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You’re doing great @WinglessOne ! This is so beautiful on you! I love this thread too, clearly! 🤣 I’m going through mine by vendor, wearing them and decluttering them as I go. 2 brands down, a million to go 😭lol. ( I posted some further in etc. Pat M and CT. Big whoop right. Lol.) Witch Princess turns a pinky plum on me too! I was so pleased it wasn’t purple like others! It lasts such a long time, I was shocked it was still on at the end of the day. I love the stain! So comfy. I could live with out the sparkles but glad you love em. I get more annoyed that they migrate elsewhere on my face it seems like. No clue why! Lol. I’m sad she’s leaving too as her new lips are such a nice formula. Guess I’m glad I can’t get Anger or Lust. But a bit sad! Good luck on your project too! We got this! 💪 Now if we can keep from replacing tooo many once we congratulate ourselves with attaboys ! Lol. Ugh.

@stacyyy0927 How long have you used Drunk Elephant A-Passioni™ Retinol Cream 1 oz/ 30 mL ? (Assuming that’s the DE retinol product you’re talking about; they make 2 different ones.) If your skin’s very used to 1% retinol, then The Ordinary Retinal 0.2% Emulsion Serum 0.5 oz / 15 ml might not irritate your skin. It’s hard to be certain because to my knowledge, there’s no one-to-one strength conversion chart for retinol vs. retinal. Sure, we know retinal works faster than retinol (requires one less conversion step than retinol to the active form of retinoic acid our bodies can actually use). But I don’t think any clinical studies have revealed a strength comparison. I used various retinol and granactive retinoid products at different strengths before switching to Avène RetrinAL 0.1 Intensive Cream a few years ago. That product contains 0.1% retinal and my reactive skin’s had no issues with daily use, aside from the one time I accidentally applied it to my undereyes before that skin was ready to tolerate it. Earlier this year I tested a full bottle of Youth To The People Retinal + Niacinamide Youth Serum 1 oz/ 30 mL (0.15% retinal) with no irritation, then went back to my usual Avène serum. This month I began testing The Ordinary’s 0.2% retinal. I started off using it every other night for 1.5 weeks, and now I’m using it each night. No issues so far, which is great because TO’s product costs far less per ounce than Avène’s and YTTP’s (and DE’s). That doesn’t mean you won’t have issues though. If you decide to try it, ease your skin into it like you (hopefully) did with the DE retinol: use it just a few times a week for a while to see how your skin tolerates it, and then increase usage. You might even want to use it just on one area of your face for a while as a patch test, rather than apply it to your whole face straight away.

@CynthieLu EVERYONE is raving about the Dior Forever Glow Star Filter Multi-Use Complexion Enhancing Booster! I need to swatch it next time I visit a store.

I finally did it! After a year of waiting, I finally experience the perfect date. It wasn’t too hot and wasn’t too cold. 😏 (Sorry @danielledanielle I can’t find the other thread!)

@cherrybooy Hyper Skin Brightening Dark Spot Vitamin C Serum 1 oz/ 30 mL is highly rated

@peau unfortunately we can blame inflation; a lot of brands have raised their prices in the last year.

@danielledanielle I was honestly shocked that it's only $28! Not mad about it.

@lmaster I blame @Loretta55 for getting me hooked on them, lol. So far my favorite has to be iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Glaze Lip Oil Cinnamon Bun .

@itsfi what a fun mask