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- Peace and blessings, family.
Andra Day here, I am gonna show you
what I do to get ready for bed.
(calm music)
Before I start this, I just wanna say,
to be quite honest with you, I actually really don't sleep.
I don't sleep much at all, so this isn't really
a like get ready to go to bed with me thing,
this is more like if you don't sleep,
here's how to look like you did, honey.
So the first thing we're gonna do
is wash our face, cleanse, I mean,
I'm not really doing a makeup removing thing here,
but I'll make up for it by doing a mask.
So I'm just gonna cleanse my skin.
I love this cleanser, this is called Organiclear.
This is actually my friend's line.
I didn't think I would like it, and I thought
once I tried it, I would just have to like avoid him
and be like, "Damn, I really don't like this,
"and it's gonna kill me to tell him."
But this cleanser is actually so, so, so, so good,
and I've put a lot of people onto it.
So we're gonna start by washing our visage, honey.
I just wet my hands first, and then lather it up.
You're supposed to be like gentle with your face
and around your eyes and all that stuff and whatever,
but like I'm just,
just do as I say, not as I do.
Bam, okay?
This cleanser's so great 'cause like I said,
it's organic, it's vegan.
All the ingredients in it are clean and non-toxic, so.
So the next step we're gonna do, and so I'm doing this
for you, I don't do this all the time,
this mask in particular, and it's just by The Body Shop.
It's called Himalayan Charcoal.
This thing is ridiculous, you exfoliate
as you put it on, so you scrub, you're like heating
up the face, it dries down, the clay sucks out
all of the toxins and it has a cooling effect as well too
that kinda like refines and tightens everything,
but here we go, you'll see.
Okay, this mask is actually messy as hell, honestly,
but it takes all the nasties away.
I'm using my hands because again,
you're trying to exfoliate as well.
So sometimes I just add a little extra in the areas
where I need a little extra pore cleansing and refining.
And I'm gonna leave that on til it dries down
and I can't wait, I'm gonna come back and show you guys,
I'm probably actually gonna keep this mask on
for like 30 minutes, but when I come back and it dries,
so you see how it starts to dry down like this,
but once it's completely dry, then you can actually
see it start to suck the oil out of your skin,
so I'll show you guys when I come back, love y'all.
Okay y'all, I'm back.
So the mask completely dried down
and as you can see around my nose,
like my T-zone area mainly, all of those little dots
are all the like oil and dirt that it's pulling
out of my skin, so I'm about to rinse this off
so you can see what my skin looks like
once I'm done with this mask.
(water runs)
Let's see what we're working with, let's see.
Boop, boop, boop.
And I'm gonna do one more cleansing step.
Plus I actually wanna introduce you guys,
in case you don't know about it already,
Donkey's Milk soap.
Mm-mm-mm, the fatty acids in Donkey's Milk
is so good for your skin.
Actually I got into it because I read
a story of Cleopatra, she used to bathe
in donkey's milk and I was like,
"Honey, that sounds luxurious, so I need to know what's up."
And I'm like an all-over lather type of person
so the whole like, just get your cheeks
and don't do your eyes, I don't know,
I just feel like this is faster, so.
Okay.
My towel has my mask all over it.
I have like my regular regimen, and then sometimes
it likes to be varied a little bit,
so this is like my full extensive regimen,
and one of the big parts for me is cleaning,
I have to cleanse and clarify my skin,
so I do even after doing those two different face washes
and that (laughs) that face mask,
detoxifying face mask, I still go in
with an astringent, and I just honestly,
some people might be like, "This is horrible,"
and if you know a better one, I don't know,
let me know but I've been using this for awhile,
and so I go in an upwards motion
and I just continue to purify.
I call this purifying, clarifying step.
I do my ears, too, and I do my neck.
And when you do your neck, well one thing
the dermatologist told me was not,
don't take this same pad and go back to your face.
So just do your neck.
Okay, next thing I'm gonna do is toner.
This is the La Mer, the Tonic, their toner.
I love their toner.
You know, a toner is, I know I hear toners refine your pores
and all that stuff all the time, and they do
and some do, but the real purpose of the toner
is actually to balance your skin's pH,
and I do think there is a little pore refining in it
if you can see, I think so.
So I do everything, honestly, when I do my skincare,
you guys, I do my face, my chin,
my ears, my neck, even the back of my neck
and my decolletage, am I saying that right?
