I’ve been having quite a few side-chats about Beauty Pie recently, some people using their membership a lot, the deliveries representing a bright point in otherwise dark times and feeling a little better than random things purchased from Amazon. Others contact me saying that they have a membership but don’t know what to get.
I thought a group discussion about Beauty Pie essentials might be fun. I don’t use any Beauty Pie skincare system as my skin is so odd and touchy that I can only use a Decree four-step system or I break out horribly.
You may have the same it’s-working-don’t-touch-it thing going on with your own daily skincare regime and don’t want to try anything else.
But, Beauty Pie is also terrific for ancillary products to support either their own skincare system or one of your own (from Deciem for example). These are my picks. If you are not already a member, I think my code ESTHERSENTME gets you some money off, or credit on. I can’t remember which… but use it.
1 Super Pore-Detox Purifying Black Clay Mask There is no skin regime that doesn’t benefit from a once a week clay mask. Sand + Sky is an okay one but it is far too expensive and it dries out in the pot. This BP one contains all sorts of extra excellent acids that will give your skin a kick up the arse.
2 Footopia This is the best foot cream ever. I’ve tried a lot and they’re always so slimy and greasy. This one is absorbed quickly and the smell is just heaven – like pine and eucalyptus mixed with something else faintly tropical. Like standing in a pine forest in Ancient Greece (except kinder on the feet).
3 Detox Shampoo To combat the ravages of age generally I try to only wash my hair once or twice a week; one of those times I use a Detox Shampoo. I have been using one that cost an absolute fortune from Moroccan Oil but I’ve heard fantastic things about this one from Spikers.
4 Dr Glycolic Micropeeling Pads Another once-a-weeker, suitable for any skin type, (unless you have had specific reactions against glycolic acid in the past), this is the new exfoliation, as opposed to the “old” exfoliation which meant rubbing the top layer of your skin off with eg crushed almond shells. (“It’s natural! How can it be bad for your skin?”)
5 SPF 50 Sunscreen Primer I know right ha, ha. But remember this for when the weather looks like it might turn. This is such a good SPF to use if you don’t like a tinted SPF (YUCK) and find it tricky to find an odourless sunscreen that doesn’t leave a white cast on your skin for a reasonable sum.
How about you? What are your Beauty Pie essentials? Please leave a comment in the handy box below.
The Retinol products are very good – I use the eye cream and moisturiser and would not be without either. The hyaluronic acid serum is also excellent and the balm cleanser. I use the SPF 50 every day as I walk in all weathers and find that it doesn’t make foundation go all “bally” ( is that a word?) which I love as it is the single most irritating thing about layering products on your face.
The candles are mostly fabulous too – scents are obviously very individual and I made a big mistake buying the Christmas Gingerbread one which makes me feel sick, but the rest I have tried are long lasting and burn evenly- in very elegant glass containers too.
I have extremely sensitive eczema prone skin- I have used the retinol eye cream for two months snd found it to be brilliant – definite hangs in my skin texture. I also got the fig leaf perfume – very sophisticated- bit jo malone like
Totally agree – the gingerbread one – bleurgh, even though it looked so lovely. And I gave it as a gift to all the school teachers, complete fail.
I’ve been a BP fan for a couple of years now, absolutely love the Japanfusion range, especially the cleanser. I’m hugely sceptical of the skincare market, but BP seems as good as anything else, and the pricing works for me. Customer Service is always v responsive. I also use it for my 12yo daughter who is rubbish at skincare.
I used to be extremely fickle, sceptical and fussy with my skincare and make up, a legacy of having suffered horribly with cystic acne in my twenties, as basically NOTHING worked. One expert dermatologist and some strong antibiotics later, I found myself in possession of nearly normal skin. Imagine my amazement! My sister in law put me on to BP a few years ago and I wish I’d known about it sooner. The candles are divine, and my repeat buys are the eyebrow pencils, lip crayons, oxygen moisturiser, Wonderscrub face polish, super pore detox mask, footopia cream, and Dr Glycolic cleanser…. The only things I go elsewhere for are Bobbi Brown facepowder and Maybelline mascara. Cannot recommend BP highly enough.
