- Both of my parents are sort of balding in their eyebrows.
My dad's, they stop here,
and my mom just doesn't have any,
so I'm terrified that I'm going to lose my eyebrows
at any moment.
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I am the beauty director at bazaar.com.
And so what that means is that I am in charge
of all the beauty content you see.
I've been doing this for over six years now,
three years at Bazaar, and so I have tried everything
you can imagine.
Every weird facial, every product.
I've had some really good skin days
and some really bad skin days.
This is sort of my routine of today,
so it changes every single day
'cause I'm always trying new products.
I'll walk you through what I'm loving at the moment
and how my routine goes today,
but yesterday it was different
and tomorrow it could be different
'cause that is the life of a beauty editor.
The first thing I do is I pull my hair back.
I always hate when you can see like, hair in their face
during a video, and I have bangs,
so those also need to go back.
My skin type tends to be kind of dry.
I can get some breakouts.
You'll see I have a couple on my forehead at the moment,
but it's really combination dry,
so I'll have some oily spots and some dry spots,
so I'm always trying to just exfoliate
and keep my skin looking bright and clear,
and because I am so fair,
I hold onto redness really easily.
But I also see a lot of people start these
Go To Bed With Me videos with cleansing wipes.
I don't use cleansing wipes in my own routine.
A lot of people do, and that's cool if it works for you.
For me, I just find them to be
a little harsh and abrasive.
There is a lot of preservatives in cleansing wipes
to keep them wet all the time,
and I also just don't love
that they're not super eco-friendly,
so for me, they're not my go-to of choice,
but if they work for you, great.
By all means, but I would love to see more people
switch to cotton rounds or reusable cotton rounds.
So speaking of that, I have these cotton rounds here.
These are from a company called Brandless.
I love them.
This is a brand new pack that I just ordered.
The first thing I do is I take off my makeup
and then I double cleanse.
To take off my makeup, I use a micellar water.
The one I've been currently using at the moment
is this La Prairie one, which is probably like $80 billion.
Don't quote me on that,
but you certainly do not have to spend
more than $10 on a micellar water.
Here's one from Burt's Bees
that's also next in rotation for me,
so when I am done with this one,
I'll jump into this one.
This one is a rose one.
It looks really good and it's available at the drug store.
But since I have already dug into this La Prairie one,
let's go ahead, and then I will take one for my lips.
And one for my eyes.
So double cleansing started in Korea,
and it's a very cool technique
where you use an oil cleanser followed by a foamy cleanser,
and it really helps to get your skin perfectly clean,
get all the makeup off,
so while my skin, I don't wet it
because you shouldn't wet your face
when you're using an oil cleanser.
Just like, oil and water don't mix.
And the one I'm using right now is MALIN + GOETZ
Facial Cleansing Oil.
I love basically every cleansing oil, I don't discriminate.
So you just really work it into your skin.
Get all that mascara off.
Okay, so now once you're rubbed it into your face,
you go in with water.
But as you can see, a lot of makeup
is still coming off of my face,
and that's why you do a double cleanse,
'cause you always think you get all your makeup off
but you don't.
So now I do the second step of cleansing,
and that is this Weleda Gentle Cleansing Foam.
Again, this product can be something else every other day.
This one I'm just loving at the moment.
It's pretty much 100% natural
and I love it, it's a very clean formula.
You can get it I think at Target, which is great.
So then you go in with a foamy cleanser.
So then I work that into my skin.
I just, God I love a foamy cleanser so much.
They're my favorite thing.
And it's hard to find a good natural foamy cleanser.
So many natural cleansers are oils.
And so now
I wash my face again.
(water running)
And now that I double cleansed,
I just pat my skin dry
'cause I still wanna keep a little bit of water on there.
So now I'm completely clean.
And another myth, if you notice, I didn't talk about
like warm water or cold water or anything.
I just use lukewarm water,
and that's because the biggest beauty myth
that bothers me so much is when people say
that their pores can open and close.
Your pores do not have muscles around them.
