4 Skincare Ingredient Combinations You Should Try—and 3 to Avoid
Like peanut butter and jelly or chips and salsa, there are certain skincare ingredients that just work better together. Don't get us wrong, they're still great on their own (just like you could eat your chips plain and they'd still be delicious). But in the ongoing quest to make your skincare routine as effective as possible—not to mention get the most bang for your buck from the products you're using—knowing which ingredients play nicely together can be helpful. On the flip side, there are certain pairings that don't mix, and can end up either inactivating one another and/or leading to some serious skin irritation, neither of which you want. To keep things simple, consider the below a helpful 'cheat sheet' of ingredients that work especially well together—and those that don't.