

"I'm going to add some concealer as a base on the eyes and it's Huda Beauty one. So, I just use a painting brush. And then we're going to apply it on the lids and a bit under the brow in a tiny, thin layer."

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer

"Going in with this from NARS, it's one of their concealers. [...] I put this as a base on my under eye area."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Tarte Shape Tape Concealer

"I used to use this concealer all the time long ago and I was always mixed on it. I [...] love full coverage so you'd think that would have aligned with what my aesthetic was, but it just didn't do it for me. I didn't like the applicator, that thick dop. [...] What I really hate about that product is they're so messy. The dop foot has a wiper inside that never really wiped off enough product, so you'd end up with a massive amount of concealer on the dop foot."

~Mixed

66%Guru Score

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circle Treatment Concealer

"It's a really great formula, probably one of the best drugstore concealers you could buy. For drugstore pricing, [...] it's a great concealer. [...] It's like when you do your sunscreen and then put a little bit of concealer on for a natural look. It's [...] a really smooth natural finish concealer, it just looks beautiful. [...] It lasts for a really long time and it's 11 bucks. If you buy a deeper shade it makes a really nice contour too because of the applicator."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Too Faced Born This Way Concealer

"It feels really nice and creamy and hydrating, which I feel like a lot of people love for their under eye concealer. [...] It seems like a bottle that you'll never finish, which is good and bad. [...] It's really really popular, not just amongst like Ulta shoppers but just people in general. [...] To me it kind of reminds me of like a more hydrating Shape Tape."

~Mixed

75%Guru Score

IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye Full Coverage Anti-Aging Waterproof Concealer

"I hate this concealer. It's so thick and gelatinous and tacky, like clay goop on your under eyes. And forget about trying to set it, it doesn't set. It's like trying to set wet Play-Doh. When I first tried this I was obsessed, so much coverage, so moisturizing, and then you start to try other concealers and you realize like this [...] is a mess."

✕Nay

73%Guru Score

Live Tinted Dewy Skin Serum Concealer

"It's a nice concealer, [...] it's very luminizing. [...] It's much more luminizing than the Nars radiant creamy. I feel like it's a really nice texture, it's pretty light in consistency but gives really good coverage. It feels [...] self-setting, like it's not overly self-setting, it's not super matte, but it's just really nice. The coverage is good. [...] It's a really nice concealer, it sold me just now. I'm definitely going to go out and try it."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Dior Backstage Concealer

"I have very mixed feelings about this one. I [...] do like the way it looks, but it's a little bit too glowy for a concealer for me. I really enjoy the formula and the shade is perfect for me, but [...] the packaging is a problem. It's a brush applicator, which I don't love. [...] It gets goopy all around the whole top of it and starts to get pretty bad over time. Every time you stick the brush back in, product comes out with it."

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

Pat McGrath Labs Sublime Perfection Concealer

"I'm going to prime my eyes with my concealer. This bad guy on the Pat McGrath, that concealer looks really nice. It's amazing. It just blended really well to prime your eyes. Yeah, I love that."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

ILIA True Skin Serum Concealer

"This is their True Skin Serum Concealer in the color Yucca. [...] It's actually a lot of coverage, but that's okay since it's gonna essentially be my makeup for today. It's very glowy and very hydrating."

~Mixed

70%Guru Score

NYX HD Studio Photogenic Concealer

"I don't feel like it's giving a ton of coverage but it's not necessarily a bad thing especially if you're just trying to add a little bit of brightening. But yeah, you can see there's not a ton of coverage with this one in my opinion but I will probably layer it."

~Mixed

71%Guru Score

Masks & Peels14 reviews

Paula's Choice 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant

"And then I'm using Paula's Choice and then my BHA, the serum. I use it maybe every other night. [...] My skin is like beef jerky though. It likes the acids. It could take a lot."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

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

"Another old school really good serum is Sunday Riley Good Genes. Oh, always. I've always thought that was a great one. Yeah, so that's like another go-to. So I'm rotating in."

✓Yay

65%Guru Score

Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Universal Daily Peel Pads

"I love peel pads like the Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Peel. I've been using that for a long time, over a decade at this point. I always kind of go back to that. [...] If you want that manual exfoliation, I'm all about a peel pad. I would just try it out like once or twice a week to start and then move into as many times a week as you can."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Sungboon Editor Deep Collagen Power Boosting Mask

"I love these so so much. They make a really great gift. [...] Anytime I want my skin to just look and feel more hydrated, especially if it feels like it's dull and dry, I'll use one of these. [...] They fit well on your face. They do dry down. [...] I wear them for like an hour or so. As soon as they turn clear on your face, you peel them off and then you just see that your skin really looks different. Like it looks glossy. It feels hydrated. It's plump and dewy. Obsessed."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Beauty of Joseon Ground Rice and Honey Glow Mask

"Like, it feels very very gentle and because of the honey, it's super soothing and moisturizing to the skin. It's nourishing to the skin. It kind of smells good, too. The main ingredient in here is like a byproduct of rice water. So, it's supposed to be really good for your skin just in general. You can see there's little granules in it, but they don't feel strong at all. This is not a scrub. After I rinsed three times, I do not feel like I stripped my skin."

✓Yay

97%Guru Score

The Ordinary AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution

"I do love the ordinary that peeling solution which is 2% BHA 30% AHA but it scares me. I don't think it would suit your skin if you're sensitive. I mean, I don't put any, I get my perioral dermatitis here so I just can't put it there."

