TOP 6 AWFUL SKINCARE MISTAKES DONE BY INDIAN WOMEN| WORST BEAUTY HABITS & RITUALS 2020
hello beauties welcome back to my channel my name is shweta vijay and today i just wanted to talk about a few skincare mistakes a few things that i have seen indian women do a lot okay um i have fallen into that trap as well i’ve made quite a few changes in my ritual so i just thought i should just make a video out here sit one-on-one with my online family and have a healthy discussion basically and i know this is just not pertinent to you know the indian women’s society uh it this caters to all okay race no bar but it’s just that my channel you know caters to the indian diaspora so i just felt that the title was much needed as well as this video in general okay so but this like i said caters to all you know right now there’s a lot of things that is on the internet there’s a lot of experts and professionals that have come on the internet which is a wonderful thing okay because you are getting to know about your skin care even now the unassuming consumer is not unassuming anymore they know a lot more about their skincare and it is not like how it was even uh two years ago but there are so many things you know out there in the market and now it has gotten even more confusing what to buy what you use what acid is fantastic what um you know cream is good what moisturizer is good but sometimes to attain so much of knowledge is also not a very good thing you know it’s like too many cooked spoiled the broth kind of a tagline so that’s why i just thought the first and foremost point is that please keep your skin care very very simple now i get these questions so many times like what acid should i apply should i buy this should i buy that uh this entire scare tactics that is happening in the skincare world you need this you need that you need to buy this you need to buy that it’s unnecessary you guys back in the day it was all about cleanse stone and moisturize okay now there is cleanse stone uh you know spot treatment essence uh you know moisturize facial oil this that the amount is going as deep as the product that promises to go 10 layers deep i’ve seen people introduce more than three acids at night you don’t need to do that maximum three i would say the best way to go about it is just to introduce two acids for your night uh skincare ritual see how your skin is getting used to and then progress so find out what skincare suits your skin type now i know there’s so many youngsters that are playing with a lot of acids but trust me when you cross 35 and when you look back okay you will think like my god i panicked for no reason i had fear of missing out for no reason because the moment you got 35 above you just your skin will ask for a very simple skincare trust me anything that you go a little overboard the other it just completely breaks you out you will start to see your skin getting really irritated it’s something that i promise you is going to happen what your skin it was when you were in your early 20s and what your skin becomes in the late 30s when you cross 40s when you cross 50s it’s totally different skin keeps on changing that tank of knowledge that we all have thanks to experts and thanks to the information that is out there on the internet should be taken with a pinch of salt because end of the day your skin is not a lab experiment you really need to keep your things simple your skin is a living breathing beautiful thing that understands every emotion so when you’re perplexed and you’re very apprehensive about ingredients and you’re looking at your products like please let this work and when you start applying with a lot of tension your skin starts to feel that okay and you need to make your skin care ritual as simple as possible again and as pleasurable as possible something that you actually look forward to into instead of thinking like oh my god i have to do my night skincare stuff i have to do my morning skincare step which i know a lot of us get into that that box okay where we get irritated about skincare steps so that leads me to the next one and that is indian women not wearing a good sunscreen not wearing sunscreen altogether and the excuses that i keep hearing is it leaves a white cast it breaks me out it uh you know it makes my face very oily i don’t like the feel of a sunscreen guys let me just tell you that i’ve seen a lot of indian women even today and i saw that when i went to my in-laws place all the women out there when they were getting ready for my daughter so me not wearing any sunscreen because they don’t believe in it but then they were still asking me for skin care products you know i’ve got little spots i’ve got this i’ve got darkness out here what is the use of having your antioxidants go on top of your skin it’s like a it’s like a booster shot basically okay it will give you that it will give you a bit of a benefit that you will see a slight difference but if your skin inside is rotting away okay it’s not getting the health the required help then whatever you put on top is just not going to sort it out it’s not going to help because what’s beneath is definitely going to hit the surface one fine day i know a lot of us love a physical sunscreen i absolutely adore physical sunscreen because in general when i apply physical sunscreen i do not think of white cast it doesn’t bother me and especially for someone who wears makeup i can conceal it well i know many a times that white flash happens to darker skin tones where zinc is concerned i love the la shield sunscreen it is something all dermatologists suggest it’s extremely affordable a beautiful sunscreen you know that’s got no fragrance it’s wonderful if you do not find a good physical sunscreen use a chemical sunscreen then but just for god’s sake use a sunscreen now i know a lot of us refrain from chemical sunscreen because it’s got a very bad rep i know there’s