Women Try Korean Skincare For A Week

- Honestly if someone
told me rubbing cow shit on your face would get rid of acne. I'd be like, "Let's split the
Uber to the nearest farm." (Edgy techno music) - We're trying Korean
Skin Care for a week. - I am pretty obsessed with
all skin care products. I'd say most of my
money goes towards that.

- I have combination skin. Dry on my cheeks, and
completely oily everywhere else. - I have been getting
random breakouts since I was about 19, 20. I just don't want acne
anymore, come at me.

I'm ready to be a K-pop Star. - I'm Dr. Annie Chiu and
I am a dermatologist. Korean women are very, very committed to beauty and skin care.

Everyone's heard by now
about these 10 to 12 step Korean skin care rituals
because they really enjoy and feel like they're
taking care of themselves really inside and outside. - Oh, oh. - Oh shit. - That's a lot.

- A two-step cleansing
ritual or double cleansing basically you wash your face, first with like oil-based cleanser which takes off eye makeup, eyeshadow. - I'm Lauren Conrad in my home right now. (Cissy laughing)
(Sheridan sobbing) - Then you follow it with a secondary step that cleanses the more organic residues that are on your face while leaving it still really sort of pH balanced and nourished without stripping it of
all its natural oils. - Do you hear this? - I know we're literally churning butter.

- I'm making butter. - Oh my god you go crazy.
- It's so foamy. - Acne prone skin tends to
run a little bit oilier. You wanna look for exfoliating products or products that have Retinoids.

These products turn over
the skin a little bit faster which prevents pore clogging,
and dissolves dead cells. - I feel like a puppy is just rubbing its body against my face. Time for toner, let's do this. - Let's tone it up.

- They may be in Korean skin care as well, but they tend to have slightly
more gentle formulations because Asian skin is more irritable. - It smells so good. - It smells so good. Essence for you, serum for me.

- An Essence typically is a
little bit lighter in texture. It usually doesn't have
a very high concentration of active ingredients, but more it's about rebalancing the skin. - Mine doesn't smell like anything. - Well you just got
really good smelling ones for the last two so just calm down.

- A serum is a super potent
step in a skin care regimen. - Oh. - That's nice. - Oh, that smells like, suede.
- Yeah.

- You do end up stripping
the skin of its natural pH. So they'll have multiple steps
just to reestablish that pH. - Bringing out the Baskin
Robbins sample spoon. - Should we go get ice cream,
let's go get some ice cream.

- Let's get ice cream. - Let's get ice cream. - We deserve it, this was a lot of work. - There's also a much heavier emphasis on sunscreens and SPFs which
is probably why they continue to maintain looking so fabulous.

- It's super like watery
which I'm a fan of. - That was long, but there's more. Bring on the mask, thank you, thank you. - Sheet masks are kind of a
like a cheat way of getting high quality ingredients in really quick is based around an occlusive effect.

So whenever the skin
has an ingredient on it driving the ingredients
deeper into the skin. - I love this, it's gonna be
like a nice solid 30 minutes. - I'm looking forward to this week, but if I ever wake up late
this is gonna be a problem. - Let's do it.

- Let go. - The fact that the routine is so long had its pros and cons. I'm home, and I'm very tired, and now I have to do like a fucking 20 minute skin care routine. - Let's talk about how long it takes to double cleanse am and pm.

I literally can't, that's
just too much time. Definitely woke up late this morning and I have to go through my
entire Korean beauty routine before I head out. I'm going to be even more
late than I am already. So that' great, but at least
I'm taking care of my skin.

You know. - Loves the mask. I was like a rave on my face. Usually like sheet masks are
very soothing and moisturizing.

It feels minty, my face is tingling. - Pumping that little
whipping maker every morning was the most monotonous,
but like weirdly satisfying moment of my morning and night routine. - I noticed how a lot
of like my little bumps started to clear up. My face feels so glowy right
now, that mask was bomb.

- One thing that I really am
excited about using more often were the sheet masks that we had. The directions recommended
putting it in the 'frigerator beforehand so that it would be cold. And it was the most
refreshing feeling ever. - It has been a week,
it was a very long week.

Mostly because I suddenly had to do like five hours worth of skin care. - Definitely found out that
my routine isn't as extensive as I thought it was compared
to the Korean version. - I noticed as the week progressed that a lot of my acne was kinda going away. - I've really noticed
overall color correction.

The redness and the patchiness
of my skin has evened out, but I'm very excited to
get back to my old routine and just incorporate the
sunscreen and the sheet masks every once in awhile. - I'm definitely gonna keep doing it. My face has never been cleaner. Oreo, do you think I look like J.Lo? Say nothing if I look like J.Lo.

Oh. I don't need a Halloween
costume next year. I'm just gonna go as a slutty bear..

Why pH matters for AHAs and acids in skincareLab Muffin Beauty Science

Hi I'm Michelle and I have a blog called Lab Muffin. Today I'm going to be talking about why pH matters for alpha hydroxy acids and vitamin C. There are many acidic active ingredients in skincare: alpha hydroxy acids like glycolic, lactic and malic acids; beta hydroxy acid or salicylic acid; vitamin C. Or L-ascorbic acid; hyaluronic acid, retinoic acid and many more.

You might have heard that some acid products need to be a certain pH to work. Why is that? Here's the science behind the skin care tip. Acids are molecules that can give up hydrogen ions or H+. For example, sulfuric acid or battery acid is H2SO4, hydrochloric acid in your stomach is HCl, and acetic acid in vinegar is CH3COOH.

All of them can break up to give up hydrogen ions like so. You can see that the acids in skincare also have hydrogen that can break off. The top layer of the skin, the stratum corneum, is made up of cells embedded in oily lipids much like bricks in mortar. Oil is non-polar, which means it isn't charged, while water is polar, which means it's partially charged.

According to the rule of thumb for solubility "like dissolves like" - that is, things that are uncharged like to mingle with things that are also uncharged, but they'll repel things that are charged. This means that in general, charged particles will not get into skin easily. When acids haven't given up their hydrogen ions they're uncharged so they're able to penetrate the stratum corneum. The uncharged version is called the free acid.

