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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks everyone. I do have some squaline oil in my bathroom so I'll try a few drops of that first. I'm sensitive to any cream/lotion with any acids, etc.[/quote]

Are we supposed to add it first or second? I’ve been putting it over my moisturizer. I use Cetaphil.[/quote]

Conventional wisdom is oil always goes last to seal in the moisturizer or other treatments.[/quote]

I was taught the opposite.  That oil is thinner and lighter than moisturizer so it goes on first to be absorbed into your skin.  Then the moisturizer locks in the oil.[/quote]

There are some exceptions, but generally no you don't want to order it this way. Moisturizers are humectants and oils are occlusives, so if you're looking to hydrate your face you want to use the oil to lock in the moisture provided by your humectant moisturizer. In reverse, the moisturizer can't penetrate the occlusive barrier of an oil, so you don't get the benefit of the moisturizer or any other serum by applying it over an oil. Basically, a humectant won't "lock" anything in but an oil always does. The only borderline situation where this could be a gray area is is the moisturizer we are talking about it some SUPER oil packed almost balm like thing.[/quote]

Every skincare guide I’ve read says “lightest to heaviest” - so, water based products first, then oil based, last cream based (moisturizers). [/quote]

Nothing is cream-based. Your. moisturizer is going to be oil-based, water-based, or silicone-based.[/quote]

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