No skin-care routine is ever straightforward—not even an editor’s. Skin is constantly evolving with age, weather, and mood, which means the “perfect” regimen is always being tweaked.

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At Vogue, we’re always waxing poetic about our cult favorites and the latest launches—but what do our own beauty editors actually have in their skin-care routines? A peek inside the top shelves of American Vogue’s small but mighty team—spanning different ages, skin types, and concerns—reveals just that. Even with an overflow of serums, moisturizers, and masks at their fingertips, they’ve managed to edit down what really works for them (for now, at least). And yes, despite access to the best of the best, they deal with the same concerns as everyone else—acne, sensitivity, eczema, hyperpigmentation, and more.

Read on for the details, and shop Vogue beauty editor-approved skin-care staples, along with the insights that might just inspire your own routine.

For Oily Complexions

Skin Type: “My complexion is oily (excess oil in a good way! I don’t ever want to mattify) and prone to pigmentation.”—Arden Fanning Andrews, beauty editor at large

When Vogue’s Arden Fanning Andrews sweeps into the office, she’s rarely empty-handed—her arms are full of a new beauty loot, with stories to match. Ask her what she’s testing, and she’ll spill in her signature whispery-yet-warm voice her latest discoveries and obsessions. Her mornings, though, are surprisingly low-key. “I never wash my face in the morning because French pharmacist Natacha Bonjout taught me that it’s not needed if you went to sleep with clean skin,” she says. Instead, spritzes on a toning mist (Yon-Ka Paris or Caudalie’s Beauty Elixir are in rotation) before skipping over a moisturizer and going straight to a hydrating mineral sunscreen—her current pick: Spooge Dew Me.

Next up? A quick complexion boost courtesy of Victoria Beckham Beauty’s latest skincare-makeup hybrid—the newly launched foundation drops, supercharged with Augustinus Bader’s TFC8 complex. She’s rarely seen without WTHN ear seeds. “I always wear them—they make me feel great, and now I’m realizing that since they boost lymphatic drainage, they’re helping me look cute, too.” And while supplements aren’t exactly her favorite ritual, she’s committed: “I’m currently trying out Apothékary’s The Honest Youth tincture and Sakara Beauty Biome,” she adds. Consider it her backstage pass to a fresh start each day.

The moment Fanning Andrews gets home, she starts her wind-down. “As soon as I walk in the door and know I don’t have to leave again, I take the day off with my night bath. I double cleanse with Eve Lom’s cleansing oil followed by Dior’s foaming cleanser.” Post bath, she opts for total body hydration with Aesop’s body balm. For face, she starts off with her favorite fragrance-free, plumping eye cream from Deinde, and uses a hydrating face oil. Then of course, there’s nightly haircare (because hey, the scalp is skin too). “Derms have told me my scalp and hair health is indeed an extension of my face and skincare, so I like Omi’s hair growth gummies—and they actually taste good too,” she says. “Then, if I’m not mouth taping, I’ll use Tatcha’s lip mask to wake up with baby soft lips.”

For Dry Skin

Skin Type: “Mid-30s dry. The combination of already having dry skin—then being on a migraine medication that naturally dries you out—is rough.”—Margaux Anbouba, senior beauty and wellness editor

Vogue’s senior beauty and wellness editor, Margaux Anbouba, is as sharp-witted as she is wellness-obsessed—her desk is stacked with minis, and her routines are always intentional. A true hydration devotee, she takes a 360-degree approach to combatting dry skin. “I take fish oil and vitamins D & E every day, because studies show that they can help with hydration of the entire body,” she says. Recently, a Dior New York spa esthetician told her to swap out her morning cleanser (turns out, too many stripping ingredients were only making her dryness worse). Now, she reaches for a pea-sized amount of Summer Fridays’s amino acid-rich cleanser (though she still rotates in Dieux’s Baptism and Dior’s mousse as well). Next comes her holy trinity: Iris&Romeo’s hydrating mist, Medik8’s peptide serum, and Chanel’s camellia extract-rich face cream.

Though she usually skips gadgets, one tool has won her over. “Jenna Ortega’s makeup artist Mélanie Inglessis convinced me to try the Laduora face wand, so I’m doing it as a pre-sunscreen step every day on set,” Anbouba says. The device combines red LED, microcurrent, and gentle vibration to give skin a subtle snatch: “It makes me feel a little more perky.” For the final flourish, she opts for SPF that doubles as a skin-perfecter, slathering on Supergoop!’s Glowscreen for what she calls “an Edward Cullen sparkle.”

“I have a much more dramatic cleansing routine for the evening,” muses Anbouba. It starts with Tatcha’s camellia oil cleanser: “I’ve never found one I feel more passionate about—it’s slippery and always melts away when I use water to get it off.” Next, she finishes her double-cleanse with the same face wash she uses in the morning.