Best of 2019 | Skincare + Anti-Aging!
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hey everybody its Angie and welcome to
hot and flashy in today’s video I’ve got
my best of 2019 in anti-aging and
skincare so we’re gonna go over
everything that I tried and that made it
into my skincare routine this year
that’s new and different and any
procedures that I had done I know you
guys are always interested in the
results from procedures although I gotta
say this year I didn’t do that many I
know some people think that I’m
constantly at the plastic surgeons or
the dermatologists office getting things
done but the reality is that the main
thing that I have done on a consistent
basis is Botox but I didn’t have any new
laser ring I didn’t have any like all
therapy or Morpheus aid or any filler
what I did do this year was I had to
Fraxel dual treatments on my neck and
chest I think I got Botox three times
over the course of the year and that’s
it and actually the last time I got
Botox was in September but for some
reason that batch just didn’t take and
it was completely worn off by like the
end of October and I’ve been meaning to
get an appointment and go in and you
don’t get my botox redone but I kind of
waited just so I could film this video
for you guys so that I could show you
what my face looks like with no filler
no Botox and no recent procedures so the
last time I got any filler was over four
and a half maybe closer to five years
ago and so those are completely gone
because even the longest lasting filler
only lasts for up to two years so those
are gone I actually thought that I had
my face lasered more recently but it was
actually back in 2016 in the winter of
2016 and we’re coming up to the winter
of 2020 so it’s been four years since I
had my face lasered I know in this video
of last year I said I was thinking of
getting lip filler well I never went and
got it like the whole year went by and I
guess my lips didn’t bother me that much
that I didn’t go get it so this year I
kind of would like to get a little bit
of lip filler I am thinking of having a
procedure called Morpheus eight done
that’s micro needling with
radiofrequency
and I’ve heard that that can really help
with enlarged pores which as you know oh
my god my pores so hoping that that will
take care of some of my enlarged pores
on my skin texture maybe help my neck
and chest a little bit more so anyway
yeah there’s always things that I want
to have done but I’m not in the
dermatologists office I’m not in the
plastic surgeon’s office all the time
getting things done the only thing that
I’ve done consistently over the years is
Botox and I gotta say that when the idea
of Botox as preventative first came up I
kind of thought that’s kind of a line of
malarkey I don’t really believe that but
I gotta say now that I’ve been doing
Botox for over ten years now I think it
definitely is preventative because I see
people who didn’t do Botox and they
definitely have those edged in lines on
their forehead and I don’t have those
even though my foreheads normal way of
being is to lift up all the time I’m
sure that if I didn’t get that Botox for
the next two years that I would have
etched in lines but by having Botox in
there I’m preventing those edged in
lines from appearing and being there all
the time the original reason that I
started getting Botox was for the 11s
and I definitely had like an etched in
one up there I didn’t have both but
since I’ve been getting Botox for so
long it definitely has corrected that
one and I think that using the skin care
I do has also helped to increase the
collagen level in my skin so that when
my Botox wears off
my skin looks younger than it did I’m
gonna say seven years ago when I started
my youtube channel but don’t think that
I’m like going Botox free completely
because I’m not I do have an appointment
later this week to get some Botox done
again so probably the next video you see
after this one I’ll have some nice fresh
Botox but anyway so let’s talk about
what I actually did have done this year
so the only procedure I had done was the
lasering on the neck in the chest I
actually had it done twice because the
first time I went in I didn’t really see
enough of a difference you know it cost
$2,000 and I did pay for that I wasn’t
really happy with the results it didn’t
seem like $2,000 worth of lasering to me
you know she did say that with my level
of sun damage
that may be one lasering was enough but
my dermatologist is so sweet she wanted
me to be happy and so she offered to do
it again for free so I went back and I
had it done again and I gotta say after
the second one wow what a difference I
mean my chest just looks so good it was
so spotty and so modeled and so
everything before that and even my neck
looks so much better now I’ll link both
