The Beauty Prep Step That Changed My Morning Routine

I've been testing Lenox and Sixteenth's Prep Pads for a week or so, and I'll be honest, I didn't expect a pad to change my mind about anything. But here we are. Most treatment pads are designed to take something off your skin. These do the opposite. They're designed to prepare it.

The Prep Pads are a two-sided, barrier-first skin conditioning tool from founder and celebrity aesthetician Amy Peterson. Her brand philosophy is "less, but better," born in the treatment room, made for everyday life. That's exactly what this feels like, a professional-grade step, simplified for your bathroom counter.

One side has soft, rounded silicone micro-beads that glide across the skin with light pressure, so gentle the stimulation that wakes up the complexion without any friction, exfoliation, or stripping. Flip it over, and the ultra-smooth side floods skin with hydration, leaving it primed for everything, serum, moisturizer, sunscreen, makeup.

Every pad is infused with skin-conditioning ingredients that hydrate, comfort, and support healthy-looking skin. Morning and evening, I've been using them to start, now just morning on clean skin. I glide the textured silicone side across my face with light pressure it takes seconds and genuinely wakes everything up then follow with the smooth side to condition and prep. Then my usual serums and moisturizer go on over beautifully prepped skin.

A week in, my skin feels softer, looks more radiant, and my makeup has been sitting better.

BTW the Laser Serum, and vitamin C cream serum, literally make your skin glow.