The 10 Skin-Care Commandments Facialists Live By

Skin-care advice is simple, except when it's not. It gets confusing with various miracle ingredients, and flat-out contradictory advice: Avoid oil if your skin is oily. No, wait, wash your face with oil instead. Get oxygenating facials. Or, no, use antioxidant products...
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By Ann Abel for Well+GOOD

Skin-care advice is simple -- don't overwash, don't pick -- except when it's not.

It gets confusing with various miracle ingredients, and flat-out contradictory advice: Avoid oil if your skin is oily. No, wait, wash your face with oil instead. Get oxygenating facials. Or, no, use antioxidant products. (Some of the advice out there is flat-out wrong -- see dermatologists' misguided love affair with Cetaphil.) Obviously, skin care isn't one-size-fits-all. Your best beauty routine is one that's tailored to your skin type, age, and areas of concern.

But certain truths transcend those specifics. I asked top aestheticians for their basic rules for having great skin. Here's what's in their own routines -- and what should be in yours too.

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