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hi guys today I wanted to talk through
my skincare and a few secrets that have
really worked for me over time this has
been something that I've been really
working on for years and so I have a few
tried-and-true items as well as some new
things that I'm starting to incorporate
and change about my routine to really
help for the record I am right in
between those stages of having like acne
and having wrinkles and I've always had
more of like an oily skin lately that's
been changing a little bit as I'm not
necessarily having problems with acne
anymore but every now and then I will
and so how do I kind of manage that
background of having oily skin and
trying to prevent breakouts and then
when you go to try to prevent wrinkles
like that's when I usually see a
breakout it's a delicate balance for me
but I definitely have had issues with
both sorts of categories regardless of
what your skin is like I'm sure I've had
a similar battle in those ways because
my foots kind of in both sides of the
stream with that so today I have 5
secrets things that I think could really
help anybody the first one is how I
cleanse my skin so at night time it's a
little bit different than in the morning
so at night when I have to take off all
my makeup and then actually cleanse my
skin I use a two-step process I think
that a few years ago I did a skincare
video and a lot of people at the time
we're having like a five or six step
process with their skincare I don't
necessarily that see that happening
quite as frequently anymore at least
maybe I'm just not aware but the one
thing that I have been using since then
is an all clean balm this is by Hamish I
don't know if I'm pronouncing that right
but it's a cleansing oil and I've used
some other cleansing oils that I love so
much they all do the job efficiently but
I like that this one is something I can
travel with
a lot of the other oils that I have it
would so easily fall apart if I was
traveling and I feel like the worst
thing when you're traveling is when you
can't get your makeup off properly
because you don't have like your full
kit of makeup removers and like
everything but this is a really
efficient cleanser I like that it
doesn't strip my skin of the oils that
it needs because I do think that when I
do that then my my face would produce
more oil and I also like that this has
more of like a milky texture to it as
well so that it's really cleansing and
not necessarily foaming but it has that
sort of appearance of getting the makeup
off and my mascaras I think are really
difficult to get off when I use like I
don't really use waterproof anymore but
I do have thick mascara and it is
difficult to take off so it also is
helpful to double cleanse because when
you do take your makeup off you do have
a little bit around here you know around
your face that could really clog with
pores and everything so after I use that
I use a micellar water now this one's
empty I just finished this off yesterday
but I really liked it it was the first
time I'd used this product again I am
NOT a beauty guru I usually pronounce
things like this wrong but audacity I
believe is how you pronounce it and let
me know if it's different but this is a
blue aura cleansing water it has neem
holy basil turmeric which okay I usually
say tumeric I don't know another word
that I'm still getting used to but it
has aloe in it as well and it's just
like everything in here is very healing
it's more like a toner than even just in
my celery water so that's why I've been
loving this one and I'm really excited
because I was just gifted I was just
gifted this big box of a bunch of
different things from detox market and
that one was in it so now I don't have
to restock like it's already here and
I'm really excited about that but I did
like that product enough to be able to
use it morning and night so I used
after I take off all my makeup with this
I sometimes will use a general cleanser
I really like this one by I think it's
cos rx
I will link you guys down in the
description for that one that I've used
for years but if you just want something
that's a little bit quicker and easier
my main thing that I put off is my whole
regimen at night like it takes me a long
time to get up the courage to just go
and have this whole process and so if I
can simplify it at all I will and having
something that I can just put on a
cotton ball and remove my makeup I
usually do that and it works really well
so for cotton balls I have made the
switch to organic cotton balls just
because I feel like if I'm putting it on
my skin I feel like it would be
healthier in general to do that and then
also it's just been interesting I've
been learning a little bit about organic
farming when it comes especially to
cotton which is heavily using pesticides
and stuff so that's kind of a good combo
to use with the micellar water one thing
about this micellar water though you
can't use it necessarily around your
eyes or like neck or anything that you
really need to be careful with like that
fragile skin you don't want to put
something like this on it and use your
own judgement on as far as that's
concerned I do like to have either that
or a gentle cleanser so yeah I'll link
you guys to it and you can decide for
yourself what works for you so yeah my
first tip is to double cleanse at night
and then using that micellar water
