💕 NEW & Updated Skincare Routine for Oily, Combination & Dry Skin Types!
hi guys welcome back to beauty within it’s your two hosts rowena and felicia and today we’re going to be running through our current and kind of updated skincare routine as you guys know we try a lot of products but when we’re at home when we need our go-to these are kind of the ones that we’re reaching for yes and as always this series will be fully unsponsored so rest assured these are our favorite products that we keep going back to there’s a lot of tried and true favorites that you guys will see some products may be repetitive or they may be in recent videos but it just goes to show that after we tried it we just kept coming back to it and kept using it because they are that good yeah in the transitional seasons our skin does go through different changes and we’ll reflect back on the ones that we’ve used for a really long time and why but also with the newer editions what we like about them so without further ado let’s just get into our updated routine starting with fell your cleanser so this one is actually a newer edition this is the one that we both tried as the tatcha the rice wash and i think why i love this one now is because when it’s cold outside and you feel very dry and crusty you just want this like velvety blanket to kind of hug your skin at the end of a rough day or a cold day where your face has like got a beating i think it was after when i rode home on the city bike my face was like plastered just with like oh my god it’s so cold oh god and this consistency is like no other yeah it’s like literally this plush cloud oh my gosh and then when you kind of emulsify it becomes even more of this soft cloud and in the formulation there’s the okinawa algae which as we know is a great humectant that draws in moisture but as well as that it instills moisture and it’s got a very subtle rice exfoliating quality it’s the rice powder but i just love the kind of like milkiness of it it is very luxurious the most luxurious of all the rice washes i’ve used it does say that this is for normal to dry skin but i think with cleansers you can like most skin types can get away with using cleansers because it is a wash off and it is very nourishing yeah and hydrating i think that’s why it’s for normal to dry but i realized this wash for me actually it sensitizes my skin always turns a bit more red a little reddened yeah and one interesting thing that i also realized is out of all their products this is probably the strongest scented like do you remember when you use it like the smells like japan if you think of japan it smells like japan yes this concoction of just like rice seawater and all the chocolate blossoms yeah in the springtime so there’s that what are you using i’ve been using the netoyant purifient that client totally butchered that clarifying cleanser daily detox treatment that was i think the french version is that what would that mean francais purifying cleanser oh from tata harper this texture is amazing it looks like a gel but when you work it into your skin it turns into like a beautiful luxurious oil ooh like the texture you’re talking about like the hugging your skin this hugs your skin yeah and the oil base of this is sunflower seed oil there’s also grapefruit oil and we know that anything oil based can help unclog all that is congested and popping on your face there’s also calon clay as well as another type of clay in here that helps absorb even more of the impurities right i think you can kind of see it when you squeeze it out at first tata harper is known for having a lot of really cool extracts like broccoli extract and there’s just a bunch of plant-based superfoods in here i guess yes it truly is like farm to face yes there’s also papin which is a natural enzyme that’s kind of like ahas yes this is papin so it gently exfoliates your skin and there’s also willow bark extract which is a natural bha wait so is this can you use it like as an oil cleansing that is a breakdown makeup i actually haven’t tried because i usually like using a bomb for that now you’ve gotten me to start using bombs but i like using this at night if i have just sunscreen on or maybe even in the morning just as like a gel to oil cleanser without even putting water there and then emulsifying it with water and then washing everything off it’s very gentle but it’s got everything yeah oil clay h-a-b-h-a so that’s interesting because it went on kind of like looking milky yeah and then you work it in and it’s oily and then you spread it on it becomes like an oil yeah and they have a very unique scent that is similar across all their products it’s very like florally herbaceous i love it so i feel like especially because you know there’s less humidity in the air now it’s getting a little cooler i find comfort in hydrating products especially you know following on my love for spritz toners there’s another one that we recently discovered and this is from wamisa which is also one of those korean brands that aren’t talked about a lot but they have a lot of really great simple and like natural in that it’s all kind of plant-based too and this is their organic flowers damask rose petal mist first of all you can’t help but compare it to the fresh rose toner right because there’s literally