- I just wanna like scratch it.
And then I just wanna like take my whole face
and dunk it in a vat of coconut oil.
(upbeat pop music)
Hey everyone!
I'm Mindy from Cute Girls Hairstyles,
and welcome back to another episode of Behind the Braids.
Now, in today's video,
you are going to watch our family
as we hit some of our fall festivities,
and you're going to get to watch me try a chemical peel.
And it was quite the process,
so you're definitely gonna wanna stick around
to see the befores and afters on my new face.
So, if you guys have not already subscribed to our channel,
be sure to click the button down below and do that.
And let's get on to the fun!
So, I'm just walking in to do my first chemical peel.
I've never done this before so I don't know what to expect.
You can see I am trying to get rid of the melasma spots
I have here on my forehead and my cheeks.
But, I've heard that the recovery process
is kind of interesting with it just peeling off your face.
So, we're gonna give it a whirl and see how it goes.
Okay, so, I went in.
She cleaned my face really well,
and then put a layer of Retinol on.
There's a pretty high dosage of Retinol,
and then put on the peel.
So, I have to wear this,
I kinda look like an Oompa Loompa for 79 hours.
So pretty much gonna be walking around like this
for the rest of the day, nice and yellowy orange.
And then, what I was told is that I will wash my face,
and tomorrow everything will start tightening.
And then Wednesday everything should start
peeling and sluffing and it should just sluff
for like the next four or five days.
So, we'll see.
It occurred to me
that some of you may not know what melasma is.
Melasma is like the little brown spots
on my skin that you can see.
It's just a hormone-related, I don't know what,
something that happens to certain women
when their hormones change.
It can happen a lot when you're pregnant,
sometimes when you're on birth control.
But your skin just develops, like, little brown spots,
particularly when you're out in the sun.
Mine's getting particularly bad over the last few summers,
even though I wear sunscreen and I wear hats,
and I try to be careful.
So, I'm gonna try this peel to just, like,
refresh and rejuvenates my skin,
and try to get rid of the melasma.
So, it is now almost 5:30 which means
that it's been nearly eight hours
since having the chemical peel put on my face.
It's starting to kind of flake off a little bit.
Definitely doesn't hurt, but it feels like
I have a sunburn on my face, sort of.
Like, my face is a little warm, and it's definitely tight.
Like it feels like I have a mud mask on,
and it's just like I wanna stretch my skin
but it won't stretch,
and you can see like where it's just tight.
(camera shutter clicks)
So, I finally got to wash the peel off my face,
and you can see pretty much it just looks like right now
like I have a really bad sunburn.
And that's kinda what it feels like.
It feels like, just like my face is hot,
and like I wanna go put some aloe vera on it but I can't.
So I've put on the redness soothing balm,
and I'm done for the night
and we'll kind of just let it heal
and begin the healing process now.
Okay, it has officially been two days
since I had the peel put on,
and you can see I'm still really, really red.
And pretty swollen.
My face definitely still feels warm.
It's also highly annoying to me personally
that I can feel like my skin is so tight.
And it's just like, I just wanna rip it off my face.
I pretty much have already peeled all around here.
Now I'm peeling up onto my cheeks and my forehead,
and my nose.
But, yeah, I'm having a hard time not picking at it.
I'm gonna be honest, 'cause I can't,
I'm a total, like, skin picker when I'm peeling,
and so, it's really hard for me not to just, like...
(ripping)
wanna just pick it off.
This is day three.
Not super pretty, hoping that it gets better
than this in the next couple days.
Well, woke up to this.
So, yeah.
Turns out it was going to peel again.
And it itches like you can't even comprehend.
I just wanna, like scratch it.
And then I just wanna like take my whole face,
and dunk it in a vat of coconut oil and I can't.
Things I'm learning from this experience,
they do have a mini-peel version of this.
I might do that if I were to do it again
instead of full strength
just to see what that would do
before going to full strength.
I think I've created the scenario
where my skin reacts like the extreme amount,
and so that's what I'm now facing.
That's the update!
We're on the morning of day four,
including the day that it was put on.
Also, I have like a whole regimen of creams.
Like, I have to wash every day with this one,
at night put this one on,
during the day put this one on.
It's a soothing, redness gel.
And then next week move to these.
So, I just put on the soothing cream,
which is what you put on in the morning
after washing your face.
It feels so good!
'Cause it's actually like putting a little bit of lotion on.
And then they give you like a tinted sunscreen
that I'm about to put on that actually
also feels really good in the morning.
