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When it comes to face care regime...I am still scratching my head. Especially when it comes to ampoules, essences and serum steps. My confusion becomes a big of problem on when my skin need the ampoules or essenses or serum. When do I apply all? Let me summarize when and what to apply so you don't scratch your head like me too. Serum and essences As I read somewhere, they are the same things. The western call it serum and asian call it serum. Really? Both serum and essences used the same treatment step of skincare for similar results. To me the texture of serum and essences are slightly different when it come to texture.  Essence has thinner texture but with a bit of body. I skip toner if I use seum or essence in my skincare routine. How about Ampoules then? To me ampoules is the same family with essence and serums. An ampoule have higher concentration of activecingredients compare to serum or essences.  So if you are having sort of skin situation like me