Skincare Myths, Busted: What Actually Works, with Hannah English
Thursday, 26 February 2026
In this episode of Sunday Sessions, Sam sits down with pharmaceutical scientist, beauty writer and digital creator Hannah English to separate skincare fact from fiction.
If you’ve ever wondered whether viral trends like salmon sperm, sheet masks, gua sha, LED masks or “milky” products actually work, this conversation is for you.
Hannah has built a loyal audience by making science simple and cutting through online hype with evidence-based education.
Together, Sam and Hannah unpack the biggest skincare myths circulating on social media right now, why misinformation spreads so quickly, and what truly makes a difference when it comes to healthy, resilient skin.
They discuss:
- The most common skincare misconceptions
- Are expensive products actually better?
- What’s worth investing in and what you can skip
- Viral trends that don’t live up to the hype
- How to build a routine that actually works
Whether you’re overwhelmed by TikTok trends or just want to make smarter skincare decisions, this episode will help you understand what your skin really needs — backed by science, not marketing.
You can listen to the episode in full on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Or head to our YouTube Channel to watch the interview online.
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Episode Transcript
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So, while I was posting my skincare
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routines, trying to sort my skin out, it
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just kind of took off from there. I felt
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like I could have more impact. Today's
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Sunday sessions is with Hannah English.
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She's a pharmaceutical scientist turn
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beauty influence. Heard a lot about
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people saying that they've damaged their
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skin barrier. Keeping it simple helps.
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Wearing sun protection helps with so
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many different skin concerns. Do people
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[music] need sunscreen every single day?
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Don't yell at me for that question, but
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I would love people to understand from
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your point of view. I wear like a UV
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glove. Usually, I keep them in the car.
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>> In this episode, she reveals the
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products she actually uses and the ones
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that you definitely shouldn't. There are
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so many different treatments right now.
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What actually works? That took me a lot
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of learning. Let's get into it. Hannah
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English, welcome to Sunday Sessions. We
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are thrilled to have you because I know
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that so many uh people in our community
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are just confused about skinare want to
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know from you what's happening what they
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should use. So let's get into it. I
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wanted to start by asking you though
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pharmaceutical scientist that's how you
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started and now you're a beauty
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influencer.
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>> How did that happen? Well, while I was
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studying and while I was working in
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industry, I was posting about my skininc
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care and it like pharmaceuticals are not
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so different from
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skincare from cosmetics. I'll try that
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again. Pharmaceuticals are not so
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different from cosmetics. I mean,
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there's a much heavier burden of proof
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on how they work and what they do. Like,
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that's actual medicine, but the way
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things work in your body is the same.
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So, I guess I have a knack for
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explaining them. So, while I was posting
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my skincare routines, trying to sort my
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skin out, it just kind of took off from
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there. And then I felt like I could have
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more impact, especially in the like skin
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cancer prevention, sun safety space,
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doing more social media and reaching
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more people. So, that's why we ended up
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where we are.
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>> Is that where you saw a gap in the
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market where not many people on social
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media at the time that you started were
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speaking about sun safety? I think they
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were obviously Michelle like Lab Muffin,
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she does amazing work and has been doing
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for longer than I've even known what I'm
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doing. So like huge props to her. I
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think sometimes the heavy sciency stuff
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um it's hard to reach people with that.
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So I guess what I try to do is make it a
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bit casual, a bit fun. Michelle's
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amazing at that too. Uh
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so maybe there was a gap there.
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>> Yes. Uh you've been credited with making
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science and skincare cool and fun. I've
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read that about you and that's and and
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easily digestible and understandable as
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you said. What are you looking at in
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social media now that is absolutely
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angering you?
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Uh it's the I'm sure you know exactly
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what I'll say. It's the sunbaking and
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it's the like oh toxic chemicals type of
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thing. I guess having that background as
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well. It just always lacks context. So
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you can't just call something toxic
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without context and it's always I guess
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it's hard to have like nuance and
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context on social media and that's not
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what gets the views. Scaring people is
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what gets the views. Unfortunately a lot
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of fearongering in skincare. Your skin
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looks incredible. Almost glass-like, I
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have to say. I know you've been through
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a journey, but what tell us about your
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journey.