So, I live for the morning wash.
At night, you do the face wash and then you put on like
this really souped up, like regenerative cream.
But it stings on that new skin like you can't believe.
So, the night one, it's like, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.
And in the morning, it's like, ah, it feels so good.
So, it is Friday morning
and this is what my face is looking like today.
I think the red is definitely way, way better today.
I was going seriously insane last night.
My skin was so dry it was literally cracking.
I had spots where it was like almost bleeding,
it was cracking, it was so dry.
So, I just finally caved last night,
and like put Aquaphor all over my face before I went to bed,
and I woke up this morning and it was like, oh, my gosh.
A totally new face.
It felt so much better.
My skin moves, and I can like move it
without it stinging and pulling.
So, I don't know why I didn't do that sooner.
Felt so good.
But, yes, that's the update for the day.
I think we're getting almost back to normal.
So, hey, making improvement.
So, it's been officially a week since the chemical peel,
and I thought I would do an update.
You can see my skin.
Like pretty much all the peeling is done.
There's maybe tiny, little flakes here and there still,
but it's pretty much done.
But, I still do feel like I'm still a little pink.
Like if you look at my neck versus my face.
I still feel a little pink.
I'm also warm right now 'cause I've been moving around,
but, this is pretty much what it looks like after one week,
and I'll keep you updated.
Okay, you guys, it's been exactly two weeks
since I started the chemical peel process,
and you can see what my face is looking like today.
Definitely, the redness is way, way better.
Overall, I feel like the process was a little more intense
than I thought going into it,
but I'm so happy with the results already.
I went in for a follow-up this morning,
and they said my results will continue to get even better
for the next few weeks.
My skin definitely is tighter.
It's brighter.
It's like lighter.
My melasma spots are really pretty much gone.
The only things I'm gonna complain about right now
is just that I'm breaking out a little bit
because of the lotions I've been using.
But, other than that, honestly,
I don't have a ton of complaints.
I feel like it definitely did what I wanted it to do,
and my skin,
I feel like I've lost like five years on my skin.
So, that's amazing!
I'm wearing zero makeup right now, so this is kinda it.
And I've literally had people comment
on how healthy my skin looks or that I'm glowing,
which is really funny.
People are actually noticing that my skin
looks really healthy and really radiant.
So, overall, it did what I wanted it to do.
But it was definitely a little bit of a process,
so prepare yourself if you're gonna do it
'cause it's definitely a couple weeks
of kind of intense peeling.
But that's it, happy I did it, and that's my wrapup.
(signal beeps)
- So I'm interrupting the video right here!
You guys are probably wondering where the heck I am.
Look at this guy, he's just chill here.
I am in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I came down here to see the Youth Olympic Games.
It was so much fun!
You guys can see my whole experience
on my video this Thursday.
But, for now let's just turn back to the CGH vlog.
- So, here we are! - Yeah.
- [Mindy] We're just turning off the road-
- Going to a pumpkin patch. - to go to the pumpkin patch.
- Yay!
- [Mindy] We're gonna see what there is to see.
We haven't really found a good pumpkin patch in Dallas yet.
So we're gonna try this one and see what we think.
(guitar strumming)
- [Shaun] Hey, Rylan.
- Humm?
- Look, I found your first car.
Right over there.
Rylan's first car, right there.
(dramatic music)
Apparently Rylan didn't think that was very funny. (laughs)
How tall this fall?
With or without your ponytail? - Without.
- You are five two probably, five three.
- I'm supposed to be like five five.
- [Shaun] Nice.
(cow moos)
Moo!
(cow moos)
As if Mom didn't have enough kids.
- I'm always feeding the kids at home,
now I'm feeding the kids at the farm.
- [Shaun] Bad joke.
Hey, let's see you braid that one.
- [Mindy] Oh, gosh.
- [Shaun] Look at the braiding that could be done on him.
- [Mindy] That's pretty matted.
He needs a nice trim.
(Shaun laughs)
- Right over here behind us we have a Texas Longhorn.
Can you see him over there?
Stick your hand over there.
(groans)
- You can do it.
- [Mindy] Here, give it to me, I'll show ya.
It doesn't hurt, watch.
I used to get round.
- See? - See?
- [Shaun] Lick, lick, lick, lick.
- [Mindy] They just lick it with their tongues.
- Are you ready? - Yucky!
- Here, buddy. (cow moos)
- [Mindy] He's not sure about you.
(cow moos)
- Come on.
Here, bully, bully, bully. - He's not so sure.
