Specialist Reacts to John Maclean’s Skin Care Routine
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how is that today I’m going to be
reacting to the one and only the ever
enduring makeup artist John McLean I’m
just gonna assume that every one of you
watching knows who John McLean is
because he has been he/she I always just
assumed God
the presence of John on YouTube has
always been so piercing that once you
see him you remember him and as I was
prepping for this video I was watching
some of his videos from the past and
just cracking up oh my god I love John’s
personality I feel like him and I would
just vibe so much like honestly put me
in a room with John McClane and contra
points and I will never leave they are
all I need out of life I think of
everyone on Twitter and James Welsh for
tagging me in this routine I honestly
thought right before filming this video
that this was one of his most recent
uploads and then I looked at the
timestamp and I was like oh shit this is
from a year ago but honestly I committed
I’m here to do it I don’t care John is
iconic and this needs to be done I have
been obsessed with John ever since I saw
him say the only sunscreen I wear is
ultra Cotulla the iconic being that a
deity has uploaded his skincare routine
I feel a personal calling to react to it
I know about you 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 your 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
dermatologist to get that shit treated
this is all just for fun and information
sake I will try to refrain from
impersonating his accent just to keep
you guys sane as much as I want to I
will leave that to him Oh 20 minute
video oh here we go
hello everyone and today’s fella I’m
going to be talking to you about
skincare maintenance a film that was a
do skincare I think skincare is one of
those subjects that is incredibly
ambiguous there’s a great abundance of
subjects within skincare one of the most
highly reviews for me to produce and
share on the platform
www.youtube.com/bimalmsk and care and it
may come as an anti-climax to many of
you but my own skincare routine and
maintenance routine isn’t actually that
complex from time to time I do change my
own skincare maintenance routine
I actually really like to hear that I
don’t find that anti-climatic at all
like I always talked about on my channel
the perfect skincare routine has like
four to five steps doing a simple is
much better than a lengthy complicated
skincare routine so I’m not matter that
at all no my skin is dry to company
it’s not excessively dry but it
definitely needs replenishment it can
get a little oily in the t-zone no and
then but I would say it’s more on the
drier sides of things the top of my
forehead and the higher areas of my
cheeks definitely get very very dry and
certainly my chin and jaw area now when
it comes to cleaning the skin first
thing in the morning that I like to do
isn’t necessarily to wash it with water
or soaps of course are quite abrasive to
the skin certainly the facial skin but I
like to go in straight away with some
Bioderma
or McCotter just use a little bit of
that what I do is that is my favorite my
solar water oh my god and he even has
the right one this since CVO micellar
water which is fragrance free and the
least irritating I did not expect you to
spare him off in that fashion if you
guys will watched any of my videos I
constantly talk about that micellar
water just because I think it’s really
good it’s non sensitizing but performs
amazingly take some makeup and sunscreen
off really well so he’s off to a good
start already that is amazing take it
over the skin I always like to Pat
render guys I don’t like to drag on the
eye too much because the skin around the
eye is very fragile no there’s
absolutely nothing on my skin currently
and I have gone in on clean shaven skin
no particularly in the morning I do get
quite a coily forehead so I would like
to make sure that I remove everything on
my forehead and I just found out that
freshens my skin up considerably I just
like to take off any dirt or oil that’s
been there from the night just removes
everything and to massage I’m going to
be going in with a very trusted oh my
god HC cleansing oil
I very much like this while because it
is one of these oils that you can apply
and then once you mix it with water it
turns into a milk so it’s really easy to
remove I have quite if the term for that
is called emulsify or an emulsifier so
right away I have to say I love that
cleansing oil I’ve talked about it in
multiple videos and I find that it’s
best for people with dry skin since one
of the primary ingredients is olive oil
and olive oil typically performs best on
people who have you know more dry skin
although I would say that cleansing oil
can be good for anyone but he’s right
the oil emulsifies which is always nice
to have with the cleansing oil because
usually oils and waters
do not mix so taking the oil off of your
face can be extremely difficult but when
a product emulsifies that essentially
turns into like a milky foam that you
can easily remove from your face and
move on to the next step which is
cleansing so far he’s doing so good not
only on these products like ones that I
actually like find okay they’re ones
that I’ve previously recommended in
videos I am pleasantly shocked I have
quite a functional relationship with
