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Is The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid a dupe for Mad Hippie Super A Serum? Mad Hippie Vitamin A Serum got an upgrade. It’s now called Mad Hippie Vitamin A Super Serum and it has three forms of retinoids + bakuchiol (does the same thing). Granactive Retinoid 2% In Squalane and Granactive Retinoid 5% In Squalane used […]
“What’s the best salicylic acid exfoliant, Gio?” My answer’s always the same: Paula’s Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant or, if you’re on a budget, The Ordinary Salicylic Acid 2% Solution. No, I’m not cheating. I just like to give people choice. 😉 Cos what works for me may not work so well for […]
Is The Inkey list Caffeine Eye Cream a dupe for The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG? I’ll be honest. If there’s one product that’s let me down this year, it’s The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG. Not that’s it a bad product. It makes my puffy eyes disappear faster and helps me keep […]
Spoiler: I wouldn’t call The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension 10% a dupe for Paula’s Choice 10% Azelaic Acid Booster. If you know The Ordinary (and who doesn’t?), you know they’re one-trick ponies. They give you one active per product – that’s how they keep the prices low. Paula’s Choice takes the opposite approach. She packs […]
Is The Ordinary EUK 134 0.1% a dupe for Niod Superoxide Dismutase Saccharide Mist? You’d think a company wouldn’t want to cannibalise itself. And yet… Both brands belong to Deciem. Both promise their products will give you the same results. And yet one is considerably more expensive than the other… Makes no sense… Shouldn’t we […]
When I reviewed Creme De La Mer, I compared it to Nivea Creme. The two have more in common than the fancy seaweed cream dares to admit. But just how similar are they? Could you just use Nivea Cream as a dupe of La Mer – and save yourself hundreds of dollars each year without […]
