Why I’m Not Buying Millie’s Skin Care Line
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he’s a proper British accent to review
the light is glowing it’s fine
no actually people who always speak in
British accents when they aren’t
actually from Britain kind of bug the
fuck out of me flashback memory I
remember when I was in high school I was
raised in like a pretty small town
there’s absolutely no diversity where I
was from and there was this new girl
that started at our school and she was
constantly using a British accent I was
just like oh my gosh this girl is being
so friggin oi no you’re not being more
relevant or more interesting by using a
British accent we all know you’ve lived
within the same five mile radius of the
city your entire life and then I met it
for the first time and I found out she’s
actually from Britain yeah I felt so bad
about that Phoebe if you’re watching
this I’m sorry if you don’t know Milly
Robert Brown she’s a freaking incredible
actress that was featured on stranger
things and has been included in other
projects as well and has surged to just
a massive amount of fame and influence
at a very young age which is incredible
Milly Bobby Brown recently announced and
launched her new skincare line called
Florence by mils which I have to say I
love that name every time I read o or
say I just want to say come on in spy
Mills just have to say it in a proper
tone it just doesn’t sound right when
you’re like Florence Finals like
American accents just butchered the name
obviously you saw the title of this
video and you may be intrigued as to why
and so I’m going to be talking about a
few of the products from the line my
thoughts on them and the thoughts of the
brand overall and why I have decided to
not purchase any of the Florence by
Mills products I’m a skincare youtuber I
talk about all being skincare on here
and I try to teach you guys as much as
possible and I’ve seen so many requests
for this brand and I know if you guys
are new to my channel and watching you
may be surprised that I’m not purchasing
these product but if you’re not new
hello I’m the shadiest Beauty youtuber
on YouTube there’s just no way around it
so whether you are surprised or not to
see this let’s delve into the topic
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now Florence by Mills is a skincare and
makeup brand inspired by the amount of
times that Millie Bobby Brown has sat in
makeup chairs for different gigs for
jobs acting opportunities different
things like that before I get into the
products in the brand review I just want
to say real quick I have seen comment
sections so many people dragged Millie
Bobby Brown before creating this brand
saying things like you’re a teenager
what do you know about business what do
you know about skincare you obviously
haven’t been industry long enough to
really understand what it takes this
brand is a mature and to anyone who
feels that way I just want to say
something shut the fuck up I personally
find it so inspiring that Millie is
creating her own brand a bi-phase brand
both skincare and makeup at such a young
age like shouldn’t we find that
absolutely inspiring I think it’s
incredible that a young person values
the health of their skin and the way
that they appear and wants to curate
that for other people her age creating a
brand is so massively difficult no
matter how many people you add on to
your team it takes a lot of work to
create a brand that’s first of all for
all the people who are saying that she’s
too young to do something like this let
me just take a guess as to what you’re
doing with your life and the amount of
success that you’ve managed to achieve
right away I’m just gonna guess that
that’s very little to none so moving on
second of all for the people who are
saying that she hasn’t been in the
skincare industry or makeup industry
long enough to understand what it takes
there are plenty of a young
professionals young chemists young
dermatologists who know more about
skincare than someone who worked at a
Macy’s counter for 30 years and things
that they know everything about skincare
and makeup you shouldn’t judge someone’s
educational views about skincare or
makeup based off of how young they are
it should be more about what research
they’ve been doing their experiences and
the amount of initiative and passion
that they have around the topics so I
just wanted to say that so you initially
wouldn’t think that those are the
reasons that I’m not purchasing the
brand and to just let you guys know that
if you do take that stance humble
yourself bitch there’s a lot of
inspiration to be taken from Millie
creating this brand now on to the brand
itself it is cruelty free and vegan two
things that I think are very important
in the curation of cosmetic products and
can be really hard to find so good for
her the brand also sets itself apart as
being a clean beauty brand which they
formulate without a lot of ingredients
that are commonly laid
to be as irritating or stripping to the
face one of the things I will appreciate
is that they don’t formulate with
synthetic fragrance if you’re new to my
channel hi I am a mortal enemy of
fragrance I do not like her we do not
talk it’s been years since we’ve had an