of those videos right up here for you
guys to see if you want to see what –
laser rings can do so it gets me to
thinking because on my face you know I
only had the one lasering and that was
four years ago now and you know usually
when you have like a Fraxel dual
lasering done you’re supposed to have it
done like three or four times to get the
full result I only had one and I was
pretty happy with one but it always
makes me wonder like would like three do
but they’re two thousand dollars a piece
so that’s six grand so I’ve never been
willing to like plunk down that kind of
money because I kind of feel like
facelift is gonna be the way to go but I
don’t know I’m kind of interested to see
if like if you get your face laser it
every year or if you do Morpheus eight
every year if you could keep enough
collagen in your skin that you wouldn’t
ever need a facelift so I’m kind of torn
because I see you know I watched botched
do you guys watch botched I love this
show I mean they basically take people
who have had bad plastic surgery and
they help them to look better and when
they’re doing the revision like neck
surgeries or the revision facelift those
doctors are so talented the facelifts
that they do they’re so subtle and
they’re so beautiful and it’s like oh my
god
you know why spend all this time doing
this other stuff just wait ten years and
get a facelift you know no matter what
you do with anti-aging it’s gonna cost
money alright so that’s it for
procedures I didn’t try any new gadgets
either I don’t know I think trying to
treat a laser last year was such a pain
and and there was nothing really new
that I wanted to try so I didn’t really
try any new gadgets so I am thinking
that they skincare at this juncture is
really starting to kick in now because I
feel better about my skin than I did
seven years ago or four years ago when I
was really wanting to get like
everything done like when I started my
youtube channel I was
sure that I was going to go in for an
eyelid lift when I turned 50 and now I
don’t even want an eyelid lift anymore
that is how big of a difference you know
everything that I’m doing makes whether
it’s sleeping on my back which is free
or using the new face which is like a
couple hundred dollar investment but a
big investment in time or if it’s you
know using prescription
retinoids which are very very important
or is it sunscreen so let’s talk about
the skincare if you want a two
ingredient skincare routine the science
says that you should be using our
prescription tretinoin and sunscreen
these two have the most research and
study behind them saying that they work
to turn back the hands of time to reduce
your wrinkles my favorite things in
tretinoin are cure ology so this is a
prescription tretinoin that you get
online and they ship it to your house
and you upload a few pictures of
yourself they give you a custom formula
with the reactive ingredients in it mine
are clindamycin at 1% tretinoin at 0.12
percent an azalea Cassatt at 5% I
actually did make a change in this this
year I used to be at the 0.09%
and I bumped up to 0.12 so this is a bit
stronger than the tretinoin I was using
before and I gotta say the results have
bumped up along with it I did have a
little bit of peeling as my skin got
acclimated to it but my skin was
acclimated to a pretty high dosage
anyway so it wasn’t that bad like my
skin just acts younger like I smile and
I get those big wrinkles but then I on
smile and they’re not edged in there
like I think that’s the difference that
skincare makes so that’s the one
prescription thing everything else that
I have to show you is over the counter
while tretinoin is a big part of it
it’s not the only part of it if you know
like I always say I do think it takes a
village I do think it takes a lot of
products because your skin needs so many
different kinds of nutrition like you
have to think of how you feed your body
how you can’t just eat chicken and be
fine eating chicken every meal because
you wouldn’t be getting
all the other nutrients that you need
your skin is the same it needs so many
different nutrients in order to look
healthy and act healthy and look younger
and act younger so if you want to see my
entire skincare routine I just did an
updated skincare routine video in
October so I can link those here there’s
a morning and an evening you can see all
the products that I’m currently using
now I’m just gonna run down a few
products that were new this year that I
use and love so the sunscreen combo that
I use mostly this year was the elta MD
UV elements SPF 44 along with Paula’s
Choice super light SPF 30 I mix those
together because this one’s a little bit
too dark of a tint for me this one’s a
little bit too light and grayish so
mixing them together makes the perfect
tint these are all mineral sunscreen so
I can use them up under my eyes on my
