I Tried DIY Skincare For A WeekBeauty With MiRefinery29

Hey guys. Its Mi-Anne, and this is Welcome to Casa de Mimi. I dont talk about skin care a lot on Beauty With Mi, but I take it very, very seriously. So this episode is special, and its a little bit different because Im going to challenge myself to do an entire DIY skin care routine for a week.

This is a little bit nerve wracking because Ive never done anything like this before. Every single thing Im going to put on my face is going to be made with these two hands. To make sure Im doing it right, Im going to go see my friend Anit Hora, the founder of Brooklyn apothecary brand Mullein & Sparrow. And shes going to teach me how to make a few of the skin care items that Im going to be using this week, as well as how to hack the DIY skin care at home world Lets go.

Hi! Hi! How are you? Its so nice to see you again. Yeah its so great to see you. So Im actually going to have you make everything for yourself because I just want everyone to see how easy it is. Okay.

Anyone can do it. So here are the ingredients for the cleanser. Amazing. I have lavender powder.

I didnt know that existed. Then I have orange peel powder and then I have some sugar. So its very simple. First of allsmell it.

Woah that is pungent. Wow! That is straight lavender. So youre just gonna be scooping some lavender powder out and putting it into the mixing cup. Is it going to be equal parts? I like to use more of the lavender and the sugar and a little bit of orange peel because you dont need so much.

So now the second part is were going to take the sugar. You dont have to have exact measurements for this. This is what you think you need. Obviously the sugar should be more because it's the scrubby part.

Then the last step is the orange peel. Theres my cleanser! Theres your cleanser. Cleanser done. Boom! Alright so now were going to be making the toner.

Or I should say youre going to be making the toner. So I have some rosewater that I pulled out. What were going to mix that with is something called witch hazel extract. Perfect combination skin recipe Yeah.

Because rose is amazing. Its super hydrating. Its very soothing. And then witch hazel is amazing for acne prone skin.

So lets get started. Youre going to take the rose hydo salt. Ideally I like to put one ounce so its a one to four ratio of the witch hazel. This is so easy.

I have a little bit of organic lavender here. Pretty. Which is good for all skin types. And if you want to put, Im going to say three drops in there.

Okay three drops. Just three drops thats all you need. Perfect. So thats done.

That is your toner. So now lets get started on the last thing, which is our mask. The lightest clay is kaolin clay, white clay. I like to use this as a base because its really gentle.

It makes your skin really soft and its good for all skin types. I say you can fill half of your jar with that. Oh wow. This is called sea clay.

It has so many minerals. Its so good for your skin. For that I want you to put about half the amount you put of this. Okay.

The last clay is called rhassoul clay. This one is great for oily combo skin. That one were going to put about the same that you did with the sea clay. So I have some lavender.

Handy. If you wanted to mix some in there, again I wouldnt do more than two or three drops. Mhm. It smells really good.

Im excited to try this and my toner and my cleanser. Incorporating a few DIY things is pretty easy but lets be real, to make a whole routine can be a lot. Were New Yorkers so yeah. Yeah.

But its amazing that we can also buy your product so we know exactly where its coming from. We know whats in it. We know the quality is there. And itll save you a little bit of time.

Thanks again. Youre the best. Thank you. Im back.

And I have my goodies here. But its not enough. A cleanser, a toner and a mask is not a skin care routine make. I am going to be making a few more things here today.

A lip balm, a lip scrub, a few masks that I will be using for the rest of the week. Lets do it. First up is the lip scrub. All you need is sugar and some honey.

Im going to go ahead and scoop the honey and put it into this mason jar. You can use as little or as much honey as you want, depending on how abrasive you want the scrub to be. Im going to add some sugar into this bowl. And you can go little by little here.

And then I would mix it together with the honey. Alright item number one is done. Next up we have a hydrating mask. All you need is some cocoa powder, plain unsweetened yogurt, and once again hero product, honey.

