I’ve tried 2 Niacinamide 10% serums which didn’t help my skin. NOT A SINGLE BIT 🌚 Finished 2 bottles of each and felt like I just wasted my time and energy

I then decided to try a lower percentage one, 2% Niacinamide mask. GUESS WHAT? I saw instant changes. 🤩

🟢CONCLUSION🟢

- If higher percentage products don’t do anything for your skin, opt for a lower percentage one. Usually, the reason why it didn’t work is because your skin actually don’t need such high % products. 

▶️ Sometimes, all you need is something small, mild and basic to see visible changes 🥰

What if 10% Niacinamide didn’t work?

👍DOs

🪐 Slugging once a week at least
🪐 Use a humidifier 
🪐 Sandwich method when using Retinol because it causes extra dryness 
🪐 Pat dry face instead of rubbing with towel after cleansing
🪐 Shea butter (emollient) and Urea (humectant) is great for hydration 
🪐 Hydrating toner is highly recommended (if possible don't skip)
🪐 DRINK WATER! LOTS OF WATER! HYDRATE YOURSELF! 

👎 Avoid

❌ Long baths & washing face too often
❌ Using product containing high % of alcohol
❌ Skipping moisturizer 
❌ Mattifying products 
❌ Washing face using hot water
❌ Clay masks since it's meant to absorb excess oil
❌ Foaming cleansers 

💧Ingredients recommended:

✨ Hyaluronic Acid
✨ Urea
✨ Shea Butter 
✨ Ceramides 
✨ Lactic Acid
✨ Glycerin
✨ Natural Oils

📌 These are based on my personal experience, so it might or might not work for you. Of course, if you're allergic to these ingredients recommended, then you should avoid. 

📌 Slowly, my dry skin is healing 😇 These tips helped me a lot, so I just wanted to share. My fav tip is to use toner twice a day, IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME.

📌 Below, I've listed my HG products for dry skin. When it comes to actives, remember to start slow!


What's your HG for dry skin? 👀

💧DRY SKIN: DOs & DONTs💧

I was super excited to see ISNTREE under the discussion option. I mean, they are in the right place to ask for suggestions. 😍

Here, we have many influencers and skincare addicts as well as brand lovers who's willing to open up and give suggestions to the brands for improvements. 

I can't wait for many more brands to interact with all of us in this app. This is one of the best thing ever happened in this app IMO.🥰

Imagine talking and sharing opinions directly with brands like The Inkey List, Laneige, Abib, IUNIK, etc!😇

Picky App Growing! [ISNTREE]

Lately, I've been seeing so many questions asking how to treat dark spots. The question is repeating, so let me help you.

 ●((You can search this topic in the future through search box under the discussion platform)) ●

▶️ Ingredients to look for in a product:

• Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)
• Retinol 
• Alpha Arbutin
• Tranexamic Acid
• Kojic Acid
• Niacinamide 
• Lactic Acid
• Glycolic Acid 
• Azelaic Acid

▶️ Go through the ingredient list and look for these specific ingredients. They are targeted to treat dark spots. Don't expect to see changes in 1 or 2 weeks. It might take months for you to see the effect of the product.

▶️ Note: Not all skin type can tolerate these so always remember to start slow and patch test first.

▶️ I personally saw significant improvement when I started using Ascorbic Acid. I started off with a 15% Ascorbic Acid and then slowly increased to 22%.

▶️ Once your skin is used to the ingredients and you don't see any bad reactions, you may consider leveling up the concentration.

▶️ Here's a few product recommendations:

Simple Guide For Dark Spots 🎆

❓Anyone used 2 of these before? What are your thoughts if you were to differentiate these 2 serums?

➡️ I've used The Ordinary Niacinamide serum, I didn't see a single bit of improvement on my skin. 

