Korean Skincare Moisturizer

Ever since i been introduced to korean skincare, i never went back. Round labs is my favorite brand. I have sensitive skin and their products are gentler. The only us brand i like is Good Molecules and tret. I am still newish to skincare so i have a simple routine. It works. I order mainly from Olive Young so i can get the korean formula of the sunscreen. I do yesstyle sometimes as well. I just have up money for a haul every few months or so. First pic was in sep and last pic was in Jan. I did get a little lazy with my routine the last two month but i plan to be more consistent and work on the PIH, clearing my skin more and possibly adding new products so im open to suggestions. Edit: forgot to add i do have spontaneous keloids. I get kenalog for those. Products from left to right Insensitive Moisturizing cream Pm Birch Juice Moisturizer Am Birch Juice Suncreen Am Cica ampule am/pm Birch Juice toner sometimes lol Birch Juice cleanser am/pm Birch Juice lip palm am submitted by /u/EffectiveEgg5712 to r/Blackskincare [link] [comments]

Korean skincare genuinely messed my skin up so bad. I’ve been trying not to say it for the past month, but honestly it’s just made everything worse and I don’t know if I’m the problem. I was using an LRP triple repair moisturizer and their gentle foam cleanser for 2 and a half years, and the only problem I had was closed comedones. I barely ever got acne, maybe one or 2 little bumps here and there, but nothing else. I got into this stuff to fix the closed comedones and texture, but everything just got so much worse. I honestly did so much research. I got a lot from skin 1004 because they were honestly cheaper but they had great reviews and they seemed to fit my skin needs. However, their pro bio cica ampoule give me the weirdest pustules and bumps and stuff and some are still on my chin after 2 months of not using it. I think all of their stuff truly messed my skin up so bad, and I’m probably allergic to centella or something because something in their was messing with my skin. Now, I switched the etude house soon Jung 5.5 foal cleanser, the iunik beta glucan serum, and the purito oat in calming gel cream. Through this whole process, I got rid of a few, a very very small amount of ccs, and in turn gained the worst acne spots on my cheek I have ever had that genuinely will not go away, and I have red bumps on my chin everywhere that are so close to turning into pustules. Everyday I wake up and see a new whitehead/forming pimple on my chin which thankfully somehow goes away. I don’t know what to do anymore. I guess I have very dry and dehydrated skin because my hands break apart and cut from dryness, and I’m somehow very acne prone. My skin is also extremely sensitive. I really need help with choosing the right products. I was told to get an occlusive moisturizer but then I might as well switch back to my LRP right? Likewise, I was told to get toners and hydrating serums and such, but some of those cause sensitivity to me, and I don’t know which ones to choose If anyone has any tips they would be greatly appreciated. submitted by /u/Elmntz1 to r/SkincareAddiction [link] [comments]

Korean skincare genuinely messed my skin up so bad. I’ve been trying not to say it for the past month, but honestly it’s just made everything worse and I don’t know if I’m the problem. I was using an LRP triple repair moisturizer and their gentle foam cleanser for 2 and a half years, and the only problem I had was closed comedones. I barely ever got acne, maybe one or 2 little bumps here and there, but nothing else. I got into this stuff to fix the closed comedones and texture, but everything just got so much worse. I honestly did so much research. I got a lot from skin 1004 because they were honestly cheaper but they had great reviews and they seemed to fit my skin needs. However, their pro bio cica ampoule give me the weirdest pustules and bumps and stuff and some are still on my chin after 2 months of not using it. I think all of their stuff truly messed my skin up so bad, and I’m probably allergic to centella or something because something in their was messing with my skin. Now, I switched the etude house soon Jung 5.5 foal cleanser, the iunik beta glucan serum, and the purito oat in calming gel cream. Through this whole process, I got rid of a few, a very very small amount of ccs, and in turn gained the worst acne spots on my cheek I have ever had that genuinely will not go away, and I have red bumps on my chin everywhere that are so close to turning into pustules. And thy all kind of hurt. Everyday I wake up and see a new whitehead/forming pimple on my chin which thankfully somehow goes away. I don’t know what to do anymore. I guess I have very dry and dehydrated skin because my hands break apart and cut from dryness, and I’m somehow very acne prone. My skin is also extremely sensitive. I have combo as well because my forehead is pretty oily. I really need help with choosing the right products. I was told to get an occlusive moisturizer but then I might as well switch back to my LRP right? Likewise, I was told to get toners and hydrating serums and such, but some of those cause sensitivity to me, and I don’t know which ones to choose. If anyone has any tips they would be greatly appreciated. submitted by /u/Elmntz1 to r/koreanskincare [link] [comments]