really will help in the morning and at
night I've seen a big difference and
then that also cuts out the use of a
toner so that's kind of my cleansing
process after that I feel like my next
big concern for my skin is my lips so I
generally have talked to you guys a lot
about how I have chapped lips and it's
just a constant battle I would say it's
even a battle in summertime when it's
humid out usually people have a little
bit of dry lips when the weather starts
getting colder and then through January
and everything your lips can be really
really dry but my lips seem to be dry
all the time so I have a few tips that
I have literally seen a huge difference
in the first thing is using an
old-fashioned products like aquifer
which is basically Vaseline it's not one
of the most like healthy things that you
could be using but if you're desperate
like I found myself being desperate I
will put this on at night so it's not a
product that I use through the day or
anything I have other products I'll show
you in a second but when it comes to
nighttime I want something really thick
and I want to wake up and not have
issues with my lips so that has helped
so much and it helps through the day as
well because if my lips are off to a
good start after night and like waking
up then I feel like it's easier to
maintain that during the day so during
the day one thing that I love to do a
secret that's really helped with my
chapped lips aside from the nighttime
stuff is this for daytime this is
Charlotte Tilbury and how I came across
this lip balm was literally just I was
trying on lipsticks for about an hour in
the store like just to find the perfect
shade that was going for and then I kind
of like as a last resort was like I
really just want my lips to be
moisturized through the day and I also
am really looking for something I can
put on that I can keep in my purse that
will help me have a little bit something
there after like I'll have lunch with a
friend I want to put something on my
lips you know and that go-to for me has
been lipstick for so long but having
something clear has helped me be able to
put something on that I don't
necessarily have to check the mirror for
to see if I just completely didn't put
on my lipstick right and so having
something more like a lip balm is a
beautiful option it would just bring out
my natural shade of my lips and it also
looks like a lipstick so it's kind of a
clever design I know that a lot of other
companies have this and a lot of
high-end companies have this but
Charlotte Tilbury the option is
beautiful it's got these little Panthers
on them and I also like the fact that I
can keep this with me and it's not like
I am breaking out you know a jug of ass
or like even Zack likes those little
Carmack's bottles that are yellow and
this is just a much classier option if
you're gonna have it in your purse I
almost forgot there's one more little
lip thing that I use and this is not
something I use all the time but this is
a Frank body lip scrub if you know Frank
body they're known for having like
coffee scrubs so this is a coffee scrub
that I use on my lips and I I only use
this if I feel like my lips are
desperate enough for having some sort of
exfoliation
I never exfoliate my lips except if I
really need it because it's not like
when you exfoliate the rest of your skin
like when you accelerate your lips your
exfoliating your skin that really is
protective a protective barrier for
moisture and so you want that layer
there you don't want to keep taking that
off because there's no oils in your lips
like that that your skin would have so
this is something that I use that has a
lot of moisture in it and I've just been
really happy with this one compared to
some other lip scrubs that I've used so
had to mention that one moving on to my
next tip I always have different
moisturizers for different parts of my
skin so like I said earlier I have some
parts of my skin that experience
wrinkles and some that experience
breakouts and I'm just like right
between those two categories so for my
skin not talking eyes or other fragile
areas I use this this is the belief Peet
miracle revital cream I've shown this to
you guys in the past and I like it a lot
because it has peat in it so if you know
about Pete it's like a a moss that it's
probably not even a moss I don't really
know exactly what it is if it's like an
algae or something but it's very
protective there have been like swamps
that they found I really feel like this
is out of place for this video but they
found bodies in peat swamps and they're
perfectly preserved for like hundreds of
years so that's why when it comes to a
moisturizer the go-to thing to put on
your face to preserve it is Pete
it's kind of a good option if you are
looking for something for youthful skin
but it also says it improves skin
turnover so that's why I use it I use it
for more of trying to make my skin
continually look fresh and to have that
cell turnover that I need for having my
pores clear and so that's really helped
me a lot I've seen a big difference on
skin that usually is more breakout prone
to have something like this for my eyes
though I want something that is not
necessarily something I need for having
the cell turnover as much as I just want
to preserve moisture there and also keep
collagen so one thing that I showed you
guys a few months ago is this so jelly
