Answering YOUR Skin Care Questions!
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good morning everyone in today’s live
stream which
if you are new to this i do live streams
every single week
um during quarantine um just to answer
your guys skincare questions chat with
you guys get to know you a little better
um but also just you know answer any
questions that i may not have answered
in my videos or
that you may just be searching for um
yeah i’m doing this every week during
quarantine to keep you guys company
and so that you can keep me company with
my very very very limited social
interaction
but um as we get into this video because
i just want to jump into it and start
answering questions
um as we get into i do want to say you
know i am a specialist but i am not a
licensed
esthetician or dermatologist nor do i
ever ever ever claim to be or no more
than either of them if you do have any
concerns
about your skin please go see your
esthetician or dermatologist to get that
shit treated
this is all just for fun and
information’s sake and i’m purely doing
this live stream just to help you guys
out in case you don’t have any resources
that you can go to
for information about skincare but
please feel free to get a second
opinion or other advice when it comes to
anything regarding your skin
so let’s just jump into these questions
because i want to answer as many as i
possibly can
oh see all the questions already coming
in you guys are freaking awesome
okay catherine says hi love your channel
i just bought the ordinary allosorbic
acid powder
that’s amazing you’re lucky you got it
because it’s like sold out everywhere
um would you recommend mixing it with i
unique black snail restore serum thanks
yeah i think it’s totally fine to mix it
because the black snail restores serum
it has just a bunch of like really
hydrating ingredients it does have some
niacinamide
um which you want to be a little careful
with mixing vitamin c and niacinamide
but they are in two different products
and the concentration of niacinamide
within the black snail restore serum is
really low
um but i would say i personally prefer
mixing the l-sorbic acid powder with my
moisturizer
just because i feel like the powder
consistency spreads out really evenly
with a moisturizer as opposed to a serum
thank you for the question
oh moonwich says hiram what is the
biggest reason for still having
breakouts after the age of 23
bitch i don’t know actually no for real
um well technically
here’s the thing we don’t finish puberty
until age 25
at least guys don’t i don’t know about
girls but guys don’t finish um puberty
until 25 so that you know could be a
contributing reason
but as far as adult acne goes they still
haven’t found
like you know significant like
within studies they still haven’t found
like significant reasoning as to why
adults still get acne and breakouts it’s
just something that
can’t really be explained very well but
you know there are ways to treat it
um i would say i’m starting a series
about teenage acne but it’s also
just really helpful for people with acne
the video i came up with yesterday
it’s called teen acne what to stop doing
which thank you guys for all the love on
that video because
wow it blew up really quick in a day so
i appreciate that
um and that’s kind of like the start to
that series and you can learn more about
how to treat them there
but as far as like a reason it really
just depends on you
and it’s very individualistic as opposed
to say teenage acne where it’s usually
just like excess oiliness and puberty
and
hormones and all that lovely stuff
colleen says we’d love for you to talk
about the amazing benefits yuria has
thank you
hope you’re doing awesome in this
boringness thank you colleen yeah so
uriah
is an ingredient that a lot of people
get kind of weirded out by which is you
know understandable but urea is actually
great for like minimal exfoliation
um it’s very gentle as opposed to a lot
of other exfoliants but it
potentially has some other really good
side benefits of like brightening
pigmentation
um and just helping like nourish and
condition the skin um
yeah but i’m happy to talk about it more
in videos it’s something that i don’t
talk about as much just because
i don’t find it in products very often
um but yeah i’m happy to talk more about
it thank you for pointing that out
kelly says what are your thoughts on
silicone and skin care so it depends on
the type of silicone and it depends on
how much silicone there is now
as far as like dimethicone goes or um
cycloxane
um those two i really like because they
are they are able to be broken down by
the environment without harming any
wildlife
um they’re really good for the skin and
preventing trans epidermal water loss
um and they’re not very
carbon damaging um as far as production
goes
um but i don’t like it when i see like
seven silicones in a single product
because in reality you really only need
like one
two maybe three silicones um for a
product to be very effective at
preventing trans epidermal
water loss when you get more silicones
than that it’s kind of unnecessary
and given that silicones can cause
breakouts in some people there’s no like
scientific evidence supporting like that
silicones do block pores but some people
have talked about
that experience i just like to avoid a
lot of silicone store possible and in my
opinion
you should not have a silicone in a
serum because the serum is meant to just
like go
deep directly into your skin um a
moisturizer should have a silicone
uh but yeah i don’t find them
problematic i like dimethicone
personally a lot
let’s see julia says
is the thayers witch hazeltone are good
so if you don’t know my thoughts on
witch hazel i’m just not a fan
of witch hazel because it’s an
astringent which means that it partially
strips the oil off of your skin but
whenever you’re dealing with
a high concentration of stringents
you’re dealing with the possibility of
overly stripping your skin and getting
rid of like the very healthy natural
oils that are on the surface of your
skin to help you know keep your skin
healthy and nourished
and um witch hazel kind of sweeps that
away it’s basically like a
less ba less intense version of an
alcohol
you know just like wiping alcohol across
your face and so i’m just not a fan of
witch hazel i think it can be effective
for people who do have
really really really oily skin um but
even then
i just personally wouldn’t recommend it
and i get too worried about people who
don’t have really oily skin using the
product because that’s definitely not a
product that you want to be using when
you have like super oily skin
lovely says just wanted to thank you for
all of your advice i found some great
products because of you oh thank you
i’m so glad you have like honestly when
i see your guys’s comments saying that
you you know
found your hero product or with this
cleanser how you guys are like oh my god
it’s the best cleanser i’ve ever used in
