i was sitting here thinking she was going to actually explain how to layer products and what products we shouldn't use together but now i'm baffed and i still don't know how to layer them

This was very informative on the chemistry side of things. The title is a little misleading because I think people were expecting which exact serum to use first . For instance "buffet" before the "niacinamide" or the other way around. Can you do the toner with the retinol or should you wait...That was highly confusing when I started with The Ordinary. You've done a few videos about which products you layer together before and I think people (including me if I'm completely honest), people just want a step by step. Use this, then this, then this and you're done. I've done a bunch of research on the layering part and it is still confusing to me sometimes and I get unsure and scared that I do more damage than good. It's a process. You already helped tremendously and I'm so thankful for that! All that aside, I did like how you explained more of the chemistry side of things. Thank you. =)

The video came at a good time because I bought a bunch of “the ordinary” products. 😂

I'm buying an entire group of them based on a long chat I had with their CS, which honestly made me feel so much better. They wanted me safe, they wanted me to not use anything that I didn't need, which was refreshing from a skincare company.

Cassandra, I just now re discovered your videos because I used to watch you back when you had your acne (4+ years ago). I’m really excited for you to see how beautiful your skin is now, and how’ve you become such an expert on skincare! I’m STILL struggling with acne, and am going to really study your videos now!

I love the fact that you explain cosmetics with a chemical approach, it's amazing to be able to understand what happens when you mix different products with different natures or bases. Your channel is amazing, I wish you had a way bigger platform because you truly deserve it! Thank you so much for your videos!

I LITERALLY WAS THINKING ABOUR SEARCHING A VIDEO ON LAYERING THE ORDINARY PRODUCTS TODAY OMG THANK YOU

You lost me at Vheicle.

since following you I not only have learned about my favorite the Ordinary, but get educated as to how, why & when to use them, but get a great education on the Scientific make up of the skin. my skin looks like a 40 year old but I am 57. you are a great teacher. please dont stop.

I’m still very confused on what products to put first

been watching u for years now u were one of the first youtubers i discovered that talked ab acne solutions who actually had a skin type like mine! so glad i’m rediscovering ur vids, super informative and super positive thank u!!

Wow, thanx Cassandra! I love your videos. The fact that you include the science is very helpful!! I love to learn! I've wanted to become an esthetician for years, unfortunately it's grouped into cosmetology and the programs are over an hour away. Thanx again!

Sorry,but i still dont know how to layer my products 🤷‍♀️

WOW!!! YOU ARE A BLESSING PERIOD! I'M 60+++++ YEARS, but let me just say I will purchase what I think I need , but will have to have clarity on what to layer, AM PM , I know you have explained it all but I still need to have it in front of me thank you for all you do I'm a new subscriber and you are absolutely fantastic great job blessings to you and yours

I'm waiting for my The Ordinary order but first i'm here learning from you! i am very excited about trying the products i have mild acne scaring and i have faith i can make it better with this products.

Just had my first ever peeling by the ordinary. It was scary, but after the first use I might see a very little change. Insane. Can't wait to see what will happen with my skin overnight.

The Ordinary website was pretty helpful in putting together my skincare routine. I really enjoy how detailed your videos are and I’d much rather watch them as opposed to navigating a 2D webpage.

I know zero about chemistry but im 100% down to learn chemistry With Cassandra being my teacher 🧡

Girl I be watchin you now I remember your makeup video when I was younger I love seeing your glow up!

The thing I want to know, should I wait in between? After applying toner, move on to serum and then moisturizer, wait in between each step? If yes, how long?

Vehicle** or am I trippin?🥴

Just sat here waiting for her to do what she was going to do only to end up more confused... THANKS

"Hey Sir, it's a Fact you two need to get together." It's not even the end of the video and I know this has helped me remember what a surfactant is, better than just saying the differences between Surfactant and other skincare ingredient use categories.

I love and appreciate your videos and your explanations so much. I have a background in science (nutrition/molecular biology), and I think your analogies are helpful and brilliant. I've been recommending you all over the place for people who like to properly understand skincare at the molecular level.

I don't get how some people didn't get the information in this video. It's science but it's not rocket science... This is a really great video! In order 👏 from lightest 👏 to thickest. From most watery to least watery. These products are penetrating your skin, you can't apply a moisturizer and then expect your toner to still soak in on top of it. Let the product soak in and dry for a few moments, then apply the next one. Facial oils and moisturizers seal all of it in, and primer separates your skincare from your makeup.

Love how you break all these down 💖 Thank you beautiful 🦋

Your analogies are just brilliant, helps to learn & understand. Thank you for making it easier for us. Your graphics also help visualising the process. Thanks & keep up the great work!

