I was recently lured into getting one of Sephora’s 15-minute mini facials. My inner frugal Asian lady is generally pretty suspicious of “free” treatments, but my facialist didn’t pressure me into buying anything that day—and she actually recommended something that I already own, thanks to the Sephora Sun Safety Kit: Drunk Elephant Umbra Tinte Sunscreen. Plus, I also picked up a few bonus skincare regimen tips from her.

Do you remember PEMDAS? It’s an acronym that we used in math class to remember the proper order of operations: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction? Or, Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (Poor Aunt Sally, what did she ever do to deserve being excused?).

Acronyms are not my strong suit (or perhaps you could say that they’re not my MO). I know the ones that have permeated the mainstream vernacular, but I’ve given up on trying to figure out what the kids are abbreviating these days. However, anyone who reads r/SkincareAddiction (even me!) knows that TO stands for The Ordinary, a brand that is owned by DECIEM. Rumor has it that the company may have some behind-the-scenes drama but that doesn’t take away from the fact that it makes…