my life and i’m like i know right that’s
why i recommend it because i love it so
much
it makes me so happy to see those
comments and messages so thank you
oh kristen says is it normal to have
breakouts after using new products
this is a topic that i need to talk more
about on my channel because i don’t
realize
but it makes sense you know that a lot
of people are wondering like the
difference between
purging and breaking out i would say
purging usually lasts a week
at most and purging is the process by
which like
basically your skin is going through
like a change and so it’s basically
trying to get rid of all of the
you know trapped dirt and dead skin
cells oil and sebum and just kind of
purge it from your skin
but purging is usually only common when
you’re brand new to exfoliation like if
you’ve never used this type of
exfoliants before
starting chemical exfoliation for the
first time that’s
more so when you’ll see purging if
you’ve been using exfoliants for a while
or a product for a while
um a type of product and you start to
see that you’re breaking out
i would say that’s probably more of an
allergic reaction rather than it is
like a purging session and i personally
don’t really believe that like
moisturizers
would cause purging for example because
that’s not really like their function
they’re not
supposed to exfoliate the skin um
but i it really depends too also if you
see like tons of
little breakouts like little bumps
appear on your skin that are red
that’s an allergic reaction um but if
it’s kind of like you’re seeing like
spotty pimples kind of all over the
place that lasts for a few days and then
go away and then they don’t return
that’s a purging session but i’ll have
to do a video on it because it’s very
specific and
it deals with it’s so individualistic
like everyone has such different skin
when it comes to like
you know breaking out and purging that
it’s difficult to say like this is the
one answer that applies to everyone you
know what i’m saying
sorry i need water
what’s your opinion on sulfates i don’t
think sulfates deserve
all the negative attention that they get
because people kind of act like they’re
toxic and they’re so horrible for your
skin and
no they’re not but i don’t think that
they’re the best cleansing agents out
there i personally find a lot better
agents than sulfates
and um whenever i see sulfates i’m just
kind of like okay you know
yeah it’ll work but it’s kind of a
really cheap ingredient and
i just like to see more high quality
surfactant you know cleansing agents and
my cleansers
instead of just the standard you know
sodium lauryl sulfates
okay jaclyn says hi thank you for the
live streams they really make my day
i’ve been seeing a trend of tan touring
using self tanner to ser
semi permanent contour and sunless
tanning for the face what self
what self tanner do you recommend for
the base so honestly i
have yet to really dabble in self
tanning i’ve been telling myself i will
and i keep forgetting
um but when it comes to i think self
tanning is great the only thing i would
avoid is that a lot of self tanners tend
to have like a
lot of fragrance like a lot lot of
fragrance and they usually do that to
like mask the scent
of the self tanner and when you’re using
that on your face you want to be careful
because you could have like
an allergic reaction or stuff like that
um so you do want to be you know
careful about that but as far as
selfless tanning i think it’s great
because you’re not going out into the
sun and getting sun damage it’s a much
better alternative
to that but tan touring is something
that i actually haven’t heard about but
i
sound smart just be careful about which
products you use
let’s see
so many questions
oh my gosh okay i’m like trying to
choose one
have have you tried holly frog yes i
have actually i included one of the
holly frog cleansers i can’t remember
which one
it’s the gentle oh yeah i can’t remember
the exact name of it but it’s my um
best of 2019 products video um
i include one of the holly frog
cleansers in there because it was so
good and i really like it and i still
use it i just
forget the name of it to be honest i
only use it like when my skin is like
you know not needing a deep cleansing it
just needs some gentle cleansing
let’s see is there a niacinamide serum
from another brand besides the ordinary
that you enjoy
yes thank you i did want to touch on
this because the ordinary niacinamide
serum is sold out like everywhere
um and so i would say i do like the
inkulas nice cinnamon serum the only
difference is that it’s
a little more hydrating and i typically
like a nice cinnamites here and that
just like disappears into my skin it
doesn’t feel like a thick
like a thicker layer but it is good i
would say it’s good for like combination
skin
um all the way to dry skin so if you you
know use the ordinary nice cinnamon
serum in the past you felt
found that it was a little bit too
drying i would recommend the inky list
one
but if you do have really oily skin um
the 4-3 beauty niacinamide serum is good
too i
you know it wasn’t the best but i you
know i didn’t think the experience was
bad i’m trying to think
you know i’m gonna have to talk about it
in videos sorry i’m looking around me
because i have all my products right
here that i usually like reference
um honestly the inky list is the next
best one and the most
similar to the ordinary one i would say
oh i want to know your opinion on boscia
um so boscia
is you know it’s okay they have some
products that i’m like okay that’s not
too bad but their
ingredient lists are relatively basic
for a
semi you know medium price point um they
focus a lot on their charcoal line which
i don’t think charcoal is that effective
in skincare
um it’s there just hasn’t been like
enough evidence to really support that
um but it’s okay just watch out for
essential oils they have i love the
ingredients of their cactus
moisturizer but it felt so sticky on my
skin
super sticky but the ingredient list is
really good i actually talked more about
boscia in
tomorrow’s video so stay tuned i will go
into more detail there
let’s see
oh is the polish choice bha an ordinary
niacinamide 10
plus zinc serum um something we can use
together a lot of people ask me about
this because sometimes
a salicylic acid product with the
niacinamide product like when you put
them on your skin
it can sometimes like not interact very
well um
i i personally think the best
combination of using those products is
using salicylic acid overnight
and using niacinamide during the day i
personally wouldn’t as much recommend
them at the same time you can if you
want
um but sometimes niacinamide and
salicylic acid like
don’t pair super well together um but it
they can still work i just
would let you know to be aware that the
products may not mix together depending
on what products you’re using and i
think that exfoliation is better at
night time than it is during the daytime
