C-STEPS. CLEANING ANALOGY

C1 (like dissolves like) Use fresh oil to remove old oil buildup. Have you ever tried using fresh oil to clean old grease off of your kitchen hood/cabinets? Try it sometime.

C2 (wash cleansing oil). Wash all trace of the cleansing oil off your face. After you clean your cabinets with new oil, you'll want to remove any trace of oil with dish soap solution.

C3 (back to balance). Bring your skin's acid mantle back to its proper pH. Using acid toner also helps remove dead skin cells. Hmmm...I can't really think of a good cleaning analogy for this.

M-STEPS. FOOD ANALOGY

M1 (Facial Mist=Green juice). Hydrate with water and drink up your water soluble vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Like warm lemon water first thing in the morning hydrates and gears up the gut to absorb nutrients, hydration in skin aids in the absorption of the next steps of your skin care.

M2 (Facial serum=Fish, avocados, nuts). Nourish your skin's lipid barrier with healthy fats.

M3 (Face cream= Creamed soup). It’s made with heat and is a meal on its own. Both water soluble and fat soluble nutrients co-exist in this emulsion.

In theory, I would say that M3 is redundant if you have M1 and M2. Or if you want to skip the more potent M1 and M2, to go with just the M3. But in practice, all three work better together, and that's why M3 was added in later in the development of this series. Also having these different formulations allows you to customize the "richness" of your moisturizers.