interaction also as well a portion of
the proceeds from the brand go to
support the Olivia Hope Foundation which
helps to prevent and assist any children
who are currently going through cancer
which i think is incredible because we
need more companies with a moral
responsibility and ethical stature over
all my first look at the brand was very
positive I was like wow they seem to be
very transparent they try to be clean
they’re doing all this good stuff and
then I looked at the ingredient list so
when it comes to me in skincare I am big
about reading ingredient lists you can
tell me as much about the product what
it’s gonna do how it’s gonna feel how
it’s gonna smell and I literally do not
give a fuck I’m the type of person to
where I’m just like show me the
ingredient lists and I’ll figure out
what the product does from there and
whether or not I like it
so as soon as Florence fire Mills was
announced I was just so nervous and
excited to see what the ingredient lists
were going to be and a few days ago I
went onto the website and I found that
oh my gosh they all of a sudden launched
and they were sold out like I totally
missed the launch day I don’t know where
I was off in la-la land apparently but I
was finally able to look through the
ingredient list and I want to talk about
the few of the products from her line at
least the most popular ones from what
I’ve seen and my true and honest
thoughts on each of them so first off
the moisturizer honestly the product
that I would be expected to be purchased
the most in sure enough it was sold out
it retails for $14 now the moisturizer
contains a lot of really good beneficial
ingredients that I see and a lot of
standard or like drugstore moisturizers
just a really good array of hydrating
and emollient ingredients which
basically means that they really help to
like put a seal of hydration over the
face to make sure that your skin is
getting as much moisture as it can also
in the moisturizer there’s some really
good antioxidants just to help ward off
any type of damage that we can see on
our face throughout the day however when
you start to go down in the ingredient
list you will notice there a fragrant to
blend and what I’m Cecilia talking about
is fragrant essential oils in this
ingredient list I saw sandalwood oil
rose oil lavender oil lemon oil jasmine
oil orange peel oil as well as a bunch
of other essential oils now if you don’t
already know I’m personally not a fan of
essential oils if you want to learn all
about my stance on fragrance and
essential oils and skincare just look at
the video in my description box below I
go into more detail there but I’m
personally not a fan because essential
tend to be more irritating and
compromising to the skin than they are
beneficial and yes while the smell may
make you nostalgic of the day has been
used to walk with your ex to the
lavender and fields in Portland Oregon
that doesn’t mean that they’re good for
your face bitch essential oils are not
something that I want on my face and
from the research that I’ve seen are
just not good to have on your skin I
went on to the face wash next and
looking at the ingredients it’s just
like a standard hydrating wash I will
say they don’t formulate with sulfates
which I thought was great because
considering that this line is mostly
targeted to teenagers and teenagers can
go in really hard with the cleanser
because I know I used to now when I
cleanse my skin I’m just kind of like
that but when I was a teenager oh I was
in bulldozing through my face my goal by
the end of my shower was to make sure
that I didn’t have a nose anymore
sometimes I still struggle with that but
you know it also includes willow bark
extract which is like a natural form of
salicylic acid so it’s more gentle form
and really good for getting deep into
the pores and pushing out any types of
dirt which is great for any teenager
struggling with acne
however this cleanser does include
essential oils as well pretty much the
same as the moisturizer sandalwood lemon
orange peel extract Jasmine lavender
just all those ones that tend to be
really bad for the skin although I will
say with a face wash it’s not quite as
bad to have fragrance and then because
it is a wash off treatment when I did
see how many essential oils were in this
I was like see this a lot of other
cleansers without any essential oils or
with just one essential oil that
honestly are gonna perform better on my
skin so I went on to the next products
which was the exfoliating wipes which we
told for $16 to say 30 wipes that you
just put over your skin to help get rid
of all the dead skin cells on your face
no I love exfoliation just as much as
the next bitch and right away when I saw
this I was like yes it is formulated
with a very low concentration of
denatured alcohol which I have to say is
definitely impressive for exfoliating
wipes usually they are heavy with the
alcohol it’s like they’re trying to get
your skin drunk or something I don’t
understand it but the second ingredient
is glycolic acid glycolic acid is the
most powerful of exfoliant and I
honestly think is a good match for
teenagers with acne prone skin because
they really need something strong to get
in there and get all the dead skin cells
off the face however this includes a lot
