What three skincare products couldn’t you live without?

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...interested to see what people love. I can never seem to find the right product for my skin. I’ve spent a fortune over the years.

Well I don't know about 'couldn't live without', but the current things I always buy again and again are Aldi's dupes of Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish, and Aldi Lacura multi intensive serum. I'm a cynic when it comes to skincare and I don't believe expensive brands are necessarily better, but I used to love the Liz Earle stuff... until I discovered Aldi's was just as good if not better, at a much cheaper price. I'd never used a serum before the Aldi one (didn't really know what it was!) and am actually astonished at the difference it makes to my skin.

Vaseline
Astral
Glycolic pads

Aldi face wash
Nivea day cream
Hand cream

Elemis Pro Collagen cleansing balm, marine cream and eye serum

Nivea day cream
Smash box primeizer
Bio oil for my expanding pregnant belly!

The Glycolic pads do nothing for me. I have to use those old fashioned scrubs to see a difference.

Olive bar soap
Nivea soft cream
Sunscreen

My answer is the M&S fake tan drops. I can't think of anything else.

Tea tree and witch hazel face mask.
Serum
Primer
...and i need a fourth....vichey concealer!

Oooh that’s difficult, but I would say that the products that have made the most difference to my skin and which I’ve consistently repurchased are:
Paula’s Choice BHA
Medik8 retinol
Caudalie Vinoperfect serum

I love Neals Yard face wash, Amphora aromatics Rose and Frankinscence face cream and Olay eye make up remover.

Only 3? Basic routine it is.

DHC cleansing oil
The Ordinary Lactic Acid 10%
Shiseido spf50 wetforce

Aveeno and Cetaphil.

Another one who has been through all the expensive stuff and gets just as good results with the basics.

Dove cream bars - I replaced face wash and shower gel with these and my skin (sensitive yet spot prone) has never been better.

Chanel Dimensions mascara - best I have found.

Vosene Original shampoo

Hopefully the saving on shower gel and fancy shampoo equates to enough for another Chanel mascara !

@ChaChaCha2012

Aveeno and Cetaphil.

Another one who has been through all the expensive stuff and gets just as good results with the basics.

Aveeno's not cheap is it?

Clarins gentle foaming cleanser with shea butter.
L'Occitaine shea butter hand cream.
Freezyderm velvet face factor 50 sunscreen.

Three products in my life that I will never need to look for, or purchase an alternative for. So long as they keep making them, I'll keep buying them.

I see often Frezzyderm recommended here.

I know it's a Greek pharmacy brand.
Is it worth it to pay extra to order from Greece and what should I get?

Origins Ginzing tinted moisturiser
Superdrug hot cloth cleanser
Superdrug Optimum retinol treatment serum

My fourth item would be Aveeno blue cap moisturiser (it’s often on a promotion).

@LaBellina

I see often Frezzyderm recommended here.

I know it's a Greek pharmacy brand.
Is it worth it to pay extra to order from Greece and what should I get?

Frezyderm have a U.K. website and I just order from there.

I frequently re-buy REN Evercalm cleansing milk and Bio-Oil Gel too (which really helps with the psoriasis plaques on my knees and has given me the lovely side effect of very smooth legs!

I don't use much at all, so 3 is fine for me.

Micellar water - currently Simple but I tend to just buy whatever I see on offer
The Ordinary squalene oil - night
Revolution hyralaunic (or something like that) serum - day

La Mer soft cream (it just feels really nice)
Clarins firming body cream
Lumea.

Cerave smoothing cleanser
Garnier micellar water
Nivea soft.

Vaseline
Wrights coal tar soap, or Pears soap.

Clinique take the day off cleansing balm
The ordinary glycolic acid toner
Cerave moisturiser

And you have to give me a fourth because SPF is so so so important, every day.

I use the Cetaphil spf 50z. Lovely, fragrance free and it lasts ages