But if they've broken up or dissociated into a hydrogen ion and a negatively charged anion, they're too polar to get through the non-polar stratum corneum very easily. The extent to which the acid is broken up depends on a few things. Let's talk about the two that are most important in skincare. First, the strength of the bond holding the hydrogen ion to the rest of the acid.

This is measured by something called the pKa of the acid. For example hydrochloric acid has a very low pKa, so in water-based solutions it's almost 100% broken up. Acetic acid on the other hand has a much higher pKa so in water only about 1 in 100 acidic hydrogens have broken off. We call this strong and weak.

Skincare acids are all weak acids so they're varying amounts of broken up. Secondly there's also the pH. Of the overall product. PH measures the total concentration of hydrogen ions and low pH means more hydrogen.

The hydrogen ions can come from the skincare acid or from other acids added to the mixture. Let's consider a product where half the acid molecules are in the free acid form so half can get into the skin. If the pH is lower, there's more hydrogen ions around, which means more will attach onto the acid molecules giving more of the uncharged free acid, which can penetrate. This means that a lower concentration of acid at a lower pH will give the equivalent amount of free acid as a higher concentration at a higher pH.

For example, a product with 10% glycolic acid at pH 3 would have 8.7% Of the product in uncharged form, whereas at pH 4.5 You'd need 50% glycolic acid to get a similar amount. In summary, low pH will always increase the amount of uncharged acid that will penetrate the skin, and the pH required to get a high concentration of uncharged acid depends on which acid we're talking about. Why not use a super low pH then? You'd be correct in thinking that if we used a really low pH that would give us the maximum amount of uncharged acid that could penetrate. Unfortunately, skin likes to be at around pH 5 and very low pH can cause chemical burns.

For leave-on products, it's recommended that you use alpha hydroxy acids at a pH of less than four and a concentration between 4 and 10 percent, and ascorbic acid at a pH of around 3.5 And a concentration between 5 and 20 percent. What about the other acids? It gets more complex here because the rest of the acid molecule makes a big difference. Hyaluronic acid is a large polymer made up of thousands of these units, so it's way too big to get into the skin anyway. And it doesn't need to - it's a humectant moisturizer which means it sits on top of skin and holds on to water to keep your skin moist.

For retinoic acid, the rest of the molecule is non-polar enough that the charge doesn't make a big difference. For salicylic acid or beta hydroxy acid it's often recommended that you use a product with a pH of less than 3.5 And a concentration of 1-2% but there's some evidence that it's also non-polar enough that pH. Doesn't matter. That's a quick introduction to pH and acids in skincare.

I definitely haven't covered everything because delivering things through skin is a huge huge topic. I hope you found this video useful, and if you'd like to see more videos like this from me in the future, please comment and let me know!.

WHAT'S IN MY TRAVEL MAKEUP and SKINCARE BAG

Hey guys! Welcome back! In today's video, I will show you what's in my travel makeup and skincare bag I know these are really big I am at Jakarta right now and will be attending an event The event is quite important I need to put a gorgeous makeup. That's why I bring a lot I will show you what's inside because I bring extra this time To be honest, my makeup bag is not so pretty But yea, let's get started And for now, we will start from the skincare bag This is the bag where I put in my skincare, as this can load so many skincare of mine This bag is from Philosophy Now, we will start to see what's inside Inside this bag, I put my skincare, hair vitamin, and lotion First, we will start from the upper one First, I bring this. Vaseline Healthy White Lotion I intentionally carry this to spend them all and dispose the container So, it lightens my bag Next is Bioderma. This is cleansing or micellar water I like to carry this because during travelling, I want my face to be fresh without facing my face, I can use this to remove my base makeup.

So, this is it Now, for the skincare. I bring all my full size skincare from Kicho This one is toner I also bring the essence. The container is not that big, so it is okay I also bring moisturizer for morning and night and if you want to watch my skincare routine, you can click here lately, I like skincare from Laneige which is Clear C Peeling Serum This serum has function to whiten, no I think it brightens the skin this also contains BHA that is able to soften the skin That's all for the skincare I also bring deodorant from Dove, but the plastic is thrown away, but ya I bring one to avoid body odour I also carry hair vitamin L'oreal Extraordinary Oil I carry this because I plan to spend this and throw the container away Next, I also carry dry shampoo from Big Hair Don't Care I really like this because this dry shampoo can make our hair look big and voluminous This does not adsorb that much oil. I will show you After that, just apply it like this It doesn't directly make your hair bigger, but textured When you go to an event, this will be really great to make you look more gorgeous So, I bring this just in case my hair is oily, as my hair is often oily I also carry hair spray from Barbara This looks old-fashioned but I like this because the spraying method releases water So I bring this because my hair is the typical hair that will be straight really fast after curling just a little more products inside this bag I also have Mac Prime Fix.

This one is a set spray makeup to set after makeup look and not to make your face too powdery. So, I bring this This is an extra. Basically, I have never brought this much for holiday The last is my comb. This is also an old-fashioned comb Okay, that's all for my skincare bag Now, I will show you my makeup bag This makeup bag has been with me for 3 years When it is opened, it looks like this It can load much and be hanged in toilet of your hotel I will start from the small bag first I put in my brushes, but actually I don't bring a lot, only the most important ones these are my brushes This one is powder brush, so is this.

I unintentionally bring two this one is blush brush from ZOEVA, angle brush for contouring, highlighter brush from real techniques the rests are for eye makeup. Brushes are from real techniques, sigma, BH cosmetics I will not explain one by one, but if you are interested to know which one is my favorite brush, the most used brush, I will make a video about it next is the middle one. This is where I put in my makeup. I will show you one by one the first one is I carry primer from Makeup Forever series Hydrating and I bring my favorite foundation from L'oreal Infallible Pro-matte.

I like the combination from both because L'oreal is a bit matte and I will prefer to use primer that hydrates vice versa and every time I use these two combos, lots of people say my skin is good, the makeup is having a good resistance and flawless look that's why if I have important event, I will use these as these suit on my skin. I love both of these for the concealer, I bring Clio Kill Cover. To be honest, this has been dry that is why I want to spend it all and throw away the container I like this as this is full coverage and make my skin look softer. These three are best combinations.

