Sitting Down With My Skincare Empties (Honest Thoughts)
COSRX$22.00- “It's really light, fluidy, watery, quickly absorb, really easy to layer”▶ 0:59
- “There's no stickiness, tackiness”▶ 1:05
- “There is a good quantity of high quality sentella in here”▶ 1:10
- “In addition to feeling deeply hydrating, it's incredibly soothing”▶ 1:30
- “I like this when my skin does feel irritated, when it does feel a little bit raw”▶ 1:35
- “Maybe I went too hard on the retinoids or the AHA”▶ 1:38
- “I also like this when I have some inflamed breakouts as well”▶ 1:40
make p:rem$20.00
innisfree$24.00- “This is kind of like a gel emulsion like texture”▶ 2:29
- “It feels a lot more hydrating, watery, plumping, refreshing, gel-like than it feels creamy, silky, moisturizing, rich, oil emollient”▶ 2:37
- “This delivers beautifully without overwhelming my skin, congesting it”▶ 3:07
- “It feels actually really deeply like plumping and hydrating at the same time”▶ 3:21
- “I just love how refreshing it feels”
- “I do see myself purchasing this and using this even more, even deeper into the summer months”▶ 3:53
Haruharu Wonder$28.00- “This Haruharu, it is silky, creamy”▶ 4:24
- “It's like whipping cream, thick type of texture”▶ 4:31
- “Coats your skin in moisture, richness, oil content”▶ 4:34
- “Very, very emollient. Very, very rich, soothing, lots of moisture”▶ 4:37
- “This is my recommendation for dry skin”▶ 5:07
- “Any type of deep barrier repair that you might be needing, your skin barrier is really weak or damaged, this is actually excellent”▶ 5:21
- “I used it a little too deeply into the spring of 2025, and I started to get whiteheads”▶ 6:03
- “Whiteheads went away”▶ 6:31
cocokind$18- “I kind of almost use it like a prep mist right after washing my face”▶ 6:49
- “It is adding some hydration to my skin”▶ 6:55
- “I really rely on this more for the calming magnesium content”▶ 6:57
- “This is really great when my skin is inflamed, when it's red, when it's a little bit irritated”▶ 7:02
- “Allergy season where my skin just feels a little bit delicate and a little vulnerable, needs to be pampered and babied a little bit, this actually a great product for that”▶ 7:11
- “When my skin gets kind of overheated, um when I sweat a lot, my skin can get kind of irritated”▶ 7:19
Paula's Choice$72.00- “This is an interesting product that has a whole host of novel ingredients that really help to support youthful skin”▶ 8:11
- “It's not that powerful”
- “This would be more of that supportive serum that you use in addition to those types of products to support healthy skin overall”▶ 8:31
- “This serum is so freaking expensive. It's like $80. It makes no sense”▶ 8:41
- “I can't see the justification for why it costs so much money”▶ 8:48
- “I liked it”▶ 8:53
- “I have a hard time wholeheartedly recommending it because of that”▶ 8:58
- “It's nice, but it's probably not necessary, especially at that price and especially in this economy”▶ 9:08
Allies of Skin$188.00- “I have a hard time paying these kind of prices”▶ 9:45
- “This is like $100 for this serum”▶ 9:32
- “I have a hard time paying those prices for a single individual product, especially one that's not going to show me like huge results”▶ 9:47
- “It had a nice refreshing gel texture. It felt really refreshing and hydrating and light on my skin”▶ 10:32
- “It just didn't really feel like it did anything”▶ 10:36
- “I'm not seeing anything in the mirror with this one”
- “I think I've used enough of this by this point to know that's just not really for me”▶ 10:51
Paula's Choice$68.00- “I'm a few months shy of my second year consistently using this”▶ 11:05
- “This is my collagen stimulating product of choice”▶ 11:07
- “This simplified my routine, but it also cleared up my skin in a really, really good way”▶ 12:21
- “A way I was not expecting it to”
- “My skin is so much clearer”▶ 12:36
- “I'll get some hormonal acne here or there, but it's just so chill”▶ 12:39
- “The price is high, but I'm willing to pay for it because of all the benefits that I just listed”▶ 12:41
- “I see it in the mirror, and it does give me pizzazz and bang for my buck”▶ 12:49
Dr. Reju-All$29.90- “It is a medium plumping gel texture”
- “I actually really love the texture of this”▶ 13:29
- “It's so deeply hydrating, plumping”▶ 13:32
- “It really smooths your skin out in a really delicious way”▶ 13:35
- “This is one of those supportive background players that really delivers in my opinion”▶ 13:48
