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I frequent CVS for several reasons. Well, I frequent CVS for one real reason, which is because I need “essentials,” and then one pseudo reason, which is that I frequently have time to kill and want to look at the latest beauty displays and buy candy to stuff in my purse and eat on the subway. I love drugstores?what bounty awaits beyond the automatic doors!?but CVS is my fave.
One thing I’ve never relied on CVS for, however, is skin care. I’m a delicate flower, ever wary about what I put on my face, which is to say that I will put anything on my face that is $60 and comes in minimalist packaging. As that type of person (as in, kind of an asshole"), I never thought I’d be willing to give not just a drugstore brand, but a drugstore’s proprietary brand, a try. And then! Here is a thing that happened: I was introduced to Skin+Pharmacy. Before I use any product, whether it’s $1 or $1,000, I peep the ingredients list. It’s just a habit; I have sensitive skin and a lot of things often used in skin care don’t mesh with me. In this case, I had nothing to be wary of: Skin+Pharmacy, which, yes, is a new brand exclusive to CVS, is formulated without any of that garbage.
Skin+Pharmacy Advanced Skin Therapy Healing Gel, $9.99
There are no sulfates in their cleansers, no comedogenic oils or extracts in their moisturizers, no heavy fragrances, and just as importantly as what these products don’t contain is what they ...