The Ordinary Starter Kit & Skincare Routine For Skincare Newbs
the ordinary skincare starter kit the
ordinary is arguably one of the most
complex as well as one of the most
popular skincare brands on the market
right now and there’s a lot of reason
for that we’ve actually spoken about it
extensively on this channel because
knowing what alpha lipoic acid is can be
a little bit confusing if you don’t have
a background in cosmetic chemistry or
skincare and although we’ve spoken about
specific products before how to use them
what’s better for different skin types
what are the best products for most
people’s skin and for someone who’s
trying to get started with the ordinary
what should you choose especially
because they keep on changing their
prices and they keep on adding new
things to their line even the
explanation on the website can be a
little bit overwhelming and if you
needed like a starter kit what would it
be
now they do sell starter kits on the
ordinary calm but I don’t actually love
those and this is why as well as the
things that I think are the absolute
homeruns from the ordinary as well as
some words of caution about things that
didn’t make the mark obviously if my
stoma has been with acne prone skin so a
lot of my knowledge comes from that room
but today I want to talk not only about
acne but also about things like
hyperpigmentation and wrinkles from our
mature skin or skin that has other
issues so to start off most skin care
routines start with a cleanser and I
actually want to start off on a slightly
negative note because I don’t think the
ordinary has that many good cleansers at
this point they have one it is the
squalling cleanser it is an oil based
cleanser that does remove makeup pretty
well but as a word of warning and
caution if you’re gonna get started with
the ordinary I wouldn’t recommend that
you use this product again it’s not a
bad one but I feel like there are much
better products out there on the market
specifically this one does remove your
makeup but there’s actually not that
much in it it’s one-point-seven fluid
ounces 50 milliliters and for someone
who wears makeup and needs to remove the
makeup it doesn’t always do the best job
um just because you need so much of it
and I feel like I go through one of
these in two weeks as opposed to a
larger bottle of facial cleanser I could
use for a month or two and also when you
actually do the math and look at the
amount that’s in the container and the
price
I find that I’m actually spending less
money on a different cleanser rather
than this one so although it is a decent
product if you’re just starting out I
would rather you skip the cleanser use
something that’s going to be better for
your wallet and work better for your
specific needs but I would recommend the
toner this toner is a lifesaver and I
wish that other brands have the same
philosophy that the ordinary does is
this inexpensive its effective and it’s
alcohol-free one of the biggest things
about toners is that I personally feel
like they’re used improperly and again
my skincare experience comes from a
treatment based approach and a lot of
twitter’s out there seem to like smooth
over the skin or like make it a milky
toner and okay but that’s what a
moisturizer is for like the cosmetic
purpose of a toner is to balance the pH
of the skin the potential hydrogen which
is how acidic or basic your skin is and
it’s to help your other products
penetrate deeper this kind of clears the
slate so to say can also help with
blackheads but a lot of toners on the
market have really drying alcohols and
although not all alcohols are bad in
skin care in toners they’re usually very
drying and can really AG ravais the skin
this is finally an alcohol-free toner
that is affordable and it has glycolic
acid glycolic acid is phenomenal it’s
great for brightening the skin has a
very small molecule
it’s an ahj acid so it’s water-soluble
it goes onto the skin like a dream and
this really helps to unclog pores too if
you do have acne it comes with a little
about like this if you do so choose to
use it the pH is 3.9 which means that
the glycolic acid can actually penetrate
more effectively and three-point-nine is
pretty low that’s pretty acidic but it
can help to balance that out on the face
especially if you used a cleanser that
is a little bit more basic and by basic
we’re talking about cosmetics and
chemistry not about like this go
Instagram girl status this is a toner
that I love this is actually probably my
favorite toner yeah I think it is goes
on of the skin so smooth absorbs
perfectly and again it’s an alcohol-free
solution which is so hard to find now it
also has I believe aloe vera and Rose
both of those are very soothing to the
skin so it’s nice that they
some more natural things in here as well
I believe that there is glycerin yep
glycerin is very hydrating to the skin
too but it doesn’t leave a huge nasty
film on the skin and I find that my
other products penetrate with this as
