CELETEQUE HYDRATION ULTRA MOISTURIZING ESSENCE WITH HYALURONIC ACID (P499/ 50ML)

This is the latest addition to Celeteque’s Hydration line which includes a cleanser, toner, light moisturizer, and cream. It is said to provide hydration for tired skin and gives up to 48 hours “intense moisturization.”

I like Celeteque’s Hydration line because it works for my often dry and tired skin, and when I was starting out crafting my skincare routine, Celeteque’s affordable items were part of it, especially the cleanser, toner, and the light moisturizer (the last one I had to ditch because I soon realized that I needed more moisture on my skin). That’s why I was excited to get the essence, because I use essences to boost my creams.

I like this because, one, it has no fragrance, and, two, it has a thick enough consistency that one or two pumps go a long way. It also gives me enough moisture so that I can use less heavy creams and go for my night creams with active ingredients like niacinamide or vitamin e without layering another cream on top.

I’ve been using this consistently at night for more than a month now and I’m happy a bottle is more than enough for a month in quarantine.

Celeteque is available online via Celeteque.com, Watsons stores, and other online stores.

MIJU GLOW NIACINAMIDE CREAM (P99/10G)

And since we’re talking about Niacinamide, I discovered Miju Glow’s Niacinamide cream, which I have been fortunate to have purchased before the lockdown.

Miju Glow is a local skincare brand with affordable items and, looking at BeautyMNL, it seems their Vitamin C serum is a bestseller.

Anyway, I got into Miju Glow when I was looking for an anti-aging cream for my mother a few months back. At the time the anti-aging (Glutathione-Kojic) cream was buy-one-take-one for P99 so I purchased it. She came back to me a few months later saying she liked the cream and had me repurchase it, and since I was on BeautyMNL anyway, I purchased the niacinamide cream and the vitamin e cream for myself.

I just finished the niacinamide cream and my skin is in probably its best state right now — I get fewer breakouts and my skin is glowing. But I also have to note that staying inside also protects my skin from pollution which leads to much of my breakouts.

Here’s the thing though, it’s a bit thick — but it spreads around nicely. If you don’t like thick creams, combine it with a few drops of face oil (I used Kiehl’s Midnight Concentrate) and warm it up in your hands for a few seconds before applying.

And the price is affordable enough that even if it didn’t work, I won’t shed copious tears over it. Once this quarantine is over, I’m buying more jars.

Miju Glow is available in BeautyMNL.com