Hello everybody, welcome back to my channel where skincare is all about
progression over perfection. Because, perfection doesn't exist. Today I wanted
to update you on my skincare routine, and get really up close and personal. I
always like complain about the little things on my skin that I don't really
like, or things I'm struggling with. And the comments are usually like where is
that? We can't see that. And that's not to say I have troublesome skin in any way
but I just feel like I want to show you my areas of concern, and the types of
products I'm focusing on to help with that concern. Close up, you're going to
see my redness, my pores obviously, dryness as well that I'm experiencing.
And today's video does have a sponsor, and that is MAKE. I've talked about MAKE
before, sponsored, and unsponsored. I absolutely love them. They're a
relatively new skin... I think they're like reinvented but a relatively new skincare
brand that I'm genuinely really excited about their products. They have this
really interesting like take on skincare. This like science
meets natural and lab created nature, it's really interesting and we'll get
into it like another time. But they are genuinely a huge part of my skincare
routine which you're going to see today. And also a couple of new products that I've
not had a long time to try but I'm really looking forward to seeing what
the results are, seeing as I absolutely love
their moisturizer and cleanser. Also, whilst MAKE doesn't deliver to the UK
yet, there will be shipping to the UK coming soon. We are on the priority list
as far as shipping. And you can also get 15% off MAKE products using my code here,
JAMES15. So, let's actually start off with the cleanser. This is the MAKE
cleanser that I've talked about before but the...
we'll come to more MAKE products in a second. The cleanser I'm actually using
currently is the Sioris Day By Day Cleansing Gel. To be honestly, the MAKE cleanser
is better but I kind of wanted to crack this one open and see. They're very
similar. But what I love about these cleansers is they're super gentle,
non-stripping, non-drying. And I do feel like that's the standard for a lot of
cleansers nowadays. One of my main concerns is dehydration, especially on
my cheeks. And even more so on my forehead, where my skin is feeling
tighter than usual, and looks a lot more porous. So the Sioris Cleanser is just
super gentle and doesn't strip my skin of anything. Next up is exfoliation.
Whenever my skin looks dehydrated and dull,
it looks flaky as well. Not flaky, it just looks dry and textured, texture is
the word. And also exfoliation can add hydration back into your skin, it has
moisture retaining properties. And that's where MAKE's new exfoliating product
comes in. This is the Acid Phase Multi-AHA Exfoliating Solution. So again, this is a
new product I'm trying, only for the third time. This contains Glycolic Malic
and Tataric Acid, all AHA's. Which help to exfoliate the skin, and removing those dead
skin cells bringing brightness back into your skin, evening out that texture. We
also have Salicylic Acid in here as well, so it gets a bit deeper into the skin.
And Sodium PCA. So yeah, just evening out that skin tone, making my dehydrated dull
skin look smoother, I guess, and more awake. Speaking of that, an essence is
where I love to bring brightness back into my skin, and this is the MAKE Micro
Ferment Rice Essence. Rice, ferment, micro, all words I love in my
essences, to be honest with you. Every essence I've used before really has been
fermented ingredients had rice in. And for me, essences, as you know, I've always
loved essences. They've been the product for me that just takes the skincare
routine that one step further. Again, bring brightness, hydration back into
your skin. We have Niacinamide, for me, which is a must in essences. It's
actually how I discovered Niacinamide. To help brighten the skin and balance out
sebum production. Panthenol, to help soothe and calm the skin as well as hydrate. But
this is where that science comes in that I was talking about. The L.E.N.I
ingredients, the lab-engineered natural ingredients. So they have the bio rice
ferment filtrate, both of these are sustainably sourced. And for me, rice is
an ingredient that I absolutely love. I've always found it very brightening
and moisturizing for my skin, and I just love it in every step of my routine. And
the word rice is an ingredient that will instantly attract me to a product. But
yeah, again it's still... I've been using this for maybe three weeks now, and I do go
for this instead of like a toner sometimes. Because it is really nicely
hydrating, and creamier than your usual watery essence. But it gives me an
instant look of hydration that I absolutely love. When
it comes to my serums, I've really just been looking for something that helps
calm my skin. Redness and irritation is something I... not suffer from but
constantly trying out skincare, skin care tools, putting my skin through a lot
of sh*t basically. My skin gets quite red. And more recently I'd be going with more
gentle routines rather than, how many actives can I use? How often can I
exfoliate? I've been calming down and trying to keep calm with my skin. A serum
that I'm absolutely loving, again, I've been using this for about three weeks
now, is the Centella Ampoule, Skin1004.
Someone told me how to pronounce this properly, and I can't find the comment
anymore. But this is just a really lovely, calming, hydrating serum. So Centella is
really known for its soothing and repairing properties. So this is
something I've been using nearly every day actually, and there's still quite a
lot left. I've still got like a long way to go. I'm using one of the other serums
as well. But I use this in the evening just to really calm that redness.
Unfortunately this does go by the EWG standard, which is upsetting.
