Let me be fully transparent here about my skin care. I was the girl in the 70's-90's who laid out in the sun lathered up in baby oil, waiting for the burn. I'm not proud of it, but it happened. However, I have always washed my face before I went to bed. That was the extent of it. It wasn't until I turned 50 and the mirror highlighted the poor choices of my younger self, that I started on a journey to take better care of my skin and actually try to reverse some of the signs. As we age our skin becomes drier and more prone to damage. After several trips to the esthetician and lots of research, I found these products to get my skin back to where it should be.