~Mixed

58%Guru Score

Biodance Bio-Collagen Real Deep Mask

"It's a little bit thinner. It almost feels like you have to wear a lot of product underneath it whereas the Sun Boon one is already really juicy when you put it on and then it stays kind of juicy as you wear it versus the BioDance one that just kind of, I don't know. I thought I was going to like it more because it has like the galactomyces in it and everything that brightens your skin. I just didn't. I didn't have that same effect after I wore it overnight. Not as into this."

✕Nay

70%Guru Score

Laneige Bouncy & Firm Sleeping Mask

"It has these little encapsulated bubbles in it that release the hydration onto your skin as you apply it. It feels nice on your skin. I put this on as the last step in my skincare routine at night time and then I wake up with really nice hydrated plump skin. It smells pretty. I think it feels a little bit thicker than the OG sleeping mask because that one's more like a gel and this one is gel-like but it has a slightly thicker texture, just slightly, but it's nice. I recommend it."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant

"I love the microfoliant. They have a travel size [...] if you go into Ulta. I actually just bought a new iteration of it that's like their oat, it's supposed to be more soothing. You add a little bit of water, it gets a little bit more pasty, it gives you a little bit of like a physical exfoliation. This has, I want to say, salicylic acid in it and stuff. It's been a long time since I've looked at the ingredient list, but it's a great cleanser."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Tatcha Rice Polish

"The Tatcha Rice Polish is one of the best products that Tatcha has out on the market. It is super foamy and creamy. The enzymes that are in the powder are gently exfoliating your skin. You're not going to get as strong of exfoliation as you get with typical AHAs or salicylic acid or anything like that, it's very gentle. Most skin types can tolerate that. The Tatcha Rice Polish is very gentle."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

SkinFix Resurface+ AHA BHA Enzyme Exfoliating Pads

"It's a very necessary product that I'm surprised we don't see a lot more of on the market. These pads are great because they're nice and large, they feel really good on the skin, and they don't feel like they're stripping on the skin either. If you have smudge sunless tanner with that streaky look, you can just take the pad and rub it over that area, and the more you use it you can really quickly get rid of that smudge look."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Kate Somerville ExfoliKate Intensive Exfoliating Treatment

"This uses different fruit enzymes to exfoliate your skin, but it mainly uses lactic acid as one of the main ingredients to exfoliate your skin, and it really, I mean you see a difference in your skin the minute you use it. It also has a physical exfoliation as well. If you have melasma and hyperpigmentation, just be very aware that you don't want to overdo it with your skin because if you're causing irritation, you're then causing melasma and hyperpigmentation."

✓Yay

75%Guru Score

Dr. Jart+ Cicapair Tiger Grass Sleepair Intensive Mask

"It's thick but as you put it onto your skin that glow that you first get starts to kind of mattify a little bit and it just starts to feel really silky on your skin and you wake up with hydrated plumper skin that's really calm. It really helps to soothe that redness in your skin too but it doesn't feel goopy. You just feel hydrated, you feel like your skin is like tighter or something. I don't know how to explain it, it's a really nice sleep mask."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Naturium BHA Liquid Exfoliant

"For me it's like I love to do like a really quick exfoliation. Something like the Naturium BHA exfoliant. It's like a toner. You put it on a cotton pad and swipe your face really quick and then put on a light moisturizer."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Other14 reviews

Haus Labs Precision Sculpting Shape Balms

"That completely blended off... [...] it kind of blends out to be nothing. Very natural. It's a gel. Gels don't last."

✕Nay

71%Guru Score

Dior Forever Skin Perfect

"I want you to get one of these Dior foundation sticks. Usually foundation sticks are are thicker and heavier, but this is what I wear. This is what I'm wearing right now."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Enhancing Tint

"The foundation I've been obsessed with is by Lisa Eldridge. So good. My makeup artist in London, Nichollet, introduced me to that one, and I've been bringing it everywhere. [...] I'm wearing it right now. [...] It has like a very skin-like, almost soft matte satin [...] finish, luminous but still matte."

✓Yay

87%Guru Score

Cosmelan Cosmelan 1

"I did Cosmelan 1 round of it, like just the main part of it a few months ago and I felt like that really helped with my melasma. I loved the results I got from Cosmelan. The real true process of doing like the whole month of it is a little bit brutal because you're like peeling and kind of orange the entire time and I could not stand that."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Farsáli Rose Gold Elixir

"I'm already voting that I don't like uh the oil on my face I love this oil not blaming the oil blaming oil because I can't hold my skin"

~Mixed

62%Guru Score

PMD Clean

"I still love a cleansing brush, specifically the PMD Clean. I use the face one less than I use the body one."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Makeup by Mario Soft Sculpt Shaping Stick

"I do love this contour stick though, it's really nice. [...] This is one of those kinds of contour sticks where you need to really tap it in."

~Mixed

74%Guru Score

Visine Visine

"I always have little Visine bottles in my bag with me at all times. I think this is something because I'm on camera I tend to have some kind of an eye drop with me because if I'm going to do something, even like on Instagram or something like that, my eyes look like they're bloodshot. I want to make sure that they're not looking bloodshot, especially because I'm a tired mom, and so this is always helpful to have."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Cyspera Intensive Pigment Corrector

"The one thing I will say though, considering how expensive it is, is that you don't need a lot. I only put it on the areas where I have my melasma, so mostly in that mid section of my face, and you only need a light layer of it. So you really only need like a pump and then you are good to go. This tube has lasted me for over a month already and I feel like it's going to get me through those three months that I have to use it consistently."