Wow. Thanks for the help, I honestly felt like I was back in chemistry class. Couldn't tell you anything I've learned after watching this.

This is a great video demonstrating the science behind the products, and how to approach layering products in general! Those who are complaining this is uninformative ... there are tons of layering possibilities and doing a lil research on the products you’re interested in will help u much more in the long run than having her telling u lmao

Glad I read through the comments before I wasted my time with this video. Gonna look at the website instead

YES! YES! YES! I have been needing this video so bad...just recently bought a bunch of products from The Ordinary to help with my skin. But I am constantly unsure, if some of the products even are ment to (or could be) be layered on. Thank you for all the videos you have done on your skin. I relate to it so much battling with severe acne since childhood.

woah im in high school and this was sooo easy for me to understand. thank you so much! : )

I love this. You are soooo good at explaining things.

How to use the moisturizer when using the vitamin C 30% suspension in silicone?? There's a lot of contradicting opinions and I'm just left confused, thus what if I'm using a water based MOISTURIZER???

This video doesn't actually explain much: the order of things in the "Consistency" phase or how to decide what goes when...?

Cassandra very good in explaining complicated terms to normal terms people use daily :)) easy to understand too . Thank you thank youu ❤️

Uh still didn't get what to put on first.

I remember you saying that combining niacinamide and vitamin c was ok and that the dangers were based on an old inaccurate study?

I really need to find my son a video on a beginners gym workout but dang, I can’t stop watching your videos🤣

I wish you would just tell us what not to use together, straight to the point. You're so smart and great information. Keep it basic😏

Since I have my skin care routine I forced and helped my gf to have one too... Her skin care routine I made is : Morning: 1. Cleanser 2. Eye serum “The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG 30ml” 3. Vitamin C “The Ordinary Ascorbic Acid 8% + Alpha Arbutin 2%” 4. Moisturiser 5. Sunscreen Night : 1. Cleanser 2. Eye serum “The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG 30ml” 3. The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% 4. Moisturiser And for exfoliate The Ordinary Lactic Acid 10% + HA 2% Superficial Peeling twice a week before night routine. My question is can I layer vitamin c and Niacinamide on top of Caffeine eye serum as I mention above . Thanks

Does anyone else feel like going ....ah-h-H-HHHH, WHAT?

As a chemical engineer, this is refreshing ❤❤😊

I just love you! 😂😍 You make me smile everytime!

I have the retinol 1% in squalane, caffeine 5%, niacinamide 10%+ zinc 1%, and the buffet. What order should I use them in and what time/how often?

could you do a video on the best products for textured skin?

You’re so smart 😭💖🥰 thank you! Your videos are so helpful i just bought a lot of the ordinary products

YOU ARE AMAZING I JUST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL AND IM OBSESSED ❤️❤️❤️

I recently came across your channel and totally loving it You are one amazing person So happy I found you

As far as “layering” goes I really wanted this video to be like, which products can you use TOGETHER. Like can I use their glycolic acid toner and then follow up with lactic acid serum, for example. I think most people know the general order skincare goes...

This video couldn’t have come at a more perfect time!!!! I’ve literally just started layering my ordinary products. I’m using the buffet and the retinol 0.5% in squaline and I love it.

This is why I wish I paid more attention in chemistry class. THIS IS SKIN CHEMISTRY

Hi Cas,love your videos.Thank you 💕

Its okay for me to layer my routine like this ? I have acne prone skin AM 1. Hyaluronic acid 2. Niacinamide 3. Squalane oil 4. NMF PM 1. Hyaluronic 2. Niacinamide 3. Azelaic acid 4. NMF

Your videos are really interesting because you incorporate scientific information! I really love it! So helpful! :)

Long awaited ❤. Got mines today can't wait to try my products.

I’m confused by “the buffet” what can I use it with and without? How can I layer it and with what?♥️ thx love ur vids!

I have to admit, the charts you include throughout several of your videos are absolutely fantastic. They are so aesthetically pleasing, modern and organized; which makes them very easy to follow and understand. Most skincare charts found online, such as ph scales, or images of the various levels of the skin are so dense and mushed together, that they make it harder to dissect the information thats trying to be illustrated. I'm unaware if you create these charts or images yourself, but either way they are the best on the internet that I've come across thus far.

This is better than ordinary chemistry classes

Toner, serum, eye creams, moisturizer, oils, sunscreen, makeup. Is how I do it

Okay so just to clarify. If sunscreen is a suspension... if i use rosehip oil during the morning technically i should put the sunscreen on before the oil and moisturiser? This has become more confusing than I thought lol

hey the products i have is cerave foaming cleansing cleanser, THE ORDINARY AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution, the ordinary glycolic acid 7% Toning solution, the ordinary lactic acid, and the ordinary niacinamide 10% + 1% zinc. What do i put first like i need help with a routine.?Also when do i use them ?

