MY SKINCARE ROUTINE FOR ANTI-AGING & ACNE | LeighAnnSays
cool I’ll take a bath in hot dog water
I’m hey everyone i’m leanne if you don’t
know me if you do in your back thank you
so much for coming back today is
skincare day somehow in all of my 35
years on youtube I have never done like
a skincare routine video and they’ve
been requested for so so so so so long
and for the longest time I felt like I
didn’t really have anything to offer I
have always kept it really simple and I
still like to keep it really simple and
I just felt like I didn’t have like this
parade of products like everyone else
did but now I’m kind of starting to see
that as an asset I have some stuff from
Sephora I have some stuff from the
dermatologist I have some stuff from you
know Walgreens and CVS I’m all over the
place I’ve been using a lot of these
things for years I believe in them I am
fearful and very wary of skin care
marketing I don’t like to buy into that
stuff because I feel like they promise
you the world I like to use stuff that
has been around for a long time that is
like proven to work at this point in my
life I am an over 30 year old lady it’s
not good I need to practice that over
thirty year old lady I was okay I’m an
over thirty year old lady I feel like I
need to focus in on my skincare and I
have been doing that especially for the
past few years so really this skincare
routine could be for anyone my whole
focus in my skincare routine morning and
night is anti-aging of course I feel
like you can’t start that too early I’m
definitely not on the too early side of
things but I’ve started a lot of these
things years and years ago also
brightening also acne I don’t have
extreme acne at all but I definitely do
have breakouts at least once a month and
I have clogged pores and I do have
blackheads so I’m kind of like going in
a lot of different directions but I feel
like this routine works for me I feel
like it could work for a lot of people
okay I’m just gonna stop rambling I’ll
list all the products that I can in the
description I hope you guys enjoy it I
hope it’s helpful let’s do it okay hi
hello it’s the morning I’m awake I’m in
the bathroom so that just means one
thing time for morning skincare of
course you might have guessed it first
up is cleanser I’ve been using the LA
roche-posay hydrating gentle cleanser
and it’s safe for a sensitive skin it’s
soap free sulfate free fragrance free
it’s got ceramides niacinamide
two really good nice hydrating great
things for your skin for your skin
barrier that’s the kind of cleanser that
I usually go for I don’t like to feel
stripped down when I use cleansers I
have oily skin and so I have tried those
before but I feel like that just
encourages more oil production and so I
like to go for a more gentle soothing
Nonviolent cleanser like this one I’ve
really been enjoying this one so I’m
gonna go ahead and put my hair up and
cleanse my skin
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right over here alright my next step is
serum and I like to focus on vitamin C
serums especially in the morning I have
two that I kind of switch off between I
don’t honestly have a favorite the one
I’ve used most is this one by drunk
elephant it’s the C firm a day serum it
is a vitamin C and folic acid serum and
this one’s basically the same thing this
one is by SkinCeuticals it’s the CEO for
rule ik I don’t like to load up on
products I like to keep things simple I
like to just focus on things I’m really
sure are going to work and they’re not
just marketing but I do really really
believe in vitamin C serums it’s
basically an antioxidant it’s an
antioxidant that helps protect your skin
from damage from UVA and UVB and it also
helps to repair the past damage like
damage that has already been done it
helps firm it helps brighten and it just
generally makes your skin better and
it’s something that you always want to
use during the day squirt it out like so
this is a product that you wanted to not
stock up on because the acid in this
does not keep it forever so you want to
buy it and use it and you don’t want to
like have backups you know what I mean
and this is something you want to do all
over your face and also run down to your
neck your chest and even at the tops of
your hands could you take a bath in this
I’d suggest it do I
it could happen so while I do really
like and believe in this product and
definitely recommend it I will warn you
it smells kind of funky and it’s almost
kind of off-putting especially when you
first start using it you’re gonna be
like is this right it has this one
already gone bad like are we good here
you’re good
it just kind of smells like I’ve said it
before I’ll say it again it’s kind of
like hot dog water it’s a very strange
smell but you get over it I mean if
you’re like me and you’re kind of like
well if this is working and if this is
