Choosing the 10 Best Beauty Products of 2022 wasn’t easy because I tried a lot of great products this year! I broke up my list into 3 categories: skincare, makeup, and hair to share my favorites from the year. Let’s get into the 10 best beauty products of 2022!
I was excited to try the Cosrx cica cleansing balm as a long time fan of Cosrx. I’ve been using Cosrx since I got into Korean skincare 6 years ago and there have been very few products from the brand I haven’t loved. Let’s see if the Cosrx cica cleansing balm is any exception!
The JUNOCO cleansing balm took the Tiktok beauty community by a storm with its incredible results! I would consider myself very, very picky about cleansing balms. I’m passionate about the double cleansing method to gently remove makeup without stripping my dry skin. Let’s see if the JUNOCO cleansing balm lives up to the viral hype!
The Inkey List oat cleansing balm won an Allure Best of Beauty award in 2020 so I couldn’t wait to see what all the hype was about. The Inkey List is well known for its affordable, yet effective formulas. As a double cleansing fanatic, I would say I’m very picky about oil based cleansers so let’s so if this cleansing balm lived up to the hype.
I’m thrilled to review the Paula’s Choice cleansing balm today because I’m a big fan of the double cleansing method. Double cleansing is a gentle way to remove makeup and impurities without stripping the skin. The method starts with an oil based cleanser like this one to remove makeup and sunscreen then follows up with a second cleanser, a typical foaming water based cleanser. Let’s get into today’s review to see how the Paula’s Choice cleansing balm performs against makeup and sunscreen!
The Shani Darden cleansing serum is from celebrity esthetician, Shani Darden, who works on some of Hollywood’s most beautiful faces including Shay Mitchell, Kelly Rowland, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. I couldn’t wait to try Shani’s cleanser which claims to be a gentle cleanser safe and gentle for all skin types. Here’s my thoughts on the cleansing serum:
The Heimish all clean cleansing balm is one of the most popular cleansing balm formulas out there! Cleansing balms are a part of the Korean double cleansing method. The double cleansing method uses an oil cleanser like this one to remove oil based impurities (makeup and sunscreen) then following up with a gentle water based cleanser for water based impurities (dirt and sweat). Let’s get into today’s review of the Heimish cleansing balm!
I’m so excited to review the Banila Co. cleansing balm which was one of the first products I started using when I got into K-beauty five years ago. Cleansing balms are used in the double cleansing method which begins by removing makeup and sunscreen with an oil based cleanser like this one then following up with your typical foaming water based cleanser. Let’s get into today’s review!
As a big fan of double cleansing, I was really excited to try the Glow Recipe papaya cleansing balm. I love using cleansing balms every night to remove my makeup and sunscreen. When I first started getting into K-beauty 5 years ago, I became infatuated with cleansing balms and they are still one of my favorite Korean products today. I’m going to do a brief overview of double cleansing and cleansing balms for those of you who are new to K-beauty or cleansing balms.
If you’re being responsible and wearing a mask when you go out, you might be experiencing acne from wearing a mask. This post is especially for all essential workers who have to wear masks for many hours causing acne where the mask sits.