Application again is so easy, apply a small amount to the face and gently rub in upwards motions with finger tips over face and neck, after cleansing and toning.

I’ve also had allergic reactions to Garnier in the past but this one has been fine with it being for sensitive skin. Shedding some light into this complex condition is Dr Catherine Borysiewicz, an experienced consultant dermatologist within the NHS. The world of ‘dupes’ is taking the internet by storm as affordable brands continuously release products that mirror the look and feel of some of the most expensive brands out there.We unscrewed the twist-off lid and dotted some liquid onto a make-up remover pad before swiping it over our face and décolleté. A skincare stalwart that first launched in 1999, the cruelty-free brand’s most famous product has now gathered a massive 2. Pixi’s glow tonic delivers skin balancing and softening, and we can see why it’s earned that cult-classic status. Packaged in a similarly tall bottle and featuring a label attached to the upper top section listing glycolic acid as a main ingredient, we also noticed the orange-coloured toner matches Pixi’s. I really liked it’s results, as not only did this leave my Skin feeling incredibly silky soft, squeaky clean, smooth and intensely hydrated, but it also left it looking extremely glowing and radiant for at least ten minutes after I had used it.

With this in mind, my first thought was that it wasn’t going to work, but I still gave it a go for a week anyway, just so I could give some balanced thoughts (the things I do for you guys, eh? I’ve already had my eye on their copies of Nars blush, La Prairie Concealer and Foundation and Brazilian Bum Bum Cream (the dupe name will never be as good as that though, let’s be honest).If you can’t offer any reply, what toner can you recommend for someone with really oily/sensitive skin, that isn’t going to put a dent in my pocket. Super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. This Pixi glow tonic dupe shares glycolic acid and aloe vera ingredients in common with the original and we can see a close similarity between the two bottles too. Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!

Said to brighten your complexion, the Lacura Rose Glow Toner can be applied with a cotton pad and swept over the face and neck every morning and evening after cleansing. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product. Meanwhile, Lacura’s healthy glow glycolic toner has a very similar bottle and ingredients list and balanced out our skin tone after a few week’s use. If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag. It can be used in many types of formulations as it has great thermal stability (can be heated up to 85°C) and works on a wide range of pH levels (ph 3-10).Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too.

The sodium salt form of PCA is an important skin-identical ingredient and great natural moisturizer that helps the skin to hold onto water and stay nicely hydrated.

This is quite obvious when you use the product itself, to be fair, because it absolutely reeks of rose, like it’s the strongest rose smell in a product that I’ve ever come across.