They're not like individual muscles
that can open and close, that's really not true,
and the water temperature does not affect that.
What's really happening is that the sebum
inside of your pores can react to the warmth
and sort of melt away, since it's oil,
and so it can give the illusion of smaller or bigger pores,
but really your pores are always the same size.
So the next step in my routine
once I am completely clean is a toner.
I'm obsessed with toners, you guys.
I have like seven here that are currently in rotation,
but really the one I've been using
since I got it in Korea,
and it's actually now available at Target,
which is really cool, is this AHC Aqualuronic Toner.
And it's a hydrating toner,
but it still has a little bit of alcohol in it,
so it still gets you that really clean feeling,
but it won't totally strip your skin.
I love an exfoliating acid.
It works so well for me.
I don't typically ever use scrubs
or anything like that 'cause I just find them to be
incredibly abrasive for my skin.
My skin is already so prone to redness.
As you'll see, I'll probably turn red,
and then it goes down quite quickly.
And that's because I have reactive skin,
but not necessarily sensitive skin.
So then my next step is also from AHC,
and this one is called an emulsion.
So what an emulsion is,
if you have dry skin I think you'd actually really like it.
It's the step sort of in between cleansing,
toning, and your serums and your moisturizers.
So it adds some of that hydration back into your face
to sort of prime your skin for what comes afterwards.
Because hydrated skin tends to absorb products
better than dry skin.
So then I give that a moment to settle in,
and then I always rub anything that's extra on my hands.
So at night, I only use sort of retinol serums
or exfoliating serums.
I don't use vitamin C at night.
I just think vitamin C works better in the morning
when you are going to get sun exposure.
It helps to sort of protect.
I have always loved and continue to love the
Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair.
I go back to this every couple of months.
It's just really good.
It's one of those products you put on your face
and then you wake up the next morning
and you're like, oh I actually look better.
That's awesome.
This La Mer, The Concentrate,
it's so good.
It's like one of my Holy Grail products.
In fact, it's almost empty.
Like I could show you.
Like, there's nothing in here.
I just feel like when I use it
I notice that my skin feels calmer
and looks calmer and doesn't look as red.
Take a little bit of that
and I'll work it into my skin.
But you certainly do not have to spend
however much money that is on La Mer.
I just think it's really great.
I love hyaluronic acid.
It is one of my favorite ingredients,
especially as somebody who has sort of combination dry skin.
This is from a company called Versed
and at Target, and it's all vegan, pretty much all natural,
and it's a little booster with hyaluronic acid.
So you can take it and add it
to an existing skincare product,
so any product, you can add a little boost
of hyaluronic acid to it, which I think is kinda cool.
I just will put it on my skin, as is.
So then I'll just pat that on.
Hyaluronic acid holds, I think,
1,000 times its weight in moisture.
So especially after you just washed your face,
it's really good to put it on
and pull in that moisture from the outside
and keep your skin really hydrated.
There is also a myth that oils hydrate your skin.
That is not true.
Oils, hydrate, hydra water, oil is not water,
so what it does is it protects
sort of the lipid barrier on your face
and it protects your face from drying out.
It can lock in some of that moisture
from the steps you've done previously,
but oils do not hydrate.
If you wanna hydrate you need something like a humectant,
like glycerin or hyaluronic acid,
and so for me with dry skin,
hyaluronic acid is my go to.
You know, I hear all the time from people,
when should I go to a dermatologist
and when should I go to my esthetician
or a doctor for my skin issues?
And it really depends.
If you want a prescription for retinol
and you're serious about fighting acne
or fighting wrinkles, then of course go to a dermatologist.
Get your yearly skin check while you're there.
And if you want Botox or fillers, I have had both.
I'm in need of both.
Look how much I can move my eyebrows.
It's upsetting.
If you just want to take better care of your skin,
generally, you want a really good cleaning,
deep cleansing routine,
then I would go to an esthetician.
I have been going recently to Glowbar,
which is a new facial concept
in Tribeca here in New York City.
I've gone twice now.
