- Hi everyone. Welcome back
to another episode of skincare Nerds.
Wow, it is bright in here.
This is the first time I am filming in my new house.
So excuse the squinting
this is the best lighting I can find.
And this morning we're gonna be doing my AM routine.
As you can tell I just washed my hair,
I'm ready to put sunscreen on,
obviously, because I'm staring directly into the sun
and I thought I'd show you what I'm using at the moment.
If you're interested to see
what I'm using on my skin in the morning,
I've been using this routine
for quite a few months consecutively.
So I thought now is probably the time to share it.
So if you're interested, stay tuned.
Now I tend not to do this,
I don't like to talk about my routine
because I don't want people going out and buying
the exact same products that I use
because I tend to rotate products very frequently.
I often use very similar products with similar formulas
just to try them out.
And I see people do this,
where they'll buy something that I use regularly,
and then they'll buy another product that I talked about,
which is very, very similar.
And they're not necessarily in your routine
it's just a waste of money.
So please research these products
if you're planning to add them to cart and buy them,
make sure they're right for your skin type
and that they're going to target your concerns.
It is a morning routine,
so obviously the first product I'm gonna go in with
is a vitamin C.
This is my favourite vitamin C at the moment.
It's a Societe Triple C serum.
So this has three tots of vitamin C in it.
And the benefit of vitamin C
is that it has strong antioxidant properties.
So it helps to fight against those free radicals
that your skin might encounter during the day.
But vitamin C also promotes collagen synthesis.
So it's a great anti-aging ingredient too,
and it can also prevent and treat signs of pigmentation.
So it is a great product to have in your AM routine.
If you want to reap the benefits
of that collagen synthesis benefit,
I would say use it at night,
but I do prefer to use a vitamin C during the day.
I don't think I've ever used vitamin C at night.
This is my favourite one at the moment.
So that's what I'm gonna apply first.
I'm literally almost where can I show you
that's how much I've got left.
I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel.
That's going in my next stop order for sure.
Now the next two products I'm going in with,
I use on alternating days.
So I don't lay these over the top of each other.
I don't like layering too many things in the morning
because I find that
that encourages peeling of your sunscreen.
So I try and keep it very minimal in the morning,
two serums and then an eye product.
So I alternate the Aspect Super PD Complex.
And then the Dermalogica Smart Response serum.
Now this one is marketed in a very strange way
because it says that it responds to skin's changing needs.
Basically it's a hydrating, brightening, anti-aging serum.
This one helps to amplify the antioxidant effect
of your vitamin C.
So this is a very creamy one.
This is probably a similar consistency actually,
which is why I put them on after the vitamin C.
Something I love about the Societe of vitamin C
is that it absorbs into your skin super quickly.
So you kind of don't have to wait around
for three minutes for it to absorb,
it absorbs straight away.
So a couple of seconds later, I work on my next serum.
I think both of them compliment my vitamin C really well,
and I've just seen good results
from using them in tandem.
So I'm gonna be using the Aspect one now, twist her open,
and this one's really hydrating
cause it's quite a creamy texture,
and it really does give you that glowy,
see how glowy that makes me look.
Doesn't really smell like anything.
It's also great for post-procedure skin, too.
The next product I'm gonna go in with,
is my eye products.
So I swear by this, it's the Murad Environmental Shield
VITA-C Eyes Dark Circle Corrector.
Now I've never used an eye product
that actually has made a difference to my dark circles,
I try and get half a pump out of it,
which is kind of hard to do,
but you do not want much of this product
because it will peel under the eyes
if you use too much.
And I just pop that straight under the eyes
and it does have an instant brightening effect.
It's got these little like micro reflective pigments in it,
so it doesn't immediately brighten under eye area,
but then over time works
to improve the appearance of dark circles.
It's probably the only one I would recommend.
And then I'm gonna go in with my moisturiser
because I have dry skin.
You can go in with your sunscreens
straight after these steps.
If you've got oily skin or you find
you don't need a moisturiser during the day,
you may have been able to tell my rosacea
was flared up a little bit on my cheeks.
And that's because my skin is really dry
because it's winter and that tends to happen.
So I'm gonna go in with my moisturiser.
I am a hundred percent certainly
you would have seen me talk about this before.
It's the Aspect Phytostat 9 moisturiser.
I've said it so many times, I just love it.
Like it's such a great moisturiser.
It's very expensive.
I think it's, maybe not $92.
I try not to use too much of this
because I just want to use it to help me
put my sunscreen on.
Otherwise I find that it grabs a little bit.
So this just acts as a little bit of
a primer to my sunscreen, I suppose you can say.
Yeah, there's lots of actives, extracts,
wonderful things in this moisturiser.
So I find if you're knowing she's been big on serums
and you just want to have your cleanser moisturiser and SPF,
I would get something like this.
It has lots of actives in it.
That way you're getting kind of the benefit
of a serum without having a serum.
You're not going to get the full benefits of the serum
because they're way more concentrated,
but still using something like this moisturiser
will definitely make a difference.
And the final step of your skincare routine
should always be sunscreen.
This is the Ultra Violette Lean Screen.
It's a UVA, UVB, broad spectrum modifying sunscreen.
It's a mineral formula.
Make sure you apply the recommended amount of sunscreen.
I know that it's tempting to go in with like one pump,
but with these kinds of products,
you probably need three to five pumps
to actually get the full SPF50 benefit.
So just be wary of that,
make sure you're checking the usage instructions
when you're applying sunscreen and be sun safe.
Okay. That is my routine, done.
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