Im going to start with the cocoa powder. Little spoonfuls. Again this is another recipe that you can
really use as much or as little as each ingredient as you like. Honey is really hydrating and soothing.

Greek yogurt is amazing because its full of lactic acid. So this is going to give your skin a bit of exfoliation. Mask number two. Done.

Onto mask number three. All you need are honey, you guessed it. Lemon juice. And two spices.

Cinnamon and tumeric. Honey is going to be the base of my mask so youre going to want to use a lot of it. Lemon is great because the acids in the fruit
are going to help exfoliate your skin and brighten you. Its easy to go overboard with it so Im just going to do one spoonful of it.

Final ingredientes are the spices. Im just going to use a dash of each. We have one more in store and it is the lip balm. All you need is some cocoa butter, some beeswax, and a few drops of peppermint oil.

It smells so good. I can already feel the cocoa butter melting on my hand. You just want to make sure that youre using equal parts beeswax cocoa butter. Stick this in the microwave for a few seconds just until its completely liquidy.

Im going to come back here and work the magic. So Im back. I have my liquified mixture. While its still liquidy and hot Im going to take a bit of peppermint oil and drop two to three drops in.

Youre going to want let this cool down. And there you have it. This is my entire skin care routine for the next week. Its been a very educational and fun day.

I think I have nothing left to do but start the challenge. So I will check in with you guys throughout the week and let you know how its going. See ya there. Hey guys.

It is the first morning of my DIY skin care routine. I am not using any of my normal skin care products. Since Im making everything this week, Im going to use the cleanser that I made with Anit. With water it kind of looks like this.

Kind of pasty. So I think the key to using this cleanser is definitely to be very gentle. Im going to go in with the toner now. Im actually just going to tap a little bit of this onto the palm of my hands.

And then put my palms together. And gently press that into my face. And then last but not least, I have a bit
of this rosehip oil. And I will say that using an oil at night, no problem.

But using an oil in the morning is actually something Ive never done before. That is my skin care done. Im just going to finish off with a little bit of my LB aka lip balm. Its a little bit on the harder side.

See ya later. Bye. Its 4:30, and I put this on at 9AM. And it looks good.

Im honestly shocked. Now Im going to try to use some of my rosehip oil as my makeup remover. Waterproof eyeliner and waterproof mascara on today so. Alright.

Not bad. Alright back with the cleanser. Im just going to put it into my hands like this. And then Im going to scrub with it.

Pat dry. Always pat, never rub. Im going to hop in the shower and then Im going to do the rest of my skin care routine. Hi guys.

Im going to do this fella. My hydrating mask, the one that has the yogurt base and then the cocoa powder in there. Going in with a little bit of this lip scrub and rub away. Mask off feels really good.

It kind of felt like I was putting a really thick moisturizer on my face. Im a fan of the DIY skin care routine so far. Do I think Im going to do it all the time? No. I think I might pick and choose things from this routine that I like the most, but well see at the end of the challenge how Im feeling.

Ill report back. Hey guys so I just got home. Took off my makeup and Im going to do a little mask. My clay mask.

Im going to get it on my hands here and
rub it on to my face. Its starting to dry really tight, like look you can see all the So thats the mask off. It feels nice. It does feel a little bit dry.

I definitely want to put a little bit of moisturizer on. Im back! And it is the final day of my DIY skin care challenge and Im actually in a little bit of a different location. Im in California. In honor of the last day, I am going to use a little mask with my Momma.

Were going to do it together and were going to close out the week with a bang. Hi! Here with my Mom. And were going to do this, the brightening mask. Are you ready? Yes I am.

Now we wait. Alright so its been like 15 minutes. Its all sticky. Yeah.

Its nice though. And were going to wash it off. Lets go. Oh I like it.

It feels like I dont even have to put moisturizer on afterwards. Yeah but you still should. Mask is off. Ive got to say this entire week has been a really fun experience.

I did the skin care challenge to challenge myself to see if I could make things that could actually work as a routine. And I got to say I think it worked. I loved doing it. But I think I did prove to myself that if I wanted to I could make my entire skin care routine and it ends up being really affordable.

