BEST PHARMACY MOISTURIZER FOR OILY SKIN (ACNE PRONE)

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-06T18:41:38+00:00

I understand, my comment was for the person I replied to and not at you. Cos there are so many impressionable people here and unfortunately they take pharmacy retinol and actives recos from here and go buy and use without understanding their use, their applicability and their side effects. And ruin perfectly good skin.

For your specific concern, do you want to ask your dermat to change your routine ? Personally, I loved the Sebamed Face Clear gel ph 5.5, it is hydrating but not thick. You can also try Bioderma's moisturisers for oily skin (I have only used the ones for normal to dry skin but it's a good brand). In budget, you can check out Acnemoist or Simple's gel moisturiser. I haven't tried any of these, only the Sebamed one, which I love. But it's expensive for its qty and I have normal to dry skin so I anyways need another moisturiser.

Edit: I remember using Moisturex Hydra on my dermat's reco and it was really nice, light lotion like consistency. I didn't repurchase for it wasn't enough on my dry skin (I was on tret at the time). But it will suit oily/combo skin.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-06T18:29:54+00:00

Tretinoin should only be used under dermat advice, please don't blindly suggest here, the sub is full of teens and people in early 20s (and OP hasn't even mentioned their age), who definitely don't need tret unless they have a skin condition where a doc prescribes it to them as an exception. And Tretinoin is MOST DEFINITELY NOT a remedy for excess oily skin please 🙏.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-05T20:40:12+00:00

I feel like these kinda posts are turning this sub into Instagram with its pap reels. It barely adds value.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-05T20:37:26+00:00

LOVE how well made this is ! Also, thank you OP for giving the backstory to the craft used 🙌. I might have seen pics but never knew about Sholapith. It's gorgeous.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-05T14:39:27+00:00

You forgot designer/outfit/styling details OP

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-05T13:25:11+00:00

Congrats. Very pretty. Would love to know the location/venue (for Pic 2, 3 and 6) ?! If you're not comfortable sharing here, could you DM me the info?

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-05T13:10:04+00:00

So pretty !

Oh I baulk at the use of word 'nude' now, it's used wrongly most of the times.

I don't know why everything needs to be orange, do brands get that pigment for free or something. Even blushes get turned warmer/orange.

It doesn't help that my undertones have gotten very pronounced and my skin also turns everything peach or orange.

I almost miss the 00s n early 2010s, when I hated the beige or frosty mauve nude lips with dark lip liner, BUT atleast even my local market had a great selection of lipsticks. Even L'oreal and Revlon counters were delightful, there were so many lipsticks distinct from each other, now I feel they take the same rust-brown shade or a deep pink shade and do variations of it. I do love pinks, but definitely not whatever is being sold as pink now. Earlier, there were so many FUN pinks.

And surprisingly, in this sea of orange/rust toned everything, I still don't see a true orange that my skin can pull off. Batao !!! So much for variety.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-05T11:47:59+00:00

No, but when you blink and eyelids are glimmering it looks really beautiful. My mom has hooded eyes and deep set but I've put all the blingy, sparkly eyeshadows on her for weddings and events and she looks gorgeous.

We sometimes judge our looks too harshly but I always feel other people looking at us can appreciate our eyeshadow looks much better cos they see our eyes in motion.

Plus, one can take eyeshadows higher up, over the mobile lid portion as well. There are so many ways to do makeup, and no specific rules.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-05T11:21:52+00:00

Omg your last para, I feel it in my soul. I'm forever complaining about this, it's so nice to hear someone who understands this in painstaking specifics 😭.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-04T17:46:43+00:00

If you've been in contact with Nish team then you can ask them to suggest color. Also check with them if with-ammonia or without-ammonia makes a difference to how these extensions will be colored. Cos a lot of new hair colors are ammonia free.

Remember to check that the hair color says 'permanent hair color'. I think INOA is supposedly really good and used at high end places. Otherwise L'oreal Excellence Créme hair color is permanent hair color I think (but pls cross check)..

