When you seek out skin care with a specific purpose in mind — say, obscuring the effects of time and stress on one’s skin — certain previously unconsidered interventions may begin to take up a lot more space in your mind. The most accessible are skin care products, of course. Maybe you want to pivot your routine (or just start one) to support your skin with whatever seems to be affecting it more visibly. If you’re me, that’s dryness, uneven tone, and the hint of emerging fine lines. But there is no shortage of skin care products to choose from, all promising capital-R Results with varying degrees of bluster. It gets overwhelming quickly.