- Good morning good life welcome back to Amy T.V.
where we come together to help you go after
the life that you want.
The very first thing I do every single day
to make sure that I am approaching the world fresh face
forward is take care of my skin.
I see and here about all kinds of missteps when it comes
to caring for your skin, and I feel it is my duty
to tell you exactly why you need to avoid
these mistakes, and that's what this video
is all about.
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Just so we're clear looks are not the focus here.
Having quality, cared for skin, is all about you
and how you feel about yourself when you are walking
out into the world and getting ready
to go after the life that you want.
So when I share these skincare mistakes today
and how to avoid them I want you to keep in mind
that you need to do you, and whatever fits
in your life that's how you should proceed.
But I'm gonna tell you like it is as if you were
my best friend standing next to me.
You can ask her yourself, she would tell you
that I would tell you if something wasn't right.
So get ready to take some notes, I'm gonna share
the biggest skincare mistakes that I see
and how I hope that you can avoid them.
Before you can get started you know what time
it is, I got to give a little Twitter gratitude
to somebody and today I'm gonna shine a light
on Crystal Arriaga, thank you so much Crystal
for watching this show I'm pretty sure
I said your name wrong, I bet it's Arriaga.
Seriously I acknowledge you for your time
and attention of these videos, it really means
a lot to me and I greatly appreciate the extra step
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If you potentially like to be featured here like Crystal
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There are literally more than 64 skincare mistakes
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Alright these are 10 skin care mistakes
and how to avoid them.
First only wearing SPF when it's sunny out.
If you've been my friend for longer than five minutes
you know, that I know, I've been telling you this,
this is a huge mistake.
There are light sources all over the place
that are affecting us, it doesn't matter if it is hot
outside, it doesn't matter if you went outside.
In fact over 85% of UV and environmental damage
happens during casual activities.
Just you going about your day like walking from your car
to get into the grocery store.
Yeah do you ever think of that?
You wearing sunscreen then?
It's a quick walk isn't it?
How many times you do that walk?
And even when it's cloudy or rainy outside,
you do realize that there's still UV rays right?
They're just being covered up by a couple of things,
but that doesn't stop them from breaking through
to your skin.
So here's how you avoid it, you wear sunscreen
all the time, everyday.
Especially, most importantly on your face.
You can never be too careful.
The second biggest mistake that I see is relying
on the SPF in your makeup.
I see you, I knew what you were gonna say just now
and I'm stopping you short.
It's really great that there is SPF in some makeup,
but the point of makeup is to be a foundation,
is to be the dominant thing on your face.
So you can't really rely on that mixture of things
to be able to cover both the bases
of being a makeup foundation and also protecting your skin
from the sun.
You would need to put so much of your foundation
on to accomplish what the SPF needs to do to cover your skin
that you would look too cakey in your foundation
for it to actually work effectively.
So it's great to have it as a backup,
but you should have a physical SPF underneath it.
Bottom line avoid relying on just your foundation SPF
by always having your main SPF ready.
It's a part of my skincare regimen,
I don't skip it, like I wouldn't skip moisturizer.
Even if I'm not putting on makeup for a while,
better yet even if it's dark out I love
putting sunscreen on when it's dark out, it makes me feel
like an overachiever.
The third biggest mistake that I see is neglecting
your neck and decollete.
That's this area here, this is seen quite often,
no matter if you're a man or a lady,
just as often as your face.
Sometimes you wear a v-neck, sometimes you're wearing
a shirt like this.
Regardless this area is very sensitive,
just like your face.
You know how you hear women talking about the status
of their neck as they get older?
That's because a lot of people forget to take care
of it and it ends up aging over time faster than their face,
because if they at least took care of their face
on the basic level, but they never really moisturized
or did a neck cream or something like that then this
is indicating their true age.
Mmm it hurts, it hurts.
And again SPF okay?
I literally have two sunscreens weighting on me everyday.
One goes here, one goes here, and the rest of my body
is usually covered up anyway so whatever.
The number four biggest mistake I see is applying skincare
in the wrong order.
I've even heard some people advise that you take
all your products and rub'em together
and just put them all over your face.
That's a terrible idea.
You're basically diluting some really pricey products
that you're putting on your face and that defeats
the purpose of spending a little bit more
on your skincare.
Every step needs to be fully absorbed into your face,
and some things are lighter than others.
So you really need to think about what order
makes the most sense, so that they are the most effective.
One tip that I have here is whenever I put my eye cream
on I will tap my eye cream very lightly with my ring fingers
and while that setting I will brush my teeth.
And my toothbrush goes for about two minutes
so you've got allowed at least two minutes
for that eye cream to set, and then you can
move on to your next moisturizers.
That way when you're putting your other moisturizers
on that eye cream isn't just going to waste
on the rest of your face, you're letting it sink in.
That's just my order of events, you might wanna check
out what products you're using and what order they should
go in based on what water base that they are.
The fifth mistake I see often is not changing
your pillowcase enough.
I personally have a weekly routine,
every Sunday is laundry day, and if I get no other
laundry done, which happens all the time,
I always, always, always, wash my sheets.