I love it Usually, if I already apply this foundation and concealer, I will not use powder anymore because if I apply powder, my skin looks dry. So I leave without using powder and it will resist for a day for eyebrows product, I bring three. The first one is eyebrow pencil from Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Whiz. I also carry Eyebrow Pomade Benefit Ka-Brow.

I like this so much especially for event I also bring Maybelline Brow Precise Fiber Volumizer This makes our eyebrows more feathery Next is for eye makeup. I only bring one eyeshadow palette Usually I always bring ABH Modern Renaissance, but I think I use it too often and need to move on otherwise, my makeup will look the same so this time, I bring Colour Pop Element of Surprise this one has purple, pink, but also brown. I really like the formula of Colour Pop Eyeshadow So, this is really good and the price is affordable So, if you are looking for eyeshadow, I highly recommend you to try Colour Pop then, I also bring extra glitter eyeshadow as I really like my eyeshadow to be glittery I don't really suit matte eyeshadow I like the glittery ones and I bring two. The first one is Colour Pop Supernova Eyeshadow Firecracker this one is Holika Holika These are the swatches for Holika Holika and Colour Pop Basically, when I do makeup and apply this to my eyelids, my makeup will look gorgeous.

I like these I love it for fake eyelashes, I bring three from Sheilash. The first one is natural and gives dolly eyes look The second is dolly model. This also gives dolly look and I really like it as it looks natural the last one is I have the glam model. This can be used for night event that needs bold makeup I currently like fake eyelashes from Sheilash as they look good and natural.

They only give us three options, but those are really good what lacks is it can't be used for too long, it can only be used for several times for the mascara, I bring Maybelline The Falsies Push Up Angel I like this because the wand is really small, it is convenient to apply to my thin and short eyelashes next, I also bring three eyeliners the first one is Clio Kill Black Waterproof Brush Liner for the tightline, I use one from Lavie Matte Dark Brown Waterproof Liner I also bring this one. This is actually more like crayon eyeliner. The size is big This is from Nyx. The shade is Yoghurt.

I apply this to my inner eye corner and cover it with eyeshadow as to make my eyeshadow popped for contouring, I bring Too Cool for School Art Class  by Rodin. The colors are like this actually, this looks really natural and less pigmented but I am lazy to bring Kat Von D, actually it is really good and pigmented, good for a gorgeous makeup look but, for travelling, the size is too big, so I decide to bring this compact and small product and I like this product for contouring my nose as this results a natural look for blush, I bring two from Becca Cosmetic both because the packages are small, colors are good pigmented and last for all day the first color that I carry is tigerlily. The color is orange the second color that I carry is a more pink one, Snapdragon for highlighter, I carry small size from Fenty Beauty this one is Killawatt Hustla Baby still a few more products remained, the last ones are lipstick for the nude color, I bring lipstick from Etude House. This one is like My Lips But Better Lipstick the color is alike with my lips, but better.

The color is beige brownish for the red lipstick, I bring Maybelline Gigi Hadid Lani. The color is like this. I like to combine both I also bring the pink purple lipstick, I apply it right now on my lips No number in the package, but I will try to put it on the description box The color is more like purple, pink, muted magenta, I don't know how to explain the color I also bring 3CE. The color is orange.

When I want my makeup to be orange, I apply this lipstick 114 Rose I also bring liptint, Maybelline no. 7 This is still new. I recently open this. The color is more like coral I also bring lipgloss, Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb.

This is a really good lipgloss, the color is beige nude. It looks very luxurious using this on my lips, feels gorgeous that's why I bring this and the last one is accessories, curler for eyelashes, pinset to take out eyebrow and put on eyelashes and small scissor to cut the edge of eyelashes, and so on. This is really useful this is the very last part of my bag I bring two sheet masks, Tea tree care solution for acne problem, I actually bring this for Hoshi So, that's it I also bring sunscreen from Cosrx I also bring removal of lip and eye makeup from Clio Micro-Fessional Eye Lip Makeup Remover and also cotton bud and panty liner just in case I need it okay guys, these are the stuff that I usually bring during travelling and also these are stuff that I believe to apply when I want to attend event as during travelling, I always bring products that are convenient to use and last long on my face so, these are the products So, I hope you guys enjoy this video Don't forget to like and subscribe to my channel Don't forget to click the bell to turn on the notification of new video Thank you so much for watching and see you next time! Bye!.

We Recreated A Skincare Commercial

- Hey, Naturally Curly world. You obviously know us
from the hair industry, but we love all things beauty. (Camera click) - What we love most about
the beauty industry? The advertising. As in, we love to make fun of it.

- So in this video, we're gonna recreate a skin care ad. - Every skin care ad starts with a presentation of the problem. Kind of like this. Do you sometimes look
in the mirror and think why is this my face? (Laughing) Do people tell you you're pretty, but you kinda know they're lying to you because they're not very pretty, either? - Are you struggling to make friends because your skin looks like a beanbag? - Do you wake up with
a new pimple every day? - Is your face greasy as hell? - Do your pimples grow their own pimples? - Is your face dry as hell? - Do you use spot treatment, but you have so many
spots, that you just end up using it all over your face? - Is your face kind of
greasy in some areas and then kind of dry in some other areas, so they're dry and
greasy at the same time? - If you had to describe your face, would it be chewed gum? (Laughing) - Once they've pinpointed
your issue or concern, they introduce the product
and talk about its benefits like it's somehow different from the millions of
other products out there.

Don't forget percentages
that seem really arbitrary and also throw in the word toxins. Introducing skin fresh,
made with ingredients like bark of magnesia,
willow tree ess-- What? - [Nikki] Can you just read the words? - Yeah, I can try. - [Nikki] Okay. - I just don't know if bark
of magnesia is a real thing.

(Laughing) - [Nikki] It's from India, okay? Please don't laugh at
the ingredients, thanks. - Introducing skin so fresh. - [Evelyn] Excuse me, cut,
you do know how to read? (Laughing) - Um, yes,
- Alight. - It was on my resume.
- Can we do it a little faster?
- Okay.

- [Evelyn] You're like, hooked on phonics. - Introducing skin fresh, it is-- - [Evelyn] Cut, it's skin so fresh. - Skin so fresh. - [Evelyn] And introducing,
not intro ducing.

- Intro. Ducing. - [Evelyn] It's not that. - Intro..Intro Ducing.