But yes, essentially it's just Centella water with some nice hydrating
ingredients in but it's perfect for calming down that redness, and soothing
any irritation that I may have on my skin. Next up this is the Dieux Deliverance
Trinity Serum. I love this, this is from the brand that make those reusable eye
patches that I love. And this serum targets, in their words, "the three
primary skin concerns. Inflammation, hyperpigmentation, and aging." Pretty much
me, basically. This actually contains a cannabinoid which I've never been 100%
convinced on. But there's something about this serum that is calming, and soothing,
and really does bring down the redness in my skin. Along with the Water Lilly extract,
which again, is an ingredient I'm noticing in a lot of soothing and calming
products. Especially serums and moisturizers actually. Niacinamide
again, to help even out skin tone. And they say, "A blend of two studied peptides
target firmness and expression lines." This is just overall such a nice serum
that I do feel, if I only had to have one serum for the rest of my life, it'll
probably be that. Because it does target a lot of the main skincare concerns that
I often usually have three separate serums for. Get this when you can, if it's
in stock, because it's always sold out. This is actually my second bottle. I managed
to get my hands on another one. But I love it. It's again just really, really
been helping with the overall redness on my skin. Especially on those weeks that I've
really put my skin through a lot. Moisturizer. Look, this isn't part of the
sponsored deal but I use this MAKE moisturizer every single day. I've
emptied one here. And I... this sounds really shameful but I, this
is, I said this before but this is the first brand that I've actually been like
can I have some more? Because I absolutely love this moisturizer. This is
the Succulent Skin Gel-cream Serum Weight Moisturizer. Again, I'm not overly
thrilled by the word serum being thrown around on everything. But this is a
perfect description of the texture of the moisturizer. It's not
lightweight but it's not heavy, it's serum weight, do you know what I mean? It's really that
in between weight, and it feels like a product that you use in that in between
stage. Yet, it's nicely moisturizing, your skin feels hydrated, feels protected
without feeling greasy. But not being a gel moisturizer that sinks in instantly
to the skin. One of the key ingredients in this is Aloe Vera. I love Aloe Vera
for my oily skin. Again, it's calming, it's soothing, it's moisturizing, hydrating
sorry. We have Glycerin which is hydrating too, and again, Niacinamide. It's
moisturizing, it's plumping, it's soothing, it's hydrating, it's not greasy. It's
enough for me to use in the morning without being greasy throughout the day.
And in the evening. And I can still wake up with dewy plump skin. Again, not
because I'm being sponsored by the brand. This isn't part of the sponsored deal of
this video. This is one of the best moisturizers I've ever used, and I will
say that again, in a non-sponsored video by this brand. I don't know if I've made
that clear enough. Im I genuinely love this. I've actually got an empties video
coming up, and I don't think I've ever done a proper empties because I never
fully finish products. But I've got about four or five products, including
this one, that I just, you know, raced through to be
honest with you. And I just love the packaging. Pump packaging
moisturizers I think is the way to go. And finally, we have the MAKE serum balms
for my lips. My lips are very dry recently and I'm not sure why, because I
take really, really good care of them. But I love a good lip tint, right. I don't
know if you've ever seen in videos but I will often do like a lip tint in the
middle of my lips, and it kind of gives this like gradient lip, bleeding lip but
natural effect. I've got a whole shelf of lip tints up there that I might show you
one day. But what I love about these is that they are skincare first. They look
like lip glosses, to be honest with you. When I got these I was like, oh I'm
probably not gonna like these because they might be a bit too, bit too
pigmented to put all over my lips but they're not. They are incredibly sheer.
eEen the darkest color, it's like, is there even anything on my lips? It gives you
that very natural tint of color. Unlike a lip gloss, they're not sticky, they don't
feel like they're just the layers sitting on your lips. They're very nourishing. You
get this really nice long-lasting look of moisture to your lips. On their
website they say they're, "formulated with natural lip volumizing ingredients
derived from biomolecules extracted from pomegranate
flowers." And it's not like a lip plumper, you don't put it on and it start stinging,
you know. But your lips do feel
cushiony and plump. And they look, they look healthy. We've got Avocado Oil as
one of the main moisturizing ingredients. We have Sodium Hyaluronate to hydrate.
And then again, their lab-engineered naturals ingredients include the
biomolecules extracted from pomegranate flowers, and biomimetic Jojoba wax, which is
plant-derived to help hydrate your lips. I don't know, I just love this. I love all
the colors. I haven't opened all of them yet but that's sat by my bed that color.
Again you know, I'm not going to bed with lipstick on, it's incredibly sheer and I
reall,y really, really like these. And there's like a red one there as well. But
yeah, that's my routine. All caring, soothing, calming. The
strongest thing I use is this exfoliant, and I do find this very, very gentle as
well. But remember if you like the look of any of these MAKE products you can
use my discount code JAMES15 for 15% off. All the products will of course be
listed in the description box down below. You can watch some more skincare
routines here, some general light entertainment here, and I'll see you over there.