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Unpopular opinion: that 'less is more' skincare advice from my mentor was wrong for me
My old mentor at the Aveda Institute in Portland told me to strip my routine down to just cleanser, moisturizer, and SPF. Said anything extra was just wasting money and irritating my skin. I followed that for about 6 months and my acne got worse and my texture was all over the place. Turns out my skin actually needs a gentle active like lactic acid a few times a week plus a niacinamide serum. I started adding those back in last fall and my skin cleared up in like 3 weeks. Anyone else had a skincare rule that just didn't work for your actual skin type?
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karen_carter5d ago
Think about how many other "rules" we just blindly follow without checking if they actually work for us. Like that whole "fake it till you make it" thing or "trust the process" when your gut is telling you something else.
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torres.blair4d agoTop Commenter
Hear me out, maybe we should all just start ignoring every piece of advice we've ever heard and see where that gets us. I'm sure "trust your gut" will work out great when you're about to order a pizza at 2AM. But seriously, Karen, you're acting like "less is more" is some sort of government conspiracy when it's literally just telling people to stop slathering 17 acids on their face. Your skin is fine, your routine is fine, and the world isn't out to get you because your cheeks got a little dry for a month. Maybe the real rule to follow is "stop looking for problems where there aren't any.
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lmao ok but is it really that deep though? Like yeah your skin got worse but you figured it out in like a few months and now you're good. People act like their mentor told them to use sandpaper or something. "Less is more" is solid advice for a lot of people who buy 15 serums and wreck their barrier but your face just happens to be the exception. Not every rule needs to be declared wrong because it didn't work for you specifically.
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