Tina Craig’s High-Tech Nighttime Skincare Routine | Go To Bed With Me | Harper’s BAZAAR
– I’m like, “I’m going to bed now.”
I am such a treat to wake
up to, you have no idea.
(mellow pop music)
I have combination skin, really
dry around the cheek area
and very oily here on
my T-zone, which I think
happens to a lot of people,
and I used to suffer
from cosmetic confusion.
I was using 13 products
a day, twice a day.
Sometimes I’d add a couple,
just in case I missed out on something.
And I’ve really pared down my routine
to just three key products.
So between my cleansers and my skincare,
it’s probably about five or
six products I use every day
but I am heavy on high tech tools.
Everyone’s told me I should
be using a cleansing oil,
which really helps melt off
your makeup, as your first step.
So rather than doing a two-step cleansing,
I combine my oil and my gel cleanser.
So one drop of oil and a
drop of this gel cleanser.
The gel cleanser has a
little bit of exfoliating
and it’s very gentle.
There’s a lot of debate about
whether you should dampen
your face before you start
taking off your makeup.
So I try to use as
little water as possible.
So I massage my cleanser
and then rather than using
too much water to rinse off
my face, I use a muslin cloth.
This is the thinnest muslin
cloth that I’ve ever found
and I put on some spa cleansing water,
which is like a Micellar
water, from Koh Gen Do.
So you wipe it off and be
really gentle with your face,
I can’t stress that enough.
You only have one face, okay?
I’m very methodical, as you’ll see.
Trust me, it pays to be
methodical ’cause it’s your face.
But do you see how you’ve
avoided using water
but really cleaned your face?
And when I do wear eye
makeup, which I have on today,
I will use the Almay makeup wipes,
but they’re really small.
But it really takes off everything.
I use the gentle version, oil free,
because I have lash extensions.
You have to be really careful.
Spent a lot of money on
those lash extensions,
you don’t wanna rip them off.
I have several different routines,
depending on my skin’s needs.
If I’m traveling and
there’s a lot of pollution,
like New York City or
one of the bigger cities,
then I use my Ultra
Sonic Deep Pore Cleanser.
This is like a Samurai blade.
Always dampen your skin before you use
your Ultra Sonic blade
because you really wanna get in there.
So this is when I like my Evian mister.
I buy one of these small
ones, it’s like an ounce
and it lasts me months.
Just a light spritz.
The reason you want damp skin
is it provides a small barrier
between the Ultra Sonic
Ion Cleanser and your skin.
I’ve been using this for about
a year, I got it in Japan
and it’s so satisfying when
you go around your nose
and it cleanses everything,
you see blackheads of course.
You do turn red so I
recommend doing this at night.
I wanna just scrape up.
And I do about three swipes per area,
so I divide my face into a quadrangle.
Three swipes on the bottom,
three swipes on the top
and really get that chin.
You know, the reason we have
congestion around the skin —
what I’ve been told, I’m
not a doctor or anything,
although I call myself Doctor Mommy —
is because we’re constantly
touching our faces,
so I’m a handphobe.
I do not touch my face.
So when you touch your face
constantly or if you have
food allergies or any
kind of hormonal stuff,
that’s when it gets really congested.
So I just discovered a new tool,
which I’m really excited about.
This is the Hollywood
EGF from Georgia Louise,
who is the celebrity facialist.
(tool buzzing)
So I love this tool because
the micro needling part
is disposable, so you don’t
have to worry about bacteria
getting into your skin and
there’s a galvanic current
that really helps induce collagen.
It’s all about that.
And since I’m traveling,
I’m a little tired,
I’m gonna use this and just gently,
really gently go over your skin.
And it doesn’t hurt, I promise.
The reason Georgia
Louise came out with this
was because a lot of us are using,
we’re just over treating our skin,
and there are some tools out there
are actually too strong
for our skin types.
So this has a cover that protects it
and it limits how deep it can go.
I’ve been doing micro
needling at my doctor’s office
for about 12 years.
It’s really changed my skin
because any kind of trauma
you do to your skin, it kinda
activates your collagen growth
and so far, I’m loving it.
You only need to use it once a week.
After I clean my face, this
is when I do my rolling.
This is what I do every single night.
My favorite roller,
Refa, and I love this one
because it has so many functions.
Like you have your eye roller,
which is what we’ve seen,
but it also has a jawline
sculpting function.
So I just do about three rolls.
I think the rule of thumb is just three,
if you don’t know how many
times you should roll.
And then of course you
have the eye roller.
And then for your forehead.
Upwards and outwards, anything you do,
even when you wash your face.
And this is something my
grandmother taught me, gua sha.
That’s why this Refa
has all these functions.
This is lymphatic drainage.