(mumbles)
And even my breasteses, but I'm not gonna do that
on camera, obviously.
After that, even though I know I just did a toner,
so this product, this is called,
this line is called Solvaderm.
I just discovered this stuff like last year.
So this toner, I thought I was buying their toner
when I was buying this, and it wasn't until
I was using it for like two weeks
and I loved the effect on my skin.
I didn't see this until later, neck and chest,
I didn't know that's what it was for.
No, I did not stop using it on my face
because I loved what it was doing to my face.
So spread sistren around, I feel like I use
like just too much of everything, but it's okay, whatever.
You could be gentler on your skin,
but I'm just getting through this right now, okay?
Bam, you see what I'm saying?
There's something about this product,
I don't know what it is, I don't know what it is, y'all,
but it's something.
Okay, so next thing we're gonna move onto.
I use this, it's called The Mist.
It is the La Mer, I don't know, revitalizing spray,
it's soothing and it's revitalizing,
especially after I do that mask, you know,
the one that I'm doing kind of like an abrasion
and it's pulling toxins out of my skin,
so I just wanna kinda soothe and calm,
and then I also heard that your skin
receives moisture better when it's a little damp.
So this I kind of, this sort of sets me up
to put all of the moisture back into my skin
that I just kinda, you know, just kinda stripped out of it.
(bottle spritzes)
And then from there, I'll move on
to the La Mer Infused Lotion.
I'm obsessed with this product,
blend, blend, blend honey, blend, blend, blend
like your life depend on it.
So you're just putting your fingertips like that.
And it's kinda like an essence, maybe, I guess,
it's like, I feel like the closest thing I can
sort of compare it to.
And then the next thing we're gonna do is serum.
Sometimes I put the little eye patches on,
I'll just show you actually
so you can see.
Sometimes I put these Peter Thomas Roth detox,
Cucumber De-Tox Hydra-Gel Eye Patches.
These are some of the only eye patches
that I've seen that actually work for my under eyes,
'cause as you guys can see, I have, it's genetic honestly,
and I don't sleep very much so I have super,
super, super dark just under eyes and around my eyes.
So I just try to do some things to just brighten them,
part of that is hydrating, I forgot to mention that earlier,
drink your water.
So I'm just gonna go into my serum.
My serum situation is a little crazy.
I use this Prestige Cell, this Concentrated Serum.
I got this in Korea when we were in Seoul,
and I just remember messing with it in the store
and being like, me and my friend were like,
"Hold on, sis, is your skin getting better
"as I'm looking at you but it's too good to be true
"so you don't wanna acknowledge it?"
And she was like, "Yes," and I was,
"Bet, let's get all of them."
So I have this serum, I do use the Chanel Le Lift Serum.
I also use the Chanel Blue Antioxidant Serum.
I also use the Drops of Youth,
these have plant stem cells in them
from The Body Shop.
I use the La Mer Regenerating Serum,
the La Mer The Serum Essence,
and last but definitely not least,
I use the Bio Lifting Serum by Chantecaille.
So I know this sounds crazy and it is crazy,
and so all of these dermatologists and estheticians
are gonna be like, "Whoo, whoo, whoo!"
But it works for me and my skin looks really good
once I'm done using these, so like I said,
that's how it is, honey.
Okay, so the trick for me here is to just
a teeny little drop of all of these.
They all do something different,
they all do something different,
they all do something a little similar obviously
'cause they're all serums, but they all do something
a little different, and I've tried a bunch
of different serums and like put these together
and this is like a combination of serums
that is really, really good for my skin.
Okay, so this is what I basically look like
when I'm done, it's a mess.
I just mix all of that together.
You definitely don't want to do it in layers
but again, I'm not gonna, I'm not here to preach to you
about no skin, I'm just showing you what works
really well for my skin.
So if it works for you to put on all these other layers,
I don't know, do it.
Rub that in, I put that again on my neck
and my ears, and then I'll later on,
off camera I'll do that.
So next we're gonna move onto the eye creams.
So I'm gonna start actually with an eye serum.
This is just a sample honestly, 'cause I just like
had to pick up some things and they gave me this sample
of this eye serum.
I'm always trying stuff for my eyes
'cause again like I said, it's just like
darkness becomes you under there.
And my makeup artist was telling me,
you know, you gotta try an eye serum.