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>> Well, I'm on um acne medication at the
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moment, like the hardcore dermatologist
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one. I don't know if I can name it in my
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post got taken down for talking about it
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the other day. It's so cute. Um so, it's
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like taking your retinol really. Um and
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apparently there's like a the Hollywood
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dose that some people are doing. Um, but
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I had to start like a hormonal
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contraception for endometriosis.
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It is helping a lot with that with like
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the pain and stuff, but it gave me acne,
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which is not normal, but you win some,
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you lose some. So now I've started on
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the acne medication to counter that.
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>> Yeah. Um, so it's been 3 weeks, two
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weeks.
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>> What women go through.
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>> Seriously. [sighs and gasps] I know
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you've spoken a lot about your
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pigmentation and previous skin issues.
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What did you find really helped you
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then? Uh, keeping it simple helps.
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Wearing sun protection helps with so
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many different skin concerns because
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it's so inflammatory, right? It makes
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your skin so angry even if it's not
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burning you. So, just taking that out of
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the equation means that your skin can
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kind of focus its energy on healing and
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glowing. So, you're saying that the sun
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is inflammatory
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>> and you need skin care to calm it down?
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that.
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>> No. Yeah. Well, when you think about um
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how it all works, like the So, the UV
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hits your skin and it um makes extra
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pigment for example cuz it's freaking
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out. We know that's how tanning works.
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Um it can actually hit your DNA in the
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cells and put like a kink in it. So once
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I learned that, I started being really
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adamant about sun protection. Just um
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the pigment your cells create, they call
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it like a melanin cap because it's
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trying to put like a little umbrella of
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pigment to protect the DNA. It's not
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trying cuz it's not really thinking
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about it like that, but that's just a
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mechanism. It's very interesting. Sorry
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if that's
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>> No, it's really interesting how you've
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just explained it like that. And it
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because I was going to ask you, do
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people need sunscreen every single day?
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Don't yell at me for that question, but
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I would love people to understand from
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your point of view why. Well, I asked a
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science communicator about this as well
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recently because I saw the UV was one
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and the [snorts] cancer council's
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recommendation is to wear sunscreen if
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it's three or more. [snorts] So, I was
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like, "Oh, I can take today off." But I
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hope I don't go too heavy into the maths
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here. But so [laughter]
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when you wear an SPF 50 plus, it blocks
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out 98%
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roughly. So that means 2% is getting
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through. So when the UV is 10, then
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you're getting a UV index of about 2
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come through. Does that make sense?
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>> Yes.
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>> Cuz it's 2% of 10. Um, but when the UV
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is one that and you're not wearing
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sunscreen, then I guess that's five
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times more UV that's coming through. So
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if your skin is kind of angry or it is
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prone to pigment, then maybe you do want
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to eliminate that. Does that make sense?
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>> Yes, it does. So like I think that's a
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very good warning of why people should
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wear sunscreen every single day, even if
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it is cloudy, even if the UV is low.
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What are some big mistakes that people
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are making with sunscreen?
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>> Not applying enough. And then when it
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comes to wearing sunscreen with makeup,
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>> what are people getting wrong? Well, the
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thing about reapplying is you can just
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reapply.
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liquid sunscreen over my makeup if I
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need to add a bit more concealer, blush,
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bronzer. That's fine. Um, and I've said
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I'd rather that than like permanent
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blush and bronzer from sun damage. But
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I'm worried. And actually, I saw a video
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that you just did recently about my arms
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now and about driving.
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>> Sorry. [laughter]
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>> I don't want to scare people. I was
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worried before and then I saw your
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video. I was like, "Okay, I'm not alone
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because I am now so sensitive to one
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freckle becoming a skin cancer that I'm
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sitting in the car thinking, "Oh gosh,
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did I put sunscreen on my arms now?"
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>> And so, I saw you do that video as well,
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so you were concerned, too.
