“If I don't wait long enough for my products to sink into my skin, there will be pilling or patchiness. I noticed that I do pill around my eyes if I wear eye cream, and I don't let it sit long enough. But I think that also depends on the product because there are some or there is one specific eye cream that I've used before where it has made my concealer a pill.”

“I use less product and wait longer before applying, the next step.”

“I would say that I need to make sure my moisturizer is fully dry. Otherwise, it could get a little cakey. That's just because it's still wet. I I just need it to be fully absorbed in my skin before I would put on any makeup.”

“I will usually skip on all the dew steps and just do the moisturizer. So I will cleanse, tone, moisturize. Don't use the dew drops. Don't use the prickly pear serum because it cakes on too much moisture, which I do like it when I use it by itself, in favor for makeup.”

“Yeah. Sometimes I notice it feels a little bit tacky, so I almost wonder if waiting would help.”

“So I just take about a pea sized amount because this is another product where a little bit goes a long way, and I don't need it all over my face.”

“I think it's a little bit of everything. But for me, it's the amount of product being used as layers and reducing the layers help, with prevention of the pilling.”

“Yes. If the Olay is on my eyebrows when I fill them in, it's not gonna stay. Like, it's gonna start, I guess you would say, like, spreading and bleeding down. It won't stay. So I have to make sure after I apply the Olay to all of my skin, I have to then use one of the pads to kinda just make the eyebrow portion just a little bit drier so that way when I go to fill in my brows, it stays.”

“So it wasn't a big deal, but it reminded me how important balance is. Sometimes even a tiny bit too much product can make a difference in how everything sits. So, yeah, I pay attention to those details. Yeah.”

“If there's a right amount, it's probably will spread, evenly and absorption will be quicker because you just have the amount you need to use. Not extra, not less.”

“I feel like, maybe my moisturizer. Because if I put too much moisturizer and didn't wait, feel like maybe it would, like, look weird. But I feel like the amount of moisturizer and the moisturizer that I use, it seems to the makeup sits well on it.”

“Sometimes if I find that it I look too shiny or it's too thick, I will just maybe take, like, my arm and kind of rub my arm on there or rub other parts of my hands or, like, arms to get some moisturizer on there to just, like, remove some of it off of my face.”

“No. I specifically look for products or have cut certain products out of my skincare routine if they do feel sticky or pill up or leave a residue. All of the products that I use, I mentioned it when I was applying it, sink into the skin really nicely, and they don't leave any type of tacky texture residue. I'm really particular about that.”

“And I was like, okay. Now I have white splotches on top of my face, and it's literally like I'm using moisturizer to get rid of any white splotches. But then because this acne cream dries white, it ends up where my face looks moisturized, but then I'm trying to find that balance where I'm using enough cream that is effective and it works, but I'm not using so much that my face is drying with white splotches or that is noticeable on my face. So finding that balance of the right amount of cream to use can be difficult.”

“How how much product I've determined, putting on my face? It goes by look and feel. It really goes by feel. I'll put on my I'm just really it's really instinctual. I'll put a drop on there, spread it out. If my face still feels still stiff, I'll put some more on there. But, yeah, my face really never felt dry putting a lot of stuff on.”

“I would say after you wash your face, pat your face dry, and then I would apply it like lotion. I would put a small amount, maybe like a dime size in your hand and just apply it all over your face, all the way down to your neck, to your chest, and just pat it with your hand until it is good in your skin. Wait five minutes, and then apply your primer or move on to your makeup. No need to reapply.”

“If my skin is looking hydrated, if it's looking not very oily and that makeup is going on really well, that I know it is working. In the past, I've tried, like, a new product and trying to figure out, how much to use and when to use it. Other times, it's pilled really badly. Little bits of the product, like little circles all over your face, and it doesn't feel good. It doesn't feels like you're wasting product. It's not even it's not even going into your skin or doing anything. So I know it's not working.”

“Okay. So after my toner, I make use of this serum. It's a whitening faith spot serum. The actives here are arbutin and niacinamide. As you can see, I have some dark spots, and that has actually helped me a lot. So, so what I do, I take a pump of it, and I apply it, a drop on my forehead, a drop on my cheek, on my nose, and, here, just below my lips. And that's, like, four drops. And I just use my hand and spread it around my face like this. Yeah. And, yeah, and this is also very clear. And I like that a lot because at the same time, it isn't too thick. So it's almost like there's nothing on my face. I don't like when my face feels heavy during my skincare, so that's why I love the products I use. They are very lightweight. So yeah. And I also go in with my fan. This will take a little bit more time than sorry. Not because this is a little thicker than my tuna. So I leave this on and allow it dry with my fan for about thirty seconds. So yeah.”

“I think sometimes I wonder if I'm applying too much makeup or skincare before the foundation step because, if there's too much product, I feel like it pills, and then the foundation does not go on pretty smoothly.”