And I hope that you guys enjoyed watching the video. Let me know if you guys try any of the DIY. Recipes that I made in this video. And definitely let me know if you have any DIY recipes that you want me to try in the comments.

Now that Ive done this Im like hungry
for more. Thanks so, so, so much for watching. Ill see you guys next week. Bye! Thanks so much for watching guys.

Let me know what you want to see next on Beauty With Mi in the comments below. Click here to subscribe to Refinery29, and click here to watch more videos. Bye..

I Tried A 10-Step Korean Skincare Routine For A Month

[  ] [ "Am I missing out? / Korean Skincare" ] - SAFIYA: Hello friends, and welcome to another video. This month, I'm going to be swapping my current skincare routine for a 10 step Korean one. In America, over the last couple of years, there's been a lot of hype around Korean skincare. I've heard a lot about the benefits of it, like hydration, anti-aging.

I see the words "brightening" and "plumping" a lot, but for me, There's always been a little bit of an intimidation factor in trying it out, mostly because of the amount of steps and different types of products there are. So I bought this "Beginner's Intro to Korean Skincare" kit kit from this website called Soko Glam, which includes ten products, and no instructions. But after a little Googling, I think I at least know roughly what order the steps are supposed to go in. It seems like I'm gonna be doing a lot of cleansing, washing, scrubbing, toning, essencing...

Whatever "essence" is, moisturizing, and moisturizing again. I am Sisyphus, the sink is my rock. This is a big step up for my current skincare routine, which consists of like three steps: Cleansing, scrubbing, and moisturizing. But I'm excited to try out this routine for a month and see if there are any noticeable benefits.

Okay, let's dive right in. Alright, let's finally clean this face, right? Let's get into it. I think that actually, in the evening time, we have nine steps, and then in the daytime we have ten steps, because one of the steps is like, SPF, but we've got nine steps for the night, so let's see how long that takes. I mean this is not one of them.

This is Tyler's hair mousse. - SAFIYA: But, uh-
- TYLER. Hey babe, I've been looking for that actually. So basically we start with a makeup remover, or oil-based cleanser.

It's called "Clean It Zero" by banila co.
Like vanilla, but... Banila. So basically, I guess you use your old spatula, you gouge some out, water hands, Bada bing, bada boom. - TYLER: You can do it with your makeup on? You don't have to take your makeup off first? This is *supposed* to take your makeup off.

It's like an oil. - TYLER: Are there any instructions in each one of these boxes? - SAFIYA: I hope so. [ LAUGHS ] [ READING ] "Use the spatula and take a reasonable amount of the balm." [ SURPRISED ] Ohhhh, it feels like coconut oil! - SAFIYA: [ READING ] "Gently massage the formula in circular motions onto dry skin to dissolve makeup." When I look at my hands, I've got these pellets of like, foundation-colored somethin-somethin'. [ UPSET ] I want to wash my face so bad.
- TYLER: You don't like it? I like that it's taking the makeup off, it seems, but I don't like how it feels on the face.

[ GARGLES ]
- TYLER: One step down, eight to go. Oh, there's a little oil in the eyes, but I think my makeup's gone. - TYLER: It's completely gone. Next is our water-based cleanser.

You cleanse with oil, you cleanse with water. And you moisturize, you moisturize. This is called the "Real Fresh Foam Green Tea Cleanser." [ READING ] "Pump one to two puffs, and gently massage all over wet face." Oh this smells so nice. It smells like whatever tea leaves are at the bottom.

I don't like matcha to drink, but on the face, I could accept it. Alright, patting dry. So the next step is exfoliator, so we've got this thing that they've given us. This is the "Strawberry Food Therapy Scrub Mask." - TYLER: [ EXCITED ] Ooh! - SAFIYA: Oh, it smells like strawberries, woah.
- TYLER: I want to eat that! [ MEOW ] - TYLER: Crusty wants some too.