skincare I’m not as fixated on skincare
as I am with makeup I look at skincare
very functionally even though I have
friends that are immensely interested
and obsessed with uh skincare they could
stare at a part of some humectant
goodness knows what for about five
minutes and the best high as a kite for
a better month I’m very much like
products that are effective and do their
job yes so what I just massage that
around and I do some all areas and I
massage my skin to some capacity every
day I don’t always go in with the DHC
but I always like to go in and just
sometimes I will use a dense moisturiser
his massaging technique is very
interesting to me but I think what he’s
doing is great he’s using on oil which
basically helps to like lubricates the
skin so that when you’re massaging it
it’s an easy slip rather than being
tough and rough like pulling on your
skin
I think massaging the face is really
great there’s not a lot of data to back
up the actual effectiveness of it but
the fact that it’s been something that’s
been used for thousands of years as an
effective skincare trick in other
cultures is kind of enough evidence to
me that like okay it probably works well
but yeah I do the same thing as well
when I use a cleansing oil I really take
time to massage it into my skin and just
to make sure I get every area not only
is it really good for removing all the
dirt and makeup but it’s really
effective for just like calming yourself
down I’m kind of like a spa relaxation
moment and I also like that he’s being
very gentle he’s not being really rough
as he massages it into his skin he’s
being very gentle in particular and I’m
very smooth as he moves it around I mean
I’m ready a John stand but this is
taking it to a whole nother level the
fact that he was also talking about
skincare is being very functional rather
than very excessive and luxurious I
think is incredible because honestly
when I was going into this routine I
fully anticipated him to be like here’s
my two
dollar cleanser here’s my $300
moisturizer and who knows that could be
the case but so far those products he’s
using are very functional do what
they’re supposed to do without any fancy
excessive fragrance packaging
description blah blah blah blah you know
the stuff that so many people get caught
in – I completely agree with his stance
on skincare it can be very self
indulgent while also respecting the
functionality of it one of the things I
like to do next is going with this
little gadget here that I purchased on
Amazon for not a lot of money it is this
steel pot here with a handle and it also
vibrates if I turn the end it comes to
life what I do with this is just move it
across the face never dragging away from
the eye always coming in now I find this
great as I do tend to be prone to
cloaked sinuses I think there’s some
sort of village living up there I’m so
followed the natural contours of my own
face or underneath the cheekbone
underneath the jaw and I move it up the
neck this is also great if you are quite
stressed or little tense can really
relax you I also like to keep my one of
these in the fridge so that when I go in
without it’s really soothing so I don’t
think there’s anything wrong with that
all at first I thought that was gonna be
like a razor or something faithfully and
I got a little bit nervous but what he’s
doing I think is good especially that
tool uses vibration to help products
penetrate into the skin deeper but also
just to help your face
tighten there are some like anti-aging
claims that those devices have which I
don’t necessarily agree with but I
definitely don’t think it hurts your
skincare routine and it can actually
help product absorption and just help
your face feel refreshed putting it in
the fridge and then using it can also
really help with deep puffing the eye
area and reducing any congestion on the
face I agree with him I like that he
said you got it from Amazon not some
crazy expensive fancy one because in
reality I’m like if you are gonna use a
tool like that I would recommend just
getting a more affordable one rather
than a really fancy one
then I submerge my face cloth with water
and rinse the majority of it out I’m
going with a dump
v cloth so it’s wet but it’s not
dripping wet and it’s what I use just to
remove until you see the oil and I’m
very gentle with that I don’t want to be
too abrasive to the
especially when Mexican is quite
irritated and agitated there’s a little
bit of dry skin here and their skin that
will need a little bit of an exfoliation
but I don’t like to use exfoliator that
I filled with beads
I feel sand so it looks like he doesn’t
go in with a cleanser afterwards and
most of the time I would kind of be
horrified by this but here’s the thing
he already doesn’t have any makeup on
he’s using a cleansing oil afterwards
for people with severely dry skin that’s
not a terrible thing to do actually just
removing a cleansing oil with water
letting it emulsify and then come off
can be enough cleansing for someone with
dry skin because sometimes doing a
double cleanse system can be overly
stripping to people with dry sensitive
skin if he’s already not wearing makeup
or sunscreen or any products like that I
personally don’t really see a problem
without the only time I hesitate is that
if he is oily in his t-zone area and
leaving the DHC cleansing oil on top of
that part of the skin can be problematic
