I'll never forget the morning I realized my skincare routine was making everything worse.
I was standing in my bathroom, staring at a collection of bottles, jars, and tubes that had cost me hundreds of dollars. Vitamin C serums, hyaluronic acid, retinoids, chemical exfoliants—I had it all. And yet, my skin looked terrible.
Red, flaky patches covered my cheeks. My hands were so dry they were cracking despite using expensive hand creams twice daily. The skin around my eyes was irritated from yet another "gentle" product that clearly wasn't gentle enough for me.
This wasn't supposed to happen. I'd been following every skincare influencer, trying every trending ingredient, and spending a small fortune on products that promised to fix everything. But instead of the glowing skin I'd been promised, I looked like I was having an allergic reaction to my own face.
I felt defeated. If all these advanced, scientifically-formulated products couldn't help me, what could?