So today I wanted to talk about the skincare routine I've been using for the past two years
pretty consistently. It's natural, it's minimal, it's pretty zero wastes and it's super good for my
skin. This is my skin without makeup. I try not to wear makeup anymore. I maybe wear it once a month.
Once every other month if i go to a very special thing or, if i do work or, I need it. But, apart
from that I don't wear makeup anymore. I like to say that I don't use any beauty products anymore,
instead I only use ingredients. So the three ingredients I use daily are, first vitamin E
oil. I use natural and pure vitamin E oil as a serum on my face and I use it every morning
and every night. I've been using vitamin E oil consistently every day probably for the past five
years I think. I absolutely love it. It is super thick and luxurious and I buy it in a glass bottle
because I like to avoid plastic. It is really nice to use as a serum because it's a bit thicker so I
like to pat it on my skin instead of- because you can't really smooth it out. And according
to folk wisdom it's also been used with healing scarring. So I like to use it for that too because
I do have scars on my face that I like to heal. So after my serum vitamin E oil I use a moisturizer.
And for moisturizer I use organic olive oil. I use extra virgin organic oil. I buy it either from the
grocery store or I buy it from my refill store. It's super nice to use these products for your
skin especially when you go traveling. Because when I go traveling I just go to the nearest
health food store in whatever city I'm visiting and then I just buy a bottle of olive oil.
I use that as moisturizer for my skin, for my hair and for my body. And I also use it as a cleanser.
So it's such a versatile product. It's quite cheap. In most places you can get it quite cheap,
especially if you don't buy it organic. I like to buy organic and extra virgin
olive oil to make sure I get the highest quality. I like to buy the glass bottle.
If I buy it in packaging then I really want it to be organic because I want to avoid any putting any
toxins on my skin. So using this as a moisturizer, I just put it in a pump bottle that I try to clean
monthly. So I try to disinfect it by boiling it monthly because it's a glass bottle. So one of the
issues of making your own skincare product or, not buying skincare products can be the hygienic and
the cleaning parts of it. So it's really important to keep everything super clean. So I make sure to
never have any like, bottles or anything I can put my hands in. And I always make sure to sanitize
them by boiling them. And I really want to know that you don't need any like disinfectants or
like chemicals to clean things. Boiling water is really effective at killing bacteria and that is
how you sterilize bottles and jars. It's a very effective way to sterilize the equipment or the
bottles you use for your skin care. And obviously this doesn't only go for natural skincare,
it also goes for conventional skincare. But I think it's worth mentioning an extra time when
you talk about natural skincare, because I think. I think this is a bit controversial, but I think
people are not very hygienic about their skin. And I think that's something I'll talk about later.
Which I think is really, really important. And the last ingredient I use for my skin
care routine is tea tree oil. I am very careful using essential oils. I don't use many of them.
I only use the ones that have been scientifically proven to work in peer-reviewed studies. Because
I don't have time to go through amounts and amounts of fake studies or real studies. I
look at nutritionfacts.org which is, according to me the best website to find information
like this. So the essential oils I would consider using, given the information I have,
is organic tea tree oil organic, sweet orange oil, and organic pine oil. However, I don't use
all these on my face. But I do use tea tree oil on my face. Sometimes tea tree oil I use extremely
sparsely. I use it if I ever have acne. I get acne spots the moment I'm stressed. So this week
I've been extremely stressed. I had a little bit of acne on my face. Like I had like, a few spots.
So I will use it on the spots. Um, sometimes I'll also, I'll mix it a bit with my olive oil. Just
to um, yeah if I feel like I need, my skin needs to clear up a little bit. I also like to mix in a
few drops of tea tree oil in my olive oil and use it for a scalp massage. Because with my blonde,
very fragile Scandinavian hair, I sometimes get a very dry scalp. And this, and I went to
a hairdresser once and they used tea tree oil in my hair. And it felt so nice and refreshing and
I use it, yeah. Sometimes I'm not as good at taking care of my hair as I am taking care of
my skin. So yeah, those are all the products I use or, ingredients that I like to use for my skincare
routine. For my beauty routine. I sometimes like to make like natural face masks. Like I don't
know, banana or, avocado or, oat face mask. But it gets quite messy. I'm not a big fan of mess
and it takes quite a lot of time. But if I'm super bored or if I have lots of time, that's something
I like to have fun with. My best tip for natural skincare is to look at Indian YouTube channels.