Especially all of us with our tech neck,
we’re constantly looking down.
And finally, the pointed
edge is where you do
accupressure points.
Just follow the lines of your face.
The bone structure, go up.
If you wanna define your cheekbones.
I used to use 13 products
a day, twice a day.
Now I’ve pared it down
to just three products.
And so I developed U
Beauty Resurfacing Compound
with one of the top medical
grade labs in Italy.
I thought to myself, we
put a man on the moon,
why can’t we create one
really great product,
not to replace all the
products in the world,
but how about just six of them?
So the Resurfacing Compound is your toner,
your glycolic and multi hydroxy acids,
your vitamins A, C and E
and your hyaluronic acid.
So use about a pump and a half.
So it also refines your
pores and it tones,
lightly hydrates, brightens
because of the high levels
of vitamin C and tightens, and
it feels like a taut shield.
Everyone who’s used it,
beauty editors, have told me
when they put it on, they
feel like immediate tightening
and that’s what this does.
And I, for all the actions to take place,
you really should let it dry.
30 seconds is minimum, I like
to give it a full two minutes.
So my Resurfacing Compound
is completely dry,
it’s time to moisturize.
My favorite moisturizer is
Augustinus Bader’s Rich Cream.
It feels so good on the skin,
it’s like my skin just drinks it up.
And the Resurfacing Compound
actually creates channels
so that any cream you put on after
is absorbed deeper into the skin.
But to be honest, I don’t
love cleaning my face
because you’re taking makeup off
and when you’re putting it on,
it’s exciting, you’re going out.
As a kid, I always hated going to bed.
And here’s another tip for you,
so you don’t waste product,
use the back of your hands.
I’m Chinese and in our culture,
good skin is the highest praise.
And from the time I was five years old,
I remember my grandmother
just piling my plate
full of chicken feet and
and then she would tell me
to eat chicken butt.
She’s like, “This will
give you the best skin.”
And then I was force fed
bone broth every single day
and we had pork bone
broth, beef bone broth,
chicken bone broth, ham bone
broth, mushroom bone broth.
Literally we were the
Bubba Gump of bone broth.
But now that it’s trendy,
I’m like, wait I know
how to make all the broths.
That’s what I was raised eating
because we believed in
beauty from the inside out.
And now I know the reason
she was force feeding me
chicken butt, I think it was
because I was the youngest
and Chinese people don’t like to waste
and so they gave it to the little kids,
telling them that they’ll have good skin.
But chicken feet was
because of the collagen.
That’s an actual thing,
so I love chicken feet.
I was trying to find some to eat tonight,
but it’s hard to find
chicken feet delivery in New York City.
Shocking, I know.
So my final cream in my
three product routine
is Cle De Peau’s Eye Cream Supreme.
One of the reasons I love
it is for this free roller.
Remember, I’m Chinese,
I love anything free.
And you have to be really
delicate around the eyes.
I know I said this earlier
and I wanna say it again,
there’s no sebaceous glands.
The eye area is the most
delicate, so be very gentle.
Now that I’m in skincare,
I found out so many reasons
why we have puffiness and dark circles.
So as we age, our vascular
function is not as good
as it was when we were five years old.
So as the vasculars weaken,
then fluids drain into your face
and then it kind of
collects under the eye.
So you wanna roll it
gently and then I tap.
You wanna tap, never rub.
You can tap or you can gently
do it in circular motions
and pretend you’re a facialist.
And if you have any leftover
excess, again don’t waste.
Put on your lips.
Eyes and lips, just.
So now that I’ve applied my three products
and I wanna make sure
it really works for me
and it’s absorbed deep into the skin,
so I love using Skin Inc Tri-Light.
Red is for wrinkles, blue is for acne,
yellow is for skin
brightening and pigmentation,
so I do orange.
Or you can do purple if you’re more oily.
So there’s five settings.
And I just gently, gently
roll it across your face
to help — close your eyes
when around this area,
you don’t wanna blind yourself.
I read LED light is really safe,
but always err on the
cautious side, people.
So I go around the pigmentation
and I let it sit there
’cause this is supposed to help lighten.
I feel like it’s done pretty well,
but mainly it just feels good.
It’ll heat up, and I do think it helps
my products absorb deeply.
I don’t know about all the other claims,
but it feels good.
I’ve watched my grandmother
roll my entire life.
I used to be called into
her room ’cause I was one
of the younger kids, and
you’d have to roll her legs
’cause she was tired and she would like —
there was a wood roller
for the back of her calves,
there was a giant roller for her back,
there was a jade roller for her neck,
there was a gua sha stone.
I remember my older
cousins would be offering
to give me candy if I would
go roll my grandmother
and I loved it.
