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All Your Favorite Expensive Skin Care Products — and Their Reddit-Approved Dupes

Don't miss these beauty steals, courtesy of the Reddit hivemind
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The High-End Fave: Ole Henriksen Transforming Walnut Scrub, $28
The Dupe: Pacifica Glow Baby Youthful Face Scrub, $14

Ole Henriksen's Transforming Walnut Scrub is one of our top-rated face scrubs — so we were quite excited to find that it has a cheaper counterpart. Reddit user alicehoopz named Pacifica Glow Baby Youth Salvation Walnut Scrub as its dupe, explaining that it has a "very similar texture and effect."

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The High-End Fave: Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Cream, $52
The Dupe: Bliss Drench & Quench Cream-to-Water Hydrator for All Day Moisture, $17.99

Alicehoopz was also quick to match up the TotalBeauty Award 2017 runner-up Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Cream with the less-expensive Bliss Drench & Quench Cream-to-Water Hydrator. Though it admittedly has "less skin beneficial ingredients," she notes that it has the "same water/glycerin/cyclopentasiloxane base."

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The Dupe: Missha Time Revolution Night Repair Science Activator Ampoule, $49

Reddit user CrnchyPntBttr listed this Missha ampoule as an "alter ego" of Estee Lauder's iconic Advanced Night Repair Serum, and it's tough not to see the similarities between the packaging and name (even the star ingredient, bifida ferment, is the same).

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The High-End Fave: Glossier Super Bounce, $28
The Dupe: The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5, $6.80

"The bottles are pretty," says Reddit user just-one-more-blush of Glossier's trio of serums, "But the products from The Ordinary are nearly identical and are so effective." She also calls The Ordinary's version of the Super Bounce serum a "must-have," saying, "It's like my skin turns into one of those bouncy houses at kids' fairs and stuff."

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The Dupe: Kose Softymo Deep Cleansing Oil, $9

Shu Uemura's spendy cleansing oil was the high-performing option that launched the oil cleansing craze, but now there are tons of cheaper versions on the market. "I used the Shu Uemura oils for ∼6 years, switched the Kose Deep Cleansing Oil about a year ago, and haven't looked back," writes beautyramen.

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BY ROSIE NARASAKI | JUL 20, 2018 | SHARES
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