[ MEOW ] - SAFIYA: Crusty, you want some? - SAFIYA: No. No.
[ TYLER LAUGHS ] Basically, I just massage this into my skin. [ SHOCKED ] Oh, it's warm, ahhh! It's warming! Ohh, it's warming on my face! I don't know if this is what it's supposed to do, it feels like, a little like, acidic almost? - TYLER: Yeah
- SAFIYA: Like as if it's kind of like, *attacking* chemically the top layers of my skin. Alright, it's been a couple of minutes, let's take this off.

[ SURPRISED ] Oh! My skin is so soft! There we go, step three down. Step four is toner. They're called the "Organic Cotton Treatment Toning Pads" by re:p ["Rep"]. - SAFIYA: They smell like ginger! "Right after cleansing, use one sheet of pad, applied to sweep across T-zone, and lightly tap on U-zone." "U-zone" must be this, right? I don't feel any different, but...

I think I smell a little bit more like sushi. Next is the essence. Here it is.
- TYLER: [ LAUGHING ] There's so many products. - There's so many things.
- TYLER: You're going to have to look this up like, every time.

This is the Galactomyces "95 Whitening Power Essence." It's basically like a second toner, I think? I think it just like... It's almost like a "pre-moisturizer"... [ DEFEATEDLY ] I don't know. It does *something* good for your skin.

Basically it says, "On cheeks, spread a generous amount to skin, and then tap the under-eye area as if playing the piano." [ IMITATES "DRACULA" ORGAN MUSIC
(J.S.Bach - Organ Toccata) ] Alright. I think I played the piano quite well. Oh... I missed the mask part.
- TYLER: [ CONFUSED ] What? I think I was supposed to do the mask before the essence step, so I did it out of order for this one.

Going forward, I'll swap them back to where they're supposed to be, but just for today I'm just going to put the mask on now. This is the Manefit "Bling Bling Hydrogel" mask, and I think like most masks, you just put it on for like, 15 to 20 minutes. The interesting thing is that this is one of the steps, but they only gave me one sheet mask. So I guess I'm just supposed to provide my own sheet masks? Here's my top half.

Oh, it's sparkly! [ CONCERNED ] Oh. It smells like Play-Doh. Aright, so it's on my face, I'm going to leave it on for like, 15 minutes, and then we're going to try and finish this skincare routine sometime tonight, man. - TYLER: This is *one* day.

Alright, let's take this bad boy off. [ SHAKEN ] Oh, God. I feel like I'm just moizturizing so much, like my skin is going to drown. So so far, we've done cleansing, cleansing, scrubbing, toning, masking, and essence.

So now we're gonna do lotion, then eye cream, eye cream, and then night moisturizer. I'm a little overwhelmed, but I think my face is going to like it. This is called the "Snail Bee High Content Lotion." Smells kind of like corn. It feels really nice though.

This is like my third moisturizing step in a row, and I have two moisturizing steps left. Alright, so that was lotion. Next up is eye cream. So this is the "Moisture Barrier Eye Cream" by Goodol.

- SAFIYA: Ready?
- TYLER: [ AFFIRMS ] - SAFIYA: That was way too much for the eyes. I'm learning as we go how much we need. Oh wow. Oh, it's a nice, rich cream.

Just pat that in. So that is eye cream! Alright, so the last step for the evening is this "Night Repair Cream." - SAFIYA: Is this not a cream?
- TYLER: Oh, that's hardcore. I think that actually maybe it's an essence, so we're supposed to put it on at the same time as this? Like, you're supposed to put two essences? I'm going to put this on now, but when I do this next time, I'm going to do it at the same time that I put this essence on. Alright, so I'm going to take a little bit, and we're just gonna put it on top of everything that's happened.

It smells kind of like, honey-ish? It feels really smooth, but at this point, I feel like I could just be feeling the layers of moisturizer that's already on my skin. So with that, I think I've used all my steps. The only other step that is in the routine is this thing, which is a SPF to put on during the daytime, so we'll start wearing that tomorrow. I think that in general, I feel really moisturized; I think I feel like, treated, like I'm like, "I treated my skin." I'm just gonna be a plump peach at the end of this.

