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Hey everybody! How's it? This video's probably not going to be as good as I'd hoped. Because
um, a couple of hours ago we had a magnitude 6.3 earthquake. So feeling a bit... rattled,
so to speak. And you know, aftershocks are always a fun thing to look forward to. People
have started asking what my skincare routine is. So I guess I'll show you! I'll also tell
you how I manage to get this white. My skin's not that good... it's not that bad. I'm in
my late twenties and guess I'm doing OK. Don't have any wrinkles. Yet. First of all, if you
wear makeup, take it off thoroughly. So, I use this Maybelline Express Care makeup remover.
It's really decent! I buy it for a discount price from a bulk shop. You take it off using
a cotton pad type thing. If I'm going away for the weekend, and I don't have that with
me, I'll use makeup removing wipes. To thoroughly get the crap out of your face... I'll start
by saying that, when I was a teenager, I did modelling lessons at an agency. They emphasised
the importance of cleansing, toning, and moisturising every day. I don't know if everybody needs
to moisturise. But you should certainly clean your skin and get rid of the dead crap. So
using a face cloth... look for a good cleanser. Because I like to strive to be as cadaverously
pale as possible, I go for - currently I'm using Garnier Gentle Brightening Scrub. Things
that say "brightening" often means they will try and lighten your skin slightly. That's
generally what they seem to mean. I was before using this Aveeno thing that promises to do
the same thing. That one's nice, it's quite gritty. So it exfoliates at the same time.
Which brings me to my next point. Exfoliating is important! the older you get I feel the
more you ought to exfoliate. My theory is it will reduce the need for chemical peels
later in life. Most exfoliating scrubs tell you to do it 2-3 times a week. But I do it
every day. I was using this cheap one. It was good because it was cheap and like liquid
sandpaper. You felt pink and sore but all the dead skin was gone. But it's full of parabens,
which are bad. So I'm now using St Ive's Apricot Scrub. That is decent, I use it at least once
a day. After cleansing, exfoliating - toner! Toner's good if you get spots. I find it gets
rid of them. There are many fancy products for spots, but toner helps. If you want a
more natural alternative, you could try witch hazel. Which you can get from most pharmacies.
So after my skincare routine, I'll also use eye cream. This one I've found is very good,
Nivea Q10 eye cream. Going there. Those are the areas that wrinkle first. I've tried every
skin lightening moisturiser that I could get my hands on, that didn't look like it was
too poisonous. This is Fade Out. Which I buy in from the UK. It's OK... it smells nice.
Honestly doesn't seem to do much. I think some people have had success with it, so I'm
not going to write it off. Palmer's Skin Success. Fade Cream. I actually found that to be good,
I'll use that on my arms and such. I'm primarily trying to get rid of my freckles. But, this
is my favourite one. Unfortunately I think it's discontinued. I bought the end of line
stuff. Very sad. It's Garnier Skin Naturals Light. I have had success with it. I'm sad
that it's no longer available. I won't put moisturiser on if I'm about to put makeup
on because makeup won't sit very well over the top of it. A good daily skincare routine
is - cleanse, tone, moisturise, and if you want to lighten your skin in a not ridiculous
bleachy way, get "brightening" or "lightening" version of things you'd use anyway. Cleanse,
tone, moisturise, and exfoliate. Do it. Also, drinking plenty of water is good for your
skin. And eating olive oil is great too. I live in the skin cancer capital of the world.
So it's hard to not get sunburnt - like I'm lobster red after 10 minutes on a sunny day.
So, I go through an awful lot of this non-greasy SPF 85+ sunscreen from Neutrogena. Lots of
sunscreen. Achieving pale skin really depends on what your skin colour is to start with.
If you've got very dark skin, there's honestly not a lot you can do about that, I understand
you can try wearing a foundation up to 3-4 shades ligher, but you really want to be careful
there because it could potentially look a bit bad. So yeah you just have to roll with
what you've got. As for being pale I have an advantage in that I'm ginger, and gingers
are generally pale by default. I don't tan either, I just get FRECKLES. Freckles! I hate
freckles so much! I think they look cute on everyone else, they do, but I don't like them
on me. As I said in another video, the makeup I wear is a white makeup. I use my beloved
Illamasqua Rich Liquid foundation in 'pure white'. So it doesn't look freaky, since that's
important, I mix it with a bit of a foundation that matches your skin tone. Whether your
skin is pink or yellow tinged find a light coloured one that matches you. And mix it
in with white. You're really going to have to experiment with foundations and see what
suits you and doesn't look weird. Over the top, I put pressed white powder foundation
from Laval. I've said it before and I will say it again infinitely until everyone know:
if you wear makeup lighter than your skintone, put it past your jaw. Everywhere- particularly
if it's a lot lighter than your natural skin. Either cover up your hands etc, visible bits
of skin, or ut makeup there, other wise it's going to be obvious. The other thing I'm trying
to do, to lighten the rest of my skin, is putting a spray of 50/50 lemon juice and water.
Trying to fade off the freckles that way. But, I've heard it works, that remains to
be seen, but it BURNS! It burns and it itches and is not very nice. So probably not for
everyone. Lemon juice can also dry your skin. If you try it, don't do it every day, and
also moisturise. So yeah, that's my skincare routine. To reiterate: gentle makeup remover,
cleanse, tone, exfoliate, eye cream, moisturiser, sunscreen. So that's it from me, um, I hope
you found this useful, I look forward to seeing you next time! Byeee!