good for my skin cool I’ll take a bath
in hot dog water I’m and I don’t really
want to scare you out of it because it’s
good for your skin but I had to warn you
because I like you all right and now for
third and I guess fourth step of my
morning skincare I have my moisturizer
there both by sarahfey I have the facial
moisturizing lotion it’s the PM version
there’s an amber zone with SPF and then
there’s this PM version that is a little
bit more gel like it’s very lightweight
it says it’s ultra lightweight on the
packaging and it doesn’t get you greasy
through the day it just feels really
good it sinks right into the skin I love
Sarah B it comes from the drugstore it’s
just good it’s got your ceramides it’s
got hyaluronic acid it’s got nice Santa
might and these are all good things that
are for your skin barrier and hyaluronic
acid is really good for your skin
because it attracts moisturizer to your
skin so it just looks like plump and
fresh and happy like I just had a cold
drink Obata and then my eye cream which
to be honest with you I don’t always use
an eye cream but when I do it’s this one
this is a therapy eye Repair Cream this
is just like a much creamier kind of
thick consistency I like it do I think
it’s 100,000 percent necessary no but
makes me feel like I’m treating myself I
do feel like I have really really puffy
under eye bags today I feel like I used
to have it all the time and now it’s
just here and there and I can really
pinpoint the reason and the reason today
is because I had a KFC for dinner last
night
so yeah extra little bonus skincare tip
don’t eat fast food it’s really really
salty it’s gonna make you really puffy
and weird looking like puffy in a bad
way not plump but puffy all thanks to
the kernel okay and for my last but
extremely essential step for the morning
skincare this is my SPF it’s the super
goop smooth and poreless 100% mineral
matte sunscreen its SPF 40 and it is a
tinted sunscreen
I love sunscreen sunscreen is my life
I’ve used a whole bunch of different
ones my quest is always about I have to
find a sunscreen that stays on my face
and doesn’t make me Olli and this is one
that is specifically great for oily skin
because it goes back on your skin
another really great thing about this is
it’s a whipped texture when it comes out
it looks
thick and it might make you nervous but
when it goes on your skin it smooths out
your pores it smooths out your skin it
acts like a makeup primer you can
actually use this as your makeup primer
but I usually use a separate makeup
primer after this but it looks great on
the skin by itself it’s tinted so it
does give you a little bit of color but
it really sheers out a lot it’s nothing
like a BB cream or CC cream or anything
like that you can barely see it on my
skin
I mean SPF is essential for everyone
listen to me listen to your mother
you need your SPF just put it on your
face you will not regret it
I’m totally nagging you right now but
it’s for a reason I mean personally I
really really really need it and I’ve
been using it hardcore on my face every
day of my life since I was like 18 19
years old because that’s when I found
out I have a subacute cutaneous lupus so
I’m extra sensitive to the Sun and it
can make me have a flare and I try to
avoid that so a sunscreen is a really
good thing for me and I also stay out of
the Sun beyond that but it’s just
sunscreen is for everyone it’s good for
you it protects your skin from the Sun
it helps you not age as quickly and I
mean who wants cancer probably not you
definitely not me why did I wear this
like I’m gonna be real with you
sometimes I sit in my house and edit a
vlog all day long and I don’t see the
Sun I mean I see the Sun but I wear
sunscreen everyday weird flex but okay
yes I’m sunscreen flexing on you I’m
addicted it’s a big deal okay
sunscreen rant over that is it for the
morning skincare I feel like I talked a
whole lot but really it’s not that many
products I really try to keep it simple
I definitely have a whole lot more to
share with you guys for the nighttime
skincare so keep watching to see that
it’s kind of like a
choose-your-own-adventure situation I’m
gonna go ahead put on a little makeup I
go about my day and I’ll see you in a
little bit okay I’m back it’s only 5:45
right now but we’re gonna do the evening
skincare routine because I’m using
natural light and that’s
it’s basically just what I have to do
for the video and I mean really in real
life don’t you sometimes just want to
snatch all the makeup off your face and
throw it in the garbage by like three
o’clock it can’t just be me anyway we’re
doing the evening skincare and I feel
like this is the part of the routine
where it gets intense it’s definitely
kind of like a choose-your-own-adventure
kind of situation and I kind of have to
switch off days so it’s actually not
that complicated it is still pretty
