My skin has been struggling lately, so I did what any chaotic beauty girl would do: I went straight to TikTok and bought a bunch of the most viral skincare to test on my actual face. While I’m trying everything, I’m also scanning products with an ingredients app to see what’s “clean,” what’s questionable, and what’s just viral for the plot. I tried a K-beauty cleanser (Anua), those peel-shot exfoliators (white rice vs black rice), a holy basil bubble mask that was honestly a whole jump scare, and a bunch of Medicube products that the internet will not stop talking about. I also tested a peel-off “Korean collagen” mask (yes, I blow-dried my face because I’m not sitting there for 40 minutes), 24K gold eye patches that gave me sketchy vibes, a cleanser with a built-in brush that smelled like lemon countertop cleaner, and then we got into the snail mucin era—mask, essence, and cream. The snail hydrogel mask literally gave me glass skin and scanned 100/100, which is kind of insane. I ended with thick, sticky Medicube creams, and then the most random one: whipped beef tallow moisturizer… which smelled good (with a tiny beefy whisper) and also scanned 100/100. My top three were the snail mucin mask, Medicube collagen jelly cream, and the beef tallow.