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>> I wear like um a UV glove usually. I
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keep them in the car because like I'm 38
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and like my hands, you know, you start
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to notice the skin is looking a little
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bit different and that's okay, but it's
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we haven't historically done as much
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skin care on our hands. So, um it they
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do tell on you if that's something that
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you're worried about. I should get them
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lasered.
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>> Uh let's talk about skinincare.
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>> Again, people are so confused. There are
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so many different products. what works
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and what is just marketing.
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Well, we have like our old ingredients
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that are really well researched. So, I
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would say that's where to start. Things
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that have been around for a while. I
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know there's something like shiny and
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new literally every day now. Like the
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the PDRN salmon sperm, the exoome of it
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all, but they're just not as well
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researched. So, it's like, okay, you're
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paying a lot of money for these like
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biotech, like high-tech ingredients, but
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um could you get the same result with,
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you know, a prescription vitamin A from
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the doctor? Yeah,
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[snorts]
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>> probably. Um, so everyone should have a
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good cleanser that doesn't make their
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skin feel tight. Um, a good sunscreen
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that they're happy to wear and reapply,
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ideally. I'm sorry. Um, and then a
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moisturizer. Um, and from there,
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nyioinamide is good, but not too much.
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Like 2 to 5% is the best researched, and
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I feel like it pops up in everything
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now. So, you got to be careful not to
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stuck them.
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>> Um, vitamin C is good for some people,
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but it can be a bit spicy. So, if it if
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your skin isn't tolerating it and it's
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getting angry, then that's that's maybe
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not for you. But if it is for you,
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great. Love that for you. It's not for
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me. Um, and then your vitamin A, so your
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retinol or um your Yeah, you can get
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them from the pharmacy over the counter.
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Um, and those are really good for
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breakouts, like well researched, and
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also for basically everything. Like your
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vitamin A sort of speaks to your skin
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and your skin has receptors for it. So,
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it knows to kind of make it better in a
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bunch of ways. Like it makes more of the
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proteins to make it look more bouncy and
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help with wrinkles. Helps with dark
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spots. And then it also helps with acne
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cuz it normalizes
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when you get a breakout, your skin's
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kind of shedding unevenly and that can
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clog the pore. So the vitamin A's can
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help to make that more regular and that
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way it the dead skin just comes out
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instead of getting stuck in there.
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Skin barrier, it's a big buzz word at
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the moment. What is our skin barrier and
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how do we protect it and not damage it?
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H skin barrier makeup. Okay. I feel like
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every doctor will explain it to you like
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it's a brick and mortar. So um you have
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the dead skin cells are the bricks and
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then the mortar is like um ceramides,
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fatty acids, cholesterol. [snorts] And
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um if that's functioning, it's meant to
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keep everything out because your skin's
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job is to separate you and your body
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from the environment. Um, so if it's
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leaky, if it's not doing well, if you
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exfoliate too much and you're removing
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too many of those dead skin cells, like
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you kind of need a few to do the barrier
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stuff. So um
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>> that is a good explanation. I understood
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it for the first time.
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>> It's Yeah, it's hard because um again,
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it's implicated in everything, sunscreen
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and skin barrier. Um, if your skin is
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angry, if you're prone to pigment, it's
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going to make more as well. Um, if it's
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angry, then your breakout's going to be
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worse and more red and stuff. If you get
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like eczema, then that's [clears throat]
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um, eczema is kind of like a genetic.
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Um, your skin barrier isn't as robust.
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Your skin isn't as good at holding on to
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moisture. So, um, giving it everything
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it needs to hold on to moisture is
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really helpful for that one. and calming
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it down. Um, I've heard a lot about
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people saying that they've damaged their
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skin barrier and now their skin is not
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susceptible to any skin products and
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and is, as you say, getting the acne or
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getting rosacea or uh getting other skin
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conditions. How can we really prevent
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our skin barrier from being damaged?
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>> Um, we want to wear our sunscreen. We
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want to make sure that our cleanser
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doesn't make your skin feel tight
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because cleansing is actually a really
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stressful step for your skin to go
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through. Um the water kind of makes it
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swell and then it loses its own water.