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

ZIIP Halo 2.0

"This has been a game changer for me since getting my procedure done. [...] The device uses nanourrents that work with the skin's natural bio electricity to supercharge renewal, collagen production, and barrier strength. It's [...] a free form treatment where you start low and work your way up, carving out and lifting the face. [...] The electric currents feel really good and it works a little bit different than microcurrent."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Softwave Softwave

"They go in with this ultrasound machine called Softwave and they do it on your face. They do it on your neck. They can do it on other parts of your body too. But I've only done my face and neck area and it feels kind of like it's a little bit painful in bony areas because it does heat up for like a split second."

✓Yay

76%Guru Score

Dyson Airstrait

"It is a $500 device, [...] so I do not take it lightly telling you that I think that this is one of my favorite hair tools that I have ever used. The Airstrait is a game changer for someone like me with care frizzy hair, kind of wavy. [...] For me specifically this hair tool is a complete game changer like it has changed my life. It is such a chore for me to blow dry my hair especially if I want my hair to be really smooth."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Ritual HyaCera Daily Skin Hydration

"So this is really interesting to me that they've come out with this supplement because again it's just very easy to use. After 90 days in their clinical studies, they found that people really saw a big difference in their skin hydration and moisture levels. So I just think it's really, really cool. I have been taking it for a little while."

✓Yay

Notverified

Youth to the People Yerba Mate Resurfacing Energy Facial

"It is such a beautiful exfoliator. It makes my skin feel like a baby's butt and I use it probably like once or twice a month. When my skin is wet I will take a little dollop of this, I'll scoop it out, I will rub it onto my face and then I'll let it sit and let the enzymes kind of do a little bit more exfoliation and then rinse it off my face."

✓Yay

70%Guru Score

Blush & Bronzer12 reviews

Laura Mercier Cream Blush

"Fresco from Laura Mercier is so pretty. It's [...] the best color. [...] This makes such a beautiful blush topper. It's going to give me like that glow. [...] My cheeks are like coming to life. I'm hooked on this palette. It's so pretty."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Haus Labs Pomelo Peach Blush

"So a bit of the Haus Labs. Have you tried Haus Labs? Love it. I love those sticks. So good. So these I mean I don't know about you guys but for Australia we just got I only got sent these a week ago. So it's the first use if you I got sent like five shades pinks and all that kind of stuff. And these are they're like really warm rich deep shades."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

NARS Orgasm Blush

"Love NARS, but we're going to say no. [...] You've had Orgasm for too long. We've had a good run."

✕Nay

65%Guru Score

Patrick Ta Double-Take Creme and Powder Blush Duo

"I want to go with Patrick Ta because you're going to get a cream and you're going to get a powder. [...] We always start with cream, finish with powder. Patrick himself though likes to put powder and then top it with a cream. What my makeup artist did that I loved was she went cream then powder and then at the very end of the whole makeup look put a little bit more cream on top of the powder to just give a little dewiness."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Lisa Eldridge Elevated Glow Highlighter in Pink Moon

"This is the elevated glow, the shade that I got because it's what Nicollette used on me. I kind of feel like this is like Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter, but maybe a little bit better. [...] It's not a concealer, it's not really a foundation per se, but it's kind of like a highlighter with a little bit of coverage to it. So I'm just kind of putting it in these areas because I'm a dry skin girly and I've always loved glow."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Milk Makeup Matte Cream Bronzer Stick

"Going in with this from Milk Makeup. It is the Matte Cream Bronzer Stick in the shade Baked. I actually purchased this. I had gotten it originally in a PR a while ago. And I loved this shade and so once I was done with the last Makeup by Mario stick cream bronzer, I went back to Sephora and I bought this myself because I like it a lot. And I know that everybody was complaining about the size, but honestly, it has just about the same amount of bronzer as other ones do. It just looks super small."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Patrick Ta Double Take Blush in She's Flushed

"I love the brush that it comes with. I do the powder part first and I kind of go ham with it because I love my blush. I feel like it makes such a huge difference. [...] Sometimes here in Miami, because it's humid out, I won't actually put the cream part. When I'm like in New York or Toronto or London, I'll do the cream part because I need that extra glow put back because it's drier. But sometimes here, I don't really need to do that. [...] It's such a pretty color. Love this shade."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Patrick Ta Blush Duo - Not Too Much

"The newest one for me is the Patrick Ta Not Too Much. [...] It's literally called Not Too Much, that's what we're talking about, kind of a shade. It's so easy to use because it just goes with anything and it looks pretty. [...] You don't have to think about it, you don't have to over blend it, whatever, and it just makes you look a little elevated."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

e.l.f. Camo Liquid Blush

"e.l.f. is the parent company of my brand so I do have an association but I actually went out and I purchased this product myself. It's $7, which is the best thing about e.l.f. products is that they're affordable and they really do have quality. I really think that these blushes they're great. I'll probably pick up a couple more shades."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Bronzing Cream

"I used to always use that really expensive Chanel bronzer, the cream bronzer that's in a little [...] tub. That one looks a little bit more orangey. If you're trying to figure out if that's one that you want, it's really nice, it blends beautifully, but it's a little bit more bronzy orange."

