My Clean Skincare Routine *finally clear skin*
– Hey guys.
Pretty much the only question
I’m getting right now is
about my skin care routine.
I thought I would do today’s video
to tell you a little bit about my skin,
and what I’ve had to do,
and what I’ve had to change,
and basically everything
that I’ve had to do
in the past couple months.
Because it has been so crazy,
and just a long, just a long, long process
to get where my skin is today.
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I guess I should just start
at the very, very beginning.
I’ll kind of talk through
everything that happened,
and then I will show you guys
my actual skin care routine.
I think my family in general
has pretty good skin.
All of us have always
had pretty clear skin,
we haven’t had like major
acne or anything like that.
Of course teenagers get
acne, it’s pretty normal.
So my mom, like right around
you start getting acne,
she’d take us into the dermatologist
just to kind of get ahead of it.
So it worked super well for me,
they had me on a low dosage of something
called tretinoin, it’s just
like a face cream kind of thing.
So I just did like spot treatment
on any acne that I would get.
It worked super well, and then just like,
I hit a point, I think it was,
I wanna say Sophomore year,
so like a year ago, year and a half ago
where it just stopped working.
So I went back into the dermatologist,
they adjusted a little
bit of what I was using
and it just was not working.
That’s all that I can say
is it was just a mess.
But, it was so confusing because
it was also like my skin
was just reacting to things,
that’s kind of how I can describe it.
And I’ve had that for a really long time,
it sounds horrible but I haven’t been able
to use sunscreen in a really long time
because even just the spray kind
on my arms or on my
legs, it’ll burn my skin.
And I don’t know how else to describe it
other than that but it literally,
not like a sunburn, like it’ll turn red
and it feels like it’s on fire.
That’s like the best way I can describe
how sunscreen makes my skin react.
So within the past couple months,
I think it was right around June or July
and my face just, it was so bad,
I was breaking out everywhere
and my skin just felt
horrible all the time.
It was just not good.
So I finally was like,
okay maybe it’s ’cause I,
I don’t even wear makeup but I was like
maybe it’s makeup that I’m wearing.
So I stopped wearing makeup completely,
which is great ’cause I don’t like
wearing makeup in general.
But it was so hard because
I was out in L.A. filming,
and I was doing all these other things
where I had to wear all this makeup.
So every day, they would
just put makeup on me,
by the end of it literally
the makeup artists
were like “Your skin is
rejecting the makeup.”
They were like, “We will
put it on and within an hour
“it will be peeling off your,
not peeling, but it will
be falling off your face.”
That was how bad.
My skin was literally rejecting makeup.
I talked to a few people that I know
who are makeup artists,
and people like that.
They were like, okay.
Well, sometimes it happens
that you’re allergic
to different things,
you’re really sensitive
to different products.
That can make your face react.
But really, the only
way to figure that out
is to either go get allergy tested,
or to just test products until
you find which ones work.
Before all of this, my
basic face routine was,
I would just wash my face at night.
I would use Cetaphil, just face cleanser.
It’s really gentle.
I’d use that cleanser
and then I would put on
the acne treatment that I had,
which is just spot treatment.
Then, I would use a Cetaphil moisturizer
as kind of a moisturizer.
That’s all I would do.
Obviously it wasn’t working very well.
That totally works for some people though.
That’s the thing that’s
so hard with skin care.
One thing can work for somebody,
and it can not work for somebody else.
So, I just started testing
products for weeks on end.
It was horrible.
It was the worst experience ever
because basically, I had to use stuff
that I knew my skin would react to.
All night long it felt super tight.
I tried Cetaphil, Serave.
Both of those are supposed
to be the most basic
and gentle and clean
moisturizers and cleaners
that you can get.
Dermatologists recommend
them all the time.
It did not work for me,
neither of those worked.
Later, my mom was finally like,
“okay, we’re going and we’re
taking you into Sephora
“and we’re getting you
the most basic, clean”
’cause Sephora has a line,
or they have a thing that they do,
where it has to be a certain
percentage of clean ingredients
that these makeup companies will use,
before they will put their stamp on it,
that’s like Sephora clean or something.
So, we went to Sephora,
and we got just like all clean products.
The guy I was talking to at Sephora,
he was like “Okay, what you’re describing
“it sounds like you have a
really thin lipid layer.”
I don’t know what that means to be honest.
No clue, but apparently that just means
that I’m super sensitive slash
allergic to a lot of things.
He had me try some different products,
and I’ve been using them.
Literally, that night that I used them,
it was crazy.
I was like, my face doesn’t burn.
It feels good.
I used moisturizer, I was like,
my face feels so soft.
Is this what it’s supposed to feel like?
‘Cause just for so long,
I had been washing my face
and it just felt like
it was on fire after.
I wanna say I bought all this
stuff around my birthday.
So, I’ve been using all
this stuff since January.
So, I’m about two months in.
It’s just dramatic difference.
Within two weeks, people were like,
your skin looks so good.
Honestly, it’s been such a long journey.
Honestly, I don’t even
really know what I was
exactly reacting to.
I don’t know if I was
allergic to something.