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Um so tight feeling bad. Um that took me
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a lot of learning. I was about to say
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because tight we were always told that
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is good like foamy fresh.
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>> No sad.
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>> Wow. I know. I know.
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>> There you go. And what about double
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cleansing? Well, I'm not double
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cleansing at the moment cuz I'm on
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hectic acne medication. Um,
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I think you know what never made sense
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to me is people would be like, okay, you
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cleanse once to remove your makeup and
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then you cleanse again to clean your
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skin. And I'm like,
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what? Why can't the first cleanser do
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both? I think there's a little bit of
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data that suggests it can help with like
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clogged pores a little bit if they're,
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you know, not too harsh.
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>> Listen, the less is best. No double
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cleansing. There you go.
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>> Yeah, you really don't.
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>> Excellent. Uh, what else for the skin
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barrier? We hear so much about milky
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toners from you. [laughter]
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>> Um, hydration. I'm just I'm really
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trying to dig in here as to I'm just
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hearing so much about I don't want to
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damage my skin barrier and I just would
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love to be able to say, "Okay, this can
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help you not damage your skin barrier."
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>> Well, when your skin barrier isn't
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working, you probably have some
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inflammation going on. So, I think
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calming ingredients are really good
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calming products, but not five, like one
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or two. and just sort of your basic
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moisturizers really you can help your
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skin barrier with just a moisturizer.
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But um sometimes depending on the
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weather or um humidity and heat and
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stuff, you might find you need more or
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less. So I think that's where we start
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to tweak it with a serum or a milky
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toner as [gasps] well. Um, and
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sometimes, you know, skin doesn't like
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anything too heavy. So, [snorts] I feel
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like in those cases, then like your
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barrier serum, your milky toner, and a
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light moisturizer might be easier than
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something really thick. Um, you can also
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do to contradict or everyone's skin is
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so different that it's like there are
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all these options that is not really
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consolidating it. But what I'm hearing
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from you, and I'm loving this, is less
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is best.
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>> Yeah. You don't have to do too much
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because like every ingredient you're
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adding to your skin is like something
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else it has to deal with. And they could
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all be calming, but it it's just it just
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can get overwhelmed.
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It's not the most scientific
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explanation.
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>> Listen, I'm I'm happy if you say, "Let's
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get rid of the 10step routine. Let's go
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for a three-step routine. a basic
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cleanser, good moisturizer, sunscreen.
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That is music to my ears. Yeah, it's
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hard because there's so many launches
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and so much fun stuff you want to try if
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that's what you're into. But I think
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that's where we actually get ourselves
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in trouble, myself included. Like it's
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one thing to know I'm supposed to do
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this and it's another thing to like be
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rational about your own skin and
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actually do it.
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>> What do you think's next? Uh, everyone's
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talking about obviously skin barrier and
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now glass skin.
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What do you think is next? The big trend
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and does it really work is the most
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important part. Well, we have those um
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yeah, exoomes and the PDRN. A lot of
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talk about peptides as well. It's just
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that, you know, yeah, they're not
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they're not as well proven. So, what I
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would like to see is uh stripping it
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back a little bit and doing less, but I
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don't think that's what's going to
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happen. What is the difference between
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chemical and mineral sunscreen? And just
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for anyone listening, as a sunscreen
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creator, I know the [clears throat]
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answer, but I am terrible at explaining
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it. So, please Hannah English, can you
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explain to us what is the difference
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between chemical and mineral sunscreens?
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>> Challenge accepted. Um, okay. mineral in
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chemistry would we would call it
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inorganic.
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So it's either zinc oxide or titanium
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dioxide they come from minerals. Uh
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chemical is organic in chemistry terms.
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So it just means anything any molecule
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that's made of like carbon and hydrogens
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stuck together. So it's not really that
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scary. Is mineral better for sensitive
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skin?