well it does have urea which again and
sucrose which are slightly exfoliating
so again a really good in case anything
got left behind you can use this day and
night and the other thing is that you
know for those who are Muslim or halal a
lot of people choose not to use alcohol
and that is a choice from consumption
but some people do also look for that in
their skincare or in their beauty
products and I have not read the Quran I
am NOT someone who is an expert on this
but for those who are part of this
butterfly community and have been
looking for alcohol-free skin care it’s
a gigantic struggle and before the
beautiful butterflies in the comments
really brought it up to me and I started
having these discussions about alcohol
and skincare I didn’t realise um you
know what barrier that can be for so
many different brands and the fact that
the ordinary actually lists what
products are or not containing alcohol
on their website is so great and the
fact that there’s actually a toner that
does not contain at all many prayers
including my own have been answered
let’s talk about some actives and I
think that actives are where the
ordinary does the absolute best usually
if you want something for treatment
whether it’s a reduction pigmentation
reduction scars wrinkles etc you have to
buy a very expensive cream and it’s got
a whole bunch of other stuff inside of
it or like it’s filled with a bunch of
ingredients that really don’t need to be
there the ordinary has basically taken
the potent actives and just put them on
their own and said here it is oh and
also it’s not 110 dollars for this serum
you only have to pay 6 bucks 12 bucks
there you go Jimmy that is so fantastic
and if you know how to use these things
properly you can mix and match them with
your other skincare and we have done a
video on that in the past if you have
some questions I would highly recommend
clicking this open it in a new tab or in
a new window because you want to know
how to use these things but again as a
starter kit for the ordinary what are
some of the actives that you should use
the very first one that I think most if
not all skin types should be using is a
retina
this is the grand active retinoid 2%
emulsion it is phenomenal and retinoids
are amazing they are a vitamin a
derivative and normally if you’re trying
to get retinoic acid it’s by
prescription only this is a couple steps
down but it’s something that your skin
naturally synthesizes it’s actually for
your eye health as well don’t put this
in your eyes though please but when it
comes to skin it helps with scar
reduction it helps with wrinkle
reduction there is scientific evidence
showing that it can impact acne and help
to decrease breakouts and blemishes so
only use this at night and then during
the day make sure you use a sunscreen
because it does make you photosensitive
or light-sensitive but just a couple
little dots on the areas that you have
scars or the areas that you’re getting
some wrinkles it’s phenomenal and it
absorbs so nicely now truth be told I do
wish this was right now the hide around
maldehyde is pretty much the best you
can get other than prescription retinoic
acid but they haven’t been able to do
that yet there are other brands that I
like for that but if you can’t afford
those or don’t want to this is a must
the other active that the ordinary does
really well with is the buffet the
buffet is basically their multi peptide
serum and peptides are kind of
interesting the science is still out on
how effectively they work or if they
work at all
but the thing about peptides is that
they are extremely extremely expensive a
lot of them are patented by cosmetic
companies meaning someone actually owns
that molecule for 10 years and in order
to get it or to use it you have to pay
them to license it so a lot of peptide
creams are like 40 50 90 dollars like
really expensive but the ordinary has
made one that is less now this buffet
and like the copper peptide serum
they’re still going to set you back like
25 to 30 bucks so that is a pretty penny
especially comparing to the other ones
that are like six to twelve dollars but
if you’re looking to try peptides this
is where I would start
because the pricing is reasonable and
the actives and the ingredients are have
some validity to them and if there were
any peptides that I would try it would
be these and the way that this is
theoretically supposed to work is that
when applied to the skin it penetrates
super deep because they’re a tiny
molecule stimulates your skin to produce
its own amino acids said this
those into proteins such as collagen and
hopefully strengthen up the skin now
again the medical research is kind of
out on that those who sell you the
product are going to tell you that of
course it works but those of us who are
a little bit more skeptical are going to
say proceed with caution
but if you really want to try a peptide
$30 is a lot better than 60 and I think
that the ordinary is one of the only
