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Last year, I fucked up my skin barrier by using too many expensive products that contain 7000 ingredients. Had to cease all skincare except for face wash and moisturizer - CeraVe healed me (plus a bunch of steroid creams). When I was finally able to introduce products back into the routine, my derm recommended this retinol because it is chill and has few ingredients. Works super well & does not irritate my skin at all.
Sep 22, 2024
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Cerave Healing Ointment is Vaseline’s superior. The whole “Cerave is better than the shit at Sephora that costs 200 dollars and has fragrances that are bad for your skin” stuff is well covered territory so we won’t go over it.. Anyway after putting on all my skincare shit I will put a very thick layer of Cerave Healing Ointment all over my entire face. Every night.I use Retin-A so my face hurts really bad all the time and is peeling and dry. Which I guess is supposed to be a good thing. Here are other things that help with that:Face Hero oilSulwhasoo Overnight Vitalizing Ginseng MaskHada Labo Hyaluronic AcidI can’t use it any more due to what I was saying about my face being on fire but I really recommend Paula’s Choice 2% BHA. and also all her other products. Reliable brand. If you just want to go to one place and get everything you need, we trust her. Nothing is going to irritate your skin or have anything dumb in it.
Aug 12, 2021
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i’ve had crazy hormonal pcos chin and hyperpigmentation stuff going on for like 10 years and i scar from acne really easily, so this was my life’s mission to figure out.
everything that @MARXINISTA said! i don’t have rx retinol but i use the ordinary’s .2% retinol w/ squalene at night (wont break the bank) followed by (blasphemy to some bc it’s not face lotion) palmers cocoa butter lotion. i break out over everything but this lotion does not exacerbate that, i promise!
in the mornings, i use axis-y dark spot correcting glow serum w/ niacinamide followed by whatever moisturizer suits your fancy (pyungkang yul has some good, gentle dark spot stuff if you’re interested) and then an spf (crucial). i saw results super fast using both the axis-y and the ordinary products!
if you can double cleanse that also helps. i use palmers cocoa butter oil cleanser followed by a traditional facial wash with tea tree oil. good luck :)
May 12, 2025
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Slap some on a piece of matzo with cucumber and a smear of yellow mustard. Surely I did not invent this combo, but it is divine and a top tier snack / light meal.
Sep 22, 2024
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Riding out a panic attack on the overstimulating subway? Play this bad boy on loop. It's on spotify.
Sep 22, 2024
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Specifically Mugicha from ITO EN. This one is in progress, but fingers crossed. My psychoanalyst said I needed to replace vaping with something else or quitting would be unsuccessful. Enter Japanese Barley Tea. It is caffeine free so I am slamming it morning, noon and night. It helps regulate digestion and sleep (contains fiber + melatonin) - 2 things that get funky when I have tried to quit nicotine in the past. My analyst also thinks the vape satisfies some sort of oral-to-phallus fixation I have (t-y freud). Unfortunately drinking barley tea does not replicate this, but it does address oral fixation in other ways.
Sep 22, 2024