Interesting spelling of “vehicle”.

My favorites! All late I know I was at work. I used to use exfoliating products before cleansing.

I don't understand can you recommend me daily skin care routine for acne pigment skin

Hope these products come to India soon... I just love you❤️ and your skincare recommendations P.s.first to see the video😊

I feel like I have been waiting my entire life for such a video, o.m.g. Your channel is the single most important channel in my list, many thanks for your work.

Hi, Cassandra!❤️Could you please talk about the lactic acid from the ordinary?

Hey girl! I have been binging ALL your videos!! I have a question and not sure if you’ll answer but let’s give a shot! :P for my new routine I’m thinking of doing AM- caffeine solution > niacinamide and zinc > sunscreen PM - cleanser > toner > buffet > vitamin c 23% with HA. Would anything be conflicting here? ❤️

Thats how you spell "vheicle"

pls do a full skin care routine for acne prblms what's the cleanser and toner the moisturizer ... 💜💜thnx

I use an anhydrous Vitamin C serum and a hyaluronic acid serum in my morning routine. You recommended putting water based solutions on before anhydrous, but I’ve also heard that skincare should be applied from low pH to high pH, which would mean putting on the anhydrous Vitamin C first. Which one should I apply first, or should I even be using these together? (Specific products are the Ethylated Ascorbic Acid from The Ordinary, and the Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid from Hylamide)

Great video! Nice little refresher of things we learned in beauty school

Hey Cassandra, i'm very obsessed with your videos. I'm Italian so I'm sorry about my English. I bought vitamin C Suspension 23% but I have a doubt: do I have to use vitamin C first, that is a suspension, or my Neutrogena water gel cream? Thank you for your knowledge and regards from Italy 😊

Thank you for helping understanding things. Can you make a facial routine to fade acne scars? Please 😊

I just bought some The Ordinary products so this video helps. They're expensive in Canada but I decided to treat myself. Now if they can only come out with a product for the neck. The horizontal lines bother me but nothing compared to the little turkey gobble that has begun to make an appearance. Sigh...

What serum can i use with The Ordinary Lactic acid 10% + HA on the same routine?

Omg i love you!!!! I love your explanation ♥️

I had a question...is it alright to use hyloronic acid with vitamin C?

Thank you, your videos are so informative!

I wish I would have seen this video when I was in esthetician school 😂 great explanation! Love your videos 🦋

This video did not solve the puzzle. You made it more confusing than it should be.

Love watching your videos-I actually learn something😀

You explained it soooo well you are amazing thank you so much

Omg thank you

So which one of THE ORDINARY products go first and second and all that

this is my new favorite channel ooomg

I wish this video got more to the point

hey just asking a question here cause I’m a bit confused and just wanna be sure. I’m purchasing the peeling solution, niacinamide and the azelaic acid suspension, as well as the glycolic acid toning solution. Can you help in what order I should be applying these?

Hey if anyone sees this could they please give me some advice because I'm new to this (also I'm on a low budget as a student) This is the order, please give me advice : - Garnier Micellar water - The body shop aloe cleanser - The Ordinary Glycolic Acid 7% Toning Solution -The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% - The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG - The Ordinary AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution (once a week) -Simple moisturiser Spf 15

😭 now I am confused. So that means oils before emulsions. But in the ordinary website their advice for a night routine is: 1. Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion 2. Rosehip oil. I thought I was doing that right and now....🤔 But the order is very helpful, so: Thank you! ♥️

Love this! I actually use this approach in my MD skincare routine video! 👍🏼

Thank you so much for these videos and the suggested products!! Please never stop 💜💜💜

All these videos are explaining what they are and I haven’t found one that says what to put on my face 😩

Hey Cassandra, question. Is it better to use a moisturizer that has spf in it like CeraVe spf 30 faical moistuzier and Neutrogenas face moisturizer with spf. Or should we use seperate products and use a singular moisturizer and sunscreen.

Hi, Ms. Cassandra Bankson. You mentioned that water can degrade antioxidants, but you did not explain why. Can you please tell us why such a thing happen? Thank you very much!

Thank you. Just what I needed.

Can you please do a video with the ordinary products , skincare routine for oily skin and large pores and another skincare video with drugstore products please?

So... is that German or something for “vehicle”? It looks like VEEEHYYYKULLLL!!! 😂 “Vheicle” Lol. Jus messing with you girl. Love your videos. And as a skincare/scientist/science lover, I love love love the explanation for lay people who either don’t know or don’t care to know all of the skincare research/facts.

Yasssss I have been waiting for this video