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I think it varies because it depends on
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the end formula as well. Like I
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personally find minerals often they take
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a bit of rubbing in and my skin don't
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like that. So I have rosacea. I have
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>> you get good at skin care when you're
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like dealing with this that and the
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other all the time.
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>> Um but some people find it much better
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for sensitive skin. So I think it really
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depends on your needs. Um,
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>> I like that. I think that what you're
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saying to us is instead of reading about
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what someone else thinks about what's
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better for your acne or not better, try
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it for yourself. And then if it works
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for you, it works. And if it doesn't,
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then try something else. I love that.
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>> Yeah. Like don't let the internet
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gaslight you into thinking that.
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>> Don't let the internet gaslight you into
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thinking anything. Except if English
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says it, then you can gaslight all you
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want. Well, I would still like people to
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hold me to a standard, you know, like if
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it sounds like I'm speaking out of turn,
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please do ask questions, right? Like we
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love a good question. And um hopefully a
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responsible person would be like, "hm,
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I'm not sure of the answer of that. I
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would ask a relevant expert." Like it's
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okay not to know. Um and that is a big
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problem. Most common skinare purchase
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that people regret.
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Look, a lot of people I mean I may be
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attracting people because that's how
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algorithms work, right? But like vitamin
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C is hard. It is spicy. It's not for
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everyone. I think just the acidity makes
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it a bit difficult for my skin to
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handle.
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>> I regret buying vitamin C, but then I
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found one um that I think combines with
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with an acid and I love it and it it
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seems to be uh better for sensitive
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skin. So, I think even trying different
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types of vitamin C's could could be
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good. Yeah. Like the skin suiticles one
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unfortunately is very nice and doesn't
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make my skin angry and it's like the
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most expensive. I don't know how they've
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done it cuz people will be like, "Oh,
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there's a dup. There's a dup." There
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isn't like it um they've done research
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on that that they've used it like after
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a laser like directly. Yeah.
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>> Which like ouchie but apparently it
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helps with the skin like regenerating
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faster.
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>> Is that pure vitamin C or with the
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feruic acid?
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>> Yeah. C feruic.
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>> Oh that is my favorite product. That's
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what I'm talking about. That's the one
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that I went through all the vitamin C's
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and then I found that one and that's the
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one that I can use and it actually is
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fine for sensitive skin.
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>> For me though, and that's the thing,
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everyone needs to try it for themselves.
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>> Yeah, it just doesn't feel spicy or
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application like the others do. Yeah.
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>> Sorry everyone.
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>> I'm so sorry. I I didn't
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>> Very expensive.
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>> I although they make this one called
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serum 10 which is 10% vitamin C and that
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was their first one before the CE for
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>> and it's like half the price. So, like
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it's not as well researched and it's a
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bit less vitamin C, but you know, if
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you're wanting to cut costs and you do
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love CE for you, you could go that one.
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Um, I really like that one as well. It's
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meant to be like the beginner one for
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sensitive skin.
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>> There you go.
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>> Yeah. Perfect. Okay. I wanted to ask you
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some rapid fire questions and I need you
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to tell me overrated, underrated, or
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worth it.
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>> Okay.
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>> Okay. Sheet masks.
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>> Overrated. I know you tried 30 in one
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day. Oh yes. Years ago I did um one
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every day for a month and um don't do
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that cuz you're just throwing different
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stuff at your skin all the time. But you
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know I did it for science. So now we
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know the obvious which is don't do it.
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>> Don't do it. No sk no sheet masks.
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>> You can do a sheet mask or like there
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are some really calming ones that are
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meant for postprocedure that I really
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like. um Korean ones and there's like
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Loros preser plus sheet mask. I mean
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that's so good. It was also on special
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the other day and I was like that's a
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very good price. Um but in general all
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those collagen ones you're supposed to
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sleep in.
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>> No slimy.
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I'll be sleeping with a wet fa Sorry.
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You've got this wet thing on your face
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and you're trying to sleep but I sleep
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with my face smashed into the pillow.
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>> Sorry.
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>> Love it. Everyone's loving it here.
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Okay, next. Gasha.