and niacinamide is great during the day
because it controls oiliness and also
the redness
and the irritation so i think that’s the
best way to go about using them
is it bad to use multiple products from
the ordinary like niacinamide hyaluronic
acid and the aha bha mask in my routine
no not at all i mean i would just say be
careful about like how many you use at
once like i
say if your normal skincare routine is
above
10 steps that’s where i really start to
get concerned i think like a good
skincare routine in terms of what you
use like in a day
like five six products is like
good you know um but that’s the only
time i get worried if you want to like
offset like one day do this then
actually do this next do that and you
have kind of like a pattern going i
think that’s great
but i also think it’s good to like not
introduce like a new skincare product
every single day and change it up like
what i’ve been doing which is why
today’s live stream is sponsored by this
pimple ass
bitch on my face so annoying
because um yeah i’ve just been trying
out too many products
yet again because i feel so much
pressure to try out all the products
that are sent to me
when i shouldn’t but that’s another
another story for another time
but yeah it’s okay to use multiple
products
um how do you even out dull and even
skin tone and hyperpigmentation
yes so i always recommend nice and mine
first because it’s one of the most
gentle but effective ingredients for
getting rid of hyperpigmentation and
dark spots
if that doesn’t work you can try vitamin
c which is why i recommend the ordinary
um oh oh i thought i had it down here oh
here it is
the ordinary asparagus powder is sold
out right now though just be aware
but um add it to your wish list if you
want um or you can do like a
vitamin c serum like the syrup a vitamin
c serum and then if those don’t work
then i’d say last case scenario you can
do like appeal
or you can do something like uh
hydroquinone
um for spot treatment i wouldn’t
recommend that for all over the face but
for spot
treatment i think it’s great um yeah
that’s what i would
recommend let’s see
it’s simple good for a 14 year old skin
because it’s cheap and also what cheap
skincare is good so if you want
recommendations for cheap skincare
my best skincare under 10 video i highly
recommend you checking that out because
i go through some of my favorite brands
my favorite products
that i think are really good um but
simple i think it’s good i mean the
micellar cleanser
um i love from simple i think it’s
incredible but be aware that some simple
products contain
fragrance um but also like the simple
daily moisturizer i think is good
i definitely think it’s good for you
know a teenager’s skin
suzanne says i just started really
focusing on skin care because of you my
goal is to be less red and flesh looking
so that i don’t need to wear foundation
hey you’ve started an amazing journey
i’m so happy for you um it’s gonna be so
much fun
skincare is just a black hole it sucks
you
in and it’s so much fun you’re gonna
have an awesome awesome journey through
everything that is the skincare world
just be ready it’s a lot
i still learn every single day what do i
think about good molecules i like good
meal
molecules molecules um
some of their products have essential
oils and fragrant components which i’m
not a fan of
but they really focus on sustainability
and their products are
really really really affordable i need
to start using more of their products
because i haven’t tried as many in the
past
oh they have a niacinamide serum so
forever for whoever
was looking for a substitute to the
ordinary nice in my serum good molecules
has one that i hope is not sold out
i hope so
let’s see
what do i think of a coffee scrub
i hate it i hate it so much please don’t
use it please don’t ever
ever ever ever use a coffee scrub or i
will come after you
the reason why it over exfoliates your
face it can result in damage
while it feels really good because your
skin feels so smooth and soft afterwards
that’s oftentimes
you over exfoliating your face and when
it comes to skin care
anything that gives like an instant
transformation like one second you feel
like your skin’s rough and then the next
super smooth that likely is not healthy
for your skin in the long run
um skincare is a process it’s a slow
journey
um but when you take it slow your skin
is going to be so much better down the
road than if you go in with something
really harsh like a
coffee scrub every single day that’s
just a little too much darling
what are the best natural and cheap
cleansers
so natural let me say natural does not
mean better
if anything natural usually means worse
from what i’ve seen but if you’re
looking for good cleanser
recommendations go watch my best
drugstore cleansers
i talk about a lot there that are really
awesome and some of my
absolute favorites
i love seeing all your guys’s questions
it’s so cool makes my day
sophia says aloha from kaneohe wow
kaneohe
that is so for anyone who does know or
live in hawaii kaneohe is my
dream place to live i absolutely love it
um
when i do a meet-up in hawaii after all
this is over
um i want to see you if that’s possible
that would be awesome what are some
acids you should never mix together i
um like glycolic acid or lactic acid
thank you for your amazing skincare
content thank you
um so glycol so glycolic acid and lactic
acid are okay to mix together actually a
lot of products do have the two combined
together it’s just
you want to have them a little bit at
lower concentrations as far as acids you
don’t want to mix together
exfoliating acids are honestly okay but
the thing is is like
it’s okay when products have a mix of
multiple exfoliating acids as opposed to
you using like a 10 glycolic acid serum
plus a
10 lactic acid serum plus a two percent
bha
like i’m like whoa whoa that’s way too
much but
um in terms of like in formulated in a
product it’s totally okay the only
ingredients that you want to be like
careful about mixing together in my
opinion
are like retinol and exfoliants
technically you can mix them together
but it there is a risk for sensitivity
um you can you also want to be careful
about mixing niacinamide and vitamin c
together um you also want to be careful
about
oh shoot what was that other one
uh i can’t remember exactly all the ones
there’s so many different ones in my
head i’m actually planning on making a
video about this
and my 8 am morning brain is not
functioning correctly right now but i
have a video that i’m planning on making
all about like what you shouldn’t mix
together
those are the only primary things i
would recommend being careful with
the thing is with a lot of skincare
ingredients they are okay to mix
together and even though people will be
like never ever ever mix these together
a lot of dermatologists will tell you
like no they’re fine to mix together i
just
recommend caution because um you don’t
want to push your skin a little bit too