eyelids and they don’t burn or irritate
my skin which a lot of the chemical
sunscreens do but I did find a chemical
sunscreen that I can use you know maybe
like once a week twice a week without
having irritation and that is the LA
roche-posay Anthelios aox daily
antioxidant serum with sunscreen this is
an SPF 50 this is a chemical sunscreen
but I love it it’s like a lightweight
fluid serum it’s hydrating and it gives
me nice protection it does leave the
tiniest bit of a white cast and a little
bit of like a luminous glow but I really
love that one
you got some news from timeless they
have repackaged all their serums so this
is the vitamin C serum that I use there
are only a handful of vitamin C serums
that are formulated correctly with the
right kind of vitamin C at the right pH
to get into your skin with the right
helper ingredients to stabilize it now
they’ve taken it one step further and
put it in an airless pump dispenser
hopefully that will help the vitamin C
in here to last longer because vitamin C
does oxidize over time it starts to turn
yellow and then brown when it’s brown
you should probably stop using it when
it’s yellow it’s still like 50 to 80
percent effective so you can’t still use
it but it is time to start at least
ordering a new one but then for the rest
of their products they have changed them
into color-coded packaging a lot of
these things that types a little small
my ice
isn’t that great especially if it’s
before I have my contacts on in the
morning and I can’t see so this way I
just grab the right collar so this one I
is in my night routine this is the air
matrixyl synth-6 serum I also use their
coenzyme q10 serum and those are great
products then another company that I
love is male of one of the things that
I’m really loving of theirs this year is
the hydrator this is a resveratrol serum
and I love resveratrol because it’s an
antioxidant and antioxidants basically
help to keep sunshine from damaging your
skin vitamin C is also an antioxidant so
those are two great antioxidants to have
in your skincare routine of course I did
some more videos in my skincare
ingredient series over the course of the
year I think I did one on skin care oils
they did one on antioxidants there were
quite a few I’ll link the playlist to
that right here if you’re interested in
anti-aging skincare ingredients that’s
the best place to get all the
information because it really is a
complicated topic and I try to break it
down and make it more understandable so
that you know why you’re selecting the
products that you’re selecting and not
just putting stuff on your skin you
don’t know why it’s supposed to work or
how it’s supposed to work and that is
really a helpful resource to guide you
when you’re trying to pick products for
your skincare routine so link that right
up here then the ordinary is another
brand that has a ton of great products
the one that I have in my skincare
routine is their lactic acid serum I
used to use a five percent this year I
did bump up to the ten percent so that’s
like twice as strong so I did have to
ease in with that you know I couldn’t
just go right to the ten percent I had
to bring it in like one day a week while
still using the five percent but that is
a really good one there are a lot of new
companies that came out with lactic acid
serums this year one of them that I
tried was from the inky list and this is
a 5% lactic acid serum this one is
formulated really well it’s a really
good serum these two are like the same
price so between the two it doesn’t
really matter like pick whichever one is
more convenient for you to get lactic
acid is an alpha hydroxy acid it’s an
exfoliator and help
to turn over the dead skin cells on the
surface of your skin that make your skin
look dull and a little bit more wrinkly
and a little bit more crepey another
lactic acid serum that I tried this year
was from a revolution skincare so now
there are three like drugstore price
point I think none of these are above
$10 this is a 5% lactic acid they all
have hyaluronic acid they’re all
formulated very very similar so three
products to try if you’re looking for a
lactic acid to put into your skincare
routine
another brand that I tried this year was
burst skin care and I really like both
of these products this one is on the
rise firming serum this one has
resveratrol and is very similar in
formulation to the male of the hydrator
at a fraction of the cost I mean may
love is not that expensive it’s like a
$28 price price point but I think this
is under 20 I want to say $19.99 you can
get it at Target so anyway some two
really good places to get your
resveratrol then another product from
versed that I really like is their dew
point moisturizing gel cream this has
green tea in it which is another
antioxidant see like one antioxidant I
