hey guys it's Jen and you may notice something a little bit different about me today what is it yes
I am not wearing any makeup on my skin because I wanted to let you guys have the full picture of
what's going on right now if you have not already read the title of this video I wanted to share
with you guys an actual life-changing change from like one month ago the reason I know all of this
is in so much part because of my amazing partner Neutrogena it's one of the reasons I wanted to
even document what I've been going through my breakouts were getting out of control and I'm
starting to look like I'm aging I felt like I wasn't doing enough self-care and this was
always in the back of my mind so I was actually thinking it was a really perfect opportunity
when Neutrogena asked if I wanted to try out the Neutrogena skin 360 app I didn't know about this
app before then so I was really excited to find out about it because it actually comes with this
super nifty scanner that you use on your phone it takes super high-definition pictures of your skin
like way closer up and I think anybody really wants to see but it's like those machines that
you may have seen in a dermatology office where it takes these photos of your skin that can show
you things that you can't necessarily see with your naked eye I'm gonna scan my face right now
so once it's done it gives you your overall score plus the individual scores of moisture pores and
lines I had an obviously pretty bad deficit in one category and that is moisture it was kind
of surprising to me actually because I thought certainly my pores and lines were the size of the
Grand Canyon but according to the app it actually made me feel a little bit better about myself in
those categories but moisture is just so awful and I know it's cuz I'm still breastfeeding I
know it's because I'm not getting enough sleep I know I should be drinking more water but in
my head I was like oh my moisture is really low I'm just gonna add some more moisture to my skin
care routine so what I started doing is trying to add in more layers of oils into my skin so I
added Rula oil my drunk elephant Lala retro cream which is a very thick heavy cream unfortunately I
was starting to break out after a few weeks of doing that new routine I didn't know why which
sounds silly because looking back in retrospect it makes a lot of sense I wasn't exfoliating and
I was adding all of these new oils to my skin one huge change that ended up happening is I went and
I saw an aesthetician so Thank You Olga for my new skincare routine but basically she was like
if you're breaking out and you're having dry skin those two things don't actually make sense with
each other you can't be having these breakouts if you're not having enough oils like that's just not
how your skin works so we're gonna put you on an oil-free regimen let me just show you what it is
I'm using my same face wash this is from Clinique it's their liquid facial soap this is just a very
very bland basic like non fragrance non-irritating liquid facial soap that doesn't dry out my skin
the point is that it doesn't over strip your skin so if it feels really tight and uncomfortable I
would skip it but I really do love this particular one this is a huge change in the past I've really
kind of not been an advocate for using toner I didn't want anything that over stripped my skin
once again but this is a mandelic toner this is the first time I've used mandelic acid on my skin
and I'm really surprised to say I think my skin responds very very well to it so this is basically
like doing a little light exfoliation every single day I use this after I wash my face and
both morning and in the evening and now I am also using this vitamin C serum this is from skin suta
khals it's the C plus a H a this is on the pricier side but man I haven't used a vitamin C serum in
a long time I forgot how much I love them if you guys haven't tried a vitamin C I highly recommend
one but it has such a great brightening effect to the skin and it is a daily exfoliating product so
with the combination of using the mandelic toner and then I'm also using the vitamin C in my
evening routine I saw such an amazing difference in such a short amount of time and then I will
say my moisturizer she was like not cut out all of those oils and heavy creams that you're using
go to using some highly moisturizing oil-free products and see how your skin responds these
are from my esthetician she gave me her weightless moisturizer and nighttime moisturizer so that's
what I've been using now the first couple days I started using these my skin freaked out a little
bit it was like oh my gosh where are the oils that I'm used to I don't know I'm like so dry
it was texting my esthetician and she was like calm down everything is fine it goes through a
transition period it's just because your skin got in a habit of not producing enough oils because
you were putting a lot of oils on your skin and it was sort of like overcompensating so now it's
just having to read learn to make more oils and so I was like oh that actually makes a lot of sense I
think it's just another time where I need to trust her advice and start fresh again so the first
thing is I added exfoliation the second thing I added only oil-free moisturizer and then the third
thing I did was to cut out using my face wash in the morning so what I would do is just rinse
my skin and then go through my skincare routine and I think those three things in combination
after the initial adjustment period of like two or three days where my skin felt a little bit drier
throughout the day once my skin started producing more of its own oils again all of a sudden all of
my zit it was amazing and I don't know why I was so surprised but I was so happy to see that I
saw a difference within a week I'm not talking about just my acne going away but my existing
hyperpigmentation lightened probably about two or three shades I feel like this really dramatically
changed my skin in a way that things really haven't and made ten years I am really shocked
and excited about it and I can't wait to continue on this because every time I even have a zit pop
up now it just goes away in like a couple days so fast whereas before it would never do that for me
you know because I could track my progress in the app I wanted to show you guys my scores over time
it was just sort of vindicating to me to know that these changes weren't just to my eyeballs
looking in the mirror or in my head and just how I felt like trusting somebody else and like trying a
new routine it actually showed in the app because like I cannot make these numbers up it's literally
the science of the actual program I was a little nervous going through this process because I was
just like what if my skin does just get worse or what if I don't have good results or what if it
just stays the same the whole time then I would feel a little bit like my efforts weren't paying
off but it just felt really good that what I was trying to do really did make a difference so if
you're in a situation where your skin it might be acne prone very reactive and I know everybody says
to just start over make a clean slate go back to really clean products really clean basics
wash your face less I know I've heard that so many times that I've just never really applied it to my
own skin until now so I will say it made a huge difference for me if you guys have gone through
a similar kind of experience with like changing up your skincare routine let me know what you did
and what you use down in the comments because I'd be super interested to know especially if you are
using similar things to me if you have a specific recommendation that you love I would love to check
out other especially vitamin C products other toners and moisturizers that are working well for
you if you guys are interested in the Neutrogena skin 360 app I will leave all the information
about that in the info box down below including a coupon code to give you $10 off that only works
for the first 50 people though so if you are interested I would check it out sooner than
later and not wait on it if you end up getting the app I will say one of the cool features is
when you are scanning your skin it'll actually give you product recommendations and it we'll
give you discounts on the actual products that it recommends to you as well so if you want to save
a little bit money it's like built into the app which is pretty cool so I guess that is all for
my skin experience I really hope you guys found this interesting or helpful if you did I would
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