Specialist Reacts to Demi Lovato’s Skin Care Routine
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she doesn’t go in with a moisturizer
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below this video is a little bit out of
my norm let me provide some backstory
mama that’s not an Instagram if you
haven’t followed me if you have a –
follow me if you want I rarely post and
I saw that a couple of you guys were
tagging me in a video where Demi Lovato
was removing her makeup and I instantly
got so excited because I fucking love
Demi Lovato so much like people do not
understand I’ve been obsessed with her
music from day one I’ve been so
empowered by her story of her eating
disorder because I went through an
eating disorder too and our authenticity
and rawness she’s just fucking awesome
you know I actually have a flashback
because when I was little and I remember
Demi about us album here we go again
came out so how did you get here under
my skin yeah I’m an a-list performer if
you didn’t know it just came out I was
obsessed with that my little brother was
even more obsessed with it to the point
that I actually purchased the CD as a
gift for him but hid it underneath my
pillow only to later figure out that my
mom stole my CD when I asked her why she
said your unhealthily obsessed with Demi
Lovato to the point that you were
sleeping with her under your pillow
which wasn’t really the point but joke’s
on you because I still listen to that
album on a monthly basis but anyway I
started watching the video and I
immediately had some major concerns with
Demi Lovato skincare routine and when I
looked up the video itself I actually
figured out this is video done two years
ago by Vogue and has accumulated towards
million views and once I saw that I was
like yep I definitely need to speak
about this but there’s just some
problems I have with your routine and
because I can’t keep my big fat mouth
shut I thought I would share them with
you guys so enjoy for anyone who was
watching who is a demi lovato stan let
me remind you I love Demi Lovato and
contrary to popular belief it is
possible to disagree with someone while
simultaneously respecting and loving
them okay okay so let’s get into it if
you don’t know me I am a skincare
specialist that is the official title of
my position at the skincare company that
I work for I am NOT however a licensed
aesthetician or a dermatologist nor do I
ever ever ever claim to be one or know
more than either of them if you do have
any concerns with your skin please go
see your aesthetician or dermatology
to get that shit treated this is all
just for fun and information sake so the
video is called Demi Lovato unfiltered a
pop star removes her makeup I got that
dress and the bag okay I don’t consider
myself an expert on fashion because I
literally wear the same five shirts in
every video I make but that outfit I
would kill for the gold embroidery on
the shoulders with the sharp cuts hot
LaMotta squeaking I love it makeup is a
study in itself you want not only to
know how to use it oh god damn she is so
beautiful
I just can’t every time I see her post a
picture on Instagram I’m like God why
did you have to do my jeans like this
like I understand I got that ugly jeans
but did you really have to make someone
disco bond so I know I’m interrupting a
lot but let me just give the preface of
this video this video is focused on her
removing her makeup which is something
so cool and so bold and at this time I
believe this was when she was posting on
Instagram with her makeup free selfies
and really empowering women to just be
able to be completely authentic on
social media showing the power of both
makeup and skin now it’s a little bit
more commonplace for celebrities to do
makeup free selfies but I remember when
she first started doing this there was
like hardly any I think Alicia Keys was
like the only one and the fact that she
did a completely dedicated video to it
is so awesome and I love what she’s
doing it’s just how she’s doing it that
I’ll get into
beauty indeed is more than skin-deep
care of the face how to achieve a fine
you thought Lee complained it off and
slightly below the book of the Iraq and
the lower lip start at the corner into
the central care routine is important it
doesn’t need to be complicated it can be
very simple foundation is used as a base
for the rest of your mega most important
part of beauty comes from within if you
understand the secret of that skin then
you know how to give it that shining now
for the way the night
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her smiles so cute sorry I digress so I
know you guys are thinking harm that was
literally a one-minute video and you’re
making a 15 minute video about it yeah
bitch listen up so like I established
before I love that she’s showing her
face makeup free that she’s going
through that entire process and that she
is promoting skincare that being said
the primary mechanism that she uses to
remove her makeup is makeup wipes and
cotton rounds you guys may be watching
like what’s the problem I didn’t see
anything wrong with that however the
issue I had was the sheer amount that
she used just to remove makeup that one
time let me explain
so makeup wipes are something that I
talk about a lot here on my channel
because I just don’t think that they’re
the best way to remove makeup for two
different reasons they cause you to be
overly aggressive on your skin cleansing
your skin can be the most irritating
step of your skincare routine and makeup
wipes usually have harsh surfactants
that are cleansing agents to be able to
go through all the makeup but are so
harsh that they can sensitize the skin
and with the aggressive rubbing of a
makeup wipe across your face can tend to
be overly aggressive and just cause an
inflammatory response in the skin the
other problem is that an estimated 20
million pounds of single-use wipes are
disposed of every single day in the USA
alone 20 million pounds most makeup
wipes are not biodegradable and even if
they are biodegradable a lot of times
they can take years and years and years
just to break down in addition a lot of
makeup wipes to have plastic in them
which means that they’re not only not
biodegradable they also break down into
micro plastics and can negatively affect
the ocean and marine wildlife I believe
that makeup wipes are extremely wasteful
and bad for the planet now this may seem
contradictory because I’m talking about
skincare products on my channel all day
long but here’s the difference
one skincare product is a piece of
plastic used over the course of three
six and nine months sometimes a year
makeup wipes are used every single day
so it’s a difference of daily waste
versus waste created every three six
nine months the other thing she goes in
with is with a cotton round now I’m not
gonna lie I use a cotton round every
once in a while because I feel like they
can be an extra luxury experience like
