WHEN I posted my SKKN by Kim buying haul on Instagram in June, everybody was curious: What did I actually consider it? Was it value it?
Over a month into utilizing her line, I’ve made up my thoughts – and whereas I am not all complaints, I nonetheless cannot wrap my head across the costs.
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I completely get why Kim Kardashian’s new skincare line has piqued everybody’s curiosity.
After I wrote my first evaluate – evaluating Kim’s line to Kylie Jenner’s skincare line – even my dad learn the piece (although that was in all probability extra about him loving me than Kim – sorry, Kim).
The packaging is gorgeous, her social media content material is compelling, and actually, who would not wish to appear to be this girl?
However like most individuals, my eyebrows shot method up after I noticed the costs, together with $90 for hyaluronic acid and $85 for moisturizer.
Nonetheless, I questioned, would I like her serums greater than the $7.50 ones by The Extraordinary? Would her face cream be an improve to my $10 bottle from Cetaphil?
My brutally trustworthy take: Nope.
I solely purchased 5 out of the 9 merchandise for an eye-watering whole of $397 together with tax: The $43 cleanser, the $90 hyaluronic acid, the $90 vitamin C8 serum, the $55 exfoliator, and the $85 moisturizer.
And actually, there’s nothing truly flawed with any of them. The cleanser will get my face clear. The moisturizer feels moisturizing.
I assume the hyaluronic acid and vitamin C8 are working, although I used to be already utilizing hyaluronic acid and a vitamin C serum from different manufacturers, so I have not observed any adjustments in my face.
Worth apart, my solely different complaints are tremendous nitpicky and would not be motive sufficient for me to by no means purchase them once more if I have been in love with them.
For instance, I want the hyaluronic acid disbursed much less in a single pump. As it’s, I get far more than I would like for my face and really feel like I am going by the bottle sooner than I must.
I additionally made the error of shifting the vitamin C bottle round an excessive amount of and a bit splashed out with out me pushing the pump, so I’m wondering what sort of oxygen publicity it may be getting, simply sitting there.
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And I am actually not loopy about how the hyaluronic acid and vitamin C are available similar bottles with their names printed in tiny font on the backside, so I’ve to elevate every one up and skim it to know which it’s.
I take advantage of one within the morning and one at night time, and I normally find yourself choosing up the flawed one. Positive, not as harmful as your sugar and salt coming in similar packaging, however nonetheless annoying.
Lastly, Kim’s complete refillable bottle system, supposedly sustainable, will get an enormous eye roll from me.
The detachable refills are available their very own sturdy plastic packaging, so it is not truly sustainable in any respect. You simply get the “good” thicker plastic container on the surface and the cheaper plastic container you exchange on the within.
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In any other case, although, they’re stable merchandise that I would use once more – in the event that they have been half to a 3rd of the value.
However all this thought of, you should still be pondering: “I do know. I do know SKKN is overpriced. I do know ‘costly’ doesn’t suggest ‘higher.’ However I can not assist it… I nonetheless wish to attempt one thing.”
In that case, I’ve two suggestions.
You may purchase the cleanser, which is the least costly at $43 – and should solely be about $20 or so greater than your ordinary cleanser.
Or you could possibly purchase the exfoliator. At $55, it is expensive. It actually prices greater than any drugstore purchase from Neutrogena or Clear & Clear.
However it’s undoubtedly the coolest product of the bunch. It is each a chemical exfoliant and a bodily one, it comes with a enjoyable steel spoon for scooping, and it has a very nice rose perfume (the opposite merchandise are all fragrance-free).
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