far than what it’s used to handling
so just to be aware of that
ashley says hey hi everyone i love you
so much thank you is there anything you
could recommend for preventing milia on
my dry sometimes mildly flaky skin
so in terms of milia i’m gonna point you
right over to dr dre she has
an awesome youtube channel i’m always
talking about her um on my live streams
because she just has so
many videos she’s a board servant board
certified dermatologist
um and she has like the most videos out
of any dermatologist on youtube i’ve
seen and she makes a lot of videos about
milia
i would recommend you go check her out
when it comes to things like milia that
is like a diagnosed condition from a
dermatologist
and i don’t feel comfortable making
recommendations
on my live streams um regarding you know
like
you know diagnosed skin conditions from
a dermatologist because
i just don’t want to say anything that
could you know
not be good for your skin because your
dermatologist knows your skin best way
more than i do
so i just recommend watching her videos
if anything or if you have access to a
dermatologist definitely um
asking them
amanda says just turn 30 yikes i want to
start using a benzyl peroxide cleanser
i can’t use salicylic acid right now
what do you recommend also you’re a
beautiful human being as
always thank you for all you do you know
this is so sweet you guys are so kind
your messages are awesome thank you um
so benzoyl peroxide is an amazing
alternative to salicylic acid i
personally like salicylic acid and the
benefits
better but benzoyl peroxide cleanser i’d
say is the best alternative
because it’s really going to help with
you know acne breakouts and pimples but
it’s not a leave on treatment which can
like stain your sheets
um or pillowcases so i think it’s the
best alternative to go with just make
sure
um you’re not going in too much too
often because benzoyl peroxide like
salicylic acid cleansers can be a little
bit stripping and i don’t think you
should be using them twice a day
um but just periodically using them in
your routine is definitely a perfect
alternative to salicylic acid
anja says oh my gosh it’s 2 a.m here in
the philippines oh my god what are you
doing still up
i’m sorry love love love your channel so
much um i want to know your daily and
weekly skincare
routine or a whole day with time to time
skincare updates more power
god bless oh thank you anja um so when
it comes to my skincare routine you guys
are so awesome i love that you’re always
commenting like what’s your skincare
routine we want to know and i’m like
that’s very sweet but my skincare
routine literally changes every single
week
because of just the sheer amount of
products that i’m trying out for this
channel
um i always want to be recommending new
and effective products to you guys um
and
because i upload you know five to six
times a week it feels like i’m
just using the same products making the
same recommendations over and over and
over again and i’m like i want to be
able to make more recommendations which
is why i use
so many different products which i know
is not the healthiest
thing for my skin hence why i have you
know pimple right here
but it’s also like if i were to upload
like my skincare routine it’s literally
going to change like three days after
that
and a week after that um what i would
recommend is
go follow me on tick tock because i’m
going to be doing my skincare routines
there
because they’re this is just a shorter
video that i can upload really
frequently
if you follow me on tik tok then you’ll
be able to see like what products i use
um uh guidel says what do you recommend
for bad skin
textures such as rolling scars ice pack
scarring etc i love you
thank you um so i would say when it
comes to ice pack scarring
um those did i say ice pack
ice pick not ice pack oh my gosh my
morning brain
ice pick scarring um so it’s ah they’re
really difficult to get rid of because
it’s reflective of such deep damage in
the skin i would recommend trying some
you know strong chemical exfoliants they
can be definitely effective for that but
i will be honest with you and saying
that
for most people with ice pick scarring
it’s not going to be very beneficial
which is where i’d recommend like a
professional peel
um you know if possible saving up to get
a professional peel done because those
are definitely the most effective
but i’d say doing that combination of
like chemical exfoliation retinol
alternating one um you know chemical
exfoliation one night retinol the other
night
that’s a really good mix to be able to
really improve damage within your skin
um so see how that works and then if
that doesn’t work after a while
then going in with like a professional
you know
chemical peel or professional service
from a dermatologist is definitely the
best way to go
let’s see sorry i have to drink so much
water my my throat gets so dry
whenever i talk this much
um i have a combination of oily t-zone
and dry everywhere else do i use a bha
and aha when i exfoliate or do i
yeah when i exfoliate or do i buy a
product with both
so i would say um you can buy a product
with both if you want i personally
recommend
like going according to the zones on
your skin so wherever you’re
experiencing oiliness going in with the
bha wherever you’re experiencing dryness
going
in with an aha the reason why bhas
common side effect is that it
dries out your skin which is really good
when you have oily skin
but when you have dry skin that’s going
to overly strip your skin but
ahas are humectants they draw in
moisture from the air into your skin
which makes them really good for dry
skin so i would say that you know like
using um bha in one area ah in another
area is really good you can use a broad
product with both just be aware that it
may cause some dryness
in your you know dry areas because of
the bha
but yeah no i don’t see a problem with
that whatsoever
let’s see
kirsten says don’t get mad at me but i
am new to skincare
don’t worry honestly it was not that
long ago i feel like that i was brand
new to skincare too it’s a journey for
all of us and i’m still learning every
single day
so it’s don’t even worry about it what’s
your go-to
toner so my opinion on toners is that
most toners are not necessary the only
toners i like in my skincare routine are
ones with like powerful exfoliants
or treatment ingredients um like where’s
one
oh yes like the pha toner
from the inky list i love this one
because it has polyhydroxy
acids which are going to exfoliate the
dead skin cells off of your face so i
think it’s really effective
but when it just comes to like standard
hydrating toners or toners that don’t
have any treatments
i don’t think they’re necessary
whatsoever because it’s like um
why do you need it like what was the
reason
like if you’re wanting something that’s
more moisturizing to your face you
should get a better
moisturizer and not buy an additional
product to use for your skin
