Hello everybody, welcome back to my channel, where skincare is all about
progression over perfection. Because, perfection doesn't exist. We have gone
through my favorite cleansers, and today I want
to talk about one of the other most important steps of a very basic
skincare routine, and skincare routines in general,
and that is the moisturizer. Yes, whether you are oily, dry,
combination, normal we can all benefit from using a moisturizer.
Today I hope to introduce you to a few new brands and products. And please do
remember, any moisturizer that I said I liked in the past I still do like. But, I
continue to try products so you don't have to. The first
segment and product of this video is sponsored by
MAKE. You will recognize them from my best cleansers video, I absolutely
love this brand and I'm so intrigued. And I was gonna feature them anyway in this
video but I saw that sponsorship opportunity and I took it.
They are a brand who make, what they call, skincare essentials. And I agree, they
have two-step cleanse, they have an essence,
and they have a moisturizer. And obviously, not including a sunscreen.
I do feel like, for me, that is the most basic routine I would
ever do. They merge sustainable botanical materials with lab
engineered natural ingredients, which I find so
interesting. And this is often kind of like a sustainable
part of skincare that I feel goes overlooked. And of course, synthetic
ingredients as well. And merge them all together to make
these amazing kind of more modern takes on your basics. But
today, we are here to talk about the Succulent Skin Gel Cream Serum Weight
Moisturizer. You have to excuse the packaging, it was a nice full
pump but I am, I'm this, this far into it now. I've been using it pretty much
every single day since they sent it to me, I absolutely love it.
As the name suggests this is a really lightweight moisturizer but I don't want you
to think it's like a gel moisturizer in the sense that it
just goes into your skin and kind of disappears, then you're left feeling kind
of dry and cracky. It genuinely hydrates the skin but then
leaves you with a nice nourished glow as well,
which is what I like when it comes to a gel moisturizer. I don't want those gel
moisturizers that leave me matte, I want them to leave me with a glow,
that's not gonna leave my oily skin feeling greasy. And this does that so
successfully because it is that lightweight feeling on your skin. Saying
that as well, you're not left with a film. It merges great with sunscreen, it
doesn't peel up or anything like that. And for me, it's been enough to see me
through the day and even enough to put on at night, I don't wake up feeling dry.
This has Prickly Pear which is actually one of my newer favorite ingredients,
it's very, very hydrating. Because I don't use a whole bunch of Hyaluronic Acid, I'm
always looking for those hydrating alternatives.
And Prickly Pear, and even Cactus is in here, seems to be great for that.
Saying that, this does have Sodium Hyaluronate in, so it is going to hydrate
you as well. Alongside Glycerin, which does the same job. But I do really love
Prickly Pear and Cactus as hydrating ingredients. Of course,
Niacinamide helps to brighten the skin, even out the skin tone, controls sebum.
Aloe Vera as well is very soothing, calming, hydrating, again.
It's just so... I just reach for this every single day.
For me, it's gonna sound too far-fetched because
I'm, this is a sponsored product, but you'll see me mention in future
videos, this is a perfect moisturizer for me.
This is the first brand that I've gone to my manager and said, please can you
get me more of this. I never fish for free stuff
but oh my god, I need this again, and again, and again.
Let's talk about the lab engineered naturals ingredients. I don't know if
anybody cares about this as much as I do but I find this absolutely fascinating.
Because I, people think I hate natural ingredients. I don't.
I just, I like the merge of nature meets science rather than just nature, you know.
So here they say that, “Prickly Pear and Cactus Extracts are sustainably sourced.
Lab perfected Cactus and Agave Extract blend, that hydrates and shields skin
from environmental stressors. We've got antioxidant molecule,
multifunctional nature identical, molecule mimicking.
The Cloudberry compound that soothes skin while providing
enhanced product protection." So yes, I want to know more. I might even ask if I
can like maybe have a Zoom call with them about
it, I don't know. Again, I'm non-stop using their cleansers, non-stop using
their moisturizers. I need to use their essence a bit more.
But yes, I love this. You can see that I love this, it's nearly all gone. This is
mainly air now, I got like a little bit in the bottom here.
And it comes in an amazing pump top which is what I want from all
my products. Just put it in a pump, it's so much easier to use. Please. Everything
in a pump. And aesthetic wise, I mean come on, it's
the future. The next product is the Texture Smoothing
Cream from Cocokind. I have been dying to try this brand for
such a long time, and luckily for me they sent me a load of stuff, so thank you so
much. But this is a moisturizer that helps
improve skin tone and texture, firmness whilst providing hydration as
well. It's this really nice thick formula that doesn't go on
heavy. I feel like these heavy kind of thick
moisturizers are very old-fashioned now. Whilst a lot of brands now are kind
of opting for the lighter weight, yet hydrating, and
occlusive enough to kind of keep everything in, you know.
They're really finding that perfect balance between the two. And I love the smell
of it, it smells like English Summer. I know that's really weird but it smells
like, it smells like gin and tonic with like a bit of cucumber in,
it is really refreshing. It's really kind of like, oh you know, I'll just have a
quick gin and tonic. I don't know what I'm talking about. I'm filming this video on three hours
sleep, my puppy was up all night with a bad stomach
and I didn't want him to sh*t in the house. So I stayed up with him, and his
fine this morning. I'm exhausted and talking about celery, what
Is it? No, cucumber. I don't know, oh my god. Saying that, this does have celery in it.
They call it a celery complex, it basically has loads of rich fatty
acids in and antioxidants helping our skin look
firmer, feel firmer as well. We also have Squalane in here, a skin identical
ingredient that really, really moisturizes the skin
without feeling heavy and thick, like a greasy oil.
