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Your Skincare Routine Order Explained: How TF to Apply Your Products

According to a recent study I just made up, 100 percent of you have no freaking idea what to do with the massive number of skincare products sitting in your bathroom (hey, the data. doesn’t. lie.). At least once a week, I get a late-night text from a friend frantically asking about the correct order to apply skincare products. Like, what comes first, serum or toner? Or, wait, face oil? Is that before or after moisturizer? What about face masks? OH, and RETINOL. WHAT ABOUT THE RETINOL.

Listen, I get it. It’s not like we’re born with an innate knowledge of what order to apply skincare products. And though it may seem like a “whatever works! You do you, boo!” situation, it’s…not. At all. Because if you don’t layer your products in the right way, or if you use the wrong moisturizer with, say, the wrong toner, you could either render them totally ineffective or, worse: hard-core irritate your face.

But don’t freak—I spend my life reciting the skincare product steps like the commandments, and now I shall impart my ~holy~ wisdom onto you. Below, I broke down the correct order to apply your skincare, the steps you can definitely skip, and the best products for your exact skin type. Wow, we better be best friends after all this.

Let’s begin.

Step 1: Cleanser

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Please, for the love of the beauty gods, remove your makeup and wash your face before slathering on your products. “For ingredients to properly absorb, you need clean skin that’s totally free of oil and grime,” says dermatologist Mona Gohara, MD, associate clinical professor at Yale School of Medicine.

Which means if you want to do things right—and, like, why you here if not tho?—skip the makeup wipes (they’re irritating and leave behind a layer of gunky residue that can break you out) and opt for a cleansing oil, which dissolves all makeup without stripping your skin. Then follow up with a gentle, creamy cleanser (especially if you have acne-prone skin). And don’t complain about this being a two-step process—it’s one of the only required steps in this entire routine. Not even a little sorry.

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