one of the reasons people think toners
are necessary is because it you know
it’s to reset the ph of your skin your
cleanser you know throws off your ph and
your toner resets the ph but in reality
most modern day cleansers have ph
adjusters within them
um and don’t you know really throw off
the ph of your skin so that kind of
renders the toners unnecessary
but companies won’t tell you that
because they want you to spend money
on one of their toners so just look for
toners that have ahas or bhas in them
you know exfoliating ingredients
those are really effective um like the
inky-list pha toner
but just like a standard hydrating toner
i’m like if you need more moisture just
get a better moisturizer you know
uh what do you do when you are allergic
to sunscreen yes
that is a difficult one so i would say
kind of nail down what sunscreen
ingredient you are allergic to
most people in my experience are you
know have sensitivities or allergies to
um chemical sunscreens just because they
have a likelihood to be more irritating
to the face
um so things like oxybenzone for example
a lot of people have sensitivities too
i recommend trying a zinc oxide cleanser
a cleanser a zinc oxide sunscreen um you
can go watch my videos about the best
sunscreens for the summer i go into
detail there about my favorite ones
um and i feature some ones that only
have zinc oxide zinc oxide is like one
of the best ingredients
um for the skin in terms of like
protecting your skin from the sun
but not making your skin really
sensitive and then if that doesn’t work
then i recommend trying some korean
sunscreens because um
they or some european sunscreens as well
because they tend to be very
less irritating to the skin because the
usa is very behind
in our sunscreen innovation we really
need to get on it
sorry i’m drinking so much it’s like so
freaking hot in here
and i’m like sweating already
uh tiffany says i am looking to start a
better skincare routine i have combo
oily skin with the occasional breakout
i started with ren’s skincare what is
your opinion on that line yeah so ren
um ren is one of those brands where i’m
like i love the social philosophy
they’re very
environmentally conscious but a lot of
their products have essential oils and
fragrance which i’m not
crazy about they do have a sunscreen
though um a zinc oxide only sunscreen
that i really like
but with ren i would only recommend the
gentle line
from their skincare because the rest of
the products that they use
that they have tend to have a lot of
irritating ingredients and i’m kind of
just like
i don’t know how i feel about that one
you know but um overall i do think you
know it is a good
brand with a lot of good philosophies so
i definitely don’t
dislike them
what ordinary products should i use to
get help get rid of acne
yeah so any of their exfoliating
products are gonna help with acne um
they used to have their salicylic acid
serum i don’t think they have that one
anymore
sadly but um like their glycolic acetone
or their lactic acid serum are really
effective
their aha bha solution is incredible it
has the highest concentration
of salicylic acid which is you know one
of the best ingredients for getting rid
of acne within the skin
also um their retinols do help to get
rid of acne as well retinol is an
ingredient that a lot of people don’t
think helps with acne but it actually
does
a lot so i would recommend any of those
thoughts on the brand pacifica i’m
actually currently trying out well i
have tried out one product from them i’m
currently trying out a few more it’s hit
or miss
some of their products i’m like wow this
is so fragranced and just doesn’t have
that good of ingredients but other
products from them i’m like okay
i kind of like this ingredient list this
is hopeful um i’m gonna be featuring one
of their serums
in a video very soon
our glossier serums good you know
glossier i did a whole review video on
glossier you can go watch it and i go
through their serums i think their sams
are the best products from their line
that being said are they anything out of
this world super innovative
very unique no they’re literally just
like the ordinary serums
i’m just at a higher price point um but
from an ingredient standpoint yes i
think they’re good
can i apply sunscreen on top of a facial
oil yeah you can
um the only thing is that it may not
react well with the oil depending on you
know like what type of sunscreen you use
personally i don’t really believe in
facial oils very much i kind of think
like
again it’s not necessary just use a
really good moisturizer with a high
high oil content and you’ll get the same
effect
but you know you can use it oil is one
of those ingredients that you can use
before or after but i
always really recommend sunscreen as the
last step of your skincare routine
because you don’t want anything to
affect the sunscreen you know which is
essentially the most important part of
your routine
you don’t want anything you know messing
it up uh annie says
what would you recommend for body acne
i’m 21 and i’ve been struggling with it
since i was a teenager thank you
yeah so body acne is you know difficult
i would say
going in with the salicylic acid
cleanser for your
um that you would use for your face
using that on your body every day
or using a benzoyl peroxide cleanser
also really good i would hesitate with
the scrubs if you’ve been struggling
with
body acne for a while i would probably
not do the scrubs because that may be a
little bit too harsh going with a
salicylic acid cleanser one that i
recommend for the body that’s good as
well
is right here the crv um renewing
salicylic acid cleanser
um it’s good because it’s not too
expensive it’s really effective but it’s
still gentle
i’m try that for your for the body if
that’s not enough then you can go in
higher strength
um and you know more intense um
cleansers but that’s personally what i
would recommend salicylic acid or
benzoyl peroxide tend to be the best
solutions for acne in general
let’s see martha says love your videos
my question is how do i get my boyfriend
to understand that just because he’s a
guy there’s nothing wrong with taking
care of your skin thank you
yeah so um when it comes to that you
know that is a little bit difficult i
would say
introducing him to like possibly
packaging that’s not you know
super pink or super you know
conventionally girly colors even though
i don’t think they’re girly colors
they’re literally just colors but you
know to a lot of guys
um who you know
may not feel that way um that is kind of
like a little bit much like a lot of
packaging that i love for example where
is it like say the ordinary packaging
it’s very like gender neutral and i love
that the use of the people packaging is
very gender neutral biosons like it
literally like very gender neutral
um but also i think even more than that
just
showing him that it’s literally like
brushing your teeth taking care of your
skin is the same thing as like brushing