Some people were saying
people can be allergic
to different dyes, like this red dye
that’s in a lot of makeup products.
But, I did find products
that worked for me.
I’m never pretty much gonna
use anything outside of that.
Just ’cause I don’t
wanna throw my skin off.
So, I’ll show you some of
the products that I use now,
that work for me.
Then, I’ll kind of walk
you through my routine.
So the first product that I
switched was my face cleanser.
So, I’m now using this thing called,
well the brand is called
Naturally Serious.
What’s different about this
particular face cleanser,
other than other ones,
’cause there’s a few that were like clean,
and all that stuff that he pointed out.
He said this one would be
best because it actually
holds moisture, like some
moisturizing face cleanser,
which is different than most of them.
But, there was another one that had honey,
which he said might work for my skin
because it cleanses naturally.
It’s really interesting when you read into
a lot of these different skin care stuff.
You don’t realize that there’s
a lot of natural products
that work better than some of the more
manufactured, I don’t know a better word
to say than manufactured.
I do recommend, if you
are having face issues,
try to switch to clean products,
or just go in and test
a few different things.
But, they do have a
really good return policy.
You can buy something like this,
and if you take it and react to it,
or you don’t like it,
I do believe you can
go back and return it.
So, this is the face cleanser I’m using.
I’ve been super, super,
super happy with it.
All right, then the next
thing that I do use,
this is just my prescription
from a dermatologist.
But, in case y’all were wondering,
I don’t think you can buy this anywhere
because it is just a
dermatologist prescription,
but this is my tretinoin cream.
This is the weirdest, it looks
like it’s just really dirty,
but that’s just the bottle.
It’s just really wrinkled.
But, it is tretinoin
and I am using a really low
dosage still, it’s 0.5%.
And I just use it as a spot treatment.
A lot of times acne medication
that your dermatologist
will prescribe you, it can
make your skin really dry.
That can actually,
let’s say I took this and
put it all over my face,
that could actually produce more acne
because again, I’m taking away those oils
and making my skin really dry.
That actually creates more skin problems.
So really, I just spot treatment this.
I just literally, boop.
And that’s it.
So, I really am really
careful with how much I use.
My moisturizer.
This has been one that has taken me
so, so, so, so long to find.
Moisturizer, it was killing
me that I couldn’t just,
my face was constantly dry.
That just drove me crazy.
It was literally the first
night that I used this,
I sat down, I was like,
my face feels so soft.
I’ve been super happy with this.
This is called Pink Cloud.
It is a little bit pricey, but again,
if you’re someone like me
who has major skin issues,
and it’s worth it 1000%.
It has made such a big
difference in my skin.
Actually, it’s lasted
me a pretty long time.
You only need a little tiny.
I guess, the product is called Pink Cloud.
The actual brand is called Herbivore.
They have really clean products.
They have a whole bunch of ’em
if you want to check ’em out.
This is made from rosewater,
and that makes it so
it’s super moisturizing.
Literally, all I have
to take is that much,
and it will literally go all the way.
So, it really does last a long time.
This looks like a really
small bottle for moisturizer,
but I promise you, so, so good.
I’ve been so happy with
both of those products.
No regrets on switching.
I did wanna find a really good primer
’cause I thought that
might protect my skin
from a lot of the products
that I might have to use
that might not be clean
or good for my skin.
So, I did find this primer
that is from the brand Milk.
Again, it’s a cleaner brand.
They have a whole bunch of stuff.
But, I’ve been really,
really happy with this.
Again, it’s just feels super moisturizing
and I think that’s the big thing for me,
is I have really dry skin.
So I try to find things
that would bring moisture in
as well as the product that I was using.
So, this primer has worked really well.
I don’t use it a ton,
’cause I don’t feel like
I need to prime my face
if I’m not gonna put makeup on it.
But if I am going to
wear a bunch of makeup,
I do use this, and haven’t
had any issues with it.
All right, the next
problem was foundation.
Most of the ones that I
was using were super heavy.
Even if I wasn’t wearing a bunch,
it just felt, it was clogging my face.
That’s the best way I can,
I’ve said that a lot.
But, that’s the best
way I can describe it.
It’s really hard to
describe what I was feeling.
But really, I just felt
like there was so much
on my face when I was wearing makeup.
It just felt heavy.
So, I wanted something light.
So, they pointed out this brand,
I’m not sure how to say it, Kosas maybe?
But, it’s a liquid foundation.
It’s really interesting.
It’s literally just like liquid.
That’s pretty much it.
But, even when you blend it in,
it really soaks into my skin.
That’s something that I wanted as well.
I don’t like makeup that
doesn’t look natural.
So if I am going to wanna wear something,
I want something that
almost soaked into my skin,
so it looked like I
wasn’t wearing anything.
That’s pretty much what
this has done for me.
I’ve been happy with it as well.
I don’t use concealer.
Then of course, my mascara.
I use Lash Next Door,
which is the twins brand,
Brooklyn and Bailey.
Works really well.
Honestly, I’m not even kidding you,
most days this is all I use, is mascara.