- Introducing the nourishing
cleanser from skin so fresh. It's 97% proven to remove 90%
of toxins, 99% of the time. - Made with ingredients
that were at one time derived from plants, this
product is probably gentle enough for the most sensitive of skin. - [Nikki] Um, I think you
really have to emphasize the words probably, we don't
have the actual clearance to say that it actually does what it does.

- This cleanser is free
of all of the yucky stuff. Insert buzz word here. - [Nikki] I mean, I know how
to take direction, do you? - This cleanser. - [Eveyln] Excuse me, I don't
know a nice way to say this.

Where are you from? - I'm from, um -- here? - So just a buzz word. - [Nikki] Yeah, go ahead, mm-hm. Let's go, time is money. - Okay.

- Most sensitive. - [Evelyn] Cut. Are you scared? - You're just yelling at me. - What's a buzz word? Like a buzz word that has
to do with cleansing, or-- - [Nikki] You know, like
pathogens, carcinogenicens, - Um.

- [Nikki] Benzilic acid. - Oh, we just make up benefits. Next, the model or influencer has to actually use the product, and pay attention, because
the way people wash their face in commercials is completely
different than the way any human washes their face in real life. (Silence) - [Evelyn] And then look at the camera.

(Silence) [Evelyn] Smile even bigger. (Silence) (laughing) Oh my god. - Probably the most important part is the rinse. It is so extra.

It is so CGI, so fake. Them water droplets don't
land gracefully on your face. - And last, but not
least, the final result. Skin so perfect, so beautiful, but you're not fooling us,
you have makeup on at the end.

How do you have a perfect
highlight and lashes on after washing your face? - And there you have it, with skin-- - [Grace] Cut, you need to go to makeup. - I just washed my face though. - [Grace] We need to sell the product. - I thought we were trying to communicate that the skin's so fresh, it
like, leaves your skin fresh.

- [Grace] Hi, did we hire you to argue? - Okay. - I feel like a brand new me. All my blemishes instantly disappeared. - Wow, the best skin of my life.

Skin like a baby. - Like this? - [Grace] Yeah, that's good. - This is skin so fresh? - [Grace] Mm-hm. - Alright, the director wants
what the director wants, you know what I'm saying? I don't understand what this
has to do with skin so fresh.

Because a lip is a lip. You know what I'm saying, anyway. (Clears throat) - [Nikki] Oh, honey, did
you go to modeling school? - [Grace] I need you to look
right here, into this lens. No, you're not even close, okay.

Bring your eyes up. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. That's too much, no, that's-- No, you're in the, your body, yeah. Yeah, now your whole body is in it.

(Laughing) - Are you getting it? - [Grace] Okay, now you're
looking to the left of the lens. I need you to follow my finger. Oh my god. You're giving me Victoria Beckham, and I'm just, oh, no.

That's too much. (Laughing) Please stop. - I quit. (Laughing) - And there you have it.

Everything you need to make a successful skin care commercial. - Let's see how it turned out. - Is your face greasy as hell? - Do your pimples grow their own pimples? - Do you feel like you're
using so much cleanser, and nothing's ever happening, and you're always dirty, always
greasy, you're always ugly? Introducing the nourishing
cleanser from Skin So Fresh. It's 97% proven to remove 90%
of toxins 99% of the time.

Made with ingredients that were at one time derived from plants, this product is probably gentle enough for the most sensitive of skin. It cleanses, yet moisturizes,
leaving skin so fresh. - Hopefully now we've convinced
you to buy this product. - Skin like a baby.

- Before now, I had never thought of putting water and soap together. - Skin so fresh, it leaves
my skin feeling fresh. - If you thought this was
an absolute masterpiece, give this video a like, share
it, comment, and subscribe. We post videos every Friday, so we'll see you next week.

Bye.
- Bye..

Top 10 Korean Skincare + BeautyBest of Korean Beauty 2017 ft. Sokoglamdiane

Hey guys It's Diane and today's video is focusing mostly on Korean skincare. A lot of you guys have been asking for a Korean skincare routine and honestly I really don't have a set routine. I really bounce back and forth a lot of different products, but these days I've been testing out this entire regimen that Soka glam sent me I'll be showing my honest opinions and a review on the top 10 best of Korean beauty awards for 2017 so I'll just be going in the order in which I would put them onto my face and the first product is the Enature Moringa cleansing balm. This is just one of your basic solid balm type oil cleansers and honestly once you start double cleansing you really can't go back to Just doing cleansing foam because oil cleanser really gets rid of all of your face makeup and is also very moisturizing at the same time since it is a oil cleanser so basically I take a spatula and some of this product and just Massage that all over my skin.

It completely melts off all of my makeup and especially my waterproof mascaras and my regular eye makeup removers Can never completely take off all my waterproof mascara So I always use these cleansing balms to take my eye makeup off. Next up is the Klavuu pure pearlsation facial cleansing foam this is just one of your basic cleansing foams it has pearl extract in it So it's super luxurious on your skin And you only really need a pea-sized amount for your entire face because it lathers up so quickly and the foam is really really thick I like to use one of those silicone pads I got mine from Daiso I think can I just use that to massage that into my skin and deep clean into my pores Next up is the airborne black soap I would really recommend these bar type soaps to people who have super oily acne prone skin This contains charcoal extract which is known for extracting all of the sebum out of your pores and really cleaning deep into your skin So definitely check out one of these bar type soaps. I know that a lot of my viewers Are in middle school or high school and the oil production can be really really annoying sometimes the next product is the Hun skin real Complexion hyaluron skin essence this essence. I use as both a toner and in essence so first I'll just put some of this on a cotton pad and just wipe away my entire face to get rid of any traces of any Leftover makeup and then I'll just put some of this onto my hands and layer that on three to four times kind of like this 7 skin method personally the 7 skin method is a little bit too much for me, and I'm kind of lazy So I only layer like 3 to 4 times which is perfectly fine And if you're looking for a product to you For the seven skip method you definitely want to look into products that don't have any alcohol content because that can potentially dry out your Skin and really strip it from all moisture this one is alcohol-free And it also has hyaluronic acid in it which is a super super moisturizing ingredient And it's said to moisturize a thousand times better than regular ingredients next I have the cosrx X Triple C lightening liquid This is the special collaboration product that co-star axe had with so clam and I really wanted to try this Product when it first came out because it has 20.5% Vitamin C as you guys know vitamin C.

