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Tatcha The Rice Wash: is it worth $22? ›
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Step 1: Cleanser
Tatcha The Rice Wash
A cream cleanser with Japanese rice powder that takes off the day without leaving skin tight. It will not shift heavy sunscreen on its own, so double-cleanse on those days.
$22.00Luxury
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Step 2: Toner
LANEIGE Cream Skin Cerapeptide Toner
A toner with the slip of a light moisturiser, so it hydrates and softens in one step instead of two. If you want a bracing, clarifying toner, this is not it.
$41.46Luxury
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Step 3: Exfoliant
Alpha-H Liquid Gold
A 5% glycolic treatment you sweep on at night and leave, from an Australian brand that was doing acids before they went mainstream. Start at two nights a week, because more than that stings.
$84.95Luxury
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Step 4: Serum
Paula's Choice 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant
Salicylic acid that gets down inside the pore rather than polishing the surface, which is why it works on blackheads and the small bumps that never come to a head. Nothing about using it feels like it is working.
$54.00Best Seller
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Step 5: Moisturiser
La Roche-Posay Toleriane Sensitive Riche
A ceramide and thermal-water cream aimed squarely at reactive skin, rich enough for winter without turning greasy. The 40ml tube goes fast if you use it on your neck too.
$35.99Derm Pick
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Step 6: Sunscreen
La Roche-Posay Anthelios UVMune 400
SPF50+ with UVA filtering that reaches further into the long-wave range than most sunscreens manage. It is a lotion rather than a watery fluid, so give it a moment to settle before makeup.
$35.99Derm Pick
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