Vaseline$5.99- “It's literally Vaseline in stick form”▶ 2:39
- “It just prevents that water from leaving the skin. It protects the barrier. It creates almost like the ideal environment for your skin to repair itself overnight”▶ 3:06
- “Perfect on dry patches around the eyes, lips, elbows, heels, spots of irritation”▶ 3:14
- “Petroleum is one of the safest ingredients in dermatology”▶ 3:57
- “The morning after the areas I use this on always feel softer and genuinely just a lot more comfortable”▶ 4:30
- “It's not heavy. It's not greasy in its stick form”
- “A classic. You can't really go wrong with it”
Bloomeffects$54.00- “This is like the poshest version of slugging you're ever going to get”▶ 5:08
- “It's like this ointment to serum sort of like nectar that melts the moment it hits the skin”▶ 5:13
- “It's thick, is cushiony almost like um a thick honey at first but once you work this in it becomes so moisturizing like like this soft um nectary honey blanket over the skin”▶ 5:18
- “If your skin barrier is suffering in any way whatsoever, this is a good product to pick up to kind of like revive everything and, you know, make your skin feel normal again”▶ 5:57
- “It smells a bit like bread”▶ 6:12
- “Unlike Vaseline, I don't want to wash this off in the morning cuz it doesn't feel like it's still sitting on your skin”
- “The morning results, much plumper skin, calmer complexion, smoother overall, a very subtle dewy look”▶ 7:05
- “If the idea of Vaseline makes the skin crawl a little bit or it's maybe a little bit too boring for you, this gives you that same kind of occlusive kind of feel but with actual skin care benefits layered in”▶ 7:18

- “This one surprised me in a very very good way”▶ 7:32
- “I think Rhode are very good at their marketing without all the marketing fluff in their product descriptions. I feel like they never overpromise, so you're not left massively disappointed”▶ 8:14
- “The texture and the application. It's so smooth. It's like rich but not heavy. It's thick but not suffocating. It just spreads so nicely, melts down so quickly. A tiny bit goes a very very long way”▶ 9:08
- “And you wake up so glowy. Not greasy, glowy”▶ 9:25
- “My skin looks fresher. It looks bouncier. It feels more like elasticky, meaning there's no tight stretch and just everything feels like sealed and locked in”▶ 9:39
- “This is great especially if you're using things like retinol or tretinoin in winter and you're finding that your skin's getting a little bit drier and peelier than usual”▶ 9:48
Prequel$18- “I cannot get rid of this. Not that I want to. I do have another one of this ready to go in the drawer, but it's so huge and for the price, it's such a bargain”▶ 10:14
- “It's just incredibly effective, especially if your skin is pissed off, angry, irritated”▶ 10:41
- “This is somehow very lightweight, but still rich at the same time. It's going to sink into the skin, but it's not going to disappear by the morning”▶ 11:30
- “Morning results. Definitely redness reduced when your skin is irritated. Your skin's going to feel calmer, much less irritation, and overall kind of more balanced kind of damage control feeling to your skin”▶ 11:42
BIOHEAL BOH$34.99- “I have like a little soft spot for because it's that classic Korean night cream, right? Feels rich, luxurious, but also slightly old school”▶ 12:16
- “It has a very outdated rose scent. Very 90s, very 90s Olay”▶ 12:27
- “As with most K beauty, the formulation is very impressive”▶ 12:46
- “It's rich. It's creamy. It's velvety, but somehow not greasy at the same time”▶ 13:51
- “For a fairly affordable product, this feels expensive. It feels luxurious”▶ 13:55
- “The scent is the only drawback for me. If you can get past it, which I can, you get results”▶ 14:00
- “In the morning, bouncier feeling and looking skin, smoother texture, really hydrated without the heaviness”▶ 14:07

- “I love this one”
- “It's a stick like Vaseline, but with actual active ingredients”▶ 14:28
- “It's dewy. It's glowy. It melts like instantly on contact. Not greasy, just very soft, almost silky, I would say”▶ 15:10
- “Great for a little bit of extra attention on really really irritated skin or like dry skin”▶ 15:34
- “And the morning results, you get the hydrated look, more supple look, zero heaviness with this”▶ 15:44
- “It's kind of perfect if you want glass skin, but are like too lazy for full routine kind of thing”▶ 15:50
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