Is really good for controlling your hyperpigmentation and lightening acne scars and when I was in Middle School I would be able to just pop my pimples and my skin would just like heal the next day And I never had any acne scars, but now that I'm in high school acne scarring is actually so bad And I'm really not used to having all these acne scars all over my skin I'll just drop like one or two drops on And I'll just put that into my skin and hopefully my discoloration will go away And I'll keep you guys updated on this product next up is the Missh super aqua ultra waterful clear cream And this product is a completely oil-free water-based gel moisturizer so again I would recommend this for people who have very oily and acne prone skin It doesn't feel greasy at all on the skin especially for people who are very very oily you want to obviously stay away from Moisturizers that have too much natural oils in them this one is completely oil-free And it's a very light consistency that absorbs into your skin a very fast. For me I have normal to dry skin so I have to go in with another Klairs  rich moist soothing cream this one has jojoba oil in it so it's very moisturizing And it also kind of just creates a barrier on my skin once I put it on since it has that natural oil Contained inside of it and for the last game care product. This is the Neogen nh2 dermadeca serum spray I never really use mists or sprays in general because I don't find a need for them It's kind of just an extra step If you really want something special But I've been using this right after I blow dry my hair and blow drying your hair can really dry out your skin and even Though I completed all of my skincare routine and stuff my face gets really red afterwards because of the hot air and this stuff is Super super cooling. I don't know what it is, but when you spray it on your face.

It feels super cold It's like ice water, and I really like that the nozzle dispenses the product very evenly. The mist is superfine and on to the second-to-last product This one is a hair care product a lot of you guys asked for a hair care routine, but honestly I don't really do much to my hair just shampoo condition blow-dry Sometimes straighten my hair And then I'll finish off with a hair oil this hair oil is from M British, and it's the annatto hair oil I was watching a video and Charlotte Chow said that she discovered this product side of a Korean salon that a lot of idols get their makeup in hair done from I can totally see why the salons use this says It's a very light consistency to makes your hair super silky and soft and especially if you have dyed hair the ends can get really Really brittle and dry sometime so I make sure that once in a while I'll put this on to my damp hair and after I finish styling my hair I'll just put some on once again on to the ends. And lastly I have the Etude  house dear darling water gel Tints I mentioned in my compilation of the Korean lip tints video I had the old version of these which had these silver caps on instead of the pink caps. These are the reformulations of them and I can totally see a huge difference in the formula.

Old ones were very dry and this stain was very very harsh. The color payoff was good in the beginning but it would fade away very very quickly the new ones are so so much better, and it's a new gel and water formula These blend super nicely onto the lips. They are very very natural I'm wearing it on my lips right now and suprisingly  for the water formula They're not drying on my lips whatsoever and I believe they're only $5 a piece so if you guys haven't checked them out, definitely do because they are completely different from the old formulas and that wraps up my review of the 2017 best of Korean beauty and onto the giveaway one lucky winner will win one of these products and to enter the giveaway number one You have to be subscribed to both me and soku glams YouTube channels number two follow us on instagram. I am diane Sokoglam is just sokoglam.

And number 3 comment on this video which product that you're most excited to try out this giveaway Sadly for US residents only but in the future. I'll be sure to maybe hold more giveaways on my channel Oh, yeah, make sure to enter if you're interested and as always Thank you guys so much for watching, and I'll see you guys in my next video.

Top 10 Cosrx Products Best Korean Skincare Brand for Acne

Today, I have my top 10 favorite Cosrx product in front of me.
This was a highly requested video ever since I filmed my massive Cosrx haul and to be completely honest with you guys it was very difficult just to pick my top 10 so I'm probably going to reference other essences and serum so let's get started. First, we have the Low pH good morning Gel Cleanser. And this is one of my favorite cleansers because it's super gentle.

This is formulated with botanical ingredients. It helps your skin feel very soft and also helps clear it because it's a mild acidic cleanser I love this my brother loves this. It's very gentle and affordable. I think this is like less than ten dollars so highly want to recommend this cleanser.

Next, we have the cosrx one step pimple clear pads. If you watched a lot of my empties, this has been featured in almost every single one of them after I discovered them and i love them because it helps exfoliate and it removes the makeup that your cleanser didn't remove. A lot of guys say " then why do you use that cleanser?"
There are days when i'm lazy and I don't double cleanse. This pad right here and helps me remove that extra makeup and it exfoliates.

I love how soft my skin feels after using this and it's definitely one of my favorite toners out there.
I have another toner and this is the AHA/BHA Clarifying treatment toner and you can tell i am almost done using this my brother absolutely love this so actually he basically used up the majority of this product, but this is basically a product that help reduce the appearance of whiteheads, blackheads, and blemishes. It cleans out your pores.
I love how gentle this product is.
There are other toners that I tried from Cosrx and I think they're great i just love how gentle cosrx products are in general, but this is my favorite out of all the other ones because it comes from spray and also I just saw better results with this Sorry, Eunice from Wishtrend came in and I wanted to say hi, but basically I love this product -- very gentle and if you have acne and acne scars i would recommend this toner for you.

Next, I have an essence and here we have the Advance Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence And there are so many essences that I've tried from cosrx and it was really hard for me to pick one because the essence from AHA is really good 95... I don't know how to say it, but that was really good BHA and blackhead ones are really good, but I chose this one because i saw fading of acne scars the day after I used this product so if you have acne scars and hyperpigmentation I. Really want to recommend this snail product this help moisturize your skin your skin will feel super smooth afterwards and it's just another product it's just another holy grail product of mine. After the essence, I like to follow up with a lotion and this is the oil-free ultra moisturizing lotion with birch sap and as the name says it is ultra moisturizing.

I love this product because I have dry skin, but people who have oily skin like my brother he fell in love this product because it's oil-free very gentle and moisturizing for this skin as well. So during the wintertime I like to use this and another moisturizer afterwards and this one is the advanced Snail 92 All in One Cream and again i love snail products because i have acne scars and snail products definitely helped fade that. And I am seriously almost done using this moisturizer. It's super moisturizing.

