• NOT all expensive products are WORTH THE MONEY

    NOT all expensive products are WORTH THE MONEY
    NOT all expensive products are WORTH THE MONEY
    NOT all expensive products are WORTH THE MONEY

    for the first time in such a long while, I accidentally “burned” my skin with an EXPENSIVE product from a luxury brand & it was HORRIBLE!! I figured something was wrong 3 mins in having such itchiness & pain & thank goodness that I had my skincare knowledge I have today & managed to subside the redness in a day & woke up with normal skin the next 😭 here’s what I learnt from this experience & I hope none of you will ever experience this!!!! 😤🫵🏻

    WHAT I LEARNT 😭 ———

    1. ALWAYS PATCH TEST 🔝

    as a skincare creator, I receive a huge amount of PR & have lots of new skincare but actually trying out so many & switching up from my usual products can do more harm than good!! for skincare, consistency is key & you should always try out a skincare product for >3 weeks to a few months before switching up!! of course, if your skin is naturally good then it won’t be as damaging for your skin barrier. the mistake I made was assuming it’ll be fine and just using this on my whole face thinking that it was a luxury product & it’ll be fine.

    2. KNOW WHAT YOURE LAYERING 🥹

    more is not always better especially when it comes to actives! you should NEVER layer some actives (lmk if you want to know what to not layer) & sometimes the skincare product doesn’t explicitly state the actives in contain unless you read the list (cause it’s not their main ingredient but still contain it) my assumption is that I layered something wrong resulting in the burn.

    3. GENTLE PRODUCTS FTW IF YOU HAVE SENSI SKIN 🤍

    I’m biased but Korean products 🔛🔝 for me all the time. while not all kbeauty products are super good, it’s generally much gentler in formulation & ingredients!!!! no Korean skincare has EVER made my skin burn like this. if you DONT NEED to, I’d say avoid actives unless you know what they are & what benefits they bring/if you NEED that benefit. sometimes if you use actives wrongly it can rly ruin your skin! stick to safe ingredients such as hyaluronic acid, ceramides, centella etc.

    I hope my experience & learning lessons help a bit!!! i hope that no one will experience this… let me know if anyones curious to know what I did to calm my skin asap after this 🤍