In one of my videos I said it's not an oily oil, and someone got really annoyed
with me, I can't remember why. But you know what I mean, it doesn't feel
like chip fat on your face. It's incredibly, kind of dry, in a way but has
this smooth feel to it, and locks in that hydration. I
love Squalane. As I said, it smells like cucumber, there is cucumber in here which
is incredibly soothing. You feel that the moment it hits your
skin, it has this coolness to it. This is perfect for my kind of combination skin
we have going on at the moment, because it's light enough for my oily areas and
more than enough for my dryer areas as well. It kind of just molds back into
place, whenever you use it just kind of goes,
and seeps back into place. This is the, only the second product I've used from
Cocokind. I've used their cleanser before which I
absolutely loved as well. So I'm looking forward to slowly cracking open the
products and hopefully sharing more. But yeah, very,
very intrigued by what else Cocokind has to offer.
Speaking of combination skin, I was meant to share this moisturizer with you ages
ago. This is my second tub. This is the Cera-
Heart My Type Duo Cream by AXIS-Y. This is like
a duo moisturizer, so we have the Ceramide
U-zone cream, a rich moisture for drier areas.
And then we have the Heart Leaf... so that's this one, sorry, the white one. We
have Heart Leaf T-zone cream, supple hydration for oily areas, and
that's the blue at the top here. And this really is
perfect for, if you are like me, and you do have that
drier U-zone which is all along here. I get very irritated here
as well, leading to drier skin. Then the Heart Leaf T-zone cream, again,
super lightweight. Not too dissimilar from this but this beats it in texture and
finish. But very soothing, very calming. But then
they're also great to use, but all year round as well, so you can
use the gel one all over your face in the Summer, and then the heavier U-zone
one all over your face in the Winter. And your neck as well, it's great for your
neck. So both the T and the U zone has
Centella Asiatica in, which we know is really soothing,
calming, and healing. And it helps improve your moisture levels as well. In the
T-zone we have Rice, another favorite of mine which I benefit
mostly from actually in my T-zone, because, because it's brightening and it also helps
reduce oil production. So obviously my oily T-zone. There's a lot
more texture there, it's where I tend to break out more
so I'm often left with uneven tone and texture. And usually more
sebaceous filaments on my nose, and sometimes blackheads too. We have Allantoin
as well in both the T and the U zone.
Again, helping to heal the skin. And in the U-zone we have something called
perlslane... Purslane, which is great for sensitive skin. But yes, I
absolutely love this. A great all-rounder. And if you're on a bit of a budget, not that
this is not pricey, how much is it? It's $27
but this is your two moisturizers, this is your day moisturizer, your night cream.
Your Summer and your Winter, you know. You get like a two in one here, and it does
last as well, it lasts quite a long time. Of course I
can't do this without talking about the Glow Recipe Watermelon Pink
Juice Moisturizer. One of my two real go-to's out of these two.
As I always say with Glow Recipe, this gives you that instant glow not just from looking greasy or having wet skin but it provides that
kind of like sheen on top of the skin that Glow Recipe are known for.
Their staple watermelon, which is hydrating but also a source of
antioxidant. Hyaluronic Acid, so it's hydrating.
Jasmine and Peony as well, which they say is brightening and moisturizing. To
be honest, I just love the way this makes my skin
look and feel. It does its job, it moisturizes, it hydrates, it makes my skin
look healthy, dewy, and awake. And as you can see, it's just, I use it up
like crazy. I'm gonna have to crack another one open which, I do have backups
of this, because I love it. I actually prefer this
to their, the night version, not the version but
they got a night cream as well. Which I don't find half as hydrating or
moisturizing as this. So I would use this morning and night as well.
Absolutely love. Just touching on this one because I talk about all the time. But
finally, we have the Rovectin Cica care Balm.
This isn't a moisturizer that I use all over my face. I can do
but I only really use it on those really irritated areas. So sometimes all over my
face but mainly down by my sideburns where I get very
irritated, on my rosacea prone cheeks, in my t-zone if I've over-exfoliated.
This is great at soothing and healing any kind of damaged
or irritated skin. This does have a very slight pinky tinge to it which is the
Calamine in here, which really does instantly calm down
any kind of irritation. So any itchy, burning, irritated skin.
This is a great one just to generously put over your skin. We have Madecassoside
in here, which helps with the dark spots and uneven skin tone
that can come with irritated skin. Centella Asiatica as well,
great for the redness that comes along with that irritation. And we also have
Green Tea as well, so great antioxidant. Again, calming, soothing.
I also find this helps with my rosacea as well, in the sense that when I
am flared up and very, very red this, not instantly, but this adds that
kind of calming sensation to it. And my rosacea cools down and calms down
a lot quicker than usual. Could be because of the Green Tea. Yeah, I
have been using this for years. It's one of quite a few products I
have on hand to help calm my skin when I really need it to calm the f*ck down. If
I've done something damaging to my skin or like I said, if I just need to bring
my skin back a few kind of like notches...
what? I don't know. Three hours sleep remember.
So there we go, I hope I introduced you to a few new brands. Maybe a few new
products. Please do go check out MAKE if you
haven't checked them out already, they're a brand I'm genuinely super,
super excited about. Again, thank you for sponsoring today's
video, you will be seeing a lot more of them on my channel.
If you want to know more about their cleanses, go check out my cleanser video.
And Cocokind as well, I want to check out more of them. But let me know any
brands that maybe I don't know, let me know if
there's any brands you think I might not know of in the comments
down below. To be fair, if they're Western brands I usually don't know about them
but let me know. You can check out some more kind of best
of's videos, I don't know, some product reviews here,
some general light entertainment here, and I'll see you over there.