I’m not new to skincare but new to active ingredients! I mostly use only Hyaluronic acid, ceramide, centella and staff not highly active ones! 

And currently I’m adding retinol, niacinamide, adapalene, … to my routine! Can you drop your best practice please? 

Skin type: oily
Concern: acne prone, pores & scars

Active ingredients

We all have them laid on our shelves that we barely  touch for some reasons. I have mine below with personal reasons. What about you?

Share yours if it happens to you too. 

• Innisfree Green Tea Seed Serum: strongly fragranced. I kept trying tho I dislike the scent and yeah I could finish up to 3/4 but nothing really happened. 

• Tiam Vita Refre C Toner: It didn’t work what it claims. The color changes very quickly. It needs as much care as a baby. 

• Cosrx Shield Fit Snail Essence Sun: My skin is oily and I know I shouldn’t have tried it. But…
It darkened my face and the sebum is just excessive. My pores got clogged, the tiny bumps started to form. 

• Neogen Gauze Peeling Lemon: It felt good and soft after peeling but the pad on the gauze side was quite hard and harsh which could hurt your skin. And after almost a jar, I didn’t see any results. 

• Cosrx Aloe Soothing Sun Cream: Exactly the same as Snail Essence Sun and it peeled off. 

• Tiam My Signature C Source: it stings my skin and very sticky. The color changed very quickly tho it’s stored in the fridge. I barely used it a few times only. 

P.S This is personally experienced and it might be different for others.

Products I didn’t finish / won’t repurchase

Sleeping without having removed the skincare/makeup!!! Yeah this happens to me! I hate myself when I let this repeat, and always regret it the next morning!

Embarrassing moment

Excuse me, does Picky not ship to Cambodia? I was trying to get the @picky deal but stuck with this. 

Attached with below pic.

Question

Do you know how it feels like to meet your soulmate?
This Tiam Vita B3 Serum is my partner in crime, my savior, my lover. 

Find my full review @tiam. 
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Best NIACINAMIDE ever

It comes with no box, just a plastic wrap which makes the product look less apeal! It should have been packaged better, and with a spatula.
That’s it, just a little drawback, but my love for the result is still grand.

Fisrt impression, this rice wash-off mask has great scent. I know it’s artificial but it’s relaxing, not too strong and not causing any skin reaction. 
To the result, i love how how little and quick it is to apply comparing to many wash-off masks i ever tried. The amount needed is a coin size. The shredred rice grain and tiny pieces of sugar make no stripped feeling. They’re gentle, do a good scrubber.
After 10mn, when rinsing off, my skin was completely soft. I feel like there was some kind off oil (feel-like) which really soften the skin. Doing this 2-3 times a week I’m happy wity the brightening complexion improvement.

• hydration: too light, not recognizable, not recommended for dry skin
• storage: need very very extra caution as the color changes to orange very quickly
• repurchase: no

I’ll put it short and pointy. 
• Consistency: lightweight, quicky absored
• Help: brighten up
• Partner: great with Tiam Vita B3

This serum is the first niacinamide serum i ever tried which 100% works as what it claims. 
I was reluctant at first because i uesd to have bad breakout before, but after a night of patch testing, i was quite aww to try it on my face. I had spotty noticeable PIE, which were so hard to get rid off. And I tried this serum without much thought, i was only focusing on brightening side. But yeahhh, so much improvement after 2 months, finally I could notice fruitful changes. My skin does get brighter, less appearance of scars, the PIE are now barely noticed and I’m so jawdropped. I love how my skin is now so so much. I’m not a good ingredient reader, just only niacinamide and arbutin tgt get me to try this! I just emptied the first bottle and yes the 2nd is to be opened!

Dont forget to shake or you’ll only get vicous fluid, not the milky one. 

No downside!

Tried out new shield!

Skin type: Oily
Brand: Goongbe
Eligibility: baby over 6m 
Texture: watery, easily applied, leave minimal cast. (Very much alike Missha Sun Milk)
Fragrance: mild to none
First impression: I purposely got this sunscreen for my kid only yet it looks good so I put it on my face 😜!
On day 1, I used it on top of Hyaluronic acid moisturizer. My face gets quite oily after an hour (aircon room), I need 2 sheets of oil blotter. 
Day 2, I used Vitamin E moisturizer instead, and yeah the sebum was compromised and not so much shining (my skin looks better). 

Conclusion: Your moisturizer plays important role! Choosing the right sunscreen alone is like clapping one hand. You need the right moisturizer to marry your sunscreen. Peace!

Rate: 8&#47;10
Repurchase: Maybe