~Mixed

84%Guru Score

Westman Atelier Cream Bronzer in Biscuit

"It's very pricey but I find it to be worth it. What I like about it is that it's really easy to use. [...] I find if I blend it like actually blend blend then it completely just disappears but when I tap it it leaves such a perfect little contour like it's the right contour color for me. [...] I really really like this color. It's so easy to use especially for me having to get ready for the office or just get ready to anything. [...] I like the stick and now I'm convinced."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Westman Atelier Face Trace Contour Stick in Biscuit

"I especially love this contour stick. It's not super dewy when you put it on, which I like because it is easy to blend and then it just sets perfectly. What I found is if you blend it too much with a brush it seems like it almost disappears, but if you just kind of tap it and especially tap the edges of it then it just looks really perfect and seamless on your skin and it gives you this kind of satin finish."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Retinoids11 reviews

SkinFix Barrier+ EXO+ Retinol Alternative Intensive Skin Barrier Repair Balm

"I got it from SkinFix, it's their Barrier+ EXO+ Ectoin Intensive Repair Balm, and it has this really interesting pump. It's like a lighter balm than a petrolatum balm and I think it feels really nice, especially here in Miami where it's been so humid. The weather's been so weird, it's been humid and yet slightly cold, so this is a nice balm to apply. It doesn't feel too heavy, it's like a thick moisturizer. [...] I like this product a lot."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

The Ordinary Retinal 0.2% Emulsion

"I do think this is really innovative because it is not irritating at all and I really like how gentle it is even though it is very strong in terms of efficacy but it doesn't feel irritating on the skin and it's a nice milky formula. [...] What I like about this is some retinal serums that I've tried don't feel hydrating, it just kind of feels very [...] waxy sometimes, [...] and then this one doesn't feel super waxy it feels hydrating and moisturizing at the same time."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Hero Cosmetics Rescue Retinol Nighttime Renewing Cream

"It is from Hero, it's a Rescue Retinol Nighttime Renewing Cream. This is super super gentle for anyone who has sensitive skin who's just getting started on a retinoid and you're scared. This one would be good to add into your skincare routine. This is what I go to when I feel like I want to use a retinoid but I'm scared."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Verso Super Facial Serum with Retinol 8

"This is the Verso Super Facial Serum with Retinol 8. I have loved this since the first time I ever tried it. This is the retinoid that convinced me to be consistent with using retinoids. I love this stuff. When I want to go back to very gentle retinoids, I come back to this. It's a go-to for me."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

The Ordinary Retinol 1% in Squalane

"Going up a little bit in price but I still think is a really great value is the one percent Retinol in Squalane. This one's really cool to me because it has a combination of retinaldehyde and also an encapsulated retinol so you've got the A retinol and the O retinol combined together. It also just feels like a nice light serum and it has some really nice light soothing ingredients in it."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Stradia Night Shift Retinol Cream

"Stradia Skin just in general does a really good job with their skincare products and they also have a really nice retinol cream called Night Shift. It has 0.15 encapsulated retinol in it. It's super creamy and has a really nice texture to it. It also has a couple of ingredients that are really nice to soothe and nourish your skin, which is especially great when you're using a retinoid."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Medik8 Crystal Retinal 6

"Now I've graduated to the sixth version and I can tell you already I tried to bump it to more than two times a week and my skin got really sensitive to it, but it's still less sensitive than I get with tretinoin. So I'm gonna still try to really make my way through this because I want retinaldehyde to work so badly for my skin because it is such an awesome ingredient."

~Mixed

84%Guru Score

Naturium Retinaldehyde Cream Serum 0.5%

"This is the retinaldehyde cream serum 0.5%. I stick with 0.5% because it's the one I can use on a regular basis like every single night without irritation. To me it's better to be on a lower percentage and then be able to use it more consistently than to try to amp it up and then only use it every other day or every two days. So I prefer to use this one."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Naturium Retinol Complex Cream

"My all-time favorite retinoid for the face is the Naturium Retinol Complex Cream. It's encapsulated retinol with a really nice emollient in it. This is my one and done retinoid. When I am so tired, I double cleanse my face, put this on, and I go to bed, that's why I love it, it's amazing. I wake up with glowy skin every single time. It's great for any skin type, you don't have to be a pro at retinoids, it can be your first time using retinoid and that one's great."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Naturium Retinaldehyde cream serum 0.05%

"I highly recommend bumping over to a retinaldehyde. We have our Naturium Retinaldehyde Cream Serum, which I love. It's such a beautiful light formula. I feel like everybody, no matter what your skin type, can use these. We have two different percentages: our 0.05% and our 0.1%. The 0.1% is a little strong for me to use on a regular basis, so I'm very much a 0.05% girl. I've decided this even with regular retinol. I'm a solid 0.05% girl."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Naturium Retinol Complex Serum

"This is our Retinol Complex Serum. We have other ingredients in here like borage oil and also hydrating ingredients as well. This is an encapsulated retinol so it really keeps the retinol stable, but it also helps to make it a little bit more of a gentle experience so it's releasing over time and it just makes it a very nice experience. So if you're newer to retinol and retinoids in general, then this might be a good way to introduce retinol into your life."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Body & Tan10 reviews

Tan Luxe Super Glow Hyaluronic Acid Self-Tan Serum

"It gives me such a beautiful natural glow, like a tone, like a warm tone to my skin. It's so easy to use. When it comes to sunless tanner, I love sunless tanner, but I feel like I have to work my way up to doing my sunless tanner. I have to be in the mood, I have to have that time set aside, I have to go through my whole routine where in the shower I do my everything shower, I'm super exfoliated, I get out, I'm super moisturized. [...] But when it comes to the Tan Luxe serum, so easy to use."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

Prequel Foot Rescue Advanced Restorative Treatment

"It is a fantastic foot cream. It has all the ingredients that you really should be using to tackle dry spots and patchiness and rough spots basically when it comes to your feet."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Victoria's Secret Love Spell Body Cream

"Victoria's Secret Love Spell was a vibe. Everybody in college it was a vibe."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

SkinFix Eczema Plus Hand Repair Cream

"It's their Eczema Plus Hand Repair Cream and it's really really nice, it's very moisturizing. If I had super dry cracky skin on my face I would actually put this on my face, like it's really really really nice. [...] It's a very nice hand cream."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

Loving Tan 8 Hour Express Tan

"I did try Loving Tan recently and I've got thoughts about it. I love the color that it gave me, it's just a little bit more pro to use. I'll talk about it later once I've got a better handle of it."