But besides that, the time is lengthy. Maybe I'll get a little bit faster in general, just from getting the routine down. [ "Week 1" ] This morning I felt moisturized, and then I washed the moisture off, and then put it all back on, so I'm continuing to feel moisturized. The theme of week one was pretty much just that my skin was drowning in lotion.

An interesting side effect is because I was using my hands to apply so much of the moisturizer, my hands, especially my fingertips, are incredibly soft right now. "You're welcome" to anyone's hand that I shake during this month. The hydration also turned basically into fertilizer for my mustache. It's really been growing in like, nice, hydrated, smooth, long.

- TYLER: Because like, it's so moist, it's a greenhouse for your mustache. - [ LAUGHS ] It's a little bit like a rainforest. It's like, you know, you just keep it moist, and I'll start growing. One early problem I ran into was the sheet mask situation.

As I mentioned before, Soko Glam only gave me one sheet mask in the kit, So instead of going out and like, buying a ton of sheet masks, I figured, "Why not have Eve, my mask printing machine, print me one every night?" I want Eve to be able to take her sweet time and like, do what she needs to do, but there's no way I can do this every night. I mean, it's okay, Eve. Shh. I'm just going to cover her ears.

Yeah, she takes f***ing forever. - SAFIYA: But even without Eve, doing a sheet mask every day would be just too much time in general, so the ten steps turned into nine steps pretty quickly. I think I generally look like, more hydrated and more dewy. I may look a little tired this morning because I didn't sleep that much last night, but, in general, I think my skin is like, finally accepting the moisture.

By week two, I had gotten a lot faster at doing the routine, and I feel like my skin was looking like, pretty plump and young. Tyler noticed this and decided to try some of the products for himself. [ PLEASED ] Ooh! Oh, yeah. - No, not yet-! No-!
- [ TYLER SMACKING LIPS ] - SAFIYA: At least let it sit on your face for a second.
- It's like...

It's like jam. She's putting Smuckers on my face. - I do not recommend putting Smuckers on your face. - I do.

- So I can eat it now? [ SHOCKED ] Oh! Blech! [ SPITS ] - SAFIYA: [ LAUGHING ] You don't think it tastes good?
- It's bitter. - SAFIYA: [ LAUGHS ] Don't do that! - TYLER: It's much more bitter than you would assume. It looks delicious. That was gonna be the hardest part about it was not eating it.

I don't want it any more. Woah! A lot of seeds in there. Very physical. I mean, it's only one wash, but...

I like that. - SAFIYA: You actually look great, to be honest.
- Really? You could notice a difference? - SAFIYA: Yeah, you look better than me. Besides Tyler using, and also eating, some of the exfoliant, week two also brought about another hurdle. Something that's happening right now is that we're heading out of town for the weekend, and I'm trying to figure out how to pack my Korean skincare routine.

It's not necessarily going well. It is very difficult to travel with. I was only able to bring seven of my ten steps with me. I also had to check my suitcase to get everything here, because there was just too much fluid in every bottle.

They weren't quite "travel friendly." I also got my period that week, so between not having all my products, riding the crimson wave, traveling, and Chicago just being pretty darn humid, I started seeing some pimples. I started breaking out a little bit. Just like, there's like, one in the brow, there's like one over here, one over there. I feel like currently, I'm just equipped with like, 1 000 moisturizers, and I want to be able to like put on like a little spot treatment.

I don't have one, because that's not really part of the regime. I'm just gonna keep moisturizing it and hope that it eventually goes away once my period goes away. By week three, the pimples were still there. So I tried my current go-to spot treatment, which is tea tree oil.

But there are just so many other products in this routine, I felt like it was rendered mostly useless. So the pimples ruled the day. I got a good one going here, and then I also got a good one going up here. And a smaller one going there, and a couple more going over there.