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>> Uh, I think it's important to be
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respectful of the origins of that
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practice and know it comes from
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traditional Chinese medicine, but people
556
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claim that it does all sorts of crazy
557
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stuff. And um, there's a ladyin that
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does TCM and facials and she also sells
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gouachas and I really like her tutorials
560
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about it and she's also like realistic
561
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about it. But if you just like a random
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person on the Tik Tok saying that it
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snatched their jawline. I don't know.
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Overrated in that sense. Got it. LED
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masks. Oh, I love them. I think they're
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worth it. And like I know a lot of
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people in social media have been sent
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those for free. Um, and I have been sent
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them for free, but I also bought my
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first one and then I bought a neck one
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as well cuz I find it so calming. And if
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your skin is prone to being angry, then
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that's really helpful in that um it's
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not a product you're putting on. It's
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just light. Does that make sense?
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>> Yes. Different. Um so it's communicating
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with yourselves in a different way.
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Which one did you buy?
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>> Uh I bought the current body one like
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years ago and I've got a screenshot of
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the receipt. Um [laughter]
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and then I bought the Omnilux neck one.
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>> Yeah. We will link all the products that
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you've mentioned in the show notes. I
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promise everyone. Milky toners.
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I think
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it depends on the milky toner, but worth
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it. Yeah, just for a bit of extra
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moisture that's not too heavy. It can
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help your skin look really juicy. And
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most people have dehydrated skin, so
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they can do with a bit of extra
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moisture.
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>> I do find it makes your skin look juicy.
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I try put it on now in the mornings and
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I just love how it looks.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Yeah. it. It's a good one. I was scared
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that you were going to say, "Well,
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obviously you're not because as we all
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know, you'll be getting a phone call."
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>> Yeah. [laughter] You have a beautiful
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milky toner product that is just
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absolutely amazing. And when I use it, I
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do find that my skin looks juicier that
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day. It just does. Okay. Micro needling.
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Uh,
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I might be a bit overrated
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because like we have lasers now, so
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those can be a bit more targeted. It's a
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really old treatment and it works, but
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um, my dermatologist told me not to do
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it or it can flare your rosacea if
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you're that type of person. So maybe it
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depends on the person.
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>> Okay. And final one, salmon sperm
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facials. Okay. So, if you have done
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that, you will know this. It hurts so
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much. Like, it hurts so much. I had my
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face numbed and I had it once from the
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under eye all the way down to the
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jawline and like it puts you in fight or
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flight. So everything else I had done
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that day I bruised because I was just
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like um it hurts so much because it
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stings going in and like yeah you go a
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little bit glowy for the next like month
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or so or if you do the them in the right
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succession I'm sure that you get great
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results but I just feel like
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I I don't want to pull myself through
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that ever again. There you go. Yeah. I
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think I think it's um I think it's a
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short-term fix. It's like having a
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facial now. I think gone of the days of
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the massage and the steam and I think
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now probably it's people are going for
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the more invasive treatments but they
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really don't last that long. I don't
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find
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>> No, it I get the temptation that if
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you're paying hundreds of dollars for a
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facial that you want to do like results,
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but um Laser Genesis it's gentle.
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>> I love Laser Gen, too. M. Yes, it's
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gentle. And if anyone doesn't know what
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it is, I'll get [laughter] Hannah to
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explain. I think off top of my head, it
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targets like redness.
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Um, and it also helps with like texture,
651
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collagen, and things. So, I had five
652
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sessions before my wedding cuz I tend to
653
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like flush in the neck and chest, and I
654
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didn't want to, especially if I drink.
655
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So, um, I didn't want to have champagne
656
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at my wedding and then flush all red
657
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through the neck and chest. and I didn't
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flush. So, and it came back probably 6
659
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months to a year later. So, like I guess
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you have to keep going to maintain the
661
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results cuz your body's always going to
662
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reset to its default state. Rude.
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>> Is that everything with skinare? Can we
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have It is. So, we can't have permanent
665
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results. We just have to keep on going
666
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and it's all about maintenance and and
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doing the things that work for us
668
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constantly.
