Hydrate & Glow With The Only CSMS Routine You'll Need This Festive SZN!

To start off with a squeaky clean base, Lakme's Absolute Perfect Radiance Intense Brightening Facewash with vitamin B3 and glycerin is absolutely great. Containing 98% pure niacinamide complex, this facewash thoroughly removes all impurities, fades away early signs of pigmentation, and preps your skin the right way to achieve the perfect lasting glow for all day long.

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Your choice of serum and its active ingredients majorly determines the effectiveness of your skincare routine. And to combat all sorts of dullness and dryness, we cannot recommend anything more than Dot & Key's vitamin E and C face serum with niacinamide. Targeting dullness, pigmentation, dark spots, and uneven skin tone, this serum helps one achieve glowing skin within four weeks and boosts a glow that will last for hours during the hectic fun of festivities. 

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CeraVe is one of our favourite pharmacy brands, and their moisturiser is undoubtedly one of the best in the game. Formulated with three essential ceramides, this moisturiser strengthens the skin barrier and breathes life into dry and dull skin. It's also non-comedogenic, so folks with sensitive skin can also use it with no qualms whatsoever. 

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Pilgrim is a vegan and cruelty-free brand and has risen rather significantly in our top skincare brands. This matte sunscreen from them is infused with squalene, with SPF 50 PA+++ that creates the ultimate shield against the sun's harmful UVA and UVB rays as well as blue light or HEV (high energy visible) light emerging from gadgets. It readily absorbs and leaves skin nourished, and protected. 

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If your one big goal in preparing for the festivities is to even out your skin tone, and lessen the pigmentation, then you need to choose ingredients like lactic acid, niacinamide, and retinol. Make sure that the composition is right and effective, or simply save yourself from doing all that R&D by following the CSMS routine put together by us below. This bundle is perfect for sensitive skin folks as well!

We have always been huge advocates for Cetaphil, and number-one fans of their Gentle Skin Cleanser. Their cleanser consists of niacinamide, panthenol, and hydrating glycerin, cleansing off skin while strengthening its moisture barrier. You just need a dollop of this, as little goes a long way, and will truly leave your skin squeaky clean without stripping it off of its natural oils. 

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Formulated with niacinamide and azelaic acid, this face serum from Foxtale is a holy grail product for evening out the skin tone and reducing pigmentation. It helps in fading marks, and blemishes, regulates excess sebum and minimises pores, and brightens and smoothes the skin texture, within a couple of weeks. Great for all skin types, especially for sensitive skin, this serum would be a great addition to anyone's vanity. 

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COSRX is bound to surface when anyone utters the word hydration. Their COSRX Advanced Snail 92 All-In-One Cream is one of their best-sellers, enriched with 92% snail secretion filtrate. It provides the most lasting hydration and nourishment to the skin and builds a moisture barrier that will last. It also soothes red, sensitised skin post-breakouts by replenishing moisture, great for sensitive skin.

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Formulated with niacinamide, this sunscreen from Aqualogica is great for treating pigmentation as this active ingredient is extremely popular for helping with skin brightening, dark spots and uneven skin. With an SPF of 50 and PA +++ protection, this sunscreen is also free from fragrance and colourings which makes it sensitive skin-friendly, and we just love how the liquid lightweight formula gets absorbed into the skin in a quickie and leaves a lovely dewy finish.

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Having oily, acne-prone skin can be difficult to cope with because everything exhibits itself on your skin, from where you go to what you eat. The explanation can be quite subjective because the root cause can be hormonal imbalance, unsuitable cosmetics, overall excess sebum production, and so on. To help things from the outside, here's the bundle you need to buy if you have oily, acne-prone skin.

Cleansing your skin is the first and most crucial step, so using an improper or harsh cleanser can completely eliminate moisture from your skin and make it look parched. That is why we swear by The Ordinary's Squalane Cleanser. It strengthens the skin's moisture barrier while being gentle enough for daily usage. The product contains plant-derived squalane and lipophilic esters, which leave your skin smooth (not oily).

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A good serum can make a huge difference if you have stubborn acne or excess sebum on your face. Since most breakouts are caused or get worse due to environmental stressors like pollution, a reliable serum, like Minimalist 2% Salicylic Acid Face Serum, can make your skin healthy by permeating the pore lining and draining out impurities and sebum. It effectively removes blackheads and whiteheads while also keeps excess oil at bay.

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While people with dry skin rely significantly on moisturisers to make their skin smooth and supple, oily people need those just as much. The Face Shop's Tea Tree Pore Cream is one of the good ones. It is lightweight and balances the skin's oil-to-water content amazingly. The gel-like weightless formula sits well on the skin and doesn't make one appear like a grease ball unlike most moisturisers.

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It’s pretty much out there that you shouldn’t ever, EVER, forget to apply SPF. Not carrying sunscreen is worse than not carrying your scrunchie with you. For oily, acne-prone skin, we love Beauty Of Joseon Relief Sunscreen. It is composed of all the gentle ingredients that absorb quickly and leave no white cast. It’s SPF 50+ and provides a powerful UV block. 

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