- My skin is shook. (laughs)
- That Mr. Krabs meme, that's your skin right now.
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My skincare routine is not a routine at all.
- My current skin routine is like 30 seconds.
- I only wash my face like once a day.
I don't wash it in the morning, I only wash it at night.
Which is probably gross, no, it's fine, right?
- Some people recommend that I wash my face
before I go to bed and it makes sense that I should,
but I don't because it's just, it seems like a lot.
- I know that Korean cosmetics are like the thing.
I like to imagine it's like Hocus Pocus,
breathing in the essence of children
and then like taking the years back.
- My name is Sue, I'm from Ohlolly.com.
Ohlolly sells curated Korean skincare products.
A widely-known K-beauty skincare routine
involves multiple steps, up to 10 or sometimes more.
For a 10-step routine, it feels like it could really work
and transform your skin and I think it has done that
for some people which is why it's so popular.
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- Okay. - Okay, ready?
Three, two, one.
(gasps) Ooooh!
I like it, it's a whole little setup.
Oh my God, there's like several pieces.
- A little, this looks time-consuming.
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- First, you want to cleanse your skin in two steps.
You would want to use an oil-based cleanser first
to get rid of any makeup, sunscreen, and daily grime.
- Ha, it's called What Happened Last Night?
How appropriate for you. - Ah!
This is me.
This is the one you use on Sundays. (laughs)
- This is right before you go to church.
You're like, woo, gonna need the holy water.
Oh, it smells like lavender.
I feel like I want to use this at night.
Like I wanna, when you get home from a long night out
on Saturday and you made out with like three or four guys.
(electronic tone)
- [Sue] And then you move on to the second cleanser
which is a water-based cleanser.
You just get rid of whatever is left.
- I really went in with the message
'cause it feels really good.
This is gonna get in my shirt for sure.
- Put your face in, I really just think go.
- Can you grab my little things that are hanging
and put 'em in the back? - Oh, it's like
holding your hair when you vomit.
Okay, okay, one, go, one, two, three.
I do feel like I look younger already.
Tell me I'm pretty.
- [Sue] Exfoliators remove a layer of dead skin cells
so that the products that you'll put afterwards
can do its job much better.
- My thing with this sheet is that
it says it's removing dead cells from my face--
- But it doesn't feel like it. - Yeah!
I need like-- - I want my exfoliant
to like drag me for filth. - Mm hm.
- [Sue] What toners do is it resets your skin's pH balance
and it preps your skin for the next steps to follow.
- One, two, three. - One, two, three.
(both laughing)
- Did it get you? - No.
- I feel like, looking at my skin, it looks fresh, no?
- (laughs) I mean, sure.
- You need to rub it in, you aren't supposed to just spray,
you're supposed to spray it and rub it in, yeah.
- Oh, I look like I was sweating.
- You do. - Sorry, I didn't know.
- [Sue] Essences, they usually come in a really thin liquid.
It hydrates, it repairs.
- Snail secretions, filtrated. - Ah!
This is cool. - These are like,
like snails that live in a spa.
They probably live better than us.
(cash register bell ringing)
Sometimes my nose gets dry
and I feel like it's helping out a lot.
- [Sue] Serums also go and treat your skin
and also hyper-target your very own skin concern.
- I think you've gotta, and then fly into it.
- Oh. - Mm hm.
(Ryann laughing)
- [Sue] Sheet masks are the quintessential K-beauty item.
We say to sheet mask at least once a week.
- I'm excited about this because this is very popular
on Instagram amongst my female friends.
- That #selfcare. - Yeah.
- But this screams I love me. - Mm hm.
This is very, like, if you want to go incognito.
- She doesn't even go here!
- Oh she goes here, but she's keepin' her face moisturized.
- I meditate when I do this normally.
Universe, please bring me abundance and love.
Please let none of these things prosper against me
that are trying to bring me down.
I welcome in positive energy and release negative vibes.
(electronic tone)
- [Sue] Eye cream is a moisturizer
specifically made for your eye area.
- I don't know what this is yet, but recollagen, yes!
- It's all about collagen, Patsy.
- Ah! - Why did you get that
in your eye? - I don't know!
- Baby pat. - What does that do?
What is it, like pushing it in my big pores?
- Pushing it into your huge pores.
You're packing this big nose. (Fernando laughing)
- No problem for me, baby. - Yeah,
your pores are like thank you, more.
Thank you, may I have another? (Fernando laughing)
- [Sue] So, moisturizer goes on to seal in
all the stuff that you put on previously.
- I like that this collagen I can put
all over my face though because I also notice
that, right here, I have a wrinkle.
Did you ever notice? - No.
- Yeah. - I don't get wrinkles.
- It's big. - Light don't crack, yo.
- [Sue] Sunscreen is nonnegotiable, it is number one.
- I feel like all of these things will hydrate and whatnot
but the sunblock will protect you from cancer.
I feel like Lady Gaga in Artpop.
- Buy Artpop on iTunes. (electronic tone)
I think it would be a fun challenge, a fun experiment.
Ah, this would be nice to do and relax,
some unwinding time, read a book while I do it.
♪ I feel pretty, oh so pretty ♪
♪ I feel pretty and witty and gay ♪
I don't know what I'm doing.
But I think I look good.
I feel like I was just meant to do these type of things.
While I do this, I'm actually going to meditate.
Mmm, mmm, mm.
- [Man] A few deep breaths, breathing in through the nose.
And out through the mouth.
- (Bleep), I'm freaking out.
I am so late to work.
I'm definitely not doing this right this morning.
And you're gonna let it dry (blows).
Oh (bleep), I woke up late, aaah.
- Just a little progress report.
I have a pimple right here
and I wonder if these creams and stuff
will make it go away by the end of the week.
Everywhere else, my skin feels so much softer
and that's really nice and my beard actually
has also felt like it's been staying in control
a lot more than it usually does.
- What I'm doing to make this work for my time
is I do three of the products before I shower
and then I do another five of 'em after I shower
and then I think my face looks fine.
- You would think that by now I would know
this routine by heart, but I don't.
♪ Get a little snail goo ♪
♪ Snail goo, yeah ♪
- I don't know why, but seeing nasty
(bleep) on these wipes is satisfying.
Ooh, behind my ear.
Okay, see, once you're doing this it's not that bad.
- We're almost done, my skin does feel great
and that pimple I had is gone.
So I'm gonna meditate really quick
and then finish out the week strong.
I think my week went really good.
I liked doing it, it felt very
like I'm taking care of my skin.
- That's good. - Ha!
- I do see the difference on my skin.
It feels more soft and I like that.
I just don't really like the time commitment.
- We think it's actually not necessary
to do all of the 10=plus steps
to take good care of your skin.
You can really just do it in five
and get on with your life.
- This is not like a day-to-day thing, I don't think.
- No, I think it is definitely
something that is special self care.
If you need an excuse to be late to work,
you can be like, I'm sorry, I can't come in.
What did you want me to do? - Want me to wake up early?
I'm thinking they would call HR.
- I feel like I need a meeting.
I'm triggered, I should go home right now.
- Then they'll be like oh no, please do your routine.
- And then you're good to go.
(both scream and laugh)
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