I feel like the philosophy on skincare has changed a lot. Like, in the 2000s, it was like, "Oh, you have oily skin? You should dry your face out and wash it." And now it's like, "Oh, you have oily skin? You should cleanse with oil." What should I be doing? I don't know. Minus the zits, by week four, I felt like I had a pretty well-oiled machine. Literally and figuratively.

So this is me doing my whole routine in order. I think I finally figured it out, after weeks. So we've got oil cleansing, cleansing, scrubbing, toning, essencing, eye creaming, moisturizing, an SPF-ing. And that's it.

Pretty simple, huh? There is also my nighttime serum/essence, but I only use that at night. So, I guess it's only like, eight steps morning and night. 8 Steps twice a day, 16 steps a day. Um, 16 times 3 is 48, so 400 and like, 96 times? I did 496 applications of something to my face this month.

I hope that math is right. I think it is. - SAFIYA: Overall,. I enjoyed my month doing a Korean skincare routine.

I don't think that my skin looks like, completely different. Like, I don't think that my face just looks like baby's buttocks. But I do think that my skin is probably more hydrated than it's ever been before. I definitely think I'm going to use all of these products until they're finished, like, I did *like* them all a decent amount.

And I actually think that after using everything for a month, I do have a decent amount of everything left. Definitely my favorite steps were the oil-based cleanser and the eye cream. The oil-based cleanser is like, witchcraft. This thing actually really does take off all of your makeup.

The other product I really liked was this eye cream. Very nice, smells good, very moisturizing. I've actually been sneaking some of the eye cream up to the forehead as well. I don't think it's like, magnitudes better than any other eye cream I've ever tried, but the smell like, encouraged me to keep using it.

It was good for morale. So in some regards, like, using this kind of like, "starter pack" of like, ten steps, was a good way to like, get introduced to the Korean skincare without having to do a lot of decision-making or ordering myself. I think you could definitely like, substitute other products in for these products. It's more about just like, doing all the steps, and like, really like putting the work in.

And the *time*. And the energy. And the rubbing. I do think that I'm going to incorporate at least more steps into my normal routine.

Maybe not ten, or nine, or eight, but you know, maybe like five. Or six. I am going to look into a spot treatment though, because the pimples come and go, but they're definitely a presence. Thank you guys so much for watching, if you liked that video, make sure to "shmash" that Like button.

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I Swapped All My Skincare For Korean Beauty Products

Hi, my name is Nico and this week I am swapping all of my normal skin care products for K beauty products. So my normal skin care routine usually only has three steps And that's cleanser, toner, and my gel moisturizing cream. Sometimes I'll throw in the occasional mask but not every day. Recently my skin has made the transition from combination to mostly oily so I use a lot of gel-based products in my normal routine.

So for the entire week I'm gonna stop using my normal skincare routine and make the change to Korean skincare items to see what the effects on my skin will be. We headed to Koreatown to pick up some products to replace my own. Okay, so we're gonna talk about the products in the order that I plan on using them throughout the entire week. First up is this Snail Solution Foam Cleanser that we picked up at Nature Republic.

So the reason that I picked this cleanser wasn't only because of the snail secretion ingredient which I thought was really interesting but also because it says that it cleans out all of your pores gets all that makeup and dirt out without over-drying your skin which is something I have a problem with with other cleansers. And then we got a ton of masks. So one thing I noticed while shopping was that character masks were really popular in these K beauty stores. So I thought it would be cool to try some out.

So we've got two here from The Face Shop. Which are the Simpsons characters, we've got Marge, we've got Homer. Next I picked up these tiger face masks Which were super cute at a store called Bes Fren. While I was at Innisfree, I noticed this little section where you could actually mix and match your own face masks using different ingredients.

So the two ingredients that I picked were mugwort and camellia. I also picked up this pomegranate collagen lip mask at Bes Fren because I've been really curious to see what these actually do I've seen them all over Instagram and I really want to try one. I also picked up this peach cotton emulsion. I have no clue what an emulsion is.

