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Here’s what I recommended getting:
One of the FEW Mineral sunscreen I stand by is the Suntique I’m Safe for Sensitive Skin. It’s titanium dioxide based. No zinc.
The cast is very minimal. It also has calming ingredients like centella asiatica and aloe leaf extracts.
Acwell Licorice pH Balancing Advance Serum
It has licorice, glutathione and niacinamide to even out pigmentation in the skin to help acne scars and dark spots fade over time.
It also has Pycnogenol to draw in hydration and minimize fine lines
Acwell Licorice ph Balancing Toner
- Peony extract & licorice to brighten skin
- Green tea extract to calm and reduce redness
- Super hydrating and leaves a nice glow
Then I Met You Living Cleansing Balm
- Use a first cleanse to melt excess sebum, sunscreen and makeup
- Contains antioxidant and fatty acid-rich sea buckthorn (one of my favs)
A-Thera Tea Tree Peeling Stick
- Contains lactic & glycolic acid to clear pores and smooth skin
- Blend of tea tree, lemon and bamboo to reduce blemishes
- Wouldn’t recommend for very sensitive skin
Hanskin Pore Cleansing Oil
- Lightweight oil cleanser that used a blend of oils
- Also contains salicylic acid to help unclog pores
Etude House SoonJung 2x Barrier
- Rich moisturizer to help repair your skin barrier
- Contains panthenol to hydrate, madecassoside to soothe with sunflower seed oil and shea butter to soften
- Fragrance free
A New Leaf Cream Cleanser
- One of the most gentle and hydrating cleansers ever
- Contains green tea, spinach, celery, and broccoli to to reduce inflammation, calm redness and infuse moisture.
- Crushed mugwort leaves gently exfoliate skin
- Leaves skin soft & supple
Good Light Cosmic Dew Water Cleanser
- Gentle and hydrating gel cleanser
- Leaves skin feeling supple not stripped
- Fragrance & essential oil free
Good (Skin) Days C’s The Day Serum
- One of the few vitamin c serums that don’t irritate my skin
- Contains 10% ascorbic acid, licorice & niacinamide to brighten skin
- Uses a blend of mushroom and ginseng to soothe
- Thin gel cream for all skin types
- Contains peptides to strengthen skin, antioxidants to protect against free radicals, soothing madecassoside + niacinamide to even skin
- Mousse like texture
- Super gentle but surprisingly really good at removing makeup
- Contains panthenol and madecassoside to soothe skin
- Fragrance free
- One of my favorite lip balms! Can also be used as a lip mask. I prefer it over Laniege
- Uses phyto-derived esters, shea butter, cupuacu butter and plant squalane
- Vanilla scent
Just did a full routine for the first time using SKN by LH and I'm not mad at it! (Don't worry i filmed it)
The Goji Berry Cleanser is a really nice gel cleanser. It doesn't foam up too much which I don't mind. It removed my concealer really easily and my skin didn't feel super dry after. Little to no fragrant smell either
I would give it a 10/10 for my first impression
My favorite product I think is the white tea toner. The mist is AWESOME. Super hydrating and made my skin GLOW. Little to no fragrant smell
Its basically a rose water toner with niacinamide, fruit extract, aloe, sodium PCA, hyaluronic acid, glycerin, panthenol and white tea
- Contains kojic acid, azelaic acid, Niacinamide, tranexamic acid & alpha arbutin
- Targets multiple pathways involved in melanogenesis
- Black owned (hey girl! @OlamideAOlowe)
- Can be used daily over time
Enlighten Peel by Reve Skin
- Contains 8% Hydroquinone, Vitamin C, Kojic Acid, Arbutin & Niacinamide to target pigment
- High % of retinol & salicylic acid to exfoliate
thread of my favorite skin products of 2020. things I’ve liked for me + my clients 🤩
faded by @topicals - one of the BEST serums for hyperpigmentation (acne marks/melasma/sun spots). it uses a blend of ingredients that effect different pathways in melanin formation to target hyperpigmentation. i recommend using it as a spot treatment with a q-tip
I recommend using it as a q-tip on your dark spots because if you dry yourself out with overuse (some of the ingredients do exfoliate), it’ll only be in the spots vs. all over. You also save on product
I’ve been using the Fenty Skin products for about a month now. Read this thread before making a purchase
First off, I would like to say a huge thank you to @fentyskin for letting me try the products! The Fenty team has always been so supportive of me when it comes to makeup, so I feel very honored that I get to try Fenty SKINCARE now 🤩 support black women in skincare all 2020
Next, ALL of the Fenty Skin products have fragrance. It’s a floral sweet smell. You will notice it. This can be problematic for some. Fragrance sensitizes the skin due to it volatile properties (even in small amounts), which is why it’s the #1 cause of contact dermatitis.
I tweet for the black girls scared to wear shorts in the summer because of their dark knees, who won’t wear a bathing suit because of a dark bikini line, refuse to raise their hand in class because of dark underarms...
These things are very normal and don’t need to be “fixed”
I’m literally an entire esthetician who helps people with their skin for a living, please don’t tell me about hyperpigmentation 🤦🏽♀️ Some things can be corrected, and some just need to be accepted.
And yes, some things like shaving, ingrown hairs, (maybe deodorant), whatever can exacerbate the appearance. But y’all, we’ve had these things since we were KIDS. It’s how we look and that’s fine!
There are other ingredients that are great for hyperpigmentation, but in this thread I’ll just be talking about these nine
Niacinamide: Treats hyperpigmentation by acting as a protease inhibitor by stopping melanosomes (melanin) from being transferred to keratinocytes (skin cells) which results in visible hyperpigmentation.
Niacinamide also improves barrier function and reduces oil production. Some people have poor reactions to niacin (flushing, breakouts)