On the packaging it also says that it reduces the appearance of wrinkles definitely one of my favorite moisturizers. I plan on sharing my top 10 in the future this is definitely on that list. Definitely want to recommend it! On days I want extra moisture,
I follow up with a overnight mask. You can skip it and go straight to the mask but because i have dry skin, i like to use the lotion, a cream, and then like an hour later I really do this before I go to bed.

This is Rice Overnight Spa Mask and this might surprise you because you guys know that i love the honey one, but i have been using the rice one every single day and I must say I like it more than the honey one because it really brightened up the skin. The honey one helped with the acne scars and I. Feel like they're both great products but right now, i'm in love with the rice one. Next, we have my all-time favorite products from Cosrx and it is the Centella Blemish Cream.

My brother calls this the MVP cream and a lot of you guys comments that to it seriously just a great product if you have acne or acne scars this help fade it. It's one of my favorite treatment for acne along with pimple patches A lot of you guys ask me when you should be using this i use it after all of the products at the very end and my brother does it this way to and the next morning you'll notice that a lot of your pimples and acne scars will be faded and treated. So definitely a great product if I have to recommend like one product from cosrx it would be the Centella Blemish Cream. So next, we do have the Acne Pimple Master Patches.

And these stickers, I am amazed because they actually help with your cystic acne and after you put one of these stickers on
the next day you'll notice that that area will be calmed down and if you had a rising pimple or a zit
It actually takes out all that gunk. So I love these patches and this is actually like my fifteenth package because I go through these so quickly and my brother loves them too. Cosrx is another brand that is the only brand, the only Korean Skincare brand that my brother fell in love with so the a lot of products like this this... Are all approved by my brother as well.

Okay, finally we have Aloe Soothing Sun Cream This is one of my favorite products because it's a very moisturizing sunscreen. A lot of you guys ask me "do you like the Klairs one? Innisfree? Missha? Neogen? Kicho? All the sunscreens that I mentioned on my channel are really good and sunscreens in the past broke me out,
but the ones I mentioned on this channel didn't. It just depends on your preference if you want a moisturizing one, I would go with this. If you want something that kind of helps with the redness, the klairs one! If you want something watery, i would recommend the Missha or Neogen.

So it really depends on the preference but the Cosrx Aloe Soothing Sun Cream something is one of my favorites because it's a very light sunscreen it doesn't smell like a sunscreen it doesn't leave a white cast and that's what I look for in a sunscreen I want something that is very lightweight, but very protective when it comes to suncare. So these are my top 10 Cosrx products
these are my favorite I actually had a hard time picking ten because for essence, i really like the blackhead one, the BHA one, the A-Sol, honey overnight Mask, I love the aloe cream as well... There's just so many Cosrx products that i fell in love with, but these are my top 10. Cosrx is actually one of my favorite Korean Skincare because they're very gentle and really good for acne.

A lot of you guys ask me is ok if you're in high school or junior high
my cousins (who are young) with acne actually love cosrx because the products are very gentle and very helpful for their acne prone skin so highly want to recommend cosrx I'll be linking all the products in the description box
If you have any questions please ask down below in the comments
I'll try my best respond to you guys I'll see you guys in my next video.

The Ten Commandments of skin care! (aka, How to not ruin your skin)

Hello again, everyone. Today we're going to
talk about the ten commandments of skin care. And, just before I get started, this is not
any sort of religious commentary - I just thought this was a good vehicle to deliver
these tips to you. So, don't take it too seriously, but listen to the information and take from
it what you will.

So, the ten commandments of skin care. These are the hardcore rules
about how not to ruin your skin and how to keep it healthy and how not to damage it and
how to slow down the aging process and to just have awesome skin. Commandment number
one: thou shalt not touch your face. Now, obviously, I'm not talking about washing your
face and applying your products, I'm talking about picking at your skin, I'm talking about
scratching, I'm talking about self-extraction.

Any sort of extraneous touching of the face
is something you don't want to do. First of all, the temptation to pick at the irregular
surfaces and textures on your skin is totally normal; you feel something unusual and your
natural impulse is just to try and get it off or to mess with it. The problem here is
that you have a lot of dirt and bacteria under your nails and on your fingertips and when
you're scratching at the skin you can create little tiny wounds in the skin through which
the bacteria and dirt and oil and all of the gross stuff on your hands can enter. And if
you're picking at something like a blemish, you're just going to make the problem worse.
That's a very good way to give yourself a scar.

If you're picking at a little bump on
your skin or a little pimple, it might have healed perfectly fine on its own, but by you
picking at it and scratching at it and messing with it, you're making it that much harder
for your skin to heal itself. Now, a tip to help you stop touching your face. First of
all, keep your nails short. If you have long nails and you're scratching your face, this
should be a no brainer.

Keep your nails as short as possible and also keep them manicured
because when you put polish on the nails you kind of dull the edge, so you don't have this
sharp edge and it's much harder to actually scratch your skin with polished nails. So
that's a tip that I recommend everyone and that's actually something that helps me, because
I used to have this problem. I am a kind of compulsive person and I, you know, if I feel
a bump, I'm like gonna -- Aaah! I'm gonna freak out on it. I get it.

I totally understand.
But, don't do it. Commandment number two: thou shalt exfoliate gently. This is something
I see a lot of as well, people who use scrubs at home who are very overzealous with them
and push really hard when they're trying to exfoliate, will often get really tiny broken
capillaries all over their face. It's unfortunate because you're really not accomplishing that
much with a scrub to justify the amount of damage that you're doing.

Scrubs are not that
great at exfoliating, they're good at getting off like little flaky surface bits and that's
why you think that they're doing a really great job. And for younger people, that's
fine, you know, you can use a scrub to even out your skin texture and that's totally cool.
However, be very gentle about it. There's no benefit to really grinding a scrub into
your skin. You're just damaging your skin.

