When I was “researching” this story?as in, sending around an email requesting that my beauty-savvy coworkers send me a comprehensive summary of their individual skin care routines, down to the last dirty detail?a couple of my subjects expressed concerns that their regimens were too exhaustive to share. “There’s no such thing,” I told them, because really, that’s what makes other peoples’ routines so interesting: When you’re the type of person who wants to know about what other women are actually using, and therefore what’s actually worth trying, this stuff is practically porn for skin care enthusiasts. Screw naked people; it’s ...
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