I love the plantastic micropeeling drops. I’ve had a few stubborn half breakouts on my chin for months (you know those annoying one that are not really quite fully out, but are always just lurking) and these sorted them right out.
The Soul Providers body scrub is also excellent, again shifted annoying dry skin on my upper arms that I’d never managed to get rid of.
And I like the fig, lime and tea perfume.
But if I’m honest, I love most of it and the joyful monthly ritual of logging and buying things for myself and them arriving in a lovely pink box full of tissue paper.
I adore beauty pie!
My picks are the collagen supplement,plantastic cleansing balm, tinted spf moisturiser, ceramics capsules, vit c body lotion, nude lipsticks, highlight of my month when my pink box arrives!
I am a big fan of Beauty Pie. I want to look nice and take care of my poor sad rosacea suffering skin, but I am B suspicious of most brands And I do not like the ridic prices Beauty brands charge!
I think their skin care is better than the makeup. I’ve tried two lip crayons and a mascara that just weren’t great.
My favourites include:
Retinol hand cream- the only hand cream that actually works!!
Japanfusion balm to oil cleanser
Plantastic balm cleanser
Black clay mask
Dr Glycoluc pads
Super Healthy skin Vitamin c Daily serum
Fruitzyme mask
Wild Violet eye crayon
Concur with so much of the above. Excellent idea and brand. Beauty marker has insane margins – look at the ad / PR spend, retail positioning etc. Ski care is better than the makeup for me. Top products: super retinol, triple hyaluronic acid, glycolic pads, body scrubs / creme, fruit enzyme mask, balm cleanser. Tinted moisturiser is excellent too. The leather / violet candle is the only I rate
The candles are amazing IMO – I second leather and violet as a new fave, but also like the basil and bergamot and the bitter orange. The scent ‘love’ is kinda cheap smelling but also fresh and fun and reminds me how I felt about Marc Jacob’s Daisy when I was 17 and Clinique(?) Happy at a similar period. – Also think their lipsticks are very nice – and they also do fun lip crayons very cheap which are a great dupe for the Nars ones. I’ve not liked using any of their eye shadows. But all their brushes are very good for the prices. I agree sunscreens are good. They also have an amazing foot exfoliation sock thing that takes all the skin off your feet. Skincare been hit and miss for me – plantastic range absolutely broke me out worse than any product I have ever used, and their moisturisers are too thick and oily for my oil-slick skin (and their skincare comms has been borderline irresponsible IMO, as someone under dermatology treatment for acne) – but the gentle Japanese cleanser thing is very pleasant.
I swear by their Super Healthy Hair shampoo and conditioner. I use it myself and also wash my daughters’ hair with it. We all have very different hair types but it works for all of us so well. And it doesn’t have any nasty sulphides which dry out your hair. I use the super healthy skin face wash in the shower and if leaves my skin feeling clean and fresh without feeling scoured.
I also love the lime, fig and tea perfume and used to get loads of compliments for it back in the days when I was allowed to see other people.
I’m obsessed with the super healthy skin deluxe body creme – smells divine, soaks in quickly, isn’t greasy and feels like it firms up my flab (I mean, it probably doesn’t but it helps to dream) . The Plantastic overnight miracle face oil is also a lifesaver for my dry wind and central heating ravaged face.
I love BP so much, am a raving fan – so much so my friends think it’s some weird arbonne style pyramid scheme as I’ve tried so hard to get them to sign up.
Top favourites:
Jeu jeu cleanser – tho it sells out so quickly!
Detox shampoo
Retinol products (all of them)
All the make up (except the mascara)
The clear make up bag
If they do the silk pillows again they’re heaven.