don’t feel like it’s going to do it you
need lots of antioxidants to help in
your skin so I like to get a lot of them
going on in there and this is a really
great one if it dries like not as shiny
as my favorite moisturizer for the
morning which is the CeraVe p.m. lotion
I’ve loved that and use that for a
number of years so that’s a great one
but this one just gives me a slightly
more matte finish and it feels like a
little bit more grippy like it’s gonna
grip my makeup a little better or
whatever goes on my sunscreen whatever
goes on on top of it so that’s a really
good one that I’ve really enjoyed this
year a couple of other new skincare
products that I tried this year and then
have worked their way in my skincare
routine that I really like are the it
cosmetics confidence in a gel lotion
this one has niacinamide it also has
ceramide so this is kind of a more
expensive dupe for the CeraVe PM lotion
that I just mentioned but this is in a
much lighter vehicle it’s a gel and it’s
clear someone actually just contacted me
DM me on Instagram and said you know
Whalley skin and they need something
that’s more lightweight but they wanted
ceramide so I recommended this lotion
this is a really nice lotion I’ve been
using this at night to get the ceramides
into my night routine as well then
another product that I found this year
and really loved is the Polish Choice
Omega plus complex moisturizer with Chia
and flax seeds this is really the
product that I discovered in doing the
skin care oils video a lot of the things
in oils that are supposed to be good for
your skin your skin actually can’t use
them because of the way that they’re
bound up in the oil and so you know they
just sit there doing nothing but in this
product they’ve actually released those
things from being bound up in the
triglycerides and they’re in here so
that your skin can use them and then
facial cleansing getting your makeup off
at night I did kind of switch up my
cleansing routine this year I am doing a
double cleanse now and so I’m using the
clinic take the day off cleanser along
with the Neutrogena hydro boost
sensitive skin gentle cleansing lotion
and these two are a great combination
for breaking up makeup especially this
this quickly removes all your waterproof
eyeliner waterproof mascara all your
other makeup whisks it away but a
drugstore dupe for that is the ponds
cleansing balm this is like $29 for this
this is much much less expensive for
about the same amount but I don’t use
this one but you can if you’re looking
for a less expensive dupe because this
is so highly fragrant and I hate the
smell of it sorry but I just do I can’t
yeah I’m very sensitive to fragrance and
I hate the smell of this but if you
don’t mind it this is a really good dupe
for this that I discovered this year and
then the last thing that I wanted to
talk about of course is my new face I am
still doing the new face and I’ve
actually ramped it up this year last
year I got so just tired and pressed for
time at the end of the year especially
around the holidays you know everyone’s
pressed for time around the holidays but
I had made the decision to go on a
vacation like three days after Christmas
and be away for new years man does that
stress you out trying to get everything
done for Christmas and then clean that
all up get everything organized and then
pack and go on vacation while trying to
make you know YouTube videos while I was
away anyway I didn’t
time to use my new face for like a month
so when I got back I was like oh my god
what is wrong with my face I couldn’t
figure it out for like the first week it
just didn’t have the like plumpness and
the left and the spring back in the skin
that it like normally does and I was
like wow I haven’t used my new face in a
while so I really went back into the new
face hard this year and I started like
ramping up every single day you know now
I’m back to be like every other day
scheduled but you know it isn’t
something that’s gonna make any kind of
a you know permanent change in your skin
but then again none of this is even
surgery or Botox it’s not permanent
everything wears off I love what it does
for my skin and I think that that’s also
the reason that when my Botox wears off
I don’t mind it I think this also helps
my skin to act younger and spring back
better and not have those deep creases
in it so highly recommend the new face
so that is everything that happened in
anti-aging and skincare this year at
least on my face so let me know what
procedures are what at-home gadgets or
devices you might be interested in
having me test for you this year and I
will get on it so I hope you found the
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a great day take care everybody I’ll see
you in the next video
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