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That influencer who swore by the $100 face oil made me break out for a month straight
I followed this skincare person on TikTok who had like 200k followers and she kept going on about this fancy rosehip oil from some boutique brand. She said it would fix my dry patches and make my skin glow. I spent $45 on it which is a lot for me and used it every night for two weeks. My face turned into a pizza, just tons of little bumps and redness everywhere. I stopped using it and went back to my plain old CeraVe moisturizer from Target and my skin cleared up in like 5 days. I mean maybe it works for some people with different skin types but I wish I had just stuck with what I knew worked. Has anyone else gotten burned by a hyped up product from a big influencer?
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walker.cole1mo ago
@thomas_martinez nailed it with the boring basics idea. When I swapped my expensive moisturizer for a plain old drugstore brand, my skin calmed down in a week. Lesson learned: don't let a pretty bottle trick you into ditching what actually works.
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felix_lane991d ago
Saw a dermatologist on YouTube say something like 90% of skincare benefits come from sunscreen and a basic moisturizer, everything else is just extras. Your story lines up with @thomas_martinez point about boring basics being the real MVP. I fell for a $50 vitamin C serum from some Instagram ad once, turned my whole routine into a mess for weeks. Swapped it out for a $8 tube of generic niacinamide from the pharmacy and my skin was back to normal in no time. The hype machine just preys on people wanting a quick fix, but your mileage may vary every single time.
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thomas_martinez1mo ago
my face turned into a pizza" - that's the perfect way to put it. I see this pattern everywhere now. It's like people forget regular stuff works just fine. My buddy spent $80 on some "smart water bottle" that tells you when to drink. Now it's in a drawer. Meanwhile my $10 Nalgene from college still gets me through the day. Same with all these viral kitchen gadgets. Everyone chasing that perfect fix but sometimes the boring basics are what actually hold up.
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