- What up you guys?
I am Michaela Jaé.
You also know me as MJ Rodriguez
and maybe Blanca Evangelista from Pose.
And I'm gonna be showing you
my daily late night skincare routine.
(relaxing music)
My skincare routine consists
of about I would say maybe five to six steps.
I usually have long days on set,
long days on end.
I spend 18 hours, 20 hours on set.
So that means that makeup is
on this face forever.
And I don't like when makeup is
on my face forever.
It just, it does me dirty, literally.
So yeah, it's definitely self-care.
I always want to make sure
that I wake up fresh and pristine.
And I always want to make sure
that my skin is clean.
The first product I usually use
at night before I just like come in
and drop all my clothes is this amazing product.
It's hydrating, it's cream and foam cleanser,
and it's also a makeup remover.
My boyfriend got me onto it.
I was doing this photo shoot, was there all day,
had makeup on my face, and he showed me this,
and I got hooked on it and I can't stop using it.
But it's great for makeup removal
and also just making sure
that just going to stop after it's done.
So I use this (nails clattering).
The next product that I'm going
to be using is my favorite skincare product.
I love them so much
and they've shown me so much love,
and it is Kiehl's.
And look, it's got my name on it.
Ooh.
I use Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream
because it's hydrating at night.
It just replenishes my skin after washing my face,
and it's sometimes a little dry afterwards
so I just want to make sure it's hydrated
before I use my next product.
I try my best not to use that much,
because I like to like save up on product.
A lot of people overuse their products.
I try my best not to, because I want to save.
And also, you don't usually need that much.
So I put it on my hand like this,
I rub it around like so.
I get my hair out of my face,
'cause we don't need that.
And I apply.
Like this.
Oh, boom, and look at that.
Look at how hydrated it looks already,
that glow is...
What?!
Uh (picture snapping).
Boom, number three.
I am an extreme fan of Kiehl's.
Yes, Kiehl's.
This is Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment
or with avocado.
I have a big, big insecurity
about the bags that are under my eyes.
I've had them for a long time.
And when I say a long time, ever since birth.
So I always like to try to take care
of my bags when I get a chance to.
I love them though.
Yes, I am insecure,
but I still do love everything about my face.
All right, so I put them
on these fingers right here
and I go under my eyes like so.
(relaxing music)
And I just massage it through,
all the way up.
The next product I'm going to be sharing,
my 24K Under Eye Gels.
Now, I use these in the morning and at night.
As you know, like I said,
a girl is worried about these girls right here.
So I always want to make sure it's just tight,
and right, under there.
So I usually do this.
Oh my God you guys, this is gonna be so long.
I put it under my eye, just like so.
So yes, I put 'em under my eyes like this,
and I usually let them sit all night.
If I was stranded on a desert island
and I had only one product that I could use,
or like my go-to product,
it would definitely be these add patches right here.
Like it would definitely be these eye gels.
My routine has definitely changed over the years.
I was always someone who would just do the regular.
Wash my face in the morning, brush my teeth
and go on about my day.
But as I got older and became
blah, blah, blah, blah blah years old (bell dings),
I knew it was extremely important as a woman
to make sure that my skincare was just on point.
And I always love how my skin glows
after I put on the product,
so I just want to constantly keep up with that.
The main person who taught me about skincare,
God bless her soul,
I love you Ms. Rosa Lee Davis, is my grandmother.
My grandmother was always big on skincare.
She was always big on makeup too.
And she was always big on makeup removal.
Every single time I went over to her house,
she was always removing her makeup
and doing a routine.
She also would come to me and tell me,
"This is what you need to do, girl.
This is what you have to do in order
to make sure that your face is clean
and always clean behind your ears."
I never understood that until I got older.
Honey, it be dirty behind those things.
But we talking about the face,
so we're not gonna really talk about that right now.
With that being said,
I'm gonna show you guys the second
to last product that I use,
which I think everyone should use
when they wake up in the morning,
when they're going out on the beach,
or when they going to sleep,
and this is (grunting)
Organic Coconut Oil.
Yes, baby.
So you probably thought
that I don't use coconut oil.
Honey, I am black.
I am Afro-Latina.
And it's important that we use coconut oil.
Now me, usually I use a lot,
but today I'm gonna show ya'll
just the amount you should really use,
which is this much right here.
And after I'm done with all of this,
after my eye not sinking down all the way
to my nose, yikes.
I just rub my hands together (hands rubbing),
and I just press on around my forehead area.
And I usually wake up in the morning
and I'll go back to go under my eyes,
but my eyes usually have to wait that 20 minutes.
Look at that, ooh.
(clicking tongue)
And it's just a great kind of cocktail mix
with the other things that I do use.
Like I said, I try not to like (lid closing)....
(laughing)
I try not to put too much oils
or too much creams on my skin.
But these are great cocktails
because the hydration,
it just like soaks into your pores
and it just replenishes your pores.
And the coconut oil,
it just is a great layer for protection.
The last product that I use.
So I use this as just like to calm myself,
to make sure that I can have a good night's sleep.
It's a tincture.
And it's just, it's great.
It's a recovery concentration formula.
And it's filled with botanical oils and everything.
It's so good.
So usually when there's like this much in,
I try not to use a lot
because it can just like, it's too much.
So I just press a little bit back in.
I feel like I'm a scientist, whoa.
I do one drop here.
I'll do one drop over here.
I'll do one and drop over here.
And then I'll do one drop right here.
And I let them sit.
(relaxing music)
And I rub all over
and like so,
there you have it.
All right you guys, that's it
for my nighttime skincare routine.
Thank you guys for joining me.
And coming into my home and you know,
chilling with your girl.
And thank you for going to bed with me.