- Good morning, good life everyone.
Welcome back to AmyTV, where we come together
to help you go after the life you want.
I recently asked you on my Instagram
what you wanted to know from me,
some ideas for videos that we could do here,
and one of the things I saw quite a bit of questions about
is how I take care of my skin.
You know I'm obsessed right?
So today I'm gonna share some things
including my skincare regimen
and other things I do to keep looking as fresh as possible.
(exhales)
Here's hoping.
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Something I might be a little bit more passionate about
than calendar blocking and productivity is my skincare.
It's so healthy it's kind of unhealthy.
Since I have a couple things that I do on a regular basis
to keep my fresh face forward,
I thought I would share them with you today.
Before we nerd out on some skincare,
you know what time it is.
I've got to share some Twitter gratitude.
And today I wanna shine a light on Kristen MacKenzie.
Kristen, thank you so much for watching these videos.
I acknowledge you, I appreciate you,
and I just love a good retweet,
and you did that for me, so thank you.
And if you would like a chance
for a little shout-out here on the show,
all you have to do is follow me on Twitter,
and retweet my latest video when it comes out. (claps)
Let's dive right in here.
I don't wanna waste any time.
When it comes to my skin, we've got the foundations.
You can't just go to some specialist
and be like, "Fix me up."
If you're not doing the things you need to do
on a daily basis to have the skin you want.
The life I want, the skin I want.
The skin I want has a lot to do with the life I want.
I am
really obsessed.
I have both a morning and evening skincare routine.
I've actually done a video about this in the past.
So I'm gonna kinda let that
explain the details of those things.
I will say this.
I think there were probably some questions
about the products that I bought,
and some other products that I might recommend
that might be a little bit more affordable.
Here is my personal recommendation
when it comes to skincare.
You want to spend your money
a little bit more on skin versus makeup.
Makeup you can save money.
Makeup is literally dirt that you're putting on your face.
Yes, they put all kinds of fancy things
and lotions and moisturizers
and youth crap in makeup to make it even better,
which is awesome, but, you're still
putting something on your face that clogs your pores.
You could save a little bit of money on the makeup side
if you really invest on the stuff
that is going to make the difference with your face.
You really wanna have a good cleanser, a toner,
an exfoliator, however you decide to do that,
moisturizer, moisturizer, moisturizer.
I definitely recommend a night cream,
which is more intense moisturizing at night,
and you must,
must wear eye cream, okay?
And you don't rub it in, okay?
If you don't want things to happen to your under-eyes,
you don't rub there, ever, ever, ever.
It's just a tap, it's a light tap, it's a light tap,
very little product, just a light tap.
And I do that twice a day.
I don't even know if you have to do eye cream twice a day.
I don't care, I do it twice a day.
Kind of to do with skincare regimen, kinda not,
kinda just periodic, kinda not,
kind of appointment basis, kinda not, is exfoliating.
I'm actually not a great
weekly exfoliator.
I use like the same cleanser all the time and whatever.
But when I know I need some exfoliation, which is basically
removing the dead skin cells from your face,
as much as you yourself can,
I tend to use pretty intense products for that.
So what I like is the Doctor Dennis Gross Peel Pads.
They have two different grades of those,
so you might wanna start light before you get crazy,
and I don't think you should use them every day,
although he does say you can use them every day,
they're safe enough.
You really don't need to use them every day.
But they're a great exfoliating opportunity there.
This is the most important thing that you will do.
This thing that I'm about to say right now.
Other than washing your face.
Please wash your face every single night.
Get the dirt off your face every single night at minimum.
Wash your face, moisturize, fine, but this,
during the day,
the most important thing you're gonna do, the most.
Sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen.
I'm wearing sunscreen, I got lights on me.
I've got a light on me when my computer's looking at me,
which I'm looking at, all the time.
I got sunscreen on
when I wake up at five o'clock in the morning.
I've got sunscreen on when I'm going out at night.
I have sunscreen on when it's snowing outside.
I have sunscreen on all the time.
The UV rays from the sun,
and the lights that are coming into our life
are absolutely affecting how your face is aging.
You've got to wear sunscreen.
And also, if you still are a tanning booth person,
we got problems, okay?
Stop it, just stop it.
I have a massive sunspot on my face.
I use a lot of makeup to cover it up,
and sometimes I am not successful,
and you've probably seen it.
You've probably seen it on my Instagram stories.
I have invested a lot of money at the dermatologist
to get this thing removed, and it's still there.
It is going to take a lot more to get it removed.
And very, very delicate work to get it removed.
All because I got a little bit too much sun
in my early 20s, okay?
So please stop, stop with the sun, okay?
'Cause you're gonna really regret it later.
I swear to you.
If you are in your early 20s right now, or younger,
and you're watching me for some reason, just please.
I did not wake up like this.
Sunscreen, okay?
Facials, facials, facials, facials are so important.
I know it's hard for people to get in
and get a facial on a regular basis.
If you go once a year, that's better than a lot of people.
But this is the opportunity for somebody
to extract the things and exfoliate the things
that you can't do with product on your own,
and in a good way, in a really big way.
I personally try to go every six weeks,
and that's because I get a,
kind of a special kind of facial now,
that I'm a little bit hooked on, which is weird.
I'll tell you that in a second.
But if you're at least going quarterly,
you're in really good shape.
