{"id":26,"date":"2026-10-03T11:38:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T11:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cosmetics-shop-pro\/2026\/10\/03\/how-to-layer-serums-the-right-way\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T11:38:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T11:38:48","slug":"how-to-layer-serums-the-right-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cosmetics-shop-pro\/2026\/10\/03\/how-to-layer-serums-the-right-way\/","title":{"rendered":"How to layer serums the right way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serums deliver concentrated actives, but the order you apply them in changes how well they work. The golden rule is simple: thinnest to thickest.<\/p>\n<h2>The basic order<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Cleanser<\/li>\n<li>Toner or essence<\/li>\n<li>Water-based serums<\/li>\n<li>Oil-based serums<\/li>\n<li>Moisturizer<\/li>\n<li>SPF (morning only)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Actives that should not share a routine<\/h2>\n<p>Keep strong exfoliating acids and retinoids on separate nights. Vitamin C works best in the morning under SPF, while retinoids belong in the evening.<\/p>\n<h2>Give each layer a moment<\/h2>\n<p>Wait 30\u201360 seconds between layers so each one can absorb before the next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thinnest to thickest, and which actives shouldn&#8217;t share a routine \u2013 explained simply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[21,20],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-skincare","tag-routines","tag-serums"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cosmetics-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cosmetics-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cosmetics-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cosmetics-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cosmetics-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cosmetics-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cosmetics-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cosmetics-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cosmetics-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-cosmetics-shop-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}