Anti-aging, serum+moisturiser +primer+spf50 - does it exist???
Long waffle post because I'm at my wits end...
Fairly new to K-skincare. I'm on tretinoin and have been for the last 10 months. Night-time I used tretinoin, cerave night lotion. The lotion run out and decided to try something else. Went for COSRX AC soothing lightweight moisturiser on top of tretinoin but sadly started getting dry and irritated, which i never had a bad reaction to tretinoin before and wouldn't even have issues if i forgot to moisturise after tret.
Irritation was so bad that i paused tretinoin and went looking for something to help me calm my skin. Went for COSRX 92 Snail at night.
That sorted out the irritation, until I started tretinoin again, so I went for another, more bland night lotion. I need something light but moisturising and that won't cause me to break out. I really don't like sleeping with stuff on m face so needs to be light.
Anyway...that's my night-time routine now - COSRX 92 snail, tretinoin, bland Cetaphil night cream.
Now, I wanted to up my morning routine too, so went for COSRX 6 Peptide serum toner, Ordinary Argierline, and that's where I need help because I really don't want to put layers upon layers. I literally don't have time in the morning to slap stuff on and wait ages in between.
I am desperate for something that is compatible with COSRX 6 Peptide, Argierline and will work when I slap Tir Tir red cushion over it.
If I wasn't using tretinoin I wouldn't care but because I was told I must moisturise and use spf when on tret, that's what I'm trying to do.
But so far I have tried to use that COSRX AC lightweight moisturiser and COSRX Vitalising E spf50 as sun protection. Then dropped the COSRX AC completely as it was a pointless layer in the morning.
So now, morning is COSRX 6 Peptide, Ordinary Argierline, COSRX Vitalising E spf50 and tirtir.
It's okay but I need something more moisturising I think and also COSRX vitalising e spf gets into my eyes and makes them water even when I avoid applying it around the eyes!
Please can anyone help because I'm at my wits end. Within the last two months I literally went from using 3 products in the morning to now having loads of tubes and bottles and not really feeling I'm doing it right.
Ideally, I would want to keep the COSRX 6 Peptide, Ordinary Argierline and Tir Tir
So what do I put just before Tir Tir to give me priming, smoothing, moisturising and spf50? Does an all-in-one product like that even exist? TIA
Posted Sep 13, 2025, 10:54 PM UTC