👀 I couldn't find a proper review differentiating these 2

Compare these 2 Niacinamide Serum❓

🌈 Key Ingredients 
- Centella Extract {humectant&#47;soothing!}
- Niacinamide {humectant&#47;anti-acne&#47;brightening}
- Sodium Hyaluronic {humectant&#47;hydrating}
- Panthenol {soothing&#47;hydrating}
- Green Tea {Antioxidant}

🌈 Texture
- It has a gel + watery + runny consistency and also absorbs so well into the skin in a very short period of time and there&#39;s no tackiness

🌈 Fragrance 
- Clearly written unscented, perfect for people who don&#39;t use skincare products with fragrance 

🌈 Price 
- RM 68 for 60ml pump bottle 

🌈 Best for
- PIH, improving skin barrier, reducing breakouts,  also all skin type can use this, but mainly for dry skin

🌈 Claims
- Benefits people with sensitive skin, acne prone skin and help soothe the skin &amp; anti acne

🌈 My thoughts 
- I have dry skin &#47;&#47; PIH &#47;&#47; and have no serious acne issue. I use this in my PM routine. Firstly, I&#39;m so glad this serum doesn&#39;t leave a sticky finish on my face. It really feels hydrating. I use 2 pumps each day. The texture is what I like the most about this product.

- This serum makes my skin feel super soft and supple all the time. The hydration effect is 💯. A must buy for all my dry skin friend out there! I honestly didn&#39;t see lightening on the dark spots. However, my skin somehow feels and looks extra clear whenever I use this. It&#39;s almost to flawless hehe, but of course not the real FLAWLESS. 

- People who have irritated skin can use this serum to help calm and soothe the effect. I personally don&#39;t have redness&#47;irritation&#47;sensitive skin so I can&#39;t say much how they can specifically help those issues. But I noticed my skin barrier is definitely a lot more better! I don&#39;t get much acne these days. I usually get hormonal acne, now I don&#39;t even see them on my face, PHEW! Anti acne claim was REAL!

🌈 Rating
- 9&#47;10 🏆 

🌈 Repurchase 
- Yes, I love the hydrating effect!!!! So so much!

💌 Key Ingredients 
- 22% Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Niacinamide, Ascorbic Acid, Panthenol, Vit E

💌 Texture&#47;Fragrance&#47;Price&#47;Best for&#47;Claims
- Watery &amp; slightly runny texture that absorbs very fast into the skin &amp; lightweight consistency&#47;This serum has a quite strong citrus smell and some might not like it&#47;Somewhere around RM80 which is very worthy&#47;Best for people with PIH, ance scars, dullness and uneven skin tone, people with sensitiveskin might want to be careful&#47;Brighten the skin, improve skin barrier &amp; fades dark spots

💌 My thoughts 
- My first time using higher Vit C concentration, and I like the texture of this as it could absorb really fast. It didn&#39;t sting or irritate my skin at all. I use this in my AM routine together with Vit E mask to boost the effect. It didn&#39;t feel sticky on my skin. I used it for 2 weeks already, and I think I saw improvement in my skin tone. I have dull skin, now my skin looks less dull, and my skin tone is a little bit lighter too. So glad to see fast changes

Nothing bad to say, the cream just suit with my skin so well.

🌛Key Ingredients 
- 5 types of Ceramides 🤤
- Hyaluronic Acid 
- Centella Extract 
- Propolis 
- Beta-Glucan 
- Panthenol
- Lactic Acid
- Squalane

🌛Texture
- It has a very rich and buttery texture which surprisingly was very easy to blend

🌛Fragrance
- There&#39;s a slight herbal like scent and that should not be an issue ☘

🌛Best for
- People with dry skin &amp; damaged skin barrier but I suggest EVERYONE to try this amazing cream

🌛Claims
- Provide youthful complexion, soothing, hydrate the skin, and repair skin barrier

🌛 Price
- Around RM 130, super pricey but super worthy

🌛 My thoughts
- First of all, I have dry skin. I&#39;ve used this cream for 2 weeks already as a moisturizer during my PM routine. First impression, the ingredient list looks hella amazing 😍 The amount of benefits it could plant in your skin is HUGEEE!🔥

- Next, I wanna talk about the most unique thing, their texture. It&#39;s a rich cream, but once applied on the skin it just melts so beautifully right away leaving a non greasy finish. I was worried as the rich cream texture would make me feel heavy but it surprisingly blended in so well and it felt just nice.🥰

- Effect wise, this cream really provided the best amount of hydration to my skin. I woke up the next day with softer and supple skin. My skin wasn&#39;t dry after sleeping the whole night with AC. And of course, my skin was glowing and it looked so natural. 