~Mixed

66%Guru Score

Naturium Hyaluronic Acid Booster Body Wash

"It's fragrance-free, so if you're avoiding all fragrance you don't have to worry about it. It also has a really light, gentle [...] fine lather to it. I love the cleansing experience with this one. I also find that it's great to use on your face, so if you have dry skin or irritated skin, this is a really nice one that you can use not only on your body but also on your face."

✓Yay

63%Guru Score

Naturium Skin Renewing Retinol Body Lotion

"I love a retinoid and retinol for your body. I mean I think that only makes sense if you're going to be using a retinoid on your face, that's like the gold standard ingredient for not just anti-aging but also for any skin issue, [...] so why wouldn't you use it on your body? I always found myself using, [...] if I had a retinol leftover that I didn't finish using on my face, [...] or maybe it was too strong or something, I would find myself using it on my body to not waste it."

✓Yay

74%Guru Score

Naturium Biolipid Restoring Body Lotion

"My husband and my kids go through this so much more than I do, but I do go through [...] a good amount of this as well. I love this stuff. It's nourishing for your skin, it's buttery, and it does not leave your skin feeling greasy. When I travel, the travel size tubes are so good. [...] It's a little expensive actually, but I do enjoy having the travel size with me especially when I'm traveling because it's so convenient, and it is such a great body lotion."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Necessaire Eucalyptus Body Wash

"This is the Necessaire Eucalyptus Body Wash, a brand new bottle. [...] I think this is a fine body wash, it's like a very nice body wash, but I just happen to be using the eucalyptus scented exfoliator so it just makes sense to me to then get the matching set. [...] It's not that I love this body wash."

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

Nécessaire Body Exfoliator

"I love this [...] because besides having a physical exfoliant to it, it's a very gentle scrub. [...] There's a very gentle physical exfoliation to it, but what I really love is that it has AHAs and BHAs in it. It has glycolic acid, it has salicylic acid, and it has lactic acid in it. I think this is just one of their best products and it's one of the best body exfoliators I have ever used. So I almost always have this in my shower."

✓Yay

Notverified

Eye Care10 reviews

Lumify Redness Reliever Eye Drops

"Lumify doesn't give you that rebound effect. [...] I started using it again and [...] my eyes are so bright white when I use it. I'm still trying to limit how much I use it, and if you find you're still using any eye drops, [...] you should see a doctor. [...] But I use it on days like today when I'm going to be on camera, and it works really, really well. [...] It really is a great eye drop, and I just love knowing there's an option out there that does not give you that rebound effect."

✓Yay

73%Guru Score

Then I Met You Snail Mucin Eye Cream

"And it also has these really great plumping ingredients. One of those ingredients is volupalene, which is one of those ingredients that you see floating around a lot online because it's supposed to mimic a filler. No topical will ever mimic something that can be injected, but it just means that it's very plumping and hydrating to the skin, and it's supposed to be a great ingredient for this."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

111 Skin Cryo Depuffing Eye Mask

"If I want that lifted look to my skin in the morning time, I always use eye masks like this, the ones that are more of like that hydrogel material. That way, it can just lock everything in around my eyes and then my makeup goes on so much smoother. [...] It feels so good. So nice and cooling. I let these sit for about 10 minutes and then I take them [...] off. I hate taking these off. I love wearing my eye masks, but I'm a little bit more hydrated. I'm a little bit more lifted."

✓Yay

68%Guru Score

Alloy M4 1% Estriol Eye Cream

"This is estriol 1%. It's an estrogen cream basically from Alloy and it's a prescription eye cream. I have been using this on my under eye area and I like it. [...] It's very moisturizing. It's a nice formula. It feels good. [...] It's a really nice moisturizer that's been formulated for your eye area with your eye area in mind. But sometimes these ingredients can be helpful in other places."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Eye Cream

"The other one that I like as well is a little bit thicker so I'll use this for like my really dry under eye clients, it's the Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Eye Cream. Little goes a long way just like with all eye creams you don't want to go crazy with it, just tap it in."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Peter Thomas Roth 24K Gold Hydra Gel Eye Patches

"I love that he went in with those. I do eye masks before I get on camera because it really does help to soothe and de-puff your face. If you're dealing with anything like any fine lines or wrinkles or anything you will benefit so much from locking that hydration in because it'll just temporarily lock everything in and then plump it in turn so then you just look like you've got fuller skin, like your skin looks like it's fuller."

✓Yay

62%Guru Score

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

"Targets elasticity, great. Clinical results in two weeks, sometimes we want a little bit longer than two weeks but great they at least have two weeks with 60 subjects where 91 saw a more supple eye area and 85 saw smoother skin. There's salicylic acid, there's glycolic acid in this too. This is like a power move. There's also caffeine in here which is great. It looks like a nice light gel and she's actually seen a difference."

✓Yay

88%Guru Score

Rare Beauty Positive Light Under Eye Brightener

"If you have just some very light dark circles, it brightens your under eye area. It just makes your skin look really nice and flawless looking in the areas that you use it. I personally like to use it on days where I'm going for a no makeup makeup look because I don't even have to set it. It's so light on my skin, it just barely gives any coverage and it doesn't sink into my fine lines or anything. It just looks like I'm glowing."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

True Botanicals Resurrection Radiance Eye Cream

"This is the Resurrection Radiance Eye Cream from True Botanicals and this stuff is amazing. It has turmeric in it so it has this like yellowish kind of tint to it and I love the way it makes my under eyes look. I use this almost every single day now underneath my makeup and it just gives me this beautiful kind of look to my under eyes. This is one of those products where you see like an immediate difference with your under eye area just because it has that pigment to it."