and could lead to poor blockage is
anything I would say using a cleanser
after the cleansing oil in his t-zone
alone and then leaving the rest of his
face just as is that’s what I would
recommend that does concern me a little
bit but at the same time this is pretty
common on a lot of estheticians actually
recommend only going in with the
cleansing oil if you do have dry skin
simply for that purpose alone my hope is
that if he does wear makeup he goes in
twice with the cleansing oil and rinse
twice in order to properly remove all of
that makeup but I don’t like to use
exfoliator that are filled with beads
off your sandpapery I don’t like things
to be too rough I much prefer good and
put on that’s what I don’t like anything
that feels murderous on the skin so one
of these villages that I absolutely love
is the Dermalogica gentle queen
exfoliant I don’t always use this term a
lot to come mask on a daily basis but
once a week if that I actually don’t
like to exfoliate my skin too often I
think it’s far too embraces certainly
for the kind of skin that I have now
lamented that to the skin is the planet
to the majority of my face okay so if
you guys don’t know my stance on
Dermalogica I’m personally just not a
fan of the brand because they present
themselves to be very medical scientific
data backed while using commonly known
irritants at crazy
high concentrations and they’re also
very expensive I consider them to be
overpriced but here’s why I don’t find
it that problematic first of all he says
that he only goes in with it once a week
which is incredible people is severely
dry skin I always recommend that they
should exfoliate very infrequently
because over exfoliation can lead to a
lot of problems like flaky skin more
excessive dryness a compromised moisture
barrier just so many problems that you
don’t want to deal with and the
philosophy is there I also looked at he
said he doesn’t go in with scrubs or
harsh exfoliant he rather prefers
something you can leave on the skin and
wash off afterwards completely agree if
you have dry skin do not even think
about touching a scrub please do not
even consider that because that is so
problematic what he’s doing in
philosophy is correct I wouldn’t
recommend Dermalogica but I don’t find a
problematic all the dead skin would that
be too abrasive and I tend to leave this
on my skin for roughly 10 to 15 minutes
until it dries prevents feel it I
wouldn’t say it’s one of these
exfoliators that feel like a mask like
they are drying on the skin some them go
really hard but this one you can
definitely let dry and slowly so without
no dry I’m just going to remove it with
the same face sitar language just a
moment ago to remove the THC oil with
some clean hot water part of the reason
that I like to go in and massage the
skin particularly when it is slightly
irritated and there’s level pustules
that I want to give it of I tend to
prefer to massage pustules or spots as
opposed to popping them or extracting
the sebum build a very much believe I
left alone to heal on their own I
believe that the body can process these
things itself so I almost like to give
it a gesture forward and a push along
now I understand why he calls himself
God because it makes sense all this
information is so good yes I feel like
we tend to mistrust our own skin and our
own bodies figure our bodies aren’t able
to solve these problems on their own
when most of the times they can they
just need a little bit of assistance and
I like that he said he doesn’t pop his
pimples because first skin care 101 you
shouldn’t be doing that and massaging
can actually help to kind of redirect
the excess sebum boys the surface of the
skin so that the body has an easier time
ejecting it the only thing that wasn’t
crazy about is that uses a towel again
to take off the mask I would prefer that
he just uses water because we’re
introducing the towel especially when it
already has the cleansing oil on it can
only potentially increase reintroducing
the oil to your skin which could
potentially block pores and is also a
little bit abrasive but that’s it
everything else I love so far now after
doing that I typically splash my face
with some lukewarm water or cold water
or warm water depending what I feel I
need I’d like to go in with water if I
don’t have water nearby and I’m having
to clean my face where I’m not near a
sink I would then go in with a little
bit of biogenic trances I do tend to
like to use quite strong quite rich
moisturizers and I don’t really use
toner it’s not something that I’ve ever
really thought was necessary so after I
come to the steps and then oh my god he
is hitting all the nails on the head
this is why I got a good vibe from him
we literally have the exact same
philosophy I constantly talk about in my
videos how I’m like toner is not
necessary I don’t really get the point
of it it’s just an excess product that
you don’t need and you should go in with
a more rich more powerful moisturizer if
you are still feeling dryness my mind’s
kind of blown right now everything he’s
saying
I completely agree with this is not how
I expected it to go I completely
anticipated to be opposite of this him
going in with very fragrance – very
expensive moisturizers wow I’m sure
y’all this wow I then go in with a
moisturizer and my typical go to
moisturizer is an broglie’s la creme
concentrate I also sometimes use the bio