brands that has really done this and I
guess I would say a responsible manner
then we have some vitamin C this is
fantastic one of my favorite vitamin C’s
I think I’ve ever used vitamin C is
amazing at brightening it can refresh
the skin it can rejuvenate it and it can
help with also some plumpness and just
the way your skin glows and potentially
with some wrinkles the problem is that
vitamin C can be painful it can burn
your face especially if you’re using a
vitamin C with other acids or with other
treatments or if you get facials or
chemical peels regularly vitamin C can
sting and finding a vitamin C if it does
brighten and give you this glow without
that burn is pretty difficult but the
ordinary has done it this is the
magnesium a scorable phosphate at 10% it
is a vitamin C inside of a moisturizer
and this one does not burn the skin if
you have super sensitive skin
maybe we’re sure to always patch test
things first to see if your skin reacts
negatively but overall this is such a
great vitamin C it comes out in this
cream like emulsion it’s really
beautiful it absorbs into skin great and
one of the other key ingredients in here
is actually an oil I believe it’s an
Inca peanut or something of that nature
I need to brush up on my Latin it’s
called the Phuket Chia volu Billis seed
oil which is very difficult to pronounce
but when it’s applied to the skin it can
help with anti inflammatory properties
it’s really good for aging skin and in
general I would say that this formula is
great if you have sensitive skin if you
have dry or oily skin you could
potentially use it as well I think if
you have dry or oily skin you definitely
want to use other products within your
routine that are going to help you with
balancing out those skin types and any
specific conditions that you have but
for brightening that does
sting that literally melts into your
skin within 10 15 20 seconds this is it
this also doubles as a moisturizer and
the ordinary has some good moisturizers
but they have none that I would say are
a plus plus plus plus
there are moisturizers from other lines
that I like about her and when it comes
to the ordinary one that I do recommend
is the natural moisturizing factors plus
hyaluronic acid this is a really good
lightweight moisturizer that goes on
with the skin and absorbs well again
this magnesium ascorbic phosphate is a
vitamin c plus moisturizer and again the
moisturizer they have are good but I
don’t think they are the best so similar
to a cleanser you may want to shop
around and other brands but if you’re
looking for a vitamin C or the actives
that is where the ordinary shines and of
course you cannot forget sunscreen
prevention is easier than treatment when
it comes to wrinkles and skin cancer and
especially if you are using acids or
something like the Ordinaries retinoid
you need to make sure that you’re using
a sunscreen during the day
now the ordinary did not have very many
good sunscreens they I think super
recently came out with a mineral
sunscreen which I have yet to try but I
would love to but I was not a fan of
their other sunscreens because they
contained more chemical actives like Ava
Ben’s own and for the safety of the
ocean as well as the safety of my skin
that is an ingredient that I choose not
to use they also have some very long
ingredient lists which I just feel could
be cut by about half there’s a lot of
repeat offenders in there and what I
mean by that is like there’s multiple
ingredients that do pretty much the same
thing and because they’re probably
sourcing different ingredients from
different places that come with
different stabilizers it makes sense but
like this could be done a lot more
efficiently and effectively and also
there are some ingredients in there that
are preservatives which again is fine
and it’s actually great because it keeps
the product preserved and longer-lasting
but for those who do have sensitive skin
it could cause a little bit of
irritation to those you know who have
that issue but sunscreens for sensitive
skin or skin with special concerns are
really hard to find so I’m glad that
they have them I have yet to purchase
them and
by them but what I do let me know if you
would like an update perhaps we can test
them in the snow so feel free to skip
the cleanser and some of the
moisturizers and sunscreens at this
point but stock up on the toner as well
as some of the acids and the vitamin C
if you’re looking for a starter kit from
the ordinary these are the ones you
should definitely try and if this is
your first time using the ordinary I
hope that this gave you a good overview
of what they have available as well as
how to use it and what they do like this
video if you liked it if you want
another video on the ordinary you can
watch it here and if you want input on
my three favorite products you can watch
that here always remember to be
beautiful inside and out and I cannot
wait to see you in the next video
love you guys and bye