Now vs. Then (September 2024) I've had oily, acne-prone skin with plenty of hyperpigmentation since I was a teen. But it was mostly hormonal acne, and it was never anything like that second image. That was some kind of infection that I think I got from swimming in very unclean water. At first, I spent like a month using overly harsh cleansers and actives, washing my face too often, not eating in a way that could help my body fight the infection off, not drinking NEARLY enough water for the healing I wanted to achieve, and basically just making everything even worse. Then, when I finally saw a dermatologist, I was initially given doxycyline and clindamycin, but I was NOT making the best of it. I was playing around eating a bunch of dairy still, not putting on sunscreen (and not re-applying often enough when I remembered to), and still using harsh facewash and toners because I thought they would help (spoiler: they did not). So it felt like I just kept applying and applying for like three months and not seeing any sort of improvement. I was literally living my entire life outside with one of those covid masks on every single day because I hated the thought of being seen so much, and yet I still wasn't doing the best for myself. Thankfully, I ran across a youtube video about "things you don't realize are hurting your skin" and actually listened to it properly for once, then did a bunch of research (though I still made mistakes ngl) and changed my habits. This is a list of steps I took (copied from my reply to a different post): I used a clean cotton shirt on top of my pillow case and changed it literally every night because the oil and bacteria leftover plus my hair products were just too much for my skin to fight I tried to drink at least 10 glasses of water with a day, more if I could (like I literally used alarms on my phone to remind me) I used benozyl peroxide 10% face wash every morning (\NOTE* - this was one of the mistakes! Apparently I should've been using it only at night!)* (ask your dermatologist first, sometimes there are combined benozyl peroxide+tretinoin creams you can use instead, but using them as separate products might require only using one in the morning or something, it depends) and only the cerave gentle cleanser at night I bought hydrocolloid bandages and cut them to fit specific parts of my face and used them every day, at home and under a mask when outside, sometimes even changing them two or three times a day (these are the big version of acne patches) I used sunscreen (SPF 50 PA++++, I use a Korean brand called singmulnara/식물나라) daily and reapplied regularly even tho it felt greasy and just un-fun sometimes I cut down my dairy and sugar consumption to as little as my happiness could tolerate I started taking bromelain supplements because they're anti-inflammatory I didn't use any exfoliating actives or physical exfoliation until like eight months in when my skin was a lot better I only moisturized with cerave, sometimes with a drop or two of a niacinimide and cica serum in my hand before I applied it Those are the main steps that made a HUGE change in the initial healing, and after around four months of this, my dermatologist put me onto a low dosage isotretinoin (10mg, twice a day) that did some serious heavy lifting in getting rid of the last of the acne. There were a few times long after the initial "purge" worsening period when I'd just get a huge cyst overnight seemingly, but I was able to go in for steroid injections directly into the pimple that just magicked them away within a few hours (and yes, it was absolutely mind-blowing every single time), or other times I put a tiny bit of the paula's choice benozyl peroxide gel directly onto it as soon as I noticed it forming and that usually made it go away. I just finished with the isotretinoin at the end of January. My current routine: Day: Cleanser: Cerave Gentle Cleanser Toner: ROUND LAB 1025 Dokdo Toner Serum: I rotate through these - APLB Glutathione Niacinimide, APLB AHA BHA PHA Centella, APLB Kojic Avid and Vitamin C (note: I currently live in Korea so these are more convenient, but when I go back I will be using Medicube serums if I can't get them probably) Moisturizer: Cerave Moisturizing Cream (in the tub) - I use a plastic makeup scoop instead of my hands to get a bit out and drop the serum into it Sunscreen: Singmulnara Light Watery Sun Gel (note: I will probably switch to ROUND LAB when I get back to America, I am fully convinced by Korean skincare at this point) Night: Cleanser: ROUND LAB 1025 Dokdo Cleansing Oil, then Cerave Acne Foaming Wash (10% Benozyl Peroxide) Toner: ROUND LAB 1025 Dokdo Toner >> I always do a Face Mask at night (yes every night) for 10~15 minutes, just any random one from those bulk face mask packages (like the Dermal ones) with the occasional premium one from Medicube Serum: the same ones I rotate through in the morning, as above Moisturizer: Cerave Moisturizing Cream (with serum mixed in) Random Other Things: I still drink hella water, and I still change my pillowcase frequently (and my towels, I have a separate one only for my face and I never re-use them after I shower, I'm like traumatized or something tbh). I still take the bromelain, but I'm probably gonna stop when this bottle runs out. I take collagen supplements in the morning. Sometimes I smear my whole face with a thin layer of aquaphor at night if I feel dried out for some reason. Also I keep my face masks in the fridge because the freezing cold mask after a hot shower is supposed to be good, and it does make my nose less red for a while. And I use a pimple patch the moment I see even a tiny dot of red anywhere on my face, even if it hasn't even itched yet, because why risk it??? But yeah. This is just to share progress, and to say that it does get better and you can overcome your acne, but it may take some lifestyle changes and it DEFINITELY takes a lot of consistency and actually listening to medical advice. And... A hella long time. submitted by /u/sinkintothesea to r/Blackskincare [link] [comments]

