🍋Product: GINGER + VITAMIN C SERUM @sweetchefskincare 

🍋Price: $20 for 30ml

🍋Availability: Cult beauty

🍋Texture: serum to gel consistency 

🍋Packaging: glass bottle with long dropper.

🍋Key Ingredients: Ginger , Vitamin C , Turmeric root extract.

🍋Brand  claims: This brightening ginger serum shot provides a powerful dose of antioxidant-rich ginger and potent vitamin C for a naturally hydrated and radiant complexion

🍋My experience: Vitamin C’s  are like my besties.. Sometime they irritate me by getting fast oxidation process and sometimes pamper with clearing  acne scars and giving me subtle glow. Sweetchef vitamin c belongs to latter one.

🍋Sweetchef in particular is stable Vitamin C and hasn’t changed its color 

🍋Not at all oxidised 

🍋It does have very fine  fragrance which goes off in a min

🍋The texture is very lightweight and hydrating 

🍋There is no tackiness or greasiness post application.

🍋This is one of the gentlest Vitamin C ever used. Highly recommended for beginners.

🍋It has lasted me for good 3 to 3.5 months with a dime sized application every day to my face neck and décolletage.

🍋I can say the serum is pretty good in giving glow and brightens up my face immediately.

🍋It takes longer time to blur my acne scars.

🍋Con: 

🍋Unavailablilty in India .

🍋Some people may not find it affordable.

🍋People who use high percentage of Vitamin C may find this very gentle.

🍋Overall I enjoyed using it..!!

Sweet chef Vitamin C

What is Dimethicone?

😊Dimethicone (genreally silicone) is a silicone-based ingredient used in many personal care products. It also gives these products a smooth, silky texture.

Why Dimethicone?

😊Smooths texture: It ability to smooth the appearance of fine lines and form a protective barrier,

Seals hydration: Dimethicone forms a layer on the skin, thereby locking in hydration and decreasing transepidermal water loss without being on skin

Creates a silky feel:light texture and non-greasy feel that spreads quickly and easily

Won't cause breakouts:Despite it being occlusive, dimethicone is non-comedogenic and non-acnegenic.
 
In haircare products. Dimethicone coats the strands and smooths the cuticles, giving a sleek and shiny look while protecting from heat.

https://www.healthline.com/health/beauty-skin-care/dimethicone

Which type of skin can use?


 😊• For skin

Any skin type
It is extremely useful in treating oily skin and acne because it does not block the pores or leave the skin feeling greasy


 😊•For Hair

In hair products, dimethicone is known to leave shinier tresses that are easy to detangle.


However, that waxy buildup can start to prevent water from making contact with the hair cuticle – and that can lead to dryer and/or flat weighed locks.
Curly and fine hair may also get weighed down by buildup.


https://puracy.com/blogs/spotlight/is-dimethicone-bad-and-alternatives



How Dimethicone helps?


 😊• It works by forming a film that prevents the loss of water through the skin that helps keep the skin moisturized.

 • It also works as an emollient, which means that it fills the spaces between cracks in the skin.

 • It also keeps all of the ingredients in a product from separating.

 • Dimethicone also helps improve the skin’s smoothness and flexibility by filling gaps between the cells in the uppermost layer of your skin.

 • It provides the soft feel, high shine, gloss and heat protection

 .https://hellogiggles.com/beauty/what-is-dimethicone-in-cosmetics/



Whether it causes purging?
 😊• No, it may not!!


When can use we it?


 😊• Can be applied both in AM and PM routines
 • Can be paired with all most all actives

Where can I find it?


😊Cleanser
Primers 
Serums
Moisturizer
Sunscreen
Foundation



😊There is so much fear mongering around Dimethicone,
 which are not proved.
And lets not spread false rumour.
Act wisely.

Dimethicone

🌺Getting tan off from my feet with the help of @thebodyshop peppermint reviving pumice foot scrub.
🌺available @mynykaa @thebodyshopindia
🌺The texture is jelly and coarse and it contains granules of volcanic pumice stone and peppermint essential oil
🌺It effortless scrubs my feet. My feet feels fresh

THE BODY SHOP PEPPERMINT FOOT SCRUB

ft. @pyungkangyul_vietnam Ato mild sun cream Spf 45 pa +++
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Price : 17USD for 75 ml

Available : @yesstyle

INGREDIENTS:
Aqua, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Propanediol, Methylpropanediol Cyclomethicone, Dipropylene Glycol, Glycerol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Pentylene Glycol, Aluminum Stearate Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Caprylic/Capric/Succinic Triclyceride, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Silica, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Alumina Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose, Cellulose Gum, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tromethamine, Tert-Butyl Alcohol, Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Butylene Glycol, Artemisia Princeps Leaf Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sodium Hyaluronate Phosphatidylcholine, Ceramide NP, Glycine, Serine, Glutamic Acid, Lysine, Alanine, Threonine, Proline, Arginine, Titanium Dioxide