I’ll wake up and I’m like,
I’ve got five minutes, so I’m
just gonna run out the door.
So, most of the time I just use mascara,
and that’s all that I use.
This is based in beeswax,
which is really interesting
for a mascara.
It’s not waterproof, but
it’s water resistant.
I like when I’m taking it off.
I can even just do it in the shower.
You know when you use mascara
and you’re wiping it off in the shower,
or even when you’re washing
your face or something,
and you get out of the shower
and you’ve just got major raccoon eyes?
This mascara doesn’t do that,
which is something I really appreciated
because I don’t like
coming out of the shower,
seeing mascara all over my face.
It actually rolls off into
kind of little wax balls.
Most the time, I feel
like you even need water.
Or, you don’t need to wash your face,
you can just get your
hands and roll it off
and it’ll roll off.
Something I really like
about that mascara.
Highly recommend, I recommend
all of these products.
But again, different things
work for different people.
Then, the last thing
that I have been using
was just a setting powder, slash,
just because, especially
when I’m on camera,
even right now, there’s
a lot of light coming in.
So if my skin looks oily,
it’s just because I don’t
have any powder on right now.
I’m just reflecting the light.
But I wanted something,
again, that was super light,
wasn’t gonna be heavy,
wasn’t gonna clog my pores,
make my skin dry.
So, I am using Seal The Deal by Lawless.
Honestly, I’m not gonna lie,
I don’t know how to get
it with a brush very well.
It kind of goes everywhere.
I think that’s just user error,
because I don’t really
know how to use makeup.
But, I have been happy with this as well.
None of these products
that I’ve been using
I have reacted to at all.
You can see my face now.
I mean, of course, everyone’s
gonna have little blemishes.
Overall, you see I got something there.
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All right, so I just
got out of the shower.
Obviously, my hair is wet.
If I am showering, then I
will do all my face stuff
after I get out of the shower.
I skip taking my makeup off.
Again, I don’t really wear makeup.
So on days like today,
all I had on was mascara.
So I just rubbed it off in the shower.
The first thing I will
do is I will wash my face
with my face wash.
I’m gonna use warm water.
I actually was thinking about it,
I was like, I don’t know
when somebody told me
to use warm water, but they did.
It’s not on the back of this.
I don’t know if that’s
what you’re supposed to do,
but it’s what I do.
(water running)
So first I’m gonna put my hair back.
So I’m gonna rinse my face,
and then I just add a little
tiny bit of my face wash.
Honestly, I don’t use that much.
I use a little tiny dime sized.
I just wash my face.
I do it in little tiny circles,
kind of like this.
That’s what it does say on
the back of the package.
Little tiny circles.
That’s just what I do for about a minute.
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All right, and then after
I have it all over my face,
I rinse it off again with warm water.
Then, I just pat dry with
a little towel that I have.
And then I’ll wait a minute,
because my face still feels wet.
I don’t wanna put my
moisturizer and stuff on
when my face is wet,
so I’ll just kind of let my
face air dry for a second.
This is usually when I brush my teeth.
Again, just so I can say this,
this is just my routine.
Everyone’s face routine is different
depending on your skin.
Everyone’s skin is different.
So obviously, what works for me
is probably not gonna work for you,
although switching to clean
ingredient, clean products,
might help your skin.
But, I would always talk to
your dermatologist before.
I’m not a doctor.
So, I will use my acne medication.
I just don’t use a ton to be honest.
Even right now, I don’t really have any,
I’m trying to judge.
Good skin day I guess.
I don’t really have anything major.
So, I’m just gonna kind of put it
in the spots that I might see
something starting to come.
I don’t know.
And I normally don’t rub it in.
I just kind of dab it on.
I just want it to soak in.
Then, I put on my moisturizer.
And again, I do not use a ton of this.
Really small amount.
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That is pretty much it.
In the morning, I do something
a little bit different.
So, I’ll walk you through that too.
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All right y’all, so it is the next morning
and I told y’all that I would show you
what I do in the morning,
but honestly, I don’t really do anything.
I just put on moisturizer again.
My skin gets dry overnight, I feel like.
Also, if I don’t put
moisturizer on in the morning
and then I put makeup on or something,
it doesn’t stay on my face well.
So, I always put on moisturizer at night
and in the morning.
So, that’s pretty much what I do.
No, it’s literally all I do.
I would show you my makeup routine,
but literally, I don’t have one.
That’s pretty much all
that I do in the morning,
as far as skincare goes.
So, hopefully y’all enjoyed
watching my skincare routine.
It’s been a long road.
I’ve come a long way
and I’m so, so happy
with the way my skin is.
I’m really happy, and
obviously acne is normal,
especially for teenagers.
So, it does take a long time
to kind of figure that out.
It might just be an age
thing for some people.
But, I did find out that most of mine
was because I was reacting
to the products I was using.
But obviously, talk to
your dermatologist before
changing anything or trying anything,
’cause they know what’s best for you.
I have no idea.
This is just what’s worked for me.
But yeah, hopefully y’all
enjoyed watching that.
I’ll see you guys next week, bye.
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