Frek product I will link you guys to its
cactus eye jelly so I put this around my
eyes I also put it in between my brows
which I can tell like I frown in my
sleep like that's really the area that I
know I'm gonna have wrinkles with and I
have seen a really big difference when I
use this product around my eyes and also
between that area so it seems like after
I use this and after I put it on morning
and night I've been noticing those areas
sort of filling look a little bit more
like plump and more youthful and I don't
necessarily experience those same issues
when I've been using this product so
that's kind of like an update when I
last showed you guys this I was like
I'll keep you posted I just started
trying and I liked it
but I really like this because it is I
want to make sure I say it right I
believe there's collagen in this cream
yeah it uses plant collagen so that's
that's really where you get that that
treatment from is through cactus plant
collagen so sometimes I will use that
around my eyes and my neck if I'm just
feeling extra lazy but if I really want
to break out every sort of product then
I will also use a neck cream this is I
will link you guys to it as well but
it's a I don't know how to pronounce
anything on here and it's also almost
completely wiped off so I will link you
guys to this
but having a nut cream has also been
something that I prioritize for
nighttime especially so that just allows
me to have something that's a little bit
more moisturizing and conditioning for
my skin when I'm not trying to also put
makeup on top this would not be a good
product to put on during the day because
it sort of pills a little bit if you're
like rubbing it with other products so
just know that but it has been a really
good neck product for me for a few
months now so yeah that's really my
overall tip is to have different parts
of your skin be treated differently if
you have sort of in-between skin like me
or if you want to be more preventative
or whatever it is it is nice to be able
to treat each part of your skin a little
bit different from others because it
isn't just going to be one blanket
treatment that you want to use all over
your face there's different parts of
your skin that need different sorts of
moisturizers my nice skin secret that I
feel has been so transformative is to
have a skin brush so having something
like this that's powered is a really
great option I feel like everybody was
using these on their face a few years
ago don't know if people are still doing
that honestly but I found a really good
deal on this I'll try to link you guys
to I actually saw that the company that
sells these is vanity planet and they
have a women's version that is much more
expensive than a men's version and it
seemed exactly identical to me so I went
ahead and bought the men's version it
comes with a few different heads and
this one is for like but in the body and
so that's what I love to do for my
shoulders my back chest you want to use
something like that to exfoliate those
areas so whenever I would see a skin s
petition or like going to get facials
sometimes I would get a back facial as
well and they told me to use some sort
of like dry brush technique and so when
I saw this I wanted to use that for when
I'm in the shower this is something that
you can bring into the shower and even
though it's electric it will be fine
when wet and then also it comes with a
few different heads as well that you can
use on your face to exfoliate that so I
wanted to use something like this that
would reel
cleanse and really have that cell
turnover where I need it on my body I've
been treating the rest of my skin on my
body to be more like I treat my face so
I don't want to just stop at exfoliating
and moisturizing my face but I also want
to do the same sort of treatments for
the rest of my body another way that I
do that is through a product like this
this is the here and there balm by detox
mode I've showed you guys this before
but I am absolutely a fan of it you just
take a little bit which seems kind of
more like too thick to even put on your
body but then you just warm it up in
your hands and it's just this beautiful
healthy scent and it all it just feels
so good like I like to put it where you
put it more so on things like patchy
elbows or knees or anywhere that just
means a good healing balm like you would
put moisturizer on but a little bit
thicker than that so that's been really
good I and that's just one more
technique is like thinking of the rest
of your body as the as you would your
face so as you're getting older too it's
something that you'll be thankful for
that you did besides just SPF is to
treat your body from head to toe with
the respect that it deserves just a
couple other odds and ends that I like
to use which aren't really in a category
necessarily but I do like to use a
couple of different products that will
help me when I just feel like my skin is
desperate so one thing that I like to
use is this which is a blemish gel it's
one of those spot treatments and I can
try to link you guys to this one I'm not
sure if I'll be able to
I just got it where I get my facials but
having some sort of blemish gel that
will really heal one spot in particular
means that you're not going to use
something so stringent on the rest of
your face unless you just need that and
having something like this will be more
