The Products We Actually Repurchased After Reviewing Them for Beauty IQ...
Sadaf Razi is Adore Beauty's Senior Beauty Editor.
She's a former fashion editor (who worked at various glossy mags) and stylist-turned digital beauty and lifestyle writer. She has been in the lifestyle/media industry for over 10 years and her work has also been featured on international covers like Elle France and Vanity Fair Mexico.
Some of her fave Adore Beauty products include Cicaplast B5, CeraVe Cleansing Oil and Lancôme Renergie Triple Serum.
One of the best parts of working in beauty is all the amazing products we're fortunate enough to trial.
It's a tough gig, but jokes aside, we take our responsibility to only share honest, genuine beauty product reviews very seriously.
Each and every week, we test skincare, haircare, makeup and fragrance products first-hand to see what they're like and who they'd work for.
Plus, we review new beauty launches we're excited about, and share tutorials and routines using products we've fallen in love with.
Recently, I pitched a story on the top products we've repurchased (or will be buying again soon) since first reviewing them for Beauty IQ.
Adore's Senior Editor Amy loved the idea, but then I realised... how the heck am I going to choose?!
The products we all use and love change depending on skin concerns, seasons, budgets, trends and what's new on social media, but Amy and I have narrowed down a list of our current top favourites.
Keep scrolling for eight beauty products we found through writing Beauty IQ articles that are still in our routines.
1. Laneige Perfect Renew Youth Serum.
What:
A highly-concentrated, essence and oil serum that works to increase skin elasticity and hydration, boost radiance and improve skin tone.
Talk about an overachiever.
Why we love it so much:
If you want a serum that's going to make you look like a dewy dumpling and wake up with plumper skin - this juicy bottle is for you.
I fell in love with this silky serum as soon as I applied it thanks to the BIQ article where I Tried 6 Instagram-Famous Products.
It's formulated with the antioxidant benefits of a super berry complex, tri-peptides to encourage collagen synthesis and Glyco-Miracle™ Technology to help improve early signs of ageing by harnessing the power of butterfly ginger.
The purple packaging is also very cute!
2. who is elijah HIS | HER Eau de Parfum.
What:
A gender-neutral scent with head notes of bergamot, violet leaf and cardamom and base notes of sandalwood, cashmere musk and amber.
Who is elijah perfumes are vegan, cruelty-free and made with ethically conscious ingredients.
Why we love it so much:
Describing this concentrated Eau de Parfum as "fresh, sultry, androgynous, clean but sexy", Amy says this perfume was love at first sniff!
Giving the scent a whirl for her 'Is This New Fragrance an Affordable Dupe for a $440 Cult Perfume?' story, Amy now loves this scent so much, she's already on her second bottle.
The scent is so popular, that when it first launched on Adore, it kept selling out!
3. Aspect Probiotic Mask.
What:
An overnight mask that nourishes dry, sensitised skin and supports a compromised skin barrier while also firming and soothing.
Reap the benefits of ingredients like glycerin, grape seed oil, lactococcus ferment lysate and lactic acid (to name a very few).
Why we love it so much:
I road-tested this for one of my favourite articles - 'What Happened When I Only Used 'Probiotic Skin Care' for 2 Weeks'.
The popular probiotic mask is also loved by fellow Beauty IQ writer Yadira, so I should've known it'd be love at first swipe.
The Aspect probiotic-rich mask is great to use when your skin is feeling angry, dry or looking dull.
This is also my favourite mask to use before makeup because it leaves my skin looking brighter and more radiant, leaving a great canvas for base application.
It also makes skin feel smoother and softer. The creamy texture also means skin doesn't feel stripped after using like some other heavier masks can.
4. MAKE UP FOR EVER Step 1 Dullness Eraser Primer.
What:
As part of the Make Up For Ever Step 1 Primers range, this peach tinted primer neutralises dullness and is ideal for medium and tan skin tones.
Why we love it so much:
If your foundation lasts all day without wearing a primer, I salute you.
But I am 100% a primer-under-makeup gal.
As someone with oily skin, my base just won't stay put all day without wearing primer first. So I was stoked to road-test The MAKE UP FOREVER Step 1 Primer range for this BIQ article.
The MAKE UP FOR EVER Step 1 Dullness Eraser Primer is the best one for my complexion and it does a brilliant job at making sure foundation doesn't budge all day.
No patching or slipping and the whipped texture glides on really nicely too.
5. Napoleon Perdis Cheek Switch Crème Blush Stick.
What:
A long-wearing cream formula blush stick that creates a radiant and velvety glow. These creme blush sticks are also paraben, artificial fragrance and mineral oil free.
Why we love it so much:
Amy discovered her love for the Napoleon Perdis Cheek Switch Crème Blush Stick after doing the 'The Cream Blush Making Me Look Alive on Zoom Calls Since 2020' story.
When putting on a full face of makeup (especially for daily zoom calls) feels like too much work, Amy says "a bit of blush just makes you look alive and healthy."
The Napoleon Perdis Cheek Switch Crème Blush Stick comes in three gorgeous colours, but Amy's preferred shade is 'Save The Coral'.
"I love that it's a stick you can just draw on. It has a cream to powder, satin finish," she says.
A great pro tip from Amy's article is, if you use your fingers, you can swipe any excess product over your eyelids as a cream eyeshadow.
6. Clinique Even Better All-Over Concealer + Eraser.
What:
A lightweight, full coverage concealer that lasts 12 hours and is formulated with skincare ingredients to plump and energise the under eye area as well as cover dark circles.
Why we love it so much:
I could wax poetic about the Clinique Even Better All-Over Concealer + Eraser all day, which is what I did in the 'This New Concealer Is Legit an Eraser for Dark Circles Like Mine' article.
Give the article a read for my before and after images showing exactly how this product covers dark circles.
This concealer was life-changing for me and I'm not exaggerating when I say I cannot leave the house without applying this hardworking concealer.
It has a creamy consistency which not only masks and blurs dark circles, but instantly brightens up the under eye area.
And the added bonus? It's infused with skincare ingredients like caffeine and hyaluronic acid.
7. Dermalogica Smart Response Serum.
What:
An all-rounder, cosmeceutical serum with a cream-gel texture that soothes, firms, brightens and hydrates skin.
Why we love it so much:
Amy trialled this serum for a month for her 'My Honest Verdict on This New 'Smart Serum' That Sounds Too Good to Be True' BIQ article and it left her skin looking healthier, brighter, softer and more hydrated.
She has already gone through four bottles of this serum and was surprised at how much she loved it and how much of a difference she saw in her skin.
"It's a four in one serum. It's brightening, hydrating, calming and firming, has a silky texture, refreshing feel and doesn't have an overly powering fragrance."
She adds, "A good marker of a serum like this is if I finish the bottle and then I move on to something else and then I miss it/notice a bit of a difference in my skin because I'm not using it."
All in all, writing this article was like trying to choose between my favourite beauty children.
It was hard to narrow down our top picks from the hundreds of Beauty IQ articles we've written, but we did it.
We may actually need to make this an ongoing series, though, because there's just too many to name!
P.S. You can hear more about our top products in our Beauty IQ reviews YouTube video below.
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