gem but just living alone as well as the
badge and the Hydra bio
cream and I don’t use a great amount of
this just a very very rich so I’ll be
completely honest I don’t remember off
the top of my head the ingredient list
of embroideries moisturizer however both
of our dermal products definitely have
my seal of approval I think they’re
great for dry skin let me look real
quick okay Wow yes yes this moisturizer
is great it has some more conventional
like you could say old-fashioned
ingredients for moisturizing but it
definitely will be good for dry skin it
really seals in the moisture barrier to
make sure you’re not losing any water
through your skin I am so shocked y’all
John knows his shit when it comes to
skin care I’m really blown away i
completely approve all the products that
he uses are simple but effective not
fancy functional do what they’re
supposed to do
without any frills I love it my skin
does tend to be more on the drier side
of things so I do like to cater a for it
in that respect I like to use products
that are quite good a dish and quite a
mullioned now when it comes to eye
creams I’m not really that fussed about
eye creams but I do like to apply very
strong very rich amount of moisturizer
or eye cream to the underneath of my
eyes as well as a little bit on the
eyelids themselves I totally lose the
Bobbi Brown extra eye Repair Cream
it worked marvelously on me I use quite
a lot of it just on the cheek as well as
I want my skin to look really glowy and
it keeps this area which I get severe
dryness on keeps it very very
moisturized and it keeps it also looking
quite healthy throughout the day so as
if were shocked he nails it again
seriously for real are we like twins and
this was a year ago he is way ahead of
the times I always talk about how I
cream yes while it can be fun to use is
not necessary to a skincare routine that
you shouldn’t spend a lot of money on
than eye cream just because it’s not
completely necessary to a routine Bobby
Brown though is expensive and I want to
look at this ingredient list to see what
exactly it has oh it’s $80 well I mean
the rest of us can carotene is
relatively affordable and for someone
like John who doubles in the luxurious
side of life you know I don’t find a
problem with him splurging for an item
Wow okay so this ingredient list is
really long you know it has some really
good ingredients it has shea butter
glycerin green tea apple mulberry
evening primrose olive oil caffeine a
peptide complex hyaluronic acid I mean
it does have a good ingredient list for
a luxury price point item I’m actually
quite impressed the only thing is that
it does have fragrance and limonene
which I don’t think fragrance belongs in
an eye cream at all but honestly this is
not very bad and especially considering
that the rest of his routine is mostly
fragrance free and he goes in with this
product I don’t see a problematic
whatsoever like I’ve told you guys I
have one or two products that I have in
my routine that have fragrance I just
like to encourage the overall philosophy
of reducing as much fragrant products as
possible to prevent any potential
irritation and sensitivity it’s all
about a balance and John seems to figure
that out so far
another thing that I like to do when I’m
are the stressed or to calm my skin tone
or even in the morning when I have
slightly puffy eyes
I like to take a pebble this one is by
mother nature that can be found on most
beaches I a little person that collects
stones oh my god I was totally like I’ve
never heard of mother nature what brands
is that are the products good right over
my head this is a very interesting trick
I mean I don’t have a problem with it I
think we using a rock as long as it’s
smooth and doesn’t have any abrasiveness
can you know be just as beneficial as
using that device that I used before so
no complaints on my end I found this
technique absolutely great as well if
you have puffy eyes in the morning
actually want to talk about protection
that protection is always the final
stage in my skincare routine because
it’s important to protect against the
Sun the Sun of course is quite damaging
to the skin sunlight is a beauty suicide
so I always had to go in there with an
SPF of course my own skin is among the
very fairest of skin tones so I do have
to take particular care when dealing
with sunlight skin of course is all
relative to your ethnicity certainly in
my own case the part of the world that I
come from there isn’t a lot of sunlight
often some with skin as fair as my own
the skin has been designed with a very
little melanin in it so that it can
absorb as much of the sunlight as
quickly and as efficiently as possible
because it doesn’t see the sunlight
often where super to take somebody from
sub-saharan Africa their epidermis has a
greater concentration of melanin it’s
because it is exposed to sunlight so
much so processes sunlight a lot slower
one of my favorite SPS is the Estee
Lauder day where in SPF 50 it’s an
absolutely fantastic one I find with a
lot of SPF one in particular problem is
that sometimes when I apply them near my
eye my eyes can become quite irritated
and almost tear so this one it does
irritate my eyes ever so slightly I do
tend to find that most SPS irritate me
but this one doesn’t dare take my eyes
too much I also absolutely love colonics
SPF I think it’s absolutely marvelous