✓Yay

78%Guru Score

Naturium Vitamin K Brightening Eye Cream

"I love the Naturium Vitamin K Brightening Eye Cream, two different shades both are in my makeup kit, they're both amazing. Those actually help to really further brighten your under eyes, they also of course moisturize, has [...] shea butter in it."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Mists & Essences9 reviews

Tower 28 SOS Daily Rescue Facial Spray

"I always use Tower 28, their hypochlorous acid. I bounce between that one and the one from Prequel because I have perioral dermatitis constantly."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Prequel Universal Skin Solution Dermal Spray for Face and Body

"I'm going to go in with the Prequel Universal Skin Solution Dermal Spray. This is hypochlorous acid. This is, I guess, kind of to rewet it. This isn't really a toner but you guys have heard me talk about how much I love this stuff. It's great for any redness. For me, I was dealing with my perioral dermatitis under here, which you can see is getting better. [...] I like to let that dry down just because it can deactivate some of your other skincare products."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Dr.G R.E.D Blemish Kombucha Tea Essence

"First up is one of my holy grails. I've been using this for years and recommending it for years, it's the Dr.G R.E.D Blemish Kombucha Tea Essence. This has really nice antioxidants in it, it has that kombucha tea extract, it also has green tea in it, but because it has this fermentation it also has probiotics for your skin."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Mario Badescu Facial Spray with Aloe, Herbs & Rosewater

"I really like using the Mario Badescu Facial Spray with Aloe, Herbs and Rosewater. It's a really good way of just keeping me feel refreshed throughout the day, especially if I'm somewhere really hot. It's nice, calming, hydrating for your skin. Put that on before you're going in with your other steps, it's so nice to hydrate your skin, and then you go and lock it in by using a little bit more moisturizer too."

✓Yay

58%Guru Score

Dr. Ceuracle Vegan Kombucha Tea Essence

"This is like holy grail status for me. [...] It's the Dr. Ceuracle Vegan Kombucha Tea Essence. It's a bi-phase formula, meaning it has two different phases in the formula. [...] It has soothing ingredients like chamomile and anise in it. [...] The texture is really nice and soothing. It is a toner for your skin or like an essence, but it also slightly just very slightly moisturizes your skin."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

SK-II Facial Treatment Essence

"SK-II is so expensive, it's so amazing, but it's so expensive. The SK-II essence is a nice product. It is expensive, but there's no doubt that it definitely makes your skin look clearer and it feels more nourished. It's one of the OG's and it really has helped a lot of people with their skin. Can you get something a little bit cheaper for sure? Something that's just as effective? Absolutely."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Naturium Barrier Bounce Mist

"It's from Naturium, the Barrier Bounce Mist. It has lots of hydrating ingredients in it. But I especially love that we have emollients in there because that's going to help keep your skin really hydrated. [...] That's why I like to use something like this to just hydrate my skin before an LED mask because I don't want to be completely dry under there."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Manyo Factory Bifida Biome Complex Ampoule

"I mean, they have things like niacinamide in here, which I love, and it's also obviously very popular in Korean skincare. There's also even caffeine, so it helps to just make your skin look like it's de-puffed and smoother and beautiful. So it's got this really beautiful blend of ingredients in here that just make your skin look firm and plump and super hydrated."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Ampoule

"It's a [...] really nice, almost hydrating feel to it. I like centella asiatica when my skin feels a little bit irritated like it has been lately, it's just super soothing to the skin almost immediately and it's also very hydrating. [...] It's a really light serum that you just put onto your skin. It's very hydrating, it absorbs almost immediately, and it's just really nice and calming. It feels really light on the skin."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Powder & Setting9 reviews

Makeup by Mario Surreal Skin Soft Blur Setting Powder

"Makeup by Mario Powder, the fair pink. It's phenomenal."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray

"This is one of my favorite ones. It's from Charlotte Tilbury. I have a few favorites. I love the one from Milk Makeup too, but they're sold out of it. [...] You're going to use this every day. When you do makeup, just spray your face first with this before you start your makeup. Apply your makeup. Before you put your concealer on, I want you to spray your face again. And then after you put your face powder on, I want you to spray your face to lock it all in."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Setting Spray

"I love the one from Milk Makeup. [...] Do I use this every day? You're going to use this every day. Every day. When you do makeup, just spray your face first with this. [...] Apply your makeup. Before you put your concealer on, I want you to spray your face again. And then after you put your face powder on, I want you to spray your face to lock it all in."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Baking and Setting Powder

"You know what? My go-to powder for a long time has been the one from Huda Beauty. It's just really, really good. It doesn't sink into all my creases as much as other powders."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

Givenchy Prisme Libre Pressed Powder

"I did get the Prism Libé compact, like the pressed powder recently, the new one from [Givenchy], and I have really liked it. I wish they would have made it a loose powder like the original."

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

Milani Make It Last Matte Setting Spray

"This Milani Make It Last is actually a little too matte for me. I look a little crusty here in the dry climate, but I'm going to use it because it's all I brought with me. If you want a matte setting spray, this one's really really good."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

NARS Translucent Crystal Light Reflecting Setting Powder

"I wish she didn't use the translucent one because that can cast a gray tone under your eyes if you're not careful with how you're applying it. If she had put it on like kind of dusted it on with a small blending brush and just kind of lightly dust it over the under eye it would have been okay, but she would really benefit from a different tone in the Nars powders. They have some beautiful golden shades it would be so much better under her eyes."