your teeth
is the same thing as you know um washing
yourself
in the shower taking care of your hair
it’s that same type of thing it’s just
taking care of the health of your body
um i don’t see it as any different
personally um
and i know that a lot of times when guys
have been able to see it from that
perspective they’re like oh
you know okay if it’s like brushing my
teeth and i’m totally fine doing this
you know
it’s not too foreign of a concept
let’s see amanda says i have combination
skin
and prone to redness should i exfoliate
um yes you should
exfoliate um i think everyone
technically should exfoliate but
if you you know have more dry skin i
don’t think you need to exfoliate as
often or regularly when you have oily
skin i think exfoliating more often is
good but just start off with a gentle
exfoliant so like the lactic acid five
percent serum from the ordinary
or just any products um pha toner from
the inky list you know
those ones are really good ones that
i’ve recommended because they’re very
gentle on the skin they’re not
irritating but they’re really effective
for you know
adequately exfoliating the face so
that’s personally what i’d recommend but
also you know going in with soothing
agents to take care of that redness
um phas are i would say probably the
best ones to go with the pha toner from
the inky list because it tends to be
like the most
gentle form of exfoliation
christina says good molecules just came
out with a pineapple exfoliating powder
what do you think about that
also i love you so much oh thank you
christina um
they did send it to me but i’ll be
honest i haven’t used it yet
and i know i probably should um but yeah
i haven’t
used the powder yet i do want to try it
though because exfoliating powders are
something that you know
i am a little bit more open-minded to
than a scrub because they’re a lot more
gentle
um so yeah i will be trying it and i’ll
let you guys know but for right now i
haven’t tried it yet but i like the
ingredients
let’s see tiffany says i’m looking to
start a better skincare routine
oh sorry i totally already answered that
question sorry
i have to like scroll down
oh here we go sorry my phone and my
computer are weird with like the speeds
because there’s like so many questions
coming out once so sorry for the delays
what is your opinion on the brand bliss
i have tried looking through the
ingredient list of bliss
so many times and i’ve yet to find a
product where i’m like wow
that looks like a really good ingredient
list most of the time i’m like it’s a
basic moisturizer
it’s a basic serum or a basic cleanser
with a lot of fragrance
and that’s kind of all i see so i’m just
like you know
i i’m yet to be impressed by that brand
kelly says omg i love your videos what
is the best sunscreen for a super pale
ginger that won’t ruin my foundation oh
so i don’t know about ruining your
foundation because it really just
depends on the foundation
every foundation is different the amount
of silicones that they use or things
that could negatively interact with
something like a sunscreen
it just you know it depends but
um the best sunscreen for a super pale
ginger any zinc oxide based
sunscreens um because a lot of times you
know people who are
you know gingers tend to have like more
sensitive skin and you also want
really good you know protection i would
say any sunscreen that is
spf 50 definitely go with spf 50 because
you are more prone to sun damage than
anyone else
and you want to make sure that you’re
protecting your skin
okay let’s see oh
thoughts on spa clinical grade skin care
so whenever people are like you know you
need to try medical grade skin care
clinical grade skin care
unless you’re referring to skin care
that is prescribed by a dermatologist
there really is no difference between
medical grade skin care and standard
just
skincare that you can purchase from
anywhere and i know that is a very
controversial opinion but i have
talked to so many chemists and
dermatologists about this and they’re
like yeah
medical grade medical grade skin care is
just a spam
scam it’s just like trying to overcharge
for formulas that are very very similar
to
standard products like say from the
ordinary um
it’s just kind of not there’s not a lot
of substantial evidence to show that
it’s better
than you know what you can find on the
majority of the market but prescription
grade skin care absolutely that stuff is
like
so strong very effective very good about
but that of course is prescribed by a
dermatologist and they know what they’re
doing they know what recommendations
they’re making
any other salicylic acids that work
ordinary is out of stock or any of the
products for pimples so yeah
i love the survey salicylic acid
cleanser the inkula salicylic acid
cleanser
the paula’s choice two percent bha oh my
god amazing
um any of those are honestly my
favorites and what i’m constantly
recommending in my videos they’re very
good i really
i really like those
my biggest second security is acne scars
i have oily acne prone skin what do you
recommend
honestly i will point you over to my
video about how to get rid of acne scars
because there’s different types of acne
scars and
the treatments for them are very very
different so
it really just depends on what type of
acne scars you struggle with so i would
point you over to that video just search
hiram acne scar on youtube and
it will pop up recommendations i think i
made the video about a year ago or
something like that
let’s see
oh my gosh the comments are coming in so
fast i’m like trying to like settle on
one
thoughts on the herbivore blue tansy
fruit enzyme resurfacing clarity mask
yes so i saw that product and i believe
don’t quote me on this but i believe
it’s fragrance free i’m not 100 sure
i was so impressed by the ingredient
list but it’s expensive
it’s definitely expensive herbivore is
definitely a luxury brand but
i do like some products from herbivore
and i want to check out that mask
because the texture looks
oh my god wait i might think of the
wrong one actually
i don’t know to be honest they came out
with a new exfoliating mask
if you’re talking about the blue tansy
mask like i don’t even know if i have it
around here it’s like
really dark blue yes i love that one it
does have a
crazy high concentration of essential
oils but the results are
incredible and i use it like once a
month to treat myself because it’s so
freaking good but if you’re talking
about the new mask from them that’s
completely clear
that one i haven’t tried yet but it
looks really interesting
sorry my brain’s all over the place
today guys i literally just woke up
so it’s kind of not able to concentrate
very much
um kazaar says love you hiram you’re so
kind oh thank you
um thoughts on timeless vitamin c serum
to be honest i don’t know the ingredient
less off the top of my head when it
comes to vitamin c serums
most of them i’m not a fan of because
vitamin c
is so unstable that typically the