a lot of doctors during fertility treatment and all they will ask you to refrain from using chemical sunscreen because there are certain ingredients in a chemical sunscreen that is still questionable to a professional but there’s not many research done on that as well so if you find a good sunscreen that suits your skin that just doesn’t break you out you’re happy with it it doesn’t irritate your skin use it you guys spf 40 and above please our climatic conditions are changing by the minute okay it’s a lot more polluted the uv rays are a lot more stronger you need a sunscreen that is you know that’s got that broad spectrum you know something that will bounce off uv rays so that is why i’m saying just make sure you study and research your sunscreen really well i still see people not doing that even today so the next mistake i’ve seen a lot of us do is when we apply skin care to our face uh we do not give it time for the skin to absorb it so this is how i’ve seen a lot of us do i know i have done that in the past where we just like you know cleanse and then we spritz our face with our toner or face mist and then we apply our first active then on top of that the second active and then on top of that moisturizer on top of that facial oil oh my god whatever your ritual is please make sure that you give at least about four to five minutes gap between each steps not doing that just results in a lot of things i’ve heard uh so many that says you know i’ve used this and i’ve used that and it’s suddenly looking great i’ve used this and that and suddenly you know it’s balling up it’s peeling off it’s been two three years i’ve spoken about the ordinary you go back to my videos you will only see me talk about the ordinary and even then i used to say that whenever i apply the hyaluronic acid i always apply on a damp face so as soon as i wash my face i leave my face damp and then i apply my hyaluronic acid on top of that you need to be patient with your skin care products that goes on your face you need to be patient you need to give it time for it to nicely absorb before you go on with product number two the only thing the only ingredient that just doesn’t require time is hyaluronic acid okay it goes on top of a damp face and right after hyaluronic acid you need something that is a little more moisturizing so that it can draw water out of it as well and then i wait for about five minutes before i put on a vitamin c i wait for five minutes before i put on a sunscreen and after sunscreen it’s only after 10 minutes of applying a sunscreen i go on with my makeup ritual everything else requires time it requires a little bit of patience so that it just doesn’t ball up it doesn’t look great it doesn’t look it doesn’t feel funny texture wise you know so give it about five minutes at night and even after your last step of a facial oil or a moisturizer leave it on for about 10-20 minutes don’t just hit the sack don’t just hit your bed and the pillow yes it makes it a little lengthy i’m talking about the routine but skincare is not your instant maggie noodles okay that happens within two three minutes it’s supposed to take its time so that is why i’m saying it takes me to step number one is when you keep it all simple you will enjoy your skincare and you will give it its time you don’t mind giving five minutes break you know listen to music read something uh paint your nails file your nails do whatever it is in between your skin care steps and as soon as the last step is over just wait for around 10-20 minutes read your book watch something on your mobile or do something to keep yourself busy and then you hit the sun now let’s talk about this fear of missing out which for me is like a mistake i’m not saying that this ritual is a mistake or the ingredient is a mistake but it’s just the thought process of it and that is only banking on vitamin c now this overdose of vitamin c that i’ve seen people do at the moment it because it’s an ingredient that is fantastic for our skin color for our type of skin it’s great for our pigmentation it’s great for all that you know you know the whole jazz what vitamin c does it’s a beautiful antioxidant but there’s so many other beautiful actives and so many other beautiful ingredients that does almost the same as a vitamin c everyone knows that orange is fantastic it’s a great source of vitamin c but did you know that kiwi is higher in its vitamin c content than an orange juice so it’s not only vitamin c that is going to give you the benefits and i know so many people guys i swear i’m not joking that are allergic to vitamin c the moment they apply a vitamin c whether it’s a high percentage first of all it’s scary because anything 15 and above is quite um it just really tingles on my skin so i can just imagine on new skin someone who’s just testing out a vitamin c and that is the thing that i wanted to talk about which is a mistake right here in the skin care industry is they feel they need to tell you that you require it if vitamin c is not for you it is not for you go for a nice cinematic for example if you’re trying a 10 percent niacinamide and it’s just not working for you even a five percent is good enough it’s all about the efficacy of a product okay it doesn’t have to be all about the higher the percentage the better it is for your skin go for nasality acid okay which is something that not many people talk about and oh my god it’s brilliant for pigmentation it’s brilliant for rosacea go for rows of seed oil which has got natural vitamin c that just doesn’t tingle on your skin like a proper potent vitamin c does uh you know alpha orbital oh my god it’s so super gentle on uh sensitive skin especially because it’s naturally derived from you know blueberries and cranberries you know so it’s basically a very very gentle ingredient for the skin and it’s great for marks as well especially if someone who’s suffering from