~Mixed

78%Guru Score

Tatcha Silk Powder

"This is the Tatcha Silk Powder. I do like that it's really nice and fine. I just tap it where I put the concealer, not too much, and then I go into these little areas really really simple, tip of the nose where I don't want to be too shiny."

✓Yay

64%Guru Score

Soul Sciences Sun Powder

"This is from Soul Sciences regenerative skincare, it's called Sun Powder. It uses a lot of similar ingredients, it has that polypodium in it, it also has niacinamide in it, it has a really high amount of niacinamide in it, so definitely check with your doctor. I wouldn't give this to your kids either, or at least check with your doctor before you give this to children. But this also has those same types of protective benefits. It is a powder, [...] so you put it into your drinks like your water."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Supplements5 reviews

NAD Supplement

"I recently started NAD supplements and I have no idea if I believe in it or not but I do know that when I took the two pills in one day it made me feel nauseous so I had to back off and start just taking one pill a day and that does give me a lot of energy like I don't feel like I need to have the afternoon coffee that's the only thing that I can say for sure that has helped with the NAD for my health."

~Mixed

62%Guru Score

Inner Glow Age Defense Vitamins

"The thing I like about this supplement is if you're going to be taking a pill anyway you might as well take some pills that have other ingredients that you need for your skin and for your body in general that can just lead to better skin health. This has polypodium in it, it also has antioxidants in it, and it has prebiotics in it, so you get a lot of benefits from taking the supplement."

✓Yay

82%Guru Score

Inner Glow Soul Defense Gummies

"I am so much more committed to using the gummies Soul Defense from Inner Glow. They taste delicious, they have polypodium in them, and they have niacinamide in here, and they taste good. If you take two of these every few hours that you're exposed to the sun, you can actually even take this in the morning time and then a few hours later eat a couple of these gummies."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides with Amino Acids, Iron and Protein

"I actually really like Vital Proteins. I love collagen and I love that there's more studies coming out that show that it does actually help to improve your skin. There's this interesting study where they found that when you drink hydrolyzed collagen, it kind of acts as a messenger molecule. It's not going straight to your skin and depositing it and it's not replacing collagen, it's just triggering potentially the synthesis of more collagen."

✓Yay

67%Guru Score

Heliocare Oral Sunscreen Capsules (Polypodium Leucotomos Supplement)

"It doesn't mean that you don't have to wear sunscreen, but if you're like me and you have melasma or if you're somebody who has something like lupus or autoimmune diseases that can really make your skin sensitive to the sun, this is a really interesting ingredient and product to add into your life as a supplement because you're just getting that added protection."

✓Yay

79%Guru Score

Tech5 reviews

CurrentBody LED Light Therapy Mask Series 1

"I love the current body ones because they fit. They actually did like a redo of the mask. So, the mask fits a lot better and closer to your face. And then they have a neck one that I really love. It's like more of a matte and I think that it's great. [...] I can confirm that I love that one and that's what I use the most. I use the face and the neck and chest one."

✓Yay

90%Guru Score

Qure Q-Rejuvalight LED Mask

"I've been using this one it's only 3 minutes I'll say I like that it's only 3 minutes I like that it fits closer to the face but I don't get that same like ah just like relaxed benefit I get from using the current body one for 10 minutes"

~Mixed

73%Guru Score

CurrentBody LED Light Therapy Mask and Neck & Décolleté Series 2 Combination Pack

"I use both of those so much throughout the week, like I'm very very consistent. [...] If you are looking for an LED device, I think using a face mask is by far the easiest and most convenient to use and you're going to see really great results from it. [...] I'd much rather use a mask that is going to completely cover my face as a whole and I don't have to move it so it's getting the same amount of time of the LED lights on my skin all at one time."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

CurrentBody LED Neck and Décolletage Perfector

"The reason why I keep going back to the CurrentBody LED [...] neck and décolletage one is they fit all the wavelengths and everything that you want when it comes to an LED mask. CurrentBody has done a really good job of getting me a lot of information besides meeting the standard of what you want for your LED mask. They also have something called pillow technology that ensures that you're getting this distribution of the wavelengths and everything, the LED light."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

ZIIP GX Electrical Microcurrent Device

"The original GX which I've tried and I've used and I loved is still absolutely amazing, but this one is really all of that knowledge and the 20 years of me being an electrical aesthetician and what customers really wanted wrapped into this. It has more capabilities, so if before I had millions of options it's almost infinite with this one."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Haircare4 reviews

First Aid Beauty Ingrown Hair Pads

"They have a mix of BHA and AHAs in it. So, it's great. I love BHA, which is salicylic acid. I love that to exfoliate my clogged pores. That's truly when I pull out salicylic acid. [...] It's like a little bit of a bumpy side and then there's like a smooth side. So, you can kind of use the bumpy side if you're gentle. [...] You can already see like these pads just adding a little bit of hydration, but also exfoliating you just get quick glow."

✓Yay

80%Guru Score

OneSkin OS-01 Hair Peptide Scalp Serum

"I've been using this for the last like 2 and a half, 3 months and I have seen such a huge difference when it comes to hair thinning. I have really thick hair, but up here in the front, ever since I had babies, my hair started getting a little bit more sparse. I started getting a lot of these baby hairs. [...] They just are really growing out and growing into my hair. And it's all because I've been using this. I've been doing a lot of supplements, too. That probably plays a little part in it."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

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

"It is by far the best anti-dandruff shampoo that I have ever used. Sometimes I feel like I have to use it often and sometimes I feel like I can use it like once a month for just maintenance, but it's really easy to add into your hair care routine."

