Have fun with skin care; treat it as another cosmetic or beauty tool, but don’t be tricked into thinking that it’s a problem. Every image you see of celebrities — unless they’re caught walking to their car in broad daylight with no makeup on — has been manipulated in some way.

Perfect, even, pore-free, flaw-free skin does not exist and no cream in the world will give it to you. So how can your skin possibly be imperfect if the alternative isn’t even real?