True, I think I would agree with most of this sentiment. Unfortunately I'm not doing many of these things and am still using my skincare products.

Perhaps we should be surfacing opinions like this beyond just products.

My brother, a famous Broadway actor, once gifted me a jar of $300 face cleaner scrub.

It was great.

When it was empty I read the ingredients and discovered it was basically a jar of wet baking soda.

Using .50 baking soda was just as great.

:)