Since I look a little younger than my biological age [I turn 32 in a few weeks], I get a lot of questions about my beauty routine. But as soon as I open my mouth, the person usually regrets they asked, because the products I use go beyond the traditional 3-step routine. So those of you who couldn’t care less about skincare, just go ahead and skip this post entirely. Today I will be talking about a bunch of products I currently use in the AM as well as reasons why I use them with added links to clinical studies where appropriate. I have to break the routine apart into several posts because otherwise this will be a monster essay that nobody has the time to read.

A little disclaimer here: this lineup is what I use when I’m not testing anything. Even if I test a product and end up loving it, it goes into the queue based on the expiration date. That is why you will rarely see products I recently blogged about in my routine; I think it’s common sense to use skincare that expires the soonest. I hope that makes sense!  View Post