So I just looked at a couple of them
and then I got this free sample from them,
so I said, "Why not try it," and so far it's been okay,
you know, I don't know if I noticed
like a huge difference but it's been cool.
Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat.
A lot of eye creams and serums are really good
for like fine lines and wrinkles so anywhere
I have like fine lines or even deep lines,
I kinda place it there as well too,
just 'cause I'm extra.
Sha-blam.
Now this next product, see, I'm giving you guys
the fully Monty right now, but this La Mer,
the Eye and Expression Cream, so, so, so good.
I love this tool, I don't know how it stays so cool,
but I love this little tool that comes with it
so that you can actually buff out lines
and honestly, it's like my favorite, favorite eye cream.
I just kinda go out like this.
This is suggested in the manual.
Okay, so we just did our eye care,
and then since it's nighttime,
I'm gonna go in with one of my favorite products.
It is, yes, you guessed it, another La Mer product,
but she's so good to me.
This is the Concentrated Night Balm.
Yummy, just yummy.
So I'm gonna go in here, this is what she looks like.
Hey, and I warm it up in my hands a little bit.
Move and press, and move and press,
and it feels so good, oh my god,
my skin feels so moisturized,
I feel like my skin's like thank you, yay!
And I'm like, "Anything for you, baby!"
Everything, once I do all the clarifying
and all the cleansing, the balancing,
the refining, you know, everything is to put moisture
back into your skin, so just as much as you take out,
you need to put even more into your skin,
so the next thing that I would do,
I don't know if I should do this,
but this is another mask, and it's only like
a 10-minute mask, it's a La Mer,
The Intensive Revitalizing Mask.
And you just liberally put this all over your face
and you let it soak in for 10 minutes
and then you just tissue the excess off and work it in,
and it all depends on the condition of my skin.
For tonight, I'm gonna put my moisturizing combination on.
But the other thing I do sometimes depending on
how my skin feels is I'll do, I'll put
the Saffron Face Oil.
Saffron and turmeric are like the best spices
in the world for your skin.
Saffron's like the most expensive spice in the world,
so this is just a really, really great face oil.
Just make sure you get it from the right place
'cause some of them have different ingredients in them,
so you wanna make sure they're natural, they're organic.
But for tonight, I'm gonna do my moisturizing,
'cause this is kinda like my regular moisturizing routine.
I do this in the daytime as well too,
and then in the daytime I'll add an SPF over it,
but I'll show you what SPF that is
'cause it is like my hero, hero product.
I've been using it for years and it really helped
to fix my skin.
I have multiple moisturizers that I mixed together,
so again, still the same thing,
it has to go on as one layer, but I do mix
three different moisturizers.
So I use the Chanel Hydra Beauty Creme.
I just use a touch of that.
I use that same brand from Korea,
their moisturizer is amazing.
Prestige Cell Concentrated Cream,
I use a little bit of that, and then I also use
a little bit of the La Mer,
the Creme De La Mer, La Mer moisturizing cream.
And I've tried a bunch of different moisturizers
and these, this combination of these
really, really works great, great, great for my skin,
and the very last step in it,
what I do is usually just put one drop
of Sea Buckthorn Oil.
Sea Buckthorn Oil's so great for protecting your skin,
it's very, very rich in omega sevens and omega three,
but omega sevens are much more elusive,
and so it's a really great thing internally and externally,
so I actually put this in shakes in the morning
as well, too.
So I'm gonna get a little dash of this,
a little dash of that,
we in here cooking.
And so we're gonna massage in and press up
but also press into the skin, or,
well you could do whatever you wanna do
but this is what I do.
Uh oh, she lookin' like she got some hours,
did she get some hours?
Hold on, did you?
How many hours of sleep you get?
Pat, pat, pat, up, up, up, up.
Wunderbar.
Damn, I forgot to put my Sea Buckthorn Oil on.
So I'm just gonna have to do that separately.
(laughs)
Mix those together.
Oh, oh, she looks like an orange, everybody.
Welcome to Pride Rock, my name is Simba.
(laughs)
Perfect.
Okay, so the very last step
is honestly pure, organic vitamin E oil.
I found this works amazing,
not just for those breakout things,
but also for like different fine lines,
so I have like deeper lines on my head
and so sometimes I'll just rub those,
just a little bit of this on at night.