In particular because I like to have fresh sheets
going into a fresh week.
That's just sort of a mindset thing, but anywhere you put
your face a lot really needs to be cleansed frequently
so that pillowcase is one of the most important
things that you wash.
If you do it on a weekly basis you're in pretty good shape.
I mean who has time to wash their sheets
more than that?
I mean it's a little excessive if you do more than that.
I think once a week is good.
And another tip would be a switch to a silk pillowcase
because that's gonna be better for your hair
and your skin overall.
Not a lot of stress, not a lot of sweating,
which means there's not a lot of pulling on your skin.
The sixth biggest mistake that I see is using ingredients
that make you more vulnerable to dark spots.
Nobody likes dark spots, I have dark spots.
They are mostly from too much sun exposure
from fake baking, which I talked about recently
in a things I regret video, but a lot of times
we just read labels and they say and promise
a lot of things, but there are some products
that are not best for dark spots,
and actually encourage that they come out even more.
When you use things like acids or retinols,
you're basically super exposing the skin
and almost making it baby like again.
So if you go out without SPF on, you are making
it susceptible to massively terrible sun damage.
So just remember that skin care is super fun
to try, there's lots of great options out there
that can be helpful to you, but if you don't take
the necessary steps before and after,
you could actually be making your skin worse.
Number seven sleeping in your makeup.
Don't do that.
This is the single worst thing I think you could do.
I mean maybe like third-degree burns with baby oil
to your face could be worse.
If you sleep in your makeup you're basically saying
I enjoy dirt and crud, and foreign oils and nastiness,
on my face, for 24 hours straight.
I mean let's be real, you put your makeup on this morning
before you went to work right?
And then you wore it all day, and then you didn't
take it off, you're basically allowing this crap
to sit on your face.
Let me introduce you to a lady named Rachel Hollis,
girl wash your face.
I'm very passionate about this.
A lot of people don't know that when you wear your makeup
at night it ages you faster.
Literally the data point I heard once, and I cannot verify,
but I like to live by it, is that if you wear your makeup
all night, every night you wear it, it ages you
seven days faster than you would have.
Seven days, that's disgusting.
This is probably the best habit I've ever kept
in my life.
I can't remember the last time I slept in my makeup,
not even eye makeup.
Not even eye makeup.
I take everything off.
I've probably not slept in my makeup for 15 years,
and that is why I look like I'm 12.
You're welcome.
I'm turning 34, further record.
Wash your face, that's how you avoid the effects
of aging that happen from sleeping in your makeup.
There is no excuse anymore.
This goes in that box with smoking cigarettes for me.
It is not good.
The eighth biggest mistake I see
is over exfoliating with abrasive products.
Please stop buying products from the grocery store
that are exfoliating cleansers that have beads in them
large enough to go on a necklace.
That is not good.
Your skin cannot handle that, it is so sensitive.
Those big beautiful colored beads
should not be an indication of cleanliness to you.
It should be like running over your face with a car,
'cause that's basically what you're doing.
That was aggressive but that's how I feel about it.
The ninth biggest mistake that I see,
and this is one that I'm passionate about because I love
a good spray tan, definitely needed one today,
should have gotten it, didn't.
This mistake is spray tanning your face.
The beautiful thing about makeup is it has color in it.
If you get a spray tan you do not need
to spray tan your face.
The chemicals in a spray tan are not a 100% awesome
for going into the pores of your face.
You do not wanna risk it, there's no point to it.
You can get your the rest of your body just like glistening
brown and I do, trust me.
But you can use your makeup to match it and it's actually
gonna look a lot better.
And you also don't wanna see that patchiness
and that separation that happens with a spray tan over time,
happening on your face.
It's not cute, you do not need a fake tan mustache okay?
Nobody needs that.
Here's how you avoid it, when I go to the spray tan booth
I take those hair nets that they give you
and I put it on my face.
So I will put it here, I'll wrap it around my ears,
of course after I step into the booth,
or if you're having someone do it for you.
I make sure I can see my way in there first.
But I will put one, maybe two nets on my face,
to give myself a lot of a block.
So that will result in the jets kind of going down
the rest of your body, it's still gonna hit the face
obviously, but it's hopefully hitting those nets
and preventing it from saturating into the skin.
I'll even go a step further and use a makeup wipe
after I get out to make sure I get any excess stuff
that got through the hair net onto my face.
And finally the biggest mistake that I see is just guessing
on your skin care.
It's so easy to go into a store and look
at all the pretty products, and anything orange
is vitamin C so it must all be good.
Hold your horses, you really need to consult
with what is right for you, and that's why I talked
about Beauty by Design today in this video.
I really think they're gonna be a great resource for this.
But do your homework, don't spend a lot of time
on it, it's not enough to stress about, but you do want
the products to be reputable, you want them
to be with a brand that you trust,
and you want it to go specifically to what matters
to you and your skin, your needs.
The issues you already have and the results you
want to see.
I love talking about all my favorite things
and favorite strategies, and favorite little skin tips
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Let's share what we learned today in a Tweetable,
"Facing it, always facing it, that's the way
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