- [Paisley] Here, Longhorn!
- [Shaun] Here ya go, ready?
- Nope. - Nope, he's not gonna eat it.
- He's bored.
♪ How will I feel it ♪
♪ If you believe in me ♪
♪ How will you let me in ♪
♪ If you are ready ♪
♪ How do I reach you ♪
- Daddy, you need to get on.
- [Paisley] Yeah, Dad!
- All right, I'll come get on.
(country music)
- Dad, sit down.
- So it decided to get really hot on us.
- Yeah, suddenly we're very sunburned.
- Yeah, it's pretty warm.
Smells like cow manure.
- [Mindy] It's like pumpkin patch things.
- And lots of flies.
Yeah, there's nothing pumpkin spice about this out here.
- Pumpkin spice!
More like pumpkin poo.
- There is a ton of flies, I do not like it.
It's not very good.
- How ya doin, Dax?
- Nice. - We hates the hot.
- [Mindy] And then we're gonna do the maze.
Gotta do the maze.
- Yeah, we can try the maze after this.
We're going to see who can come out first.
Two, go!
(upbeat music)
Oh!
- He pushed me!
(Shaun laughs) (record scratches)
- [Shaun] Daxon, that was not fair, dude.
Does it say no no?
What does that say?
- No rushing. - No, that's a P.
What does it say? - No pushing.
- [Shaun] No pushing, Dax.
Guess who got left in the dust.
- No, I walked it, and I made it out the same time as them.
(mumbles)
- Well, folks, what did we think of the pumpkin patch?
- [Children] Yeah!
- What was your favorite part, Paisley?
Mine was the hayride.
- Mine was the $10.99 hot dog. (laughs)
- But, everyone in the here right now-
- It was hot.
- hates the flies and it was hot.
- It was hot, and there were a lot of flies, but-
- Yuck.
- y'all come back.
We're gonna come back.
That's what the sign just said.
We're either gonna come back or find another patch.
But we're gonna do it again.
Honk the magic horn on the car
(car honking) and see if we can get
a train to appear.
So let's see if it works, shall we?
- [Daxon] I see a train.
- You see a train?
(Shaun laughs)
- What?
The magic horn worked.
- It's always worked on our kids.
- Always.
It always worked on me as a kid, too.
(bright guitar music)
(camera shutter clicking)
- [Mindy] So wait.
- Alrighty, that made a mess. - We got the mums,
we got kale.
- [Shaun] Kale.
- And now we got punkins.
- Woho! - Punkins!
And army worm control, 'cause our grass is going crazy.
- All right, one. - Sweet!
Shaun just loves it when I make him
come mum and pumpkin shopping.
- I only need to shop for one mum.
(Paisley laughs)
- [Paisley] Maybe two.
- [Mindy] I'm so in love with my fall porch this year.
I have my goat cart back out with some kale in it and mums.
Stacks of pumpkins and these magnolia wreaths.
Oh, my gosh, love.
Thankful.
And gourds and warty pumpkins.
So, so cute.
(upbeat music)
- Okay, so I kind of didn't really, like,
vlog at all on the way down here.
But I'm currently, if you guys can't even tell
- On a college campus!
- Just seriously just kinda got in the car
and drove to Baylor, so.
- I was kind of like, oh, we have kind of a free weekend.
Ace is in town.
Camry has a four-day weekend.
I said, can Camry come?
Next thing I know, she's at my house.
- The next thing I know, I'm driving to Baylor.
My dad was in the car, so I'm not breaking the law.
We're gonna spend the weekend together,
and I'm going to live on a college campus for four days!
- We're gonna do all the college stuff.
We're gonna like study in the library.
- I'm not studying, sorry.
- Yes, you have homework!
- Yeah, I do.
- We're gonna go rock climbing in the gym,
- Yep.
- We're gonna go kayaking on the marina
by the football field-
- Yep, so-
- We're gonna sneak into, no, I'm just kidding.
- Sneak into?
- Yeah.
- Probably should be vlogging that part.
(upbeat music)
- Whoa. - That was good.
- Whoa!
(air rushing)
Ah!
- [Announcer] 18-years-old.
Put those on.
Since you're 18, you've never been drunk before,
we know that.
(crowd cheering)
Ready, on your mark, and set, go!
(crowd cheering)
- All right, so the winner, all the way from Dallas, Texas,
the cowgirl Brooklyn, $100 from stayinwoodway.org
(crowd cheering)
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Bye all! (pop music)