rose petals in it and it’s also beautiful so comparing the two the fresh rose is very hydrating and it’s got a little bit more goop to that toner there’s like three types of rose oil essence extract water so this one i feel like in terms of the the way it feels um is a little bit different because it’s more lightweight but the cool thing about this is don’t be fooled by the fact that it’s just damask rose that you see there’s also a plethora of different flower extracts including chrysanthemum which you know is like a very soothing calming it’s also got lotus flower which is an antioxidant and it’s also got dandelion which gives the skin vitamin a c and e naturally but like when you apply it oh my gosh it’s it’s like yes it’s like being at a spa almost oh this is a great mist right it’s very even yeah and all of wamisas products they’re known for their fermentation of ingredients and what’s cool about this one as well is that it’s got a little bit of natto gum whoa yes so in that water cream that we really love they also have no gum but you don’t feel it so what i do is like spray press it on give it 10 seconds spray another one press it on again and it’s like it really is self-care i just imagine you riding home on a bike with it being so cold getting like whiplash and then your skin barriers are like sad yeah it’s clicking and then you start like the rice swash ah this is great and then you spritz your rose it’s like ah i’m in a flower field i need to make like you know those really dramatic slo-mo movies when you’re just writing no but that’s actually reality guys especially when it’s cold but yeah this is so awesome and i think probably one of the closest dupes to the fresh are you using a toner two two ding i think i’ve talked about both of this before i’ll just start with this one this is from round lab and i love using this in the mornings when i don’t want to wash my face i think it’s a multi-functioning toner kind of like the sun and puck beauty yeah and so i would say this is at night this is most mornings now because you know how sometimes in summer when it’s really hot and humid at night and you wake up in the morning you’re like oil yeah in the winter time right now that it’s getting a lot cooler yeah and i’m more cold yeah and then i use something like this at night the creams that we’ll talk about i still wake up feeling like plump so instead of feeling like i need to wash off a layer of film on my face i’ll just go in with the cotton pad and something like this and then the rest of my routine yeah so in here there’s only 16 ingredients which i think is what makes it so soothing and hydrating and great for people with you know over exfoliated or compromised skin barriers or even just like as a refreshing toner in the morning to just wipe everything off there’s sugar cane which we know is very hydrating and has anti-inflammatory properties there’s also sea water and like the deep sea water cream in the puritan my favorite p reader mimics the water hydration yeah and isn’t it interesting glycolic acid is actually derived from sugarcane but it’s not glycolic acid when it’s formulated in here so aren’t interesting mucho interesting okay so then you follow on with the toner that you’ve talked to death about by now and you guys know more pacific single vintage vintage single essence extract eggplant we got some combination of those words there’s only six ingredients in here there’s fermented green tea it’s so nourishing it’s so hydrating and we just made a video talking about how green tea can help with balancing your sebum yeah because of the tannins yes in green tea amazing amazing so therefore it can help with your pores as well yeah so after you spritz a flower bed on your face what is next the tantalizing flower bed then i’ll go into okay so like i’ll use these kind of depending on mood because they both essentially do the same thing inject hydration but this one i love layering because it’s just a hundred percent mug wood essence this is from i’m from and it’s got one ingredient which is that and so when i layer this on on top of this i do maybe like two or three layers and it doesn’t leave it sticky it doesn’t leave it tacky it’s just pure like hydration for calming and soothing which is everything that we need right mugwort’s an overall superstar ingredient very similar to sentella where it’s super soothing and great for people with inflamed like angry skin yeah it’ll just yes come with your farm yeah you’re okay and some people even say mugwort is like the love child between vitamin c and tea tree because it’s a really great antioxidant naturally derived and it can also help kill off bacteria that’s on the skin without you know using a chemical exfoliant to do it which might cause irritation it’s kind of like this they work in similar weight yeah yeah so that is mine what about your serums theorems let’s go with the hyaluronic first this is glow recipes plump i was going to read plump plump it’s plump plum plump hyaluronic serum very hydrating so glowy yeah it makes your skin so dewy like never before okay i’m exaggerating so good it is it’s like a water jelly it is and then you work it into your skin and it kind of stays in the same consistency and makes your face look as plump and jelly as it is yeah it really is that