If you're going on a regular basis,
and that's just completely up to you,
twice a year, once a year, then you're in pretty good shape.
But you've got to go see an aesthetician
to really take care of your skin
and not just bank on the fact that you
bought the right products at home
and everything's hunky-dory.
It's always good to get another opinion,
and have somebody really start you fresh.
I've always gotten microdermabrasion facials,
but they're not my favorite anymore
because I started to read about the fact that
you don't necessarily need
such
abrasive, it's not abrasive, it's not.
It actually felt great when I was doing it.
But you don't need such harsh exfoliation.
You can exfoliate in other ways.
So I just decided I didn't wanna do it anymore.
I don't wanna risk pulling at skin that I didn't need to.
But now I've decided that I love dermaplaning,
which essentially means I get my face shaved.
But it's so weird, because like that whole myth that
everybody tells you that your hair is gonna grow back
darker and weirder and curlier.
I don't know what they say.
It's not true.
And it's like the most amazing primer for makeup
that you could ever have, is dermaplaning.
Not recommended if you haven't been doing facials, okay?
I've been going getting facials for a while.
It doesn't freak me out
when somebody does extractions on my face,
and they're poking and prodding.
I know they're doing the right thing.
You might wanna start working your way
toward the dermaplane.
But if you frequently go get facials,
I would look into dermaplaning,
just to see if this is a really great opportunity
for you as well.
My makeup has gone on even more flawlessly
with all of the skincare I do,
and all of the care that I do,
but with the dermaplaning that I've been doing.
You do have to keep up with it obviously, but I love.
For my frequent flyers out there,
you really gotta work hard like me to take care of your skin
because as soon as you step foot on a plane,
they are just taking moisture away from your life.
You've gotta hydrate, you gotta drink a lot of water,
drink a lot of water, drink a lot of water.
That's just pretty much a tip for everyone,
but I left that one out
'cause I wasn't trying to be cheap on ya with this video.
But drink a lot of water when you're on planes specifically,
and then pull out your sheet masks.
You should've seen me on my flight to London.
I was like, "Thank you for the glass of champagne.
"Good night."
And I had already washed my face.
I put a sheet mask on, I put my eye mask on,
and I put my eye pads on.
So like little, sort of like eye de-puffer pads.
The whole thing on for my entire flight to London,
which was probably not wise.
You're supposed to take all these things off
after about 20, 30 minutes, but I didn't care.
I was, I want my face to suck up
any and all moisture possible,
and I'm gonna sleep while it's happening.
That's a little extreme, but I do think that sheet masks
and eye pads and all of those things, not iPads,
but like eye pads, that I can link to them below.
They're super helpful for that stuff,
and when you need some extra moisture,
especially when you travel,
or if you live in like a dry climate,
whatever the case may be.
You should totally incorporate that whenever you can.
I'm not as big of a paint on masker type of person.
Certainly wouldn't do that on a plane.
That would be really messy.
But even at home I'm not so much.
Not that I don't have them, I do.
I experiment with them every once in a while,
but I just love a sheet mask.
Put it on, take it off, done.
It absorbs, love it.
This is my sunshield.
This is what I take on vacation with me.
I was the talk of the town
when I went to Aruba with this thing.
This is so amazing for blocking additional sun.
So if you go on vacation
and you're really trying to take care of your skin,
you're hiding under the umbrella,
you're reapplying sunscreen,
and you just wanna go the extra mile,
Bluestone Sunshields.
They did gift this to me.
I totally forgot to mention that.
They gifted this to me.
But I am not just promoting them.
This saved my life in Aruba.
Because like I said, I was doing a lot of procedures
that I wanted to get sunspots removed,
so adding sun to my face was a really bad idea at the time,
so I needed extra measures to protect myself
while I was on vacation.
And this is phenomenal.
My husband was calling me a stormtrooper.
Maybe it looks like a welding mask.
I don't care.
I still have pristine skin.
I'm not burning it with the sun.
I can enjoy the beach and not get a suntan.
And finally, find a dermatologist that you trust.
It is so amazing to be able to go to a doctor
and nerd out about skin.
'Cause I'm like, "Oh my God, I feel like they get me."
And they have like the biggest degree ever in this.
I love it, I love asking her questions,
I love trying new things.
I love stepping it up a notch
if I feel like I need to be doing a little bit better,
and I love when someone tells me, "Take it down a notch Amy,
"you're doing too much."
All of the above has happened.
No matter what you do in your life,
no matter what life you want,
no matter if you make videos or not,
or post Instagram photos
or just wanna feel good about yourself,
you want to lead with your skin,
and not just plaster a bunch of stuff on your face
and cover it up.
You gotta be you, you gotta show you,
and taking care of your skin
is a great way to feel really positive about that.
These are what I do to make myself feel good about it,
and hopefully they're helpful for you as well.
If so, here's a little tweetable.
If you need confidence, optimism and ambition
to face the world for a lifetime,
start simply by washing your face.
I wanna hear from you.
What are your skincare tips?
Share them with me.
You know I nerd out over this.
I've said nerd out 8,000 times in this video
because it quite literally is the thing I nerd out on.
I'm way too passionate about this, can you tell?
Please share all your tips below.
That's all for today, thank you so much for tuning in.
I appreciate it as always.
Make sure you remember to subscribe for good vibes,
kiss the ones you love. (smacks kiss)
And go after the life you want.
Cheers.
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