Hello, everybody.
Welcome back to my channel, where
skincare is all about progression over
perfection because perfection doesn't exist.
Good morning.
I'm going to be doing my skincare routine whilst I talk
about some antiaging products that I... and techniques and things that
I've been doing in my 30s that I think is fair
to say I didn't really even think about in my 20s
or I didn't care about.
Some ingredients I wish I took more serious that I am now.
You know, these well-aging, pro-aging anti-aging techniques, tips, and products that I
have been loving as I approach my mid 30s.
Also, I know we don't like the term anti-aging,
but I don't also like the term well-aging.
It doesn't sit well in my mouth, and I
feel like it doesn't quite describe... I don't know.
I just don't like it.
So please forgive me if I slip into saying anti-aging.
We all know...
We all know it's a privilege to age.
So with the help of Style Korean who are sponsoring
this segment of today's video, I want to go through
the basics and the obvious that are stressed over and
over again, but are really so, so important.
If you don't know Style Korean, they are pretty much
a one stop shop for all things Korean beauty,
K-pop, food, health, and lifestyle kind of stuff.
And they stock all of your favorite
Korean brands and some new ones I
bet you probably haven't heard of before.
So go over and explore.
So love it or hate it.
Eye cream.
Use eye cream.
I realized that eye creams can
be really, really super beneficial.
Now, I know a lot of people
are like, you don't need them.
They're just fancy moisturizers
or repackaged moisturizers.
And yes, some of them are, but some of them aren't.
Some of them are also really nice
products that are formulated with specific ingredients
for the different skin under our eyes.
And I'll be honest, I'd rather just pick a product
that's been formulated to work under my eyes then have
to test all my moisturizers.
As we know, full disclaimer,
I get Botox and I get fillers.
I do not get Botox around here, though,
because, to be honest, I haven't needed it.
And also, I do kind of like the look of crow's feet.
I think they're kind of nice.
I think it's nice to see expression around the eyes.
But I have started to religiously use eye cream because I
like the way it plumps out under the eyes in a
nice way, gives it more volume, the way it also helps
with the texture that I sometimes get under the eyes.
Like that chickeny kind of skin completely goes
when I really commit to an eye cream.
This one from Heimish.
This is their Marine Care Eye Cream.
Really caught my eye because of a few key ingredients.
Hydrating ingredients, of course, to help plump
that skin and keep it hydrated.
Antioxidants to help fight free radical damage, Niacinamide for
tone but also peptides as well, which I'm going
to be talking about a little bit later.
But to put it very simply, peptides can
supposedly help with collagen and elastin production, really
concentrating on those fine lines as well.
But I really have noticed a difference using
an eye cream versus just a moisturizer that
I hope works well under my eyes.
Retinol.
Boring. We all know it, but important.
I don't necessarily love it, but I have started dedicating
myself to using it more and I feel like as
I get further into going into my 40s I
will have to take it a bit more seriously, being
one of the only proven by science ingredients to help
with the signs of premature aging.
When I do use retinol, I like to use it in like a
cream form or like a creamy serum form or with an oil.
And I've talked about this one
before the COSRX 0.5 retinol.
This is a great starter retinol that counteracts,
that kind of like dryness that you may
experience with first time retinol users, using Squalane.
And I also find that retinol in an oil or a
moisturizer in general just feels a lot gentler on the skin.
And I do find in general retinols from Korea seem
to be gentler, they're not as potent, but they do
seem to be a lot gentler and I think now
they are kind of like investing more in retinols.
Innisfree do a really, really good one.
You can get on Style Korean as
well, which is very nice and gentle.
Again, a great beginner retinol.
And of course sunscreen.
We've mentioned this before, everyone talks about it, but
there is no point using any products or any
anti-aging products, cosmetic treatments, light therapies, all this kind
of stuff if you aren't using sunscreen because you
go out in the sun and you can reverse
all of that within an instant.
But we all know about free radical
damage, breaking down of collagen and elastin.
If anti-aging is a key concern of yours, or premature
aging is a key concern of yours, then just wear
sunscreen, if it's the one thing you do.
And remember to reapply.
I love a sunscreen like the TOCOBO sunscreen because
it's watery, it's lightweight, it feels like a normal
sunscreen, it doesn't feel like I'm wearing a sunscreen.
It's easy to apply throughout the day because you don't
have to be staring in a mirror in order to
reapply it because it's so lightweight and sinks in so
quickly, and so perfectly in a non-greasy way.
Find yourself a sunscreen you love and love to reapply.
Switch out with your moisturizer if
you want a simple routine.
So thank you again to Style Korean
for sponsoring this segment of today's video.
You can check out all these products linked
in the description box down below and the
link to Style Korean as well.
Okay, so let's talk about peptides because whilst I don't
know a lot about peptides, I'll be honest with you,
they are still kind of new to me.
I remember they used to be
very popular back in the day.
Kind of like when my mum used to work for Avon.
I remember peptides being a thing and then they
kind of disappeared and I feel like it's because
not a lot of people took them seriously.
I feel like they used to break a lot of people out.
They weren't very nicely formulated,
they weren't that good.
And I feel like they've come
back and they've come back better.
More technology, more research maybe, I
don't know, let me know. Maybe I'm making sh*t up.
So as I mentioned, peptides nowadays we got some really
nice products with peptides in and they're supposed to be
able to help stimulate collagen and elastin production as well
as generally help with the skin barrier.
