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Jess Beech

I asked the experts how much moisturiser I should use – turns out I’ve been applying way too much

A paper backdrop with an image of a smiling model applying moisturiser plus drops of face cream and a jar of elemis pro collagen marine cream.

I love skincare. Every day, no matter how busy I am, I find cleansing my skin and layering it in serums and moisturiser a total treat.

The only catch is that I approach skincare in the same way I do a sharing bag of chocolate buttons – with a very, very heavy hand. I take big, greedy, greasy scoops out of my balm cleanser and smother huge dollops of the best face moisturiser on my skin.

As you can imagine, I get through skincare pretty quickly (my best night cream for oily skin takes the brunt), and it’s becoming an expensive habit. To find out if I’m overdoing it, and I think we all know the answer to that, I asked two experts how much moisturiser I should use to reap all its brilliant benefits without being wasteful.

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