product will go bad in a matter of like
a month or two which is basically just
like throwing your money down a drain
or if they do use a vitamin c that’s
stable
it’s not the ingredient vitamin c
ascorbic acid
that has been so heavily researched and
is known to be a very good ingredient
um it’s just you know uh a different
type of vitamin c that doesn’t have the
same level of research and i’m like well
if it doesn’t have the same level of
research then why would i buy this you
know
that’s kind of my stance on it um which
is why i really like the ordinary you
know ascorbic acid powder
but i don’t know the ingredient list of
timeless off the top of my head
to be honest sorry about that hi hiram
you’re the best how are you doing
thank you chloe i’m doing good obviously
super fucking out of it and very tired
today but
i’m doing good um life is good how are
you organizing all your skincare oh
i will have to give you guys a tour when
i finally get my life together and
actually make a really good organization
system
it’s funny i had my friend come over and
we organized all of my skincare into
like pull out drawers
and i was like oh my gosh yes i
organized it great and then literally
within the next week i had so many boxes
come in
that they’re just kind of like sitting
on the side because they don’t fit in my
organizers anymore so i
obviously need something a little bit
more robust
uh with a little bit more room because
there’s just not enough space for it but
once i get that figured out i will give
you guys a tour
lucy says hey iron should i double
cleanse if i don’t wear makeup
i have oily skin if so what should i use
so i personally think double cleansing
is good for everyone one reason i
recommend double cleansing is because it
is really effective at getting rid of
sunscreen and a lot of times standard
cleansers aren’t
super effective at getting rid of the
sunscreen on your face
um which is and then also with double
cleansing it tends to be like a really
deep cleansing system really getting in
there and getting everything out of your
skin which i think is good for oily skin
because we’re producing
so much oil that builds on the surface
of our skin and sometimes
just a standard cleanser alone isn’t
good enough to get through all the
sunscreen and all the oil on our face
so i would personally recommend ooh what
would i recommend there’s so many to
choose from
oh i don’t have it here i wish i did
it’s the i unique calendula cleansing
oil i love that one for oily skin
um i would also say the vanilla and co
cleansing balm it’s polyethylene free
and really good really effective i like
both of those or
if you really want to treat yourself
really want to treat yourself the then i
met you cleansing balm
it’s so good it’s like mangoey
and like a butter consistency it’s super
nice it’s luxury but it’s very nice i do
like that one
let’s see
oh there’s so many questions coming in
you guys are so awesome let me just
pause right here
to do my usual thank you for all the
questions that you guys ask i really
like
it means so much to me that you guys
would trust me
with questions about skin care because
skin is one of those things that
it sometimes can be our biggest
insecurity and it’s you know
it’s difficult to talk about and so i
really appreciate you guys you know
messaging me or commenting
about concerns or sending in questions
that you have about your skin because
i’m like wow the fact that you trust me
enough to you know
help you guys out means a lot and
something that i take very
seriously so thank you for that as
always i know i always say that in my
live streams but i just
i want you guys to remember that because
it really does mean so much to me
let’s see do i like foreo yeah i like
freya i think freya is great
um i will say it’s not necessary to a
skincare routine
it’s definitely like more of a luxury
expense but i don’t think there’s
anything wrong with like luxury skincare
expenses
so long as they don’t have irritating or
damaging components
but yeah i think for real is great it’s
definitely a good way of cleansing your
skin and not being too harsh
on your skin as well curology love
curology i think curology is great
i really like what they’re doing
what are your thoughts on super group
unseen sunscreen so that’s probably
if you guys don’t know the unseen
sunscreen it literally looks like this
very very very clear gel
um and it feels very like a silicone
um i’m personally not a huge fan of it
because it is a chemical sunscreen i
like mineral sunscreens better
excuse me um the mineral sunscreens from
supergoop are super good
super good um but i would say like
supergroup is one of the better
sunscreen brands out there because you
at least don’t have to worry about
fragrance in their products because i
believe they’re pretty much
all fragrance free um but i think there
are some better ones from the brand i
like their zinc sunscreen i like their
standard mineral sunscreen as well
definitely good ingredients
uh the sapphire rabbit says hey hiram i
know comments are flooding in but i did
ask a question earlier about
a brand called physicians formula would
you can just consider doing research on
them if you guys don’t have the brand
um so i want to try physicians formula
skincare so badly but
they’re not sold anywhere in hawaii and
they’re like always sold out online the
serums that i want to buy
when i’ve looked for them they’re sold
out and i don’t know how to get them
so i really want to try them um they
look really good but i have yet to
actually like
find them anywhere here in hawaii to try
them out but when i do
i will be talking about them
let’s see uh amna says i have dry combo
dry skin i apply sunscreen before
leaving the house early in the morning
and then reapply before heading back
home
by the time i get back home i’m feeling
so icky but i can’t cleanse since it’s
not even 5 p.m
what can i do so i would say um
i it depends on what time it gets dark
there to be honest i
take off all my skincare and do my
nighttime skincare a lot of times as
soon as it gets dark
so as soon as it gets dark or when the
sun is going down and i’m inside
we’re just not really anywhere near the
sun anymore um that’s when i
put on my nighttime skincare because i
want it to be on for the longest time
possible
um but if you’re feeling kind of like
icky in the sense that like your skin is
like
sticky or feeling gross then i would
recommend maybe finding a new sunscreen
because um
there’s a lot of good you know ones out
there that won’t make your skin feel
gross
and i would recommend checking out my
sunscreen video because i talked more
about it there
camille says i’m training in the morning
if i’m only cleansing my face
and train and after i’m doing all my
morning routine is a good
um what should i do so i would say if
you are an athlete and you wake up in
the morning to go exercise
don’t cleanse your skin if anything just
put on some sunscreen