- “It really brings out this rejuvenated look”▶ 13:53
- “It is meaningfully addressing an overall complexion glow, an overall brightness, an overall healthiness to your skin that I really, really like”▶ 14:03
- “Great texture, really easy to use morning and night time”▶ 14:29
- “This has been a really good warm weather PDRN product for me”▶ 14:38
Medicube$21.90- “The vials themselves incredibly wasteful”▶ 15:26
- “Look at how much product is still pulled up in these tubes”▶ 15:38
- “I honestly probably could get multiple full face applications out of all of the serum that is left”▶ 15:48
- “What I hate about these vials, besides the plastic waste that's incredibly unnecessary”▶ 15:57
- “It's fussy. It's annoying. It's messy. It's wasteful”
- “It's also kind of a waste of money in my opinion, too”▶ 16:37
- “This packaging just freaking sucks”
- “It does make your skin look incredibly moist, glassy, smooth”▶ 17:18
- “It's a temporary effect”
- “I do like the serum itself. It's a really nice gel texture. I love the effect that it gives. Gorgeous, gorgeous effect”▶ 17:44
- “If they would just put it in a freaking dropper bottle, I would buy this”▶ 17:51
By Wishtrend$32.00- “I really like this one”▶ 19:52
- “I've at least, you know, used it for seven years”
- “The way that I recommend this is for sensitive skin that suffers with acne and breakouts”
- “It has a really good content of heart leaf which is anti-inflammatory. It's healing. It's soothing antibacterial for acne prone skin”▶ 19:28
- “Propolis also just brings out like this really healthy glow to your skin”▶ 19:48
- “It's a really nice healing combination that's gentle”▶ 19:53
- “This just gives my skin the boost to speed up the healing, to take down the redness, to just speed up that cycle”▶ 20:06
Haruharu Wonder$22.00- “This is longtime favorite”▶ 22:47
- “I like this one for the cooler months because it's not overly creamy and shiny, but it is a little bit more protective”▶ 22:00
- “It feels moisturizing because it just protects my skin from really windy days, cold days”▶ 21:54
- “It actually has this really nice velvety finish to it”▶ 22:16
- “This almost neutral velvet finish that acts like a really great makeup primer”▶ 22:20
- “It makes my skincare routine and makeup routine feel so breathable and light in the humidity”▶ 22:32
- “Such a unicorn”
- “A longtime favorite for me, especially for sensitive skin that just doesn't want to mess around with greasy sun creams”▶ 22:49
Dr. Althea$15.99
SUNGBOON EDITOR$19.00- “I liked this one. I didn't love this one”▶ 23:59
- “This one was just like kind of in the middle of the pack”▶ 24:11
- “It didn't give me any irritation”▶ 24:12
- “I feel like a day or two after this I felt like I had more congestion in my skin than I normally would have”▶ 24:23
- “I don't see myself going back to that mask anytime soon”▶ 24:45
- “I'm neutral about it”
Hero Cosmetics$12.99
Hero Cosmetics$10.98
- “I like this so much”
- “This is such a good skin barrier cream”▶ 25:49
- “I really enjoy this”
- “So sensitive skin friendly, so minimal in the ingredients”▶ 25:59
- “It is straightforward, no BS healing, strengthening for dry, sensitive, irritated skin”▶ 26:45
- “I've just gotten so much benefit from using this”▶ 26:50
- “Even when my skin is feeling a touch irritated, I'll just make sure to use this and my skin just feels so so much better”▶ 26:54
- “I love it”
CeraVe$14.99- “I feel like I could use this all year round”▶ 27:11
- “It also has like that medium type of texture, but it's not greasy”▶ 27:12
- “It is very occlusive though and I really like that for fighting off dehydration”▶ 27:17
- “I've been using this since 2018 as well”▶ 27:21
- “I hate this pump container”▶ 27:29
- “There's always like this much cream left when the pump really stops being reliable”▶ 27:35
- “I prefer the tube. The squeeze tube is actually a lot better for face application”▶ 27:39
Neutrogena$11.99- “I like this. I actually like this”▶ 27:48
- “If I had to get like a lip balm or a lip sleeping mask from the drugstore, I would buy this again”▶ 27:51
- “It's actually fragrance-free. That's rare for the Hydroboost line”▶ 27:55
- “It stays with your lips a nice long time”▶ 27:59
- “Gives you a nice little glossy look”▶ 28:02
- “It keeps your lips comfortable, soothe, moisturized, smooth”▶ 28:05
- “It worked super well”▶ 28:09
- “My lips are very sensitive”▶ 28:11
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