- Hi, my name is Adwoa Aboah,
and I'm here to show you my rigorous nighttime routine.
(calm music)
Where do I even begin?
It is really rigorous and it's sometimes really long,
but I love it.
As someone who's suffered with on-and-off adult acne,
it's something that keeps me calm,
is having some sort of control over my skin
even though I don't have any control over it at all.
I live in a city, cities are dirty,
there's a lot of pollution so I make sure
to wash my face properly morning and night.
I use these first to take off my makeup.
They just really get everything off.
These are the balanced skin ones,
but usually I use the acne-prone ones.
The great thing about these
is that you can recycle them, which is great.
So you take one off.
(water runs)
Lukewarm water, though wet it completely.
And these come with a little silver bag
and you can send them off so you recycle them.
So as we can see, look.
Quite hard to see the dirt, but it takes
a lot of the dirt off, so I'm gonna leave that to the side.
Next, next, next, next, we are going to use
an ex-flo, ex-flo?
So this is the exfoliating cleanser,
which is for normal to oily skin, I swear by this product.
It has saved my skin.
So this one first and foremost is the ZO Skin Health.
It's amazing, it is expensive,
but it is worth it.
Like I said, I am rigorous, so I've always been told
to count to 60, and that's what I do,
and I should've actually wet my face beforehand.
(water runs)
So recently, because I've just come off my period,
my breakouts have been here,
so I just make sure to clean that,
and I haven't started counting,
so I'm going to start counting now.
And then I am going to wash that off.
(water runs)
It's all about what works for you, you know?
You might watch this and be like,
"She's done it wrong, she should've done this way,"
you know, "she should've done it this way,"
but you get told so many things
and you watch so many videos and you speak
to so many dermatologists when you not necessarily
have perfect skin, and you find a way that suits you
and I've really, after a long time,
found something that works for me.
(water runs)
Dab, dab, dab, dab, dab, dab.
I do exfoliate every single day, just saying,
but I'm gonna go onto the exfoliating,
I don't know what they do, you know,
I'm so old, that's ridiculous what I'm about to say,
so such a loser then, but you know how they do it
in the influencer videos, I think it's like that.
ZO Health Skin again, Exfoliating Polish,
so I just grab a little, small amount
and I really should've not dried my face,
but I'm losing track.
So now we'll just dab it a little bit,
'cause it should be a little bit damp.
And we just get a little, small amount,
little, small amount, so just rub that in.
I don't exfoliate every single day,
but today I'm going to.
Great, my sleeves are all wet,
do you like my very chic pajamas?
Anyone who knows me knows that I dress
like a grandpa to bed.
(laughs)
ZO, we're gonna use that again,
and this is the Complexion Clearing Masque.
So I don't use this every night,
and I leave it on for about 10 minutes.
I love a mask, I don't know about you,
but I really love a mask.
So this is just great if you're having breakouts,
you can leave it on you know, if you've got a spot coming,
a pimple, a blemish.
You can put it on that,
and it will you know, really help for that.
I'm gonna wash this off now.
Quite cool when I do that,
maybe it isn't a cool look on camera,
but it looks cool from where I'm looking at.
Dab, dab, dab, dab, dab, dab.
So I also use this Mediks, that's another one,
and I love their products and I use the Crystal Retinol Six.
But I'm not gonna use that today,
because there's a lot been going on my face tonight,
we don't want to overdo it.
Big up, Paula's Choice, amazing, amazing product.
My friend told me to get this,
and it has completely changed my skin,
like completely changed it,
so this is the Treat, so you can use it once or twice daily,
apply face and neck for daytime,
always follow with sunscreen.
Yes, it's an obvious one and I know we're told
on and on and on and on and everyone goes on about it,
but do wear sunscreen.
I do, you should too.
SO I use a little bit of that.
I don't wear any moisturizer to bed, you know?
So I just do a little peck.
Another Paula's Choice product,
which is the C15 Super Booster.
Little pipette, oopsie, going well.
And then last but not least,
I do put a little bit more vitamin C on,
just a different type because I've had a lot of scarring
from the acne and this has really, really helped.
So Biodroga, Biodroga MD Skin Booster Vitamin C,
so I just do a little bit of this.
Again, it's in a pipette.
Just a little bit.
Okey-dokey.
So I am absolutely obsessed with spot cream.
I go out in the daytime with spot cream on,
I really don't care at all.
This is also the Biodroga MD, Clear Plus.
This is amazing, so I'm gonna put this on.
Like I said, I actually, you know,
if I feel one coming, I put those on immediately,
and then if I have one that's kind of under the skin,
those have already been, I try not to pick them,
but I did pick those too, I'm not gonna lie.
But if I have one that's like about to brew,
which is what I did with the one in the nose,
I could just feel it coming, I use these Starface stickers.
So I just did have a star poking out of my nose for a bit.
Have this feeling that maybe I should also
put a star on it, better safe than sorry, so.
Put that there.
I finish off with either some Pawpaw for my lips
or I've also got the Augustinus Bader lip salve,
which I love.
Maybe just do both today,
quite nice to have moisturized lips.
And then last and it's literally on its last legs,
but this is a CBD hand balm from Oto
that I absolutely love.
Love, love, love, love, love.
You know, we're doing a lot of washing our hands,
a lot of hand sanitizer.
I'm gonna finish off with the Santa Maria Novella
rose water, just a little spritz.
(bottle spritzes)
'Cause it smells nice.
And then you know about it, girls, headscarf, always.
Always, always, always.
Gotta protect that hair.
So that is it, lovers.
There were quite a few skin products there,
and I hope that maybe one of them you might try.
Be sure to check out the "Girls Talk" podcast.
Love, guys, thank you.