It's like 30 minute facials, in and out.
I'm somebody who never really liked facials that much
'cause I feel like I always left with my skin much redder
and more irritated than when I came in,
and it felt like my moisture barrier was super disrupted
for like a month afterwards.
I have not had that experience here.
I did a microdermabrasion about a month ago,
and then a few weeks ago I did dermaplaning,
so they shaved the entire first layer off of my skin.
But my face feels so soft, so dermaplaning was fun.
I highly recommend it.
But really, that's when you should go.
If you are noticing serious issues with your skin,
serious dark spots, hyperpigmentation,
acne that just won't quit
no matter what product you're using,
how many times you wash your face,
then you need to go to a dermatologist
and set up a game plan,
but otherwise I think estheticians are great
for just general maintenance
and learning about cleansing.
Next, once my face has all these serums on,
sometimes I'll use moisturizer and sometimes I won't,
and I think that's kind of funny.
I've heard from people that it's odd
that I don't always use moisturizer at night.
I just think with all the other products I'm using,
like my skin feels really soft and bouncy,
and I don't necessarily need something else.
A lot of times I think my skin looks better the next morning
if I haven't applied too many products to it
or haven't applied a super heavy,
occlusive moisturizer on top.
So this is a super lightweight one.
It's from Belif, it's called The True Cream Aqua Bomb.
You can see I've used a good amount of it already.
It's just a very dewy hyaluronic acid-based formula.
So I'll use a tiny bit.
I try to avoid my eye brows too
because I've had some brow people tell me that
when you apply too many products on your eyebrows
it can make your eyebrow hairs fall off,
and I don't know if that's true,
but both of my parents are sort of balding
in their eyebrows.
My dad's, they stop here,
and my mom just doesn't have any,
so I'm terrified that I'm going to lose
my eyebrows at any moment.
So I'm a little bit cautious with them.
So then once my skin is hydrated,
I take this thing.
And I know it looks super funny,
but it's my favorite thing in the entire world.
It won a Harper's Bazaar anti-aging award this past year,
and it's the MDNA, which is Madonna's skincare line,
face roller and body roller.
So it's giant, it's not like your typical jade roller
that has like a tiny little wheel.
This one is giant.
It just feels so good, especially after a long day.
If you carry a lot of tension in your face.
I carry a lot of water in my lower jawline,
so I really like to work my lower jawline.
So once I'm done rolling my face,
you can also use this as a body roller.
I workout six, seven days a week.
I do a lot of strength and resistance training,
so I can get incredibly sore, so this helps a lot.
I can roll it down my quads or hamstrings
or like on my arms, on the side of my neck.
It feels so good, and that's why I love
that these are oversized, so it's not just for your face.
So then, I'm gonna brush my teeth
because I read your comments
and I hear from people all the time
that you think it's weird
that people don't brush their teeth.
So I'm going to brush my teeth.
I know it's not sexy or anything,
but it's very important.
I think there are people who don't brush their teeth
twice a day, and that's crazy to me.
If I could brush them 15 times a day, I would.
(brush scrubbing)
So I just wrote a huge package and feature
on clean beauty products, which is why
I have some clean picks throughout my routine right now.
One of the most interesting things
I reported was about toothpaste.
I've been sort of convinced that I don't need fluoride
in my toothpaste anymore.
We have fluorinated water here in New York City,
so I'm just trying to reduce my exposure a little bit.
It's not for everyone.
If you have cavities and issues,
keep going with the fluoride, go for it,
but I've been switching to a fluoride-free formula.
So right now it's Tom's but it changes everyday.
I'll go to Whole Foods and see something and order it.
I don't know, I like this one.
You don't have to sacrifice taste or texture or anything
for a natural toothpaste.
Then I'll floss, and I know flossing isn't sexy, either.
But it's important.
My dentist says I do a good job.
So I'm proud about that.
So these are from Moon, and this is Kendall Jenner's
new oral care brand.
These are like, charcoal, I think, charcoal-inspired.
The whole line is charcoal.