Scrubs, like I said, are not that effective,
so there's no benefit to going really really harsh with them. You can use a scrub with
a washcloth, with a clarisonic, with any kind of face brush, just do it very very gently.
And it's not really not good for your skin to exfoliate that aggressively, you're going
to be more prone to sun damage, dehydration which means more prone to skin infection and
it just doesn't look very good if you're constantly peeling, so I would recommend doing a low-strength
AHA, if you're going to use AHAs, use a low-strength, if you're using BHAs, use a low-strength,
start as low as you can and work up. You need to start low, otherwise your skin is going
to slough too fast and it's going to get irritated. And irritation is the enemy of skin, you want
to avoid irritation at all costs, that includes exfoliating.

So, if you over-exfoliate your
skin, it can get irritated, it can get hyperpigmentation, more sun damage, dehydration, premature wrinkling,
you can lose elasticity. Irritation is absolutely the worse thing for your skin so avoid it
at all costs. Now, word on retinol, use it in cycles, do not use retinol continuously.
I've seen some people who do this because they like the very dramatic results that retinols
can give and they end up with this very shiny, translucent, waxy-looking skin. And that's
not healthy.

Your skin may be smooth as a waxed baby's bottom, but I'm telling you,
it's not healthy. When your skin gets into this state, it's really like on the verge
of being extraordinarily irritated and any tiny thing can set it off. It may be irritated
like just up to the point where you're going to see an extreme reaction and then any tiny
little thing can set it off and you can get like horrible redness, rosacea-type acne,
like this sort of like cracking, awful appearance and it's painful. And I've seen this and I've
had it happen on small areas of my face before.

It's really really unpleasant and, given everything
I've just said about irritation, you want to avoid it at all costs. Number three: thou
shalt not wax while exfoliating. Basically, what this means is if you are applying like
and AHA or a BHA or a retinol or, most importantly, if you're using acutane, do not get waxed.
Acutane, you can't get waxed anywhere on your body, but if you're applying your AHA's to
your face, don't get waxed anywhere on your face. I've been using a 5% AHA and with my
skin texture I know for a fact that if I tried to wax, it would lift my epidermis.

This is
what people refer to as a "burn" when they get waxed and it's not a burn, that's not
at all what it is, what it is is your epidermis lifting off. And that sounds super scary and
it kind of is, but when you think about the anatomy of the skin, it makes perfect sense.
The epidermis is like a dry layer of hard keratin cells that are stacked in like a brick
wall type formation, and when it's not prepared properly or when it's in a sort of "loose"
state, if you will, from exfoliation, the whole thing can lift right off. You can lift
off the epidermis and expose the new skin below which is very sensitive and it will
basically scab over and can create scars. So, don't do it.

As a professional, I always
ask every single client every single time: "Are you using any exfoliating products, Retin-A,
any type of retinols, Acutane?" I ask them this everytime, not just the first time, I
ask everytime. Because not everybody knows to say: "Oh yeah, by the way, I've just added
this new glycolic." And it's not everything, like a glycolic face wash is not the same
as a glycolic leave-on treatment. But if you're using a topical exfoliating treatment regularly
or if you've just recently had a chemical peel or microdermabrasion or something like
dermaplaning, any sort of, you know, good exfoliation or if you're using a retinol -- retinols,
you've got to be very very careful, you can't use them anywhere near the application. So,
if you've applied retinol for two weeks, you've got to wait a month.

You've got to let more
cells turn over before you go in to get waxed. Also, if you are getting waxed on the same
day that you have a facial, do the waxing first. Your operator should know this, but,
just in case, you always want to do the waxing first, then do the facial. This does not really
apply to body waxing, unless you are applying a lot of exfoliants to your body or if you're
using Acutane.

If you use Acutane, and I don't recommend Acutane to anybody, but if you do
use Acutane, do not get waxed ever. Commandment number four: thou shalt not sleep in your
make-up. And, this is pretty self-explanatory, just don't do it. I usually will allow myself
to pass out without washing my face once a year.

This has gotten even less as I've gotten
older, but back in the days when I used to, you know, go out partying, if I was so tired,
if it was so late and I just wanted to pass out, I would let myself do it once a year.
And I would always pay for it. My skin would be hell for a couple of days afterward, but
just don't do it unless you absolutely have to. And don't make excuses about it, don't,
you know, don't say, "Ah, but I'm so tired." It doesn't matter, it really doesn't matter,
take five minutes, wash your face, remove your make-up and if you are so tired, so often
that this is a problem for you, that you are frequently sleeping in your make-up then you
need to look at your lifestyle and see what you can do to change your nightly routine,
to make a priority of removing your make-up so that your skin stays healthy. And it's
not just about removing your make-up, you need to wash your face.

You need to introduce
water into your face and then put on something to hold that water into your skin for it to
be healthy. Commandment number five: thou shalt not put dirty things on your face. This
applies to: make-up brushes, fingers, phones, make-up sponges, make-up, any sort of dirty
old make-up. If you have a compact with a sponge in it, that sponge is meant to be temporary,
that is not supposed to be a permanent tool for you to use indefinitely, until you use
another product.

That's a very good way to ruin your products and also ruin your skin.
You can buy replacement sponges for pretty much any type of compact at the drugstore,
at the beauty supply store, just swap them out, you know, five days at most, if you're
using it everyday during a work week, you know, even that, if you are really good about
swaping this stuff out, you can do it every other day, everyday. Every day is not necessary,
in my opinion, but every other day, if you are really really good at this stuff, otherwise,
try to do it at least once a week. For brushes, do a spot clean every time you use them, deep
clean them, you know, once a month or so and you'll be good. For phones, try not to ever
talk on your phone this way unless you absolutely have to.

Try to use a headset, try to use
alcohol as often as possible to clean the surface of your phone. They're introducing
all the bacteria from your hands and from whatever else they've been touching. Try as
much as you can to either use a speaker phone or to use a headset. Commandment number six:
thou shalt avoid fragrance.

And I've been talking about this a lot lately and for a
good reason. Fragrance is the enemy of skin. There is no benefit at all to using fragrance
other than to amuse you. And companies have been doing this for a very long time and it's
a very outdated concept.

There is no reason to have perfume in skin care or in make-up.
Some people like it, most people are like: "Oh and it has a smell, I don't mind it so
much" or "I hate the smell but I'll use it anyway." But companies still use this party
line of: "Well, women want perfume in their cosmetics." It's really not true, I don't
think they've actually asked anybody and they certainly haven't asked anybody who knows
better. A lot of women don't know how harmful it is to put this stuff on your face. This
goes back to the whole "Irritation is the worst possible thing for your skin." Fragrance
is the number one irritant in all products. There is nothing worse for your skin.