Everyone would be like, “No, not me!”
And I’m like, “Yes, yes, I wanna learn!”
I was the smart one, you
should see how they look.
I’m kidding.
(Tina laughing)
If you’re in really dry weather
or you’re in the mountains
or even at the beach,
extreme weather conditions,
I like to take care of my lips
and this is a lip polish from Is Clinical.
I get it from my dermatologist,
serious skincare.
And I have this Nurse
Jamie little scrubber.
So you’re gonna give yourself
a nice little lip massage.
You’re kinda like making out with it.
Get your skin nice, your
lips nice and smooth.
This is a lip balm.
There you go.
When I’m traveling to
extreme conditions like Aspen
or going to some remote
island and it’s hot
and my skin gets a little
dry, I like to add,
just sometimes, a little drop
of Vintner’s Daughter oil
and I dab it.
Don’t be afraid of oil, guys.
I think it’s such a
misconception when people think,
“Well I have oily skin, I can’t use oil.”
Oil actually helps control oil.
When you over dry your
skin, it’s all dehydrated
and you think because
you have to over cleanse
and then you break out
because your skin is working
over time to produce oils
’cause you’re over drying it.
So oil combats oil, so
don’t be afraid of it.
This is my latest contraption.
I feel like I’m a mad scientist sometimes
in my old bathroom, I
have all these things.
This is the Tripollar and it releases
a radio fractional wave,
the way you would get
when you go for your RF
treatments at your doctor.
Radio fractional waves are
said to stimulate collagen,
doesn’t hurt, by the way.
Stimulate collagen growth
and remodel your dermis
from the inside out.
This is called a Tripollar.
I just got this so I’ll
have to report back
how much I love it.
But I have done radio
fractional treatments.
Secret RF, which is a micro needling
with radio fractional waves
and it does help with tightening.
I love this dry brush
from Dr. Barbara Sturm.
I’m not gonna strip down for you,
as much as I know everyone
would love to see this body.
Dry brushing really helps the circulation
and allows your body to absorb
any lotions you put on after.
I mean, we’ve all been
there when you put on lotion
and try to put on a pair of jeans.
Is that painful?
So painful.
So dry brushing helps ’cause
it’ll absorb the lotion
and then you can put on your jeans
if you’re not going to bed
and you’re actually going out.
So I like to do it at
night and then I follow
with Uma Body Oil.
I love body oils.
Body oils at night, feels so good.
Then you touch yourself and you’re like,
“Oh, my skin is so soft.”
You know, this oil really absorbs well
so it’s not that sticky.
And if I am a little sticky,
it’s just cost of being me.
I’m gonna share something with
you that might gross you out
so here’s a warning.
I only wash my hair once a week.
But what I do every night
is I have this little
hair massage thing, it’s a detangler.
You can just get it on
Amazon, it costs $3,
and I break down the oils in my scalp
so that it doesn’t get clogged
up because if you don’t
wash your hair that often, it
can actually lead to hair loss
I was told, I read.
So by doing so, you’re
spreading the hair oils
into the rest of your hair,
and that’s why my hair
is so shiny, like look.
I’m not conceited, I swear.
It really works.
Okay, I’m almost done.
Every night before I go to
bed, I put on my Sio chest pad.
These are reusable so you can use it.
It says to use it for two
weeks, I use mine for a month
’cause you just rinse
it off in the morning
’cause you know, remember, I’m frugal.
This prevents chest lines from forming
while you’re sleeping.
I call it my bed belt.
Not a seat belt for a car but a bed belt
and I swear you guys, I mean look at this.
I’ve had friends tell me
that I have the chest of a teenager.
Mmhmm, yeah, it’s worth it being me.
I have the worst tech neck
because I’m constantly
looking down at my phone.
I’m trying to do this but you
forget so I like to use this
neck patch, also from Sio,
and again it’s reusable
and it’s really sticky so I
make this last a long time.
And sometimes, during
the day, I’m wearing this
and you just don’t know ’cause it’s clear.
Although once someone saw
it and they were like,
“Is something wrong with you?”
And you just, you do this.
Before I sleep, I take
my Equilibria CBD drops.
So I love this company so
much because it’s female led
and female founded but also
they only use the hemp flowers,
which is three to four times
more potent than hemp seeds
or the stalk or any of
the cheap other stuff
that people like to put into CBD.
If you think I’m careful
about what I put on my face,
imagine how careful I am about what I eat.
And you just.
Thanks for getting un-ready with me.
Are you exhausted?
I’m tired.
Oh, I’m gonna finish my bone
broth and the reason I drink it
at night is because it
contains essential minerals
and glycine, which helps you sleep better
while it’s renewing your collagen.
You’re welcome.
(mellow pop music)
