THE ACTIVES
FOUR ACTIVES. ONE PER BEAD.
CHOSEN FOR EFFICACY THAT IS ON THE RECORD.
ONE ACTIVE,
ONE BEAD
PUTTING SEVERAL ACTIVES IN ONE JAR FORCES A COMPROMISE: A SINGLE pH, A SINGLE CONCENTRATION, A SINGLE EXPIRY DATE FOR ALL OF THEM. EACH ONE GIVES SOMETHING UP. KEPT APART, EACH KEEPS ITS OWN — AND YOU DECIDE WHICH TO USE, AND WHEN.
WHICH ONE,
AND WHEN?
THAT IS THE REAL QUESTION, AND NO LABEL ANSWERS IT. A FIXED ROUTINE ASSUMES FIXED SKIN; YOURS CHANGES WITH SLEEP, CLIMATE, CYCLE, STRESS. THAT IS WHAT THE APP IS FOR: IT LOOKS AT YOUR SKIN TODAY, AND TELLS YOU WHICH BEAD TO USE TODAY.
THE FOUR ACTIVES
ONE AT A TIME,
NOT FOUR
THE TEMPTATION IS TO TAKE ALL FOUR ON DAY ONE. THAT IS THE SUREST WAY TO LEARN NOTHING: IF YOUR SKIN REACTS, THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW WHICH ONE, AND IF IT IMPROVES, NO WAY EITHER. ADD ONE, GIVE IT A WEEK, THEN THE NEXT. THE DOCUMENTED RESULTS OF AN ACTIVE ARE MEASURED IN WEEKS, NOT DAYS — NIACINAMIDE NEEDS EIGHT TO TWELVE WEEKS FOR WHAT IT DOES TO SEBUM.