Trying a new skin-care routine can be nerve-wracking, especially if you have acne-prone, ultra-sensitive skin—or are just straight-up indecisive. Sure, that new, cult-favorite moisturizer or anti-aging serum sounds cool in theory, but what if it breaks you out or irritates the hell out of your skin? Skin care is essentially just a big game of risk, leaving you to cling to your old favorites while missing out on new, awesome formulations. That is, until skin boosters entered the scene.
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What Are Skin Boosters?
Skin boosters are a new wave of customized skin-care ingredients that let you target specific skin concerns on a day-to-day basis, so you don’t need to spend a ton of money on new, possibly ineffective products. Just like the tequila to your margarita or the double shot to your espresso latte, these concentrated drops of skin-loving nutrients make anything you add them to way more effective.
So if you’re already in love with your daily moisturizer (or night cream, serum, oil, or even foundation), but wish it had, say, some acne-fighting ingredients around your period, or better pollution-blockers during the summer, or a bit of fine line-plumping action after a stressful week, you can merely mix in a few booster drops with a dollop of product and immediately have a customized formula.
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Find Your Match
To get you started on your new concoctions, we’ve rounded up the very best, most-effective skin boosters to try right this minute. Click through to see them all, and never fear the new-product game ever again.
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A version of this article was originally published in May 2017.
