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Skincare routine for combination skin

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Cleansers and toners with niacinamide and salicylic acid help control oil and clear enlarged pores, while moisturizers and serums with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and ceramides bring needed moisture to dry cheeks.

The morning routine prepares the skin for the day: it cleans off the night, hydrates, and protects, with sunscreen as its last step. The evening routine removes sunscreen, makeup, and the day's oil, while treating the skin safely away from the sun. This weekly routine is for giving combination skin a deeper clean and extra care once a week in place of the usual evening steps.

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Products are rated for the concerns frequently associated with combination skin: an oily T-zone, enlarged pores, and dry cheeks. For a routine based on your full skin profile, including your 12D face scan results and any goals or preferences you have, please use the Lovi app.

Morning

Step 1Cleanser

Cleansers with amino acids and glycerin help hydrate dry cheeks and balance moisture. Cleansers with salicylic acid and zinc gluconate help manage oily shine and large pores, and they are used every morning and every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 2Hydrating Toner

This step provides hydration to dry cheeks with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and panthenol while balancing oil in the T-zone. The hydrating toner step is used every morning and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Moisturizer

Moisturizers with birch sap juice, glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and allantoin help hydrate dry cheeks while controlling oily shine in your T-zone. They are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 4SPF

Sunscreens protect your skin against UV rays and are used every morning in your routine. Sunscreens with avobenzone and homosalate help maintain your skin's moisture balance, while sunscreens with zinc oxide and centella asiatica extract help manage your oily shine.

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Evening

Step 1Pre-Cleanser

Makeup removers with jojoba seed oil and sunflower seed oil help balance moisture levels for your combination skin, while versions with camellia seed oil and squalane help maintain hydration while managing oily shine. These makeup removers are used every evening and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

Step 2Cleanser

Cleansers with amino acids and glycerin help hydrate dry cheeks and balance moisture. Cleansers with salicylic acid and zinc gluconate help manage oily shine and large pores, and they are used every morning and every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Cleansing Toner

Cleansing toners with lactic acid, glycolic acid, and salicylic acid help balance oil and clear out pores for combination skin. This step is used every evening.

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Step 4Serum or Treatment

Serums with niacinamide, peach extract, hyaluronic acid, and madecassoside help control oily shine and hydrate dry areas to balance combination skin, while formulas with centella asiatica extract and zinc PCA soothe the skin and help manage pores. These treatments are used every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 5Moisturizer

Moisturizers with birch sap juice, glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and allantoin help hydrate dry cheeks while controlling oily shine in your T-zone. They are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Once a week

Step 1Pre-Cleanser

Makeup removers with jojoba seed oil and sunflower seed oil help balance moisture levels for your combination skin, while versions with camellia seed oil and squalane help maintain hydration while managing oily shine. These makeup removers are used every evening and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

Step 2Cleanser

Cleansers with amino acids and glycerin help hydrate dry cheeks and balance moisture. Cleansers with salicylic acid and zinc gluconate help manage oily shine and large pores, and they are used every morning and every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Enzyme Powder

Enzyme powders with papain, salicylic acid, and rice bran extract digest dull surface cells to help manage oily shine on combination skin. This step is used once a week in place of the evening routine.

Step 4Cleansing Mask

Cleansing masks with kaolin and salicylic acid help deep-draw oil and impurities to clear out enlarged pores and oily shine. These masks are used once a week in place of the evening routine.

Step 5Hydrating Toner

This step provides hydration to dry cheeks with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and panthenol while balancing oil in the T-zone. The hydrating toner step is used every morning and once a week, in place of the evening routine.

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Step 6Serum or Treatment

Serums with niacinamide, peach extract, hyaluronic acid, and madecassoside help control oily shine and hydrate dry areas to balance combination skin, while formulas with centella asiatica extract and zinc PCA soothe the skin and help manage pores. These treatments are used every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 7Moisturizer

Moisturizers with birch sap juice, glycerin, hyaluronic acid, and allantoin help hydrate dry cheeks while controlling oily shine in your T-zone. They are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Research behind this routine

Behind this routine

Lovi builds every routine from each product's full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.

  • Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Co-founder, Medical Director

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer

  • Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Co-founder, CEO and CTO

    PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex

  • Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Medical Board

    Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine

  • Aishani Shah, MD

    Aishani Shah, MD

    Medical Board

    Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD

  • Asya Zubkova, MS

    Asya Zubkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member

  • Hanna Kurets, MD

    Hanna Kurets, MD

    Medical Board, Medical Advisor

    Dermatology MD

  • Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Medical Board

    Dermatology and diagnostic consultant

  • Victoria Derkova, MS

    Victoria Derkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist

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