Re: Right Way To Use Moisturizer

Hi @Beekim19 ! The simplest way to do this is to tap a little water on your face after your toner and serum sink into your skin, then apply moisturizer while your face is still damp from that water. You can just use your hands to do this, or fill a misting bottle with water for this purpose. 

 

I'm one of those folks who keep their face damp throughout their skincare routine. (I do this with skin on the rest of my body, too.) Instead of plain ol' water, I use a hydrating mist: either COSRX Centella Water Alcohol-Free Toner (it's marketed as a toner but for me, it's an inflammation-reducing mist) or Timeless HA Matrixyl 3000 Cucumber Spray (gives me a little extra peptides boost). I use these 2 mists to address my particular skin's issues, and because they have simple ingredient lists without anything my skin hates. You don't have to use a hydrating mist; water will do the job for many people. 

 

Depending on which toner you use, you could try putting some of it in a misting bottle and then use it as a hydrating mist right before you apply moisturizer. I don't recommend doing this with an exfoliating toner (anything that contains glycolic, mandelic, or salicylic acid, for instance) or a toner that contains lots of alcohol denat. Otherwise, I figure most water-based hydrating toners should work fine as a mist. Or instead of going the mist route, you could just apply another layer of your toner (if it's water-based) with your hands and then apply moisturizer while your skin's still damp with it, rather than waiting for your skin to dry down completely. 

 

EDIT: I missed your tagged products before, and now I see you use the Fenty toner. It's water-based but it's also kinda thick in texture, right? (I've never tried it.) If your skin's fine so far with that product, you could try applying a second layer before your moisturizer. You might want to just tap or mist some water on your face instead, though.