correcting and you'll be able to feel
like less concerned if you've got a big
important thing to go to and you're
starting to develop a breakout you can
heal that really quickly another thing
that helps me a lot is this it's a
enzyme mask by native Atlas and
it is something that I was not expecting
to work very well for me I was expecting
it to be kind of like okay this is just
sort of a atypical product that I don't
know I just I just was not expecting to
be overwhelmed though and having
something like this would really help me
for those days where I just feel like my
skin needs a facial and I just can't get
a facial then then this has been really
helpful for those in-between moments to
get me in between facials finally my tip
is to notice your food and exercise
reactions on your skin so for me that
meant that there are some foods that I'm
just naturally allergic to and I've
talked to a lot of different doctors and
dietitians on why this is and they all
from any sort of background say that
everybody's body is different when it
comes to reactions to those things and I
have to bring this up too with this
video just because I found myself in a
position a few years ago where I felt
completely helpless when it came to my
skin and when it came to a lot of other
things that were happening to me at the
time turns out that I have PCOS I've
mentioned that a little bit here if you
are familiar with my channel and one
thing that I have seen the biggest
change in for me naturally is just
paying attention to what I eat so what I
did I think this is such a cool secret
if you just want to own this is if you
open up one of those family planning
apps like the ones that track your cycle
there's one that I use called Kundera
and what I like about it is that I'm
able to track my temperatures so what I
did when I was having like sixty day
cycles I was feeling very just honestly
menopausal in my 20s is I tracked my
temperatures every single day and I did
that for months on end and while doing
that I also eliminated most things from
my diet I went on a candida diet with no
added like animal products or anything
just to start adding things back to my
diet to see how my temperatures would
change and you should see
if I can find the old charts I'll show
you but it was like I would I would go
from being completely normal and then I
would start to eat something like
chicken and then that chicken would make
my tempers go and it doesn't bring me a
lot of joy to talk about diets on online
like I feel like it's a very sensitive
and personal topic but I just could not
believe the data in front of me when it
came to what foods affected me more than
others and my body is probably different
than your body so I really think that
it's important to assess those things
for yourself there's lots of other
factors so really study deeply into that
but after doing that not only did I get
my cycles back to being like normal more
or less 30 day cycles but I also was
able to clear up my skin and having
those breakouts before was my skin
telling me that like something was going
on and I've been able to resolve so much
of my PCOS symptoms through diet through
exercise and also I always try to drink
enough water in the day and seeing the
actual water inside the water bottle has
been another thing that's really helped
me a lot is because I can actually see
it and it just motivates me to drink
more water
so yeah just talking through with all of
my different doctors and dietitians they
all said that diet does play a role in
how everybody's body's function and it
is something that people can just react
very differently from one another too so
yeah ultimately noticing food and
exercises effects on my skin has been so
huge exercising every day has brought a
lot more just fluids and moving my
lymphatic system
I feel like such a nerd saying lymphatic
system but having that sort of like
movement around my body has been able to
really flush out a lot of toxins through
that and then also just whenever I do
workout I'm really particular about you
know getting my face clean like making
sure that I shower right away and don't
put that off because sometimes like if
you're just going to the gym and then
you've still got all the sweaty clothes
on and everything
that can really affect your skin as well
so these are all the skincare secrets
that I have learned through trial and
error through literally looking at data
with my temperatures every morning is a
really cool little trick that I've used
that really helped me with my skin and
I'm sort of on this adventure of moving
from being in more acne prone skin
conditions to having more of like what
do I do now that my skin is calmed down
how do I continually keep it calm and
then also trying to prevent wrinkles
another thing too is again that SPF is
really important I like to use some sort
of studying spray with 50 SPF and then I
also try to put on at least like 15 SPF
on my skin so those are all my tips
hopefully they were helpful not usually
the things I talk about on here and by
no means am I a skin care professional
but nobody knows your skin like you know
your skin and I definitely feel that way
about myself so yeah if you like this
sort of video something a little bit
different than the typical fashion
content be sure to give it a thumbs up
and I will talk to you guys next time
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