kind of glass skin finish because some serums when we put it on it like goes on like a jelly and then it just dissipates that water bursting effect but this one glides on for a bit and leaves it radiant yeah yeah so in here there’s four different types of plums there’s the kakadu plum and another three types of plums of course there’s hyaluronic acid there’s different molecular weight and there’s also niacinamide so i think that’s what helps with the glass skin appeal and look yeah and as we talked about with alicia in our interview with her she talks about how hydrating your skin can actually help with things like hyperpigmentation yes and just like a slew of all the other like skin care issues we may have and the same thing with you and your like pih for me it’s the freckling and the sunspots and when we first started i can just take a winter to lighten my freckles yeah they never would like really fully go away yeah but now it’s like even taking a winter no matter what product i use yeah just there yeah and like i think for you it’s about like maintaining it right because like freckles will never go away and i don’t think that’s the point but it’s about like in the summers they get enlarged and they go darker yeah until i found this so this is naturium’s mandelic topical acid 12 percent there’s also niacinamide and bunch of natural fruit extracts in there when i first started using this i just didn’t really have any high expectations as with most products that i’ve been trying these days with my freckling but after consistently using this for a month it has gotten lighter but then one day of not protecting your skin properly can just undoes everything yes yeah but i will say mandelic acid has been great for my freckles love it love it yeah seriously you guys should check out our recent video on ajbha pha and everything to do with that because mandelic acid in that is great for sensitive skin it does everything that like a glycolic would do without the harsh irritation that it could bring but it also comes down to formulation yeah and i think what they did with this mandelic acid was like so lovely stellar what about you serum now that you mention your serums i haven’t even been using syrup it’s just been full on like watery toners and essences and then i just go into a moisturizer amazing yeah so this is the moisturizer that i don’t use for a large chunk of the summer months because it is so silky and nourishing that in the summers i’m just like i don’t need it but whenever it gets slightly colder i find myself like coming back to it and it’s because the texture is just so like do you remember oh yes i do i can’t even describe it it’s not a lotion it just glides like silky milky over the skin so this one is from i didn’t even mention the brand i was like excited this is a tem and this is their super cream and although it says it’s like age defying age defying doesn’t mean it’s only for old people it just means that it’s great for nourishing the skin because as we age we get more dehydrated right also in the winter months we get more dehydrated so something like this is great and it’s got peptide complex it’s great for sensitive skin and it’s also got a milk protein which is full of amino acids and both the peptides and the amino acids are solely what helps to build the skin barrier to make sure the skin cells are like this rather than like this your skin looks so nice it’s just oily no it looks so nice oh like it looks so plump and even yeah i’m not going to say that it’s due to one product it’s not but it really is injecting hydration and then sealing it yes i love it i also mentioned this in my previous oily skincare routine like maybe a year ago so you can tell that when it comes to winter i always come back to this one and susan the founder of this brand is our dear friend they have a great cream and milk protein isn’t even something that i’ve ever seen in oh yeah any product yes yeah so that’s really exciting wow so i see you have three moisturizers so there’s three because i’ve just been rotating between these three the past few weeks and i couldn’t pick i really couldn’t pick but they’re kind of all similar but not but not not okay i don’t even know where to start okay actually let’s start with this one because this is going to be the quickest one this is make pram’s safe me relief moisture cream there’s only 12 ingredients it’s i believe an updated version of the microtension cream that they’ve since discontinued i would say this is actually better than the micro tension cream yeah like this might be a little creamier but it still has that subtle watery water cream effect yeah and it’s at least missing glowing and in the previous video where we compared the two side by side our editor was like ro this actually looks so much better on your skin and it’s true and it feels really great yeah it’s kind of like a firmer version of this yeah you know how it’s like it’s not thick and whipped kind of like the lala retro yeah it’s like silky you know when you see a moisturizer and it’s shiny yeah oh my gosh it’s so great it’s like so in here there’s squalane there’s glycerin there’s raspberry extract that’s high in antioxidants and this is also formulated at a ph of 5.
