2025 Favorite Products

This is a little late, but I had some downtime at work so I decided to make a collage on Canva for my favorite 2025 beauty products LOL

These are all products that I discovered/started using in 2025… if I were to make a post about all my favorites & HGs then it would be WAY too long since I love to yap… Hope you enjoy anyways!

Note: my skin is dry and dehydrated + acne-prone. Main concerns are dryness, acne, and PIE. Skin tone is very light and cool – my personal color is soft summer (but 2nd best is muted winter)

Skincare

• Isntree Yam Milk Cleansing Milk – Mild and moisturizing cleanser that cleans while not stripping the skin or clogging pores (like some other cleansing milks do for me). It's a little pricier for a cleanser, but I've used it every morning for ~5 months and still not through the bottle!! It comes with a ton of product!
• Mediheal Madecassoside Sheet Masks – Visibly reduces my redness, inflammation, and irritation
• Cos de Baha Azelaic Acid 15% – Made my skin purge for the first week, but since then I've hardly gotten any acne (other than hormonal) and almost no cystic acne since I started using it!
• Melano CC Serum – The best vitamin c serum I've used, non irritating but fades spots quickly and noticeably. I sometimes use it as a spot treatment too, to prevent hyperpigmentation after acne (PIE).
• VT Cosmetics PDRN – This gives a beautiful glow to the skin while not being oily or heavy, and wears great under makeup! Usually use it during the day since it's lighter weight, and I prefer more intense hydration at night.
• Bioheal Probioderm Cream – This is not enough on its own for my dry skin at night in the winter (but is great in the summer), so I use it in the morning and I find that my makeup applies really nicely over it! It has nice slip and almost a smoothing effect to the skin, so I really enjoy it during the day as well. Only downside is that it's scented. Not sure about the anti aging claims, but my skin does look very nice and smooth and soft when I use it!!
• LRP Sunscreen – Not AB, but the best sunscreen I've tried so far. No pilling, comfortable, and wears nicely under makeup.
• Rohto RepairOne Night Care Cream – The best lip product for winter time, super moisturizing and just all around perfect, no complaints!
• Bifesta Eye and Lip Makeup Remover – My new holy grail makeup remover… doesn't sting or irritate my sensitive eyes and removes EVERYTHING so easily!

Makeup

• Fwee Glass Foundation (bottle) – I tried the cushion version and it was OK but didn't love it, but the bottle version is perfect! Coverage is light-medium, but wears beautifully and not drying on my skin. My HG foundation for the winter!
• Flower Knows blush in Rose Chanson – Not only is the packaging to DIE for, but the color is beautiful, too! It's the perfect neutral pinky beige on my skin tone
• Fwee Mellow Dual Blush in No More Cupid – Similar color to the FK blush, but I LOVE the formula of these mellow dual blushes!! The perfect in-between of a cream and powder blush, and very flattering for dry skin. Great everyday color for me as well
• Milk Makeup Skin Tint – Not AB, but this is another HG skin product for all year round. Slightly thicker in texture than the Fwee one, but it wears for a very long time and has slightly more coverage than Fwee foundation! But, since it is a bit thicker in texture, it sometimes looks cake-y if overapplied – as long as you apply it in a thin layer, it's perfect!
• 2an eyeshadow palette in Lovable – Great versatile, everyday shadow palette for me – has everything I want for day-to-day
• Canmake Plumpuku eyebag shadow 02 – Doesn't swatch very well, but this palette makes doing eyebag makeup so easy! I travel with it a lot too for touch-ups, since it's so compact and the applicator that it comes with is great! Perfect shade for me, too – not too dark but not too bright
• Etude Curl Fix mascara in Gray Brown – This one is kind of a cheat, since I used the black version before this year… but I love the gray brown version so much I couldn't leave it out! It is the perfect color for me day-to-day, since both my skin and hair is quite light. Mascara tends to smudge on me, but this stuff is SUPER waterproof and is lengthening + volumizing, and just looks so nice on my lashes! I also like that it doesn't have little fibers in it, like a lot of AB mascaras do, because those always irritate my eyes.
• Romand Han All Brow Cara in Modern Beige – Can't do my eyebrows without this stuff anymore – good color payoff and super long wearing! The color also perfectly matches my hair color
• Laneige Glaze Craze in Cinnamon Sugar – Really pretty MLBB rosy nude shade that is very moisturizing and comfortable, plus not sticky at all. This formula in general is great, especially in the winter!
• Laka Fruity Glam Tint in Maro – Very similar color to the Laneige one, but in a tint formula! Laka's tints are my favorite, because they are so comfortable to wear and last a super long time! Usually I put on this tint in the morning, and then use the Laneige for touch-ups throughout the day.
• Fwee Volumizing Gloss in 70% Yogurt – I swear I wore this color every day in the summer! It's a light, cool-toned pink gloss that is still very wearable. The Fwee glosses in general are beautiful, because they are so comfortable, long-wearing, and makes my lips look so smooth!
• Rosy Rosa finger puff – Love these for concealer and cream/liquid blush! So easy to use and blends things out well. These are a lifesaver for me especially because I hate the sensory feeling of applying makeup with my fingers.
• Unove Deep Repair Treatment EX in Kinmokusei scent – I LOVE the Unove treatment, it's one of the best I've tried because it just makes my frizzy, 2C hair so soft and shiny and smooth. However, I hate the scent of the normal treatment – I'm very sensitive to scents, and I can't do powdery & overly sweet scents. However, the osmanthus scented one is amazing! I think it's a seasonal scent, but it's nice and fresh & floral (scent is very similar to real kinmokusei IMO)