Complexion is an independent testing publication for readers across the United States who want a straight answer before they spend money on their face, hair, or bathroom shelf. We buy everything we review ourselves, at the same drugstore counters, big-box aisles, and online retailers everyone else shops — no products arrive free from a publicist, and no brand pays for a spot on a list. Our comparisons are run side by side, under the same conditions, by people who read ingredient lists for a living. If a staple earns “holy grail” status in our notes, it got there the hard way.