Has anyone else noticed their skin looking worse the more products they add?

I swear my skin looked calmer 5 years ago when I was doing nothing except cleanser + moisturizer. Now I’ve got vitamin C, tret, peptides, exfoliants, barrier creams, eye creams, and my skin looks more tired and slightly more irritated? That got me wondering if I'm overdoing it.

Just wanna know if anyone's been in a similar situation? 'Cause if yes, did simplifying your routine help, or am I just getting the wrong products for me?

My routine:

AM

• Cleanser: CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser
• Vitamin C: La Roche Posay Pure Vitamin C12 Serum
• Eye cream: Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum (retinal + ginseng)
• Moisturizer: CeraVe Moisturizing Cream
• SPF: Biore UV Aqua Rich

PM

• Cleanser: CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser
• Peptides: The Ordinary Multi-Peptide + HA Serum
• Tretinoin
• Moisturizer: CeraVe Moisturizing Cream
• Barrier cream (when skin feels wrecked): La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5

Exfoliant nights (1x a week instead of tret)

• Paula’s Choice 2% BHA Liquid OR The Ordinary Lactic Acid 5%
• Then just moisturizer + barrier cream after