Your Guide to Best Custom Skin Care Brands

Ever wondered why the miracle moisturizer your bestie raved about did absolutely nothing for your complexion, or worse, made you break out - even though you two share the same skin type? Or tossed away cash on the latest hot beauty product promising to get you glowing, only to have it fall flat? When it comes to choosing skincare, it too often seems to be a guessing game, with finding the right product for your skin requiring a pricey, and in some cases downright painful, trial and error process.

Turns out, it doesn’t have to be. Industry experts are recognizing that the future of beauty is in moving away from generic, store-bought products, and towards skin solutions made for your skin only. After all, no two people - or complexions - are identical; so it only makes sense that one-size-fits-all skincare just won’t cut it. This is where personalised skin care products come in: a uniquely different approach, showcasing a custom tailored, personalized skin care system created to unveil your own inimitable radiance.

A growing number of skincare and cosmetics companies are getting in on the customization trend. The process typically starts with a short online quiz to gather info about your skin type, needs, and special concern areas such as acne, dryness, or sensitivity. A panel of experts on the other side of the screen analyzes the results, and designs a customized formulation of specially selected ingredients to create the best face cream, custom moisturizer, cleanser, or a complete personalized skin care routine for your skin. Not sure where to start? We’ve rounded up three of our favorite custom skin care brands on the market with an overview of what they have to offer. Give one of these just-for-you formulas a try, for a glow that’s uniquely your own.

Organation

A focus on organic, all-natural ingredients grown locally in the lush Pacific Northwest makes Organation’s customized creams as good for the environment and your health as they are for your complexion. Using a sophisticated algorithm to analyze skin needs and intelligent hands-free filling technology, the masterminds behind the brand blend organic botanicals, pure natural essences, and essential oils into a precisely formulated cream that combines the benefits of a moisturizer, serum, brightener, and spot treatment in one simple formula. Products come free of synthetic fragrances, parabens, formaldehydes, and PEGS; and each jar can be made uniquely yours with a customized label featuring your name.

Curology

One of the pioneers of the customized skin care movement, Curology was founded in New Mexico in 2013, by a dermatologist seeking solutions for a patient with persistent acne. Targeting acne-prone and problem skin became the brand’s primary focus, with a daily skin care routine including cleanser and once-a-day Curology cream delivered on a subscription basis. The formulas use three main active ingredients to combat acne, breakouts, and clogged pores, and each customer is matched up with a real-life dermatology expert available to consult, offer advice, and tweak the product formulations as needed.

Rose & Abott

Technology meets green beauty in this Santa Monica-based company, which uses a one of its kind algorithm to assess a customer’s personal skin profile. Analyzing factors including skin type, concerns, daily habits and lifestyle preferences, a custom moisturizer is created using botanical essences such as aloe vera, grapefruit extract, and bakucholi. You can even choose the product’s scent from six naturally-derived options, like Bergamot, Lime and Mandarin or Spring Unicorn. The company uses vegan, hypoallergenic natural ingredients, and is committed to being cruelty free.