669
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>> Yeah. To an extent. So like the earlier
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you start on your vitamin A, the more
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you're sort of preserving that youthful
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collagen that you have, that child's
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skin.
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So you know, people that have been on
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these products for years successfully,
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you can tell and they have amazing skin
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like well into their lives. So it it can
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be cumulative but you know if you
679
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stopped it would revert but it would
680
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revert to a point that was probably in a
681
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better place than had you never done it.
682
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>> Is vitamin A then you know the one thing
683
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that people can take away from today
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vitamin A
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>> your retinol. Yeah, I mean definitely
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worth discussing with the doctor if you
687
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want to go the prescription route, but
688
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it is a really well researched. Their
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research ethics are a little murky.
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That's a fun deep dive. Um,
691
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[snorts] but it's really well researched
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and we have the data so we can use it
693
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and it does a lot of great things. I
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reckon from like age 25 or if you have
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acne
696
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before that.
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>> Okay. My final question.
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Our skin is everything. We go out into
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the world, we showcase our skin and that
700
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gives us confidence. And of course, if
701
00:27:27,919 --> 00:27:30,480
we have acne, rosacea, or any other skin
702
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,799
problems, we lose our confidence. What
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do you want to say to people that are
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listening? Because it is quite expensive
705
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to fix those problems. you're now on
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00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,320
medication. We have to get all sorts of
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things and lasers and spend a lot of
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money on all these products and get
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00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:44,960
prescri prescriptions. What do you want
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to say to people listening about their
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00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,080
skin who are really struggling and may
712
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not have the funds to be able to do all
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00:27:52,559 --> 00:27:55,200
the things that we've just discussed?
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I would say there's been a research
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study in Australia that people spend an
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average of like $800 before they make it
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00:28:02,159 --> 00:28:04,960
to a dermatologist for acne. So
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sometimes
719
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you're better redirected to a specialist
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00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,880
as soon as possible and especially with
721
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acne there's a risk of scarring. So the
722
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longer you leave it the more scarring
723
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risk you have. So you know when I was a
724
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teenager I had it for a long time and on
725
00:28:22,159 --> 00:28:24,960
the body as well like back, neck, chest,
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00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,919
good times. Um,
727
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so I wish I'd just saved up my part-time
728
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money and gone to a dermatologist. So,
729
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,440
if it's a skin condition, then that is
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medical. It's not you being vain. You're
731
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:41,679
allowed to get medical treatment for a
732
00:28:41,679 --> 00:28:43,840
medical condition. Like, it's it's
733
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serious. So, definitely get yourself to
734
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the doctor. And I try not to waste your
735
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time on like cosmetics because again
736
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like the burden of proof for a medicine
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00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,720
versus a cosmetic, it's so much higher.
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So we know that these things work.
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That's what I would tell my younger
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self. And also that the people that love
741
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you, they don't notice it hopefully. I
742
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,159
mean that is so true. We see every
743
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little spot and every little pimple and
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00:29:12,399 --> 00:29:16,159
bump. And if you don't touch it and you
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00:29:16,159 --> 00:29:17,919
ignore it and you go out into the world
746
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and you project confidence, exactly as
747
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you just said, Hannah, people who love
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you do not even notice it.
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>> No one cares except you.
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>> Yeah, but you know, I know relatives
751
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:29,360
sometimes make out of pocket comments.
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00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:30,960
So, [laughter] sorry about that.
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00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,360
>> Hannah English, thank you so much. This
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is going to help so many people. I think
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00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:37,679
there's so much confusion and rubbish
756
00:29:37,679 --> 00:29:39,520
out there online and just to have
757
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:43,279
someone like you who is able to debunk
758
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all these myths from a scientific
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00:29:44,799 --> 00:29:46,159
background, we're so grateful for you
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and I know everyone watching here or
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00:29:48,159 --> 00:29:50,399
listening is so grateful for your
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00:29:50,399 --> 00:29:52,159
insight. So, thank you so much.
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>> Thanks for having me. Pleasure. Yeah.