of essential oils as well with an even
higher concentration of lemon and orange
peel oil as well as geraniol limonene
and line oil all of which are citrus
based fragrance and greedy
that are really not good to have on your
skin I personally like this product the
least because of the amount of citrus
based essential oils citrus base
essential oils are the most irritating
because they’re the most acidic and just
can cause the most irritation and
problems for your skin so I had to pass
on the wipes as well the products are
formulated with so many essential oils
except for the eye cream the one product
that I maybe would have purchased if it
wasn’t already sold out but it
definitely looked intriguing to me it
retails for $16 and this is formulated
with a peptide complex which I thought
was really interesting because the
majority of this line is definitely a
line that you can tell is more meant for
teenagers there’s really no heavy
treatments it’s just kind of basic
skincare but peptides work really well
for helping to firm and tighten any
areas on your face and are specifically
really good for the under eye area it’s
also formulated with hydrating oils a
form of hyaluronic acid called sodium
high ala nori which is really gonna draw
in moisture to the skin as well as snow
mushroom which is going to calm any
irritation and redness in the skin I
didn’t see any essential oils in this
product which is awesome then it’s
honestly a product I probably would have
bought however it has an applicator that
I really don’t like I am personally not
a fan of the applicators where you like
dot it on or massage it on under your
eye they just tend to be dragging my
under-eye skin way too much for me to
feel comfortable with I personally like
tapping my eye cream into my under eye
area with my fingers and when I read the
instructions online it was like
basically put a few dots at the eye
cream on your under eye area and then
gently Pat in with your fingers and when
I saw that I was like but what’s the
point of the applicator I don’t
understand I would much rather just
choose a tube or a jar to apply my eye
cream with no I’m not gonna get into
crazy detail but this is the primary
reason why I haven’t purchased any of
the Florence bimal’s products overall a
lot of the ingredients seem to be good
but the amount of essential oils that
they formulate with is much too high for
the skin your skin shouldn’t have any
more than 0.1% of an essential oil
exposed to it every single day and
because each of these essential oils
ingredients are formulated above the 1%
line on these products you’re likely
getting anywhere from like I don’t know
1 to 5% of essential oil content on your
face knowing the long-term damage that
essential oils can create in your skin
like fragrance allergy and irritation
and redness and just overall sensitivity
I do not feel comfortable exposing my
skin to
those things every single day no I do
want to add some final thoughts just
looking at the brand overall do I think
this is a good brand yes and here’s the
reason why
the primary followers of Milly Bobby
Brown are teenagers and when it comes to
skincare and teenagers brands tend to
put out the most abrasive damaging
stripping products that they can for
teenagers because teenagers want fast
results they want to see something
happen in their face right away and just
from a skin safety level that is not
what you should be seeing there are very
few products where I find that is okay
that I notice results immediately most
of the times skincare is a marathon not
a race it’s a slow process of seeing the
results within your skin and I am so
thankful that Florence 5 mils hasn’t
formulated with a lot of irritating
stripping and damaging ingredients to
the skin because they know they are
primarily targeted to teenagers and with
the entire skincare community moving
towards a more clean and ingredients
aware perspective I think it’s very
smart of them for them to formulate
their products like this do I respect
Millie Bobby Brown absolutely do I think
it’s incredible that she’s making this
brand and reaching her own success
absolutely and I think that should be
inspiring to every single one of us I
know it is to me but if anyone from
Florence by mills is watching this video
I just want to say if there is any
option to release a line without
essential oils I would buy that shit in
a heartbeat because the price point of
the brand is so good oh yeah that’s
something I forgot to talk about the
price point I really like I don’t think
any of the products are over $20 which
is really good for teenagers but also
for uh broke-ass bitches like just for
anyone who’s not looking to spend a
buttload on skincare so I would be more
than happy to buy and try a bunch of the
products but the products currently have
so many essential oils and that’s just
where I have to say no to this product
line and why I won’t be purchasing any
of the Florence by mills products
anytime soon what do you guys think of
the brand let me know in the comments
section of below I want to hear your
thoughts on Millie if you like the
products if you agree with my stance on
essential oils let me know the tesis and
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