Yes, the silk pillowcases and scrunches were amazing quality and very good value – think they’re meant to be coming back. The eyeshadow pencils are brilliant, I have about 5 now, and also love all the Vit C products, the tinted moisturiser and the plantastic oils. I’ve had a few misses, but the prices are good enough that it’s not the end of the world – I usually end up donating them to my teenage niece who pounces gleefully on them.
I’ve bought so much BP. The skincare in particular is very good (I’m not very keen on buying makeup online so I’ve bought more of the skincare rather than makeup) – this is what I buy on repeat:
-Apricot cleansing balm – so good and effective and non-drying
-hyaluronic (sp?) serum – v good value, mix it with everything
-SPF 50 sun cream – v light and easy to wear, I use it all year round
-candles – bitter orange is my favourite but Clean House is lovely too and the birthday candle is a lovely gift
-retinol – all good, non-reactive
-silk scrunchies
-eyeshadow sticks – the same as bobbi brown
-double cleanser
-foot skin remover that you leave on and your skin peels off 10 days later
-black clay mask, teh best I’ve used
-fruit enzyme mask – quick and effective
Not keen on:
-the perfumes – all a bit sweet/floral and don’t last long
-collagen powder – surprised they sell this, I’m not convinced by the science that it works in the slightest
-the pricing structure – it’s a bit ridiculous that a candle is £50 and also £18. I pay £100 a year and yet still never have enough allowance, never know when it’s topped up etc
-hair products – competent but nothing special, I don’t waste my allowance on them
Hannah there are so many mixed reports about collagen. When I have taken collagen regularly (not BP but from Bobbi Brown’s Evolution_18) I find that it does make a difference, but I know so many knowledgable people who think it’s total crap!
I take loads of other supplements (zinc, magnesium, B12, D3, turmeric, iron, Montmorency cherry (?!), L-lysine, L-athinine, milk thistle…) and have absolute faith in them, yet can’t be convinced by the collagen – I’m not sure I’m being entirely rational or consistent here. I’d like BP to do a microcurrent device though as they work instantly…
yes I would also like to electric shock my face back into life too
It’s a fun way to try lots of new products, I love getting the pink box of me-treats. The pricing is all a bit bonkers, but still feels like good value. My repeats have been Plantastics cleansing balm, Dr Glycolic foot peel socks (gross but effective), QI Energy moisturiser (nice and slippy, non greasy) and volumising hair booster. The capsules have a very silicone-y texture which I don’t like, and the Retinol night cream is good but the smell is vile. Lots of the products I’ve quite liked- but not enough to buy again. Have bought the brushes and candles as gifts, my watch out on the pillowcases are that they are hand wash only- who has time for that?
Re the pillow case – I put mine through the washing machine at 60c and its fine, didn’t actually know you were meant to hand wash them… The jeju cleanser is fantastic for teens as its so easy to do, even my son will put up with it…
I ended my subscription — enjoyed the perfumes, liked the body scrub (but my plumbing didn’t). Hated all the makeup I tried. Liked the Japanfusion cleanser, but not enough to repurchase. I loved the SPF in theory BUT, and this is why I left – every single fecking thing was rammed with silicones, Shea butter or Hyaluronic acid. These three things have done more damage to my face in the last couple of years than the entirety of my spot picking teenage years. And there is literally no escape from them anywhere. I cannot wait until there’s a new ingredient bandwagon for the beauty industry to jump on and they’ve these buggers behind
Catriona thanks for this insight – I didn’t know that and will be checking the labels and I’m sorry to hear that it’s had a bad effect on your skin. At least you know the culprits, I would stagger on for years without making a link
I love it too. Candles, spf, detox shampoo, shower gel my favourites.
I’m not sure about the make-up – it’s too hard to tell online and so many colours.
We (16 yo daughter and I) also share Japan fusion, which is light and lovely.
Also unsure about vitamins, which seem expensive compared to other items on the site.
There is no benefit in pricing; would be nice if you’re a £30/month person for there to be say a £400 limit rather than £300.
Easy to use and good service.