🤱🏾
My sister has been on a five-year baby streak, and I’ve been buying her breast milk for my baths and face masks. If you want top-tier skincare ingredients, don’t sleep on it.
Related Recs
🛀
I am certifiably lazy with skin care, I will only stick with a routine if it’s 3 steps tops. Here it is:
First Aid Beauty Facial Radiance Pads. I believe jennie recommended a while back and I’ve used them ever since!
Costco Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence. It’s true, it’s great. I’ve used it for years and it doesn’t clog my pores which most moisturizers do.
CeraVe moisturizing tinted sunscreen. I don’t wear make up so this gives me just a bit of color while also doubling as my sunscreen.
For face wash, I keep CeraVe in my shower and use that. For nightly, I use Zinc Therapy cleanser because ya girl has psoriasis that flares up with hormonal changes and the cold. If I’m not struggling with that I’ll just use the CeraVe.
Eventually I will add a retinoid when I am done breastfeeding.
Jan 21, 2025
🥼
Listen to me. Your face needs four things. A chemical exfoliator—one. A Vitamin C serum—two. A retinoid—three. And a ceramide moisturizer—four. Do you know who can give you all four? It’s not Snake Oil Skin as much as I wish that were true. I’ve tried all the bougie bitch shit. Augustinus Bader and La Roche-Posey and Barbara Sturm and do you know who comes out on top if I really had to choose? Protocol. This shit works. The complete line with all four products is $262, which might sound like a lot at first, but when you break it down it’s really only $65 a bottle. $65 also happens to be what Snake Oil costs, which is what I use as my last step to slug everything in while I sleep. Proof of results is in my face. I’m turning 32 this year and I’ve never not been carded.
Jun 22, 2023
🧴
Makeup remover - byoma melting balm
cleanser - cerave hydrating cleanser
Moisturiser - Nivea creme
lazy day - bioderma sensibio H2O
I used to be a full skincare girly, and then my skin got really bad and I read a lot about the skincare industry and how insidious and awful it is. Now I essentially just use 4 things. A cleanser, I use cerave hydrating cleanser. And a moisturiser, in my opinion the more simple the better. My favourite is the embryolisse lait creme, but it’s a lil spenny so I mostly use Nivea soft, which I find to be really similar and costs like £2. the third thing is an oil based cleansing balm for makeup removal. atm I use Bioma, which is the affordable replacement for the very expensive Clinique cleansing balm. I also use an spf (but controversially only when it’s sunny as I live in the U.K. and we have a much bigger vitamin d deficiency problem than we do a skin damage one). Unfortunately I’ve never found a face suncream that isn’t expensive, so atm I use laroche possay, but it lasts me ages cause there isn’t much sun here. for ease and laziness I also use bioderma micellar water for days when Im too tired to wash my face or I’m taking off makeup on the go. I have mostly dry/combo and a little sensitive skin, but this routine will work for any skin type (might need a lighter moisturiser if oily). In the U.K. to but this entire routine with full size bottles would cost around £37, and my skin is infinitely better than it was when I was using elaborate and expensive skin care routines!
May 9, 2024
Top Recs from @quenlin-blackwell
If you love music that drowns out your inner thoughts, check out Snow Strippers, Playboi Carti, and Bass Victim. The intro to Evil Jordan on Carti's most recent album is pure euphoria—it’ll shut your brain off and put you into titty-bounce, foot-stomp autopilot.
3d ago
If life is overwhelming, take a hike—literally. The Griffith Observatory trail is my go-to spot for an ego-death-level shroom journey with a friend. Highly recommend for deep thoughts and city views.
3d ago
I am naturally the frumpiest monster alive, but heels have changed me. They take me from silly to sexy in seconds. If you need a little balance in your life, start wearing heels.
3d ago