My exp:

Not a PR

Package: Opaque white tube with outer cardboard box

Texture : Lotion

Colour :white

Skin suitability :for all type esp good for oily skin ( brand says its good for babies too)

Pro:
1.Its lightweight hydrating uv protection sun cream
2. Broad spectrum mineral protection 
3. No tackyness
4.It will not make your face grease ball
5. Very very mininal white cast, vanishes of in 2 to 3 mins
6. No pilling with other skincare products
7. Contains goody products like Ceramides, hyaluronic acid, green tea and honey suckle, mugwort, humectants
8.Does not cling to hairline and brows .
9. After Reapplication - less to no white cast, no pilling and no greasiness

Cons:
1. Not easily available
2. Dry skin beauties may find it less moisturing
3. Even while wearing it outdoor I got Sunburn.
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This is solely Titanium di oxide based mineral sunscreen.
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I may repurchase!!
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Disclaimer: what works for me may work for u!! Vice Versa..
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Do patch test

Pyungkangyul Ato Sun Cream Spf45 pa+++

🌽What is Azelaic acid?


Azelaic Acid is a naturally occurring dicarboxylic acid produced by Malassezia furfur(species of yeast) and found in whole grain cereals, rye, barley and animal products.




🌽Why Azelaic acid?


 • Treatment of mild to moderate acne
 • Good option for people with Rosaceae
 • Pregnancy Safe
 • Evens Skin tone
 • Helps to reduce acne marks
 • Evening out hyperpigmentation
 • May reduce hair loss( studies still going on)



🌽Which type of skin can use?


 • All skin types.



🌽How Azelaic acid helps?


 • Azelaic acid possesses antibacterial,
 • Keratolytic (type of medical treatment to remove warts, calluses and other lesions)
 • Comedolytic ( medication that inhibits the formation of comedones)
 • Anti-oxidant properties .



🌽Whether it causes purging?


 • Yes, it may!!Because Azelaic acid speeds up your skin cell turnover rate



🌽When can we it?


 • Can be applied both in AM and PM routines
 • Can be paired with Vitamin c, Niacinamide, Hyaluronic acid, BHA, AHA(With Caution)



🌽Where can I find it?


 • The Ordinary AzelaicAcid Suspension 10%

 • Paula's Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster

 • SesdermaAZELAC RU Liposomal Serum

 • FADED Brightening & Clearing Serum

 • TheFormularx- Potassium Azeloyl Diglycinate 20%

 • The facetheory Lumizela Azelaic Acid Serum A15

All About Azelaic Acid

Amazing exfoliation... It clears black heads nicely

Holygrail.. Beautifully exfoliation alert

🌺Cons:
1. Not easily available
2. Cannot be combined with other actives like retinol, etc
3. Acne marks takes longer time to disappear

🌺Product name: Paula’s Choice 2% BHA Liquid @paulaschoice

🌺Price : Rs 900 for 30 ml

🌺Available : @amazondotin @cultbeauty

🌺INGREDIENTS:Water (Aqua), Methylpropanediol (hydration), Butylene Glycol (hydration), Salicylic Acid (beta hydroxy acid&#47;exfoliant), Polysorbate 20 (stabilizer), Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract (green tea&#47;skin calming&#47;antioxidant), Sodium Hydroxide (pH balancer), Tetrasodium EDTA (stabilizer).

🌺My Exp:

🌺Not a PR

🌺Package: Comes in a simple opaque plastic bottle

🌺TEXTURE : Watery

🌺Colour : Clear like water

🌺Fragrance :No added fragnance

🌺Skin suitability :exfoliating solution for people having  acne marks blackheads, enlarged pores and not for sensitive skin.

🌺Results: Mine skin type is oily with acne prone. I suffer from acne marks, whiteheads, blackheads often. Recently came across Paulaschoice 2%bha solution. I started using once a week over period of a 1.5 months i can definitely see that my occurence of blackheads has been come down. but acne marks are fading very slowly.

🌺Pros:
1. Reduces whiteheads and blackheads
2. No tackyness
3.Provides gentle exfoliation.
4. Works with both dry and oily skin types.
5. Reduces bumpy Texture of skin

🌺PATCH TEST IS MUST!

🌺FOLLOW UP WITH SUNSCREEN!

🌺100%Repurchase!!!

Im here trying out most hyped product 20% vitamin c and ferulic acid by @timelesshaskin
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🌺.Here is mini review
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🌺Im loving each bit..
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🌺The texture is watery
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🌺Oxidises super fast
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🌺Brightens skin.
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🌺Im already seeing the results my dark spots have been considerably reduced