Look at the immediate skin tightening. Results

I'm not a fan of anything invasive. You have to damage the skin quite

aggressively to try to get the result. That's why the skin turns out

red. That's why the skin ends up looking sore or it looks burnt

or just looks unhappy because Welcome to

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It's time to roast some of the worst skincare products that are designed to make your

skin look better, but I personally think make acne 100 times worse. Or

even better, give you acne when you had none before. Love that. Number

one, the most overrated cleanser, the CeraVe Renewing Salicylic Acid Cleanser.

Salicylic acid is a well-known anti-acne and texture smoothing ingredient.

But I think where people go wrong with this is they use it morning and night because most people

just want to buy one cleanser. Get it? I get it, but have you considered that

if you use this morning and night, you're exfoliating twice a day, aka 14 times

a week. That is why I think this ends up making people's skin look way worse.

Even if it gets rid of their acne, is your skin still red, dry,

She's so right. And like so many people use a product religiously

and they see their skin changing for the worse, but don't do

anything about it. I don't understand. It's like the definition of insanity. Just

keep doing the same thing and getting bad results. And sometimes we speak

to people and we're like, just stop doing X or

something. And they look at you like, what are you telling me?

And it's just eliminating those things that are just not working

In at number two, dermatologists recommend CeraVe again all the time.

Their moisturizers and their sunscreens, in my opinion, are the cause

I agree. And, like, what is it with CeraVe? Like, is a

dermatologist getting kickbacks? Because I don't get it. Everyone that comes

in here is using some kind of thing that a dermatologist has

said, and it's some kind of, like, CeraVe-type formula. In

Australia, we've got so many of them, and... Or Sorbolene. Like, what's

In at number three, we've got the Ordinary's Peeling Solution. If I was creating a starter

kit for chemical burns, I'd put this one in there. Or if you've got some crusty skin

on your feet, this would be great for that, because it's industrial strength. This

might exfoliate your skin to the high heavens, but is that actually what you want? Would you rather

a gentler exfoliant, which makes your skin look glowy, rather than zapping

all the life out of it? My case is closed. And lastly, Cicaplast. Everyone loves

her, so I'm not gonna rip her too hard. Not great for acne-prone skin, not actually meant

So I agree with her 100% she's spot on.

Look at the immediate skin tightening. Results

I'm not a fan of anything invasive and I'm actually not sure what

the results, I'd love to see her results after. You have to damage the

skin quite aggressively to try to get the result. That's why the skin

turns out red, that's why the skin ends up looking sore

or it looks burnt or it looks, you know, it just looks unhappy because

that damage that process. It's not a bad thing,

it can be a good thing in certain treatments but it just is very

aggressive and I feel like there's a lot of downtime with that treatment. I

don't know enough about it to really comment on it but that's what it looks

like to me and there would be heaps of

downtime with it and the client would have to really be

nurtured through that process to then get their results and there might

be time where they're not allowed in the sun, there might

be certain things that they might have to use on their skin after.

oof i'm in need of a dermaplane because look at all that peach

fuzz lucky for you i just filmed my extensive face shaving routine

that gives me little to no irritation and breakouts phase one we're gonna cleanse

the skin and gotta clean the piercings really good and we're gonna save this towel for

later this is what my skin looked like before i dermaplaned still have a

Okay, so she's going to be dermaplaning her skin. She already

has erythema to the skin, which means her skin's already slightly

red. She also has a little bit of acne or

there's some activity going on there. So this is

Shaving the face, so you want to get an aloe vera gel if you are clog prone and

acne prone like me. And you're just going to slather it on your cheek. Then you're going

to get the Sephora collection razors. Of course, Sephora. Give

me any irritation. And now we're going to slowly but surely shave our

face and wipe off the excess hair and dead skin off

on the towel. That's why we saved it. I think this is just so satisfying to

watch. I've been shaving my face for a really long time now, and this is

a solid routine that I've been doing for a couple of years. After I

shave each side, I like to go in with another layer of aloe vera gel just

to help to soothe the area. Now we're gonna move on to the next cheek. Not

those kind of cheeks. Ew, why did I make that joke? And we're just gonna shave the

face. Okay, just ignore that. Nothing is more satisfying to me than

watching people shave their face. I don't know why, but it's just so satisfying. If

you can get aloe vera from the plant itself, then that would be ideal, but

I just have this one from Target that I've had for probably a long time.

Maybe too long. I think the aloe vera is super key

in this routine because it really helps with the soothing and calming the redness in

my skin. Get my eyebrows waxed so I try not to get too close to my eyebrows. Now

we're going to move on to phase three, which is the exfoliation phase. This is

the Banished Pumpkin Enzyme Face Mask. It is literally so good.

And once you look like a baby threw up on you, you know you're ready to go. And

of course, I lit a candle to set the mood. No redness, no irritation, and

now we're going to move into the next phase, which is to nourish and soothe our skin.

Even more than we already have. This part of the routine is crucial. It's going to

give you less irritation and less breakouts. If you have not gotten your hands on

an LED face mask, you need to in 2024. It's such a game changer, I

promise you. Now we're going to go on to the skincare routine. This super saturated serum

has literally saved my skin so many times, and it wouldn't be a skincare routine

without my oil la la oil treatment serum. I'm literally obsessed with

my skincare routine right now. My skin is thriving. Obviously, I'm skipping my

retinol tonight, and I'm gonna do something different. I'm going to be slugging with

this oil gel serum from Experiment World, and

it literally gives you glass skin. Who said that acne-prone skin cannot

be glass skin? I just proved you wrong. This is a foolproof routine. Of course,

I tried to be cute, blow out the candle, and it backfired. Love you! Okay, so-

I don't understand why she's doing all of this. What is the

point? What is she trying to do? She's got breakout,

which means it hasn't stopped her acne. That's the

first thing. Second thing is, it's too much. It's

too much for her skin. If this was my client, I'd

say to her, stop. Just stop. um and

I get that she likes the texture of like no

peach fuzz on her face I get that but for someone

with a problem skin I would first be looking at healing all of

that acne and and just addressing that first and

then if she wanted to do the dermaplaning after that

would be fine but it just seems like I don't know, like

too much for her skin right now. She's quite red to start

off with. She's still red at the end, but she says she's loving

it. So if she really wants results and she

really wants to get rid of her acne, she should be treating that first. And

I wouldn't be putting a razor blade anywhere near active

acne. All right, that's it for my reactions to all these videos. As

you can see, there's a lot on social media and some things can be a bit

confusing. So if you would like me to comment on anything, just

comment below and I will check the videos out for you and I'll

give you my take on it. And as usual, don't forget to

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