um go out and exercise and then do your
whole skincare routine afterwards
because otherwise you’re going to be
cleansing three times a day
and i don’t recommend ever cleansing
three times a day because that can be
really
overly stripping to your skin um but
i personally just think cleansing twice
a day is a much better alternative
because you’re not going to be
completely stripping your skin of all
its natural healthy oils that you want
um but if you just put on a sunscreen
you’re also protecting
yourself from any sun damage so i would
just recommend going that way
oh thoughts on versed skincare i’m a fan
of verst i am still going through some
of their products because some of them
have essential oils
but most of their products i’m
definitely a fan of i actually recommend
their gel moisturizer
love that one it was featured in my best
drugstore cleanser video
what should i do for fungal acne it is
coming soon i’m working on that video
um i will let you guys know all of my
tips in my fungal acne video
that’s coming soon face theory review
um yes so you know what facetime had
actually reached out and they said that
they were gonna send products to me
and then i never got them so i may just
buy them because i really want to try
out the brand it definitely looks in
line with my philosophy
um but who knows if they if they don’t
send anything i’ll just buy some because
i really want to try
i really want to try but they were
really nice to offer to send some to me
carly says what are your thoughts on the
brand derma e by the way love you
thank you carly
so sorry by the way if it’s like really
gross that i’m like
you know drinking water or coffee um in
the live stream
i don’t care i’m just gonna do it but
carly as far as um derma e i think
you know from a social standpoint i love
what they’re doing i think they’re such
a great brand but they formulate with so
many freaking essential oils that i’m
like oh
i can’t recommend these products in good
faith but they do have some products
that
are essential oil free and good for
sensitive skin i am
currently well not currently trying them
but i they are in my box
my trial box of what to try next and
i’ll hopefully be letting you guys know
soon if i think any of their products
are really good
sharon says what is a good moisturizer
supposed to feel like niacinamide burns
first time using it
oh so yes this has actually happened to
me sometimes
niacinamide moisturizers really burn my
skin
like when i pers first put it on and i’m
not exactly sure why because i’m not
sensitive to niacinamide whatsoever
but um a good moisturizer i think is one
that feels like it’s not there but it
does depend on your skin sometimes
people do like the feel of like a heavy
thick layer on their skin so that like
they never ever ever feel dry but
personally i believe the best
moisturizing experience is like you
don’t even notice it’s there
it doesn’t feel like it’s there sinks
into your skin
um feels like normal skin that’s what i
think the best moisturizer feels like
because i don’t want
it to feel like there’s a layer on top
of my skin throughout the day that’s
just kind of you know
annoying um
jake says what are your thoughts on
skinceuticals love your channel keep up
the good work thank you so much jake
skin cynicals is great very great
they’re
very expensive very very very expensive
to the point that i’m just like oh
i don’t know i may invest
in some soon but they are so pricey and
you know with
when my stamps on skincare i’m like i
personally don’t like spending more than
a hundred dollars on a skincare product
if i
spend more than a hundred dollars it has
to be because that product is like
incredible super innovative never seen
anything like it just blows me out of
the water
and while skinceuticals is good i have
yet to see a product from them where i’m
like wow
this blew me out of the water this was
incredible you know what i’m saying
um so yeah that’s kind of my stance on
it but
you know i may buy some soon who knows i
am a skincare junkie so i love buying
new products
let’s see what are my thoughts on vacuum
blackhead removers if you want to see
my thoughts on it stay tuned for a video
this weekend
because i will go into graphic detail
about why i’m not a fan of them but i’m
just not a fan of them overall please
don’t buy a blackhead
poor vacuum they are not worth it do i
think
diet is more important than skincare oh
good question i think it’s a combination
of both to be completely honest
diet doesn’t always affect people’s skin
i think more so
skin issues affect people’s skin care
more than like um
solely their diet but i do think it’s a
balance of both you need to have a good
diet and you need to be taking care of
your skin
i personally air more on the side of
like skin care is more effective because
diet won’t really take care of things
like exfoliation repairing damage within
your skin
sun protection different things like
that it just won’t help at all
but um but you know sometimes people
will be breaking out like crazy they
have no idea what it’s from they’re
using
a ton of skincare products and nothing
will work so it really is a balance in
my opinion
so many questions coming in
okay i will answer three more questions
because time is almost up and i have a
phone call coming up soon
let’s see what are your thoughts on acne
patches love them
think they’re great i think acne patches
are awesome
um i like zit sticker i personally like
the micro dart patches those are my
personal favorites so like this is it
sticker patches i really like or dr jart
has some good ones too
um or there’s the cosrx hydrocolloid
patches those are amazing for just
getting all of the sebum out of your
skin
definitely good for that
how do you tell if you have combination
or dry skin go watch my video in my
skincare 101 series about how to find
your skin type i go into detail there
about how you can discover like what
type of skin you have
can i do a hadalabo review i’m currently
trying out a few products from hana labo
i
definitely agree with their philosophy
and i’m excited to see like what the
experience is like
okay one more one more
oh um
oh favorite sunscreens go watch my
sunscreen video
i go through all the best ones there
oh i’m like i wanna answer a good one
oh apple cider vinegar for the skin i
don’t like straight up apple cider
vinegar for the skin i don’t think it’s
necessary i think it can be stripping
but in low concentrations formulated in
products
for example the inky list apple cider
vinegar exfoliating mask i think is
awesome i like it when it’s formulated
at low concentrations in a product
because there are some beneficial
aspects to apple cider vinegar but
straight by itself
i’m not a fan of at all thank you guys
so much for answering
um not answering asking all of your
questions thank you for being patient
with me as i answer them with my
cloudy brain this morning but it was so
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