hyperpigmentation please get that into your head that i’m not dismissing vitamin c but i just feel that right now it’s a little bit too much it’s gone overboard vitamin c in everything vitamin c this vitamin c that and not many people know how to formulate a very good vitamin c that is perfect for sensitive skin whenever i say vitamin c overdose that is happening in the skin care industry i look at vitamin c like a person that is high on steroids high on acid no pun intended but you know that is just head banging to some metallic music okay like use me use me everybody needs to calm down there are so many beautiful other alternatives to it and if your skin is not used to it it’s not the end of the world in fact even if your skin is used to it it’s time to step out of the box and start using other actives this takes me to the next point and that is not storing your skin care in a dark cool place all of us make this mistake when you go to the bathroom we do not keep our skin care products in a cabinet okay we have a cabinet we won’t put it we’ll keep it all around our sink we’ll keep it right next to our bathtub wherever there’s space outside we keep it uh there are a lot of bathrooms that are really well lit with natural light and that itself affects the skin care products even a simple oil like a rose of oil if it’s not kept in a dark cool place and it’s kept outside the light uv rays especially can react with the oil and any oil that oxidizes is also very bad for your skin it can cause a lot of irritation dark bottles actually protect the ingredients and very few companies do that i’ve seen juicy chemistry do that for their skin care i know that be minimalist is also thinking of that suganda has definitely done dark bottles at the same time so dark bottles for actives is very very important but even if you do not have those bottles if the skincare company has not provided you that you take the step of taking your skincare products and keeping it in a dark cool place right now the trend all over the world is called this thing called the skin fridge many times we just forget where we keep our skin care okay a lot of us indians do that we keep it next to a window dressing table where there are lights anywhere in this country is very hot and humid then we keep it in the bathroom where we have hot showers why we’re just uh you know we’re just not helping in the longevity of certain skin care products while we do that but when you keep it in a very dark cool place we really help in its longevity as well as in its efficacy i feel also really nice when i know that my skin care is nice and safe and sound in my cupboard nice and cool you know ready to be applied on the skin okay and certain things that you feel like your aloe vera gel keep it in the fridge you know i know a lot of us do that with our lipstick so if we can just show the same importance to our skin care which actually does a lot of benefits for our skin nothing like that this is also another mistake which i felt it i had to address this is that a lot of us indian women are very very harsh on ourselves okay we have a problem with our skin we have a problem with our texture we have a problem with our fine lines i spoke about this when i did a post and i showed you guys how my skin is without makeup on instagram uh go check it out and you will see when you zoom and you’ll see that i’ve got my pigmented skin i’ve got my fine lines i’ve got my texture uh i’ve got dark elbows i’ve got dark knees i’ve got stretch marks okay i’ve got uh uh you know my butt area has got dark patches okay i’ve got white heads uh you know on the back of my legs i’ve got bumpy skin over here we need to normalize certain things you know when we see our pigmented lips when we see our dark elbows our dark knees and you know uh really pigmented skin discoloration on our skin we think of ourselves as being not in that beauty standard and that is only because you will see people selling you certain things selling you certain skin care products that will take things away that will improve your skin it’s fantastic to get your skin care ritual all sorted out that can improve the texture of your skin but i’m saying this constant need i’m seeing it right now this constant need and telling you that there is a problem with your dark elbows there’s a problem with your dark knees there’s a problem with your pigmented lips okay when has that ever been a problem when has aging become a problem the skin care industry are feeding off from your fear okay so please make sure that you are confident about what you have you can work towards bettering it definitely but no matter what you do if you are born with it and if it’s part of your dna stretch marks and dark knees and dark elbows and dark backside and dark front side whatever dark side that you have it’s part of your dna there’s only so much a certain skin care product can do okay including dark circles so just don’t have somebody tell you that you have a problem and when you see yourself in the mirror nobody should make you feel like you are the problem guys it’s completely normal i hate this word imperfection okay this entire word that is the opposite of perfect should not even exist in the dictionary but imperfection also is a beautiful thing you cannot be a walking talking filter 24 7 and what you see on the internet right now is all filtered it’s all photoshop okay and no skincare product is going to give you a photoshop skin so be prepared for that it will only take you maybe 60 the rest 40 you guys you will still have to deal with it especially if it’s part of your dna so i hope you really enjoyed watching this video these are things that as a big sister i wanted to sit with you guys and explain and tell you exactly what i thought was wrong let me know in the comment section what else you’d like to see and i shall see you when i see you until later bye for now