simple but seriously evening time is
whenever you do your like hardcore stuff
because you’re not gonna be out on this
side okay so I’m gonna put my hair up I
had a lot of texture spray in here this
is as good as it’s gonna get
I really did not know what to wear for
this part of the video because usually
I’m wearing like a sports bra or like
nothing so it is what it is so obviously
I’ve got makeup on I’ve got to remove my
makeup I’ve got a cleanse so step one
almost always is the Garnier micellar
water I’ve been using this for years
I’ve talked about it for years I love it
I love it I love it this is the original
with a pink cap there are a few
different formulas that this is the one
that I almost always go to and I just
put this on a little cotton pad and I go
over my face but if I’ve got a more like
bulletproof makeup situation going on
this is the pixie double cleanse it’s
got a step one that is the solid
cleansing oil and step two it’s a
cleansing cream and I’m sure you’ve seen
this has been around for quite a while
this is a semi new one so it still looks
nice and fresh I don’t typically like to
use jar packaging for basically anything
because it gets nasty
especially this because you’re like
taking away makeup and you’re reaching
in you’ve got your solid oil right here
you dip in and you rub it onto a dry
face and that breaks down the makeup
like no other and then you dip into the
cleansing cream and it’s just nice it’s
just it feels luxurious however I do
have to say the one really big drawback
with using this is the cleansing oil
isn’t oil
I have eyelash extensions and oil and
lash extensions do not mix so if you’re
using this and you have lash extensions
stay clear of the eyes but in the past
so that I’ve been using this for so long
I used to use waterproof mascara this
takes off water
proof mascara like a dream it’s amazing
and wonderful I absolutely recommend it
but like I said on the day-to-day this
does the job so we’re gonna remove my
makeup with my by seller water alright
there’s the old face so I don’t know if
this considered double cleansing but I
feel like even taking the makeup off got
a splash some water some waters gotta
happen I don’t know if people are trying
to say you can just use like a makeup
wipe and run like no especially if you
wear makeup like no again I feel like
I’m ranting and raving at you I’m so
sorry but that is how I feel so to
cleanse my skin I like to go back in
with the same cleanser that I use in the
morning this is the LA roche-posay
hydrating and gentle cleanser you don’t
even need to see me do this you know
what washing basis looks like right once
I’m done cleansing I go in with a toner
this one is the Murad a hydrating toner
and I’m gonna be honest with you I think
this one is really scented and I don’t
love that but I like that it’s hydrating
and I like that it’s alcohol-free and
basically a toner is just used to
rebalance your pH level on your skin
whatever that means I mean I’m just
being real with you I don’t know what
that means
I don’t spray it directly onto my face I
put it onto a cotton pad and I just rub
it over at my skin this is also really
good because it gets off any makeup that
maybe you missed along the way if
somehow you missed makeup it happens to
me regularly oh we got a little bit can
you see that but it’s nice to know it’s
off your skin now I find ourselves add
another little crossroads it’s another
choose-your-own-adventure moment either
go down the retin-a road or you go down
the moisturizer road so retin-a do you
know about it I have it prescribed from
my doctor I’ve had it prescribed for I
don’t know maybe like 10 years but
honestly I haven’t been using it
religiously I really just started
getting more consistent with it in the
last couple of years
if you don’t know about retin-a or
retinol products I don’t know what Rock
you’re living under but you need to find
out about them because as far as I know
again not a dermatologist retina
and retinol products are like the best
thing you can do for your skin as far as
anti-aging this is again the
prescription I have it in the percentage
point to 0-5 and that’s a really really
low concentration you can go even lower
but this is a product that can really
irritate your skin
because it promotes your skin cell
turnover it goes a lot faster whenever
you’re using this so you can get really
dried out and irritated but it works and
that’s why I really really like it you
can get over-the-counter retinol you
don’t have to go to a dermatologist but
my understanding is that the
over-the-counter stuff it still works
but it works slower and maybe not as
well I’m not sure don’t quote me on that
I just go straight to the source because
I’m like if it’s a prescription if a
doctor has to give this to me it must be
better so I’ve been using this and you
do have to kind of go through a process