And the other thing for scarring,
which obviously I have here
and like here where, I used to get acne
so, so, so bad, so I have like,
and like really cystic acne so I have like
kinda deep scars.
But there's really nothing better
for your scars than silicone.
So I have this Pro-Sil Silicone Stick for scars.
I actually have noticed a big difference in my scars
with this little stick.
And then, just do like a touch of vitamin E.
And plop that on.
Just over any, wherever any lines might find their way.
And then we're gonna move onto lips.
(kisses)
Oh, also, so Sea Buckthorn Oil is just really great
for like getting rid of lines and any wrinkles
and just, and so I do actually just like a touch of it
on my lips, too.
I do just a teeny bit of it on my lips.
I put this on first,
and then, so Genetix is what it's called,
Activated Lip Lift, it's hyaluronic acid and vitamin C.
So the ingredients in it are almond oil,
grapeseed oil, rose hip oil, hyaluronic acid,
vitamin C, vitamin E, CoQ10, rose essential oil,
peppermint essential oil, all of it's organic
but the key, key, key ingredient
in this, honey, is Zhi Mu oil.
Get into it if you don't know about Zhi Mu oil.
So this I was on set actually and my hairstylist, Tony,
shout-out Tony Levine, I love you, was like,
"Andra, did you get your lips done?"
I was like, "No."
And he was like, "You can tell me the truth."
Well he was not believing me at all.
But then I realized, I said, "Oh,"
and so I told him about this lip treatment
that I do at night and so it's so good
for plumping and it smooths your lips
and just makes them look so great and moisturized,
so that and the very last thing I put on there
is this, I don't know how to say that name,
and I feel like I shouldn't try and butcher it, Laneige,
Leneige, (mumbles) lingerie.
Sleeping Care, this is a lip sleeping mask.
This flavor is like sweet candy
but they have a couple other ones,
so I just take a little bit of this
and I just put it on over everything.
I'm kinda generous with this,
just 'cause I kinda treat it more as like a mask.
Boom, boom, boom, pow.
Yeah, anyway, that is what, oh, wait, wait, wait.
We have one last step.
So, the very, very last step to my skincare regimen
is this little drink, because as most of you
already know, good skincare starts from the inside out.
So you wanna hydrate, you wanna put good things
in your body, so this is called Taut.
A collagen-replenishing formula with grapeseed extract,
as you probably just read on the label like I did.
This is a great collagen drink
and you just take one every night
before you go to bed.
The other thing is you guys, if you are taking collagen,
powdered form, liquid form, whatever,
which by the way, a powdered form, a liquid form
of collagen breaks down better than supplements
so you always wanna go for that.
If you are taking these, the collagen,
please make sure you're actually taking zinc as well too,
so zinc is actually what helps to sort of
help collagen to do what it needs to do in your body
and do all those amazing, wonderful things.
So yes, bottoms up.
I think the best way I could describe the flavor of this
is like orange and papaya.
The very last thing I always do,
especially because I have braids in my hair,
and as all y'all know, if you have any type of braids
or twist styles or anything like that,
you gotta take care of it.
So I clarify my scalp with like
an apple cider vinegar root rinse,
and then I go in with this essential oil blend here
from Stacey Merriman.
This is amazing 'cause one of the ingredients in it
is peppermint oil, so peppermint oil is actually
the best oil really for hair growth,
one of the best oils for hair growth,
but the other thing about peppermint oil
is that it is antibacterial and so it just keeps
any bacteria buildup or anything,
so it keeps your scalp very, very clean.
So I just kinda put that all over
with a little dropper.
Oh my god, this feels so good.
So the reason you do a scalp massage you guys,
obviously most of you probably know
is just because it promotes blood circulation
and blood circulation promotes hair growth.
So we are done with that.
And then I have one last step
that you all will recognize, okay?
Bam, so this is the final step
in my go to bed with me.
You know, these oversized bonnets are actually
so good, you know, this is a satin bonnet.
You know, you wanna protect your hair,
protect your crown, honey.
And Grace Delay has these great oversized satin bonnets
that fit all my twists and fit all my braids
so I can sleep comfortably and my hair is up and protected.
Thank you so much for joining me.
As you can see, I haven't slept, but what does it look like?
Is she glowing?
She's glowing.
This is my nighttime skincare routine.
Thank you guys for joining me,
and let's go to sleep.
Mwah, love y'all, thank y'all, peace.
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