Except,
you know, maybe pouring alcohol on it. But as far as, like, daily use goes, fragrance
is the worst thing in all of your products. Forget parabens. Parabens have not been scientifically
proven to be harmful, and I will speak about this later.

But fragrance -- fragrance is
something that we absolutely know, one hundred percent, for a fact, is harmful to the skin.
So make that your priority. Make that the priority in your skin care. Eliminating products
with fragrance 'cause that's the worst thing. And also, just so you know, fragrant plant
oils, like lavender oil or eucalyptus or peppermint or, you know, any of those kinds of oils -- those
are fragrance too.

There is no benefit to putting these natural products in your face.
There's no -- there's no great reason to do it in nature. I don't think that our cavemen
ancestors were putting these types of things on their face. It's just not something that
happened. Just because it's natural doesn't mean that it belongs on your face.

Commandment
number seven: thou shalt not use tanning beds. Ever. Don't do it. Commandment eight: thou
shalt eat less sugar and drink less alcohol.

Now sugar has a very strong connection with
premature aging. This is something that's only really making its way into the mainstream
now. But sugar is connected to something called glycation. I'm not going to get too far into
what that is because it's going to be really long.

But just know that sugar leads to glycation,
glycation leads to the breakdown of the structures in your skin that keep it firm and taut and
young-looking. So, it's something you really want to cut down as much as possible. And
alcohol is a particularly vile form of sugar. It's also very dehydrating.

It's toxic to
the system, in addition to introducing sugars into your bloodstream. So, whenever possible,
try to reduce sugar from your diet. If you put two teaspoons of sugar in your coffee,
put one teaspoon in your coffee. Cut down a half a teaspoon.

Try using stevia. Stevia
is a natural sweetener. I don't recommend any artificial sweeteners for any reason,
ever. But stevia is a natural sweetener that is no calories and is a good substitute.

I
find it to be a little off-putting if you use a lot of it, so I mix it with just like
a tiny bit of agave syrup or something like that. You can use honey, if you tolerate honey.
But mixing it with a tiny bit, not a lot, of a natural sugar kind of cuts the odd taste
of it but for the most part you don't really taste the difference. If you're accustomed
to artificial sweeteners you're really not going to notice that much a difference if
you start using stevia except that stevia doesn't taste like chemicals. Now with alcohol
I'm not saying to stop drinking alcohol.

I. Like to drink alcohol. I can't right now so
I have to kind of live vicariously through other people's enjoyment of it. However, when
you go out, try having one drink instead of two.

If you're going to have two, drink a
big glass of water. Don't drink five. Don't have five drinks. Just don't do it.

There's
no reason to do it. Drink your drinks slowly. If people are pressuring you into drinking
more, just say: "Ah well, I can't, I'm driving." And if they try to give you crap about that,
then they're being assholes. If you don't drive just say: "Ah well I have an early day
tomorrow." You know, whatever.

Just, whatever. Give them some excuse. There's no reason why
you should be pressured into poisoning your body by your "friends" -- people who are trying
to get you drunk so that they don't feel alone. It's really just something that you have control
over.

Only you are in control of this. Another thing that you should avoid, for the sake
of your skin, is drinking and driving. Death is not very cute. It's not going to make your
skin look very good.

And nobody ever looks good in a mugshot. Commandment number nine:
thou shalt not smoke. Duh. Just don't do it.

Next to sun damage, smoking is absolutely
the worst thing that you can do for your skin, so find a way to quit. Make it a priority.
There's so many reasons to quit. And I'm a former smoker, I know how it goes. I was a,
you know, young rebellious club goer.

I totally get it. But you need to eventually say: "Ok,
this is stupid, there's no reason to be doing this. I'm just paying tons of money to a terrible
corporate machine, when I could be spending this money on good quality skin care." Or,
you know, save up for a vacation, use it for anything. But smoking is expensive, it's disgusting
and it's terrible terrible for your the skin.

Smoking actually destroys vitamin C which
is a natural antioxidant made by the skin that helps protect from sun damage. So, not
only is the smoking itself terrible for the skin, but it's also going to speed up the
sun damage that you're getting while you're probably outside smoking. And last, but not
least, we have commandment number ten: thou shalt take action. It is no one else's responsibility
but your own to take care of your skin, just like it's no one else's responsibility to
take care of your body.

You are in charge of your life. Even if you are a young person
with parents who are telling you what to do, you can still make decisions for yourself.
They're not watching you twenty-four hours a day. You have a say. So, start good habits
now.

Do research. Learn about ingredients. Start reading your labels. Make decisions
for yourself.

Don't be told what to do. Even as I'm telling you what to do now, question
me. Question my thought process, question my credentials, question everything. Make
decisions for yourself.

Learn everything you can. Take the time to learn about ingredients.
Don't just get your information from marketing machines. Really learn about ingredients -- individual
ingredients and what they do. And finally, please just don't believe everything that
you hear or read or see on youtube.

Nobody knows everything and a lot of the people who
are giving you advice or who are trying to share information - they're not getting it
from a good source. And a lot of times it's heard secondhand or it's heard from someone,
someone's friend of a friend's of their cousin who is a dermatologist or whatever. Or it's
like these e-mails which get forwarded which is how the whole paraben hysteria got started.
Just don't believe everything that you're exposed to because not everyone is getting
their information from a good source. A lot of these sources have sort of dubious intentions.
And you just really should familiarize yourself with skin care ingredients, with the climate
of the skin care industry and the cosmetic industry to be able to make informed decisions
for yourself.

If you get nothing else from my videos that I'm going to be making, that
I've been making lately it's that you really need to educate yourself, take responsibility
for yourself and your own skin. Be in charge. All I'm saying really is take in all the information
that you are getting and use your brain. Make up your own mind and make your own decisions.
So I hope you guys got something from that.

I really don't mean to be lecturing you so
harshly. I get passionate about this stuff. If you have any questions, let me know. And
if you have any questions for me to answer in a future video, please leave me a message
below or send me a message through the youtube messaging system.

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now - it's such a pain in the ass. But if you want to ask me a direct question that's
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