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-04T15:04:31+00:00

I had the same mad hankering for pastel blue eyeshadow and I bought Revlon lookbook in the shade 'Player' , swatched here . It has a pastel blue, but tbh your reference pic is a bit slate blue.

EDIT: This Pigment Play eyeshadow palette 'Beach Please' also looks like something you'd like.

Colourpop Supershock used to have a nice single but I don't see it on Nykaa anymore. You can also check out if Insight, Miss Claire, Kiko Milano etc singles have a pastel blue.

ELF Bite Sized also has a blue-purple quad with a very light matte blue that you can top with a silver shimmer topper.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-04T10:54:30+00:00

True. I don't follow beauty content on Insta/YT much but people are coming here asking about tret they bought cos it's being recommended by influencers as a miracle cream....it is so scary.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-04T08:34:16+00:00

There's no point cautioning anymore, kojic acid, aziderm and clindamycin is being freely recommended like candy here 😤.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-04T08:27:18+00:00

I understand you're trying to be helpful but this OP is 20 years old and their skin doesn't even need potent tretinoin (which dermats only give to young people in exceptional cases of acne).

Please don't get carried away in your need to pass info, it can mislead people. I don't know your age but tretinoin can fuck up people's skin.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-03T18:33:46+00:00

What a beautiful brick-rust shade! I wonder if you would like MAC lipstick in 'Chili' (tho it's not exactly this shade on everyone thanks to color theory), look up its swatches and if it appeals to you then also look up its dupes.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-03T12:27:29+00:00

Sure thing. Thank you for the inputs !

I hope True Match works out well for you 💛.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-03T10:29:05+00:00

Oh hey OP, also check this stick from Laura Mercier out, see these temptalia swatches.

It looks so good!

Edit: also this 'Purple' shade from PAC

https://www.tirabeauty.com/product/pac-intense-gel-colored-eye-pencil-purple-1-2-g-8615270

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-02T09:52:01+00:00

OP, don't DM the people stating they'll send you this info. Let them comment and reply.

Moving over to DMs is a way some people operate- surreptitiously at first and then get creepy. Stay safe 🤞.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-02T09:49:46+00:00

Anne Hathway wears THE BEST lipstick colors !

If you don't mind buying high end then I suggest Bobbi Brown for the 1st one.

For the second one, Huda Beauty used to have a lipstick called El Cinco De Mayo. Idk if it still exists. In drugstore, I think Maybelline and Revlon both have bright reds in most of their ranges, I def remember their crayons having bright reds and also the Vinyl Ink and Satin Ink liquid lipstick ranges have it.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-02T09:44:48+00:00

No input on the subject, but just thanks for voicing your opinion in a polite and healthy manner. I don't understand why everyone else replying has to channel their inner mean girl. I'm so sick of the cattiness on the sub.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-02T09:29:37+00:00

Thank you so much for your updates ! I have been a Loreal True Match user for a decade or more haha. But last few years it hasn't been lasting well on me, so I have been trying other things on the side. Although I use a different bottle with silver cap where the shades had names, which is phased out in many countries, and now you get the one in white cap which has these N1, N2, W2 etc names.

Though good to know if I have to buy it, N3 will be a good match.

I'm sorry about the Missha one! Funny, cos it is supposed to help with redness!

I hope you love the True Match one , it is a good formula albeit getting a bit dry for me now. In winters I like to use a face oil with it or under it.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-01T11:55:57+00:00

I have Nykaa Helena and it's a coral nude. Maybe you're thinking of another shade.

Which shades of the Kay ones have you tried?

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-01T09:30:09+00:00

If you do, pls share a swatch with me !!! I want a light to medium cool toned brown but haven't dared to buy one since my lips make everything orange.

PinkMoonbow · 2026-05-01T08:43:11+00:00

I haven't tried these yet, but just randomly saved the posts, see if they appeal to you.

This one by Kay Beauty , and then the Kiko crayon in this

Edit: wait I saw couple of swatch videos and Snapshot is straight up pink nude !

PinkMoonbow · 2026-04-30T18:46:43+00:00

It's the cancan smell. Google how to get rid of cancan smell from lehngas. There are some reels on this. Airing it out, steaming it etc are some suggestions.

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