with it where you really start slow if
you get this and you’re like more as
more as more as more it’s just not a
good idea you have to start slow so like
once a week for a period of time and
then twice a week for a period of time
and eventually you can work up to a
higher percentage so this is probably
one of my favorite products this is the
thing that I feel like I’m really doing
something and there are actually videos
online for women that are older than me
that have been using this for years and
they have before-and-after photos that
really show a difference
it just helps and I believe in it but oh
I do have to say if you are pregnant or
if you were trying to get pregnant this
is not the product for you you need to
hold off on this until you are out of
that range so that’s definitely
something to think about but generally
this is like my powerhouse product okay
I feel like I just like blacked out
ranting and raving about retin-a but
basically the benefits it speeds up cell
turnover so you’re kind of fading out
wrinkles or preventing wrinkles from
forming
you’re also fading dark marks and scars
and slight discoloration you’re also
clearing out pores so you can help with
acne it brightens it firms it does all
that and a bag of chips like it’s
everything the alternate route is more
rising and this is just for a non
retin-a day a day where I’m just trying
to treat my skin make it feel good do
good things for it and this is the
moisturizer I love to use it is the
drunk elephant protein II polypeptide
cream it is strengthening and is
moisturizing and it isn’t a jar but it’s
one of those cool jars that you like
press down right here the product comes
out and you just swipe it off I love
that I love this for a nighttime
moisturizer because it’s super intense
hydration but it doesn’t feel heavy
it’s full of peptides and amino acids
which hydrate and restore your skin and
help firm your skin so it’s like all of
the good things that you want especially
when you’re on kind of like an off
treatment night this one is more like
ooh soothe your skin build it up make it
feel good after something that’s a
little bit more intense you know what I
mean okay and another product that I
throw in there every once in a while and
really I’m not really on a routine with
this one I just throw it in whenever I
want to and I do it on the nights when
I’m doing moisturizing I add my tanning
drops to my moisturizer these are I love
paradise self-tanning drops and I got it
in dark you can get this at Sephora and
basically you just add a few drops into
whatever moisturizers are using mix it
together put it all over your face neck
chest wherever you want to do a little
gradual tanning you do definitely need
to wash your hands after you apply it I
am just gonna go in with my moisturizer
I feel like my face is whoa kind of dry
out just standing here and talking to
you okay
ranting and raving I’m just gonna have a
simple night and just use my protein
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Oh feels so good okay and the last
product I ever share with you is kind of
just an as-needed product and it’s
epidote this is a spot treatment again
it is a prescription but I feel like it
really really really works I’ve been
using it for years and it works so well
so like at the slightest notion of any
kind of break out any pimple I start
putting this on at night and it works so
well it will be gone so much fast
than if I didn’t use this like this is
my go-to spot treatment I love it I
believe in it it does dry out the area
but I feel like most spot treatments do
it’s got benzoyl peroxide and then a
retinoid and that mix together it does
some magic on is it it is so so good I
definitely have other skin care products
that I use like I have mass I have you
know different treatments that I use
more sporadically that aren’t in my
day-to-day week-to-week routine but I
feel like this video is already getting
way too long and I’m getting a little
too intense about this nighttime routine
I did not expect that I need to go
meditate and call myself and go to bed
alright so that’s my skincare routine I
really hope you guys found it helpful I
hope you found some products that you’re
interested in and you know I want to say
these products are here to stay but of
course I do try new things but like I
said I am very wary about skincare
marketing and I’m like mmm do I trust
you do I want to put you on my face
that’s a serious commitment so things
could change and if they drastically
change in the future I’ll absolutely do
a skincare update video for you guys if
you want to see it let me know in the
comments sometimes I need to hear what
you guys want to see so let me know
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whatever whoa getting a little too
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