By the first warm week of March, my skin usually looks confused: dry around the mouth, shiny across the forehead, and suddenly annoyed by products I used all winter. The tempting response is to scrub harder, add a new acid, start retinol, and buy a brightening serum in the same week. I have made that …
Skin renewal is often described as a 28-day process, but adult epidermal turnover can take roughly 40 to 56 days. That makes a four-day product challenge a poor test. A March skin reset works better as a controlled trial: keep the cleanser, moisturizer, and sunscreen stable, then add one active at a time. The goal …