5 which is like the perfect it’s like the porridge that’s just right yes for our skin barrier yeah it just means the acidity level is like at the optimum so that it’s not irritated it’s not too dry and it’s skin like yeah and then the other two that we’ll also talk about this one you just talked about this one yeah in the recent video oh my god the clinique moisture surge intense cream the 7 to 2 hour lipid replenishing hydrator i buy into that like it is correct it’s like i don’t even know how to describe i think it was a surprise to both of us yeah because i grew up using clinique because my mom would have the yellow one the very classic yellow one that also kind of smells like this but when i tried this you know how my gauge as like dry skin is if you put a moisturizer on at night that’s super creamy and thick and nourishing and great how does your skin feel when you wake up if it feels the same then it’s amazing if it’s like a little bit dry or you feel like dehydrator or if you like a raisin then that’s like okay it’s not as great as it claims this one is great yes so in here you can find ingredients that are very common like squalane vitamin e that’s all very nourishing there’s also cintella which is something that i didn’t we both didn’t really expect from clinique yeah just amazing it’s been a while since we’ve tried these kind of like the they were the big giants yeah like clarins clinique you know they’ve been around of our like mom’s time but i think what they did with this baby is like so amazing it is amazing that’s why now in the morning all i need to do is just wipe my face with this or just wipe my face with water yeah yeah because it’s still so nourished when i wake up and the application is so enjoyable it is it’s just like glass oh my god it’s so nice it’s so great and then we have the 107 everyday pump hydro cream so 107 is a brand we actually talked about way back when beauty within started they had the essence yeah in the um skin care kit that we got from costco that looked very different from what they rebranded everything to and i would say they did a phenomenal job with the rebranding yeah and 107 is known for their seven years aged vinegar that’s great to ingest but also that they put in their skincare products that just gives you the most glowing skin of all time wait i haven’t even like dug into this oh my goodness my goodness you’re missing out oh okay so this is like probably the more lightweight one of all it’s lighter weight for sure but it’s still so hydrating so nourishing and it gives you a glow but i will say that out of all three moisturizers this one’s probably the shiniest in terms of the ingredients in here so with the seven aged vinegar it’s a blend of three different types of rice as well as a lot of asian herbs and then through the seven year fermentation process it brings out like potent dosages of amino acids postbiotic malic acid and like a few other things i just can’t remember off the top of my head and there’s also a bunch of like fruit extracts in here like peach there’s also rose domesque water i believe and sunflower seed oil that’s naturally high in vitamin a d and e who would have known in such a little simply thing yes yeah gotta love our moisturizers in the winter it’s not even winter yet but it’s like basically we’re getting there so my kind of last once i’ve actually been using an eye cream purely for the sake of self-care so oh it’s oily from the moisturizer oh my goodness okay so if you guys have been watching along following along i love the fresh black tea line more than life itself sometimes you know there’s the kombucha black rice gold clay yeah essence but this is their firming eye serum i do love the cream which is more of that thicker consistency you know eye creams we don’t talk about a lot because they’re not really going to help with dark eye circles that’s just a tall claim you know marketing what’s really going to help dark circles is internal hydration drink water and sleep and fix your diet but as the weather gets colder as we age we also lose hydration under the eye and sometimes you just want a little bit of self-care you know so i’ve been toggling between the serum because it is more lightweight so if you have what are you loving it’s like that bike ride home has done it done a lot to you to be able to bust out the eye cream i’m withered i’m weary that bike ride has changed my life for the worse but alas we have found an eye cream but if you guys like for you if you get millia around here and you don’t want a cream that sits a little too heavy then this serum is like a gel so i go obviously under here you don’t actually need to pat it too far up because it will kind of just spread naturally and then anything left over i can really just put over the entire yeah and then even on my forehead and then we have lip care because lip care is probably the most important in winter it is oh my god it is so many days my skin wakes up so beautiful and my lips are just like like like where did they go [Laughter] this one is from made sarah cream it’s like the main sour cream that we have that we love the oh the pink one pink one yes this one is very similar there’s mata castle side in here of course it’s made sarah and then sarah is for the ceramide so this is if you imagine your face and skin barrier and all the things that it needs i