Our complexion has its own fluctuating needs that vary from day to day. Skin doesn’t fit neatly into one definitive category like “oily,” “dry,” or “combination.” Nor does it have one or two fixed needs like “brightening” or “anti-aging” or “rejuvenation."

Our skin is a living organ (our largest one, in fact) and it responds in real time to a plethora of changing forces—our diet, our stress levels, the weather, our hormones, our sleep schedule and so much more. How we take good care of it from one day to the next (or one week, or one month) is not supposed to be set in stone! On the contrary, great skincare can be so much more nuanced.