just a wipe it across your face it feels
really nice but cotton rounds are also
really bad for the environments as well
cotton seems one of the dirtiest
materials to make not only because the
amount of pesticides used in the
creation process but also because of the
amount of water that’s used to grow
cotton now this is a huge problem when
it comes to clothing because one shirt
can last a good five 10 20 years if you
take good care of it the difference like
making
pipes is that you’re using it and
throwing it out every single day versus
keeping one piece for a long period of
time because the sooner you went out of
those materials this faster you have to
repurchase that which is only
contributing to that massive waste
problem and one thing I don’t like about
the video is them showing the pile just
growing bigger and bigger and bigger
almost as if it’s justifying the amount
of waste used when no amount of person
should be creating that much waste every
single day from just removing their make
up because of how popular demi lovato is
and this video getting 12 million views
in essence this video is kind of
promoting the use of single waist makeup
removers and when there’s so many better
alternatives out there that can be used
I thought why not make this video to
share those with you guys and then as a
bonus given my feedback on some of the
products that were sitting on her desk
because I was able to recognize some of
them and do a little bit of research and
find out whether or not I approve of
them so a great way to remove makeup is
first a cleansing oil
I love cleansing oils because not only
do they really work well to break up all
the makeup dirt sebum and sunscreen on
the surface of your skin but they also
simultaneously hydrate and nourish the
skin like I said before makeup wipes can
be really harsh on the skin because they
can be overly stripping to the moisture
barrier and a lot of cleansers that
claim to remove both makeup and the dirt
in your skin are oftentimes to stripping
for your skin to be healthy and a
cleansing oil is a great way to find a
balance between these two my personal
favorite cleansing oil is the eye unique
calendula cleansing oil this one is
incredible because the main ingredient
is sunflower seed oil a very
high-quality hydrating nourishing
ingredients that a lot of moisturizers
use as their primary ingredients so the
fact that it’s in a cleansing oil means
that this product is really high-quality
the great thing about cleansing oils is
that they’re able to take off your
makeup wash off the sink and you have
absolutely no waste created whatsoever
all the products that I recommend in
this video will be linked in the
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to support me in my channel so if you do
feel like shopping feel free to use
those links but no pressure whatsoever
another alternative to cleansing oils
are cleansing bombs bombs are
essentially oil in a solid formula which
makes it a little bit more mess for you
however a lot of cleansing oils are
formulated with polyethylene which is a
form of plastic and when running down
the drain can negatively affect the
health of marine wildlife so I have to
polyethylene free cleansing balm
recommendations for you guys
the first being the Neutrogena makeup
remover balm this one is fragrance free
it’s really affordable and a good one
for anyone who has sensitive skin or I
also really like the Burt’s Bees
cleansing oil balm this one does have
some fragrance but works really well and
I personally like the experience of this
one better than the Neutrogena one for
just getting everything off of your skin
and then the last alternative is
cleansing water which demi lovato did
use a cleansing water in her video from
what I can see in front of her what I
was looking at the back of the labels
and trying to figure out which product
was which she is as the Bioderma Sebby M
h2o which is a good micellar water I
think it’s a great one I love Bioderma
that one is formulated with fragrance
though so a better alternative my
opinion is their sin CBO and which I
believe is their most popular cleansing
water it’s amazing works really well but
one of the problems with the cleansing
water is that it does still create that
waste from using daily cotton rounds
which is where I was suggest getting
reusable cotton rounds you can find them
on Amazon you get a big set of them you
can use them once a day and then when
you’re finished with the entire set just
put them in the washer they become
completely clean and sanitary and you’re
able to reuse them no problem without
creating that daily waste while still
being able to use cleansing waters in
your makeup removers and then the one
thing that made me very happy and made
me cheer when I first saw this video is
that she uses a facial cleanser
afterwards which is absolutely necessary
if you’re going to be using any type of
first cleansing system like a makeup
wipe a cleansing oil a cleansing balm or
cleansing water I recognized two on her
shelf the first being the peels
calendula facial cleanser which I
actually talked about in my video called
the truth about keels I will link it in
the description box below overall I
think the cleanser is okay it has very
gentle cleansing agents but it also has
some citrus essential oils which can be
irritating to the face but thankfully
she went in with a much better
alternative which is the Avena cleansing
foam which is the one that she actually
applies to her face and this one is a
great simple cleanser that works well to
do just what a cleanser should do remove
all the dirt from your skin it has very
gentle surfactants and a good cleanser
that I would recommend overall and then
the final problem I have with this video
she doesn’t go in with a moisturizer
what now I get it this video was only
focused on makeup removal I’m sure she
had an entire skincare routine after
this that just wasn’t featured on the
camera although vogue if you’re gonna do
another video with her please show her
skincare routine I would love to see
what she uses so I won’t hold it
completely against her but I did have a
little bit of a freakout moment
like where’s the moisturizer but
regardless those are the thoughts that I
just had to share because as soon as I
saw that video I was like I need to
speak up about this because every single
day I see people who use makeup my son
who have absolutely no idea that there
are other alternatives like cleansing
oils cleansing balms and I hope that now
two years after making that video that
demi lovato has chosen these better
alternatives instead but hopefully what
I’m sharing helps us to be a little bit
more mindful about the environment and
the waste that we create every day
through our beauty routines and how to
minimize that as much as possible what
do you guys think of her video or her
recommendations I would love to see your
comments in the description box below
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