These are black.
I don't know, I think they're kinda chic
'cause they're black.
But they're just regular flossers.
And I try and floss every single day if I can remember.
So then after my teeth are brushed and I've flossed,
I move on to eye cream and lip balm.
Eye cream is one of those products
that I'm kind of convinced doesn't do anything,
because if there was an eye cream
that truly healed dark circles,
everyone would be buying it.
They can help, I just don't think they're miracle workers,
but because I am prone to darkness under my eye
and some puffiness and wrinkles, I use a lot of eye cream.
I get Botox in my crows feet,
and sometimes I do that and get incredibly dry
in that area, so I'm really all about
keeping my under eye area moisturized
to prevent wrinkles from forming over time.
This is the new one from Tatcha.
I'm obsessed with everything Tatcha makes.
This is the silk peony eye cream.
If something Tatcha comes to the office
I take it home immediately.
I love Tatcha.
So then I use lip balm.
I have two at the moment that I've been loving.
Of course you could use Carmax or ChapStick or anything,
but these are cool.
This one is from Laneige.
It's a lip sleeping mask.
And it lasts for like 100 million years.
I think I've been using,
it's probably expired at this point.
I must have been using this one for like eight months.
And this one smells like cupcake icing or something,
which is the most delicious smell to go to bed wearing.
I'm obsessed.
So I'll just take a little bit.
Oh my God, it's cupcake icing.
I don't understand.
It tastes so good.
And my lips can get really, really dry
and really chapped, especially when you get lip injections.
Nobody tells you that.
Then I have sort of two final steps,
and they're more wellness focused,
'cause wellness is part of beauty.
So I said that I strength train, resistance train,
six, seven times a week.
I love it, it's my form of therapy,
but you can get incredibly sore when you do that.
I have had serious DOMS, delayed onset muscles soreness,
and to help that I have become obsessed with CBD.
I never thought I would like it.
I thought it was all complete BS.
Thought it was the placebo affect,
but it really does work for muscle soreness.
One I've been loving at the moment is this from La La Leaf,
its Tru Athlete Sports Gel.
It has 550 milligrams of CBD.
It's 87% organic, and it also has ginger in it,
which is so delicious.
It smells like spicy, delicious ginger.
So this is really, really great for
really light muscle soreness.
Just like general soreness,
I'll put it on my arms, whatever.
But if I'm having serious issues,
then this is my Holy Grail product.
Lord Jones Royal Oil.
It is 100% pure CBD suspended in I think grapeseed oil,
if I'm correct, and it's 1,000 milligrams per dropper.
It is intense.
It smells like weed.
Like this is weed smell.
It's unbelievable.
It's kind of disgusting,
but I like that it's so incredibly pure.
And so I'll take a dropper full and put it,
like I've been having some issues with my forearms
so I'll take some,
and rub it on my forearm.
And within 20 minutes, the pain is gone.
And then if I'm feeling particularly anxious
or like I can't sleep, I'll take a dropperful,
put it under my tongue,
hold it there for like 60 seconds, and then swallow,
and then it makes me just feel really relaxed.
And then my final step in my routine
is Sugar Bear Hair Sleep Vitamins.
I wouldn't say I use them every single night.
I'm a pretty good sleeper, but if I'm feeling anxious
or can't sleep for whatever reason, I take these.
As you can see, I only have two left in here.
And they'll give you a little bit of crazy dreams,
like you'll feel like you're tripping a little bit
in your sleep, but they help you to go to sleep
and stay asleep, and they're also incredibly delicious.
They just taste like gummi bears,
and they're vegan, which is exciting 'cause I'm vegan.
So I'll take two of these gummi vitamins
and I'll fall right asleep.
So thank you guys so much for watching my routine.
Again, this is not the way my routine
is going to look tomorrow
and it's not the way it looked yesterday
because I'm always testing and trying something new,
but I appreciate you guys following along.
If you have any questions about my routine
or being a beauty editor, let me know in the comments below,
and have a good night.
Bye.
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