Skin as a Practice
A short manifesto against the ten-step routine.
Beauty writing has spent a decade selling steps. The real skin advice from dermatologists who work with the same faces for twenty years is boring, cheap, and works: less product, more consistency, actual sunscreen.
Three things, done every day
- A cleanser that does not strip. Cream, not foam, if you are over thirty.
- A moisturiser with ceramides. Any price point works; the ingredient matters, the packaging does not.
- Broad-spectrum SPF 30 or higher. Every morning. Yes, in winter.
What to add, when
A retinoid at night, three times a week, once your skin can take it. A vitamin C in the morning if you can be bothered. That is it. Everything else is optional.
What to stop
The essences, the toners, the seven serums, the light devices. Almost none of them do what the marketing suggests. The money is better spent on a facialist twice a year and better sleep.
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