Peach isn't an ingredient that I normally see in any of my normal skincare so I was really intrigued by this product. It's supposed to be really moisturizing for your skin kind of like a serum. I also picked up this blemish care gel cream at Innisfree. I have really oily acne prone skin so I did pick up a gel cream instead of just a normal moisturizer.

And it contains salicylic acid which could really help with my acne. Hi guys So welcome to my bathroom. Tonight is the first night of my Korean skincare challenge. Just to give you a better idea of how my skin is doing at the moment I do have a lot of dark marks and acne bumps.

I wear a lot of makeup, so I do get frequent breakouts. So first what I'm gonna do is go in with my snail solution foam cleanser. I do like how this feels. So this cleanser is very thick, and it feels really good on the skin.

So I'm in the mood to do a sheet mask tonight, and I really wanna do Homer Simpson. So this sheet mask contains a serum that's infused with olive extract that provides moisture to dry skin. Oh my god. Do I look like Homer Simpson? What is on your face? Put your head down, it's not going to fall.

Next I'm going to use my peach cotton emulsion. Here we go It feels like a gel. It smells really good. I'm gonna finish off with my blemish care gel cream.

I really like that this gel cream has acne healing properties to it, because I do get breakouts sometimes. It smells very natural. It smells like a tree or something. Okay, and those are all the products for tonight, and I will see you guys tomorrow.

Hi guys. So it's night two and my skin kind of broke out a bit last night like I have some breakouts here and so I'm starting on my forehead so hopefully today. It'll get better. I don't know what I was supposed to apply this the instructions are all in Korean.

Boop. So since we did a sheet mask the other night I figured tonight we can try out a clay mask. Clay masks are probably my favorite masks to use because I get a lot of clogged pores, blackheads are like my biggest skin problem and they just really work to get all that gunk out of there. So the clay base is made with white clay, and it says it deeply cleanses the skin to help get rid of clogged pores.

I have really been loving this cleanser. I feel like every time I wash it off my skin feels so and nice and clean and smooth. It doesn't feel like it leaves behind any sort of weird residue. So this mask is said to reduce the deep wrinkles on your lips, so like these little lines everywhere.

My lips feel really soft. Not a major difference in the lines I wasn't expecting that anyway. But they do feel really soft and moisturized. So as you can see this whole side of my face is totally dried up which I'm really excited about.

The acne has just really gone down, the marks are fading away. Here, it's a little bit raw still the acne still red, but it's also settling down and getting a lot smaller so I'm hoping that by tomorrow It's all gone, fingers crossed. Putting this on really calms my skin. I feel like all that redness and tenderness just kind of goes away after a few minutes and I really like it.

Like I said before, character sheet masks are really popular in Korean skincare and these were just too cute to pass up. This is a tiger sheet mask. Let's slide this right off. It says to rub all this stuff in, so let's get to it.

We're back guys and my week of trying out all Korean skincare products is finally coming to an end. I had some hits and I had some misses. The snail solution cleanser was probably my favorite thing out of this entire experience. I would come home on days, take off my makeup with a makeup wipe, and then use the cleanser and my skin would feel so clean and so soft.

That emulsion. My skin tends to break out with heavily-scented products. And I feel like that was the one product that anywhere I put it, the next day I just feel bumps underneath my skin. It smelled really good.

It's so sad because it smells great, my skin hated it. The next product that I loved was the Innisfree gel cream. When I started using the gel cream I noticed immediately that the oil in my skin was starting to go away. My face looked much more matte, and it was still hydrating at the same time.

I love using gel creams for my skin because it is more oily and this one was gel But it didn't dry my skin out. I thought the lip mask was so much fun. It's hilarious for like about five minutes. It did make my lips really soft, but the mask itself extends beyond my lip line and the next day I noticed little bumps here and there around my mouth and chin area.