✓Yay

81%Guru Score

Function of Beauty Wavy Hair Shampoo and Conditioner

"You break it apart and then you pop them open and you just open up the top of your shampoo or conditioner, you put it in and then you close it and shake it up and it's ready to go. You have your own custom formulation. You can use the shampoo and conditioner on their own, they're already wonderful formulations, but you can get one, two, or even three of these booster shots and really customize your experience. [...] I love the scent of the shampoo and conditioner too, I just like it."

✓Yay

86%Guru Score

Toners4 reviews

Beauty of Joseon Glow Replenishing Rice Milk Toner

"Beauty of Joseon has this rice toner that is like so barebones basic formula, but like that's actually what you could use it for because it's almost like water."

✓Yay

69%Guru Score

Fenty Beauty Fat Water Hydrating Milky Toner Essence

"Another one that I like is from Fenty, it's their Fat Water Hydrating Milky Toner. It's a spin-off of their original Fat Water, it just has a little bit more in it. It has obviously hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid in it, it also has mineral PCAs in it, there's panthenol to help strengthen and support your skin barrier, and it feels really nice and juicy. You can use your essence slash toner right after you've cleansed."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Good Molecules Niacinamide Toning Essence

"The Good Molecules Niacinamide Toning Essence is a really nice hydrating toner. It can help even out your skin tone a little bit and soothe your skin. It's very affordable, which is always a big draw. It [...] feels hydrating and refreshing, and it's a good way to start your skincare routine if you're prepping your skin."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Dermalogica Multiactive Toner

"I don't know exactly what's causing it to get that foaminess to it, but I'm willing to bet that some of these ingredients and the way that they interact when it's sprayed probably is what causes it. It seems like it's pretty hydrating. This would have been the perfect way to spray this and then go into your skincare routine, especially if you were complaining about your skin feeling a little bit tight and dry."

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

Tools3 reviews

BK Beauty 109 Foundation Brush

"I'm using this is a great brush, by the way. It's BK 109. BK Beauty."

✓Yay

77%Guru Score

BK Beauty Nikki La Rose Brush

"These are some of the best brushes. They really are. Nikki puts a lot of love and thought into these brushes when she's designing them. [...] The fact that you can actually go to her channel and see how to use all these brushes in different ways is also very very helpful. I think that's like a big bonus with it too. So if you need a brush set, these are the ones."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

BK Beauty N16 Brush

"It's [...] probably my favorite of the whole collection if I have to choose one. [...] The way that it's made, it really just helps to blend under your eyes, not just to even set your under eye makeup but to help smooth it, even if you're touching up later on in the day. [...] They are high quality, they are handmade, they're also hand cut. They are such good quality makeup brushes and I am guaranteeing these are going to be a great makeup brush investment for you."

✓Yay

85%Guru Score

Fragrance2 reviews

Flur Vanilla Skin Body and Hair Fragrance Mist

"I've been obsessing for a while now with Vanilla Skin from Flur. This is my friend Chessel's fragrance brand. When they launched Vanilla Skin, I carry it everywhere with me, the body spray, the lotion, everything. I mean, this stuff is so good, smells amazing, makes me feel super super sexy."

✓Yay

83%Guru Score

Bath and Body Works Warm Vanilla Sugar Candle

"Warm Vanilla Sugar, body spray usage number one, bathroom. You know when you're staying over with a young suitor, especially in college, [...] if you would stay the night at a guy's place you would always have body spray with you, one because you want to smell nice of course, but two if you had to go use the restroom you always want to mask the aroma of nature."

✓Yay

84%Guru Score

Primer2 reviews

Dior Forever Glow Star Filter

"I love using these especially under my makeup if I'm trying to look super glowy. It looks similar to that and I like a Dior product, I love a Dior foundation, so I kind of feel like I'm going to really love it. Do I want to love it? I kind of don't because I don't want to have another expensive complexion product that I like buying. But at the same time, again I love Dior complexion products, so I feel like I have to give it a try even at $55."

~Mixed

76%Guru Score

e.l.f. Halo Glow Liquid Filter

"I find that I'm using it underneath my foundation, on top of my foundation. It's just so easy to use because it's not overly luminescent, and so I love it. I think it looks really great. I actually have tried it without any foundation on and just put that on, a little bit of concealer, some blush, maybe, and then I go, and I think it's just really easy to use. It's like 15 dollars, so you might as well give it a try because it's pretty great."

~Mixed

82%Guru Score

Balms & Ointments1 review

Prequel Skin Utility Balm Multi-Purpose Skin Protectant

"It's petroleum based so it's going to protect that little area. The main ingredient in this is azelaic acid, but it's a high amount of it. [...] I'm not too worried about this just because azelaic acid was one of the things suggested. It [...] spreads much easier than I thought it was going to. You want a fairly thick layer apparently because it's going to dry like a clay mask. There's azelaic acid, there's phytic acid, there's retinol palmitate in here and other ingredients."

✓Yay

71%Guru Score

Nails1 review

Dazzle Dry Nail Polish System

"I'm actually wearing Dazzle Dry right now and this has been 2 weeks since I did this and it truly truly lasts forever. It looks pretty good like gel. You can see the tips of my nails, they look a little bit, I mean you can see the growth also around my cuticle but it lasts forever and it really does dry so quickly and that's what makes it stand out to me is that it dries so quickly. It's kind of like a system. I like these mini kits because I kind of like trying out different colors."

✓Yay

89%Guru Score

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