If the gel oils are the casual version, these are the ones I reach for when I want a proper oil. Augustinus Bader The Body Oil is made with TFC8, olive and argan oils, vitamin E and squalane, and the Geranium Body Oil adds geranium and rose. goop Beauty Afterglow Body Oil smells of ginger, violet, cedar and vetiver, and the page says it sinks in instantly.

Laouta Glowing Body Oil is handmade in Greece with helichrysum flower oil, Greek sage oil and olive, almond and apricot oils, and it leaves a luminous shimmer. It is lightly scented with peach, pear and lemon. Tata Harper Revitalizing Body Oil is a blend of natural oils with an essential oil scent that runs from borage to calendula. MARA Algae + Moringa Sea Sculpt Body Oil is built on moringa oil, squalane and an algae blend and smells faintly of grapefruit.

MUTHA Body Oil was formulated by founder Hope Smith when she was pregnant with her first son, and it is a dry oil made of seed oils. COSTA BRAZIL Kaya Jungle Firming Body Oil is a cold-pressed blend of rare rainforest ingredients, and the page credits founder Francisco Costa with the discovery.

What I would skip: pairing a strongly scented oil with a strongly scented lotion. Let the oil lead and keep the layer underneath plain.

Lotions are where the face-care ingredients show up. Nécessaire launched in November 2018, according to its own press release, and The Body Lotion is fragrance free, made with marula, cacay and meadowfoam oils. Its Body Serum is a fast-absorbing gel with hyaluronic acid, vitamin B5 and ceramides. Augustinus Bader The Body Lotion is made with TFC8, vitamins B5 and E and aloe vera.

For texture work there are acids. Tata Harper Resurfacing Body Serum is made with plant-derived AHAs, and Susanne Kaufmann AHA Enzyme Body Lotion has a 10 percent blend of AHA, BHA and upcycled pumpkin enzymes. Dr. Barbara Sturm Super Anti-Aging Body Serum brings hyaluronic acid, brown algae extract and peptides to the body. SIDIA BRALESS The Body Serum is a gel serum with notes of coconut, leather, vanilla and peony, and Tronque Triple Active Body Milk has an opalescent finish and a natural fragrance of bergamot, watermelon, Italian lemon and Gaiac wood.

What I would skip: acids right before a beach day or on freshly shaved skin. Use the exfoliating lotions at night, and keep the fragrance free options for mornings.

Here is my order after a shower. Start on damp skin with a lotion or serum, then smooth a little oil over the top where you want shine, such as shoulders, collarbones and shins. Vaseline body oil in gel form can take the place of the oil step. Let everything sink in before you dress. If you like scent, keep it to one product in the stack and choose the rest fragrance free. With shimmer, start light and build up. Give each layer a minute to sink in before the next one, and save the exfoliating lotions for evenings. The goal is skin that looks lightly polished, not slick.

If Vaseline body oil is how you finish a shower, this last shelf covers the steps before it. I start with washes. Nécessaire The Body Wash in Olibanum has a gel-oil hybrid texture with marula, cacay and meadowfoam oils, Hanni Rich Rinse is a serum wash with glycerin, aloe leaf water and coconut water, the L'Occitane shower oil turns from silky oil to milky lather with almond oil, and Salt & Stone Bergamot & Hinoki is a gel wash with seaweed extracts and hyaluronic acid.

For rough patches, First Aid Beauty KP Bump Eraser uses pumice buffing beads with glycolic and lactic acids, and Moroccanoil Body Polishing Scrub uses argan shell powder and lava stone pumice. OUAI St. Barts is a sugar scrub that can also be used on the scalp. Then butters: Sol de Janeiro Delícia Drench has bacuri butter, Summer Fridays Body Butter Balm smells of vanilla cake and tonka bean, Glossier Crème de You has shea butter and jojoba oils, and Kiehl's Crème de Corps is a whipped body butter with soy milk and honey.

What I would skip: a scrub and an acid exfoliant on the same night. Pick one, then oil over the top.