After using the Aromatica facial cleanser and the Heimish Artless Glow Base as sunscreen for a couple of years with the rest of my skincare being western brands, I finally went totally Korean. The reason is I’ve had to cut out potentially irritating or drying ingredients since starting tretinoin. I basically looked through the best sellers on Yesstyle to pick out the ones with the least irritating ingredients for my skin. I ended up with the products below. The majority of them just arrived in the mail today actually. I’ve really liked the numbuzin toners so far and the radiance cleansing balm is pure magic at thoroughly cleaning my eye makeup, I used to use the Heimish All Clean balm and would still wake up with dark smears under my eyes. Beauty of Joseon Radiance Cleansing Balm Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Moisture 5.5 Soft Cleansing Gel numbuzin No.1 Pure-Full Calming Herb Toner numbuzin No.3 Super Glowing Essence Toner numbuzin No.5 Vitamin Boosting Essential Toner numbuzin No.9 NAD+ PDRN Glow Boosting Toner Purito Oat‑In Calming Gel Cream Beauty of Joseon Dynasty Cream SKIN1004 - Madagascar Centella Probio-Cica Enrich Cream Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Moisture Cream SPF50+ PA++++ Beauty of Joseon - Relief Sun SPF 50+ PA++++ submitted by /u/Nin-me-sar-ra to r/koreanskincare [link] [comments]

So my husband used to have zero interest in skincare. I mean, the man thought moisturizer was a conspiracy. A few weeks ago, I started doing some Korean skincare routines on him, just for fun. Fast forward, and now… he’s the one sneaking my products. Not only is he using them when I’m not around, he’s been keeping a strict routine. I open my cabinet and see things disappearing that I didn’t even touch. He’s officially more committed to Korean skincare than I am. Guys… I think I created a monster🙂‍↕️ submitted by /u/yan9ga to r/koreanskincare [link] [comments]