This is just a moisturizer to me! Clinique counters push it as a must in three step but I've never seen a difference! Nor can i understand its place in the process. bear with me here! So you'd cleanse tone use this then serum and then another moisturizer and on top of that sunblock! Seems like a hassle to me! In my case it was liquid facial soap, toner strength 2, this yellow DDML, then even better serum and then youth repair day and then city block! So i omitted this step and carried on with the rest! Its pleasant light and fragrance free but significantly average