You can tell I'm not massively confident about it but
the studies have kind of shown very nice pro-aging,
anti-aging possibilities. What am I talking about?
Anti-aging benefits that are enough for people to
be like, you know, maybe try peptides.
Some peptide products are good, some aren't very good.
I believe it's all about the formulation,
getting the right kind of peptides.
And there are some really nice peptide products.
Rhode, all their peptide products are nice.
I personally prefer a serum, just stage, just
to do my peptides in because instead of
like a serum, cream, milk because some studies
have potentially shown that you can overdose on
peptides which leads to things like breaking out.
I've been using a peptide product for a while now
that I still think I can't talk about, even though
the release of it has been leaked and I believe
it's available in Hong Kong and France at the moment.
But this is such a nice peptide serum that
I'm actually more than halfway through and once the
product is officially released, I'll pin a comment
just saying the product name. You probably know it already
to be fair.
And as a serum alone, this is like
a really nice, beautifully hydrating serum that's not
like overly dewy or greasy but it just
makes my skin feel really, really nice.
Now as I mentioned, I've got Botox and filler.
I get some filler up here, I get filler in my chin,
in my jawline, in my nose and Botox in my forehead.
So the key areas I'm kind of looking at
for this, even though the filler isn't so big,
it's like stretching my skin and making it taut.
The area here is probably the only area
probably not affected by anything in my face.
And I've noticed, I have noticed like a bounce
back, a much better bounce back of my skin.
But I don't really know, I don't really know yet.
It's only been like a month, three weeks.
So I've got a long way to go with peptides.
But as far as like a bearable serum goes
that I really enjoy using on a daily basis.
This unnamed one is really, really good.
This actually contains Copper Tripeptide-1
and SR Hydrozoan Polypeptide 1.
Copper Tripeptide is in this Heimish eye cream as well
and that's known to help with the elastin and collagen.
I know nothing about the other peptide to be honest
with you, and I couldn't find anything about it.
But I love the brand that this serum is from.
Their products usually work for me, so I'm going to
keep using it because my skin's been enjoying it too.
LED light therapy, I'll be honest, is something I used
to be really cautious of and not really interested in.
But until I got my....
what, where was it from? This one.
Where is this from?
Until I saw the results and the things this
could do for my rosacea, I didn't really have
much faith in LED therapy for anti-aging.
And whilst I do use a silly expensive one, you
can get really nice LED face masks that work
the more you use them over time with consistent use.
So red light, supposedly, with very consistent use
and whilst you're only using it, can help
with the production of collagen and help reduce
the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
And again, it's something I've been seeing
amazing results with for my rosacea.
So I need to dedicate myself to three to four
times a week. When I was doing it every other
day for like, a month, the differences were so good.
But I kind of got lazy because I can only
do it at night and I fall asleep under it.
And sometimes I can't afford to fall
asleep that quick for some reason. I don't know.
But it's something I'm going to dedicate my
time to and keep using going forward.
Just hoping that the anti-aging results are as good
as the rosacea results and maybe I won't be
seeing any fine lines and wrinkles, with my Botox
still, around areas where I don't get it.
But here's the issue is you have to be consistent, you
have to dedicate yourself to it and sometimes it's hard to
because I know a lot of these masks have eye holes
in, but I really do feel like you need to shut
your eyes while you have these massive lights in your face.
And some LED masks are crap,
some are really, really good.
I really recommend the Doctorly
channel because they have a video,
I think it's just one video, dedicated
to the best and worst LED devices.
Botox Let's just talk about Botox.
If you can't afford Botox, don't get it.
If you can, I would recommend it.
See a professional, you know, don't just go to
anyone who can carry a needle.
But Botox has been amazing at not only helping
reduce fine lines in my forehead, I used to
have very heavy ones here, you can still kind of see them.
When I do that. I need to get more.
But kind of like preventing them getting worse, much worse.
For as long as I can afford Botox, I will continue to
get it until I'm happy just to look my age, I guess.
Okay. Antioxidants.
I hate Vitamin C serums, but they are the
most effective form of antioxidants, and antioxidants, we know
helps fight free radical damage from the sun.
So works great in partnership with your sunscreen.
Whether I like it or not, simply applying a Vitamin
C serum in the same routine as my sunscreen is
going to do my skin so many favors.
My mind is... I always say this every time I
talk about Vitamin C, but my mind is stuck
in the days of old, stingy Vitamin C serums that
smelled like hot dog water and metal.
I used to get really stingy skin and little red bumps.
But there are amazing Vitamin C serums around nowadays.
Glow Recipe, Naturium, Summer Fridays.
Peach And Lily.
And whilst I don't find Vitamin C serums
amazingly good at reducing dark spots, evening out
skin tone, I cannot deny their antioxidant effects.
So there we have it.
Those are, I feel like I don't
need to do any more than that.
I feel like if I dedicate to myself to these things
a few times a week, I'm going to be fine.
Like, I'm going to age gracefully.
But they are things I'm taking more
seriously as I approach my mid 30s.
So, yeah, let me know what
you're doing, if you even care. Does anyone care?
Let me know if you care in the comments down below.
And thank you again to Style Korean
for sponsoring a segment of today's video.
Check out all the products linked
in the description box down below.
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My dogs are going crazy.
So you can watch some product reviews here and some general
light entertainment here and I'll see you next time.