Even if they don't speak English. I've definitely spent a lot of time watching Indian women on
youtube and their natural beauty routines, because I think they have the best recipes for like
actually good and working natural face masks. So that's a bonus tip. I also wanted to mention
sunscreen. I don't consider sunscreen to be in my skincare routine but it is definitely in my daily
routine. Yes I use sunscreen on my face, every single day, every time I go out. Summer, winter,
all year round. I use SPF 30 if I can't find 30, I will buy 50. I always use zinc oxide sunscreen,
so the thing that makes your face completely white. Yes it's a bit embarrassing and it made me
feel a bit self-conscious in the beginning, going out with it. Because if you don't put makeup over
you will look like a ghost. Um, but this is pretty much the only sunscreen you can wear that is reef
safe, safe for our water and, safe for our skin and our health. So I highly suggest getting zinc
oxide sunscreen. I like to go to EWG to um, always to check any beauty products I'm going to use.
To make sure that they have a low number and that they are not toxic or, not have been proven to be
toxic to our health. So that is everything for my skincare routine. It's very simple.
I used to be super into skin care. I used to do like a full Korean uh, skincare routine. I've
lived in Japan and China so I've definitely been very interested in Asian skincare
and, like the many, many steps. And the very good taking care of your skin and, but I think
the most important thing now which I figured out and, the most important thing that kept my skin
this clear for this long; is apart from a healthy diet and no stress, is to only use natural
product. I no longer believe in things like purging your skin or, retinol or, salicylic acid.
I don't like to use anything that's harsh on my skin because I believe, I truly believe
that it's much more worthwhile to find a balance within your skin that will take maybe a bit longer
to achieve but, that is definitely possible. Our skin is just to some degree an extension of
our health. So if our skin is unhealthy there is maybe something that isn't right in your body. Or,
or maybe even more likely in your mind. I do get acne every time I'm stressed. I don't even have to
be a little bit stressed. The moment I'm stressed I will get acne. The day after I also get acne.
Sometimes before my period. Which is completely normal and it's not, it's something I really try
to remain calm about. Because our skin keeps changing and I think it's important to accept
your skin no matter what it looks like. I think that is the most important part about skincare.
Before I end this video, I really want to talk about the fact that skincare is one of the most
lucrative businesses in the world. It's valued at billions of dollars. Which is extreme revenue from
literally just selling toxic chemicals to mainly women. And I really want to mention this because I
don't think it's talked about enough. And I think that's one of the main reasons to switch over to
natural skincare regime. Is because you take back control over your health, over your finances and,
also over what you're using on your skin. There's so many things that are being sold to women
like everything from laser hair removal to micro-needling to, retinol to, all these really
harsh chemicals and lasers and treatments that we use on our face. And there's really no long-term
studies on this because they haven't been around for that long. So I would just really recommend
you and, I try to remind myself, to be really, really cautious using these products that promise
really amazing results. Because at the end of the day, no skincare products and no beauty
goal can be worth sacrificing our health. And also sacrificing the environment. It's important
to remember that every time you put toxic skincare or, toxic sunscreen or, toxic makeup on your skin
you will at some point wash it off and it will go in our waterways. So it will go straight into
nature. So that is my main motivation for using natural skincare. Even when I can also look
at things and be like "Oh, that looks so flash and fun and I want to use those ingredients or
those products." But, I remind myself that it's not worth. It also, it's not worth the money.
Personally, I feel like my skin has never looked better using just olive oil, vitamin e oil and tea
tree oil maybe once a month. And I really like my skin now. I really like not wearing makeup.
Such a nice feeling! It definitely has taken me like 20 years to get comfortable in my skin
and then also to get comfortable with like having see-through eyebrows, because I'm from Sweden. So
um, yeah my eyebrows are blonde and it's definitely something that has taken me a while
to really feel confident with. But it feels so much better to working on this and to be
an example, for example, for my little sister. That when she sees me, she sees me without makeup.
Instead, of always seeing me with makeup. Yeah, so that was a little rant at the end of my video and
that's everything I have to say about my skincare routine. If you have any questions leave them down
below. I have linked the products i use through Iherb. Because I buy them through Iherb because
that's the cheapest place I've found to buy them. Um, and I buy them their monthly and yeah. So
that's everything I use for my skincare routine. It's super minimal. It's extremely natural.
And if you want to try it I'd just suggest to start with olive oil from your grocery store and
you don't have to try any of the other products. The vitamin oil is a little bit more expensive
so just start with olive oil see how it goes and then you can get vitamin E oil if you want to,
but it's absolutely not necessary. Okay thank you so much for watching. I really liked making this
video. I love talking about these kinds of things and I'll see you next week with a new video. Bye.