LaRocco sale also retail SPF 50 I get a
fantastic firstly I recommend the
Clinique sunscreen
I find that that one works really well
for people with fair skin tones it’s
really effective I personally own a I
think it’s a better one than the other
ones that he mentioned but overall yes
his philosophy and everything that he
was teaching is so right I mean yes that
is the fundamental like scientific
explanation for why people do need to
use sunscreens and I will say even if
you do have a darker skin tone you still
need to use sunscreen but people with
fair skin tones absolutely need to use
sunscreen more so than anyone else I’m
glad to hear that he puts so much
emphasis on this because you’d be
surprised by how many makeup artists
don’t really use very much or any
sunscreen when they have an entire
lengthy skincare routine painfully
ironic and when I applied a spec I cover
my entire face with it and onto the ears
and a little bit on the neck if it’s
really on show exact time to avoid the
sunlight as much as I can I don’t mind
when it’s sunny but I don’t like to be
in direct sunlight yeah a really
important note that I find we often time
overlooks sometimes we preach sunscreen
use so much when in reality just
avoiding the Sun as much as possible
it’s so much better for your skin and
why my ass is so pale compared to what I
used to be but as another topic I
definitely think I shall have to do a
film at a later date about SPS as I know
I shall be a plan a spell for them to
test below as I’m going to apply
moisturizer and eye cream and hurl
myself into my circle Fergus recently my
sister introduced me to this incredible
technological device called a television
and she showed me this marvelous
documentaries that I’ve been very very
interesting so I’m going to go and watch
them after I have completed this film
honestly that makes me so happy to hear
after his twenty five thousand years of
life that he’s finally introduced to a
television a girl needs a break from
infinite existence so on a daily basis I
do of course Gwen with some and brief la
creme concentrate I want to do with that
is I take it but a pea-sized on either
cheek typically is too much for most
people I would say most people probably
have too much just with one pea-sized
amount on this wow yeah but my own skin
is very dry a good way of telling how
dehydrated your skin is is by how much
moisturizer you have to use and how
rapidly absorbs into your skin and just
looking at him
playa it immediately absorbed which
means his skin is really in need of
moisture that’s definitely why people
with oily skin have a more difficult
time with moisturizers absorbing into
the skin because their skin just simply
doesn’t need the moisture in the
hydration as much as someone with dry
skin does and when it comes to that
honestly like a lot of companies where
people will recommend like you only use
this much moisturizer it depends it
depends on the product it depends on the
viscosity the texture the needs of your
skin the areas on the face it just
depends use how much feels right for
your skin the next step that I like to
do is to go in with my extra I repair
cream and I do tend to do this muscle at
night then during the day sometimes I’ll
play a little bit of it just underneath
the eye I just tap that and if you have
too much on one side you can always do
it off and move it to the other side and
that’s my skin more or less ready for
bed or ready for the day of course if
this was ready for the day I’d apply SPF
but I think to summarize it’s just very
important to treat your skin suiting to
you I really wanted to create this film
today just to share my own sort of a
skincare routine I don’t necessarily
separate
skincare or looking after oneself for
health or the body or mind
I don’t separate any of these things I
think that they are all one and I think
when you look at like that you’re able
to solve more than one problem I think I
found my skincare soulmate for real I’m
not even kidding everything was on point
in that video if you’ve watched any of
my reaction videos you know that I have
so many problems with most skincare
routines out there just because I feel
like they’re so excessive they have so
many irritating components there’s
misinformation being spread and I’m
blown away by how well researched he is
the products that he’s using the fact
that the majority of them are fragrance
free the simplistic and minimalistic
mind sets and just how far ahead of his
time he was when he uploaded this video
this was uploaded more than a year ago
I’m just blown away everything he said
in his video I can confidently stand
behind and this final point I love
talking about how he doesn’t separate
skincare from self-care and health
I completely agree I think of skincare
the same way as I think of brushing my
teeth exercising eating healthy it’s
literally
within that same realm it’s all about
taking care of yourself making sure your
health is in check and overall yeah I
just I have no complaints I do say I
finished job but John McLean this was so
much fun and honestly I was standing
John McLean before what do you guys
think let me know in the comment section
down below I would love to know your
thoughts do agree with me do you like
John let me know what you think I’d love
to hear all of your thoughts in the
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