- I haven&#39;t seen any brightening or better skin barrier effect yet. However, this has literally been my dry skin saviour lately and I&#39;m so glad to be given the chance to try this cream.

🌛Rating
- This one deserves a 10&#47;10 🏆🏆🏆

🌛Repurchase?
- Hell yea! Just take my money

No improvement on my skin, and also nothing bad to talk about this Ampoule.

💌 Key ingredients
- Guaiazulene, Peptide, Ceramide, Licorice, Gotu Kola, Propolis, Panthenol, Shea Butter

💌 Texture&#47;Fragrance&#47;Price&#47;Best for&#47;Claims
- Quite thick serum with tiny blue capsules in it, absorbs quite fast&#47; I can&#39;t identify what scent it is, but there&#39;s a slight tolerable scent&#47;Around RM 110 for 80ml bottle, slightly pricey&#47;Best for people who want to repair skin barrier or looking for mild hydration&#47;Claims to revive sensitive skin, help strengthen moisture barrier

💌 My thoughts 
- This serum is just moderate for me. It didn&#39;t sting or irritate, also it wasn&#39;t sticky. To talk about hydration, it wasn&#39;t as hydrating as I expected, it was just mild hydrating. I suggest not using this cream for hydrating purposes. I didn&#39;t see much improvement on my skin too. I really liked the capsule in serum concept, very unique, and wasn&#39;t harsh. However, this this serum didn&#39;t do much to me. I probably need to use it for a longer time. I&#39;ll definitely update if there&#39;s changes. I&#39;m hoping to see a brightening effect later in the future because of the ingredient licorice.

It gets quite greasy at times. Nothing else negative about this product.

🌌 [PR REVIEW]
by @go.picky @purito_official 

🍀Centella Unscented Recovery Cream

🌴Key Ingredients 
- Centella Asiatica Extract {humectant}
- Niacinamide {brightening}
- Squalane 
- Macadamia Seed Oil {emollient}
- Witch Hazel 
- Tocopherol {antioxidant}

🌴Texture
- This cream has a really thick and rich texture, white in colour and the absorption level is around 60% . It gives slightly a greasy finish

🌴Fragrance 
- This cream has zero scent so it&#39;s a plus point for people who can&#39;t stand fragrance in skincare 

🌴Price
RM 71 ~ Quite pricey for me but is definitely worth a try for the product regardless of the price 

🌴Recommended for 
- I recommend this for people who have redness, blemishes, irritated skin, normal to dry skin and sensitive skin. I wouldn&#39;t recommend this to people with oily skin as it&#39;s extremely hydrating, but no harm trying 

🌴My thoughts
- I have dry skin, dullness and hyperpigmentation issues. As far as I&#39;ve used this product, I think this cream is really hydrating. Being very rich in texture, it really provides hydration, but sometimes it gets a little greasy. Blends well but takes some time to absorb to the skin. 

- I use this mostly in PM routine because I don&#39;t mind applying products which could make my face look greasy at night because the AC will kinda dry it out. It works perfect as a moisturizer but due to it&#39;s heaviness, I don&#39;t recommend using it during AM. 

- In terms of result, I&#39;ve seen my skin texture improving a little bit. I don&#39;t have redness or blemishes problem so I don&#39;t know how good this product is in helping to reduce it. I believe Centella will do it&#39;s job. I somehow felt a little bit of heat when applying this cream which I believe is the Squalane, but it subsided very quickly so that isn&#39;t a big matter

🌴Overall review
- I don&#39;t find this cream helping solve my main concerns and at the same time I definitely have nothing bad to say about this cream other than it being greasy at times. It did help provide hydration as well as improve skin texture a little

🌴Rating 
- 7&#47;10

🌴Repurchase
- No, because this product doesn&#39;t really focus on my skin concerns 

🏷 #pickyreview #gopicky #centellaunscentedcream

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