think there’s skin berries on our lips too dude it’s so important because i don’t think people realize but your skin on the lip is the thinnest everywhere that’s why it flakes away in the winter because it’s literally dying it’s like and like the reason why our lips are red is because you can see the blood vessels underneath which just means that the skin is indeed very thin so you got to like look after that beard so what’s the purple one and what’s the pink one so purple is the original this is just as you guys can see that’s the same as your vest i’m just gonna wear it around my neck like a little necklace like a vial yeah that’s how important it is for her no it is actually so important for me if i don’t moisturize before i go to bed i wake up like how it just looks like like spongebob and patrick when they’re out of the water for too long and they’re drying in the spongebob movie damn and then you have the number two which is the magic pink this also looks clear but with heat it changes colors ah love that oh beautiful i’m always curious how they design the color changing i remember the first lipstick that i ever got that did that color changing thing was from a brand called lipstick queen and it was like green when it came out of the tube and went on like beautifully flush i was like what is this actual sorcery and then the this color i think it’s very similar to like the dior they also have one like this i think there’s a lot of high-end brands that have something like this the my lip but better so this is very similar to that and it just accentuates your natural colors yeah what do you have so i have this one it’s a newbie to the lip family you guys might know i just love using the fresh the caramel lip thing in the pot um they came out with like a bunch of other flavors and stuff which are just great because the consistency is amazing anyway so i’ve been using this honeydew lip mask and i think the most exciting thing is that it was honeydew you know it’s a very like asian fruit that you really don’t see anywhere apart from bubble tea like honeydew flavor little fun fact i used to work in a booba tea shop and honeydew milk tea was one of my favorites and it smells like it it’s like sweet um but yeah it’s kind of like a lip mask honestly i don’t need this much nourishment i almost use it as a lip gloss yeah because i’m not like you where i come up shriveled so as well as the honeydew it’s also got honey and avocado oil as well as squalane all of them is like very nourishing but it’s also got a little bit of lactic acid that gently helps to exfoliate your lips without irritating it and lactic acid was something that i was very like peaked about because it makes sense you know then i met you does skin care yeah so lip care is skin care i think we all forget that sometimes but yeah honeydew lip mask so that basically wraps up our most recent routine i hope you guys enjoyed i think the takeaways hydration locking in that hydration with a moisturizer that you really love and remembering that the skin on your lips so to conclude what have you learned this week that done is better than perfect and that progress over perfection is what we should all be striving for all i see is those like this over this this over this true and what made you think about that a lot of us don’t go around thinking we’re perfectionists right but when you break it down side by side there’s a difference between striving for excellence and demanding perfection from yourself so demanding perfection from yourself is a lot like it’s other driven so it’s what others think what others may view me as your fear of judgment your fear of like being criticized or your fear of not being enough i think that’s all demanding perfection from yourself while striving for excellence it’s like an internal thing it’s like how can i better myself how can i work on myself and push myself to go as far as i can and it’s a you thing like you’re doing it for yourself versus doing it for other people and i think when you put it side by side you realize or for me at least i realized like i did so much most of my life for other people when you should be throwing you for you because that’s what matters at the end of the day it’s interesting because i think like you need a bit of both yeah there are things that you do just for yourself right for yeah like self-care is purely for yourself but in that i also realized kind of like going off of that you’re doing things like self-care so that you can show up and be the best person and version of yourself for others so it really is this like holistic approach first you need to be able to like be okay with thyself and then like with that you are you’re paying it forward and i think maybe sometimes you might think you’re like an introvert or you’re just you know being alone but we’re all part of a community you know whether it’s like your team whether it’s your family and you know if they matter enough to you they deserve your best so you deserve you know putting in the effort to be your best so you can like share that row and phil’s thoughts for today leave us what you think any of the questions that you have below on skincare routines on specific products or just on live and thank you so much for watching this video we’ll see you again very soon bye