And I think it was because the serum from the lip mask broke me out. I loved the character sheet masks, but They are so oversaturated with serum it is ridiculous. You put it on and it's like dripping down your neck. I get the point of the mask is to rub all the excess into your face afterwards, but it was just so much.

It would slide everywhere. It was really slimy. It was just too much serum saturated into the mask itself that made it a little bit difficult for me to use. So another product that I really loved was also from Innisfree and it was that custom mask where you mix the two toppings into the mask base.

I thought the face mask was a lot of fun to do I had a good time just mixing all my little ingredients together, it made me feel like I was at a spa or something. I like that you have the option of picking whatever two toppings you want to put into your mask base, and you can address the different problems of your skin. I think that custom products like that that address your specific skin problems are super helpful. So aside from all the cool products that I got to try what I also really loved about this experience was the fact that it gave me a little something to look forward to.

A little me time every night. And doing a mask or something just makes you feel like you're doing a little something special for yourself and I really like that. Self-care is super important, and doing a little something like that just made me feel really good about myself..

How to take care of your underarmsGlamrs Skin Care & Home Remedies

Winters on its way out, and summers just around the corner! Its almost time to ditch the sweaters and scarves and dive back into wearing shorts and tank tops. Unfortunately, a lot of us are conscious about our underarms. We dont like how they look, theyre too dark, patchy or pigmented and we dont like how they feel! But, there are a few really simple fixes for this. Hi, Im Saachi, and in this video Ill show you how, with a little home care and the right products, you can enjoy summer, any way youd like to! If you shave or wax your underarms regularly, you may find that youre left with scars, bumps or even discolouration in that area.

So if this is a problem for you, try using a mild exfoliator a couple of times a week. Add a spoonful of sugar, hunt down some dried ground orange peels and some coconut oil. Mix well and apply this on your underarms. This will remove dead skin cells and any other dirt thats accumulated in that region.

Itll also help smoothen out the skin, and leave you feeling fresh. Grooming body hair is a personal choice, and you shouldnt feel pressured or forced into looking a certain way. Having said that, there is an advantage to trimming or removing hair from areas that sweat a lot. The bacteria that builds up in damp areas are responsible for body odour.

So if this is something that bothers you then its worth considering removing the hair. You can shave or wax your armpits, but be careful as the skin is sensitive. Once youre done, use a roll-on with 0% alcohol instead of your regular deodorant, as they dont sting or irritate the skin. Apart from being super gentle on your skin, roll-ons also help your skin smell good! This is a pretty big part of feeling clean and comfortable.

A current favourite is Niveas Pearl and Beauty Roll-On, this has 0% alcohol content and pearl extracts which make it super gentle on your skin. It controls body odour all day and the rolling ball covers the entire underarm easily. The fragrance is subtle and not too heavy as well, which we like. Taking care of the rest of your body is as important as taking care of your face, so its time you stopped neglecting it! Especially post a shave or wax, they can be left slightly irritated and the best way to help soothe and condition this sensitive skin is by applying a moisturizing agent like aloe vera gel.

Aloe vera is a magic plant, the gel can penetrate your skin and hydrate it from within, leaving you fresh and smooth. If you have dry or pigmented underarms and would like to improve how they look and feel, then this DIY mask will work wonders. Take some gram flour, a pinch of turmeric and add some lemon juice to it. Mix and apply this to your underarms.

Kick back and let the mask work on your skin for about 15 minutes. Do this daily for a week and you should see a big improvement. In a tropical country like ours, humidity is always high and wearing materials such as rayon or polyester can suffocate the skin leading to rashes and just an overall sense of irritated skin. You can make this less of an issue by wearing outfits made of breathable cotton or linen fabrics.

These fabrics wick away the moisture and help keep your skin dry, in a good way. And now that your underarm game is strong you can go ahead and wear sleeveless clothes confidently. So there you go, follow these simple steps in order to stay sweat-free, restore the bacterial balance of your underarms and feel fresh and confident all day long! I hope you found this video helpful! Thanks for watching and until next time, stay tuned and stay Glamrs..