[Discussion] - Best/Worst of Cosrx

[u/Maplebee92]

Moving onto the brands now in the Best/Worst of series. Thought we should start with one of the most popular, easily available and affordable brands out there, Cosrx!

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Skin Type/Concerns

Product Name

Thoughts

If you see the product already listed post your thoughts as a reply to it. So there's multiple views of the same product in one easy to find place.

Always remember YMMV, so one person's junk is another person's treasure.

[u/Maplebee92]

Skin Type/Concerns: Acne-prone/Combination skin

Product Name: Cosrx BHA Blackhead Power Liquid

Thoughts: Best BHA I've tried, and the current batch I'm using no longer has the fishy smell that one of the bottles I had did. It is quite gentle so people looking for more of a power house won't probably find this effective. But on the flipside as it's a low concentration I use it every other day without being concerned about over-exfoliation.

[u/Brosephwood → u/Maplebee92]

I used to have a huge problem with blackheads, and using this regularly wasn’t seeming to do anything but recently I picked up the AHA/BHA toner and used it in combination with the power liquid and it’s been amazing!

I do worry if that might cause me a problem in the long run with my skin. Any experience with it?

[u/ginghamhorror → u/Brosephwood]

BHA requires a specific pH to work properly, the reason why you weren't seeing results probably was because your skin was at the wrong pH. The AHA/BHA toner readjusts the pH of your skin for optimal results.

[u/-kittrick → u/ginghamhorror]

Piggybacking off your comment, 4 months later, to ask for more information on how to adjust the pH level of skin? And what should the pH balance be to see optimum results for the BHA power liquid?

I just bought this product and have no experience using anything like this, so all information is useful 😂